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Simple Terminal Apps

11 July, 2020 - 1 min

Skim - fuzzy finder

Skim is a blazingly fast fuzzy matcher. I mainly use it to search for files and edit with vim.

# Search a file with skim and open with vim
vim $(sk -m)

Bat - Cat replacer

Bat is a very nite cat replacer. Some of the features I enjoy the most:

  • Automatically pipes the output to less if the content does not fit the screen.
  • Syntax highlighting.
  • Displays git modifications per line.

By running cat ~/.zshrc :

Bat Fig. 1 - Bat



Thanks for reading!

Vicente



A list of articles in the series Terminal Workflow:

  1. Terminal Base Setup
  2. Tmux - terminal multiplexer
  3. NeoVim - text editor
  4. Jrnl - note app
  5. Pass - password manager
  6. Ranger - file manager

7. Simple Terminal Apps

  1. Terminal Aliases