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Tips and Tools for Text Mode Lovers

• yewenjie 4y ago
  Seems like this was last updated in 2017. IMO there has actually been a lot of cool `modern unix` kind of development in that space since then. Sure, these new tools are not always drop-in replacements and not available everywhere, but they are often easier an more fun to use. https://github.com/ibraheemdev/modern-unix https://github.com/ibraheemdev/modern-unix There is also this nice awesome list with a more extensive collection. https://github.com/agarrharr/awesome-cli-apps https://github.com/agarrharr/awesome-cli-apps
  • thefz 4y ago
    > A collection of modern/faster/saner alternatives to common unix commands. What's not "sane" about tools that have worked for thirty years? A lot of these replacements say "I don't want to read the man page to get what I want, make it work without arguments and with pretty colors"
    • dvfjsdhgfv 4y ago
      Moreover, most of these have one huge practical disadvantage: they are not available by default on most systems. Some of them will - in a few decades,* if they prove their worth - but most of them will not. So they are not something I'd ever consider depending on for system scripts for example. * maybe earlier - e.g. tmux is pretty standard on most systems now, and it's only 14 years old
      • thefz 4y ago
        Tmux is insanely useful an well written. Check out, on the other hand, glances' dependencies vs htop's ones.
• gulabjamuns 4y ago
  Vim encryption is outdated.
• yosito 4y ago
  A few completely random shell commands from 2017