Cool utilities I've discovered this weekend
bat
bat
is cat
with syntax highlighting, but is still compatible with pipes, etc. Really neat. I like the filename header.
Github: https://github.com/sharkdp/bat
jira
A CLI for Jira. Maybe it’ll be faster than using the web interace???
Regardless, it supports a fancy config loading system that looks like I can configure it as part of my tmux
setup
to pop me into the correct project for the directory I’m in.
https://github.com/go-jira/jira
entr
A really nice tool in the UNIX philosphy of building simple, composible command line utilities.
entr
can be piped to to run a command when the stream on the left hand side changes. This is
similar functionality to guard
, livereload
, etc, but is useful precisely because it is generic.
It also has a handy option for commands that don’t support signals or a modified stream &emdash; -r
will
cause entr
to terminate the process and start it again, rather than trying to ‘hot reload’.
The website has heaps of examples with documentation on the additional options: http://eradman.com/entrproject/
TLDR pages
TLDR pages aim to extend on man
pages with practical examples of common tasks. The website, https://tldr.sh/ is
usable as-is, but there are a bunch of command-line tools available. I’m trying to Node.js version, but there are
various options depending on the runtimes you have installed.