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arrow-up1666imageLinux terminal users be likesh.itjust.works@[email protected] to [email protected] • 2 years agomessage-square104fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•2 years agoWait until they learn that you can ctrl+u when you mistyped your password in sudo instead of spamming backspace…
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•2 years agoHere’s another mindfuck: gnu readline is so popular that developers of other software tend to implement its keybinds as hidden features/eastereggs. That’s why ctrl+u works in GTK text input boxes as well!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•edit-22 years agoDelete until start of line. So essentially equivalent to spamming backspace a bunch.
minus-squareJamielinkfedilink1•2 years agoI end up hitting Ctrl+u at work all the time and then being disappointed and holding backspace.
Wait until they learn that you can
ctrl+uwhen you mistyped your password insudoinstead of spamming backspace…Bro. You just changed my life and don’t even realize it
Here’s another mindfuck: gnu readline is so popular that developers of other software tend to implement its keybinds as hidden features/eastereggs. That’s why ctrl+u works in GTK text input boxes as well!
What does that do?
Delete until start of line. So essentially equivalent to spamming backspace a bunch.
I end up hitting Ctrl+u at work all the time and then being disappointed and holding backspace.