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 [email protected] https://www.billkochman.com > On Mar 30, 2019, at 9:48 PM, @lbutlr <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 30 Mar 2019, at 05:37, Bill Kochman <[email protected]> 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 > "[email protected]" 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > 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 "[email protected]" 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/bbedit.
