Complementing Linux games are a wide range of tools that are designed for gamers. We feature the best tools that are available. This is a new series.
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Category: Utilities
htmlq – like jq but for html
htmlq is like jq, but for HTML. It uses CSS selectors to extract bits of content from HTML files. This is free and open source software.
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zet – command-line utility for doing set operations on files considered as sets of lines
zet is a command-line utility for doing set operations on files considered as sets of lines. It’s free and open source software.
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Awesome Linux Game Tools: gpu-screen-recorder-gtk
gpu-screen-recorder-gtk is a GTK frontend for GPU Screen Recorder. It’s billed as a screen recorder that minimizes system performance by recording using the GPU only.
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killport – kill processes running on a specified port
killport is a command-line utility for killing processes listening on specific ports. It’s designed to be simple, fast, and effective.
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mawk – pattern scanning and text processing language
mawk is an interpreter for the awk programming language. It’s free and open source software written in the C programming language.
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gema – general purpose macro processor
gema is a general purpose text processing utility based on the concept of pattern matching. It’s free and open source software.
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GoAWK – POSIX-compliant awk interpreter
GoAWK is a POSIX-compatible version of AWK, and additionally has a CSV mode for reading and writing CSV and TSV files.
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frawk – efficient awk-like language
frawk is a small programming language for writing short programs processing textual data. It’s written in Rust.
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gawk – implementation of the awk programming language
gawk is the GNU implementation of the Awk programming language, first developed for the UNIX operating system in the 1970s.
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Miller – small and powerful CLI tool to do all your data processing
Miller is like awk, sed, cut, join, and sort for data formats such as CSV, TSV, JSON, JSON Lines, and positionally-indexed.
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Opal – listen to relaxing background music
Opal is a small utility that’s designed to do one thing — listen to relaxing background music. It’s written in Java.
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Premake – simple build configuration
Premake is a command line utility which reads a scripted definition of a software project and uses it to generate project files for toolsets.
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just – save and run project-specific commands
just is a handy way to save and run project-specific commands. This is free and open source software written in Rust.
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pgcli – Postgres CLI with autocompletion and syntax highlighting
pgcli is a Postgres client that does auto-completion and syntax highlighting.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: psql
This article spotlights alternative tools to psql, a PostgreSQL interactive terminal.
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Trippy – network diagnostic tool
Trippy is a network diagnostic tool. It combines the functionality of traceroute and ping and helps in the analysis of networking issues.
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Eternal Terminal – remote shell
Eternal Terminal (ET) is a remote shell that automatically reconnects without interrupting the session. It’s written in C++.
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Mosh – replacement for interactive SSH terminals
Mosh is a replacement for interactive SSH terminals. It’s more robust and responsive, especially over Wi-Fi and cellular.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: age
This article spotlights free and open source alternative tools to age, a popular utility to encrypt and decrypt.
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