Modern Alternatives to Classic Linux Commands

Still stuck in the 90s with ls, cat, and curl? It's time to give your terminal a glow-up!

In this video, we explore modern, faster, and just plain cooler alternatives to classic Linux commands.

Whether you're a Linux newbie or a CLI wizard, these tools will instantly upgrade your workflow and make your terminal feel brand new.

🔥 Featured Tools:

🧪 HTTPie – A user-friendly, colorful alternative to curl and wget
👉 https://github.com/httpie/cli

🐱 bat – Like cat, but with syntax highlighting, pagination and line numbers
👉 https://github.com/sharkdp/bat

🌲 dust – A more intuitive and visual alternative to du
👉 https://github.com/bootandy/dust

📊 htop – Real-time process monitoring, but make it pretty
👉 https://github.com/htop-dev/htop

🔍 fd – A smarter, faster find
👉 https://github.com/sharkdp/fd

📁 eza – A modern replacement for ls with icons and colors
👉 https://github.com/eza-community/eza

📦 duf – Disk usage, but in style (replacement for df)
👉 https://github.com/muesli/duf

📚 tealdeer – TL;DR pages in your terminal (because man pages are pain)
👉 https://github.com/tealdeer-rs/tealdeer

✍️ Neovim – A modernized Vim for power users
👉 https://github.com/neovim/neovim

Text equivalent to this video: https://itsfoss.com/legacy-linux-commands-alternatives/

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro
0:27 curl alternative
0:49 cat alternative
1:20 du alternative
1:42 top alternative
2:25 find alternative
2:53 ls alternative
3:10 df alternative
3:34 man alternative
3:57 vim alternative
4:27 conclusion

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