macOS command-line tools you might not know about

Post by hoherd » Tue, Jun 27, 2023, 2:10 PM UTC

whalesalad wrote: post #34

`pbcopy | jq | pbpaste` is a very frequent command that I run to quickly format json in the clipboard. I use pbcopy and pbpaste probably all day long and always miss it in Linux environments.

Post by nine_k » Tue, Jun 27, 2023, 2:15 PM UTC

wkat4242 wrote: post #62

Not a command-line tool but the network link conditioner is also really great. Never seen such a tool on another OS You can simulate a really bad network. Latency, bandwidth, packet loss etc. Great for testing but also if people insist on cameras being on. Just screw up the connection so bad that everyone gets annoyed with your blocky image and robot voice and suggest you turn off video and then you make it 'magicall…

Post by nicky0 » Tue, Jun 27, 2023, 2:16 PM UTC

itslennysfault wrote: post #91

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.

Where are you pasting the pretty json to view it? I do this a lot as well, but just paste the minified json directly into VS Code and then OPT+SHIFT+F to format it.

Post by nicky0 » Tue, Jun 27, 2023, 2:17 PM UTC

maleldil wrote: post #77

omginternets wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

That's a useless use of cat. You can use `jq . foo.json | pbcopy` or `jq < foo.json | pbcopy`.

Post by Finnucane » Tue, Jun 27, 2023, 2:21 PM UTC

shortrounddev2 wrote: post #89

While you're at it, `brew install coreutils`. The coreutils that ship with macOS lack a lot of features available on Linux. If you use bash, I recommend upgrading it, too, since Apple ships a 16 year old build (iirc due to legal issues associated with GPLv3) `brew install bash`