#MAGIC MOUSE UTILITIES ALTERNATIVE SOFTWARE#
#MAGIC MOUSE UTILITIES ALTERNATIVE PROFESSIONAL#

It doesn't matter what you use to edit something, but Vi or Vim is typically always there. Whichever server I log in to, whether it's a Mac, or Linux box, or AIX box, or Unix box, it's always there. Preben ThorГё: If you're working, and you're really a geek working with command-line, what is the right editor? Is that still Vim or Vi?Д«ert Jan Schrijver: I like Vim because it's available everywhere. Then you have more time to be productive because automation is helping you in spending less time on repetitive tasks.Дo a health check on 10 machines with name server. Using the command-line helps in terms of automating things and creating scripts. As a developer, you typically need to do repetitive stuff, like checking 10 machines whether they're up, do redeployment or similar. Secondly, if I need to do something with data, a log file I need to search in, a big data file, a couple of thousand lines I need to search or filter, or I have a file I need to transform, I also reach out for command-line utilities.Д¬ompare 2 (big) logfiles, show only the differences, and use keys up/down/pgup/pgdown to page through the differences (useful for finding differences between the output of 2 builds): Get the current (internet) IP address of the machine youвЂ™re connected to: Get the weather forecast ( for a preview): If I need to start something quick, or look up something quick, typing something in the terminal is faster than, opening a webpage, clicking or opening a utility. Preben ThorГё: Is this something that is evolving or following the time, or is it similar to talking DevOps, and containers, and Kubernetes, and everything nowadays? Did that bring back the need for the command-line?Д«ert Jan Schrijver: I mainly use the command-line for three things. If you look back at what we have now in terms of big data pipelines, I think it is the next step of what you could do with command-line utilities in the late 1990s, so to say. You can string lots of these tools together to build data pipelines. So typically command-line tools are very simple, right? They do one thing, and they do this one thing right. I was really amazed by the power and the simplicity of these tools. After that, I kind of got interested in command-line utilities and what you could use them for. Then I started experimenting with it and used it to run a server in my student house. We're talking about Linux 2.0, maybe 2.2, and he introduced me to this world. I had a friend who was really enthusiastic about Linux, everything you could do with this. I started using Linux when I was in university. When I started using the command-line, there was less choice in visual and point-and-click tools. I would like to hear a little bit more about that, but maybe before we dive into this, why command-line at all? I mean, this is the year 2021, do we need command-line tools.Д«ert Jan Schrijver: It's an interesting question. The reason why I invited you here is that I know you can do magic with the command-line.

#MAGIC MOUSE UTILITIES ALTERNATIVE PROFESSIONAL#

Preben ThorГё: 10 to 15 years of professional experience, or even more. I'm also active with The Netherlands Java User Group, the NLJUG, where I'm mainly busy with the organization of a couple of conferences we do. I worked as a developer and architect on various projects. I've mainly done consulting for 10 to 15 years.

#MAGIC MOUSE UTILITIES ALTERNATIVE SOFTWARE#

I have a background as a Java developer and software architect. We're a Java consultancy company with offices in The Netherlands, Germany, Austria and Switzerland. May I ask you to do a short introduction of yourself?Д«ert Jan Schrijver: My name is Bert Jan Schrijver. Preben ThorГё: Welcome to our little studio here. Get a quick overview of where to start and what to use the command-line for. Bert Jan Schrijver, CTO at OpenValue, is using the command-line to make his work easier, more productive and even fun. While the command-line might seem like an antiquated means of work from outside it does have unexpected benefits.

Magic mouse utilities alternative