learnbyexample

Why Git is hard (roadrunnertwice.dreamwidth.org)

Vim prank: alias vim='vim -y' (learnbyexample.github.io)

Did you know that Vim has an Easy mode? It’s the hardest mode for those already familiar with Vim 🙃

Navigating around in your shell (blog.meain.io)

Mastering curl: interactive text guide (antonz.org)

Learn GNU awk with hundreds of examples and exercises (learnbyexample.github.io)

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CLI tools hidden in the Python standard library (til.simonwillison.net)

The magic behind configure, make, make install - How it works in Unix (thoughtbot.com)

ffmprovisr: app to help you through the FFmpeg command generation process (amiaopensource.github.io)

The code worked differently when the moon was full (www.hanselman.com)

Unraveling rm: what happens when you run it? (blog.safia.rocks)

Linux Containers From Scratch in C (www.lucavall.in)

A game where you are an operating system (plbrault.com)

CLI text processing with grep, sed, awk, perl and ruby

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An opinion on what's a good general-purpose programming language (avestura.dev)

Improving shell workflows with fzf (seb.jambor.dev)

A Guide to Python Lambda Functions (adamj.eu)

CLI text processing with GNU Coreutils (head, tail, tr, sort, paste, pr, join, etc)

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State machines are wonderful tools (nullprogram.com)

FFmpeg Explorer (ffmpeg.lav.io)

I wrote an interactive TUI app that gives a brief tour of the `GNU awk` command for beginners (github.com)

Let me know your feedback, especially if you haven’t learned awk yet!

The Art of Command Line (github.com)

Fluency on the command line is a skill often neglected or considered arcane, but it improves your flexibility and productivity as an engineer in both obvious and subtle ways. This is a selection of notes and tips on using the command-line that we've found useful when working on Linux. Some tips are elementary, and some are...

Disaster recovery with ZFS and zrepl (chromakode.com)

A Visual Guide to SSH Tunnels: Local and Remote Port Forwarding (iximiuz.com)

SSH is yet another example of an ancient technology that is still in wide use today. It may very well be that learning a couple of SSH tricks is more profitable in the long run than mastering a dozen Cloud Native tools destined to become deprecated next quarter....

In a git repository, where do your files live? (jvns.ca)

How does the Linux Kernel start a Process (iq.thc.org)