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rlwrap
adds history & ctrl support to REPLs that don’t already have them
(rl
stands for readline)
$ rlwrap python
watch
rerun a command every 2 second
file
figures out what kind of file (png? pdf?) a file is
pv
“pipe viewer”, gives you stats on data going through a pipe
cal
a tiny calendar (heart)
ts
add a timestamp in front of every input line
comm
find lines 2 sorted files have in common
ncdu
figure out what’s using all your disk space
column
format input into columns
diff
diff 2 files. Run with -U 8
for context.
xsel/xclip
copy/paste from system clipboard
(pbcopy
/pbpaste
on Mac)
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