While I’m not a programmer or a developer, I do like to get a lot nerdier than most, and that often means delving into the terminal. I know some basic things while I’m down there and have customized mine a bit, but I’m still definitely a novice – I wouldn’t be comfortable writing any bash scripts myself.

Dr Drang, who writes a very good blog and is very smart, recently put out some helpful blog posts for Mac users to make some terminal operations a bit smoother.

• In his first article he talks a lot about jumping between the terminal and Finder
  • My preferred way of getting from Finder to the terminal is invoking Alfred’s universal actions, but I also like using Alfred’s file browser to the Finder when it’s practical.
• His second article is focused on other ways to do things in his first, including scripts contributed by someone named Loren Halter.
  • Most notable among these is the good doctor’s sel command which I could see getting some actual use out of, thoough it’ll require some time to actually set up.
• The third is beyond me I think! But I wanted to include it because it was related.
  • I have before sic’d the touch command on a list to make Markdown files just to set up a demo/test directory for student information tracking in Obsidian.

I really like Dr. Drang’s blog, but sometimes I have a hard time revisiting his older posts on the same topic, so this is more of an index post for myself!