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Shell Tricks That Make Life Easier (and Save Your Sanity)

by Christian Hofstede-Kuhn blog.hofstede.it published 2026-03-268 min read

Watch someone backspace 40 characters instead of pressing CTRL+W, and you’ll understand why this list exists. A collection of shell tricks-grouped by what works everywhere and what’s Bash/Zsh-speci...

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