A collection of modern/faster/saner alternatives to common unix commands. - GitHub - ibraheemdev/modern-unix: A collection of modern/faster/saner alternatives to common unix commands.
“bat” seemed interesting, until I remembered that I’d just do a “git diff” if I wanted to see a diff. The rest do not strike me as substantially better than what they’re trying to replace. Enjoy them all as you will, but I would recommend refraining from describing them as “modern unix” in the presence of any old-timers.
Quite a few are just better, and others have the chance to get better because they’re actively accepting new features contributions.
One I personally use:
delta Provides a better diff for code than git’s diff tool (even after trying all of git’s diff algorithms)
ripgrep So much faster than grep. Also had great include/exclude file filtering, easier to use than grep’s
jq Easy to exact json info. I tend to use rq too for yaml
instead of mcfly I use atuin, which is another alternative bash history. I really didn’t think I’d like it, but it’s been a big productivity boon
curlie/httpie A really nice alternative to something like postman when debugging HTTP connections. I use httpie rn but might switch because I’m so much more familiar with curl’s flags, but like the formatted output.
There’s a few others I use that aren’t on the list too.
It’s totally fine to not want to change what’s working for you, but if you do that too long you could miss out on something that just works better in your workflow. Give em a go and complain after you switch back.
“bat” seemed interesting, until I remembered that I’d just do a “git diff” if I wanted to see a diff. The rest do not strike me as substantially better than what they’re trying to replace. Enjoy them all as you will, but I would recommend refraining from describing them as “modern unix” in the presence of any old-timers.
Quite a few are just better, and others have the chance to get better because they’re actively accepting new features contributions.
One I personally use:
It’s totally fine to not want to change what’s working for you, but if you do that too long you could miss out on something that just works better in your workflow. Give em a go and complain after you switch back.