Are there any "richer" alternatives to cp and mv (like bat to cat and exa to ls)?
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ls
has [exa](https://github.com/ogham/exa) . cat
has [bat](https://github.com/sharkdp/bat) . I don't know of a direct alternative to rm
, but it also has [rmtrash](https://github.com/PhrozenByte/rmtrash) .
All of these can usually work as drop-in alias replacements, retaining usual function and options of their commands but also including additional options, better highlighting and formatting and better defaults.
I still use the much more portable builtins in scripts, but richer commands make day-to-day shell use much more comfortable.
Are there such alternatives to cp
and mv
?
The main feature that comes to mind is a progress bar, but another one would be a better overview of the action in interactive mode, and I'm sure there are many more potential improvements.
Asked by Atai Ambus
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Sep 9, 2021, 05:34 PM
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