0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 1 year agoLinux terminal users be likesh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square106fedilinkarrow-up1707arrow-down119
arrow-up1688arrow-down1imageLinux terminal users be likesh.itjust.works0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square106fedilink
minus-squareamanwithausername@vlemmy.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoWait until they learn that you can ctrl+u when you mistyped your password in sudo instead of spamming backspace…
minus-squareJamie@jamie.moelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI end up hitting Ctrl+u at work all the time and then being disappointed and holding backspace.
minus-squareamanwithausername@vlemmy.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 year agoDelete until start of line. So essentially equivalent to spamming backspace a bunch.
minus-square8565@lemmy.quad442.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoBro. You just changed my life and don’t even realize it
minus-squareamanwithausername@vlemmy.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoHere’s another mindfuck: gnu readline is so popular that developers of other software tend to implement its keybinds as hidden features/eastereggs. That’s why ctrl+u works in GTK text input boxes as well!
Wait until they learn that you can
ctrl+uwhen you mistyped your password insudoinstead of spamming backspace…I end up hitting Ctrl+u at work all the time and then being disappointed and holding backspace.
What does that do?
Delete until start of line. So essentially equivalent to spamming backspace a bunch.
Bro. You just changed my life and don’t even realize it
Here’s another mindfuck: gnu readline is so popular that developers of other software tend to implement its keybinds as hidden features/eastereggs. That’s why ctrl+u works in GTK text input boxes as well!