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macOS command-line tools you might not know about

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2039 points Gadiguibou | 4 comments | 27 Jun 23 12:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.391s | source
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shortrounddev2 ◴[27 Jun 23 14:09 UTC] No.36493021[source]▶
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`
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1. Finnucane ◴[27 Jun 23 14:21 UTC] No.36493196[source]▶
They're shipping zsh now.
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2. jonnycomputer ◴[27 Jun 23 14:40 UTC] No.36493539[source]▶
I've found the transition to zsh surprisingly painless. But then, I do most of my command line scripting on linux and not my own machine. But still.
3. latexr ◴[27 Jun 23 14:43 UTC] No.36493587[source]▶
macOS has shipped Zsh for a long time. The difference is that now (since Catalina), it’s the default shell.
4. shortrounddev2 ◴[27 Jun 23 15:15 UTC] No.36494068[source]▶
That's why I said "if you use bash"