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retail – tail with regular expressions

August 21, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

retail can output that part of a file (or pipe) following the last match of a regular expression,

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VisioNomicon – leverages GPT-4o to rename image files

August 16, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics

VisioNomicon is a powerful Python-based command-line utility tool designed to rename image files using the capabilities of GPT-4o.

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August 1, 2024 Steve Emms Software

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teip – masking tape to help commands “do one thing well”

July 31, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

teip is a command-line utility billed as masking tape to help commands “do one thing well”.

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srgn – code surgeon

July 30, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

srgn is a code surgeon for searching and manipulating text and source code with enhanced precision.

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repgrep – interactive replacer for ripgrep

July 29, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

repgrep is an interactive command line tool to make find and replacement easy. It uses ripgrep.

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rawhide – find files using pretty C expressions

July 29, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

rawhide (rh) lets you search for files on the command line using expressions and user-defined functions.

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rwatch – Rust implementation of watch

July 28, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

rwatch is a command-line utility written in Rust that allows you to run a command repeatedly and watch its output.

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rep – perform find and replace on grep-formatted lines

July 28, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

rep is a command-line utility that takes grep-formatted lines via standard input, and performs a find-and-replace on them.

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Linux

electerm – terminal emulator and much more

July 27, 2024 Steve Emms Productivity, Reviews

electerm is a terminal emulator with bags of additional functionality. It’s free and open source software.

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findpick – general purpose file picker combining “find” command with a fuzzy finder

July 27, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

findpick is a general purpose file picker combining “find” command with a fuzzy finder. It’s written in Bash.

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amber – code search and replace tool

July 27, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

amber is a code search and replace tool written by Rust. Two commands (ambs/ambr) are provided

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reflex – run a command when files change

July 27, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

reflex is a small tool to watch a directory and rerun a command when certain files change.

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Manga

Mangayomi – manga reader and anime streaming app

July 26, 2024 Steve Emms Other

Mangayomi is a manga reader and anime streaming cross-platform app inspired by Tachiyomi and Aniyomi made with Flutter.

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Photo Metadata

BeeRef – simple reference image viewer

July 26, 2024 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI, Reviews

BeeRef is Python-based software which lets you quickly arrange your reference images and view them while you create

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wfh – rsync as you edit

July 26, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

wfh continuously watches your local directories and rsync them against a remote host.

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watchexec – run a command when files in the current directory change

July 26, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

watchexec is a simple, standalone tool that watches a path and runs a command whenever it detects modifications.

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watcher – watch files in a directory for changes

July 26, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

watcher is a simple command line app to watch files in a directory for changes.

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Find

treegrep – pattern matcher frontend or backend

July 26, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

treegrep is a frontend for existing pattern matchers or a standalone pattern matcher which presents results in a tree format.

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OpenComic – comic and manga reader

July 25, 2024 Steve Emms Other

OpenComic is a comic and manga reader written in the JavaScript language.

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