These tools make up part of the toolset that I find useful for everyday use.
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
brew-deptree |
Displays dependency tree for all installed packages |
brew-installed-sizes |
List installed Homebrew formulae and their sizes |
brew-requested |
List all requested Homebrew formulae |
carc |
Simply and safely archive files with optional gpg encryption |
clfu |
Displays quick-reference for the top 100 commands at commandlinefu.com |
cmpdir |
Wrapper for rsync to compare two directory trees by checksum |
decrypt |
Simply decrypts all sorts of gpg-encrypted files |
encrypt |
Simply encrypts files with gpg |
gh-remote-add-upstream |
Adds upstream of local checkout, if origin is already configured. |
gh-remote-add-fork |
Lets you interactively select forks (or the upstream's forks) to add as remotes to your local checkout |
git-list-big-objects |
Lists the biggest objects in a git repository |
jetbrains-macros-text-keycodes |
Help for JetBrains IDE macros.xml editing: converts a string to type into the proper XML |
ldwhich |
Finds location of a dynamic library by traversing the search path, for Linux, OS X, and other Unix systems. |
list |
Simply shows/lists files with the right pager(s) depending on filename extension(s) |
markhub |
Previews (Github-flavored) Markdown files in a web browser, using github.com's stylesheet. Useful for checking files, e.g. README.mkd, before pushing to github. |
merge-config-history |
Helps you keep up with the updated default configs of new versions of apps (e.g., kitty, broot) when you've already customized your version |
my-ip |
Uses online services to determine the public IP address |
ssh-add-l |
Better listing of keys added to SSH agent (includes filenames) |
ssh-keygen-l |
Better listing of private keys (includes comments) |
unln |
Replaces a symlinked file with a copy so that it can be edited separately |
untar |
Extracts all or specific files from within a tar archive that's possibly compressed and/or encrypted. Files can be filtered at the command-line and/or interactively. Supports compress, gzip, bzip2, xz, gpg, pgp |
vault-kv-fzf |
Interactive browser for viewing HashiCorp Vault KV store |
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
autoclear-clipboard |
Automatically clears passwords from clipboard after a brief time (because Universal Clipboard is dangerous) |
bundle-id |
Displays the bundle ID of specific application (useful for terminal-notifier) |
eject |
Ejects a removable disk by user-friendly volume name |
get-bounds-of-mouse-display |
Displays the bounds of the display where the mouse is |
is-app-running |
Checks if the given application (using macOS friendly name) is running |
list-anytrans-backups |
Lists all the mobile device backups made by iMobie AnyTrans |
list-chromium-caches |
Lists all the Chromium/Electron cache folders and their sizes |
list-installed-electron-apps |
Lists which of the installed Applications run Electron |
list-mobilesync-backups |
Lists all the mobile device backups made by macOS |
list-processes |
Lists running processes as seen from "System Events" |
list-tm-backups |
Lists all the Time Machine backups |
mac-info |
Prints out one line of info about macOS software and hardware of the current machine (macOS 14.4.1 23E224 (Sonoma) MacBookPro18,2 (Apple M1 Max, arm64)) |
mountpoint |
Like on linux, checks if a file/dir is a mountpoint |
port-inactive-safe-to-uninstall |
List inactive MacPorts package versions that have active replacements |
port-pip-find-packages |
For the MacPorts Python interpreters, lists all the pip packages and whether they were installed via MacPorts |
port-uninstall-inactive-safely |
Uninstalls inactive MacPorts package versions that have active replacements |
quit-app |
Closes an application (using macOS friendly name); often works better than pkill, e.g. for Google Drive |
screencap-ocr |
Lets you take a screenshot and puts the OCR'd text in your clipboard |
show-dev-sig-of-running-apps |
Displays Dev Signatures of running apps |
unretina |
Reduces the resolution of Retina screenshots to regular resolution |
Other folks' scripts found here and there.
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
git-quote-string-multiline |
Helper for creating complex git aliases, in particular quoting special characters |
ip2geo |
Given a hostname or IP address, spits out city, state, country {From commandlinefu.com} |
mac-disable-automount |
Disables the automounting of specified volumes on macOS |
mac-get-focus-mode |
On macOS, Outputs the current "Focus" mode |
netls |
Graphs the number of connections for each connected remote host {From commandlinefu.com} |
relink |
Relinks symbolic links by perl regular expression on the paths of the links' targets. |
rgf |
ripgrep-fzf combo {From fzf} |
timed-run |
Run the specified program for a specified maximum number of seconds {By Expect's Don Libes} |
timed-read |
Reads a line of input, but times out after the specified number of seconds {By Expect's Don Libes} |
timed-choice |
Prompts user with several choices, but times out with a default after the specified number of seconds {By Eugene Spafford} |
mailtrim |
Trim a standard Unix mbox file to the most recent specified number of messages {By Michael Soulier} |
restore-modified-date |
Restores the modified date of subdirectories from backup |
wp |
Quickly queries Wikipedia (over DNS!) {From commandlinefu.com} |
wrap-in-pty |
Wrap a command invocation in PTY (so that the command doesn't act any differently than in an interactive terminal) |