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[Show HN] Text Piper – Composable Unix-Like Text Processing Commands in Web Form

4 pointsby oh_teh_meowsover 5 years ago

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oh_teh_meowsover 5 years ago
Author here!<p>What can you do with it:<p>1. String together Unix-like text processing functions into a text processing pipeline.<p>2. Share said pipeline with friends and co-workers through a transparent link.<p>3. Since the functions are encoded in the URL, you can even compose functions without getting on the website! Just start typing a link: www.textpiper.com&#x2F;grep?total&#x2F;col?2&amp;3&#x2F;sort?asc&#x2F;replace?dollars=yens<p>4. Your data is safe since it doesn&#x27;t get out of the browser, but I&#x27;m aware that composed URLs could get logged. In future I&#x27;ll add opaque URL.<p>It&#x27;s very much a prototype and a work in progress, and as you can tell already, my UX skills leave a lot to be desired. Feedback is very much appreciated!