jlevy/the-art-of-command-line

Master the command line, in one page

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🌍 Čeština ∙ Deutsch ∙ Ελληνικά ∙ English ∙ Español ∙ Français ∙ Indonesia ∙ Italiano ∙ 日本語 ∙ 한국어 ∙ polski ∙ Português ∙ Română ∙ Русский ∙ Slovenščina ∙ Українська ∙ 简体中文 ∙ 繁體中文 Note: I'm planning to revise this and looking for a new co-author to help with expanding this into a more comprehensive guide. While it's very popular, it could be broader and a bit deeper. If you like to write and are close to being an expert on this material and willing to consider helping, please drop me a note at josh (0x40) holloway.com. –jlevy, Holloway. Thank you! Fluency on the command line is a skill often neglected or considered arcane, but it improves your flexibility and productivity as an engineer in both obvious and subtle ways. This is a selection of notes and tips on using the command-line that we've found useful when working…

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Master the command line, in one page

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Owner: jlevy
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Stars: 162,646
Forks: 14,955
Open issues + pull requests: 256
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Default branch: master
Created: 2015-05-20T15:11:03.000Z
Last push: 2024-06-25T18:13:44.000Z

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