#ShellTricks
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #ShellTricks from the open social web. Every number carries a named source and the time it was fetched. Nothing is estimated.
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Day-by-day usage
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-09-16 14:40 UTC0 uses by 0 unique accounts across the window. Real per-day counts, not estimates. Newest bar is today so far.
Related hashtags
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon public search API) · fetched 2026-09-16 14:40 UTCNo related tags with measured usage found for #shelltricks.
Live pulse
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-09-16 14:40 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 12 public posts (spanning ~44246 hours).
Posting hours (UTC) — busiest: 16:00
Languages: English (12)
Avg boosts / post: 1.1
Top of the latest posts
@darthnull @bob_zim @cR0w This subject needs a hastag. #ShellTricks
@cR0w I especially like how ^old_string^new_string^ can be abbreviated to just ^old_string when you want to delete the string instead of replacing it. For example, when I've modified nftables rules, I run this to check the ruleset: nft -c -
@pa @darthnull @bruce @bob_zim @cR0w Might be worth noting it should be ctrl-r ctrl-R (capitalized) will go one entry "closer" to the current time, while ctrl-r will cycle back through all matching commands in reverse chronological order Gr
#shelltricks across platforms
every network with a public tag surfaceFollow #shelltricks straight to each platform’s own tag page. Where a platform publishes open data we measure it above; the rest lock their numbers behind paid APIs, so we link rather than guess.
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