Actually, Homebrew is my default go-to choice for Terminal-based installations. However, I figured that MacPorts probably needed an update — which it did — and so then I decided to try to find something with it, which I couldn’t find with Homebrew.
As it turned out, what I was looking for — nl — is included in the coreutils package, which I downloaded with Homebrew. Yeah, osxutils does look rather interesting. I might give it a go. Maybe not. Bill Kochman Bill’s Bible Basics wordweaver...@gmail.com https://www.billkochman.com > On Mar 30, 2019, at 9:48 PM, @lbutlr <krem...@kreme.com> wrote: > > On 30 Mar 2019, at 05:37, Bill Kochman <wordweaver...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Ha! I took it a step further and installed coreutils, moreutils, findutils >> and a number of others, via Homebrew and MacPorts. > > Both? I would pick one (Homebrew) and stick with it. I gave up MacPorts > because it required a full install of Xcode (8GB) while Homebrew requires > only the command line utilities, > >> Do you think I overdid it a bit? > > Perhaps 😃 > > osxutils looks interesting. > > cpath copy the current working directory to the clipboard > finfo print information about a file in a style similar to the Mac OS > X Finder > getfcomment print a file's Spotlight comment > geticon extract a file's icon as an image > getvolume show the global system volume setting > google search Google in default browser > hfsdata print a file's HFS- or Mac-specific metadata > lsmac list directory contents with OS X metadata > mkalias create OS X Finder aliases > rcmac recursively list files (like lsmac) > setfcomment set a file's Spotlight comments > setfctypes set heritage OS X File Type or Creator of a file > setfflags set a file's Finder flags > seticon set a file's OS X Icon > setlabel set a file's Finder Label > setsuffix batch modify file suffices > setvolume set the global system volume > mvtrash move a file to the Trash > wikipedia search Wikipedia in default browser > wsupdate update the Finder filesystem display > >> The way I figure, they take up so little space, I’d rather have them there >> for the rare occasion when someday some app may need one of them. 😃 > > They might conflict with something else, but homebrew is good about keeping > things organized. > > > -- > A sadder and a wiser man he rose the morrow morn. > > > -- > This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a > feature request or need technical support, please email > "supp...@barebones.com" rather than posting to the group. > Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <https://www.twitter.com/bbedit> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BBEdit Talk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to bbedit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to bbedit@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/bbedit. -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or need technical support, please email "supp...@barebones.com" rather than posting to the group. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <https://www.twitter.com/bbedit> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to bbedit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to bbedit@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/bbedit.
