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fourthark · 2025-02-16 15:04:33

Yes. Requires some otherwise useless thinking about which part of the command is unique, but this has to be the fastest way.

ivok | karma -1 | avg karma -1.0 · | 2014-11-21 23:01:18+00:00

So going from a single command to a different single command? How much simpler could it get?

tejasmanohar | karma 805 | avg karma 2.92 · | 2017-09-26 20:40:50+00:00

Yes, I do this all the time with all sorts of commands.

LeafStorm | karma 3533 | avg karma 8.31 · | 2011-04-27 21:11:56+00:00

On second thought, doing this automatically might be a waste of time for most one-shot commands. Perhaps a separate COEVAL command would work better for this.

tanin | karma 635 | avg karma 2.57 · | 2020-04-20 15:05:23+00:00

Yes! I was doing that for a while with a command-line tool. I couldn't make up my mind which way was faster. They were both required some sort of motor skill (e.g. switch to terminal, paste, enter) to perform the flows quickly.

gnuvince | karma 2783 | avg karma 4.52 · | 2011-12-06 19:15:17

True. I've just gotten into the habit of doing it manually in case I use a command that doesn't do it.

Hello71 | karma 1875 | avg karma 1.93 · | 2021-01-24 15:03:08+00:00

sure, but it'd be less confusing to just make it a new command. you could add features like invoking lsblk with a sensible set of flags.

mike-cardwell | karma 13092 | avg karma 3.68 · | 2010-12-16 14:48:34+00:00

Cool. I was unfamiliar with this command. Looks useful.

unixhero | karma 4535 | avg karma 1.33 · | 2020-07-11 09:06:32

How did you manage to figure this out? Do you generally try that command out?

bbody | karma 240 | avg karma 1.14 · | 2019-11-01 04:02:24+00:00

Good point, I did think of having a command that essentially output everything in one hit.

insanitybit | karma 4243 | avg karma 2.69 · | 2023-11-27 03:48:53

I always just find it faster to put a command argument together tbh

marrusl | karma 8 | avg karma 1.0 · | 2013-05-11 11:20:50

Yes. Not only that but it has something even cooler: ESC + Q

Let's say you are about to finish a really long command and realize you should have done one other command first.

ESC + Q clears the current line, lets you enter a command, and then inserts the cleared line again on the next prompt. You have to try it to realize how cool it is.

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LoneWolf | karma 234 | avg karma 1.12 · | 2012-02-01 17:45:29

Thanks for that, spent a lot of time googling and never found that, maybe I didnt search properly, the solutions I remember finding always involved more than one command and were confusing.

dorfsmay | karma 5069 | avg karma 2.45 · | 2017-02-01 01:36:54+00:00

Uh no! Don't rely on command prompt, there are hardcoded ones out there, and clonining scripts have duplicated them.

uname -n

Takes seconds.

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kartiksibal | karma -4 | avg karma -0.8 · | 2016-08-21 20:04:29+00:00

Or you could just press Command + N.

fossuser | karma 19729 | avg karma 4.46 · | 2021-12-19 23:27:30

I just modify it directly in the console (I have to search to look up the command every time).

0db532a0 | karma 331 | avg karma 0.84 · | 2018-12-04 06:34:26

I had no idea of that command. Thanks.

delwin | karma 272 | avg karma 5.44 · | 2011-12-02 21:26:10+00:00

Aha! Didn't know there was dedicated command for it.

mesozoic | karma 634 | avg karma 0.94 · | 2014-11-11 17:07:54

It's not 3 commands so I'm sure you can get it down to 1 line.

detaro | karma 40664 | avg karma 1.79 · | 2021-02-15 02:50:02

it looks a lot more annoying to type. Would be an easy shell alias or script though, if one prefers that command style.

pininja | karma 884 | avg karma 3.04 · | 2020-07-17 05:25:04+00:00

Interesting, I didn’t know about that command. Thanks for sharing.