- it's super easy to use the output of one program as the input of another, and to integrate it in bigger scripts.
- it's much more discoverable. when Mac users tell me they discovered tricks like holding right click at the screen corner or whatever, I'm telling them about `--help`.
- it prevents loosing context - I'm not switching windows all the time
- it always works. usually the same. and everywhere: on my laptop, on my server, on my phone.
These are just some reasons why I love it, but I'm sure there are others. and btw if you're really into search, sort, group filtering etc - maybe you should check out nushell.
> it's super easy to use the output of one program as the input of another, and to integrate it in bigger scripts
This can be done with Python/TypeScript code and it would be much more maintainable and typesafe. I don't know anyone who enjoys writing bash scripts over TypeScript code.
> I'm telling them about `--help`
Auto-complete in a text editor is far superior.
> - it always works. usually the same. and everywhere: on my laptop, on my server, on my phone.
> This can be done with Python/TypeScript code and it would be much more maintainable and typesafe. I don't know anyone who enjoys writing bash scripts over TypeScript code.
I'm talking about doing stuff like `cat file.json| jq -r .some.thing | base64 -d > file.txt`. What even _is_ the GUI for this? and is writing this in Python/TS actually better? it's not even more maintainable. ever tried going back to your Python/TS project after a few years, setting up the environment from scratch and all? It's awful...
> Auto-complete in a text editor is far superior.
but GUI apps aren't text editors. I'm saying it's much easier for me to run `youtube-dl --help | grep something_i_am_looking_for` than to search for it in some youtube-dl interface.
- it's super easy to use the output of one program as the input of another, and to integrate it in bigger scripts.
- it's much more discoverable. when Mac users tell me they discovered tricks like holding right click at the screen corner or whatever, I'm telling them about `--help`.
- it prevents loosing context - I'm not switching windows all the time
- it always works. usually the same. and everywhere: on my laptop, on my server, on my phone.
These are just some reasons why I love it, but I'm sure there are others. and btw if you're really into search, sort, group filtering etc - maybe you should check out nushell.
(edit: formatting)