pingstat is a lightweight, user-level script for multi-server ping logging, storing stats per server in user-writable SQLite databases.
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Category: CLI
Alternatives to popular CLI tools: sudo
This article spotlights alternative tools to sudo, a command which lets you execute a command as another user.
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myping – ping multiple hosts at the same time
myping is a command-line utility to ping multiple hosts at once and display the reachability over time.
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asroot – simpler alternative to sudo and doas
asroot is a command-line utility to run a process as the root user. It’s written in the C language
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9 Best Free and Open Source Text-Based Git Clients
Our recommended text-based Git clients, captured in a legendary LinuxLinks chart. We only feature free and open source software here.
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sudo-rs – memory safe implementation of sudo and su
sudo-rs is a safety oriented and memory safe implementation of sudo and su written in Rust. It’s an independent implementation.
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jet – Just Edit Text
Jet allows you to replace all the substrings matched by specified regular expressions in one or more files.
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13 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based SSH Frontends
This roundup focuses on terminal-based apps that help you manage and create SSH connections.
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kirc – tiny IRC client
kirc is an extremely fast and simple IRC client designed with portability in mind.
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Sushi shell – Bash clone shell
Sushi shell (formerly known as Rusty Bash) is a a Bash clone shell implemented in Rust.
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mbake – Makefile formatter and linter
mbake is a Makefile formatter and linter that offers smart formatting: Tabs for recipes, consistent spacing, line continuation cleanup.
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27 Sparkling Free and Open Source CLI Linux Time Trackers
All of the time trackers featured in this roundup are console applications, using a command-line interface.
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coBib – console bibliography
coBib is a simple, console-based bibliography management tool.
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bibman – CLI/TUI bibliography manager
bibman is a CLI/TUI bibliography manager. It does not use a database but stores every bibliographic entry as a separate text file.
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sshtool – simple interactive SSH session manager
sshtool is a simple interactive SSH session manager with encrypted configuration storage using GPG.
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mtr085 – full screen ncurses traceroute tool
mtr combines the functionality of the traceroute and ping programs in a single network diagnostic tool.
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Xapers – personal journal article management system
Xapers is a personal document indexing system, geared towards academic journal articles. It’s written in Python.
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luha – simple file checksum tool
luha is a simple file checksum command-line interface tool.
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lunas – syncing cli tool
lunas is a syncing cli tool that can handle more than two directories locally and remotely.
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lv – directory listing and counting tool
iv is a directory listing and counting tool written in C++.
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