Top 25 Command Line Tips and Tricks

Oct 24, 2008, 17:33 (0 Talkback[s])

"Place a filename at the beginning of the line to make it easier to edit the search at the end of the command.

$ ‹/var/log/messages grep foo

$ ‹/var/log/messages grep bar

$ ‹/var/log/messages grep user1"

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