Making the IEx console friendlier one command at a time

To use the helpers, run:

iex> use Toolshed

Add this to your .iex.exs to load automatically.

The following is a list of helpers:

• cat/1 - print out a file
• cmd/1 - run a system command and print the output
• date/0 - print out the current date and time
• dmesg/0 - print kernel messages (Nerves-only)
• exit/0 - exit out of an IEx session
• fw_validate/0 - marks the current image as valid (check Nerves system if supported)
• grep/2 - print out lines that match a regular expression
• hex/1 - print a number as hex
• httpget/2 - print or download the results of a HTTP GET request
• hostname/0 - print our hostname
• ifconfig/0 - print info on network interfaces
• load_term!/2 - load a term that was saved by save_term/2
• log_attach/1 - send log messages to the current group leader
• log_detach/0 - stop sending log messages to the current group leader
• lsof/0 - print out open file handles by OS process
• lsmod/0 - print out what kernel modules have been loaded (Nerves-only)
• lsusb/0 - print info on USB devices
• multicast_addresses/0 - print out all multicast addresses
• nslookup/1 - query DNS to find an IP address
• ping/2 - ping a remote host (but use TCP instead of ICMP)
• qr_encode/1 - create a QR code (requires networking)
• reboot/0 - reboots gracefully (Nerves-only)
• reboot!/0 - reboots immediately (Nerves-only)
• save_value/2 - save a value to a file as Elixir terms (uses inspect)
• save_term!/2 - save a term as a binary
• top/2 - list out the top processes
• tping/2 - check if a host can be reached (like ping, but uses TCP)
• tree/1 - pretty print a directory tree
• uptime/0 - print out the current Erlang VM uptime
• uname/0 - print information about the running system (Nerves-only)
• weather/0 - get the local weather (requires networking)