python -m http.servercame in handy so many times!@wasabi @learnbyexample one of my favorite super lazy ways to share a file
I use
json.toola lot to format JSON directly in vim. Simply highlight the text you want to format and run:!python3 -m json.tool. There are probably plugins to do this too, but doing it this way is probably the simplest, unless vim has a built-in for it.Could probably do the same with
:! jq .It’s a bit shorter.Yeah, I knew someone was going to say that. Usually it’s more likely that Python is installed than jq - especially on servers. But yes, that would definitely work too.
Sure, I’m just not sure when I’d ever run into that. Either I’m doing it a lot and installing
jqis reasonable, or I’m not allowed on the server anyway and need to copy/paste from logs.I used to use
python -m json.toola lot, but I haven’t needed to in many years.
Easier than grepping, you can just look at the standard library docs: https://docs.python.org/3/library/
How is that easier? It doesn’t look like it provides a list of which modules have a
__name__ == "__main__"block.
Pro tip: you can ignore filenames with ripgrep using
-g "!test/". That should speed things up a bit.CLITools can be hard to find, but when you do it’s worth the effort.
Nice work!
python -m http.serverhas been a very useful tool to me, to test if a server is accessible.
