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
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
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.
Why haven't I heard of this before?? Absolute gamechanger o_O
Taskwarrior.
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 to ls
or l
) for replacing Dir
bat
(better cat) - for when the help pages are too longOther stuff I love:
I'm a pretty big fan of icdiff
. This utility allows you to compare two files to see what has been added or removed by using colorful fonts to highlight values.
In Bash, I like to use cdargs
sudo apt-get install cdargs
It allows you to set up shortcuts on the fly,
cv sdbackup
rather than cd /media/user/Backup Plus/ MyFiles/current/sdbackup
cv with no argument will give you a list to select from current shortcuts
Of those mentioned, this one intrigues me most. Thanks!
I write a lot of bash scripts that end up running in automation in some fashion.
#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euxo pipefail
Is pretty standard for me.
-e
exit on error
-o pipefail
exit on pipeline fail
-u
error on unset variables
-x
trace
if you spend a lot of time in the shell, i like using the following for easier directory traversal:
z
for jumping to "frecent" directorieszsh-z
(a native zsh port of z
)bd
for going back directoriesand some zsh settings which make cd
silently act like pushd
/popd
:
# autopushd : make cd act like pushd (alias doesn't work properly)
# pushdminus : use -1 instead of +1
# pushdsilent : prevents printing stack on each cd
# pushdtohome : `pushd` to ~/
# pushdignoredups : dont add duplicates to stack
I want to add setopt autocd
, and hash -d name=/some/long/path/to/name
to create your own ~name
shortcuts.
woa, i didn't even know about hash -d name=/path
, neat!
Always partial to yq and jq. No easier way to interact with kubernetes outputs on the fly.
I don't know about k8s work in particular, but I enjoy jello and yamlpath more than jq and yq.
How I have never heard of yq, I'm unsure, but thank you as I'm sure it will make life easier