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title: The command line - a versatile, future-proof computing environment
osem_url: https://osem.seagl.org/conferences/seagl2015/program/proposals/31
beginning: '2015-10-24T11:30:00.000-07:00'
end: '2015-10-24T12:20:00.000-07:00'
resources:
  internet_archive_identifier: 20151024AdamMonsenSeagl2015CliTalk
presenters:
- name: Adam Monsen
  affiliation: SeaGL
  osem_url: https://osem.seagl.org/users/9
  gravatar_id: '0458eb0a01a197b5ab476c956e243e8d'
  biography: SeaGL founder. Into [FLOSS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open-source_software).
    Seattleite. [VP Engineering at C-SATS](https://www.csats.com/about-us). Baker,
    biker, father of two.
---

What's all the fuss with the command line? Why should you bother with this arcane neckbeard-centric time waster? Come and I'll show you!

* amateur and professional text editing
* advanced Bash configuration
* shell job control
* fish: the betamax of shells
* programs you can't live without and never knew existed

All talk materials are published under copyleft licenses.

[Follow-up (video, slides, code)](https://adammonsen.com/post/1342)
