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submitted 8 months ago by atmur to c/linuxmemes
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this image comes to mind every time i use man pages

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

You mean "history" right? Right?!

[–] uranibaba 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

So many times I have looked up a command, used it and then forgotten the syntax. History is a life saver.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

You would probably love mcfly https://github.com/cantino/mcfly

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Love this, but now I'm also realizing how awful my workflow is in general. More than half of the time when I get into a groove I don't even switch directories between tasks and end up just calling the relative path like an animal 😆

[–] uranibaba 2 points 8 months ago

Just installed it! Love it, and I just learned that ctrl+r is a thing.

[–] ook_the_librarian 2 points 8 months ago

Ctrl + R, what a wonderful phrase.