Comment by oneeyedpigeon
3 hours ago
> Learn the classic tools, learn them well, and your life will be much easier.
Agreed, but that doesn't stop you from using/learning alternatives. Just use your preferred option, based on what's available. I realise this could be too much to apply to something like a programming language (despite this, many of us know more than one) or a graphics application, but for something like a pager, it should be trivial to switch back and forth.
And when those classic tools need a little help:
Awk and sed.
I like the idea of new tools though. But knowing the building blocks is useful. The “Unix power tools” book was useful to get me up to speed.. there are so many of these useful mini tools.
Miller is one I’ve made use of (it also was available for my distro)