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BurntSushi/xsv
xsv is a command line program for indexing, slicing, analyzing, splitting and joining CSV files. Commands should be simple, fast and composable: Simple tasks should be easy. Performance trade offs should be exposed in the CLI interface. Composition should not come at the expense of performance.
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https://github.com/BurntSushi/xsv

Introducing the Rich CLI Tool  : Viewing Files in the Terminal Will Never be the Same Again!
Now you can go beyond pimping your terminal with iTerm2 and oh-my-zsh. Rich CLI will allow you to add a whole new dimension to how you can view files on the command line.
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https://towardsdatascience.com/introducing-the-rich-cli-tool-viewing-files-in-the-terminal-will-never-be-the-same-again-80e7c5af5b5f

fx — a workspace tool manager
fx is a command line tool (CLI) that hosts and manages other CLIs. It takes care of the tedious parts of CLIs like argument parsing, validation, help/man pages and updates. fx has dynamic subcommands based on its current directory — these subcommands are created by you, the user.
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https://jathu.me/fx/

bkt
bkt is a subprocess caching utility written in Rust, inspired by . Wrapping expensive process invocations with bkt allows callers to reuse recent invocations without complicating their application logic.
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https://github.com/dimo414/bkt

A shell command to create JSON: jo
It gets merrier if an element contains an environment variable: open double, close single, add variable, open single, blergh. Bam! Jo tries to be clever about types and knows null, booleans, strings and numbers. It does arrays, and it pretty-prints on demand:
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https://jpmens.net/2016/03/05/a-shell-command-to-create-json-jo/

Wordle in less than 50 lines of Bash
How to use: ./wordle.sh Or try the unlimit mode: ./wordle.
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https://gist.github.com/huytd/6a1a6a7b34a0d0abcac00b47e3d01513

toolbox – A module framework for Bash
Have you ever written a shell script and found yourself thinking “if only the Bash had an include mechanism”, while copy-pasting the command line parser you wrote for a different shell script? Then you should try toolbox for your next shell script!
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https://github.com/m10k/toolbox

dave yarwood · 10 Bash quirks and how to live with them
It’s a quirky little language with many subtleties that make it all too easy to make mistakes.
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https://blog.djy.io/10-bash-quirks-and-how-to-live-with-them/

e – a smart wrapper for $EDITOR
e(1) is a smart wrapper for $EDITOR written in Bourne shell. It enhances any editor with some user friendly features described below. The command (or command line) wrapped around and invoked by this wrapper.
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https://github.com/knu/e

More shell, less egg
My TextExpander/shell script post of last week reminded me of Doug McIlroy and some unfinished business from back in October. So let’s talk about shell scripts and Unix again.
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http://www.leancrew.com/all-this/2011/12/more-shell-less-egg/