you need to HACK faster!! (Linux Terminal hacks YOU NEED!!)

[@toby-aprilseegren3872]

As someone who is learning linux ( and has taught myself ) thank you for taking time from your life, to share this valuable information.

[@0Ciju0]

I mean, it's not like he does it for free haha. He benefits a lot from these videos as well, it's not like he is giving away "time from his life" as you mentioned lol. He is 1) practicing what he has learned (you solidify your knowledge by teaching), 2) building his brand, and 3) getting ad revenue.

[@toby-aprilseegren3872]

@@0Ciju0 you are 100 correct, but how many people do you know ( regardless of compensation ) would take time to share their knowledge. Personally, if I had his skill set, idk that I'd have the will to sit back, and do what he is doing.

[@0Ciju0]

@@toby-aprilseegren3872 I guess what I was trying to say is that some people get satisfaction from helping others, myself included. Its almost "selfish" if you think about it, since helping people makes me feel nice, hehe :)

[@toby-aprilseegren3872]

@@0Ciju0 You can only keep what you have, by giving it away. :)

[@BDBD16]

@@toby-aprilseegren3872 Those who can do...Those who can't teach.

[@debarghyamaitra]

2 more I would add: 1. !cmd will pull off the last command we used with cmd For example- !cd will pull off last command we used with cd !ls will pull off last command used with ls 2. Alt+. will scroll through arguments of previous commands Thanks Chuck for the other hacks🤩😘

[@usmanatif5922]

Just to add Ctrl + left or right arrow to skip through words

[@topg6792]

@@usmanatif5922 Thanks man!

[@zernin975]

`!#` for numbered commands from `history`, which will persist for quite a while if you come back to a command often.

[@HethushaUmanga]

Alt + < || Alt + >

[@MAX-nv6yj]

And thank u for this great information ❤

[@wilmerchau]

Alternatives to [Ctrl] + [A] = [Home] [Cttrl] + [E] = [End] The [Home] and [End] key can be found above the arrow keys

[@karanb2067]

not in every keyboard 🥲

[@DaBomb340]

I use this as well as holding Ctrl and pressing left or right arrows to jump word by word, jumping to the beginning or end of each word depending on the direction.

[@radiotec76]

I use home and end on the ssh app on my iPhone. It’s much faster but I use a Bluetooth keyboard with out the home and end keys. The CTRL-A and CTRL-E commands will come in very handy when I’m in an ssh session that did not know

[@ZloB1N]

Not on Mac keyboard 😊

[@linkinparkfan103]

@@DaBomb340 Wow I can't believe I never knew about ctrl with the arrows!!! Thanks mate

[@KensonDorei]

Ctrl + p --> previous command Ctrl + n --> next command Alternative to arrows keys when browsing command history

[@NickDrone]

You can use the less command to tail live logs as well less +F . Then you can use CTRL+c to pause the live logs and you are in viewer mode. This way you don’t have to exit tail and use less to view the log line again because it scrolled by too fast for you to read.

[@meentage]

Please do you have any help I can't find the sniffjoke directory

[@ananddarshan1114]

Just some random knowledge, you can use ctrl + alt + T to launch the terminal and that way you won't be needing a mouse either. And that way we are even faster.

[@TheTwistedDesign]

Or even better, add terminal to startup applications 😁

[@adrianopinaffo]

Not all DEs have Ctrl Alt T mapped to terminal

[@lostzhengli1060]

Me just going ctrl-alt-f1 brrrrr

[@shauryagupta7233]

i just keep terminal as a startup up application lol I use arch BTW

[@ananddarshan1114]

@@shauryagupta7233 oh I see. I haven't used arch much, I used it just to learn about pacman pkg. Manager. I, so far, have been using ubuntu and kali mostly.

[@amityadav240]

To Take OUT last word you can use "Ctrl + w" To search in History you can use "Ctrl + R" try "Ctrl + (left arrow or right arrow)" while typing in vim editor or any long command Ctrl + Z to keep file in Background command:- fg is for to take Background file in foreground incase multiple files are in Background you can use fg %1 for first file and fg %2 for second file and so on

[@zackfox5222]

Hey Chuck! I started HTB because of you and I have to say it's a real game changer. I remember hitting my head against a wall trying to learn Linux 10 years ago. However, I've already done this terminal and you add so many little helpful tidbits that aren't exactly explained or presented in HTB (at least not yet). Also, the way you break things down makes more sense than when I read it most of the time so I selfishly want you to basically have a teaching series going through each module haha. Keep up the amazing work, you're the best IT mentor on here and I've been working in IT for 8 yrs (never had to use coding or significant Linux knowledge). Going for my BSIT in Cybersecurity now and I'll be watching every one of your videos!

[@snakejazz]

Chuck's most important tip is at 15:43

[@adammcvicar6629]

I think a good followup to this would be the 'alt' commands. You used ctrl commands, like ctrl-u for 'Delete from beginning of line to cursor', but alt does things like "move back a whole word' instead of arrow arrow arrow, and capitalize the word, etc. (So Alt-B to back up to the beginning of a word, alt-C to Capatalize it, or alt-U to uppercase the whole word)

[@croclius]

THANKS MAN

[@LosTCoz3000]

I've decided after 18 years of HVAC, I'm going to spend the next two years getting certifications for ethical hacking and whatever else I can get, and call it quits and start a new career in networking. All thanks to you Chuck, thank you for the videos, it's been extremely inspirational and educational. Hopefully in 2 years I can call myself a network engineer. Wish me luck!

[@NK-iw6rq]

HVAC makes more money.

[@fidelcatto4732]

Any update two years later ?

[@kevinbagust]

Chuck, You were correct with you the less command is called that. Orignally there was a command "more", and most Linux systems still have the command, but it was missing a lot of features so someone rewrite it and released it as "less" which was named for less is more.

[@flaviudsi]

I see that 'more' and 'less' commands are still available in some distros.. Thanks for sharing

[@rz7537]

Bro, you're killing it every single time! Great teacher, Great stuff!

[@py_world]

I have been waiting for content like this for months, now finally got it, please make content like this a bit often please.

[@iBerry420]

Freaking love it bro! As an avid Linux User, this was like playing Jeopardy lol. I knew some things but not all. Love your teaching style too bro. Great content!

[@elfrancisco9954]

Control + L doesnt really clear the terminal. The stuff is still there if you scroll up. Hence I prefer clear

[@ethan7930]

Clear also shows the stuff if you scroll up

[@DavidParathyras]

U can also try reset command

[@z0too]

@@ethan7930 No, by default clear includes the scrollback buffer.

[@stranger_04]

They're both the same

[@splashdann6340]

​@@ethan7930 it doesn't. or atleast not on Kali and arch

[@zanidd]

I doubted when you said, you're gonna teach me something I did not know, but you were right

[@jokester.01]

Terminal Shortcuts Ctrl + Shift + T: Open a new terminal tab Ctrl + Shift + N: Open a new terminal window Ctrl + Shift + C: Copy selected text in terminal Ctrl + Shift + V: Paste copied text in terminal Ctrl + A: Move cursor to the beginning of the line Ctrl + E: Move cursor to the end of the line Ctrl + U: Clear the line before the cursor Ctrl + K: Clear the line after the cursor Ctrl + R: Search command history Ctrl + L: Clear the terminal screen Ctrl + D: Logout from the terminal Ctrl + Z: Suspend the current foreground process Alt + F: Move cursor forward one word Alt + B: Move cursor backward one word

[@Omen9tactical]

Alt + F = Forward one word Alt + B = Back one word Can also use Ctrl + Arrow Keys Ctrl + F/B will also move by one character Ctrl + Shift + X = Clear Ctrl + L = bring bottom line to top of screen

[@JessieS]

I'm a Endpoint Engineer and damn it there so much new things I want to learn out there. I'm in the middle of studying for my AZ104, thereafter AWS cloud Practitioner, and then I see the Linux/hacking videos you and David Bombal are pumping out and it's like damn it more fun a new things how do I fit it all and make time for it all lol. Great Stuff like always. Thank you for putting these videos out there. 😊

[@AboveAllBeOriginal]

you teach me more than my job and training does :) thanks for helping

[@mrmoonshine8062]

Two commands: fping: ping a range of devices watch: execute a command every few seconds and overwrite previous result Use watch and ip -s -c addr to show interface counters live Use watch and fping to see a network slowly coming up live

[@khunixx]

Best episode yet. You are seriously a lifesaver

[@dgrando202]

When my mind gets sucked into something i become obsessed and rn I am OBSESSED with your videos. My journey begins

[@iBerry420]

Another cool thing for people is the "watch" command. If you are trying to monitor a certain command's output but don't want keep using the up arrow + enter, use: "watch -n1 yourcommand -andargs" where 1 = number of seconds between each iteration. for example: "watch -n5 ls -alh" this will print the "ls -alh" command every 5 seconds (useful if you're uploading a file to your server and want to see its progress) the "h" part makes the file size human readable (shows kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes, etc..).

[@MichealCudd]

I think I learned more in this video than I have watching any Linux for beginners videos.

[@jeffherdz]

Chuck, " Tail -n 20 /var/log/auth.log " Will get you the last 20 lines of that file. If you use "head -n 20 /var/log/auth.log" will get you the start of the file....and 20 lines down.

[@defyteryt2452]

If you use only tail /your/file it Will cat 10 line at the end of file

[@jeffherdz]

@@defyteryt2452 Than change the number to something else. like 40.

[@eng.alaafathy]

You are awesome chuck , i love your series , very informational , keep the good work from a big fan to you.

[@DrSteveMorreale]

I sent this to my parents (76 and 80), because we use Manjaro. 90% of this is review, but it is perfect and added knowledge. YOU ROCK CHUCK!

[@funkyjunky3224]

I’m at the end of my cohert and am studying for the security+ and this was a good refresher on some linux! You are what got me excited into learning cyber security

[@salty8752]

The *Linux For Hackers* playlist should be required in the orientation for all IT professors. Keep up the great content!

[@redaxxx]

esc + . is a really handy one, once you learn it you'll use it a lot. I pastes the last word of your most recent command handy if you're moving files or if you opened a file with one command and then want to change it.. For instance maybe you did cat a file at first, realized it was too large and wanted to less it instead... so just: less + .

[@hugocoolens]

Maybe to avoid confusion it's better to write it as "esc ." I use it all the time.

[@ethancohen6005]

Hey Chuck. really big fan here. I really love your enthusiastic teaching style. I don't think anyone else gets as excited as you about this stuff as you do and I love it. For those of us currently in IT or looking to get in, we need to Google things all the time. there are 1000s of results. Could you create something for us to know how to use Google modifiers and how to find a goos forum to look up answers vs bad forums? That would be amazing!

[@duscraftphoto]

Fun content as usual! I've been using the alias "nope" to clear my terminal for years ha ha. The cursor jump controls are the best things since split str's. That reverse search was one I didn't know and now I'm in love ha ha. Great stuff!

[@aurorask38916]

I would add the importance of "*" since you can use it with so many commands such as rm, cp or mv. it means "everything" so if for example you wanna erase everything on a directory you just hit "rm *". Personally it has saved me so much time when it comes to writing the names of all the docs I wanna interact with (even when using the tab lol)

[@buduboti]

Ctrl+p = previous (aka up arrow) Ctrl+n = next (aka down arrow) Ctrl+b = back (aka left arrow) Ctrl+f = forward (aka right arrow) Ctrl+d = delete Ctrl+h = backspace Ctrl+j Ctrl+m = new line/carriage return (aka enter) If you use this, you not only won't have to reach for your mouse but you won't have to reach to the arrow keys, enter or backspace. And if you map the ctrl to the caps lock button, you won't have to reach to the corner of your keyboard, but slide your left pinky a bit.

[@Ben-tv5fy]

I rarely feel the need to comment on videos, but just wanted to say thank you 😊🙏 some great nuggets in there, and really well delivered! Making an otherwise opaque topic very accessible, which is much appreciated

[@ShazamHax]

If you like vim, you can have vim bindings in the bash shell, just add (set -o vi) to your bashrc or vimrc and you will be able to edit text really fast. I use it all the time.

[@vaisakh_km]

i am using vim mode for long time, but i thought how everyone else even using tetminal without it, why it ian't default in terminal... but wow now only i understand there are shortcuts terminal to edit it faster without vim mode... :) gpod thing i didnt skiped this video thinking i know these things for years...

[@shawnmendrek3544]

Chuck has done a lot for us, what have we done for Chuck? Besides give views/subs of course. One question though, is there a GUI for Linux? A program? 3rd party app? kills the purpose of the videos.

[@jeremiahputnam3893]

One of the first Linux tricks I found that I cannot live without is the use of the middle click. Highlight text somewhere and when you middle click it pastes the text from the selection. No copy command necessary. Works most of the time, even between applications. Yes, I know this is not a keyboard command, but you must master all tools in your inventory. A ninja doesn't always fight with a sword!

[@jeremiahputnam3893]

@@Batwam0 Same to you. 🍻

[@fabriciogoodchild2659]

Ctrl a and Ctrl e That's very helpful , every time I made a mistake I had to delete the whole command , and start over! Won't happen anymore with these tips Thanks network chuck you're the best 🙂

[@aaronater1088]

CTRL + LEFT, or CTRL + RIGHT arrow keys allows you to easily navigate between sections of a command. It intuitively picks symbols or spaces as it's delimiter to stop at a position in the command line

[@NickDrone]

CTRL + b and CTRL + f does the same depending on what Linux disto and how old it is.

[@anthonypayton1507]

By the way thanks for the commands you saved me thousands and thousands of hours just using the keyboard. I love your vid!!! Tip Vertical Pane Ctrl + Shift + R (I think) on Kali. Tip for anyone using Kali Linux on VMARE terminal if you like to have vim open on a different pane in the same terminal tab. By default it's Alt + Right for the right pane and Alt + Left for the left pane. I updated it to Alt + [ (left) & Alt + ] (right). Saves time only having to save the file and switch right over to terminal only using the keyboard. Just learned today for anyone out there who likes vim.

[@ross.shevchuk]

Thanks a lot, Chuck. As a Linux user for decades I've found something new today

[@GU716]

Bro I have been doing everything manually on Linux. You have definitely extended my life span with these tips XDDD

[@jamescrawford7513]

The entire video I found my self going "I much prefer....." and then you went into the follow up commands....lol (happened with tail, ll/la, and sudo !!) Although I was expecting you to go into the history command, rather than the reverse search. Also, where is grep man! grep is probably my all time favorite command, it SOOOOOO powerful! All in all man, I really enjoy your content. I'm a SysAdmin by trade, and have a def weakness in the Network Admin stuff, and your vids have been super helpful and easy to watch. Much appreciated.

[@efpetersen42]

Fantastic video as always, Chuck! The only thing I'd want to point out is that when adding aliases to the ~/.bashrc file, you have to tell your terminal/shell to reload the .bashrc file for the new alias to take effect. This is the case both if you edit the .bashrc file with a text editor like Vim or Nano, or if you just echo an alias into the .bashrc file a la `echo "alias lh='ls -lah'" >> .bashrc`. I usually append a `&& source .bashrc` to the end of the alias if you're echoing the alias to the file, or if you want to move further into ninja territory, you can add an alias like 'src' to your .bashrc file that runs the command `source .bashrc` so you can echo further aliases with something similar to `echo "alias doc='cd ~/Documents'" >> .bashrc && src`

[@stephen8617]

Hech Yeah! That work's.... Just starting out with this and loving the knowledge base in these comments. Thank You

[@ethan7930]

I also like to use history | grep (I have an alias for this) “string-to-search” instead of the reverse search. The advantage of this is I can see all the matches in one output and by running !“number in history”, I can select one of them to run. Loved the video!

[@NetworkChuck]

That’s cool.

[@rishabhpant1828]

Same here buddy, the same alias with -i appended, i call it hfind

[@metal571]

I've also never seen Ctrl+x e, very cool. And the saying I think you're looking for is "less is more" because, well, it's a better "more" command

[@munizigor]

Please keep creating all your insightful and genuinely funny content, dude! You were really born to it. Almost an year learning and having fun here😄😄. Congrats from Brazil

[@AnotherSkyTV]

Crazy, I'm using linux as my main desktop os for years and I didn't knew sudo !!, did I live under a rock? Very helpful.

[@Rimuru____]

Can you do an in depth video on what is better for coding Mac or windows.. Please...I love your vids btw

[@Asherstitusworld]

Super video Chuck Your videos are awesome And informative Now my doubts Are All Cleared

[@private0941xx]

Thanks Chuck, I threw away my mouse like you mentioned. Then I realized that the mouse was needed, but my wife had thrown the trash out. I managed to watch this video by pressing the tab key lol. Great video, keep them coming.

[@guyowario-k8m]

For those using ZSH some of these commands won't work like the reverse search using CTRL+R, they are native to BASH

[@penguinairlines]

Hey Chuck! I've got a little nitpick for you, but I think it's really important that when we make beginner content like this, we tell the tens of thousands of users the right information. You used the term "back in time" to refer to the command + argument "cd ..". I think it's really important that we teach new users the difference in "cd -" and "cd ..", where "cd -" will take the shell back to the last directory they were in (or "back in time"), where "cd .." will move the shell up 1 directory, and as you demonstrated, "cd ../.." will move the shell up 2 directories. It's commonly taught incorrectly, but I know you will find a great opportunity to teach it in an exciting and correct way in the future! Thanks for all that you do!

[@stopreadinmyname]

thats fax bro

[@sir6693]

Thanks Chuck...as always brilliant explanation methods. I also wanted to add that hitting "Home" Tab on keyboard can get you right before the line, or "End" Tab to go at the end.

[@Fm-ss4uj]

Chuck your soo good that KZbin stopped giving me notifications and putting you in my feed.

[@leftcoastbeard]

Friendly Interactive SHell or "fish" has some neat tricks up it's sleeve. My favourite being typing part of a command and pressing up arrow to go back through commands that match.

[@alimustafa2682]

More hacks : For a running process (where you can't type commands): Ctrl Z : Freeze the process bg : throw it in the background as a "job" jobs : show the running jobs fg %i where i is the job number : get it back to the foreground The monks taught me alot more.

[@angie504]

I've watched a lot of hacking videos on KZbin and this was the most immediately useful one.

[@arkadianriver]

Thank you for demonstrating Emacs key bindings and nano rather than holding vim up on a pedestal like many others do

[@aliguapo6616]

I swear this dudes OG ..the teaching .the humor.the delivery. .its all there ./

[@colewinn5614]

Ctrl+Alt+T will launch terminal with no mouse Love ur channel. Thanks a bunch

[@termux-api]

Command line tip - go to previous working directory with ~- alias

[@jacesullivan4563]

Almost have all my tech ninja outfit put together... Lol perfect timing chuck!!!

[@ganesh_2365]

10:59 ultra pro ninja use 1) Fn with arrows key according to left right (RIP ctrl + a & ctrl + e) 2) ctrl+arrow key left right = you can change curser position each word 3) In terminal > file.txt (ENTAR to writing text in terminal) (and after writing text again press ENTAR to save text and booooom your file has been saved ) by the way thanks for ctrl + x + e = nano have a nice day

[@frankwuolukka2087]

Thank you Network Chuck... I knew most of those commands but you did open up a couple of new ones :)

[@LuminousHilt]

I was teased years ago for not knowing the shortcut of pressing up ↑ for previous commands...lol Great stuff. Love your channel.

[@sahandsepidar4089]

the part hes saying 'i told you , i told you theres more here'... man you are linux lover

[@dualbeardedtech]

Thank you for this Chuck! It's very helpful!

[@Artichoked1]

Can you please do a video on how to configure BIND DNS? Your videos break things into small easy to understand chunks and I think a BIND tutorial could really benefit from this.

[@pinglocalhost]

@NetworkChuck Perfect video. I was just working on some of these commands in this video; it cleared things up. I was just randomly testing out different key commands and found out about some of these.💪 I hope you make PowerShell video series.

[@riflebird4842]

"Bashrc file we saw on chamber of secrets" 😂🤣 lol dude. You take it to the next level❤

[@LeoAzzakaGoile]

OK... brain fried whilst watching the CTRL commands... Unreal, thanks Chuck.

[@jabronaldrangus9524]

I just found pushd, popd, and dirs recently, may fit in w these navigation shortcuts.

[@arpitgupta1765]

I knew the basic ones but the ctrl squences were awesome and will help me in the future. Thanks

[@mrerror1615]

Using ctrl+alt+t you can also open terminal without touching that mouse😄😎BTW really thanks i really learn many things form you love u bro,your teaching style is just awsome😍😘

[@skydog22]

To quickly copy and paste text, Highlight the text, then Click the mouse scrolling wheel thingy to paste it where you want.

[@jacksmye4092]

I generally listen to everything on youtube at 1.25 speed...but my god is it an intense experience with Network Chuck. I don't think I can handle it

[@hasanmahmud2016]

Man, you're rocks! Thank You for your course !!! I've learned so much!!!

[@bsparky01]

I know I'm a little late to the party, but I use Shift+Insert to paste. That actually seems to be pretty universal across applications in Windows and Linux (I would assume Mac as well, but I haven't touched a Mac in about 30 years...).

[@juliusrowe9374]

Chuck, very informative tutorial!

[@tietosanakirja]

I wish I had seen this a few years ago. I've had to learn each tip one-by-one over the years. "ll" and "la" are very dependant on if the aliases have been enabled. I usually start by enabling them on my PIs. There were few that were still new to me "cd - " "sudo !!" will get a lot of use. Repeated Ctrl+R goes through matches. I learned this just couple months ago. "tail -f" saves me the trouble of scripting it Ctrl+X+E is a neat thing for long commands. I might use it some time.

[@LuminousHilt]

When moving files around. I like to confirm the right file went to the correct directory with the command " ls -alt" the "t" shows recent files.

[@echologname]

You were right! These really were life changing! They help me to be more professional and FAST in the terminal! Thanks so much Chuck!

[@ArtbyLorraineKnight]

😂😂😂love your humor. Thank you. Will be back soon to join.

[@JuanAlfredoMorete]

Try ESC + . in bash to call back the last argument to previous command... Like "head FILE" then "less ESC + ."

[@iFunktion]

A true ninja uses zsh, do a vid on that chuck that would be awesome. Love your presentation and content, and your coffee is the nicest too!

[@klosession]

for ctrl a and e you can make a mnemonic in german. STRG A = "anfang" its means begin and the first letter is A, STRG E = "ende" its mean end yk .

[@vishal_ravanank]

Man I love the way just say the command you are using again and again like "Ctl + L" it makes us memories them easy. I guess. ❤️

[@viadaev4248]

you are the first one to convince me using linux man chuck bro i cant im using linux in my browser for the first time i only know pwd ls cd thanks man

[@buzzdrew7]

Been going through hack the box starting section. This is definitely what I needed!

[@DrSteveMorreale]

In terminal CTL left and right arrows, skip over word blocks to get to where you need.

[@baali9097]

| less. / n for next instance b for back. Then for example if I ran the history | less find the command I want to run then ! .... Hopefully I wrote that clear. You could definetly do a better job explaining it or showing it Chuck. Thanks for the content.

[@luke2042]

That coffee is doing wonders for you! LOL. Love these vids bro. I'm learning so much. Thanks for making these!!

[@mangoandtot9739]

no need to note take a lot of stuff here but typing commands along the video would most definitely be great experience. type of video that i should check again once i become good at linux to a certain degree

[@NK-iw6rq]

We love you Chuck ! Thank you for your awesome and engaging content.

[@dragonsage6909]

Awesome episode, one of the best quick Linux cli ninja videos ever.. I learned a few cool new ones, thanks Chuck! :)

[@tayloralbrecht8362]

Network Chuck, what company do you believe gives the best patch management for businesses?