Let's make a list of our favorite CLI utilities.
Let's make a list of our favorite CLI utilities.
Any extra tips or tricks are welcome!
Yesterday I learned that set -x
enables trace for a bash, sh, or zsh script and prints the trace to the terminal.
My answers (mostly running in powershell - not that it makes much of a difference!)
Rust-based utilities I couldn't live without:
fd
(fd-find) for finding my filesrg
(ripgrep) for string searchessd
(sed) for search and replacedust
(dust) for information about my directorieslsd
(aliased tols
orl
) for replacingDir
bat
(better cat) - for when the help pages are too long
Other stuff I love:
1 0 ReplyI really like jless. You can pipe the JSON output of a cURL command into it and it displays it in a really nice, easy to read way with collapsible arrays and objects.
1 0 Replypv, which is like cat, simply copying files or stdin to stdout, but prints statistics to the terminal.
A related tip:
dd
isn't special in the way most people use it. This works too, if you're root:pv my-fav-distro.iso > /dev/sdc
1 0 ReplyAlways partial to yq and jq. No easier way to interact with kubernetes outputs on the fly.
1 0 ReplyDon't forget about fq!
1 0 ReplyHow I have never heard of yq, I'm unsure, but thank you as I'm sure it will make life easier
1 0 Reply