How the Command Line Can Give You Superpowers
summary
Shows concrete wins: use the silver searcher to grep 563 MB in under 0.5s versus 11s with grep, pipe HTTP with curl to simulate FCM pushes using the legacy server key, transform JSON with grond and jq into line‑oriented or queryable records, generate Kotlin/Java models from API JSON, batch and compare bitmaps with image magic montage/compare, transfer APKs via QR file transfer and automate device input with adb shell; each example includes commands, gotchas, and working demos.
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chapters (32)
- 0:00Intro
- 1:30Superpowers, eh?
- 2:33Why should I care?
- 4:45Structure
- 8:58adb completion
- 9:53Demo: adb uninstall com
- 10:58Gradle completion
- 11:31From shell to Finder
- 12:27From Finder to shell
- 13:12Navigation
- 13:43cd with superpowers
- 14:24autojump
- 16:04grep with superpowers
- 16:40The Silver Searcher
- 20:26Working with Clipboard
- 21:29Web superpowers
- 23:34Debugging Firebase Cloud Me
- 24:16Sending a push notification
- 24:56JSON
- 26:19Example gron output
- 28:22Filter elements by predicate
- 30:42Example: Composite images
- 30:54bash function using IM's mont
- 31:37Example: Crop multiple densi
- 32:00bash loop using IM's conver
- 32:43Example: compare images
- 33:34Deployment a
- 34:11Installing APKs wirelessly
- 35:24Automation superpower
- 35:44Automating device input
- 37:13Scripting: write code to write
- 37:54Summary
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