Utilities Archives - Page 78 of 120

rdate – retrieve date and time from other machines

rdate connects to an RFC 868 time server over a TCP/IP network, printing the returned time and/or setting the system clock.

We spotlight alternatives tools to cal, a utility for displaying calendars on the command-line.

khal is a calendar program for the terminal for viewing, adding and editing events and calendars.

ncal offers an alternative layout, more options and the date of Easter. ncal is free and open source software.

noti is a small tool written in Go that monitors a command or process and triggers a notification.

mcron (Mellor’s cron) is a 100% compatible replacement for Vixie cron. It’s free and open source software written in Scheme.

Jobber is a utility for Unix-like systems that can run arbitrary commands, or “jobs”, according to a schedule.

FTP is one of many different file transfer protocols that are used. Here’s our verdict of the best graphical FTP clients.

This article spotlights alternative tools to cron, a daemon to execute scheduled commands.