Re:Scripts I wrote that I use all the time
by lkbm on Thursday October 23, 2025 @12:02PM
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> Why prioritise node instead of jq? The latter is considerably less code and even comes preinstalled with macOS, now.
That was my thought. I use jq to pretty print json.
What I have found useful is j2p and p2j to convert to/from python dict format to json format (and pretty print the output). I also have j2p_clip and p2j_clip, which read from and then write to the system clipboard so I don't have to manually pipe in and out.
> Any reason to not simply use `uuidgen`, which ships with macOS and likely your Linux distro?
I also made a uuid, which just runs uuidgen, but then trims the \n. (And maybe copied to clipboard? It was at my old job, and I don't seem to have saved it to my personal computer.)
That was my thought. I use jq to pretty print json.
What I have found useful is j2p and p2j to convert to/from python dict format to json format (and pretty print the output). I also have j2p_clip and p2j_clip, which read from and then write to the system clipboard so I don't have to manually pipe in and out.
> Any reason to not simply use `uuidgen`, which ships with macOS and likely your Linux distro?
I also made a uuid, which just runs uuidgen, but then trims the \n. (And maybe copied to clipboard? It was at my old job, and I don't seem to have saved it to my personal computer.)