The latest articles on DEV Community by Vaibhav Dwivedi (@vaibhavdn). https://dev.to/vaibhavdn https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F193357%2F2920c122-0ddf-4dd2-b527-757b78ae7376.jpeg https://dev.to/vaibhavdn en Vaibhav Dwivedi Sat, 14 May 2022 13:27:45 +0000 https://dev.to/vaibhavdn/using-fnm-with-nushell-3kh1 https://dev.to/vaibhavdn/using-fnm-with-nushell-3kh1 <h3> A new type of shell </h3> <p><a href="https://www.nushell.sh/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Nushell</a> is a cross-platform shell with a built-in powerful plugin system, but where the Nushell shines is in the way it displays the output.</p> <p><a href="https://media.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F2vmmjiwdf0hepvai2i6s.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F2vmmjiwdf0hepvai2i6s.png" alt="Output of ls command"></a></p> <p>Outputs are in table format and can be filtered and sorted.</p> <p><a href="https://media.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fr7el9ovho4wbzrwxsqsu.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fr7el9ovho4wbzrwxsqsu.png" alt="Output of ls command, filtered to display only the directories sorted by recently modified"></a></p> <p>The output of ls command, filtered to display only the directories sorted by recently modified.</p> <h3> FNM - Fast Node Manager </h3> <p><a href="https://github.com/Schniz/fnm" rel="noopener noreferrer">FNM</a> describes itself as a fast and simple Node.JS version manager, built in Rust.</p> <h4> Install and configure FNM </h4> <ul> <li><p>Open the terminal and switch to Nushell.</p></li> <li> <p>Install FNM using the following command.</p> <pre class="highlight plaintext"><code> </code></pre> </li> </ul> <p>curl -fsSL <a href="https://fnm.vercel.app/install" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://fnm.vercel.app/install</a> | bash</p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>- Find the Nushell config by running the following command. </code></pre> </div> <p>$nu.config-path</p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight plaintext"><code> - Open the config file in any text editor like vim and add the following lines at the end. </code></pre> </div> <p>$env.PATH = ($env.PATH | prepend "/home/vaibhavdn/.fnm")</p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>Here we are adding the location where the FNM was installed to the PATH environment. </code></pre> </div> <p>load-env (fnm env --shell bash | lines | str replace 'export ' '' | str replace -a '"' '' | split column = | rename name value | where name != "FNM_ARCH" &amp;&amp; name != "PATH" | reduce -f {} {|it, acc| $acc | upsert $it.name $it.value })</p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>Then we load the FNM_MULTISHELL_PATH The output of the command used to load FNM_MULTISHELL_PATH  </code></pre> </div> <p>$env.PATH = ($env.PATH | prepend $"($env.FNM_MULTISHELL_PATH)/bin")</p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>Finally we add the loaded FNM_MULTISHELL_PATH to the PATH environment. Save the file and restart the terminal. FNM is ready to be used now!! *** Edit - Nov 2023: Updated syntax to use $env.PATH in place of let-env PATH. Thanks to @treipatru *** References 1. https://www.nushell.sh/book/ 2. https://github.com/Schniz/fnm 3. https://github.com/Schniz/fnm/issues/463 </code></pre> </div> programming shell linux node