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Essential Terminal Commands Every Developer Should Know


List of useful Unix terminal commands to boost your productivity. Here are some of my favorites.

To restrict access to sensitive.md so that only the root user or superadmins can view and write to it, you can use the chmod command to modify the file’s permissions. Malware Installation: A file or directory with write permissions for all users (e.g., chmod 777) could be exploited by attackers to place malicious scripts or software, potentially compromising the entire system. Honorable Mentions jq: Slice, filter, map and transform structured data with the same ease that sed, awk, grep.

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