Terminal

UNIX Tools (and their alternatives)

• Coreutils manual • GNU 📚
• bat • A cat clone with with syntax highlighting and Git integration 🛠️
• exa • A modern replacement for ls 🛠️
• fd • A simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to find 🛠️
• fzf • A command-line fuzzy finder 🛠️
• jq • A lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor 🛠️
  • Use npm query and jq to dig into your dependencies • Elijah Manor 📺
• kill
  • How to kill a process on a port on ubuntu • Stack Overflow 👨‍💻
  • Classic SysAdmin: How to Kill a Process from the Linux Command Line • Linux Foundation 📖
  • How to Terminate a Process (kill) • Oracle 📖
• lsof • List open files 🛠️
  • identify what process is running on port 5000: lsof -i:5000
    • How to find out which process is running on a port on macOS?
• ripgrep • ripgrep recursively searches directories for a regex pattern while respecting your gitignore 🛠️
• sed • A stream editor for filtering and transforming text 🛠️
  • e.g. sed -E s/pattern/substitution/g
  • basic regex vs extended regex
  • sed - An Introduction and Tutorial
  • replace with sd?
• top
• Linux Command Line playlist • The Frugal Computer Guy 📺
• Manipulating Files in Your Current Working Directory • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Step By Step Guide 📖

Bash/Zsh Syntax

• Create and delete files and folders:
  • mkdir <folder-name> - create directory
  • rm -rf <folder-name> - delete directory and its contents
  • touch <file.ext> - create file
  • rm <file.ext> - delete file
• Moving and copying files:
  • mv <file1.ext> <file2.ext> <target-folder> - move individual file(s)
  • mv * <target-folder> - move all files in current folder
  • mv <file.ext> <renamed.ext> - rename file
  • cp <file1.ext> <file2.ext> <target-folder> - copy individual file(s)
  • cp * <target-folder> - copy all files in current folder
  • cp <file.ext> <renamed.ext> - copy and rename file
• Keyboard shortcuts:
  • ⌃A - jump to beginning of line
  • ⌃E - jump to end of line
  • ⌃U - clear from cursor position to beginning of line
  • ⌃R - search command history (hit ENTER to run command)
  • ⌘K - clear console
• Package website shortcuts:
  • npm home <repo name> - opens homepage
  • npm repo <repo name> - opens github page
  • npm bugs <repo name> - opens github issues
• The Bash String Operators | Kevin Sookocheff • Kevin Sookocheff 📖
• Single vs double quotes:
  • Advanced Quoting in Shell Scripts – Scripting OS X • When to use single quotes vs double quotes
  • bash - What is the difference between the ”…”, ’…’, $’…’, and $”…” quotes in the shell? - Unix & Linux Stack Exchange
  • shell - Difference between single and double quotes in Bash - Stack Overflow
• Introduction to Bash Scripting • Bobby Iliev 📕
• Bash on Exercism • Get fluent in Bash by solving 89 exercises • Exercism 👩‍🎓

Environment variables

• PATH • Julia Evans 📖

Configuring Zsh

• powerlevel10k • Awesome Zsh prompt by Roman Perepelitsa 🛠️
• Lazy-load nvm to Reduce ZSH’s Startup Time • Armno Prommarak 📖

Configuring kitty

• Nerd Fonts • A collection of fonts patched with glyphs from several iconic fonts 🛠️
• Cheat Sheat | Nerd Fonts • Search all the glyphs in all the fonts 📚
• Programming Fonts - Test Drive • Test drive programming fonts online 📚
• MonoLisa • A font family designed for software developers. Font follows function. 🛠️

Creating CLI tools

• ink • React for interactive command-line apps 🛠️
• What Makes A Good Cli Tool | Prime Explains • The Primeagen 📺

Make a file executable

• How to make a file (e.g. a .sh script) executable, so it can be run from a terminal • Ask Ubuntu 👨‍💻

Generate any number of test files in a directory

• e.g. touch test-{01-10}.txt
• Creating multiple files with content from shell • Stack Overflow 👨‍💻

Switch to bash on Mac to get access to shellcheck?

• zsh is great
  • comes by default
  • cool features
  • oh-my-zsh
• but it’s missing a linter!
• bash has shellcheck
• the linter’s assistance while writing makes the switch worthwhile
• Upgrading Bash on macOS • Daniel Weibel 📖
• How to Change the Default Shell to Bash on macOS • Chris Hoffman & Nick Lewis 📖

Inbox

• explainshell.com • match command-line arguments to their help text
• Comics • Julia Evans 📖
• broot • A new way to see and navigate directory trees 🛠️