Top CLI Programs Which Finally Solved My Fear Of The Terminal ⌨️

1. ripgrep

   1 361 49,924 8.1 Rust

   ripgrep recursively searches directories for a regex pattern while respecting your gitignore

   

   FZF + FD And FZF + RipGrep

2. SaaSHub

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3. bat-extras

   2 5 1,258 7.1 Shell

   Bash scripts that integrate bat with various command line tools.

   

   Next, there is bat and one of its add-ons: batman which provides git diff support, syntax highlighting and vim-style navigation on top of the base command of cat and man.

4. thefuck

   3 307 89,432 1.7 Python

   Magnificent app which corrects your previous console command.

   

   If you mistype frequently and don't have the self-control to not press enter, here's a program which might tickle your fancy: thef*ck

5. tmux-resurrect

   4 38 11,544 0.0 Shell

   Persists tmux environment across system restarts.

   

   For example, it has its own plugin ecosystem, including tmux-resurrect which can store and restore your session, tabs and splits included, allowing you to pick up your work where you left off!

6. tmux

   5 225 36,157 9.1 C

   tmux source code

   

   Wrapping up all my terminal programs is tmux, a split-screen, multi-tab, terminal session manager can be manipulated all in one window. It's basically how I can have "one" terminal window open all the time, only alt-tabbing for browser and other GUI apps.

7. forgit

   6 18 4,516 7.0 Shell

   :zzz: A utility tool powered by fzf for using git interactively.

   

   Finally, a common workflow I found myself doing was running git status and having to print the files out to see what I changed. Instead, there is a program known as forgit which gives interactive previews to common git operations. Powered by fzf and optionally bat, you can see the actual diffs of files before you add them or when looking at previous commits.

8. zsh-autosuggestions

   7 142 32,018 4.4 Shell

   Fish-like autosuggestions for zsh

   

   In these scenarios, zsh-autosuggestions come in handy. This plugin for ZSH by default checks your command history for a command that matches what you're typing and you can bind that to any keyboard short-cut to auto-complete.

9. zsh-syntax-highlighting

   8 75 20,566 2.8 Shell

   Fish shell like syntax highlighting for Zsh.

   

   For starters, I use zsh-syntax-highlighting, a plugin to highlight commands and strings in your input. To be honest, I think this is why I don't need thef*ck most of the time, if I see the program command highlighted in red it either means I miss-typed it or it doesn't exist on my system.

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