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Most of these could be written as bash aliases, so not really a great win for node...

sc [1], the venerable text mode spreadsheet, has `pt' (transpose) command.

And yes, it's a visual program, in that you operate on grid of cells.

[1] http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/10699

I agree. I could see this being, for lack of a better phrase, a gateway drug for some to the full power of the *NIX userland.

what is 'turn' ; their docs site is broken

'turn' is a fun way to get an out of memory error on a large input. Looking at the source, there are no options to limit line length or buffering amount. A naive implementation of an amateurish idea, like all the other commands, but with a greater potential for suffering.

rs(1)'s transpose