• feddylemmy@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    Also using cat to review a script before running it. Cat by default will interpret ANSI escape codes and it’s possible to overwrite a line and hide it. Use the -v or -A option with cat to show the ANSI escape codes rather than interpret them. Or use less, vi, nano.