Media Summary: today I talk about pushd / popd and how it can be useful to change directories in an interactive today I show an alternative to `cd` for scripts -- and why it's useful! playlist: ... today I show a trick that I use a lot on stream with bash -- especially to move / backup files! playlist: ...

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today I talk about pushd / popd and how it can be useful to change directories in an interactive today I show an alternative to `cd` for scripts -- and why it's useful! playlist: ... today I show a trick that I use a lot on stream with bash -- especially to move / backup files! playlist: ... today we talk about environment variables, I show the small number of rules to bash quoting and why '"'"' shouldn't be that scary! playlist: ... today I show prompt command and how I use it to auto-activate virtual environment - aactivator:

today I talk about the `source` command -- why it exists, and why I prefer `.` over `source`! playlist: ... today I show backgrounding and foregrounding in the today I talk about if statement "syntax" and why it's not really syntax but a very special xargs is by far one of the most useful commandline tools I know -- I teach the main

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why are some things shell builtins? (intermediate) anthony explains #510
shell aliases and bypassing them? (beginner - intermediate) anthony explains #532
bash: pushd / popd (beginner - intermediate) anthony explains #185
shell: use this instead of `cd` (intermediate) anthony explains #543
bash shortcut: curly expansion (intermediate) anthony explains #349
shell vs environment variables (and env, export, etc.) (intermediate) anthony explains #547
bash quoting is really not that difficult!  (beginner - intermediate) anthony explains #426
what is PROMPT_COMMAND? (+aactivator) (intermediate) anthony explains #374
what is `source` and why? (beginner - intermediate) anthony explains #329
job management: fg / bg / ^Z, & and more!  (intermediate) anthony explains #376
bash: /bin/[ is an executable ? (intermediate) anthony explains #227
all about xargs ! (beginner - intermediate) anthony explains #200
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why are some things shell builtins? (intermediate) anthony explains #510

why are some things shell builtins? (intermediate) anthony explains #510

in today's video I answer why sometimes

shell aliases and bypassing them? (beginner - intermediate) anthony explains #532

shell aliases and bypassing them? (beginner - intermediate) anthony explains #532

today I show off

bash: pushd / popd (beginner - intermediate) anthony explains #185

bash: pushd / popd (beginner - intermediate) anthony explains #185

today I talk about pushd / popd and how it can be useful to change directories in an interactive

shell: use this instead of `cd` (intermediate) anthony explains #543

shell: use this instead of `cd` (intermediate) anthony explains #543

today I show an alternative to `cd` for scripts -- and why it's useful! playlist: ...

bash shortcut: curly expansion (intermediate) anthony explains #349

bash shortcut: curly expansion (intermediate) anthony explains #349

today I show a trick that I use a lot on stream with bash -- especially to move / backup files! playlist: ...

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shell vs environment variables (and env, export, etc.) (intermediate) anthony explains #547

shell vs environment variables (and env, export, etc.) (intermediate) anthony explains #547

today we talk about environment variables,

bash quoting is really not that difficult!  (beginner - intermediate) anthony explains #426

bash quoting is really not that difficult! (beginner - intermediate) anthony explains #426

I show the small number of rules to bash quoting and why '"'"' shouldn't be that scary! playlist: ...

what is PROMPT_COMMAND? (+aactivator) (intermediate) anthony explains #374

what is PROMPT_COMMAND? (+aactivator) (intermediate) anthony explains #374

today I show prompt command and how I use it to auto-activate virtual environment - aactivator: https://github.com/Yelp/aactivator ...

what is `source` and why? (beginner - intermediate) anthony explains #329

what is `source` and why? (beginner - intermediate) anthony explains #329

today I talk about the `source` command -- why it exists, and why I prefer `.` over `source`! playlist: ...

job management: fg / bg / ^Z, & and more!  (intermediate) anthony explains #376

job management: fg / bg / ^Z, & and more! (intermediate) anthony explains #376

today I show backgrounding and foregrounding in the

bash: /bin/[ is an executable ? (intermediate) anthony explains #227

bash: /bin/[ is an executable ? (intermediate) anthony explains #227

today I talk about if statement "syntax" and why it's not really syntax but a very special

all about xargs ! (beginner - intermediate) anthony explains #200

all about xargs ! (beginner - intermediate) anthony explains #200

xargs is by far one of the most useful commandline tools I know -- I teach the main

shell bling strings!  (beginner - intermediate) anthony explains #013

shell bling strings! (beginner - intermediate) anthony explains #013

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