Hello there :)

As far as I know (searched through the web), editing/navigating a multiline in bash is not possible and opening nano, pasting and editing is to much friction I want to get rid off.

Do you have any way to speed up the process?

example of multiline:

echo \
"deb [arch="$(dpkg --print-architecture)" signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/debian \
"$(. /etc/os-release && echo "$VERSION_CODENAME")" stable" | \
sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null

Thank you :)

  • 3nt3r@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Personally if its just a bash command then I dont bother with formatting and just do one-liners. If I want it to look pretty then I’ll put it in a script. If I need to edit something you can use shortcuts like these to jump around the command line to edit whatever you need

  • gartheom@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    2 years ago

    As soon as a bash command gets to multiple lines, i save it as a bash script and then edit it in a text editor.

    • deepdive@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Thank you for your insight ! :)) I’m relatively new to linux (ubuntu/debian) and this will probably commin handy in the future :). As I read on the web it’s going to replace the X Window System. Something new to read through and learn !