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Utilities

Excellent Utilities: eza – replacement for ls

October 27, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews, Software, Utilities

eza is a modern, maintained replacement for ls, built on exa. It has some new features such as hyperlink support.

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Documentation

mtr – network diagnostic tool combining ping and traceroute

October 26, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

mtr combines traceroute and ping with continuous hop monitoring, latency statistics, packet-loss measurements and reporting options.

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Documentation

hping3 – TCP/IP packet assembler and network analyser

October 26, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

hping3 creates customised TCP, UDP and ICMP packets for network troubleshooting, firewall testing, port scanning and traceroute analysis.

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CPU

Ninja – small build system

October 26, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Ninja is a small build system (similar to make) with a focus on speed. Ninja is free and open source software.

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CPU

Apache Maven – build automation tool used primarily for Java projects

October 26, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Apache Maven is a software project management and comprehension tool. Apache Maven is free and open source software.

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CPU

SCons – software construction tool

October 26, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Think of SCons as an improved, cross-platform substitute for the classic Make utility with integrated functionality

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CPU

CMake – build system generator

October 26, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

CMake is a free and open-source, cross-platform family of tools designed to build, test and package software.

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dcfldd – enhanced version of dd

October 26, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

dcfldd is an enhanced version of dd with features useful for forensics and security. dcfldd is free and open source software.

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Emacspeak – Emacs extension that provides spoken output

October 26, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

Emacspeak is a speech interface that allows visually impaired users to interact independently and efficiently with the computer.

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Sharada Braille Writer – text editor with braille input

October 26, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

Sharada Braille Writer (SBW) is a text editor which supports braille input. SBW is free and open source software.

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BRLTTY – gives a braille user access to the text consoles

October 26, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

BRLTTY gives a braille user access to the text consoles of a Linux/Unix system. It runs as a background process (daemon) which operates a refreshable braille display.

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Liblouis – braille translator, back-translator and formatter

October 26, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

Liblouis provides an open-source braille translator, back-translator and formatter for a large number of languages and braille codes.

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Orca Screen Reader – extensible screen reader

October 26, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

Orca Screen Reader (Orca) is a free, open source scriptable screen reader which provides access to applications and toolkits.

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anewer – efficiently append unique lines to files

October 26, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

anewer appends new lines efficiently, with trimming, field skipping, NUL separators, dry-run mode and configurable output buffering.

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Find

anew – append new lines to files without duplicates

October 26, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

anew appends only previously unseen lines to a file, prints added records to stdout and supports dry-run and quiet modes.

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Find

fselect – find files with SQL-like queries

October 26, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

fselect is a command-line utility to find files with SQL-like queries. This is free and open source software written in Rust.

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Documentation

ruplacer – find and replace text in source files

October 25, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

ruplacer is a command-line tool to find and replace text in source files. This is free and open source software written in Rust.

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Terminal Multiplexer

mtm – micro terminal multiplexer

October 25, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

mtm stands for the Micro Terminal Multiplexer, a terminal multiplexer. mtm is free and open source software.

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Terminal Multiplexer

dvtm – dynamic virtual terminal manager

October 25, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

dynamic virtual terminal manager (dvtm) is a small open source utility that brings the concept of tiling window management.

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Terminal Multiplexer

screen – full-screen window manager

October 25, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

screen is a terminal multiplexer that runs several separate “screens” on a single physical character-based terminal.

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