💻 Bash

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• sudo ln -sf bash /bin/sh

• Debian / Ubuntu

  • sudo apt-get install bash-completion

  • vim ~/.bashrc

    ++ source /etc/profile.d/bash_completion.sh
    

• Arch

  • sudo pacman -S bash-completion

  • vim ~/.bashrc

    ++ source /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion
    

• $@ All user issued args

• $# Number of args

• $0 First arg (script/program)

• ${10} 9th arg (10+ requires brackets)

• $1 Second arg (user defined arg e.g. –help)

• $! Process id of last command

• $? Exit status id of last command

• $* All user issued args double quoted

• Package

  • moreutils

    errno errorcodes

• cat /box 2> /dev/null

• command | xclip -selection c

# Enable pause
# Uses: pause;command
function pause(){
   echo "Press [Enter] to continue...";grep $1 2>/dev/null;read
}

• Example: pause; echo "Pause Complete"

I use this in conjunction with Tmux helper Tmuxinator, so that STDOUT renders out everything correctly

• Bash Reference Manual

• GNU Bash