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ncdu – disk usage analyzer with an ncurses interface

October 20, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, TUI, Utilities

NCurses Disk Usage (ncdu) is a ncurses-based du viewer. It provides a fast and easy-to-use interface through the well known du utility.

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SSD

Duc – inspect and visualize disk usage

October 20, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Duc is a library and suite of tools for inspecting disk usage.

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Documents

k – Directory listings for zsh with git features

October 19, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

k is a zsh script / plugin to make directory listings more readable, adding color and some git status information on files and directories.

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Documents

ls-go – colorful user-friendly implementation of ls

October 19, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

ls-go is a more colorful, user-friendly implementation of ls.

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Documents

ls++ – colorized ls on steroids

October 19, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

ls++ is an alternative to the ls command found in coreutils. ls++ bills itself as colorized ls on steroids.

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Diff Tools

dwdiff – diff program that operates at the word level

October 19, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

dwdiff is a diff program that operates at the word level instead of the line level.

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Diff Tools

ydiff – colored incremental side-by-side diff viewer

October 19, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

ydiff is a view colored, incremental diff in a workspace or from stdin, with side by side and auto pager support.

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Diff Tools

diffr – word-by-word diff highlighting utility

October 19, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

diffr processes diffs and outputs them (in the console) with additional diff information on top of the unified diff format.

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colordiff – wrapper for diff with pretty syntax highlighting

October 19, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

colordiff is a wrapper for diff and produces the same output as diff but with coloured syntax highlighting at the command line.

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Diff Tools

diffoscope – in-depth comparison of files, archives, and directories

October 19, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

diffoscope is a utility that offers in-depth comparison of files, archives, and directories.

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icdiff – improved colored diff

October 19, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

icdiff can show you the differences between similar files without getting in the way.

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Diff Tools

delta – viewer for git and diff output

October 19, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Delta is a viewer for git and diff output. The program allows you to make extensive changes to the layout and styling of diffs.

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Diff Tools

diff-so-fancy – attractive diffs with diff-highlight and more

October 19, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

diff-so-fancy strives to make your diffs human readable instead of machine readable. diff-so-fancy is free and open source software.

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Password Managers

Rooster – simple password manager for geeks

October 18, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Utilities

Rooster is a simple password manager for geeks.

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Archive Manager

7-Zip – file archiver with a high compression ratio

October 14, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio. It operates with the 7z archive format.

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Best Free and Open Source Navigation Tools

z – jump around the filesystem

October 14, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

z is a shell script that maintains a jump-list of the directories you actually use. It tracks your most used directories, based on ‘frecency’.

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Best Free and Open Source Navigation Tools

autojump – easily navigate directories from the command line

October 14, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

autojump is a tool which offers a faster way to navigate your filesystem. It maintains a database of the directories you use the most.

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Best Free and Open Source Navigation Tools

z.lua – command line tool which helps you navigate faster by learning your habits

October 14, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

z.lua is a command line tool which helps you navigate faster by learning your habits. z.lua is free and open source software.

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Best Free and Open Source Navigation Tools

HSTR – bash and zsh shell history suggest box

October 14, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

HSTR is a command line utility that brings improved BASH command completion from the history. HSTR is free and open source software.

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Best Free and Open Source Navigation Tools

fasd – quick access to files and directories for POSIX shells

October 14, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Fasd is a very convenient, open source command-line productivity booster. This utility offers quick access to files and directories.

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