Miguel de Icaza gives advice on Unix
One of the most famous Unix programmers Miguel de Icaza (founder of GNOME and Mono projects) in his blog gave a couple of tips on how to increase the productivity of work in the Unix shell. He says that he sometimes meets young hackers and is amazed at how few tricks they know.
Miguel de Icaza recommends a quick educational program:
1. Read “Unix. Software environment "Kernighan and Pike [ Russian edition ], will take several days, maybe a week. The book is very old (1984), but it best explains the automation of various actions in the console. The second book is UNIX for the Impatient to upgrade skills.
2. Master Emacs. This program has had a tremendous impact on the development of Unix. Having mastered the hotkeys for Emacs, you will automatically master them immediately for hundreds of other Unix programs. It is best to press Ctrl-H right after launch, then t . This is an online guide that takes you only two hours.
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3, Use Midnight Commander. This file manager combines the best of both worlds: a GUI-like interface and full access to the text console. On the screen is a list of files in two directories, and the Unix command line below.
Navigation arrows, Ctrl-S to search by file name, Ctrl-T to highlight, F to copy, move or delete. By default, copying takes place in a directory on the other half of the screen.
Midnight Commander is a clone of Norton Commander, the program was written by Miguel himself.
4. The coolest book on Unix tricks: Unix Power Tools . This is a collection of individual tricks from different hackers, each about a page. Unique material compiled from Usenet conferences and other books. Well suited for daily reading (one per day - enough for four years, because the volume has 1539 pages).
5. Examine the blind recruitment method. It is difficult and long, but we must try.
Miguel de Icaza recommends a quick educational program:
1. Read “Unix. Software environment "Kernighan and Pike [ Russian edition ], will take several days, maybe a week. The book is very old (1984), but it best explains the automation of various actions in the console. The second book is UNIX for the Impatient to upgrade skills.
2. Master Emacs. This program has had a tremendous impact on the development of Unix. Having mastered the hotkeys for Emacs, you will automatically master them immediately for hundreds of other Unix programs. It is best to press Ctrl-H right after launch, then t . This is an online guide that takes you only two hours.
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3, Use Midnight Commander. This file manager combines the best of both worlds: a GUI-like interface and full access to the text console. On the screen is a list of files in two directories, and the Unix command line below.
Navigation arrows, Ctrl-S to search by file name, Ctrl-T to highlight, F to copy, move or delete. By default, copying takes place in a directory on the other half of the screen.
Midnight Commander is a clone of Norton Commander, the program was written by Miguel himself.
4. The coolest book on Unix tricks: Unix Power Tools . This is a collection of individual tricks from different hackers, each about a page. Unique material compiled from Usenet conferences and other books. Well suited for daily reading (one per day - enough for four years, because the volume has 1539 pages).
5. Examine the blind recruitment method. It is difficult and long, but we must try.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/127970/
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