Conventional Search Tools and Their Corresponding "Modern" Alternatives
Tools like find
, du
, grep
, and ls
etc. and their combination (via pipe) are used in my daily life. For example, to list the files or directories with size larger than 1 gigabyte:
du -h -t 1G
I don't use more "modern" or "fancier" tools because I am not familiar with them. The conventional approach fits my daily life very well. However, I am thinking if I can keep improving my efficiency and productivity by using some alternatives when necessary. Here are some of them.
mc
- mc a.k.a. GNU Midnight Commander, which is a visual shell for Unix-like systems.
- Press F10 to quit the dashboard.
fzf
- fzf a.k.a. fuzzy finder.
- Input nothing and press enther to quit the search.
- Key-in any characters to perform fuzzy search.
ncdu
- ncdu a.k.a. ncursers disk usage.
- Press q to quit the application.
What's Your Alternative Tool?
If you know more fancy tools, you are more than welcome to share with us!