All posts tagged 'Unix'
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A custom edit action for todo.txt-cli
Frequently I find myself looking for a better way to keep track of my todo list, and I may have found the ideal solution for me: todo.txt. It's a simple plain text syntax for writing todo lists. I've been using it with the todo.txt CLI lately, on Ubuntu and WSL2, syncing the documents with...
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Dotfiles in Version Control
A few months back I set up my first dotfiles repo.undefined I chose the simplest option — turning my $HOME directory into a repo with a .gitignore of *. This went ok, and I was able to set up a new computer with relative ease. But the setup was not without its problems, most of which stemmed from...
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How to search through text with grep
Here are a few ways to use grep — a command line program that allows you to search through text. 1. Search for a pattern in a file The basic syntax is grep <pattern> <filename> where <pattern> is a string or regex. Running this will print each line in <filename> that contains a...
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