Task Switch in Linux Console

I prefer the application that I'm currently working on to be reachable at http://localhost/.

So when I switch to another project, I use this handy shell script to set one site as the current one. Call it just like this:
apache-site makandra...

If you are using VNC to run Selenium tests, it may be hard to see what's going on since by default there is no list of open windows and Alt+Tab won't work.

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When you drag a file from a Nautilus window into a terminal window, the file's path will be pasted into the terminal. This also works with multiple files.

You can use fold:

fold -sw 60

You can now paste your texts. fold will echo them back, word-wrapped after 60 columns. Exit with Ctrl+C or Ctrl+D.

You can also use files for input and output:

fold -sw 60 input.txt > output.txt

The tree command will show you the contents of a directory and all its sub directories as a tree:

>tree
.
├── a
│   ├── file_1.txt
│   └── file_2.txt
└── b
    ├── c
    │   └── even_more.txt
    └── more.txt

3 directories, 4 files

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tl;dr

git checkout is the swiss army of git commands. If you prefer a semantically more meaningful command for branch related tasks, use git switch instead.

You can use git switch since git 2.23.

Switch Branch

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