This article spotlights alternatives tools to watch. The software featured here is free and open source goodness.
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Category: Utilities
rename-CLI – rename files quickly
rename-CLI is a cross-platform tool for renaming files quickly, especially multiple files at once.
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ren – 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.
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Yash – yet another shell
Yash, yet another shell, is a POSIX-compliant command line shell written in C99 (ISO/IEC 9899:1999).
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Letterpress – 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.
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moove – 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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Rash – Reckless Racket Shell
Rash is a language, library, and shell REPL for Racket. Rash combines the convenience of simple shell-like syntax with the power of Racket.
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oksh – Portable OpenBSD ksh
oksh is a portable OpenBSD ksh, based on the Public Domain Korn Shell (pdksh).
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Calligraphy – turn text into ASCII banners
Calligraphy is a small utility which converts short texts into large, imposing banners made up of ASCII characters.
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Murex – intuitive, typed and content aware shell
Murex is a shell, like bash / zsh / fish / etc however Murex supports improved features and an enhanced UX.
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mksh – MirBSD Korn shell
MirBSD Korn Shell, an implementation of the Korn Shell programming language and a successor to the Public Domain Korn Shell (pdksh).
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ksh – Unix shell
KornShell (ksh) is a Unix shell which was developed by David Korn at Bell Labs in the early 1980s.
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ion – modern system shell
ion is a modern system shell that features a simple, yet powerful, syntax.
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es – extensible shell
es is an extensible shell with higher-order functions. The language was derived from the Plan 9 shell, rc, and functional languages.
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tempren – template-based file renaming utility
tempren is a powerful file renaming utility that uses flexible template expressions to generate names for your files.
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cosh – concatenative command-line shell
cosh is a concatenative command-line shell.
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nomino – batch rename utility for developers
nomino is a batch rename utility for developers written in Go.
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Railway – look up travel information
Railway lets you look up travel information for many different railways without needing to navigate through different websites.
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mmv – rename multiple files with editor
mmv is a command-line utility to rename multiple files with a text editor.
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ntfyme – notification tool on completion of commands and processes
ntfyme is a simple terminal command line notification tool on completion of your commands and processes.
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