learnbyexample 3 weeks ago • 100%
I have a list of learning resources for CLI tools and scripting here: https://learnbyexample.github.io/curated_resources/linux_cli_scripting.html
I've also written a few TUI interactive apps to practice text processing commands like grep, sed, awk, coreutils, etc: https://github.com/learnbyexample/TUI-apps
learnbyexample 4 weeks ago • 100%
Why do you think it is a phishing link? Gumroad is a well known platform to sell digital goods.
I mention it is free up to some date because it will go back to being a paid product after that.
Hello! I am pleased to announce a new version of my **Vim Reference Guide** ebook. This is intended as a concise learning resource for beginner to intermediate level Vim users. It has more in common with cheatsheets than a typical text book. Topics like Regular Expressions and Macros have more detailed explanations and examples due to their complexity. I hope this guide would make it much easier for you to discover Vim features and learning resources. Links: * Web version: https://learnbyexample.github.io/vim_reference/ * PDF/EPUB versions: https://learnbyexample.gumroad.com/l/vim_reference_guide (FREE till 31-Aug-2024) * Markdown source: https://github.com/learnbyexample/vim_reference * Video demos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTv2U3HnAL4NN2tK-59ZiNBm-o64-Yvos Did you know that Vim has an *easy* mode, which is actually very hard to use for those already familiar with Vim? See my [blog post](https://learnbyexample.github.io/mini/vim-prank/) for more details! I would highly appreciate it if you'd let me know how you felt about this book. It could be anything from a simple thank you, pointing out a typo, mistakes in code snippets, which aspects of the book worked for you (or didn't!) and so on. Reader feedback is essential and especially so for self-published authors. Happy learning :)
I rarely ever use the `date` command, but when I need it I almost always struggle to get the right incantation. So, wrote a blog post for easy reference. Do you use a cheatsheet as well?
learnbyexample 1 month ago • 100%
I started reading progression fantasy on Royal Road earlier this year (a site for posting web serials). Here's my current follow list (excluding stories that are on hiatus):
- The Runic Artist — isekai, rune-based crafting, good mix of action and slice-of-life
- The Broken Knife — Kobold MC with a dragon companion, dark but compelling read, excellent worldbuilding
- Demon World Boba Shop — cozy isekai, nice characters
- Dual Wielding — slow burn, tale of two friends (both very talented), writing is good, action scenes get dark and intense
- Legends and Librarians — cozy romance, magical library (not litrpg/progression), plenty of cute creatures
- An Otherworldly Scholar — isekai, teacher MC, good worldbuilding, nice romance, great characters, plenty of twists, adventure and danger, especially enjoyed the slice-of-life stuff
- Archmage from Another World: Gaining Administrator Access — isekai from another fantasy world, lighthearted fun with good set of characters, no looming world-level threats so far
- Underkeeper — MC is a recent magical academy graduate, good at magic but works as underkeeper (no money/connections to join adventurer groups), got darker than I'm comfortable with, but loved the characters and the demon companion
- Immovable Mage — good worldbuilding, characters, plot twists and detailed magic system, clever use of plot events pushes MC towards OP, would suggest to read at least till the end of 2nd arc
- Level One God — likeable MC, cool magic stuff I haven't seen before, some bad moments are really dark, good writing
- Spire's Spite — criminally underrated with only 100+ followers, mostly been spire climbing so far, good magic system, dark and has some stuff I don't like but overall I've enjoyed it
- Blood Curse Academia — overall I enjoyed the combination of action, learning and mystery, but a lot of weird coincidences and stuff didn't make sense
- Mana Mirror — loved the concept of mana garden and the myriad customization options, writing and plot was easy to follow, third volume is the best so far
- The Maid Is Not Dead — writing felt like traditionally published epic fantasy with progression elements, slow burn but events are starting to escalate
- Dark Lord's Last Call — MC's soul is swapped with the dark lord, plans to open a tavern, enjoyable light-hearted read
- Orphan — I usually ignore the litrpg math but this one takes it a bit too far! characters all have flaws (though sometimes it becomes a bit too irritating), good worldbuilding and mystery
- Rules of Biomancy — 70 year old herbalist MC with a secret past comes across two isekai-ed people in danger of dying and decides to help, enjoying a lot
I wrote a TUI application to help you practice Python regular expressions. There are more than 100 exercises covering both the builtin `re` and third-party `regex` module. If you have `pipx`, use `pipx install regexexercises` to install the app. See the repo for source code and other details.
learnbyexample 3 months ago • 100%
Not my blog, just sharing it here.
That said, I don't see that broken rectangle on Chromium.
learnbyexample 4 months ago • 100%
Is it regex or sed/awk syntax (or both) that gives you trouble?
I had similar reaction and didn't even try to learn them for years - then I caught the stackoverflow craze of answering CLI questions (and learning from others).
Hello! I am pleased to announce a new version of my **Linux Command Line Computing** ebook. This ebook aims to teach Linux command line tools and Shell Scripting for beginner to intermediate level users. The main focus is towards managing your files and performing text processing tasks. Plenty of examples are provided to make it easier to understand a particular tool and its various features. There are 200+ exercises to help you practice what you've learned and solutions are provided for reference. I hope this ebook would make it easier for you to discover CLI tools, features and learning resources. Links: * Free PDF/EPUB: https://learnbyexample.gumroad.com/l/cli_computing (till 9-June-2024) * Web version: https://learnbyexample.github.io/cli-computing/ * Markdown source, exercise solutions, etc: https://github.com/learnbyexample/cli-computing * Short video about the book: https://youtu.be/vedRFbWwx_c I would highly appreciate it if you'd let me know how you felt about this book. It could be anything from a simple thank you, pointing out a typo, mistakes in code snippets, which aspects of the book worked for you (or didn't!) and so on. Reader feedback is essential and especially so for self-published authors. Happy learning :)
learnbyexample 4 months ago • 100%
oxipng, pngquant and svgcleaner for optimizing images
auto-editor for removing silent portions from video recordings
learnbyexample 4 months ago • 100%
Not my blog, just sharing it here. Saw it on HN (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40419325)
Let me know your feedback, especially if you haven't learned `awk` yet!
learnbyexample 5 months ago • 100%
What's the difference between two_percent and skim?
learnbyexample 5 months ago • 100%
Check out https://novelwriter.io/
I'm not familiar with such softwares (I use pandoc for technical writing), but might help you..
learnbyexample 5 months ago • 100%
Yeah, it is uncommon spelling, but if you google, you'll find it's not that rare ;)
learnbyexample 5 months ago • 100%
You're welcome, happy learning :)
learnbyexample 5 months ago • 100%
I'm self-published and haven't worked for other publications. Sometimes, my submissions reach HN front page, so you might have seen there or because others picked it up from there and shared around elsewhere.
Hello! I am pleased to announce a new version of my **CLI text processing with GNU Coreutils** ebook. This ebook will help you learn 20+ specialized text processing commands provided by the coreutils package. ![Cover image](https://programming.dev/pictrs/image/47ab89da-1607-4677-8eff-4d60fcbb8e84.png) This book heavily leans on examples to present features one by one. Exercises at the end of chapters will help you practice what you've learned and solutions are also provided for reference. External links are provided for further reading. Links: * Free PDF/EPUB: https://learnbyexample.gumroad.com/l/cli_coreutils (till 10-Apr-2024) * Web version: https://learnbyexample.github.io/cli_text_processing_coreutils/ * Markdown source, exercise solutions, etc: https://github.com/learnbyexample/cli_text_processing_coreutils * Short video about the book: https://youtu.be/oCnJLu_PUbY * Interactive TUI app: https://github.com/learnbyexample/TUI-apps/tree/main/CLI-Exercises (includes some coreutils exercises) I would highly appreciate it if you'd let me know how you felt about this book. It could be anything from a simple thank you, pointing out a typo, mistakes in code snippets, which aspects of the book worked for you (or didn't!) and so on. Reader feedback is essential and especially so for self-published authors. Happy learning :)
learnbyexample 6 months ago • 100%
As per the manual, "Mappings are set up to work like most click-and-type editors" - which is best suited with GUI Vim.
While Vim doesn't make sense to use without the modes, there are plugins like https://github.com/tombh/novim-mode!
Did you know that Vim has an **Easy mode**? It's the *hardest* mode for those already familiar with Vim 🙃
learnbyexample 7 months ago • 100%
I had to learn Linux CLI tools, Vim and Perl at my very first job. Have a soft spot for Perl, despite not using it much these days other than occasional one-liners (mainly for advanced regex features).
learnbyexample 7 months ago • 100%
Thanks a lot for the kind words! Means a lot to me :)
learnbyexample 7 months ago • 100%
Thanks! 😊
Hello! I've been working on updating my ebooks for the past year or so. Last week, I finished the changes for Ruby one-liners ebook. My main motivation was to catch up to any features added in newer versions of these tools, correcting typos, better examples, descriptions, etc. I've also added a few more exercises. You can read these books online: * [CLI text processing with GNU grep and ripgrep](https://learnbyexample.github.io/learn_gnugrep_ripgrep/) * [CLI text processing with GNU sed](https://learnbyexample.github.io/learn_gnused/) * [CLI text processing with GNU awk](https://learnbyexample.github.io/learn_gnuawk/) * [Perl One-Liners Guide](https://learnbyexample.github.io/learn_perl_oneliners/) * [Ruby One-Liners Guide](https://learnbyexample.github.io/learn_ruby_oneliners/) ## Free PDF/EPUB bundle You can get my **Magical one-liners** bundle for free till the end of this month. This bundle contains PDF/EPUB versions of the five ebooks mentioned above. * [Gumroad](https://learnbyexample.gumroad.com/l/oneliners) * [Leanpub](https://leanpub.com/b/oneliners/c/new_release) ## TUI apps for interactive exercises I also used Textual (Python framework) to create TUI apps. These will help you solve exercises for grep, sed and awk interactively. You can also use any other CLI tool like ripgrep, perl, ruby, etc to solve these questions (as long as the command output matches the expected results). See my GitHub repo [https://github.com/learnbyexample/TUI-apps](https://github.com/learnbyexample/TUI-apps) for installation, screenshots and other details. ## Feedback I would highly appreciate it if you'd let me know how you felt about these books. It could be anything from a simple thank you, pointing out a typo, mistakes in code snippets, which aspects of the book worked for you (or didn't!) and so on. Reader feedback is essential and especially so for self-published authors. Happy learning :)
learnbyexample 7 months ago • 100%
I'm a bit active on book-related forums. I post reviews of books I've read, give book recommendations, etc. In this case, the author contacted me based on my reviews.
learnbyexample 7 months ago • 100%
Like alpha, beta, gamma readers. Used by authors to get feedback at various stages of their book before it is published. Alpha stage is very rough, like first draft. Not sure where the line lies between beta and gamma stage, but they are close to finished works - only typos and minor changes would be made based on reader feedback.
For indie authors, beta readers often help to get a few reviews out close to book publication.
learnbyexample 7 months ago • 100%
I'm doing a beta-read. Well written, great ideas, etc. Unfortunately, the book is turning out to be much darker than I'm comfortable with. I'll probably try to get to the halfway point before deciding to give up.
learnbyexample 8 months ago • 100%
Bobiverse by Dennis E. Taylor is a fun and easy read
learnbyexample 8 months ago • 100%
See also: https://github.com/pllk/cphb (Competitive Programmer's Handbook)
learnbyexample 9 months ago • 100%
Stormlight Archives can be daunting to those not familiar with Sanderson's works, especially since the books are long (1000+ pages) and the first book is setting up a long 10-book series (plus other stuff from a wider universe).
If you'd like something smaller and standalone to try first, check out "Emperor's Soul" (novella) or Warbreaker (novel).
learnbyexample 9 months ago • 100%
+1 for Murderbot!
learnbyexample 9 months ago • 100%
True, perhaps a case of doing too much of anything over a long period ;)
learnbyexample 9 months ago • 66%
When I was younger, I'd read slowly, trying to visualize the setting, keep track of character preferences, look up words I don't know, etc. I'd remember a book well enough to talk about it even a year or so after.
These days, I just skim over descriptions and read as fast as I could while still getting the main plot. I get attached to characters only if the book is really good and savor them during rereads.
learnbyexample 9 months ago • 66%
I mostly read fantasy and sci-fi, which tend to have multiple books in a series. If they are easy-to-read and short (300-400 pages per book), it becomes easy to consume. Also, I read for escapism, so I don't read too closely.
learnbyexample 9 months ago • 100%
Hopefully less than this year. I'm reading too many (100+) and that's reflecting in my reduced time on actual work (self-employed).
learnbyexample 9 months ago • 100%
I have a list of curated resources here: https://learnbyexample.github.io/py_resources/
There are sections for beginners, intermediate, advanced, etc. Also included are exercises, projects, debugging, testing, and many more stuff. Hope it helps :)
learnbyexample 10 months ago • 100%
See also: https://jimbly.github.io/regex-crossword/
For Python, I wrote a TUI app with 100+ interactive exercises: https://github.com/learnbyexample/TUI-apps/blob/main/PyRegexExercises (covers both re
and regex
modules)
learnbyexample 11 months ago • 100%
+1 for Cradle already mentioned. I'd add
- The Riyria Revelations by Michael J. Sullivan
- Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames
learnbyexample 11 months ago • 100%
It's the name of the constructor, for example:
const pat1 = new RegExp(`42//?5`)
So, I used that in the book name.
learnbyexample 12 months ago • 100%
That's great to hear and thanks for the kind feedback :)
learnbyexample 12 months ago • 100%
I use GitHub pages and mdbook (https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook)
learnbyexample 12 months ago • 100%
I used to use it for posting on Twitter, with some keywords (like book title) in bold.
learnbyexample 12 months ago • 88%
alias a='alias'
a c='clear'
a p='pwd'
a e='exit'
a q='exit'
a h='history | tail -n20'
# turn off history, use 'set -o history' to turn it on again
a so='set +o history'
a b1='cd ../'
a b2='cd ../../'
a b3='cd ../../../'
a b4='cd ../../../../'
a b5='cd ../../../../../'
a ls='ls --color=auto'
a l='ls -ltrhG'
a la='l -A'
a vi='gvim'
a grep='grep --color=auto'
# open and source aliases
a oa='vi ~/.bash_aliases'
a sa='source ~/.bash_aliases'
# sort file/directory sizes in current directory in human readable format
a s='du -sh -- * | sort -h'
# save last command from history to a file
# tip, add a comment to end of command before saving, ex: ls --color=auto # colored ls output
a sl='fc -ln -1 | sed "s/^\s*//" >> ~/.saved_commands.txt'
# short-cut to grep that file
a slg='< ~/.saved_commands.txt grep'
# change ascii alphabets to unicode bold characters
a ascii2bold="perl -Mopen=locale -Mutf8 -pe 'tr/a-zA-Z/𝗮-𝘇𝗔-𝗭/'"
### functions
# 'command help' for command name and single option - ex: ch ls -A
# see https://github.com/learnbyexample/command_help for a better script version
ch() { whatis $1; man $1 | sed -n "/^\s*$2/,/^$/p" ; }
# add path to filename(s)
# usage: ap file1 file2 etc
ap() { for f in "$@"; do echo "$PWD/$f"; done; }
# simple case-insensitive file search based on name
# usage: fs name
# remove '-type f' if you want to match directories as well
fs() { find -type f -iname '*'"$1"'*' ; }
# open files with default application, don't print output/error messages
# useful for opening docs, pdfs, images, etc from command line
o() { xdg-open "$@" &> /dev/null ; }
# if unix2dos and dos2unix commands aren't available by default
unix2dos() { sed -i 's/$/\r/' "$@" ; }
dos2unix() { sed -i 's/\r$//' "$@" ; }
learnbyexample 1 year ago • 81%
EPUB reader
learnbyexample 1 year ago • 100%
Check out https://github.com/auctors/free-lunch (list of free Windows software)
See also https://www.nirsoft.net/ (freeware, not open source)
learnbyexample 1 year ago • 100%
Cradle by Will Wight is a page-turner. 12 book completed series and audio is great based on gushing reviews I've come across.
learnbyexample 1 year ago • 100%
GVim.
Check out https://ghostwriter.kde.org/ if you are looking for a GUI app with live preview, full screen mode, etc.