This article spotlights alternative tools to the command-line tail utility.
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15 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Batch Renamers
This article showcases terminal based batch renamers. We only feature free and open source software.
Read moreinotail – inotify-based implementation of tail
inotail is a replacement for the ‘tail’ program found in the base installation of every Linux system.
Read morecolortail – like the tail command line utility but with colors
colortail works like tail but can optionally read one or more config files where it’s specified which patterns results in which colors.
Read moreptail – tail but dynamic
ptail is a small, and likely useless, utility that truncates the output from processes.
Read moreretail – tail with regular expressions
retail can output that part of a file (or pipe) following the last match of a regular expression,
Read moreAlternatives to popular CLI tools: watch
This article spotlights alternatives tools to watch. The software featured here is free and open source goodness.
Read more22 Delightful Free and Open Source ASCII Art Tools
ASCII art is a graphic design technique that relies primarily on computers for presentation and consists of pictures.
Read moreSave Time and Effort with these Excellent Free and Open Source Batch Image Processors
Batch image processors are often underrated and don’t get the attention they deserve. Here’s our verdict.
Read morerename-CLI – rename files quickly
rename-CLI is a cross-platform tool for renaming files quickly, especially multiple files at once.
Read moreren – takes find-formatted lines via standard input, and batch renames them
ren is a command-line utility that takes find-formatted lines via standard input, and batch renames them.
Read more19 Best Free and Open Source Shells
The shell is a program that takes commands from the keyboard and gives them to the operating system to perform. We recommend the finest free and open source shells.
Read moreYash – yet another shell
Yash, yet another shell, is a POSIX-compliant command line shell written in C99 (ISO/IEC 9899:1999).
Read moreLetterpress – create attractive ASCII art
Letterpress converts your images into a picture made up of ASCII characters. Save the output to a file, copy it, and change its resolution.
Read moremoove – manipulate file names and locations
moove is a command line tool for renaming and moving files and directories using a text editor.
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