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[-] echindod@programming.dev 16 points 3 weeks ago
[-] Hammerheart@programming.dev 2 points 3 weeks ago

Yes, it was meant to be a self deprecating admission that I have used this unnecessarily verbose command.

[-] echindod@programming.dev 2 points 3 weeks ago

Ah. Well. I can not be blameless on this. I also probably use cat unnecessarily still. But less so with grep these days. I'm getting better... I swear!

[-] disobey2623@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago

You saying I can just skip cat in that command and it works?

[-] x00z@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

history | grep 'cat'

[-] neox_@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 weeks ago
[-] disobey2623@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 weeks ago

How did I not know this. Thank you!

[-] oozynozh@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

it's grep STRING FILE to be precise

or awk '/STRING/′ FILE if you prefer that for some reason

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