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https://github.com/Geektrovert/AwsTerm

A collection of awesome terminal utilities
https://github.com/Geektrovert/AwsTerm

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A collection of awesome terminal utilities

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# Awesome utilities on macOS and Linux Terminal

[![GPLv3 license](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-GPLv3-blue.svg?style=for-the-badge)](http://perso.crans.org/besson/LICENSE.html)



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This project isn't maintained anymore!

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## installing necessary packages



1. clone the repository:



   ```bash

   sudo apt-get install git

   git clone https://github.com/Geektrovert/AwsTerm.git

   cd AwsTerm

   ```

   run installer script

   ```

   ./installer.sh

   ``` 

   or, run script manually according to your operating system

   ``` 

   # for macOS

   sudo chmod +x mac.sh

   ./mac.sh



   # for arch and arch linux based distros

   sudo chmod +x arch.sh

   ./arch.sh



   # for ubuntu alike debian based distros

   sudo chmod +x deb.sh

   ./deb.sh



   # for RHEL/Fedora User

   sudo chmod +x fedora.sh

   ./fedora.sh

   

   # for android Termux

   chmod +x termux.sh 

   ./termux.sh

   ```

   remove AwsTerm directory

   ```

   cd ..

   rm -rf AwsTerm

   ```



This shell file installs the following packages:



- [htop](https://hisham.hm/htop/)

- [bat](https://github.com/sharkdp/bat)

- [exa](https://github.com/ogham/exa)

- [fd](https://github.com/sharkdp/fd)

- [ripgrep](https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep)

- [hexile](https://github.com/sharkdp/hexyl)

- [tig](https://github.com/jonas/tig)

- [thefuck](https://github.com/nvbn/thefuck)

- [httpie](https://httpie.org/)

- [asciinema](https://asciinema.org)

- [neofetch](https://github.com/dylanaraps/neofetch)

- [pstree](https://linux.die.net/man/1/pstree)

- [nnn](https://github.com/jarun/nnn)

- [aria2](https://github.com/aria2/aria2)

- [mc](https://github.com/MidnightCommander/mc)

- [mtr](https://github.com/traviscross/mtr)

- [pydf](https://linux.die.net/man/1/pydf)

- [lftp](https://linux.die.net/man/1/lftp)

- [fzf](https://github.com/junegunn/fzf)



## Updating and cleaning everything



    # for macOS

    brew update && brew upgrade && brew cleanup



    # for arch linux

    sudo pacman -Syyu



    # for ubuntu

    sudo apt-get update

    sudo apt-get upgrade



    # for Fedora

    sudo dnf update

    

    # for android termux 

    pkg update && pkg upgrade 



## Useful commandline utilities



1. Listing brew packages:



   - `brew list` - list all packages

   - `brew cask list` - list packages installed using caskroom

   - `brew leaves` - list all top-level packages

   - `brew deps --tree --installed` - list all packages with a nicely formatted

     dependency tree



2. Viewing config of homebrew: `brew config`



3. `bat filename` - '**bat**' is a modern replacement of '**cat**' which shows a

   source file on console with full syntax highlighting



   ![bat](assets/bat.svg)



4. Alternative to '**ls**' :



   - `exa` - list all files

   - `exa -la` - list all files including hidden files

   - `exa -laT` - list all files under current directory in a tree format



   ![exa](assets/exa.svg)



5. Find any directory : `fd search_keyword`



   ![fd](assets/fd.svg)



6. Advanve grep: `rg` (**ripgrep**) for finding strings among the files under

   current directory (_SSSHHHH, don't tell anyone, this is lighting fast!!!_)



   ```bash

   rg 'string to search'

   ```



   ![rg](assets/rg.svg)



7. Viewing a HEX file : `hexyl filename` - it shows the file in three columns in

   format: byte | hex | representation



   ![hex](assets/hexyl.gif)



8. HTTPie : a modern replacement of **curl**. It uses the following format :



   ```bash

   http POST link key=value

   ```



   ![httpie](assets/httpie.gif)



9. `pstree` command shows the running processes as a tree



   ![pstree](assets/pstree.svg)



10. **htop** is an interactive process viewer run by the command `htop`



    ![htop](assets/htop.svg)



11. `tig` for interactively browsing git repositories



    ![tig](assets/tig.gif)



12. You should give some fuck to your typos. So here it is, the legendary NSFW

    command `fuck`



    ![fuck](assets/fuck.gif)



13. `neofetch` command shows the system details



    ![neofetch](assets/neo.png)



14. `nnn` is a full-featured terminal file manager.It's tiny,extremely light and

    fast.



    ![nnn](assets/nnn.png)



15. `aria2` is an open source and free lightweight multi-protocol & multi-server

    command-line download utility.



    ![aria2](assets/aria2.svg)



16. `mc` gnu midnight commander is a feature rich visual file manager.



    ![mc](assets/mc.png)



17. `mtr` is a simple command-line network diagnostic tool.



    ![mtr](assets/mtr.svg)



18. `pydf` is an advanced command line tool to display the amount of used and

    available disk space.



    ![pydf](assets/pydf.svg)



19. `lftp` is a sophisticated file transfer program supporting a number of

    network protocols (ftp,http,sftp,fish,torrent).



    ![lftp](assets/lftp.png)



20. `fzf` is a general-purpose command-line fuzzy finder.It's an interactive

    Unix filter for command-line that can be used with any list; files, command

    history, processes, hostnames, bookmarks, git commits, etc.



    ![fzf](assets/fzf.png)



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## References



This writing was hugely inspired from the blog posts of

[Darren Burns](https://github.com/darrenburns)