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semiuniq – uniq-like tool

The semiuniq program reads over lines of input and write lines of output that are “semi-unique” by eliminating repeated lines that are close.

runiq offers an efficient way (in both time and space) to filter duplicate entries (lines) from textual input.

nauniq is similar to the Unix command uniq but detects repeated lines even if they are not adjacent. It’s written in Perl.

huniq remove duplicates from the given input. Note that huniq does not sort the input, it just removes duplicates.

difftastic is a structural diff tool that understands syntax. It uses tree-sitter to build a parse tree.

procs is a replacement for ps. It has cross-platform support running under Linux and Windows, with experimental support for macOS.

pstree shows the currently running processes as a tree. This is free and open source software written in the C programming language.

fuser identifies processes using files or sockets. It’s written in the C programming language and published under the GPL.

lsfd is intended to be a modern replacement for lsof on Linux systems. It’s free and open source software written in C.

We explore free and open source alternatives to lsof, a utility that lists file information about files opened by processes.