Why do so many tutorials use the command line for file navigation?

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  • triangle

    Convert images to computer generated art using delaunay triangulation.

  • For example, I've been using a library to make my wallpapers look triangly, and I have it spitting out "(original pic)_tri.png" for everything in my wallpapers dirs.

  • autojump

    A cd command that learns - easily navigate directories from the command line

  • Autojump keeps a database of folders you frequently use so you can jump directly to it (j music) and it'll try to guess where you want to go. https://github.com/wting/autojump

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  • ranger

    A VIM-inspired filemanager for the console

  • Ranger is a file browser/manager with Vim-like shortcuts. https://github.com/ranger/ranger

  • exa

    A modern replacement for ‘ls’.

  • Exa is a replacement for ls. https://github.com/ogham/exa

  • fzf-fasd

    🌸 fzf + fasd integration

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