---
title: "10 simple Linux tips which save 50% of my time in the command line"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/10-simple-linux-tips-which-save-50-of-my-time-in-the-command-line-jkanzpogi
source_url: https://dev.to/javinpaul/10-simple-linux-tips-which-save-50-of-my-time-in-the-command-line-4moo
type: article
source: "Community Picks"
published: 2024-05-08T11:11:14.108Z
updated: 2024-05-09T08:22:04.995Z
tags: ["linux", "productivity", "shell", "bash", "unix"]
reading_time: 8
upvotes: 164
comments: 6
language: en
---

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# 10 simple Linux tips which save 50% of my time in the command line

**[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 8 min read · 164 upvotes · 6 comments

## Summary

Discover 10 simple Linux tips to save time in the command line and work efficiently in UNIX. Learn how to execute previous commands quickly, repeat the last command, use history to find frequently used commands, apply regular expressions in grep and find, use aliases, and more.

## Full article

daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://dev.to/javinpaul/10-simple-linux-tips-which-save-50-of-my-time-in-the-command-line-4moo>

## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@dalton02** · 15 upvotes

> Another very useful command that saves me a lot of time is "Ctrl+K" for deleting the entire command that comes after the cursor, and "Ctrl+A" to go to the beginning of the command

**@swarraaa** · 0 upvotes

> Useful. Thanks for sharing!

**@jsmooth** · 0 upvotes

> this is the kind of content I joined for, I should know it but you get so used to your patterns you don't look this up.

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Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#productivity](https://daily.dev/tags/productivity), [#shell](https://daily.dev/tags/shell), [#bash](https://daily.dev/tags/bash), [#unix](https://daily.dev/tags/unix)

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