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1. 1. File Cleanup — Part 2: Delete Old Log Files with fd fd -e log --changed-before 30…
2. 2. Code Review Workflow — Part 2: Benchmark Before and After hyperfine 'python old.py' 'py…
3. 3. File Cleanup — Part 1: Find Disk Hogs with dust dust -n 10
4. 4. Log Analysis — Part 2: Summarize with xsv xsv stats errors.csv | xsv ta…
5. 5. Shell Productivity — Part 2: Smart History Search with atuin atuin search docker
6. 6. fzf — Fuzzy finder fzf
7. 7. ripgrep — Fast recursive search rg
8. 8. find — Search for files find
9. 9. grep — Search text patterns grep
10. 10. Finding and Fixing a Bug — Part 2: Inspect and Review the Fix bat -H 42 src/db.py && git di…
11. 11. grep — rg vs grep vs ag grep -rn 'async fn' src/
12. 12. mcfly — atuin vs mcfly mcfly search
13. 13. Shell Productivity — Part 1: Fuzzy Find with fzf fzf
14. 14. ag — rg vs grep vs ag ag 'async fn' src/
15. 15. Finding and Fixing a Bug — Part 1: Search for the Error rg "ConnectionError" src/
16. 16. atuin — atuin vs mcfly atuin search --interactive
17. 17. ripgrep — rg vs grep vs ag rg 'async fn' src/
18. 18. find — fd vs find find src/ -name '*.py'
19. 19. sd — Intuitive Find & Replace CLI sd --version
20. 20. Log Analysis — Part 1: Extract Errors with rg and jq rg "ERROR" logs/app.log --jso…
21. 21. Code Review Workflow — Part 1: View Diff with delta git diff main..feature/auth |…
22. 22. fd — fd vs find fd -e py src/
23. 23. atuin — Magical Shell History atuin --version
24. 24. ripgrep (rg) — Blazing Fast Regex Search rg --version | head -1
25. 25. brew search — Find Homebrew packages brew search
26. 26. ag — The Silver Searcher ag --version
27. 27. neovim — Telescope fuzzy finder nvim
28. 28. helix — Fuzzy file and symbol picker hx
29. 29. forgit::diff — interactively select files and view diffs with fzf forgit::diff
30. 30. mcfly — Context-aware history search mcfly
31. 31. forgit::log — fuzzy-search Git log with fzf preview forgit::log
32. 32. atuin — Interactive shell history search atuin search
33. 33. fd — Fast and User-Friendly Alternative to find fd --version
34. 34. zi — interactive zoxide directory picker zi
35. 35. fd -e py | sad "old" "new" — batch find-and-replace across files fd -e py | sad 'old' 'new'
36. 36. fzf — fuzzy find any file interactively fzf
37. 37. rg -t py "import" — search Python files for imports rg -t py "import"
38. 38. fd -e rs --exec wc -l — find and run a command on results fd -e rs --exec wc -l
39. 39. ag -l "TODO" — list files containing a pattern ag -l "TODO"
40. 40. ugrep -r --color "pattern" — Unicode-aware recursive search ugrep -r --color "pattern"
41. 41. rg --stats "error" — search with match statistics rg --stats "error"
42. 42. fd -H .env — find hidden .env files fd -H .env
43. 43. rg -C 3 "func" — search with surrounding context lines rg -C 3 "func"
44. 44. fzf — Command-Line Fuzzy Finder fzf --version
45. 45. grep --color=always -E "error|warn" — highlight errors and warnings grep --color=always -E "error…
46. 46. grep -rn "TODO" . — recursive grep with line numbers grep -rn "TODO" .
47. 47. fd .py — find Python files fast fd .py
48. 48. ack --python "import" — search Python files with ack ack --python "import"
49. 49. cat file | fzf — fuzzy filter any input stream cat file | fzf
50. 50. fd --type f --extension md — find Markdown files fd --type f --extension md
51. 51. ag "pattern" — search with the Silver Searcher ag "pattern"
52. 52. rg 'config' src/ — ripgrep recursive search rg 'config' src/
53. 53. rg "TODO" — search for TODO comments recursively rg "TODO"
54. 54. broot — interactive directory navigator broot
55. 55. sd "before" "after" file.txt — simple in-place string replacement sd "before" "after" file.txt
56. 56. Ctrl+R — fzf shell history search Ctrl+R
57. 57. fzf --preview 'bat {}' — fuzzy find with file preview fzf --preview 'bat {}'