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Command tips

command-tips

Structures

dotfiles & script

• .aliases: https://github.com/sebglazebrook/aliases
• .aliases_legacy: tranditional alias
• .functions: custom functions
• .exports: export
• .sources: sources
• brew.sh: install brew artifacts
• .justfile/justfile-java: justfile for java
• bootstrap.sh: for bootstrap

shell

• Bash Automated Testing System https://github.com/sstephenson/bats
• Just a command runner https://github.com/casey/just
• pueue: Manage your shell commands https://github.com/Nukesor/pueue
• desk: A lightweight workspace manager for the shell - https://github.com/jamesob/desk

commands

• cfonts: a silly little command line tool for sexy ANSI fonts in the console - https://github.com/dominikwilkowski/cfonts
• exa: modern replacement for ls https://the.exa.website/
• lsd: The next gen ls command https://github.com/Peltoche/lsd
• ack: a tool like grep, optimized for programmers https://beyondgrep.com/
• ag: A code-searching tool similar to ack, but faster https://github.com/ggreer/the_silver_searcher
• mtr : A command which is a combination of ‘ping’ and ‘traceroute’ command.
• tldr: Simplified and community-driven man pages https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr
• nl : Outputs the content of text file with lines Numbered
• tree : Prints files and folders in tree like fashion, recursively
• broot: A new way to see and navigate directory trees https://github.com/Canop/broot
• Pstree : Prints running processes with child processes, recursively
• lsof -iTCP:80 -sTCP:LISTEN. The script, outputs all the service/process using port 80.
• htop: an interactive process viewer for Unix https://hisham.hm/htop/
• Glances an Eye on your system. A top/htop alternative https://github.com/nicolargo/glances
• await: run list of commands in parallel and waits for their termination https://github.com/slavaGanzin/await
• gum: a tool for glamorous shell scripts - https://github.com/charmbracelet/gum
• direct normal output and errors to /dev/null

xxxxx  > /dev/null 2>&1

Network

• curl ifconfig.me : Shows machine’s external IP Address
• get primary ip

ifconfig | grep -Eo 'inet (addr:)?([0-9]*\.){3}[0-9]*' | grep -Eo '([0-9]*\.){3}[0-9]*' | grep -v '127.0.0.1'

• ApacheBench (ab) replacement: https://github.com/rakyll/hey
• Public URLs to internet from local: https://ngrok.com/
• A terminal UI for tshark, inspired by Wireshark: https://github.com/gcla/termshark

Kubernetes

• Fast way to switch between clusters and namespaces in kubectl https://github.com/ahmetb/kubectx

Productivity

• Git extras: https://github.com/tj/git-extras
• git-quick-stats: https://github.com/arzzen/git-quick-stats
• moro: Simple CLI tool for tracking work hours https://github.com/albacoretuna/moro
• taskwarrior: manages your TODO list from the command line brew install task https://taskwarrior.org/
• asciinema: Record and share your terminal sessions, the right way https://asciinema.org/
• task-keeper: A cli to manage tasks from different task runners or package managers - https://github.com/linux-china/task-keeper

File & directory

• rip (Rm ImProved) https://github.com/nivekuil/rip
• find . -size +100M : find fine bigger than 100M
• gshred or srm: Delete File Permanently
• Watch Logs in Real-Time

watch tail /var/log/auth.log

• watchman: A file watching service https://facebook.github.io/watchman/
• A cat(1) clone with wings. https://github.com/sharkdp/bat brew install
• A program that allows you to count your code, quickly. cloc replacement https://github.com/Aaronepower/tokei
• fd is a simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to find. https://github.com/sharkdp/fd
• ripgrep recursively searches directories for a regex pattern https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep
• Project templates in rust https://github.com/vmchale/project-init
• cargo-make: Rust task runner and build tool https://github.com/sagiegurari/cargo-make
• A fast CSV command line toolkit written in Rust. https://github.com/BurntSushi/xsv
• Executes commands in response to file modifications https://github.com/watchexec/watchexec
• command-line fuzzy finder: https://github.com/junegunn/fzf

alias preview="fzf --height 40% --preview 'if file -i {}|grep -q binary; then file -b {}; else bat --color \"always\" --line-range :40 {}; fi'"

• fastest terminal file manager https://github.com/jarun/nnn
• jq: lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor https://stedolan.github.io/jq/
• fx: Terminal JSON viewer https://github.com/antonmedv/fx
• Monitor a process and trigger a notification https://github.com/variadico/noti
• Run arbitrary commands when files change: http://www.entrproject.org
• Make JSON greppable: https://github.com/TomNomNom/gron
• A cd command that learns - easily navigate directories from the command line https://github.com/wting/autojump
• tig: https://jonas.github.io/tig/doc/tig.1.html
• fasd: Command-line productivity booster, offers quick access to files and directories, inspired by autojump, z and v. https://github.com/clvv/fasd
• Find files with SQL-like queries: https://github.com/jhspetersson/fselect
• An advanced log file viewer for the small-scale http://lnav.org/
• hexyl: A command-line hex viewer https://github.com/sharkdp/hexyl
• Command line text processing: https://github.com/learnbyexample/Command-line-text-processing
• ncdu: ncduis a disk utility for Unix systems
• qsv: Blazing-fast Data-Wrangling toolkit
• xan: command line tool that can be used to process CSV files directly from the shell

Services

• Echo Service:

socat -v tcp-l:1234,fork exec:'/bin/cat'

• simple web server for the current directory

Python -m SimpleHTTPServer

• A simple development http server with live reload https://github.com/tapio/live-server

npx live-server

• termtosvg: Record terminal sessions as SVG animations https://github.com/nbedos/termtosvg
• direnv – unclutter your .profile https://direnv.net/

system

• Mac App Store command line interface https://github.com/mas-cli/mas
• Swiss Army Knife for macOS: https://github.com/rgcr/m-cli
• SQL powered operating system instrumentation, monitoring, and analytics: https://osquery.io/
• command-line system information tool: https://github.com/dylanaraps/neofetch
• A terminal based graphical activity monitor inspired by gtop and vtop: https://github.com/cjbassi/gotop
• BitBar: Put anything in your Mac OS X menu bar https://getbitbar.com/
• Beautiful calculator app for Mac: https://numi.app/
• procs: modern replacement for ps https://github.com/dalance/procs
• pier: A Linux script management CLI https://github.com/pier-cli/pier
• Scriptisto: language-agnostic "shebang interpreter" that enables you to write scripts in compiled languages https://github.com/igor-petruk/scriptisto
• hyperfine: command-line benchmarking tool https://github.com/sharkdp/hyperfine
• sd: Intuitive find & replace CLI (sed alternative) https://github.com/chmln/sd
• ytop and bottom: https://github.com/cjbassi/ytop https://github.com/ClementTsang/bottom
• bpytop: Linux/OSX/FreeBSD resource monitor https://github.com/aristocratos/bpytop

tools

• Taskworrior: manages your TODO list from the command line https://taskwarrior.org/
• Timewarrior: tracks time from the command line https://timewarrior.net/

Code

• Source-highlight: https://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite/source-highlight.html
• gitignore: https://www.gitignore.io/
• tokei: https://github.com/XAMPPRocky/tokei
• gitui: terminal-ui for git https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui
• git-stats: https://github.com/IonicaBizau/git-stats
• argc: Bash shell framework
• zawk: awk implemented by Rust
• Bun: a fast JavaScript runtime

Rust

oh-my-zsh

alias -s rb=vim #opens ruby files in vim

database

• litecli: CLI for SQLite Databases with auto-completion and syntax highlighting
• rsql: command line interface for databases
• sq: command line tool that provides jq-style access to structured data sources
• DuckDB: a fast olap embedded database

CLI frameworks

• Go: Cobra, cli
• Node: oclif, Commander.js clap.js
• Deno: yargs , cmd
• Python: Click, Typer
• Ruby: TTY, commander, GLI
• PHP: console
• Java: Picocli, JCommander, Clikt
• Rust: clap-rs, pico-args, paw
• C++: gflags, cli, docopt.cpp

Funny

• ANSI escape codes in pure bash https://github.com/fidian/ansi
• cowsay: cowsay is a configurable talking cow https://github.com/piuccio/cowsay
• toilet: Colored Text
• lolcat: Rainbows and unicorns!
• watch -t -n1 "date +%T|toilet"
• look: Check for Spelling of Words in Linux
• say: english words pronounce

Books

• http://conqueringthecommandline.com/book
• Data Science at the Command Line https://www.datascienceatthecommandline.com/

Shell

• The Ultimate Programmer’s Guide to Bash Scripting: https://medium.com/better-programming/the-ultimate-programmers-guide-to-bash-scripting-2d11d4e6e978
• 27 Simple Bash Scripting Tips for Beginners: https://medium.com/better-programming/27-simple-bash-scripting-tips-for-beginners-d6764c977546
• pure bash bible: https://github.com/dylanaraps/pure-bash-bible
• 13 Fantastic Learning Tools and Resources for Bash Scripting: https://medium.com/better-programming/13-fantastic-learning-tools-and-resources-for-bash-scripting-51a6de98015c
• Bash string manipulation cheatsheet: https://gist.github.com/magnetikonline/90d6fe30fc247ef110a1

references

• Modern Unix: https://github.com/ibraheemdev/modern-unix
• Awesome Alternatives in Rust: https://github.com/TaKO8Ki/awesome-alternatives-in-rust
• How to Set Up Your MacBook for Web Development in 2020: https://medium.com/better-programming/setting-up-your-mac-for-web-development-in-2020-659f5588b883
• The Art of Command Line https://github.com/jlevy/the-art-of-command-line
• awesome-shell: https://github.com/alebcay/awesome-shell
• github bash topic: https://github.com/topics/bash
• Mac setup: https://github.com/ptb/mac-setup
• dotfiles: https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles
• https://remysharp.com/2018/08/23/cli-improved
• Writing a Command Line Tool in Rust https://mattgathu.github.io/writing-cli-app-rust/
• 5 Tips for Writing Small CLI Tools in Rust https://deterministic.space/rust-cli-tips.html
• Command-line tools written in Rust https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/70b74a/commandline_tools_written_in_rust/
• Delete Files Older Than X: https://www.baeldung.com/linux/delete-files-older-than
• Most Useful Command Line Tools: 50 Cool Tools to Improve Your Workflow, Boost Productivity, and More: https://stackify.com/top-command-line-tools/
• The Ultimate Guide to Your Terminal Makeover: https://towardsdatascience.com/the-ultimate-guide-to-your-terminal-makeover-e11f9b87ac99
• 7 Awesome Rust-powered Command-line Utilities: https://towardsdatascience.com/awesome-rust-powered-command-line-utilities-b5359c38692
• Command Line Interface Guidelines: https://clig.dev/
• 12 Factor CLI Apps: https://medium.com/@jdxcode/12-factor-cli-apps-dd3c227a0e46
• The netcat Command in Linux: https://www.baeldung.com/linux/netcat-command