Post #1384912
2025-12-16 14:55 UTC
ripgrep has mostly replaced grep for me, and I am extremely conservative about replacing core POSIX utilities - muscle memory is critical. I also tend to use fd, mainly because of its forking -x, but its advantages over find are less stark than rg’s improvements over grep.
nnn is really handy; I use it for everything but the most trivial renames, copies, and moves - anything involving more than one file. It’s especially handy when moving files between servers because of the built-in remote mounting.
Replies (3)
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@emb@lemmy.world 2025-12-16 15:20
rg and fd have been so much easier to use than the classics to me. Great replacements! bat is another one that I think can be worth switching to, though not as essential.
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@marighost@piefed.social 2025-12-16 15:36
Would you recommend nnn for transfering ~5Tb of media between two local servers? Seems like a weird question but it’s something I’ll have to do soon.
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@GreyCat@lemmy.world 2025-12-16 18:37
I personally prefer lf over nnn