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I love working in the terminal. I’m not a shortcut wizard, I barely remember a few, but I still love working in the terminal. Here is the list of apps and configurations I made over time to improve my shell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bat<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Need to read the content of a file? Bat<\/a> helps with with syntax highlighting, line numbers, git integration, and many other options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colored logs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Reading log files is part of every dev life, but why not making the task simpler with syntax highlighting? Tailspin<\/a> to the rescue. docker logs -f <containter_name> | tspin<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Easier file searches<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

find<\/code> is a powerful tool, but the syntax is quite complex for simple search tasks. fd<\/a> makes search simpler as typing fd specs<\/code> to find all files and directories containing the word specs in current dir and subdirs, case insensitive. Or fd -e md<\/code> to search for all the files ending with a .md<\/code> in current dir and subdirs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

List files and dirs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

eza<\/a> replaces ls with syntax highlighting and git status out of the box, the possibility to see files and dirs and a tree format, order files by different attributes (name is the default, but then size, extension, etc). eza -T<\/code> generates a nice tree view of all files and subdirs in the current path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"eza<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

With a simple alias l=\"eza -l\"<\/code> and alias lt=\"eza -lT\"<\/code> navigating the filesystem will be much easier!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who is using disk space?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Wondering how the disk space is used? dust<\/a> replaces du and make the discovery very easy. For example, dust -z 1G<\/code> searches for all files and folder better than 1Gb in the current dir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a file-system level overview, duf<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ncdu<\/a> offers interactive browsing of directories, and the possibility to remove files and dirs on-the-fly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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