How The Command-Line Can Give You Superpowers
summary
Shows concrete command-line hacks and tools: install iTerm + Homebrew, enable tab completion for ADB, use autojump (j) to navigate deep paths, and use pbcopy/pbpaste to move data between GUI and shell. Demonstrates HTTP with curl (include headers, POST from a file), JSON tooling with gron and jq, image compositing with imagemagick montage for side-by-side diffs, ultra-fast search with ripgrep (rg) 13s → 0.3s, and device workflows like adb shell touch/key scripts: flaky but usable plus QR file transfer of APKs that works.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Introduction and welcome
- 1:04What is the command line
- 3:50Why use the command line
- 5:57Terminal basics and setup
- 8:11Typing less with tab completion
- 10:19Working with Finder and terminal
- 11:51Fast file navigation
- 14:02Finding files with ripgrep
- 17:37I/O redirection and pipelines
- 19:23Talking to remote APIs with curl
- 22:34Processing JSON data
- 25:25Image manipulation with ImageMagick
- 27:34Wireless APK installation
- 28:42Automating device interactions
- 30:28Summary and closing
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