4711

4711 is a natural number that follows 4710 and that is followed by 4712. It's also "a large arbitrary number".

In this case however, 4711 isn't just a number. It's a CLI tool (or collection CLI tools if you wish) for working with data structures, parsing values, handling conversion and formatting the output. It's written in Python, but doesn't require any extensive Python knowledge for use.

Requires Python 3.6+ and should be run on Unix-like systems such as Linux, BSD, macOS, etc.

Installation with pipx (preferred) or pip

It's recommended to install 4711 using pipx, which is a tool that stores Python based command line interface applications in their own virtual environment, effectively making it accessible without you having to think about setting up virtualenvs on your own or handle the dependencies.

pipx is available at https://github.com/pipxproject/pipx.

To install using pipx (depending on how you've installed pipx previously, may have to use sudo):

$ pipx install 4711

If you prefer to install the CLI normally using pip, go ahead and run:

$ pip install 4711

Usage and examples

Use-case

$ 4711 --help