cli-productivity-1-tool-selection-guidelines

name	cli-productivity-1-tool-selection-guidelines
description	Sub-skill of cli-productivity: 1. Tool Selection Guidelines (+2).
version	1.0.0
category	operations
type	reference
scripts_exempt	true

1. Tool Selection Guidelines (+2)

1. Tool Selection Guidelines

Task	Tool	Why
Find files by name	fd	Fast, intuitive syntax
Find files by content	rg	Faster than grep, better defaults
View files	bat	Syntax highlighting, line numbers
List files	exa	Icons, git status, tree view
Navigate directories	zoxide	Learns your patterns
Interactive selection	fzf	Fuzzy matching, preview
Process JSON	jq	Powerful, composable

2. Performance Tips

# Use fd instead of find
fd "pattern"              # Instead of: find . -name "*pattern*"

# Use rg instead of grep
rg "pattern"              # Instead of: grep -r "pattern" .

# Limit search depth
fd --max-depth 3
rg --max-depth 3

# Exclude directories
fd -E node_modules -E .git
rg --glob '!node_modules'

3. Shell Startup Optimization

# Lazy load slow tools
nvm() {
    unset -f nvm
    [ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && source "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"
    nvm "$@"
}

# Cache expensive operations
_update_ps1_cache() {
    PS1_CACHE="$(expensive_command)"
}