Re: [Ilugc] [Tip] Small command line Tips

2010-09-03 Thread benjamin
On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 11:17 AM, Gowthaman Basuvaraj gowthaman.basuva...@gmail.com wrote: I also find these useful CTRL+D - deletes character at cursor ALT  +D  - deletes word to right of cursor CTRL+A - moves cursor to beginning of line CTRL+E - moves cursor to end of line CTRL+F/B - Moves

Re: [Ilugc] [Tip] Small command line Tips

2010-09-03 Thread Roshan Mathews
On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 11:17, Gowthaman Basuvaraj gowthaman.basuva...@gmail.com wrote: I find ALT + . (dot) last parameter of previous command the Most useful Wow, this is absolutely fantastic. How did you come across this? -- http://roshan.mathews.in/

Re: [Ilugc] [Tip] Small command line Tips

2010-09-03 Thread Gowthaman Basuvaraj
On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 12:38 PM, Roshan Mathews rmath...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 11:17, Gowthaman Basuvaraj gowthaman.basuva...@gmail.com wrote: I find ALT + . (dot) last parameter of previous command the Most useful Wow, this is absolutely fantastic. How did you come

Re: [Ilugc] [Tip] Small command line Tips

2010-09-03 Thread R Hariram Aatreya
$ spacecommand On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 10:56, Murali Babu drop2muralib...@gmail.com wrote: In Redhat and centos this trick is not working can anybody  please resolve this. you might have to add the following line to your .bashrc: export HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth hari. D. Murali Babu System

Re: [Ilugc] [Tip] Small command line Tips

2010-09-02 Thread Gowthaman Basuvaraj
I also find these useful CTRL+D - deletes character at cursor ALT +D - deletes word to right of cursor CTRL+A - moves cursor to beginning of line CTRL+E - moves cursor to end of line CTRL+F/B - Moves cursor forward/backward by one character I find ALT + . (dot) last parameter of

Re: [Ilugc] [Tip] Small command line Tips

2010-08-30 Thread Arun Khan
On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 10:56 AM, Murali Babu drop2muralib...@gmail.com wrote: In Redhat and centos this trick is not working can anybody  please resolve this. Rather than depending on others, you can do this yourself by opening a bug report on the respective distros. -- Arun Khan

Re: [Ilugc] [Tip] Small command line Tips

2010-08-29 Thread kish
On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 2:13 AM, Tha.Suresh jemenisur...@gmail.com wrote: Execute a command without saving it in the history $ spacecommand Prepending one or more spaces to your command won't be saved in history. Useful for passwords on the commandline. Also, it depends on the value of

Re: [Ilugc] [Tip] Small command line Tips

2010-08-29 Thread Murali Babu
In Redhat and centos this trick is not working can anybody please resolve this. On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 2:18 PM, kish realmai...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 2:13 AM, Tha.Suresh jemenisur...@gmail.com wrote: Execute a command without saving it in the history $ spacecommand

[Ilugc] [Tip] Small command line Tips

2010-08-27 Thread Tha.Suresh
Erase a word in the terminal ALT BACKSPACE hit BACKSPACE more than once to delete more words --- Execute a command without saving it in the history $ spacecommand Prepending one or more spaces to your command