Rake Routes
by Stephen Ball
swapcase with the tr command
Apr 1, 2022
command line
Want to easily swap the case of some string on the *nix command line? The tr command can do that! You may already know the tr command can switch
From awk to a Dockerized Ruby Script
Aug 8, 2021
command line & ruby & docker
For a programming project I wanted to easily get a list of the printable ASCII characters such that I could easily loop through them and do some
Finding leap years with the cal command
Jul 11, 2021
command line
Did you know that there’s a calendar in the macOS and Linux command line? There is! A quick check of tldr shows how useful this utility can be But
Use tldr for command line examples
Nov 19, 2019
command line
If you use the command line you’ve probably already seen manual pages, accessed via the man command. man pages are great when you need a full
Programming with jq
Nov 6, 2019
command line & jq
So jq is awesome. When you need to process JSON then jq is your factory line transforming the raw JSON ingredients into delicious ice cream
Command line tools - jq
Nov 5, 2019
command line & jq
Need to parse some JSON data? Of course you do! JSON is practically the lifeblood of API calls these days. GitHub Google Cloud Storage Lots of
Add vim to a pipeline with vipe
Jan 18, 2019
command line
Have you ever wanted to stop and edit text in the middle of a pipeline? With vipe you can! Take the output of brew search as an example. What we if
Let’s write a shell script
Sep 6, 2016
command line
Now that you have a $PATH let’s start using it! Today we’ll write a simple shell script in your personal bin directory. Let’s start by picking the
What’s a $PATH anyway?
Aug 30, 2016
command line
You’ve probably seen $PATH or just PATH before as the place you need to add new commands for your prompt. What is that? Where is it? How does it