From 5686447a22c31900da142678c0fde0ecc542f38b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joshua Levy Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2015 00:48:47 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Add an item on globs. More tweaks. Further adjusted re #12. --- README.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 1cfee29..0044b6a 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ ![curl -s 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jlevy/the-art-of-command-line/master/README.md' | egrep -o '`\w+`' | tr -d '`' | cowsay -W50](cowsay.png) -Fluency on the command line is a skill now often neglected or considered archaic, 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 I've found useful when working on Linux. Some tips are elementary, and some are fairly specific, sophisticated, or obscure. This page is not long, but if you can use and recall all the items here, you know a lot. +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 I've found useful when working on Linux. Some tips are elementary, and some are fairly specific, sophisticated, or obscure. This page is not long, but if you can use and recall all the items here, you know a lot. Much of this [originally](http://www.quora.com/What-are-some-lesser-known-but-useful-Unix-commands) @@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ Scope: - Learn about redirection of output and input using `>` and `<` and pipes using `|`. Learn about stdout and stderr. +- Learn about file glob expansion with `*` (and perhaps `?` and `{`...`}`) and quoting and the difference between double `"` and single `'` quotes. (See more on variable expansion below.) + - Be familiar with Bash job management: `&`, **ctrl-z**, **ctrl-c**, `jobs`, `fg`, `bg`, `kill`, etc. - Know ssh, and the basics of passwordless authentication, via `ssh-agent`, `ssh-add`, etc.