#FreeBSD #shell #hacks I wrap most of my long-running build jobs (like poudriere) in this now:

alias gently 'doas /usr/bin/nice -n 18 /usr/sbin/idprio 29 '

I run with `zfs set -o sync=disabled zroot/poudriere` but have no benchmarks to see if it actually helps.

#FreeBSD #shell #hacks I wrap most of my long-running build jobs (like poudriere) in this now:

alias gently 'doas /usr/bin/nice -n 18 /usr/sbin/idprio 29 '

I run with `zfs set -o sync=disabled zroot/poudriere` but have no benchmarks to see if it actually helps.

watch -n 600 curl -i https://www.unicode.org/versions/latest/

#shell #curl #watch #unix

#shell #curl

Number of days since the last shell expansion incident: 0

#homelab#selfHosting #shell

I'm using this shell shortcut a lot - you can use Alt+. to insert the last argument from your previous command into the command you're currently typing.

#cli #shell #linux #unix

I'm using this shell shortcut a lot - you can use Alt+. to insert the last argument from your previous command into the command you're currently typing.

#cli #shell #linux #unix

The Bard and The Shell - a great article by Armin Hanisch - @Linkshaender - for the BSD Cafe Journal - @journal

https://journal.bsd.cafe/2025/07/28/the-bard-and-the-shell/

#BSDCafeJournal#Shell#Bash#CommandLine#Tutorial

Learn Vim progressively

https://yannesposito.com/Scratch/en/blog/Learn-Vim-Progressively/

#cli #shell #vim #blog

Learn Vim progressively

https://yannesposito.com/Scratch/en/blog/Learn-Vim-Progressively/

#cli #shell #vim #blog

How i use my terminal

https://jyn.dev/how-i-use-my-terminal/

#cli #shell #linux #productivity

How i use my terminal

https://jyn.dev/how-i-use-my-terminal/

#cli #shell #linux #productivity

Good morning townies and Fediverse citizens - if you use Linux, or any OS that has a good shell, do you pipe commands a lot? And if so, what are commonly used ones?

#shell #piping #linux #plan9 #bsd #macos

Why did it take me two decades to do this?

<br/>function mkcd() { mkdir &quot;$@&quot; ; cd &quot;$@&quot; ; }<br/>
#bash #shell

Why did it take me two decades to do this?

<br/>function mkcd() { mkdir &quot;$@&quot; ; cd &quot;$@&quot; ; }<br/>
#bash #shell

I decided to "upgrade" this status page to HTML and wrote a post about making your own status page through NearlyFreeSpeech:

"Creating a Basic Status Page on NearlyFreeSpeech"

https://btxx.org/posts/nfs-status/

#web #shell

Nixers Newsletter #286 is out!

Dive into topics like PulseAudioDB, OpenBSD routers, shell history improvements, and more.
It's a solid edition with a gem: “Get your own home bin”, something we probably all do already in our own special ways.

→ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/MyPersonalProgramsSetup

→ Full issue: https://newsletter.nixers.net/entries.php#286
#Unix #Linux #OpenBSD #Shell #Dotfiles #Newsletter #Nixers