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A whole bunch of modern CLI app alternatives
Classic Description Modern
  Interactive cheatsheets cheat
  Terminal file manager nnn
git Git SCM tig
lazygit
man Simplified man pages tldr (also tealdeer)
curl Make HTTP requests from CLI httpie
xh
curlie
cat View contents of a file bat
ls List directory contents lsd
exa
top Process viewer bottom
glances
gtop
htop
btop
find Simple, faster, user friendly find fd
  General purpose file fuzzy finder fzf
ack Code search tool ag
sed Find and replace sed alternative sd
cut/awk Human-friendly, fast alternative choose
grep Fast, easier view of grep w/gitignore ripgrep
  Viewer for git diff delta
du Disk usage viewer dust
df Disk freespace viewer gdu
dig DIG on steroids dog
  sed for JSON data jq
ping Graphical ping alternative gping
ab Benchmark using a command hyperfine
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