This article spotlights alternative tools to time, a simple tool that provides timing statistics about a program run.
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perf – performance analysis tools
Performance counters for Linux are a kernel-based subsystem that provide a framework for all things performance analysis.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: xargs
This article spotlights alternative tools to xargs, a command that builds and executes command lines from standard input.
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rust-parallel – execute commands in parallel
rust-parallel is a command-line utility to execute commands in parallel and aggregate their output. It’s written in Rust.
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rargs – xargs + awk with pattern matching support
Think of rargs as similar to xargs and awk with pattern-matching support. It’s written in the Rust programming language.
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parallel – shell tool for executing jobs in parallel
parallel is a shell tool for executing jobs in parallel using one or more computers. This tool is written in Perl.
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cli-chess – play chess in your terminal
cli-chess is a command-line chess program that lets you play online against human players and offline against the computer.
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xxd – make a hexdump or do the reverse
xxd creates a hex dump of a given file or standard input. It can also convert a hex dump back to its original binary form.
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uq – removes duplicate lines from the output, regardless of the order
uq is a simple, user-friendly alternative to sort | uniq. It removes duplicate lines from the output, regardless of the order.
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semiuniq – uniq-like tool
The semiuniq program reads over lines of input and write lines of output that are “semi-unique” by eliminating repeated lines that are close.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: uniq
We explore free and open source alternatives to uniq, a venerable utility that reports or omits repeated lines.
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runiq – filter duplicate lines from input
runiq offers an efficient way (in both time and space) to filter duplicate entries (lines) from textual input.
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nauniq – non-adjacent uniq
nauniq is similar to the Unix command uniq but detects repeated lines even if they are not adjacent. It’s written in Perl.
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huniq – removes duplicates from stdin using a hash table
huniq remove duplicates from the given input. Note that huniq does not sort the input, it just removes duplicates.
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difftastic – structural diff tool that compares files based on their syntax
difftastic is a structural diff tool that understands syntax. It uses tree-sitter to build a parse tree.
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procs – modern replacement for ps
procs is a replacement for ps. It has cross-platform support running under Linux and Windows, with experimental support for macOS.
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pstree – display a tree of processes
pstree shows the currently running processes as a tree. This is free and open source software written in the C programming language.
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fuser – identifies processes using files or sockets
fuser identifies processes using files or sockets. It’s written in the C programming language and published under the GPL.
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lsfd – modern replacement for lsof
lsfd is intended to be a modern replacement for lsof on Linux systems. It’s free and open source software written in C.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: lsof
We explore free and open source alternatives to lsof, a utility that lists file information about files opened by processes.
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