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Moreutils command line productivity tools

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Bruno Sutic
 Rails & Javascript developer
 
 Ideal Project Group, Chicago github.com/bruno-
 @brunosutic

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Moreutils? • a set of 14 general purpose CLI tools • created “to stop these programs from falling through the cracks” • webpage: https://joeyh.name/code/moreutils/

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‘ts’ command demo • prepends a timestamp to each output line • great for logging

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‘vidir’ command demo • allows editing of the contents of a directory in a text editor • great for: • manipulating dir names like “$HOME” or “~” • batch file renames

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‘vipe’ command line demo • use editor in the pipe

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Moreutils installation It’s really easy! • OS X
 $ brew install moreutils • Debian
 $ apt-get install -y moreutils

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What next? • learn about other moreutils commands: • visit webpage: https://joeyh.name/code/moreutils/ • read man pages • Joey Hess has other fantastic projects
 https://joeyh.name/code/ • apply for a speech at Terminal.zg (srsly)

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Questions