Forem: Sabut Shrestha The latest articles on Forem by Sabut Shrestha (@sabut_shrestha_9adcdd63b8). https://forem.com/sabut_shrestha_9adcdd63b8 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3741406%2F06d7a0ee-66f2-419d-84c8-3505337cbcff.jpg Forem: Sabut Shrestha https://forem.com/sabut_shrestha_9adcdd63b8 en Dev Toolbox CLI 6 tiny commands that save me time every day Sabut Shrestha Fri, 30 Jan 2026 08:48:22 +0000 https://forem.com/sabut_shrestha_9adcdd63b8/dev-toolbox-cli-6-tiny-commands-that-save-me-time-every-day-h1o https://forem.com/sabut_shrestha_9adcdd63b8/dev-toolbox-cli-6-tiny-commands-that-save-me-time-every-day-h1o <h2> What is Dev Toolbox? </h2> <p>Dev Toolbox is a small CLI that bundles daily dev chores into one tool:<br> format JSON, slugify text, extract links, batch rename files, convert Markdown to PDF, and resize images.</p> <p><strong>GitHub:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/sabut1214/DevToolBox" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/sabut1214/DevToolBox</a></p> <h2> Why I built it </h2> <p>I kept repeating the same tiny tasks during projects, so I built one CLI to do them consistently and fast.</p> <h2> Features (v1.0) </h2> <ul> <li> <code>fmt-json</code> — pretty print / minify JSON (file or stdin)</li> <li> <code>slugify</code> — convert text into clean slugs</li> <li> <code>extract-links</code> — pull URLs from markdown/text</li> <li> <code>batch-rename</code> — rename many files safely (<code>--dry-run</code>)</li> <li> <code>md-to-pdf</code> — convert Markdown to PDF</li> <li> <code>img-resize</code> — resize images in bulk</li> </ul> <h2> Install </h2> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight plaintext"><code> bash pipx install devtoolbox # or pip install devtoolbox ## Usage examples dt fmt-json input.json --in-place dt slugify "Hello World from Nepal!" dt extract-links README.md --unique dt batch-rename ./photos --prefix trip_ --start 1 --dry-run dt md-to-pdf README.md --out README.pdf dt img-resize ./images --width 1080 --out ./out </code></pre> </div> python cli productivity opensource