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Discussion on: Unsung Heroes of the Command Line

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Boris Jamot ✊ /

Great list!
I use httpie instead of curl.
Bat instead of cat.
Exa instead of ls.
Modd is also a great tool for developers.

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Rob Hoelz

Interesting! Would you mind going into more detail about how each of those improves upon their counterparts, or otherwise what they bring to the table?

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Boris Jamot ✊ /

httpie is a much more user-friendly alternative to curl, that allow pretty-printing and a lot of other cool features.

Bat is a paginated alternative to cat that also allow pretty-printing your code in the terminal.

Exa is also an alternative to ls with default pretty-print feature and git integration.

modd is a filesystem watcher that allows you to automate everything. I use it to run my unit tests or my server-side app when the codebase changes.

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Juan F Gonzalez

I'd like to know the answer to that too.