Modern shell utilities

Author

Marie-Hélène Burle

In recent years, a number of open-source utilities for the Unix shell have emerged. Some are meant as replacements for classic tools with improved performance, better defaults, or nicer-looking outputs; others add novel functionality. Several of them were recently installed on the Alliance clusters.

In this webinar I will cover a selection of tools that are very popular, well-maintained, and that have served me well in my daily workflows:

ls in colours: eza,
smart cd: zoxide,
a cat with wings: bat,
RIP grep: ripgrep,
faster find: fd,
fuzzy finder: fzf,
file system TUIs.

I will also talk about three useful Zsh plugins:

a syntax highlighter,
autosuggestions,
an improved history searcher.

For each tool/plugin, I will talk about installation on a personal computer and on the Alliance clusters and I will give live demos.

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