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Category: Utilities

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RnR – securely rename multiple files and directories

May 27, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

RnR is a command-line tool to securely rename multiple files and directories that supports regular expressions.

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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: mv

May 27, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Software, Utilities

This article spotlights alternative tools to mv.

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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: locate

May 25, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Software, Utilities

This article spotlights alternative tools to locate.

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plocate – much faster locate

May 25, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

plocate is a locate based on posting lists, completely replacing mlocate with a much faster (and smaller) index.

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mlocate – locate/updatedb implementation

May 25, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

mlocate is a locate/updatedb implementation, a utility for finding files by name quickly. This is free and open source software.

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Natls – ls alternative

May 20, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Natls is an `ls` alternative with useful info and a splash of color. It’s an easy to use utility written in Rust.

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alder – minimal implementation of tree

May 19, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

alder is a recursive directory listing program that supports file-size reporting, and pattern matching. Written in JavaScript.

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twf – standalone tree view explorer inspired by fzf

May 19, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

twf is a standalone tree view explorer inspired by fzf. twf stands for Tree View Find. It’s written in the Go language.

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ictree – interactive tree

May 19, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

ictree is like tree but interactive. This terminal-based program takes a list of contents of directories and displays them in a pager/

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tre – tree command, improved

May 19, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

tre is a modern alternative to the tree command. tre provides a -e flag that, when used, turns on the “editor aliasing” feature.

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