xcp is a (partial) clone of the Unix cp command .It is not intended as a full replacement, but as a companion utility. Written in Rust.
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Category: Utilities
fcp – faster alternative to cp
fcp is a significantly faster alternative to the classic Unix cp command. It’s optimized for systems with an SSD.
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gcp – user-friendly file copier
gcp is a user-friendly file copier.Its name used to stand for “Goffi’s CoPier”, but was changed into a recursive acronym: Gcp CoPier.
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pydf – fully colourised df-clone
pydf is an all-singing, all-dancing, fully colourised df-clone. It’s written in the Python programming language and is public domain.
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dfrs – display file system space usage using graphs and colors
dfrs displays the amount of disk space available on the file system containing each file name argument in human-readable format by default.
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Atuin – magical shell history
Atuin replaces your existing shell history with a SQLite database, and records additional context for your commands.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: split
This article spotlights alternative tools to split, a utility that splits a file into pieces.
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csplit – split a file into two or more smaller files determined by context lines
csplit is a utility that splits a file into two or more smaller files determined by context lines.
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lxSplit – simple tool for splitting files and joining the split files
lxSplit is a simple tool for splitting files and joining the split files on unix-like platforms. It’s written in C.
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csplitb – split binary files
csplitb is a tool like csplit but which splits binary files based on content boundaries rather than index boundaries.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Apple Font Book
Apple Font Book lets you organise fonts into collections and libraries. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: cut
This article spotlights alternative tools to cut.
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ccut – cut command
ccut is a UNIX ‘cut’ command. It adds a couple of extra features (and a couple of features missing). This is free and open source software.
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choose – human-friendly and fast alternative to cut
choose is a human-friendly and fast alternative to cut and (sometimes) awk. It’s free and open source software written in Rust.
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hck – drop-in replacement for cut
hck is close to drop in replacement for cut that can use a regex delimiter instead of a fixed string. It’s written in Rust.
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systeroid – powerful alternative to sysctl
systeroid is “sysctl on steroids”. It can do everything that sysctl does and even more.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: sysctl
This article spotlights an alternative tool to sysctl. It’s part of our Alternatives to popular CLI tools series.
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streampager – pager for command output or large files
streampager is a pager for command output or large files. Its main program, sp, accepts streamed input on stdin for paging.
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moor – pager that reads and displays UTF-8 encoded text from files or pipelines
moar is a pager. It reads and displays UTF-8 encoded text from files or pipelines. Free and open source software.
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les – pager like less
les is a pager program similar to less and more, with several improved features. This is free and open source software.
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