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ScriptHaus – organize scripts and bash one-liners

January 30, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

ScriptHaus lets you run bash, Python, and JS snippets from your Markdown files directly from the command-line.

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Carapace – multi-shell multi-command argument completer

January 30, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Carapace is a shell completion library (carapace-sh/carapace) as well as a binary containing a collection of shell completers.

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Encrypted Files

Picocrypt – small and secure encryption tool

January 30, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Security

Picocrypt is billed as a very small (hence Pico), very simple, yet very secure encryption tool that you can use to protect your files.

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mnotify – simple Matrix CLI client

January 29, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

mnotify is a simple CLI for the Matrix chat system. It’s written in the Rust programming language.

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YASnippet – template system for Emacs

January 29, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

YASnippet is a template system for Emacs. It allows you to type an abbreviation and automatically expand it into function templates.

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Tools that help you

ehh helps you remember commands

January 29, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

ehh is a command-line tool for remembering Linux / terminal commands. Store and run any command inside ehh.

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iamb – Matrix client for Vim addicts

January 29, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

iamb is a terminal-based client for Matrix for the Vim addict.You can edit messages, navigate windows and manage tabs.

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nap – code snippets in your terminal

January 28, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Create and access new snippets quickly with the command-line interface or browse, manage, and organize them with the text-user interface.

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Tools that help you

eg provides examples of common uses of command line tools

January 28, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

eg will give you useful examples right at the command line. Think of it as a companion tool for man.

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Documentation

asciit – compact ASCII table

January 27, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

asciit is a more compact and intuitive ASCII table highlighting digits and letters.

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spigot – command-line exact real calculator

January 27, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity

spigot is a command-line streaming exact real calculator. It’s written in the C++ programming language.

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snip – CLI snippets manager

January 27, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

snip is a simple snippet manager for bash, to save useful and important bash code snippets directly from the bash prompt.

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USB

USBGuard – framework for implementing USB device authorization policies

January 27, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Security

The USBGuard software framework helps to protect your computer against rogue USB devices (a.k.a. BadUSB).

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Tools that help you

cheatshh – CLI tool to store commands

January 27, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

cheatshh is an interactive CLI meant for managing command line cheatsheets, written in shell script.

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matrix-commander – simple CLI-based Matrix client

January 27, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

matrix-commander is a simple but convenient CLI-based Matrix client app for sending and receiving.

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MCalc – calculator for performing simple mathematical operations

January 26, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity

MCalc is a calculator for performing simple mathematical operations in all existing number systems.

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Documentation Generators

Framed – Files and Directories Reusability, Architecture, and Management

January 26, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Framed is a CLI tool that simplifies the organization and management of files and directories in a reusable and architectural manner.

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Find Duplicates

backdown – a deduplicator

January 26, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Backdown helps you safely and ergonomically remove duplicate files. This is a command-line tool written in Rust.

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Command Schedulers

sysz – fzf terminal UI for systemctl

January 26, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

sysz is an fzf terminal UI for systemctl. This is public domain software.

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Backup software

shallow-backup – Git-integrated backup tool

January 26, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

shallow-backup lets you easily create lightweight backups of installed packages, applications, fonts and dotfiles.

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