7 Essential Command Line Tools (2022)

Introducing seven of my favourite command line tools that I use every day.

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00:00 - Start
00:40 - Exa
01:36 - Bat
02:06 - Ripgrep
04:08 - FZF
05:20 - Zoxide
06:42 - Entr
07:17 - Midnight Commander

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[echobucket]

For those watching in 2024, exa got renamed to eza.

[ilvestaavi]

Using dash to jump between last place is actually available for normal cd as well. Plus in git you can switch between branches.

[DavidRadkowski]

Despite having more than 20 years of Linux under my belt, I still enjoy watching those little gems from TechCraft 👍 well done 👍

[ThrivingInLife]

Midnight Commander brings back the nostalgic Norton Commander - Before we had windows, we had norton commander.

[beatnixnthings]

I really like the pace of your videos. Anyone else, this would've been a 20-30 minute video. The pace makes it digestible, and the chapters/time codes mean I can jump back in to rewatch a given section if it didn't quite stick. Explanations are crisp, concise, and clear. nice work.

[scialomy]

If your system/terminal allows, exa --icons is a wonder!

[Endelin]

I prefer "lsd" over "exa", simliar color features but it also incorporates Nerdfonts symbols for filetypes.

[polyglot]

Hands down one of the most useful YouTube videos ever! Thank you 🎉

[perutherford]

Please talk more about mc. Used it years ago and didn’t know it was still around. I would like to know what it is capable of these days.

[nebilkisa]

Hi Rob! I am glad I discovered your channel about 2 years ago. In your case it is really not about the number of videos uploaded, but the content and value added to people's productivity watching your content. You have a great way to present the subject matter at hand without any fuss and distracting pop ups, extra comments or any other annoying extra, like some unsuitable background music :-) It is straight to the point and boiled down to the essential piece of information. Regarding this particular video, something new learnt every day. Despite being a seasoned Unix/Linux power user, I added the presented little command line tools to few of my systems, MacOS, RPI and Debian laptop. Thanks a lot and keep it coming!

PS: +1 for an extra video about MC 🙂

[RagasonPvP]

I've watched many of these kinds of videos in the past, but this is just next level; I think I'm going to use every tool mentioned going forward!

[rossgeography]

Wow - colour coding in the terminal ! you’re making me want to learn more terminal tools - I know it’s powerful but the simple addition of colour is making it way more enticing !

[reprbate]

I would love a full video on Midnight Commander. Great video--thanks!

[superxereu]

Watching these videos feels like getting a power up playing video games. Very useful gems here, thank you for the superb job you've done

[StefanWolfrum]

Amazing as always, Rob! I‘ve used unix based machines since the early 90s (SUN & SGI machines at university) and up to today (Macs, Raspberry Pis). But I didn‘t know that folks have thought about how to make even the most basic commands like ls, cat, grep, cd even better! Will try all of them asap! Oh, and MidnightCommander!! Is that still around! Wow! I still remember Norton Commander which was the original, I think?! Thanks so much, again!!

[jdmayfield]

I LOVE MIDNIGHT COMMANDER! Been using it for almost 25 years! So handy. Also use it as my primary IDE. Very slim, simple, works through ssh, and really an amazing Swiss Army Knife of command-line utilities. Also, what caught my attention to watch this video. Thanks for the great content!

[mayurchavhan]

I'm fan of these tools and I love how well you've explained this. I would love to see more these kinds of tools videos which makes Linux experience more powerful.

[Gideonblade]

Those are useful tools. Thank you and I am glad that you are back producing content.

[elatedbento]

Entr is an absolute gem! Thanks for sharing ❤❤

[hanspetervollhorst]

I am using MC since I switched from DOS/ Windows (using the Norton Commander NC) there. Really interested in seeing a full video. It is such a blizz.