Unix CLI Tools

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Sources:

  1. MIT: Shell Tools and Scripting
  2. Modern Unix

Basic operations

grep --> rg

ripgrep

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cargo install ripgrep

ls --> eza

eza: A modern replacement for ls.

Install:

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cargo install eza

Usage:

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eza --long --git
  • 参数--git表示输出文件的 Git 状态。
    • N：新文件
    • M：文件有变动
    • I：该文件被忽略

除了平铺显示，exa还支持目录的树状显示。

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eza --tree --level=2

cd --> zoxide

zoxide: is a smarter cd command, inspired by z and autojump.

  1. Install it.

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    cargo install zoxide --locked

  2. Remove the completions cache of my zsh:

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    rm ~/.zcompdump*; compinit

  3. Then, add this line to ~/.zshrc file:

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    eval "$(zoxide init zsh)"

    This should be skiped since I have already added it.

  4. Install fzf:

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    sudo apt install fzf

cat --> bat, fx, hexyl

  • bat : cat命令的替代品，输出文本文件的内容，并且带有cat所没有的代码高亮和行号

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    yay -S bat

    usage:

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    bat README.md

  • fx 或者 jq: 浏览JSON 文件

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    yay -S fx

    usage:

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    fx data.json

  • hexyl: 浏览二进制文件

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    yay -S hexyl

    usage:

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    hexyl example.jpg

Resource monitoring

Network monitoring

  • gping: ping, but with a graph.

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    cargo install gping

bandwidth

bandwidth: displaying current network utilization by process, connection and remote IP/hostname

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cargo install bandwhich

Since bandwhich sniffs network packets, it requires elevated privileges. On Linux, there are two main ways to accomplish this:

  1. (Not recommended) Permanently allow the bandwhich binary its required privileges.

  2. Use sudo everytime

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    sudo bandwhich

Process monitoring

  • ps： 显示进程信息

procs

procs: ps的现代替代

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cargo install procs

Disk monitoring

  • df : 显示磁盘占用情况

  • du 显示当前目录下每个文件占用的磁盘空间

    • -h ： print with human readable format.
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sudo du -h --max-depth=1 <dir> | sort -hr | head -n 20

We have two modern alternatives: dust and dua. We can choose one of them.

dust

dust: du + Rust.

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cargo install du-dust

dua

dua: Disk Usage Analyzer

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cargo install dua-cli

# And if you don't need a terminal user interface (most compatible)
cargo install dua-cli --no-default-features

# Compiles on most platforms, with terminal user interface
cargo install dua-cli --no-default-features --features tui-crossplatform

Usage:

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# count the space used in the current working directory
dua
# count the space used in all directories that are not hidden
dua *
# learn about additional functionality
dua aggregate --help

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File navigator: ranger / broot

  • ranger: 终端文件浏览器, 支持vim语法

  • broot: 类似ranger的终端文件浏览器， 不支持vim语法，但是能浏览媒体文件

    Usage:

    列出当前目录的文件信息。

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    br -sdph
    • -s：显示文件体积
    • -d：显示文件时间
    • -p：显示文件权限
    • -h：显示隐藏文件

    在broot界面中，可以完成各种文件操作：

    • 搜索：输入搜索词
    • 复制：输入:cp <复制后的文件名>
    • 删除：输入:rm
    • 改名：输入:mv <新文件名>
    • 退出：输入:q

    还可以预览文件：

    • 打开外部关联程序： 通过上下箭头选中文件，然后按下右箭头→
    • 在当前窗口预览文件： ctrl + →

Benchmarking

hyperfine: A command-line benchmarking tool.

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cargo install hyperfine

To run a benchmark, you can simply call hyperfine <command>.... The argument(s) can be any shell command. For example:

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hyperfine 'sleep 0.3'

If you want to compare the runtimes of different programs, you can pass multiple commands:

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hyperfine 'hexdump file' 'xxd file'

Development

  • Convco: A Conventional commit cli build with Rust.

TLDR

tealdeer

A very fast implementation of tldr in Rust: Simplified, example based and community-driven man pages.

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cargo install tealdeer

Tokei

Tokei:

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cargo install tokei

Basic usage

This is the basic way to use tokei. Which will report on the code in ./foo and all subfolders

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tokei ./foo

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Multiple folders:

To have tokei report on multiple folders in the same call simply add a comma, or a space followed by another path.

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tokei ./foo ./bar ./baz

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$ tokei ./foo, ./bar, ./baz

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Finding Shell History: atuin

  • history : 在STDOUT上打印shell命令记录, 可以用 history | grep find 进行检索
  • Ctrl+R + type a substring you want to match for commands in your history来检索历史命令. This can also be enabled with the UP/DOWN arrows in zsh

atuin: Atuin replaces your existing shell history with a SQLite database, and records additional context for your commands.

  1. Install:

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    cargo install atuin

  2. Then, config it in your shell concig file:

    In `~/.zshrc:

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    # Here I disabled the keybinding for the `up` arraw. See: https://docs.atuin.sh/configuration/key-binding/
    # Bind ctrl-r but not up arrow
    eval "$(atuin init zsh --disable-up-arrow)"

    In ~/.bashrc:

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    eval "$(atuin init bash --disable-up-arrow)"

    Then execute the code:

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    source ~/.zshrc
    source ~/.bashrc

  3. After that, start the sync server Offline (no sync)

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    bash <(curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/atuinsh/atuin/main/install.sh)
                
    atuin import auto

Potpourri

Neofetch

It's better than screenfetch, which has bug on OSX.