Yes, there's other tools that can make terminal output prettier on Linux. We all know that. But the "column" command is likely already there, on your system, waiting for you to use it. With "column...
  • eldavi@lemmy.mlEnglish
    40·
    2 months ago

    i love this person’s work; i’ve been working in the linux sphere for over 20 years but this person always teaches something that’s new to me and more helpful than the tools i’ve been using to get the job done; sed/awk in this case. (plus, the sense of humor also makes it fun to watch).

    i wish i were as rich as my fellow software engineers so that i can support her work because i’m convinced we need it in a world where people no longer have the same opportunities i had to learn this kind of tech because their smartphones inadvertently hide needful knowledge in the abstractions that make smartphones work.

    • mesamune@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      14·
      2 months ago

      She does a great job. Im trying to add in a couple of her videos when I see them into the different communities. I usually go to awk to be honest, so I completely blanked on columns. I knew it existed from like 10 years ago, but forgot what I can use it for. I learned something form this video :)

      We need more entertaining Linux/open source people.

      • eldavi@lemmy.mlEnglish
        9·
        2 months ago

        We need more entertaining Linux/open source people.

        i think that this is what sets her apart from most; the sense of humor makes the video edit entertaining to watch like the on screen comments.

    • nfms@lemmy.mlEnglish
      4·
      2 months ago

      I’ve been following her for the past year, it’s a pity she doesn’t have a one time contribution scheme set up. I also can’t support everyone but judging from the donations on KDE people do tend to give small amounts and it really helps. Gonna try to contact her and see if she can accept something like that

    • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      inadvertently

      I don’t think that word means what you think it means.

        • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          2 months ago

          Do I think it’s intentional that smartphones are ‘dumbed down’ compared to PCs, so as to turn them into devices for mindless consumption of corporate-controlled media instead of devices for empowering user freedom? Yes, yes I do.

          • eldavi@lemmy.mlEnglish
            4·
            2 months ago

            then its working very well; i learned this past xmas that my millennial/gen-z&a nephews/nieces are somehow less tech literate than their parents/grandparents.

            my well wishing for this channel was in the hopes of reversing this trend, but maybe it’s too little too late.

            we need superman; not mr. rogers. lol

  • davel@lemmy.mlEnglish
    23·
    2 months ago

    I doubt anyone has ever regretted spending some time familiarizing themselves with the POSIX, util-linux, and GNU coreutils commands. You can do a lot by just piping these (mostly) simple tools together.

  • GhostlyPixel@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    2 months ago

    Really cool tool

    Her mentions of awk reminded me of a guy at my last job who was an absolute god with awk, but making changes to scripts he made were a nightmare because no one else could figure out what he was doing, and everything crashed and burned from small changes.

    • mesamune@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      15·
      2 months ago

      Sometimes a small python script that is readable is better for long term support.

  • BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    2 months ago

    This was a new one for me and I’ve been playing with linux for years. Also really enjoyed her video style so delved into some others.

    Thanks for sharing!

  • AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world
    4·
    2 months ago

    When I first learned Unix (and then Linux) I just went through /usr/bin and looked at the man page for everything.

    Then I browsed through the gnu info pages for bash.

    There’s no real alternative to RTFM.