findThere are some better alternatives to find.
The Python module pathlib is the most suitable one for relatively complex jobs.
fd, ripgrep, fselect and osquery
are other alternatives.
| find | fd | fselect | osquery | ripgrep (rg) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Use Case | File metadata search & execution (scripting) | Interactive file name search … |
Starting from Python 3.7,
dict preserves insertion order
(i.e., dict is ordered).
There is no need to use OrderedDict any more in Python 3.7+.
However,
set in Python is implemented as an unordered hashset
and thus is neither ordered nor sorted.
A trick to dedup an iterable values
There are a few ways to install Python in Mac.
Install system-wide via the official Python installation package.
Install locally using Homebrew (recommended).
You should avoid installing multiple versions of Python in your system. It usually brings more troubles than conveniences. Python virtual environemnts ( via uv ) and Docker containers are …
Most of my Docker images have different variants
(corresponding to tags latest, next, etc)
for different use cases.
And each tag might have histocial versions
with the pattern mmddhh
(mm, dd and hh stand for the month, day and hour)
for fallback if a tag …
It is suggested that
you use Python modules or Stirling-PDF
instead of pdftk to manipulating PDFs for several reasons.
First,
even though pdftk is a great command-line tool,
it is hard to remember its syntax.
On the contratry,
Python code is easy to read and understand (even though it is …
Things on this page are fragmentary and immature notes/thoughts of the author. Please read with your own judgement!
| Type | Name | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Web Tools | Stirling-PDF |
- robust - local hosted - Docker container based |
| Parseur | - AI-based PDF parser | |
| DocuSign | - Great for convert PDF files to MS Office files … |