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trasher – replace rm and del by a trash system

October 29, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Trasher is a small command-line utility that aims to replace rm. It moves items to a trash directory instead of deleting them immediately.

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Documentation

safe-rm – prevent the accidental deletion of important files

October 29, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

safe-rm is a safety tool intended to prevent the accidental deletion of important files by replacing /bin/rm with a wrapper.

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trash-cli – trashes files recording the original path, deletion date, and permissions

October 29, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

trash-cli trashes files recording the original path, deletion date, and permissions. This is free and open source software written in Python.

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rmw – ReMove to Waste

October 29, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

rmw (ReMove to Waste) is a trashcan/recycle bin utility for the command line. It’s free and open source software.

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rip – Rm ImProved

October 29, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

rip is a command-line deletion tool focused on safety, ergonomics, and performance. It’s written in Rust and GPL licensed.

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YouTube

youtube-dl – command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com

October 29, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia

youtube-dl is a small open source command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com and many other sites.

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YouTube

MPS-YouTube – terminal based YouTube player and downloader

October 29, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia

MPS-YouTube is an open source Terminal based YouTube player and downloader. This project is based on mps, a terminal based program.

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Task Manager

Todoist – TODO list web application

October 29, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity

Todoist is a TODO list web application. This program lets you use the Todoist in CLI.

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Task Manager

Yokadi – sqlite powered, todo-list

October 29, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity

Yokadi is a command-line oriented, SQLite powered, TODO list tool. It helps you organize all the things you have to do and must not forget.

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Task Manager

Todoman – simple, standards-based task manager

October 29, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity

Todoman is a simple, standards-based, CalDAV-based cli todo (aka: task) manager. Todos are stored into icalendar files.

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Task Manager

Taskell – command-line Kanban board/task manager

October 29, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity

Taskell is an open source command-line Kanban board/task manager with support for Trello boards and GitHub projects.

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Task Manager

Taskwarrior – manages your TODO list from the command line

October 29, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity

Taskwarrior is a Getting Things Done, todo list, task management, command line utility with a multitude of features.

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3D Rendering

Renderer – interactive 3D visualization of triangle meshes

October 28, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics

Renderer is a command-line, open source application which allows interactive 3D visualization of triangle meshes.

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Images

Crunch – lossy PNG image file optimization

October 28, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics, Reviews

Crunch is a command line executable that performs lossy optimization of one or more PNG image files with pngquant and zopflipng.

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Utilities

Excellent Utilities: eza – replacement for ls

October 27, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews, Software, Utilities

eza is a modern, maintained replacement for ls, built on exa. It has some new features such as hyperlink support.

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Documentation

mtr – network diagnostic tool

October 26, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

mtr combines the functionality of the ‘traceroute’ and ‘ping’ programs in a single network diagnostic tool. It’s free and open source software.

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Documentation

hping3 – TCP/IP packet assembler/analyzer

October 26, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

hping is a command-line oriented TCP/IP packet assembler/analyzer. The interface is inspired from the ping unix command.

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CPU

Ninja – small build system

October 26, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Ninja is a small build system (similar to make) with a focus on speed. Ninja is free and open source software.

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CPU

Apache Maven – build automation tool used primarily for Java projects

October 26, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Apache Maven is a software project management and comprehension tool. Apache Maven is free and open source software.

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CPU

SCons – software construction tool

October 26, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Think of SCons as an improved, cross-platform substitute for the classic Make utility with integrated functionality

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