Rust Tools

See also rewritten in Rust: Modern Alternatives of Command-Line Tools

bat : alternative to cat

bat is a cat clone with syntax highlighting and Git integration.

bat test.md

exa : alternative to ls

exa is an improved file lister with more features and better defaults. It uses colours to distinguish file types and metadata. It knows about symlinks, extended attributes, and Git. And it’s small, fast, and just one single binary.

exa --long --header --git

fd : alternative to find

fd is a simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to find.

fd PATTERN

ripgrep : alternative to grep

ripgrep is a line-oriented search tool that recursively searches the current directory for a regex pattern.

bottom : alternative to htop

bottom is a cross-platform graphical process/system monitor written in rust.

zoxide: : alternative to cd

zoxide is a smarter cd command that supports all major shells.