MacOS Guide Chapter 3

some interesting plugins and APPs in zsh

tree

tree is a recursive directory listing command that produces a depth indented listing of files.

Installation

To install the latest version, use homebrew:

brew install tree

Usage

Running tree will produce output like this:

$ tree

.
├── Apps
│   ├── Octave.md
│   ├── README.md
│   ├── Settings.md
│   ├── araxis-merge.jpg
│   ├── beyond-compare.png
│   ├── delta-walker.jpg
│   ├── filemerge.png
│   └── kaleidoscope.png
├── CONTRIBUTING.md
├── Cpp
│   └── README.md
├── Docker
│   └── README.md
├── Git
│   ├── README.md
│   └── gitignore.md
└── Go
    └── README.md

5 directories, 14 files

To limit the recursion you can pass an -L flag and specify the maximum depth tree will use when searching.

tree -L 1

will output:

.
├── Apps
├── CONTRIBUTING.md
├── Cpp
├── Docker
├── Git
└── Go

5 directories, 1 files

fzf

fzf is a general-purpose command-line fuzzy finder. On it's own it's not very useful but when combined with other tools it becomes super powerful.

Installation

Use Homebrew to install fzf:

brew install fzf

If you want to use shell extensions (better shell integration):

/usr/local/opt/fzf/install

which gives you:

• Key bindings (CTRL-T, CTRL-R, and ALT-C) (available for bash, zsh and fish)
• Fuzzy auto-completion (available for bash and zsh)

Example Usages

Add any of these functions to your shell configuration file and apply the changes to try them out. Or just paste the function in your terminal if you just want to try it out without saving it.

# fd - cd to selected directory
fd() {
  local dir
  dir=$(find ${1:-.} -path '*/\.*' -prune \
                  -o -type d -print 2> /dev/null | fzf +m) &&
  cd "$dir"
}

# fh - search in your command history and execute selected command
fh() {
  eval $( ([ -n "$ZSH_NAME" ] && fc -l 1 || history) | fzf +s --tac | sed 's/ *[0-9]* *//')
}

For more fuzzy search examples see the official repo.

Chrome history from your terminal

Note: original blog post

Open up your shell config and add following function:

# ch - browse chrome history
ch() {
  local cols sep
  cols=$(( COLUMNS / 3 ))
  sep='{::}'

  cp -f ~/Library/Application\ Support/Google/Chrome/Profile\ 1/History /tmp/h

  sqlite3 -separator $sep /tmp/h \
    "select substr(title, 1, $cols), url
     from urls order by last_visit_time desc" |
  awk -F $sep '{printf "%-'$cols's  \x1b[36m%s\x1b[m\n", $1, $2}' |
  fzf --ansi --multi | sed 's#.*\(https*://\)#\1#' | xargs open
}

Note: Ensure that path to History file is correct; read more information on StackOverflow.

ack

ack is a search tool designed for code. It's built to be a replacement for grep with higher speed and more options.

Installation

To install the latest version, use homebrew.

brew install ack

Why use ack over grep

• Faster
• Skips unimportant files by default
• It searches recursively by default
• Customizable

Usage

ack [OPTION]... PATTERN [FILES OR DIRECTORIES]

Let's say you want to find all JavaScript files that are using the module pancakes in your project, with ack it's as easy as

ack --js pancakes

Or you may want to find all files that does not contain the word brew

ack -L brew

Customization

You can customize ack to behave the way you want it to, this configuration i s stored in /.ackrc.

For example, you can add a custom type to use as a flag when searching. The following configuration will allow you to only search in .md, .mkd and .markdown files using the --markdown flag.

--type-set=markdown=.md,.mkd,.markdown

You can also tell ack to always sort and use colors in the result.

--sort-files
--color

To see what configuration ack uses you can use the dump flag.

ack --dump

Alternatives to ack

There's The Silver Surfer which describes itself as a

A code searching tool similar to ack, with a focus on speed.

htop

showcase all the PID and CPU processing currently

brew install htop

lsd

showcase the flies and folders with more intuitive in terminal

brew install lsd

duf

showcase the occupation in terminal

brew install duf

+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 9 local devices                                                                          |
+-----------------+--------+--------+--------+---------------------+------+----------------+
| MOUNTED ON      |   SIZE |   USED |  AVAIL |         USE%        | TYPE | FILESYSTEM     |
+-----------------+--------+--------+--------+---------------------+------+----------------+
| /               | 926.4G | 180.3G | 746.1G | [#.........]  19.5% | apfs | /dev/disk3s1s1 |
| /System/Volumes | 926.4G | 180.3G | 746.1G | [#.........]  19.5% | apfs | /dev/disk3s5   |
| /Data           |        |        |        |                     |      |                |
| /System/Volumes | 500.0M |  22.8M | 477.2M | [..........]   4.6% | apfs | /dev/disk1s3   |
| /Hardware       |        |        |        |                     |      |                |
| /System/Volumes | 926.4G | 180.3G | 746.1G | [#.........]  19.5% | apfs | /dev/disk3s2   |
| /Preboot        |        |        |        |                     |      |                |
| /System/Volumes | 926.4G | 180.3G | 746.1G | [#.........]  19.5% | apfs | /dev/disk3s4   |
| /Update         |        |        |        |                     |      |                |
| /System/Volumes | 926.4G | 180.3G | 746.1G | [#.........]  19.5% | apfs | /dev/disk3s1   |
| /Update/mnt1    |        |        |        |                     |      |                |
| /System/Volumes | 926.4G | 180.3G | 746.1G | [#.........]  19.5% | apfs | /dev/disk3s6   |
| /VM             |        |        |        |                     |      |                |
| /System/Volumes | 500.0M |  22.8M | 477.2M | [..........]   4.6% | apfs | /dev/disk1s1   |
| /iSCPreboot     |        |        |        |                     |      |                |
| /System/Volumes | 500.0M |  22.8M | 477.2M | [..........]   4.6% | apfs | /dev/disk1s2   |
| /xarts          |        |        |        |                     |      |                |
+-----------------+--------+--------+--------+---------------------+------+----------------+
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 1 special device                                                                |
+------------+--------+--------+-------+---------------------+-------+------------+
| MOUNTED ON |   SIZE |   USED | AVAIL |         USE%        | TYPE  | FILESYSTEM |
+------------+--------+--------+-------+---------------------+-------+------------+
| /dev       | 198.5K | 198.5K |    0B | [##########] 100.0% | devfs | devfs      |
+------------+--------+--------+-------+---------------------+-------+------------+
  ~                                                                                     01:34:04
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gping

brew install gping

gping + URL

lsd

lsd is a rewrite of GNU ls with lots of added features like colors, icons, tree-view, more formatting options etc. The project is heavily inspired by the super colorls project.

brew install lsd

Parallels Desktop Crack

PD is commonly used in our daily develop

QuickRecorder

QuickRecorder is a lightweight screen recorder based on ScreenCapture Kit for macOS

brew install lihaoyun6/tap/quickrecorder

BLEUnlock

This plugin is a small menu bar utility that locks and unlocks your Mac by proximity of your iPhone, Apple Watch, or any other Bluetooth Low Energy device.

stats

stats is a replacement of iStat Menus

It's a macOS system monitor in your menu bar

bartender 5

bartender is an award-winning app for macOS that for more than 10 years has superpowered your menu bar, giving you total control over your menu bar items, what's displayed, and when, with menu bar items only showing when you need them.
Bartender improves your workflow with quick reveal, search, custom hotkeys and triggers, and lots more.

暴力开源版：bartender-ru

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