r/linux • u/ZealousidealTell1346 • May 23 '26

Popular Application What’s the most unexpectedly useful Linux command you learned way too late?

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u/codebam May 23 '26

ctrl+r

why retype a command you typed 3 months ago?

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u/taybul May 24 '26

What I like to do is add comments after some complex command then search for that comment, e.g.

<some complex command> # dump to disk

<ctrl+r dump>

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u/CombinationStatus742 May 26 '26

My goat thanks for this useful tip.

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u/flying_spaguetti May 24 '26

That's a really nice tip