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pranshuparmar
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Comment #46528931
Quick update: witr now supports Linux, macOS, Windows, and FreeBSD.
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Comment #46476070
Thank you, mac is already supported, only with the very first release it wasn't. You can install it via brew.
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Comment #46476042
Just to update, witr is currently available on brew and AUR. deb, rpm and apk packages are also available in the release, and can be run directly via nix without installation.
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Comment #46476018
Thanks a lot for the input, I ended up using it.
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Comment #46410661
Haha, go for it!
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Comment #46410643
Not sure if you're the one who created it but the AUR for this is present and needs update for the latest version - https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/witr-bin
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Comment #46410597
Totally. Just to clarify, witr isn’t limited to ports. You can run it directly on a process too, like `witr mysql`. I used the 3306 example to emphasize this use case.
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Comment #46410574
Quick update, witr now supports macOS as well. You can install it using brew - https://github.com/pranshuparmar/witr?tab=readme-ov-file#81-...
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Comment #46401396
Thanks! Funny enough, that was my thought too when creating it.
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Comment #46401391
Thank you, please feel free to share any feedback/ideas.
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Comment #46401390
Thank you, please feel free to share any feedback/ideas.
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Comment #46401348
Thanks for the feedback! I’ll look into showing who and why in a more distinct way. The default output is human-first, hence some extra line breaks, but the JSON flag is already th…
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Comment #46401326
Thank you.
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Comment #46401324
Thank you, please feel free to share any feedback/ideas.
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Comment #46401318
Thank you.
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Comment #46401305
`witr` is trying to be a bit different. Here are few use cases to consider: - When a process started. - Which ports a process is using. - Which user started it. - From which direct…
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Comment #46401296
Yes, this is a bug. Planning to fix it soon.
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Comment #46401273
Thank you, yes I added it in jest and still keeping it for sometime. It was always meant to be removed in future.
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Comment #46401251
Haha, glad you like it! Maybe "responsibility chain" will catch on.
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Comment #46401245
Thank you, yes coming soon - https://github.com/pranshuparmar/witr/pull/9
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Comment #46401240
Thanks! Really appreciate it. No qualms at all — an AUR entry would be awesome!
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Comment #46401227
Thanks! Glad you like it Trying to make this a swiss army knife for PID information.
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Comment #46401211
Yes, that's correct! It walks up from the process’s working directory looking for a `.git` folder to detect the repo and branch. Thanks.
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Comment #46401198
Thanks! Glad you like it Thanks to @sestep, Nix support is already added, so no need to worry about binaries.