5 CLI Tools That Actually Changed How I Work in 2026
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Five CLI tools that made me 10x more productive on the command line. Fzf, tmux, SSH port forwarding, pass, and fabric: the exact tools serious DevOps engineers use every day.
Most engineers only scratch the surface of these commands. This video shows you what's underneath: fuzzy file search, terminal orchestration, tunneling into remote containers, GPG-encrypted passwords, and AI chained directly in your terminal.
📍 CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Introduction: 5 CLI Tools That Changed How I Work
00:09 - fzf: Fuzzy Finding Files and Command History
02:52 - tmux: Terminal Multiplexer as Your Window Manager
08:21 - SSH: Beyond Just Logging In
10:21 - SSH Port Forwarding Into Remote Containers
14:18 - pass: Unix Password Management With GPG Encryption
17:05 - fabric: Chaining AI Commands From the CLI
22:06 - Summary and Next Steps
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→ fzf (fuzzy finder): https://github.com/junegunn/fzf
→ tmux: https://github.com/tmux/tmux
→ pass (Unix password manager): https://www.passwordstore.org/
→ fabric by Daniel Miessler: https://github.com/danielmiessler/fabric
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