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Useful built-in macOS command-line utilities

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700 points yen223 | 4 comments | 06 Nov 24 05:51 UTC | HN request time: 0.266s | source
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terminaltrove ◴[06 Nov 24 18:37 UTC] No.42067083[source]▶
Although not built in, we have a list of easy to install command-line utilities for macOS.

https://terminaltrove.com/categories/macos/

You might find one you've never heard of that is useful! :)

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1. sureIy ◴[06 Nov 24 19:05 UTC] No.42067540[source]▶
Kinda related: does anyone else regularly finds CLI tools, installs them and never ever even call them once?
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2. blacksmith_tb ◴[06 Nov 24 19:15 UTC] No.42067713[source]▶
Ha, when I search through my history I usually find I ran them exactly once, right after installing, and then forgot all about them. But there are some exceptions, I often use httpie instead of curl, MTR is great, I am liking doggo instead of dig...
3. downrightmike ◴[06 Nov 24 19:28 UTC] No.42067887[source]▶
That's the difference between recall memory and recognition memory. The GUI took off because we can recognize a menu and easily figure out where we need to go, versus having to memorize obscure and cryptic commands. Honestly having a LLM spit out command line arguments is probably the best way forward if things don't have a GUI.
4. adriand ◴[06 Nov 24 23:43 UTC] No.42071369[source]▶
It happens but Ctrl-R has helped me get much better at finding commands I’ve used even just once before based on some tiny thing I remember about them.