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Count the number of lines contain a specific string using grep
Answer:
Usually when you want to count the number of lines contain a specific string, it is easy with the grep command,
e.g.
# cat input.txt | grep foo | wc -l
But actually a more direct approach would be:
# cat input.txt | grep -c foo
Move cursor to the start of line in VIM
Answer:
In our previous article, we learned how to move cursor to the end of line in VIM, so how about move to the start of the line?
The answer is simple:
0
Move cursor to the end of the line in your shell
Answer:
In our previous article we learned how to move cursor to the start of the line, so how about the end of the line?
Answer:
Ctrl + e
Move cursor to the start of the line in your shell
Answer:
Assume you have typed a long command, how to move to the start of the line?
The answer is..
Ctrl + a
How to compress a directory to a zip file
Answer:
To compress a directory and all the files under this directory to a zip file, you can use
# zip -r output.zip directory
