This article spotlights alternative tools to history.
The software featured here is free and open source. All tools provide a command-line interface (CLI) unless otherwise stated.
| Alternatives to history | |
|---|---|
| McFly | Excellent replacement for Bash’s ctrl-r functionality |
| Atuin | Replaces your existing shell history with a SQLite database |
| HSTR | Bash and zsh shell history suggest box |
| Bevel | Command line history in an SQLite database |
| hiSHtory | Better shell history |
Have we missed any open source alternatives to history? Please let us know!
All the CLI tools in this series.
| Alternatives to CLI tools |
|---|
| age // awk // bc // cal // cat // cd // chmod // cksum // cloc // cmp // compress // cp // cron // curl // cut // date // dd // df // diff // dig // du // fdisk // find // ftp // grep // gzip // hexdump // history // jq // kill // less // locate // ls // lsof // make // man // more // mv / ping // ps // psql // rename // rm // sed // split // ssh // strings // sudo // sysctl // tail // talk // tar // telnet // time // top // touch // traceroute // tree // uname // uniq // uptime // vi // watch // Wget // who // whois // xargs |
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Please consider adding bevel and hiSHtory. Both are pretty useful tools.
Cheers James, both are now included.
Cool