Terminal files

Reading files

bat

• cat + less + git + more

less

• -Nshow line numbers
  • has syntax highlighting

Editing Files

Delete lines that match pattern

• Delete lines that match
  • Used in [[work-aws]]

sed -i '' '/^\[localhost\]:56789/d' ~/.ssh/known_hosts;

How to append to a protected file (with sudo)

echo '127.0.0.1 redirected-url.com' | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts

• tee
  • read from standard input and write to standard output and files (or commands).

Listening to files

Entr

Run arbitrary commands when files change

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Last update: 2023-04-24