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diff --git a/src/blog/cheatsheets.html b/src/blog/cheatsheets.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..071c967 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/blog/cheatsheets.html @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +title: "Cheatsheets to Stay Productive in the Command Line" +date: November 3, 2019 +--- +<p> +To stay productive in the command line, I maintain a personal +<a href="https://gitlab.com/m-chrzan/cheatsheets">"cheatsheets" repository</a>. +There are many commands, or particular options of certain commands, that I don't +use often enough for them to become muscle memory, but often enough for +<code>man</code>ning them or internet searching for "how do I resize an image with +imagemagick" to become tedious. +</p> + +<p> +I can recommend following a similar practice to anyone, though I don't recommend +using my cheatsheets. They are usually quick notes that follow my own mental +shortcuts, and in general are optimized to be quickly understood by <em>me</em>, +based solely on my past experiences with these tools. I won't include options +that are already obvious to me (if you haven't used <code>git add -p</code> or +<code>git rebase -i</code>, you should go learn about them!), and might instead +include tools that are already a second language to you (any <code>ffmpeg</code> +ninjas out there?). +</p> + +<p> +There are existing tools that aim to improve command line productivity in +similar ways, like <a href="https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr"> + <code>tldr</code> +</a> or <a href="https://github.com/cheat/cheat"><code>cheat</code></a>. For my +personal workflow, I figured that there's no reason to overcomplicate things +when tools I already have (<code>vim</code> + <code>git</code>) do the job fine. +</p> + +<p> +Now, for any new UNIX system I intend on spending a lot of time on, I'll +<code>git pull gitlab.com/m-chrzan/cheatsheets</code> in my home directory. When +I want to remind myself of a command's use case, or have just figured out a new +cool trick that I know I'm going to forget if I don't write it down, my notes +are just a <code>vim ~/ch<TAB> tool.md</code> away. If I do write any new +tips down, a quick <code>git push</code> allows me to keep the cheatsheets +synced across all other systems. +</p> |