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[-] disobey2623@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

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

[-] x00z@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

history | grep 'cat'

[-] neox_@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

grep ~/.bash_history

[-] disobey2623@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago

How did I not know this. Thank you!

[-] oozynozh@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

it's grep STRING FILE to be precise

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

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