Chapter 2. Have a Good Command
In this chapter, we will cover:
- Concatenating with cat
- Recording and playingback of terminal sessions
- Finding files and file listing
- Playing with xargs
- Translating with tr
- Checksum and verification
- Cryptographic tools and hashes
- Sorting unique and duplicates
- Temporary file naming and random numbers
- Splitting files and data
- Slicing filenames based on extension
- Renaming and moving files in bulk
- Spell checking and dictionary manipulation
- Automating interactive input
- Making commands quicker by running parallel processes
Introduction
Unix-like systems have the privilege of having the best command-line tools. They help us achieve many tasks making our work easier. While each command has a specific focus, with practice you'll be able to ...
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