Pimp my terminal

My tips and tricks presentation for unix day at DEIUC, Coimbra

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1. Pimp my terminal
   A tale of how I reached satisfactory console karma
   

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2. $ whoami
   • Software engineer
   • /home/dei2001/mmachado
   • sciencematters.io
   • Previously 9y @IPNlis
   • g ‘miguel laginha’
   

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3. | Summary
   • Premisses
   • Terminal vs iTerm2
   • Bash vs Zsh vs fish shell
   • Pimpin' time
   • Tips and tricks
   

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4. Why are $(we) here?
   

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5. “terminal”
   indeed.com job trends
   

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6. “cloooouuuuud”
   indeed.com job trends
   

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7. “PaaS”
   indeed.com job trends
   

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8. “docker”
   indeed.com job trends
   

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9. Which terminal app
   to use?
   

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12. Which shell?
    ps -o comm $$
    

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13. Shell options
    $ Bash # default
    $ Zsh # awesome
    $ Fish shell # so awesome it hurts
    

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14. Let’s start pimpin’
    #copypaste
    

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15. # first and foremost
    $ ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://
    raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/
    master/install)"
    

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16. # plus.. homebrew-cask!
    $ brew install caskroom/cask/brew-cask
    

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17. # use homebrew to install zsh
    $ brew install zsh
    $ chsh -s `which zsh`
    $ vim ~/.zshrc # hack away
    

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18. # install oh my zsh
    $ curl -L http://install.ohmyz.sh | sh
    $ vim ~/.zshrc # hack away
    

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19. # Zsh syntax highlighting
    $ cd ~/.oh-my-zsh && git clone git://
    github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-
    highlighting.git
    $ source ~/.oh-my-zsh/zsh-syntax-
    highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh
    

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20. # Z
    $ brew install z
    $ . `brew —prefix`/etc/profile.d/z.sh #
    outdated! Z is now a oh-my-zsh plugin
    

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21. # Power vim with plugins
    $ curl -L https://bit.ly/janus-bootstrap |
    bash
    

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22. # Pimp iTerm2
    $ wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/
    chriskempson/tomorrow-theme/master/iTerm2/
    Tomorrow%20Night.itermcolors
    

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23. Tips and tricks #mac
    

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24. $ open .
    

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25. $ cat .zshrc | pbcopy
    $ pbpaste >> .zshrc_backup
    

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26. $ mdfind -onlyin ~/Documents
    report
    

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27. $ say “This is probably useless”
    $ brew update && brew upgrade && say
    “finished brewing”
    

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28. What else? #cool
    stuff
    

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29. # curl.io
    https://curl.io
    # do it live
    http://doitlive.readthedocs.org/en/latest/
    # ascii cinema
    https://asciinema.org
    

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30. «Never settle»
    Productivity matters.
    

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31. $ Thank you_

    

    @brecke
    

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