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
bat	cat	Pager	bat src/main.rs	View files with syntax highlighting and Git integration
exa	ls	Listing	exa -l -G	List files with extended details and colored output
dust	du	Disk Usage	dust -n 10	Visualize disk usage of the current directory
duf	du	Disk Usage	duf -s	Display disk usage with a simple and interactive interface
procs	ps	Process Viewer	procs -a	List all processes with a concise and readable format
ripgrep	grep	Search	rg -i TODO src/	Recursively searches directories for a regex pattern
hyperfine	-	Benchmark	hyperfine 'cargo build'	Measure the execution time of 'cargo build' command
tokei	-	Code Statistics	tokei src/	Generate code statistics for the Rust source directory
delta	diff	Visual Diff	git diff | delta	Enhance the git diff output with improved layout and styling
zenith	top	Resource viewer	zenith	Zenith - sort of like top or htop but with zoom-able charts, network, and disk usage.

Finder tools

Tool	Replaces	Type	Example	Description
fd	find	Search	fd '*.rs'	Find files, user-friendlier than find
skim	fzf	Fuzzy Finder	skim	Fuzzy Finder, integrated with commands for interactive file selection
fzf	-	Fuzzy Finder	fzf	Fuzzy Finder, integrated with commands for interactive file selection
tv	fzf sk s	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!" | Created images of code via a terminal cli |

Multimedia tools | Tool | Replaces | Type | Example | Description | |----------------------------------------------------|------------|---------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | codesnap | - | Code Images | codesnap -c "echo 'Hello, World!'" -o clipboard --title "Hello, World!" | 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