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Unix CLI Best Practices

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Safe, portable, and efficient command-line patterns for macOS/BSD Unix tools (grep, find, sed, awk, xargs, mdfind, pbcopy, open) and modern alternatives (ripgrep, fd). Covers common shell scripting and one-liner use cases including fast searching, text processing, codebase navigation, and parallel execution.

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Claude CodeCodexCursorGitHub CopilotGemini CLI

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About this skill

Safe, portable, and efficient command-line patterns for macOS/BSD Unix tools (grep, find, sed, awk, xargs, mdfind, pbcopy, open) and modern alternatives (ripgrep, fd). Covers common shell scripting and one-liner use cases including fast searching, text processing, codebase navigation, and parallel execution.

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Category
Developer tools
Reported license
BSD-3-Clause
Listing language (estimated)
English
Review status
Not individually reviewed
Agent compatibility
Atlas installation supports Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor. Skill-specific dependencies and features are checked during setup.
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