I wanted to share few Linux bash (terminal) tips I found to be useful for me over the last year.

1. Commands

cd - goes back to previous directory you have been at. useful when you accidentally switch to root dir for example.
!! - repeats your last command. most useful if you forgot to add sudo to last command: sudo !!
fuser -k tcp/8080 - to find and kill a process which is using port 8080.
history - shows you the history of commands you executed)
history | grep ‘git’ - will show you all the history items with word ‘git’ in it

And now try Ctrl-R in terminal to open history search and type the desired search pattern.

I’m sure you know that Ctrl-C cancels a process execution. Did you also know that Ctrl-Z pauses a process by putting it in background and releasing a prompt for you? To bring back the paused process type fg (ForeGround).

2. Aliases

You can also set some aliases for your most used commands in ~/.bashrc file:

My aliases are:

alias ll=’ls -alF’
alias la=’ls -A’
alias l=’ls -CF’
alias cd..=”cd ..”
alias node=’nodejs’
alias s=’http-server -o -cors’

3. Prompt

As well as define custom prompt colors and git branch you are working on, like I have for example:

More details on how to do it here.