install rust with rustup: https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install

exa (the new ls) cargo install exa binary: exa repo: https://github.com/ogham/exa note on current version I had to switch to rust nightly for mac, wouldn't compile: https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/rust-programming-by/9781788390637/e07dc768-de29-482e-804b-0274b4bef418.xhtml

bat (the new cat) cargo install bat binary: bat repo: https://github.com/sharkdp/bat

bottom (cool top replacement) cargo install bottom binary: btm repo: https://github.com/clementtsang/bottom

fd-find (fd is a simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to find) cargo install fd-find binary: fd repo: https://github.com/sharkdp/fd

gitui (wha?? I can get useful repo info and I don't have to go to repo gui?) cargo install gitui binary: gitui repo: https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui

ripgrep (fly grep fly..) cargo install ripgrep binary: rg repo: https://github.com/burntsushi/ripgrep

starship (I prefer to compile my favorite shell prompt!) cargo install starship driven by ~/.zshrc and ~/.config/starship.toml my mac config: https://gist.github.com/SteveDevOps/54abe46ad5c0ff3f7b5cf178be0023ba my mac toml: my popos config:

xcp (wha?? cp with progress bar!? OMG!) cargo install xcp binary: xcp repo: https://github.com/tarka/xcp

zoxide (I'm deep in a dir structure and I need to cd to another deep dir structure.. wtf was that path again???) cargo install zoxide driven by ~/.zshrc my mac config: https://gist.github.com/SteveDevOps/54abe46ad5c0ff3f7b5cf178be0023ba my mac toml: my popos config:

discover more: https://lib.rs/command-line-utilities

my most needed native tootchain utils: cargo-update cargo install cargo-update cmnd: cargo install-update -a (update everything installed!)

carg-cache cargo install cargo-cache cmnd: cargo cache -a (cleanup and keep things tidy on disk!)