In this post, I want to share some command line tools written in Rust, which are good alternatives to some of the original tools used in command line.

1. exa: an alternative to ls

use exa -F

https://github.com/ogham/exa

2. lsd: another alternative to ls

use: lsd -F --icon=never

https://github.com/Peltoche/lsd

3. ripgrep: a blazing fast grep tool

https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep

4. delta: a pager for git, diff and grep

https://github.com/dandavison/delta

5. bat: alternative to cat

https://github.com/sharkdp/bat

Ref:

• https://zaiste.net/posts/shell-commands-rust/
• https://towardsdatascience.com/awesome-rust-powered-command-line-utilities-b5359c38692

6. broot: alternative to tree

https://github.com/Canop/broot

7. tokei: alternative to cloc

https://github.com/XAMPPRocky/tokei

Similarly, scc (but written in Go)

8. hyperfine: commandline benchmark tool

https://github.com/sharkdp/hyperfine