macOS command-line tools you might not know about

Post by whartung » Tue, Jun 27, 2023, 1:56 PM UTC

ksala_ wrote: post #28

klausa wrote: post #8

`pbcopy` and `pbpaste` are one of my most-loved in the list. Dealing with some minified json, switching to iTerm, doing `pbpaste | json_pp | pbcopy` and having a clean output is _so_ nice.

Since you mention both pbcopy and iTerm - I love https://github.com/skaji/remote-pbcopy-iterm2 . I do most of the work on a remove Linux server, treating my MacBook as mostly a dumb terminal, and being able to transparently copy from the remove to my local clipboard is so nice.

Post by audessuscest » Tue, Jun 27, 2023, 1:56 PM UTC

gargs wrote: post #57

Etheryte wrote: post #3

Neat, I was not aware of `networkQuality`. A good replacement for opening up Speedtest or whatnot when you just want to figure out if the network is slow or something else is up.

It seems to grossly underestimate my upload bandwidth!

Post by itake » Tue, Jun 27, 2023, 1:57 PM UTC

reacharavindh wrote: post #66

Is there any easy shortcut to resizing an image by percentage or fitting to a specific size? Many a times, a website says "file needs to be no bigger than 2 MB", and I need to scramble with Preview app to resize teh app until it falls below that limit. A cli tool for that action would be very handy.

  for x in ls *.webp; do  ffmpeg -i $x ${x%.webp}.png; done

  magick mogrify -monitor -format jpg *.png -compress 70

Post by maleldil » Tue, Jun 27, 2023, 1:58 PM UTC

omginternets wrote: post #30

klausa wrote: post #8

`pbcopy` and `pbpaste` are one of my most-loved in the list. Dealing with some minified json, switching to iTerm, doing `pbpaste | json_pp | pbcopy` and having a clean output is _so_ nice.

If I had a nickel for each `cat foo.json | jq | pbcopy`, I'd be a rich man :)

Post by computerfriend » Tue, Jun 27, 2023, 1:59 PM UTC

inanutshellus wrote: post #20

klausa wrote: post #8

`pbcopy` and `pbpaste` are one of my most-loved in the list. Dealing with some minified json, switching to iTerm, doing `pbpaste | json_pp | pbcopy` and having a clean output is _so_ nice.

I love this flow! Such a powerful and clean way to solve text issues. # This will remove Windows double-spaced empty lines from your copy/paste buffer alias winlines="sed '/^$/{$!{N;s/\n//;};}'" # pbw = [P]aste [B]uffer to fix [W]indows line endings alias pbw="pbpaste | winlines | pbcopy" Also - if you want `pbpaste` and `pbcopy` on Linux... # imitate MacOS's paste buffer copy/paste: alias pbcopy='xsel --clipboard --…

    alias pbcopy="xclip -selection clipboard"
    alias pbpaste="xclip -selection clipboard -o"