Posts tagged "productivity"

Customizing your bash prompt for pleasure and profit

Mac OS X's default bash prompt is dull and uninformative.

Mac OS X's default bash prompt
Mac OS X's default bash prompt

Since only the current directory name is visible, I find myself running pwd more often than is healthy. Also, I find the uneven prompt length jarring.

Faster Terminal navigation via aliases

Workmates will be quick to confirm that I'm not exactly leet on the command line. Efforts to advance beyond cd and ls have been hampered by the fact that many posts and discussion threads assume a level of competency which as yet I lack.

When I sit down to write a post, oftentimes I write the post I wish I'd read an hour earlier. As I unravel the mysteries of ack and bash and Emacs and the like, I'll publish tips and explanations so that others can benefit from my discoveries (or, as will likely be the case, so that you people can further enlighten me).