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What's a handy terminal command you use often? (lemm.ee)

submitted 3 months ago by cybercitizen4@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] pyr0ball@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

You can't mention nohup without at least mentioning kill -9 or pkill to slay the monster you created you madman

[–] papertowels@lemmy.one 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Sometimes I'll just reboot the entire damn machine just to be safe ;)

[–] Sorse@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 months ago

shutdown -r now

[–] olafurp@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Eyyy, don't hate, this is how I start all my work programs. That command is really nice and creates all work programs as children of a single terminal session for easy closing later.

[–] pyr0ball@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

No hate! Just need to make sure people know so they don't create a bazillion threads without realizing it, or how to stop them effectively