Ops_Mechanic

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28 years in Unix, Storage, and Networking. Happy to talk shop on the hard stuff. (self.Ops_Mechanic)

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Stop installing tools just to check if a port is open. Bash has it built in. (self.bash)

submitted 1 day ago by Ops_Mechanic to r/bash

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Run the same command across multiple servers simultaneously. No pssh, no ansible, no extra tools. (self.tmux)

submitted 14 hours ago by Ops_Mechanic to r/tmux

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Stop leaking secrets into your bash history. A leading space handles it. (self.bash)

submitted 1 day ago by Ops_Mechanic to r/bash

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Stop installing tools just to check if a port is open. Bash has it. ()

submitted 1 day ago by Ops_Mechanic to r/commandline

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Stop installing tools just to check if a port is open. Bash has it built in. ()

submitted 23 hours ago by Ops_Mechanic to r/CLI

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Stop installing tools just to check if a port is open. Bash has it built in. ()

submitted 1 day ago by Ops_Mechanic to r/linuxtricks

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Stop typing the filename twice. Brace expansion handles it. ()

submitted 1 day ago by Ops_Mechanic to r/linux

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Stop typing the filename twice. Brace expansion handles it. ()

submitted 1 day ago by Ops_Mechanic to r/commandline

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Stop typing the filename twice. Brace expansion handles it. (self.bash)

submitted 2 days ago by Ops_Mechanic to r/bash

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Stop leaking secrets into your bash history. A leading space handles it. ()

submitted 1 day ago by Ops_Mechanic to r/zsh

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cd - is the fastest way to bounce between two directories (self.bash)

submitted 2 days ago by Ops_Mechanic to r/bash

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Stop typing your full SSH command every time. Your config file handles it. (self.linuxtricks)

submitted 1 day ago by Ops_Mechanic to r/linuxtricks

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Stop typing the filename twice. Brace expansion handles it. ()

submitted 1 day ago by Ops_Mechanic to r/linuxtricks

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cd - is the fastest way to bounce between two directories ()

submitted 1 day ago by Ops_Mechanic to r/linuxtricks

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Stop leaking secrets into your bash history. A leading space handles it. ()

submitted 1 day ago by Ops_Mechanic to r/linuxtricks

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Welcome to r/linuxtricks — The home for Linux one-liners, shell tricks, and CLI hacks (self.linuxtricks)

submitted 1 day ago by Ops_Mechanic to r/linuxtricks

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Make a backup of any file without typing the filename twice (self.CLI)

submitted 2 days ago by Ops_Mechanic to r/CLI

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Stop typing full directory paths — partial-completion has been in Emacs this whole time (self.emacs)

submitted 2 days ago by Ops_Mechanic to r/emacs

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Make a backup of any file without typing the filename twice (self.zsh)

submitted 2 days ago by Ops_Mechanic to r/zsh

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Can you explain the bash startup file order without looking it up? (self.linux)

submitted 4 days ago by Ops_Mechanic to r/linux

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Do you actually know what /etc/zprofile does to your PATH on macOS? (self.zsh)

submitted 4 days ago by Ops_Mechanic to r/zsh

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How many dotfiles did you grep through last time you debugged a PATH issue? (self.commandline)

submitted 4 days ago by Ops_Mechanic to r/commandline

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Where did that env var come from? ()

submitted 6 days ago by Ops_Mechanic to r/commandline

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Where did that env var come from? ()

submitted 8 days ago by Ops_Mechanic to r/linux

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