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Yeah this is OK, but running macOS commands for Linux deployments doesn't work all the time. What about `lsblk` or `ip`? Also md5 vs md5sum. Also and I don't ha

Yeah this is OK, but running macOS commands for Linux deployments doesn't work all the time. What about `lsblk` or `ip`? Also md5 vs md5sum. Also and I don't have macOS handy to try it, I'm pretty sure grep has differing options. I can't count how many times friends and colleagues who use macOS for development have put BSD commands into Dockerfiles and CI pipelines and have wondered why it didn't work.

qz2 6y ago
This was a massive problem for me as well. And they laughed at me using a virtual machine with Linux in it while they were pissing around with broken stuff...
znpy 6y ago
When I was given a macbook at work I used to curse all the time at mac os' grep which is not gnu grep, and lacks a lot of nice cool features...
- miked85 6y ago
  You can use brew to install gnu grep as a replacement.
  - williamtwild 6y ago
    Its funny how people will admit to being upset about something when they are supposed to be tech saavy and should have just googled the solution .
  - snoopen 6y ago
    on my work MacBook we can't just brew install things, no admin permissions except for whitelisted things
    - CamJN 6y ago
      Lucky that you can install homebrew into your home directory with no admin rights then!
    - znpy 6y ago
      Thank god somebody understands that not everybody is given toy macbooks to install whatever they like with no screening and/or block list.
      - deleted 6y ago
        [deleted]
      - miked85 6y ago
        You can install brew to any directory, including your home directory.
Fnoord 6y ago
Your criticism is valid, but its possible to get compatibility between macOS (or another BSD) and Linux. GNU utilities are already mentioned but there's also, for example, > What about `lsblk` or `ip`? For a (partly compatible) equivalent to ip I can recommend iproute2mac [1]. You can also use the old utilities from BSD (ifconfig, route, etc) or the GUI. For lsblk I found no drop-in replacement, just equivalents [2] On top of that, Nix works on Linux and macOS. [1] https://github.com/brona/iproute2mac https://github.com/brona/iproute2mac [2] https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/107953/list-all-devices-connected-lsblk-for-mac-os-x https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/107953/list-all-de... [3] https://nixos.org https://nixos.org

qz2 6y ago

This was a massive problem for me as well. And they laughed at me using a virtual machine with Linux in it while they were pissing around with broken stuff...

znpy 6y ago

When I was given a macbook at work I used to curse all the time at mac os' grep which is not gnu grep, and lacks a lot of nice cool features...

miked85 6y ago
You can use brew to install gnu grep as a replacement.
- williamtwild 6y ago
  Its funny how people will admit to being upset about something when they are supposed to be tech saavy and should have just googled the solution .
- snoopen 6y ago
  on my work MacBook we can't just brew install things, no admin permissions except for whitelisted things
  - CamJN 6y ago
    Lucky that you can install homebrew into your home directory with no admin rights then!
  - znpy 6y ago
    Thank god somebody understands that not everybody is given toy macbooks to install whatever they like with no screening and/or block list.
    - deleted 6y ago
      [deleted]
    - miked85 6y ago
      You can install brew to any directory, including your home directory.

Fnoord 6y ago

Your criticism is valid, but its possible to get compatibility between macOS (or another BSD) and Linux. GNU utilities are already mentioned but there's also, for example, > What about `lsblk` or `ip`? For a (partly compatible) equivalent to ip I can recommend iproute2mac [1]. You can also use the old utilities from BSD (ifconfig, route, etc) or the GUI. For lsblk I found no drop-in replacement, just equivalents [2] On top of that, Nix works on Linux and macOS. [1] https://github.com/brona/iproute2mac https://github.com/brona/iproute2mac [2] https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/107953/list-all-devices-connected-lsblk-for-mac-os-x https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/107953/list-all-de... [3] https://nixos.org https://nixos.org