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What this snippet does

Ctrl-R does the same interactively and is faster once it is muscle memory.

Expected output

  412  sudo systemctl restart nginx

Why practise typing this

Typing environment & shell code builds muscle memory for the symbols and indentation Linux uses most, which prose-based typing tests never cover. DevType measures your words per minute and accuracy on this snippet and tracks the individual characters you mistype, so later lessons can target them.

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