So in native javaScript there are a number of prototype methods that can be used off of any instance of an array. One such method is the js array filter method than can be used to create a new array from an array with a whole bunch of elements filtered out. The logic that is used to filter out elements can be defined in the body of a function that is passed to the array filter method.

The js array filter method is just one of many methods that a javaScript developer should be aware of in the native array prototype, alone with many other such methods in other prototype objects. So the js array filter method is often used with or in replacement of other methods like array map, and array forEach.

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One thing that comes up for me often when working something out with one or more Linux commands is to have a way to write the standard output of what happens to a file rather than the console window. I guess if I wanted to I could just copy and paste the output to a text editor, but there must be a more professional way to do it in the command line right? When it comes to piping I guess I could pipe the output alone to a text editor, but there is another option called Linux redirection. So in this post I will be writing a thing or two about redirection in Linux and how it can be used with, or as a replacement to a Linux pipeline of two or more commands.

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The lodash constant method is a method that will create a function that will return a given static constant value each time it is called. On the surface lodash constant might seem pointless, but there are some situations in which I might actually want a method like this. Say for example I have a function that expects a function as one of its arguments, I can not just pass a static value to it, so instead I would need to pass a function that will return that static value.

There are a number of built in methods that will return a static value each time it is called to begin with in lodash, but the lodash constant method is the built in way to create my one such methods. It is also true that it is not so hard to just do the same things without the use of lodash, so I will be looking at some plain old vanilla javaScirpt alternatives to using the lodash constant method also here.

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So you have some standard output from one command, and you want to use that standard output to create values for arguments to another command rather than pipe it to the standard input of that command. In other words the standard input of many commands might expect content or some other kind of data stream from the standard input, not arguments. Take for example the Linux cat command, file names can be given via arguments, but not by way of the standard input, with cat the standard input is used as an alternative to opening files and works in a similar way to that of echo when used that way.

Still there must be a way to go about piping the output of one command as data that is to be used for one or more arguments in another command, rather than data to be sent to the standard input of this other command. One command that can be used to do so is the Linux xargs command that should be there to work with on most Linux systems. In this post I will be covering all the basic examples that come to mind when using this kind of command such as using data from a command for just one argument, as well as more than one.

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the Linux curl command is a way to download a file from a given URL, but it is also a bit more than just that. It can also be used to make various kinds of http requests from the command line such a POST requests, and can also be used as an FTP client. So the curl command is a helpful little command to be aware of when it comes to getting data from a public URL, or anything to that effect outside of a web browser.

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