Supercharge Your Command Line’s History Search with Four Lines of Code

OS X and Linux: Pressing the up and down arrow lets you step through your history in the command line, but sometimes it can take awhile to get your way to the command you want. Jude Robinson, posting on Coder Wall, shares four lines of code that make your search much faster.

With four lines, you’ll be able to type the beginning of the command (e.g. “cd”) and press the up arrow to see the most recent command containing the text you typed (e.g “cd ~/Library”). This makes it much easier to find what you’re looking for. To make this happen, create a text file called .inputrc in your home folder and put the following four lines inside:

“\e[A”: history-search-backward
“\e[B”: history-search-forward
set show-all-if-ambiguous on
set completion-ignore-case on

Once you do, open up your favorite Terminal Emulator (here are our favorites for OS X and Linux) and give a try.

The single most useful thing in bash | Coder Wall

Turn Signal Gloves Vastly Increase Your Chances Of Surviving an Urban Bike Ride

Your average motorist is more used to sharing the road with other vehicles than cyclists. So instead of just relying on your arms to safely signal an upcoming turn, consider these $42 turn signal gloves which let both cyclists and motorists alike know where you’re headed.

Usable with an included set of bike gloves or your own pair once they’ve been enhanced with a bit of velcro, the LEDs are triggered via a thumb-accessible button and can be used to signal a turn, or continuously flash for enhanced nighttime visibility. On a fresh set of batteries they’ll flash for 120 hours straight, so you can safely get to and from work for days on end, or manually flash an SOS distress if you find yourself lost after a ride in the woods.

[Doppelganger via Damn Geeky]

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