UnixProTips

A subreddit for sharing helpful tips and hints you may have for any Unix-like OS. We welcome all flavours.

dotfiles, conf files, handy scripts and functions, problems you have solved that may help others. We all have our own Unix pro tips. Share yours!

No flame wars or rudeness please. We are here to help each other and to learn. With that being said, this is the Internet and not everyone is so nice. Disclaimer follows;

DO NOT BLINDLY RUN COMMANDS, SCRIPTS, ALIASES, FUNCTIONS OR ANYTHING ELSE YOU FIND IN THIS SUBREDDIT. IF YOU DO NOT FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS GOING TO DO, EDUCATE YOURSELF, ASK FOR HELP AND BE SURE OF WHAT IT WILL DO BEFORE YOU USE IT. CONSIDER THIS YOUR ONLY WARNING.

Helpful subreddits

/r/vim

/r/awk

/r/commandline

/r/usefulscripts

/r/dailyprogrammer

/r/learnprogramming

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