List of all tips 💡

This page links to tips about Python, Command line tools and Vim

Python 🐍

• Python tip 33: sorting iterables based on multiple conditions
• Python tip 32: positive lookarounds
• Python tip 31: next() function
• Python tip 30: zip() function
• Python tip 29: negative lookarounds
• Python tip 28: string concatenation and repetition
• Python tip 27: enumerate() function
• Python tip 26: atomic grouping
• Python tip 25: split and partition string methods
• Python tip 24: modifying list using insert and slice
• Python tip 23: map, filter and reduce
• Python tip 22: possessive quantifiers
• Python tip 21: sorting iterables based on a key
• Python tip 20: saving and loading json
• Python tip 19: manipulating string case
• Python tip 18: arbitrary number of arguments
• Python tip 17: counting frequency of items
• Python tip 16: delete list elements using index or slice
• Python tip 15: string transliteration
• Python tip 14: sequence unpacking
• Python tip 13: formatting numbers with underscore separation
• Python tip 12: negate a regex grouping
• Python tip 11: capture external command output
• Python tip 10: removeprefix and removesuffix string methods
• Python tip 9: applying set-like operations for dictionaries
• Python tip 8: dict.fromkeys() method
• Python tip 7: creating a deepcopy of collections
• Python tip 6: inplace file editing
• Python tip 5: random choice and sample
• Python tip 4: comparison chaining
• Python tip 3: expression and result with f-string
• Python tip 2: membership operator
• Python tip 1: tuple argument for startswith/endswith methods

Command line tools 🐧

• CLI tip 33: manipulating string case with GNU sed
• CLI tip 32: text processing between two files with GNU awk
• CLI tip 31: concatenate files column wise
• CLI tip 30: extract only the matching portions
• CLI tip 29: define fields using FPAT in GNU awk
• CLI tip 28: substitute specific occurrence with GNU sed
• CLI tip 27: reverse text line wise with tac
• CLI tip 26: removing duplicate lines with GNU awk
• CLI tip 25: get file properties using the stat command
• CLI tip 24: inserting file contents one line at a time
• CLI tip 23: recursive filename matching with globstar
• CLI tip 22: grep options to suppress stdout and stderr
• CLI tip 21: inplace file editing with GNU awk
• CLI tip 20: expand and unexpand
• CLI tip 19: extended globs
• CLI tip 18: inserting file contents using GNU sed
• CLI tip 17: common and unique lines
• CLI tip 16: transpose tables
• CLI tip 15: text generation with printf and brace expansion
• CLI tip 14: specify permissions during directory creation
• CLI tip 13: join lines of two files based on the first field
• CLI tip 12: squeeze empty lines
• CLI tip 11: longest line length
• CLI tip 10: version sort
• CLI tip 9: awk paragraph mode
• CLI tip 8: extract from start of file until matching line
• CLI tip 7: limiting number of filtered lines
• CLI tip 6: filtering lines based on multiple conditions
• CLI tip 5: aligning columns
• CLI tip 4: serialize file contents to a single line
• CLI tip 3: place backups in another directory with GNU sed
• CLI tip 2: counting number of matches
• CLI tip 1: remove metadata from images

Vim 📝

• Vim tip 33: editing with text objects
• Vim tip 32: text and indent settings
• Vim tip 31: mark frequently used locations
• Vim tip 30: some general Vim settings
• Vim tip 29: greedy quantifiers
• Vim tip 28: miscellaneous motion and reposition commands
• Vim tip 27: regexp anchors
• Vim tip 26: executing shell commands
• Vim tip 25: substitute flags
• Vim tip 24: movement commands within the current file
• Vim tip 23: editing lines filtered by a pattern
• Vim tip 22: word and WORD motions
• Vim tip 21: working with tabs
• Vim tip 20: character based motions within the current line
• Vim tip 19: working with buffers
• Vim tip 18: moving within long lines
• Vim tip 17: setting options
• Vim tip 16: terminal mode
• Vim tip 15: moving within current line
• Vim tip 14: horizontal and vertical splits
• Vim tip 13: repeat last change
• Vim tip 12: save and restore sessions
• Vim tip 11: replace characters in Normal mode
• Vim tip 10: Undo and Redo
• Vim tip 9: named registers
• Vim tip 7: changing case in Normal mode
• Vim tip 6: search word nearest to the cursor
• Vim tip 5: jumping back and forth in Normal mode
• Vim tip 4: reposition current line in Normal mode
• Vim tip 3: autocomplete words and lines in Insert mode
• Vim tip 2: indent/unindent lines
• Vim tip 1: increment/decrement numbers