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klausman

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Sysadmin/SRE for two decades or so. Published SF author. Definitely a nerd. Computers, Go, Linux, alternative arches. Some gaming. Vinyl and Music in general.

Not LGBTQ+ but trying to be a good ally.

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Want to run the same command again? In many shells (e.g., tcsh, zsh, bash) you can type "!!" to recall last command and run it. Example:

apt install nginx # missed sudo
sudo !! # this will run sudo apt install nginx

klausman ,
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@nixCraft and in bash histverify is a good shopt to set.

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As a developer, what one thing would you never admit to anyone? 🤔

klausman ,
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@nixCraft More "as an SRE": how much I rely on .bash_history as external memory

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What is a 10x engineer? Wrong answers only.

klausman ,
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@nixCraft It's a shorthand for TENEX: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TENEX_(operating_system)

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Developers who don't use syntax highlighting in their code editors are clearly psychopaths. I mean, who willingly chooses chaos?

klausman ,
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@nixCraft I used to work with a very gifted C programmer who insisted on coding in ... joe.

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How to switch boot target to text or GUI in systemd https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/switch-boot-target-to-text-gui-in-systemd-linux/

klausman ,
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@nixCraft one question: sometimes I spot typos, how do I best report them? (in this case "runleves")

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