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

bat : alternative to cat

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

bat test.md

exa : alternative to ls

ogham/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

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

fd PATTERN

ripgrep : alternative to grep

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

bottom: system monitor written in Rust

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zoxide

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

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