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Command Line Tools I use on a Mac

Brian Schlining
5 min readMay 28, 2024

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Command Line Tools

awscli

The AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) is a unified tool to manage your AWS services.

bat

A cat clone with syntax highlighting, line numbers, and Git integration.

btop

A monitor of resources

coursier

Pure Scala artifact fetching. Check dependencies and run apps from them right from the command-line

ctop

ctop provides a concise and condensed overview of real-time metrics for multiple containers

dive

A tool for exploring each layer in a docker image.

duf

Disk Usage/Free Utility — a better ‘df’ alternative.

dust

du + rust = dust. Like du but more intuitive.

eza

A modern replacement for ‘ls’. I add the following to my .zshrc file:

alias ls='eza'      # Use eza instead of ls
alias la='ls -la'
alias tree='ls -T' # directory tree

exiftool

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Brian Schlining
Brian Schlining

Written by Brian Schlining

Polyglot coder. Deep-sea Researcher. Zazen aficionado. I think squids are pretty cool.

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