clf 0.2

Command line tool to search snippets on Commandlinefu.com

Commandlinefu.com is the place to record awesome command-line snippets. This tool allows you to search and view the results into your terminal.

Example 1

$ clf python server

  # python smtp server
  python -m smtpd -n -c DebuggingServer localhost:1025

  # Python version 3: Serve current directory tree at http://$HOSTNAME:8000/
  python -m http.server

  # Start a HTTP server which serves Python docs
  pydoc -p 8888 & gnome-open http://localhost:8888

  # put current directory in LAN quickly
  python -m SimpleHTTPServer

  # An alternative to: python -m SimpleHTTPServer for Arch Linux
  python3 -m http.server

Example 2

$ clf recursive line count

  # Recursive Line Count
  find ./ -not -type d | xargs wc -l | cut -c 1-8 | awk '{total += $1} END {print total}'

  # Recursive Line Count
  find * -type f -not -name ".*" | xargs wc -l

  # Get Total Line Count Of All Files In Subdirectory (Recursive)
  find . -type f -name "*.*" -exec cat {} > totalLines 2> /dev/null \; && wc -l totalLines && rm totalLines

  # Recursive Line Count
  wc -l `find . -name *.php`

Installation

The tool works with Python 2 and Python 3. It can be installed with Pip :

pip install clf

Usage

Command line tool to search snippets on Commandlinefu.com

Usage:
  clf --browse [options]
  clf <command> [options]
  clf <keyword> <keyword>... [options]

Options:
  -h, --help     Show this help.
  -v, --version  Show version.
  -c, --color    Enable colorized output
  -b, --browse   Browse the Commandlinefu.com archive.
  --order=ORDER  The order output (votes|date) [default: votes]

Examples:
  clf tar
  clf python server
  clf --browse --order=date

Notes

• You can set the CLF_COLOR environment variable to enable to colorized output by default.

Author

• Nicolas Crocfer (@ncrocfer)