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Blog: Terminal file managers and my Vifm setup
I've documented some really cool things that vifm can do: https://github.com/sitaramc/notes/blob/master/vifm.mkd
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Prevent Thunar from writing lines to config file, or alternatively make git ignore certain lines
So I wrote https://github.com/sitaramc/notes/blob/master/dac -- 30 lines of shell plus maybe another 30 or 40 of comments, and it does everything I want in a dotfile manager.
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What tools/methods do you use to track/journal all changes to your (desktop) system?
All this is painlessly taken care of by https://github.com/sitaramc/notes/blob/master/dac (documentation: https://github.com/sitaramc/notes/blob/master/dac.mkd)
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ncdu - ncurses disk usage - see which directories and files are hogging the most space
If you have fzf installed, grab https://github.com/sitaramc/notes/blob/master/try, and run try dust. Then start typing -t jpg (for example). Then backspace over the jpg and change it to png. Or use some other options.
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what is the easiest way to backup your config files?
I hesitate to nominate any of them because (a) there are dozens or even hundreds of them and (b) I don't like any of them; I wrote my own because I needed a "hold" feature that no one had (i.e., when propagating changes to the repo, I want to hold back some parts of the change; https://github.com/sitaramc/notes/blob/master/dac.mkd explains better if you're interested
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Do you use VIFM?
For those of you who are curious, https://github.com/sitaramc/notes/blob/master/vifm.mkd is my part "review" and part "tips and tricks" on vifm.
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What tools / utilities have you written that you use regularly?
Most of my tools are in bash or perl, most of them less than 100 lines of code, (most of them are less than 200 even with comments). https://github.com/sitaramc/notes has all of them (terrible name for a repo full of tools I know; sorry!)
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Seeking a terminal file manager
Absolutely vifm. My notes+tips/tricks on this at https://github.com/sitaramc/notes/blob/master/vifm.mkd
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Should I use vim or neovim?
https://github.com/sitaramc/notes/blob/master/dac.mkd for documentation, https://github.com/sitaramc/notes/blob/master/dac.mkd for code, if you're interested.
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difference between terminal file managers?
if you're a vim user, you can't go wrong with vifm. My take on vifm is here: https://github.com/sitaramc/notes/blob/master/vifm.mkd -- can't hurt to give it a read (it's a wee bit outdated but not much; probably only the last section needs to be updated)
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Fx – Terminal JSON Viewer
This fx rewrite is very exciting. I'll have to try it. I thought of fx as a wrapper around jq, that allowed quick iteration over building jq scripts. Sort of an Ultimate Plumber [1] but only for jq. It looks like it is now more like a JavaScript processor plus an interactive viewer.
Someone mention Visidata[2]? VisiData is also a TUI that is great on tabular data, and it can work with json. If your JSON is mostly tabular in nature, Visidata does a great job at showing that data and allowing you to explore it. A lot of json I deal with is tabular-like data. There is a great tutorial [3], that can help you get your bearings with Visidata. Once you understand those basics you might want to look at this thread [4] for what commands you can use with json.
[1] Ultimate Plumber: https://github.com/akavel/up
- Up: Plumber is a tool for writing Linux pipes with instant live preview
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Show HN: LineSelect, shell utility to interactively select lines in a pipeline
Ultimate plumber can do this.
- Ultimate Plumber – a tool for writing Linux pipes with live preview
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`jqp`, a TUI playground for `jq`
Been using up for years but this looks nice too
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An interactive wrapper around `jq`
Fun. But I can achieve the same result (I think) with ultimate plumber and regular jq, but without being restricted just to jq. Feel free to correct me.
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What are some useful cli tools that arent popular?
Up - The Ultimate Plumber makes the best pipes !
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A list of new(ish) command line tools – Julia Evans
As an alternative allowing the use of any shell command/pipeline on the results interactively, see also: https://github.com/akavel/up
- RegExr: Learn, Build and Test Regex
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Is there any command-line application that you wish existed but doesn't (or isn't as good as you wished)?
Would https://github.com/akavel/up solve your problem?
What are some alternatives?
clifm - The shell-like, command line terminal file manager: simple, fast, extensible, and lightweight as hell.
nvim-jqx - Populate the quickfix with json entries
smenu - smenu started as a lightweight and flexible terminal menu generator, but quickly evolved into a powerful and versatile CLI selection tool for interactive or scripting use.
dive - A tool for exploring each layer in a docker image
vifm.vim - Vim plugin that allows use of vifm as a file picker
zsh-history-substring-search - 🐠 ZSH port of Fish history search (up arrow)
suda.vim - 🥪 An alternative sudo.vim for Vim and Neovim, limited support sudo in Windows
fx - Terminal JSON viewer & processor
nbrowser - 🔗 🌐 : an easy way to open links in browsers, mimic the "Open URL with..." dialog on Android, `nbrowser` help you open links in a browser
fzf-tab - Replace zsh's default completion selection menu with fzf!
Watson - :watch: A wonderful CLI to track your time!
hurl - Hurl, run and test HTTP requests with plain text.