Pick – Cmd line tool to interactively pick items from stdin to stdout

In plain words

Pick is a command-line tool that allows users to interactively select items from standard input and output them to standard output. Designed for developers, it functions as a filtering utility that can be integrated into shell pipelines to streamline data selection workflows. The tool enables users to manually choose specific items from piped data rather than processing everything automatically, making it useful for scenarios where selective output is needed during command-line operations.

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