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macOS command-line tools you might not know about

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2039 points Gadiguibou | 1 comments | 27 Jun 23 12:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.398s | source
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BruceEel ◴[27 Jun 23 13:20 UTC] No.36492319[source]▶
Nice list.

Also, hidutil (https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/technotes/tn2450...).

Example:

     hidutil property --set '{"UserKeyMapping":[{"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc":0x700000049,"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst":0x700000065}]}'
For my PC keyboard, remaps "Ins" (normally useless under macOS) to something ("PC Execute") I can trap and remap with Keyboard Maestro.
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frankjr ◴[27 Jun 23 14:42 UTC] No.36493561[source]▶
There's a nice generator for these mappings https://hidutil-generator.netlify.app/
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1. xiaomai ◴[28 Jun 23 20:48 UTC] No.36512367[source]▶
Oh wow, this is amazing. I had been unable to _swap_ esc and caps lock on the mac until now.