Add brace expansion to random bash tips

ethan-pierce · ethan-pierce · commit c12346b2008d · 2025-05-05T13:54:24.000-06:00
diff --git a/lessons/python/scripting.ipynb b/lessons/python/scripting.ipynb
@@ -65,7 +65,9 @@
     "- Ctrl+A goes to the start of a line; Ctrl+E goes to the end\n",
     "- Ctrl+L clears the terminal window\n",
     "- grep searches files and directories\n",
-    "- prepend time to a command to see how long it takes"
+    "- prepend time to a command to see how long it takes\n",
+    "- use brace expansion to quickly perform multiple operations at once\n",
+    "    - for example, mkdir {foo,bar,baz} makes 3 directories named foo, bar, and baz"
    ]
   },
   {

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -65,7 +65,9 @@`
`65`	`65`	`"- Ctrl+A goes to the start of a line; Ctrl+E goes to the end\n",`
`66`	`66`	`"- Ctrl+L clears the terminal window\n",`
`67`	`67`	`"- grep searches files and directories\n",`
`68`		`- "- prepend time to a command to see how long it takes"`
	`68`	`+ "- prepend time to a command to see how long it takes\n",`
	`69`	`+ "- use brace expansion to quickly perform multiple operations at once\n",`
	`70`	`+ " - for example, mkdir {foo,bar,baz} makes 3 directories named foo, bar, and baz"`
`69`	`71`	`]`
`70`	`72`	`},`
`71`	`73`	`{`