▲ 87 ▼ Which CLI app/utility you wish there was a GUI for? (lemdro.id) submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by mfat@lemdro.id to c/linux@lemmy.ml 116 comments fedilink hide all child comments For me it's: Testdisk (and Photorec) Caddy Netstat Dig Aria2
[–] everett@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Too many options to remember and look up every time This is a good use case for shell aliases. If you can identify a few of your use cases, you can give each bundle of options its own command. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] amanneedsamaid@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) I do exactly this for downloading music, I aliased my preferred options to 'yt-audio' permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mfat@lemdro.id [S] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Would you mind sharing your command? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] amanneedsamaid@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago This is what I use (with zsh): yt-audio() { yt-dlp --no-playlist -f 'ba' -x --audio-format mp3 $1 } yt-audio-playlist() { yt-dlp -f 'ba' -x --audio-format mp3 $1 } It takes the best quality available and downloads it to mp3. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] amanneedsamaid@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) I do exactly this for downloading music, I aliased my preferred options to 'yt-audio' permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mfat@lemdro.id [S] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Would you mind sharing your command? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] amanneedsamaid@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago This is what I use (with zsh): yt-audio() { yt-dlp --no-playlist -f 'ba' -x --audio-format mp3 $1 } yt-audio-playlist() { yt-dlp -f 'ba' -x --audio-format mp3 $1 } It takes the best quality available and downloads it to mp3. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mfat@lemdro.id [S] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Would you mind sharing your command? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] amanneedsamaid@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago This is what I use (with zsh): yt-audio() { yt-dlp --no-playlist -f 'ba' -x --audio-format mp3 $1 } yt-audio-playlist() { yt-dlp -f 'ba' -x --audio-format mp3 $1 } It takes the best quality available and downloads it to mp3. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] amanneedsamaid@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago This is what I use (with zsh): yt-audio() { yt-dlp --no-playlist -f 'ba' -x --audio-format mp3 $1 } yt-audio-playlist() { yt-dlp -f 'ba' -x --audio-format mp3 $1 } It takes the best quality available and downloads it to mp3. permalink fedilink source parent