Better-CLI-tools.md

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+# Better CLI tools
+
+- **What**: What is the tool for
+- **OG**: Original tool
+- **Better**: Better tool to use
+- **Lang**: Language the tool is written in
+- **Multi**: Works on all major platforms (Windows, Linux, Mac, \*BSD)
+
+| What                      | OG       | Better    | Lang | Multi         | How to install                     |
+| ------------------------- | -------- | --------- | ---- | ------------- | ---------------------------------- |
+| Find text in files        | grep     | [ripgrep] | Rust | ✔️            | `cargo install ripgrep`            |
+| List files in a directory | ls       | [exa]     | Rust | ❌<sup>1</sup> | `cargo install exa`                |
+| Read file content         | cat      | [bat]     | Rust | ✔️            | Package manager (+ choco)          |
+| Find files by name        | find     | [fzf]     | Go   | ✔️            | Package manager (+ choco)          |
+| Count lines of code       | cloc     | [loc]     | Rust | ✔️            | `cargo install loc`                |
+| Navigate/manipulate JSON  | _N/A_    | [jq]      | C    | ✔️            | Package manager (+ choco)          |
+| Navigate/manipulate HTML  | _N/A_    | [pup]     | Go   | ✔️            | `go get github.com/ericchiang/pup` |
+| Static HTTP file server   | _[many]_ | [ran]     | Go   | ✔️            | `go get -u github.com/m3ng9i/ran`  |
+
+[ripgrep]: https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep
+[loc]: https://github.com/cgag/loc
+[bat]: https://github.com/sharkdp/bat
+[jq]: https://stedolan.github.io/jq/
+[pup]: github.com/ericchiang/pup
+[fzf]: https://github.com/junegunn/fzf
+[exa]: https://the.exa.website/
+[many]: https://gist.github.com/willurd/5720255
+[ran]: https://github.com/m3ng9i/ran
+
+1. `exa` doesn't compile on Windows