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Useful built-in macOS command-line utilities

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700 points yen223 | 2 comments | 06 Nov 24 05:51 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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gkfasdfasdf ◴[06 Nov 24 12:49 UTC] No.42061451[source]▶
pbcopy and pbpaste are handy, for a version that works over ssh connections there is osc: https://github.com/theimpostor/osc
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1. pak9rabid ◴[06 Nov 24 16:53 UTC] No.42065164[source]▶
At my job I have to work with a lot of JSON that's usually minimized. This command has single-handedly saved my sanity:

$ pbpaste | jq | pbcopy

Then I can paste it into whatever text editor I want and it's all nice & pretty-printed for me.

Bonus is that I don't have to change the command at all, just copy the minimized JSON to the clipboard (say from DBeaver, for example), then hit the 'up' arrow and enter.

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2. mfonda ◴[06 Nov 24 18:25 UTC] No.42066850[source]▶
I never knew that jq without any arguments pretty-printed JSON. Very useful, and great tip to combine with pbcopy/pbpaste.