modern commands!

A note on https://github.com/ibraheemdev/modern-unix

zoxide (recommend!)

To replace cd

Install

curl -sS https://webinstall.dev/zoxide | bash

# add in ~/.bashrc
eval "$(zoxide init bash)"

# restart bash
bash

Use

# cd <dir> but auto match
z <dir>
# interactive match
zi <dir>
bash

mcfly (recommend!)

To replace Ctrl + R.

Install:

mkdir mcfly
cd mcfly

wget -c https://github.com/cantino/mcfly/releases/download/v0.5.6/mcfly-v0.5.6-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz

tar -zxvf mcfly-v0.5.6-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
cp mcfly ~/bin/ # move to somewhere in PATH

# add to ~/.bashrc
eval "$(mcfly init bash)"
bash

Use:

# initialize only once
mcfly # it takes about one minute to read in history

<Ctrl+R> # evoke it.
bash

ag (recommend!)

To replace grep -rnw -e "pattern"

Install:

sudo apt install silversearcher-ag
bash

Use:

ag "pattern"
ag -i "pattern" # ignorecase
ag -w "pattern" # whole word
bash

duf (recommend!)

To replace df

Install:

sudo snap install duf-utility
bash

Use:

duf
bash

dust (recommend!)

To replace du

Install:

mkdir dust
cd dust

wget -c https://github.com/bootandy/dust/releases/download/v0.6.0/dust-v0.6.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz

tar -zxvf dust-v0.6.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
cd dust-v0.6.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
cp dust ~/bin/
bash

Use:

dust

# limit depth == 1
dust -d 1
bash

exa

To replace ls

Install

mkdir exa
cd exa

wget -c https://github.com/ogham/exa/releases/download/v0.10.1/exa-linux-x86_64-v0.10.1.zip

unzip exa-linux-x86_64-v0.10.1.zip
cp bin/exa ~/bin/
bash

Use

exa
exa -l # ls -lrtha
exa -lT # ls directory trees.
bash

bat

To replace cat

Install

mkdir bat
cd bat

wget -c https://github.com/sharkdp/bat/releases/download/v0.18.1/bat-v0.18.1-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz

tar -zxvf bat-v0.18.1-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
cd bat-v0.18.1-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
cp bat ~/bin/
bash

Use

bat <file>
bash

gdown

https://github.com/wkentaro/gdown

To download large files from google drive.