Tips and Tools for Text Mode Lovers

Re:Tips and Tools for Text Mode Lovers by yewenjie on Saturday September 03, 2022 @11:44PM (#32709612)

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

There is also this nice awesome list with a more extensive collection.

https://github.com/agarrharr/awesome-cli-apps

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Re:Tips and Tools for Text Mode Lovers by thefz on Sunday September 04, 2022 @04:02AM (#32710902)

> 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"

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Re:Tips and Tools for Text Mode Lovers by dvfjsdhgfv on Sunday September 04, 2022 @05:42AM (#32711406)

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

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Re:Tips and Tools for Text Mode Lovers by thefz on Sunday September 04, 2022 @08:53AM (#32712497)

Tmux is insanely useful an well written. Check out, on the other hand, glances' dependencies vs htop's ones.

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