Nice to Know

Herafter a list of handy nict to know CLI tools. Many of them are written in rust.

Check out also Rust Utils

Tool	Replaces	Type	Example	Description
starhip	-	Cross-Shell Prompt	-	Customizable shell prompt for any shell
procs	ps	Process Viewer	procs -a	List all processes with a concise and readable format
atuin	-	Shell history	-	Sync, search and backup shell history
hyperfine	-	Benchmark	hyperfine 'cargo build'	Measure the execution time of 'cargo build' command
duf	du	Disk Usage	duf -s	Display disk usage with a simple and interactive interface
dust	du	Disk Usage	dust -n 10	Visualize disk usage of the current directory
diskonaut	dust	Disk Space Navigator	diskonaut	Visualize disk usage of the current directory
broot	cd ls	Navigate Directories	br	A new way to see and navigate directory trees
exa	ls	Listing	exa -l -G	List files with extended details and colored output
ripgrep	grep	Search	rg -i TODO src/ --glob "*.md"	Recursively searches directories within markdown files for a regex pattern
sd	sed	Search and Replace	sd before after file.txt	Painless seardh and replace with regex
bat	cat	Pager	bat src/main.rs	View files with syntax highlighting and Git integration
btop	top	Resource viewer	zenith	Zenith - sort of like top or htop but with zoom-able charts, network, and disk usage.
zenith	top	Resource viewer	zenith	Zenith - sort of like top or htop but with zoom-able charts, network, and disk usage.
delta	diff	Visual Diff	git diff | delta	Enhance the git diff output with improved layout and styling
tokei	-	Code Statistics	tokei src/	Generate code statistics for the Rust source directory
shellcheck	-	Shell Script Linter	shellcheck myscript.bash	Finds bugs in your shell scripts
numbat	-	Scientific Calculator	numbat	A statically typed programming language for scientific computations with first class support for physical dimensions and units
tealdear	man	tldr	tldr hyperfine	Communicty driven man pages
thefuck	-	CLI Corrector	f	corrects automagially your previous console command

Finder tools

Tool	Replaces	Type	Example	Description
fd	find	Search	fd '*.rs'	Find files, user-friendlier than find
fzf	-	Fuzzy Finder	fzf	Fuzzy Finder, integrated with commands for interactive file selection
skim	fzf	Fuzzy Finder	sk	Fuzzy Finder, integrated with commands for interactive file selection
tv	fzf sk	Fuzzy Finder	tv	Fuzzy Finder, with tui allow finding env vars, files, file content, git repos, alias

Multimedia tools

Tool	Replaces	Type	Example	Description
codesnap	-	Code Images	codesnap -c "echo 'Hello, World!'" -o clipboard --title "Hello, World!"s	Created images of code via a terminal CLI
t-rec	-	Terminal Recording	t-rec -o session.gif	A tool to record your terminal sessions as animated GIFs
asciinema	-	Terminal Recording	asciinema rec	Record and share terminal sessions, with playback options (web or terminal)

CodeSnap Configuration

~/.config/CodeSnap/config.json

{
  "window": {
    "mac_window_bar": true,
    "shadow": 10,
    "margin": {
      "x": 20,
      "y": 40
    }
  },
  "code": {
    "font_family": "CaskaydiaCove Nerd Font",
    "theme": "candy"
  },
  "watermark": {
    "content": "",
    "font_family": "Pacifico",
    "color": "#ffffff"
  },
  "background": {
    "start": {
      "x": 0,
      "y": 0
    },
    "end": {
      "x": 0,
      "y": 0
    },
    "stops": [
      {
        "position": 0,
        "color": "#ffffff"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Commonly used commands

skim in interactive mode with preview script and bind Ctrl-Y to copy filename and F4 open in Sublime Text

sk --ansi -i -c 'ag --color "{}"' --preview "./preview.sh {}" --bind 'f3:execute(subl -f {}),ctrl-y:execute-silent(echo {} | pbcopy)+abort'

exa -la