tips.md

Collection of Everyday Tips

Also see The Lazy Programmer

Mac

• cmd-shift-t open last tab (sometimes preserves input) via @atmos
• option-shift-volume|brightness increase/decrease brightness or volume by quarter increments
• cmd-shift-3 whole screenshot
• cmd-shift-4 select screenshot. Click space and it'll let you choose a window.
• cmd-shift-g in finder, go to folder. tab completion available
• cmd-shift-h go to home
• cloudapp, skitch

Shell

• cd - go back to last directory
• cd ~ go to home dir
• control-a, control-e - beginning and end of line
• option-b, option-f - backward/forward one word
• control-k - kill line
• pbcopy - takes input and puts it into osx clipboard
• pbpaste - pastes clipboard
• !! - run last command
• control-r - search through recent commands
• lsof -i:3000 - list processes running on port 3000
• alias all the things
• grep, ack
• wc
• sort -n
• du

Ruby

• bundle open gem-name opens the version of the gem in your editor
• gem unpack gem-name quick way to vendor a gem
• ruby -pe; perl -pe; python -pe

Git

• git config
  • alias
• hub
  • git pull request
  • git clone
  • git fork
  • git browse

Curl

• basic usage
• -I show just headers
• -H send headers
• -d form post

Files

• cat > filename; control-d
• touch
• sed -i

Dotfiles

• sourcing a local overrides

Web

• dotjs