We spotlight alternative tools to hexdump, a utility that displays file contents in hexadecimal, octal, or ascii.
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Category: CLI
Alternatives to popular CLI tools: dig
This article spotlights alternative tools to dig. This is a DNS lookup utility.
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objdiff – local diffing tool for decompilation project
objdiff is a local diffing tool for decompilation projects. There is also a GUI available.
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Simple Archiver – alternative to tar
Simple Archiver is an alternative to tar. Despite its name, this open source tool has a fairly wide range of features.
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Yay – AUR helper
Yay (Yet Another Yogurt) is an Arch User Repository (AUR) helper tool.
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q – command line DNS client
q is a tiny command line DNS client with support for UDP, TCP, DoT, DoH, DoQ and ODoH.
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Sync-in – file sync and server management
Sync-in is available as a desktop application (Linux, macOS, and Windows and a command line interface (CLI), Sync-in adapts to your workflow
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sshmate – simplify interactions with SSH servers
sshmate is a tool designed to simplify interactions with SSH servers. It provides an easy way to connect to servers.
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28 Best Free and Open Source Command Line Navigation Tools
Tiny but useful tools that complement the cd command. Free and open source goodness.
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chwp – change background wallpaper from the command line
chwp is a Rust-based tool to change the wallpaper without leaving the command-line.
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ty – fast Python type checker
ty is a fast Python type checker and language server. ty will run on all Python files in the working directory and or subdirectories.
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Pamac – Gtk and CLI front ends of libpamac
Pamac offers lpm, AUR, Appstream, Flatpak, and Snap support.
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clang-tidy – clang-based linter tool
clang-tidy is a clang-based C++ “linter” tool. It provides an extensible framework for diagnosing and fixing typical programming errors.
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aurto – Arch Linux AUR tool
aurto is an Arch Linux AUR tool for managing an auto-updating local ‘aurto’ package repository using aurutils.
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Gerbil – desktop app to easily run Large Language Models locally
Gerbil lets you run LLMs locally powered by KoboldCpp which itself is a highly modified fork of llama.cpp.
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4 Useful Free and Open Source systemd CLI/TUI Configuration Tools
systemd is a Linux init system and system manager that’s used by most modern Linux distributions. We pick some useful CLI and TUI tools.
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HTMLHint – static code analysis tool
HTMLHint is a static code analysis tool. It’s written in JavaScript and TypeScript.
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aurutils – helper tools for the AUR
aurutils is a collection of scripts to automate usage of the Arch User Repository, with different tasks such as package searching, and more.
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trizen – lightweight AUR package manager
trizen is a lightweight AUR package manager that’s written in the Perl programming language.
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Perltidy – indents and reformats Perl scripts
Perltidy is a Perl script which indents and reformats Perl scripts to make them easier to read.
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