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FAQ updated: https://refp.se/articles/your-shell-and-the-lazy-exclamation... really appreciate the feedback, thanks a million!…

I think you are very much on point, I can definitely relate to the complexity of C++ turning it both into a wonderful adventure, but also a swamp where every step feels uncertain. Disclaimer; author o…

Also, on the note of "you can do everything with Alt-<key>", I'd like to highlight that modifiers such as `:h` (directory part), `:t` (filename), and `:r` (strip extension) etc., …

Author here, thanks for reading and taking time to reply! --- You are very much correct that `Alt-.` with modifiers can do more than what has been described, it is however important to note that the b…

Your questions would be a great addition to the FAQ, thank you! -- > When I enter `sudo !!` will it be stored unchanged in the shell history, or stored after interpolation of `!!`? event-designat…

Worth noting that `ssh[up]` isn't available by default in bash nor zsh — though it wouldn't surprise me if helpers such as oh-my-zsh enables it for you. `ssh[up]` is certainly an awesome f…

> you have to accurately remember the past From personal experience I rarely reach for event-designators beyond the current viewport of the terminal. Referring to a command beyond that is, as you…

the "mixing of sudo"-example is using `!!`, which as explained is the immediately previous command, a little confused how that translates to the "execute command somewhere in the hist…

I wonder which language creator would be hired to figure that one out; are you creative enough to think of one on the spot?

https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/1v874lz/my... I submitted the above link, seems HN is rewriting it automatically. :-/…

> My girlfriend sat me down on June 20th and told me that she had been cheating on me and was choosing to be with "the other man". > This is my body's reaction to that news. &…

I think you should take a deep breath and read this updated FAQ: https://refp.se/articles/your-shell-and-the-magic-colon#why-... I am not asking anyone to put this in production,…

This question seems to pop up all over the place, so I took some time to answer it here: https://refp.se/articles/your-shell-and-the-magic-colon#why-... …

damn, nice one — definitely gonna use this myself (or variations thereof)!

DUDE! I wrote my first real `.ps1` the other day for auto-installing all dependencies needed to run a `gitea`-runner on windows for windows builds; powershell - felt like the lover I never had. And th…

I have never been in this situation before but I do agree with you, and honestly it feels very bad. I saw the comment when it was posted and, perhaps naively, thought "oh well, no one will care -…

They are NOT superflous, and all you need to prove it is `zsh` (but there are others that follow suit in similar fashions): zsh% echo "hello world" > data zsh% < data &&am…