Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over their GUI counterparts”

Subject	Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over their GUI counterparts”
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From	"Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com>
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Date	2026-05-04 21:24 -0400

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On 5/4/2026 9:14 PM, Alan wrote:
> On 2026-05-04 17:54, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

>> Are Mac users really brave enough to try command-line tools?
>>
>> <https://www.zdnet.com/article/macos-command-line-utilities-that-are- 
>> far-more-useful-than-you-think/>
>>
>> All of them are available for Linux, and are probably easier to
>> install and use there than on a Mac.
>>
>> Guess where the “real Unix” is to be found ...
> 
> In what way will they be "easier to install and use" on Linux?
> 
> 1. Pandoc
> 
> 'Pandoc is available as a pkg installation package that you can download 
> from the official GitHub site. Double-click it and follow the simple 
> instructions.
> 
> Or, if you have Homebrew installed, you can add Pandoc with the command:'
> 
> Seems about the same or easier on a macOS.
> 
> 2 Taskwarrior
> 
> 'To install taskwarrior, you have to have Homebrew installed and then 
> add the app with:
> 
> brew install taskwarrior-tui'
> 
> So if you've installed Homebrew (which I have and which itself is 
> available as a .pkg installer), it's precisely the same on Linux and MacOS.
> 
> 3. Ollama
> 
> 'When you install Ollama on MacOS, you can either install the GUI app 
> and use the command line, or you can simply install the command-line 
> tool only using Homebrew, like so:'
> 
> So again, as easy as Linux.
> 
> 4. ag
> 
> 'The ag command allows you to search for strings within files. Even 
> better, ag searches multiple files for the same string. Say you have a 
> bunch of text files in your Documents directory and you need to know 
> which of them contain ZDNET. The ag command will not only tell you which 
> files contain the string, but it'll do it very quickly.'
> 
> Ummmm... ...macOS already HAS this ability.
> 
> So Linux loses.
> 
> '5. yt-dlp
> 
> 'Do you ever need to download videos from YouTube? If so...'
> 
> 'Yt-dlp can be installed (along with the required ffmpeg) with Homebrew, 
> like so:
> 
> brew install yt-dlp ffmpeg'
> 
> So once again, after installing homebrew (which is as easy or perhaps 
> even easier on macOS)...
> 
> ...it's precisely as easy.


This is why you're an odd character, you take this competition so 
seriously, Lawrence is obsessed with promoting open-source and Linux 
over Apple and MS, and you take the bait, trying to make sure everyone 
reading Usenet OS-advocacy groups, in 2026, knows that Apple's pretty 
damn great, too!  Like wow, get over it.  If you love your Macs, great, 
good for you, but most people would rather not pay $200 for half of a 
512 GB SSD.

-- 
Joel W. Crump

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  Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over their GUI counterparts” Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-05-04 18:14 -0700
    Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over their GUI counterparts” "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-05-04 21:24 -0400
      Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over their GUI counterparts” Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-05-04 18:58 -0700
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      Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over their GUI counterparts” Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-05-05 08:50 -0700
        Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over their GUI counterparts” John Bokma <contact@johnbokma.com> - 2026-05-05 17:54 +0200
          Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over their GUI counterparts” Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-05-05 09:06 -0700
            Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over their GUI counterparts” John Bokma <contact@johnbokma.com> - 2026-05-05 18:13 +0200
              Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over their GUI counterparts” Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-05-05 09:16 -0700
                Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over their GUI counterparts” John Bokma <contact@johnbokma.com> - 2026-05-05 18:59 +0200
                Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over their GUI counterparts” Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-05-05 10:04 -0700
                Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over their GUI counterparts” John Bokma <contact@johnbokma.com> - 2026-05-05 19:24 +0200
  Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over their GUI counterparts” CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-05-05 08:55 -0400
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      Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over their GUI counterparts” "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-05-05 10:24 -0400
        Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over their GUI counterparts” Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-05-05 08:51 -0700
        Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over  their GUI counterparts” (was: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over  their GUI counterparts”) Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-05-05 17:27 +0000
          Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over their GUI counterparts” John Bokma <contact@johnbokma.com> - 2026-05-05 19:32 +0200
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              Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over their GUI counterparts” John Bokma <contact@johnbokma.com> - 2026-05-05 19:55 +0200
                Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over  their GUI counterparts” (was: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over  their GUI counterparts”) Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-05-05 17:59 +0000
                Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over their GUI counterparts” John Bokma <contact@johnbokma.com> - 2026-05-05 20:04 +0200
                Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over  their GUI counterparts” (was: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over  their GUI counterparts”) Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-05-05 18:14 +0000
                Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over their GUI counterparts” John Bokma <contact@johnbokma.com> - 2026-05-05 20:15 +0200
                Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over their GUI counterparts” Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-05 22:37 +0000
                Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over their GUI counterparts” John Bokma <contact@johnbokma.com> - 2026-05-06 16:44 +0200
              Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over their GUI counterparts” Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-05 22:18 +0000
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          Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over their GUI counterparts” "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-05-05 14:26 -0400
            Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over  their GUI counterparts” (was: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over  their GUI counterparts”) Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-05-05 18:46 +0000
      Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over  their GUI counterparts” (was: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over  their GUI counterparts”) Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-05 21:45 +0000
        Re: �5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over  their GUI counterparts� (was: �5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over  their GUI counterparts�) chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2026-05-05 17:02 -0500
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  Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over their GUI counterparts” John Bokma <contact@johnbokma.com> - 2026-05-05 17:08 +0200
  Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over their GUI counterparts” John Bokma <contact@johnbokma.com> - 2026-05-05 17:37 +0200
    Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over their GUI counterparts” Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-05 21:46 +0000
      Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over their GUI counterparts” John Bokma <contact@johnbokma.com> - 2026-05-06 16:41 +0200
        Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over their GUI counterparts” CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-05-06 12:24 -0400
          Nix (was Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over their GUI counterparts”) John Bokma <contact@johnbokma.com> - 2026-05-06 18:27 +0200
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              Re: Nix (was Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over their GUI counterparts”) John Bokma <contact@johnbokma.com> - 2026-05-06 18:45 +0200
                Re: Nix (was Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over their GUI counterparts”) CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-05-06 12:56 -0400
                Re: Nix (was Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over their GUI counterparts”) John Bokma <contact@johnbokma.com> - 2026-05-06 19:09 +0200
                Re: Nix (was Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over their GUI counterparts”) CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-05-06 14:04 -0400
                Re: Nix (was Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over their GUI counterparts”) John Bokma <contact@johnbokma.com> - 2026-05-06 21:58 +0200
                Re: Nix (was Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over their GUI counterparts”) CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-05-06 18:45 -0400
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                Re: Nix (was Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over their GUI counterparts”) John Bokma <contact@johnbokma.com> - 2026-05-06 22:00 +0200
  mdfind vs ag (was Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over their GUI counterparts” Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-05-06 10:37 -0700
    Re: mdfind vs ag (was Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over their GUI counterparts” John Bokma <contact@johnbokma.com> - 2026-05-06 19:52 +0200
      Re: mdfind vs ag (was Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over their GUI counterparts” Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-05-06 11:58 -0700
        Re: mdfind vs ag (was Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over their GUI counterparts” John Bokma <contact@johnbokma.com> - 2026-05-06 21:57 +0200
          Re: mdfind vs ag (was Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over their GUI counterparts” Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-05-06 13:34 -0700
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              Re: mdfind vs ag (was Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over their GUI counterparts” Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-05-06 19:31 -0700
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                Re: mdfind vs ag (was Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over their GUI counterparts” Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-05-10 06:25 -0700
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                Re: mdfind vs ag (was Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over their GUI counterparts” Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-05-10 21:41 -0700
            Re: mdfind vs ag (was Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over their GUI counterparts” John Bokma <contact@johnbokma.com> - 2026-05-07 12:08 +0200
              Re: mdfind vs ag (was Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over their GUI counterparts” Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-05-07 07:27 -0700
                Re: mdfind vs ag (was Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over their GUI counterparts” Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2026-05-08 13:52 -0400
                Re: mdfind vs ag (was Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over their GUI counterparts” Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-05-08 11:38 -0700
                Re: mdfind vs ag (was Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over their GUI counterparts” Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2026-05-09 09:06 -0400
                Re: mdfind vs ag (was Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over their GUI counterparts” Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-05-09 06:10 -0700
                Re: mdfind vs ag (was Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over their GUI counterparts” Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2026-05-10 08:16 -0400
                Re: mdfind vs ag (was Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over their GUI counterparts” pothead <pothead@snakebite.com> - 2026-05-10 12:24 +0000
                Re: mdfind vs ag (was Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over their GUI counterparts” Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-05-10 06:34 -0700
                Re: mdfind vs ag (was Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over their GUI counterparts” rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-05-10 18:33 +0000
                Re: mdfind vs ag (was Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over their GUI counterparts” Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2026-05-11 07:33 -0400
                Re: mdfind vs ag (was Re: “5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over their GUI counterparts” Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-05-11 10:26 -0700
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