The Command Line, Part 3: A Faster Terminal
Sugar on Top of the Fundamentals You’ve got the basics (Part 1) and the stream-and-pipe model (Part 2). Everything from here is optional — quality-of-life tools that make the terminal faster and friendlier. None of it replaces what you’ve learned; it sits on top of it. The plain commands are always there on any machine, and that matters when you’re on a stripped-down server. Treat this chapter as a buffet: install what appeals, skip what doesn’t. ...