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Let's make a list of our favorite CLI utilities. (programming.dev)

submitted 2 years ago by chaoticAnimals@programming.dev to c/commandline@programming.dev

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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.

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[–] fallenpixel@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Always partial to yq and jq. No easier way to interact with kubernetes outputs on the fly.

[–] nevalem@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago

Don't forget about fq!

[–] RandomDevOpsDude@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago

How I have never heard of yq, I'm unsure, but thank you as I'm sure it will make life easier

[–] sisyphean@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago

I 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.

[–] gamma@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

pv, 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