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Job Control
The syntax for "job number" or "JOBSPEC" (when using ``kill`` or similar) is ``%4`` or ``%5``.
+Startup
+-------
+``bash`` by default takes a very long time to initialize because the
+auto-completion scripts are loaded multiple times; disable this in
+``~/.bashrc``?
Piping
---------
@@ -18,3 +23,11 @@ You can pipe both ``stdout`` and ``stderr`` together either to a file or two ano
grep --asdf >& /some/file
grep --asdf |& less
+Network Access
+----------------
+You can directly access network sockets as if they were files from bash using
+the virtual devices ``/dev/tcp/HOSTNAME/PORT`` and ``/dev/udp/HOSTNAME/PORT``.
+
+printf
+------
+The ``printf`` command is much more powerful than "echo".