Unlike a lot of other command-line programs, I've tested, this has some real and immediate benefits with very a low barrier to entry; it's both easy to learn and almost intuitive. If you were wanting to find an introductory keyboard-driven program that uses few system resources and ties into other programs on your machine, this is a great place to start.
Synopsis
broot is an impressive and fast search program available from the command line that integrates back into graphical interface by launching individual files with whatever program you have set. Works like Everything with a search-as-you-type function, but Softpedia's summary is also very apt:
... which outlines pretty well my own frustrations with CLI search tools, especially lots of similarly named files where the subfolder is fully part of explaining it's context (e.g. 2010-01-01.txt log file is way different than 2019/01-01/logfile.txt)Search for files and manipulate them or attach custom shortcuts, all without losing the hierarchy within the folder, using this application
You'll get a good idea if this is something you could use from a quick video overview (this link has more background but I'm jumping to usage of the program): https://youtu.be/lGD-wsQO_lI?t=90
Details:
Home page: https://dystroy.org/broot/
Download: https://dystroy.org/broot/download/x86_ ... /broot.exe
Softpedia: https://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/Sys ... root.shtml
Although the program will request an install, you can test it out without installation and it seems to work fine.
