Parallel XZ (PXZ) is a compression utility that takes advantage of running LZMA compression of different parts of an input file.
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Category: Utilities
Alternatives to popular CLI tools: chmod
This article spotlights alternative tools to chmod, software that changes file mode bits.
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setfacl – set file access control lists
setfacl sets (replaces), modifies, or removes the access control list (ACL) to regular files and directories.
Read morechmod-cli – brings the chmod command in tui format
chmod-cli is a simple tool that brings the chmod command in tui format.
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Linux Candy: ASCII Art Converter
ASCII Art Converter converts images into ASCII art. It’s free and open source software written in Rust.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: uptime
This article spotlights alternative tools to uptime, a utility which tells you how long the system has been running.
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tuptime – report historical and statistical real time of the system
tuptime is a utility that reports historical and statistical real time of the system, keeping it between restarts.
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ruptime – poor man’s ruptime
ruptime is a program that reports uptime to a server, making the information remotely accessible using the ruptime client.
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downtimed – system downtime monitoring and reporting tool
downtimed is a program for monitoring operating system downtime, uptime, shutdowns and crashes and for keeping record of such events.
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lastwake – wake/suspend time system journal analyzer
lastwake parses the systemd journal to find out: time of last cold boot, and start/end times of each sleep/resume cycle and their duration.
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uptimed – uptime record daemon
uptimed is an uptime record daemon keeping track of the highest uptimes a computer system ever had.
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logo-ls – modern ls command
logo-ls is billed as a modern ls command with vscode like File Icon and Git Integrations. It’s free and open source software.
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crabz – like pigz but written in Rust
crabz is a fast, compression and decompression tool. crabz is just a wrapper for the gzp library.
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angle-grinder – slice and dice logs
angle-grinder is a command-line tool which lets you slice and dice log files. This is free and open source software written in Rust.
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Machine Learning: Shell Genie – interact with the terminal in plain English
Shell Genie is a command-line tool that lets you interact with the terminal in plain English.
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ttop – system monitoring tool
ttop is a system monitoring tool with historical snapshots and alerts. It has a top-like TUI. It’s written in Nim.
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HEYU – X10 automation software
HEYU is a text-based console program that allows your computer to control devices by transmitting information over your house’s power lines.
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BottleRocket – home automation software for the X10 FireCracker kit
BottleRocket is a command-line utility to interact with the Firecracker version of X10’s home control devices.
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edir – command line utility to rename, remove, and copy filenames and directories
edir is a command line utility to rename, remove, and copy filenames and directories using your text editor.
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vidir – edit of the contents of a directory in a text editor
vidir allows editing of the contents of a directory in a text editor. If no directory is specified, the current directory is edited.
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