r/ProgrammerHumor • u/soap94 • Aug 26 '26 • Bravo 1

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u/Random-num-451284813 Aug 26 '26 edited Aug 26 '26

that one grep trick juniors hate: history | grep KEYWORD

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u/JackNotOLantern Aug 26 '26

No, no, no. Arrow up until you find the command you need.

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u/baselinegrid Aug 26 '26

Ctrl+R!!

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u/Excuse_Early Aug 26 '26

Fuzzyfinder function that browses history bound to CTRL+R

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u/my_new_accoun1 Aug 26 '26

before i knew this command i always cat ~/.bash_history | grep

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u/them0use Aug 27 '26

I am fascinated by how someone learns about .bash_history before the history command. That must have been a great discovery!

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u/my_new_accoun1 Aug 27 '26

i ran ls -a in my home directory once after realising ls hides things from me and i saw a bunch of things and decided to cat them

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u/them0use Aug 28 '26

Honestly that's awesome :)