Added bcctools, direnv and a history file suggestion #656
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nicfit
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Dec 27, 2019
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| - If you are halfway through typing a command but change your mind, hit **alt-#** to add a `#` at the beginning and enter it as a comment (or use **ctrl-a**, **#**, **enter**). You can then return to it later via command history. | |||
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| - To avoid a command being written to your history file, you can prefix it with a space ` export AWS_SECRET_KEY=XXXXX`. This is useful if you work with API keys or passwords on the command line. | |||
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| - Use `xargs` (or `parallel`). It's very powerful. Note you can control how many items execute per line (`-L`) as well as parallelism (`-P`). If you're not sure if it'll do the right thing, use `xargs echo` first. Also, `-I{}` is handy. Examples: | |||
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This is only true (for bash, at least) when HISTCONTROL=ignorespace (or =ignoreboth)
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Hope folks find these suggestions useful.