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
skim	fzf	Fuzzy Finder	ls | skim	Fuzzy Finder, integrated with commands for interactive file selection
ripgrep	grep	Search	rg -i TODO src/	Recursively searches directories for a regex pattern
fd	find	Search	fd '*.rs'	Find files, user-friendlier than find
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.

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