Unix Tricks
A few quick tips, tricks, and hints for Unix users, inspired by the girl from Jurassic Park. Hopefully these will make your computing life faster.
Commands covered:
cd -
cal
cal 6 1993
history | grep "search string"
strings binary.file
file example.pdf
ls | grep --color "bea"
ls files/{*.bmp,*.jpg,*.gif,*.png}
pbpaste | sort | pbcopy
pbpaste
texutil -convert doc whatever.html
mkdir backup_`date +%Y_%m_%d`
!!
!726
!t
cp !!* ~/Desktop
say velociraptor
telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl