Hackers' Pub

Syntax	Description	Examples
`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

Julia Evans @b0rk@jvns.ca

5/6/2025, 6:39:21 PM

Public

copy and paste in the terminal

https://wizardzines.com/comics/copy-and-paste-in-the-terminal/

$Panel 1: multiline It's SO scary when you paste a bunch of commands by accident and then it runs them all. fish, zsh, and newer bash versions protect you from this: you have to press Enter before running the thing you pasted. This is called "bracketed paste" panel 2: problem: copying with the mouse can go wrong - copying 400 lines of text by dragging is nobody's idea of a good time - sometimes extra whitespace that you didn't want gets added at the end of lines panel 3: person: “copying a LOT of text is way easier if you don't use the mouse! Here are 2 tricks for copying without the mouse. " panel 4: copy trick 1: pbcopy macOS comes with two programs that can copy from stdin / paste to stdout, like this: cat main.go | pbcopy They're SO useful and on Linux I like to write my own versions of pbcopy/pbpaste using xsel or xclip panel 5: pbcopy over SSH you can even implement pbcopy over SSH (yes really!) with this bash one-liner. It uses an escape code called "OSC 52". printf "\033]52;c;%s\007" "$(base64 | tr -d '\n')" panel 6: copy trick 2: syncing the vim clipboard I use vim as a terminal text editor, and I find it's WAY easier if I sync my system clipboard with the vim clipboard like this: set clipboard=unnamed tmux can also copy to your system clipboard.$

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