Comments on: Linux command line tips

By: Patrik P.

Patrik P. — Wed, 04 May 2011 17:29:17 +0000

CTRL + U to delete whole line or you might want to use CTRL + W to delete one word in the line.

By: JohnnyPerl

JohnnyPerl — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 18:34:05 +0000

Does anyone have a tip for when you are in the middle of typing a long command, and then you decide to abandon that and start with a clear line without executing what you were typing — any easier way to do this than just hold down backspace or up to a recent shorter command (and then hold down backspace)?

By: edo248

edo248 — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:35:00 +0000

Completely agree with you!

Thank you for reminding about credits. Some people still don’t want to understand that free and EVEN open-source software is not a public domain. It has it’s authors and if you enjoing using them, moreover without any charge, you MUST give them credits.

Waiting for authors reply.

By: JakeDTH

JakeDTH — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:16:44 +0000

You do know that BASH, the default shell (or “command-line) for Debian (and most of its variants including Ubuntu), Fedora, and many other distributions, is a GNU package, right?

GNU BASH is not in anyway related to the Linux kernel. It is developed for the GNU operating system. And what you call “Linux” is actually the GNU operating system, the appropriate name for it is GNU/Linux.

GNU BASH has no strict relation with the Linux kernel or even GNU. It is simply a free software Unix-like shell, for many Unix and Unix-like operating systems, like BSD or Solaris. I believe it’s even used on Mac OS X.

There are other shells, but I believe all of them are developed simply as free or open source software, not as a “Linux command line.”

Please give credit where credit is due, these are BASH or DASH shell tips. And most of them can be found with the simple command “man bash”

By: Dotan Cohen

Dotan Cohen — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:35:16 +0000

When using the arguments of the last command, how does “!*” differ from “!!”?

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:14:45 +0000

Thanks for the clear explanation. This is great for a linux noob like me.

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