The Fuck — Magnificent app which correct your previous console command
‘The Fuck’ has to be one of the most addicting command line tool once you start using it. Whenever you mis-type a command, just type fuck and it will automatically run the corrected version of the previous command!
By default, the fuck command will ask you to confirm the corrected command to run. To run fixed commands without confirmation, use the --yeah option (or just -y for short, or --hard if you’re especially frustrated).
fuck --yeah
fuck --hard
To fix command recursively until success, use the -r option.
fuck -r
To install this tool use the following commands ~
# macOS or Linux
brew install thefuck
# Ubuntu/Mint
sudo apt update
sudo apt install python3-dev python3-pip python3-setuptools
pip3 install thefuck --user
# On other systems, install using pip
pip install thefuck
micro — A modern and intuitive terminal based text editor
For those who started with modern code editors like VSCode or Sublime Text, switching to command-line editors like Vim or Nano can be a daunting learning curve. For these users, Micro offers an ideal solution. It’s a terminal-based text editor designed to be easy to use and highly intuitive, combining the power of the command line with a user-friendly experience.
Some of the amazing features offered by micro are as follows ~
- Support for multiple cursors
- Keybindings that are common to most of the modern IDEs
- Extremely good mouse support
- Simple autocompletion
- Syntax highlighting for over 130 languages
Since it is packaged into a single binary, installing it is as simple as running the following command ~
curl https://getmic.ro | bash
You can even use popular package manager to install micro.
# Using Homebrew on Mac
brew install micro
# Using snap on Linux
snal install micro --classic
eza — Modern alternative to ls
eza is a modern replacement for file listing program ls. It uses colours to distinguish file types and metadata. It knows about symlinks, extended attributes, and Git. And it’s small, fast, and just one single binary.
Following instructions can get you to install the eza command line tool ~
# macOS
brew install eza
# With existing RUST environment setup
cargo install eza
For other installation steps, refer docs.
tldr — Collaborative cheatsheets for console commands
The tldr-pages project is a collection of community maintained help pages for command-line tools, that aims to be a simpler, more approachable complement to traditional man pages.
Following commands can be used to install tldr on your system
# Installation using npm
npm install -g tldr
# Installation using pip
pip install tldr
# Installation using brew
brew install tl
bat — A cat clone with wings
The bat tool is a clone of famous cat program with support for syntax highlighting and git integration.
Conveniently, using bat is similar to using the cat program.
~ sudo apt install bat # Installation on Ubuntu
~ brew install bat # Installation on MacOS
A detailed guide for installing it on various distribution is provided here.
