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Let's make a list of our favorite CLI utilities. (programming.dev)

submitted 2 years ago by chaoticAnimals@programming.dev to c/commandline@programming.dev

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Any extra tips or tricks are welcome!

Yesterday I learned that set -x enables trace for a bash, sh, or zsh script and prints the trace to the terminal.

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[–] chaoticAnimals@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

I'm a pretty big fan of icdiff. This utility allows you to compare two files to see what has been added or removed by using colorful fonts to highlight values.

https://github.com/jeffkaufman/icdiff

[–] Andy@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Another good one is riff (riffdiff on crates.io).

EDIT: for single-column view, that is

[–] cd_slash_rmrf@programming.dev 0 points 2 years ago

I recently learned about diffsitter which uses tree-sitter for meaningful diffs