Getting back to basics to hack the terminal and shell.
Overview
In the previous article, I walked through with you command-line tools to use for faster file system navigation. Unix-like (UN*X or *nix) systems, with history date back to the 70s, have various functionalities that even daily users may not be fully aware of.
This article explores the basics of Unix-like systems (specifically Linux) and tips and tricks that could help improve our productivity and development workflow.
The Basics
Let’s briefly talk about the basics. You can check out the References section or the Wikipedia links for more details. The definitions below mainly come from Wikipedia.
- terminal: A computer terminal is an electronic or electromechanical hardware device that can be used to enter data into and transcribe data from a computer or a computing system. The teletype was an example of an early day hardcopy terminal and predated the use of a computer screen by decades. Basically, the terminal takes input and…
