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Advanced Unix Commands to boost your Productivity
The more you learn the better you get
I am an engineer in Silicon Valley, with over 12 years of experience. And I love Unix commands. I consistently use Unix commands in my day to day life. Knowing some of the utility Unix commands off the back of my mind, has surely helped me solve many problems without even realizing it.
From a developer to a QA to a sysadmin, everyone should have a good grasp of the UNIX commands. It will surely make your life pretty easy.
So, here are few advanced Unix commands that will boost your productivity
vi
It is short for “virtual editor”. ‘vi’ is one of my favorite commands. I use ‘vi’ for multiple purposes, starting from viewing a file to editing a file. I have seen a lot of folks who are not comfortable with vi. Here are some excuses I have heard:
I’ll update the file by mistake
It is too complex for a simple change
It may be true for beginners but having some grasp of vi will ensure that you do not mess up.
Here are some tricks that I use in ‘vi’
To go to a particular line n
:n
