Command Line Apps for Fun and Productivity

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Command Line Apps for Fun and Productivity

Useful command line applications to make your terminal look better and improve your workflow.

https://blog.bitsacm.in/cli-apps/

[twitu]

@cheese-cracker I think you've made a small typo at the terminal history snippet. It says HHISTSIZE=HISTFILESIZE=.

[cheese-cracker]

Thanks for pointing out, it should be fixed now!

[cheese-cracker]

You could use HISTSIZE= HISTFILESIZE= or the more conventional way as shown!

[briyoman]

While I appreciate the initiative you guys have taken to bring the CLI to the forefront, I simply cannot ignore the fact that you have not mentioned that the commands to install the programs can only be run on Debian derivatives (unless you install apt on another distro which I doubt anyone would do). I would only suggest that you mention this in the article so that a user who's new to the world of Gnu/Linux and who's using a distro like Fedora or Manjaro is not startled when apt fails. Other than that, it a pretty good article !

[cheese-cracker]

Thanks for the feedback!
I thought this might be a problem when installing multiple different applications. In fact, fzf itself may require additional steps if you install it using apt instead of the method shown using git. I've added a line to include package managers for Fedora, Manjaro and Mac.
If some installations still don't work, there are github links to each of the projects in the heading. The installation steps there may help out.
Apart from that, the rest of the scripts should work well on all distributions!
PS: The screen-recordings were taken on Archlinux with another useful cli app, ffmpeg!