Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
Still stuck in the 90s with ls, cat, and curl? It's time to give your terminal a glow-up!
In this video, we explore modern, faster, and just plain cooler alternatives to classic Linux commands.
Whether you're a Linux newbie or a CLI wizard, these tools will instantly upgrade your workflow and make your terminal feel brand new.
🔥 Featured Tools:
🧪 HTTPie – A user-friendly, colorful alternative to curl and wget
👉 github.com/httpie/cli
🐱 bat – Like cat, but with syntax highlighting, pagination and line numbers
👉 github.com/sharkdp/bat
🌲 dust – A more intuitive and visual alternative to du
👉 github.com/bootandy/dust
📊 htop – Real-time process monitoring, but make it pretty
👉 github.com/htop-dev/htop
🔍 fd – A smarter, faster find
👉 github.com/sharkdp/fd
📁 eza – A modern replacement for ls with icons and colors
👉 github.com/eza-community/eza
📦 duf – Disk usage, but in style (replacement for df)
👉 github.com/muesli/duf
📚 tealdeer – TL;DR pages in your terminal (because man pages are pain)
👉 github.com/tealdeer-rs/tealdeer
✍️ Neovim – A modernized Vim for power users
👉 github.com/neovim/neovim
Text equivalent to this video: itsfoss.com/legacy-linux-commands-alternatives
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:27 curl alternative
0:49 cat alternative
1:20 du alternative
1:42 top alternative
2:25 find alternative
2:53 ls alternative
3:10 df alternative
3:34 man alternative
3:57 vim alternative
4:27 conclusion
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Still stuck in the 90s with ls, cat, and curl? It's time to give your terminal a glow-up!
In this video, we explore modern, faster, and just plain cooler alternatives to classic Linux commands.
Whether you're a Linux newbie or a CLI wizard, these tools will instantly upgrade your workflow and make your terminal feel brand new.
🔥 Featured Tools:
🧪 HTTPie – A user-friendly, colorful alternative to curl and wget
👉 github.com/httpie/cli
🐱 bat – Like cat, but with syntax highlighting, pagination and line numbers
👉 github.com/sharkdp/bat
🌲 dust – A more intuitive and visual alternative to du
👉 github.com/bootandy/dust
📊 htop – Real-time process monitoring, but make it pretty
👉 github.com/htop-dev/htop
🔍 fd – A smarter, faster find
👉 github.com/sharkdp/fd
📁 eza – A modern replacement for ls with icons and colors
👉 github.com/eza-community/eza
📦 duf – Disk usage, but in style (replacement for df)
👉 github.com/muesli/duf
📚 tealdeer – TL;DR pages in your terminal (because man pages are pain)
👉 github.com/tealdeer-rs/tealdeer
✍️ Neovim – A modernized Vim for power users
👉 github.com/neovim/neovim
Text equivalent to this video: itsfoss.com/legacy-linux-commands-alternatives
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:27 curl alternative
0:49 cat alternative
1:20 du alternative
1:42 top alternative
2:25 find alternative
2:53 ls alternative
3:10 df alternative
3:34 man alternative
3:57 vim alternative
4:27 conclusion
🧡 Follow It's FOSS for more Linux goodness:
🌐 Website: itsfoss.com
🐘 Mastodon: fosstodon.org/@itsfoss
🐦 Twitter/X: twitter.com/itsfoss2
📸 Instagram: instagram.com/itsfoss
📘 Facebook: facebook.com/itsfoss
