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Network

wakeonlan – Perl script

October 8, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

wakeonlan is a script sends ‘magic packets’ to wake-on-lan enabled ethernet adapters, in order to switch on the called PC.

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Git Clients

simple-git-hooks – tool to manage git hooks

October 8, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

simple-git-hooks is a simple git hooks manager for small projects.

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Diff Tools

17 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Diff Tools

October 8, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Roundup, Utilities

File comparison compares the contents of computer files, finding their common contents and their differences. The result is known as a diff.

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System administration

dness – dynamic DNS client

October 7, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

dness is a dynamic DNS client which updates the WAN IP address on the DNS server.

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Best Free and Open Source System Profilers

19 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Linux System Profilers

October 7, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Roundup, System Software, TUI

A system profiler is a utility that presents information about the hardware attached to a computer.

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dave – simple WebDAV server

October 6, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Web Apps

dave (Distributed Authoring and Versioning made easy) is a simple WebDAV server.

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System administration

wig – simple and lightweight DNS client

October 4, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

wig is a simple and lightweight DNS client written in the C language.

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Utility

8 Best Free and Open Source Console Based Network ‘top’ Tools

October 4, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet, Roundup, System Software

Out of the myriad of utilities that are available for Linux, top is a troubleshooting tool that often comes up in conversation. We recommend the best network ‘top’ tools.

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System administration

ddclient – update dynamic DNS entries

October 3, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

ddclient is a Perl client used to update dynamic DNS entries for accounts on many dynamic DNS services. It uses curl for internet access.

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Speech

hns – privacy-focused speech-to-text CLI utility

October 3, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia, Reviews, Scientific

hns records your voice, transcribes it locally using faster-whisper, and copies the transcription to your clipboard.

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