shell

Shell Secrets

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Speaking of secrets, here’s how I keep them in the shell. Why do I have secrets in the shell? Typically, they are things like API keys and passwords for web ...

These Are the Inodes You Are Looking For

2 minute read

Ever gotten a disk full error, only to run df and not see any full disks? After banging you head against the wall for a while, you remember to run du -i and ...

Dotfile Organization Part I: Local vs. Remote

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I’m embarking on a long, long over due project to organize my dotfiles, you know, all those files in your home directory that start with “.” and configure yo...

xargs

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How to you take a list of files and do something with them in the UNIX shell? xargs is the key.