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Let's make a list of our favorite CLI utilities. (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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[–] gamma@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

pv, which is like cat, simply copying files or stdin to stdout, but prints statistics to the terminal.

A related tip: dd isn't special in the way most people use it. This works too, if you're root: pv my-fav-distro.iso > /dev/sdc