Tutorials

sttr – A Command Line Tool For String Transformations

sttr is command line software that allows you to quickly run various transformation operations on the string.

// With input prompt
sttr

// Direct input
sttr md5 "Hello World"

// File input
sttr md5 file.text
sttr base64-encode image.jpg

// Reading from different processor like cat, curl, printf etc..
echo "Hello World" | sttr md5
cat file.txt | sttr md5

// Writing output to a file
sttr yaml-json file.yaml > file-output.json

Installation

Quick Install

You can run the below curl to install it somewhere in your PATH for easy use. Ideally it will be installed at ./bin folder

curl -sfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/abhimanyu003/sttr/main/install.sh | sh

Webi

macOS / Linux

curl -sS https://webi.sh/sttr | sh

Windows

curl.exe https://webi.ms/sttr | powershell

Homebrew

If you are on macOS and using Homebrew, you can install sttr with the following:

brew tap abhimanyu003/sttr
brew install sttr

For more information click here.

Varshini

Varshini is a Cyber Security expert in Threat Analysis, Vulnerability Assessment, and Research. Passionate about staying ahead of emerging Threats and Technologies.

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