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Category: Utilities

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tldr.el – tldr client for Emacs

April 18, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

tldr.el is an tldr client for Emacs.You can use M-x tldr-update-docs to update docs. It’s written in Emacs Lisp.

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tldr++ – community driven man pages improved with smart user interaction

April 18, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

tldr++ offers community driven man pages improved with smart user interaction. It’s written in the Go programming language.

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cheat – create and view interactive cheatsheets on the command-line

April 18, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

cheat allows you to create and view interactive cheatsheets on the command-line. cheat is free and open source software written in Go.

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tldr-python-client – Python command-line client for tldr

April 18, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

tldr-python-client is a command-line client for tldr pages. This is free and open source software. It’s written in Python.

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tealdeer – fast implementation of tldr in Rust

April 18, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Tealdeer is a very fast implementation of tldr in Rust: Simplified, example based and community-driven man pages.

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tuc – drop-in replacement for cut

March 5, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews, Software, Utilities

tuc is a similar tool to cut but offers additional functionality. It’s free and open source software written in Rust.

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Hard disk

Backup with these DeDuplicating Encryption Tools

January 12, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Roundup, System Software, Utilities

Making file backups is an essential activity for all users, yet many users do not take adequate steps to protect their data.

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Excellent Utilities: Nushell – flexible cross-platform shell with a modern feel

January 9, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews, Software, Utilities

Nushell is billed as a new type of shell. The aim is to adopt the Unix philosophy of shells where pipes connect command together.

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Backup

34 Best Free Linux Backup Software (Updated 2023)

January 8, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Desktop, Roundup, System Software, Utilities

Backup software is used to perform a complete back up of a file, data, database, system or server. Here’s the best open source backup software.

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Shell prompt

Excellent Utilities: Oh My Zsh – framework to manage your Zsh configuration

January 4, 2023 Erik Karlsson CLI, Reviews, Software, Utilities

Oh My Zsh is an open source, community-driven framework for managing your Zsh configuration.

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Notes

24 Best Open Source Linux Note Takers

December 31, 2022 Steve Emms CLI, Desktop, Roundup, Utilities

We have compiled this roundup of our pick of high quality note applications for organizing, sharing, and taking notes. Free and open source software only.

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System Administration

40 Excellent Ways to Manage Your System – Essential System Tools

October 28, 2022 Steve Emms CLI, Desktop, Internet, Software, System Software, Utilities

This is a series of cornerstone articles highlighting essential system tools. These are small, indispensable utilities, useful for system administrators as well as regular users of Linux based systems.

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System Administration

Essential System Tools: btop++ – resource monitor

June 3, 2022 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews, System Software, Utilities

btop++ is an alternative to top. It’s a resource monitor that shows usage and stats for processor, memory, disks, network and processes.

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Utilities

Excellent Utilities: horcrux – file splitter with encryption and redundancy

June 1, 2022 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews, Utilities

horcrux is an open source tool that’s designed to split files and keep them secure with encryption.

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Utilities

Excellent Utilities: croc – securely transfer files and folders

February 4, 2022 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews, Software, Utilities

croc is a command-line utility to send files and folders from one computer to another.

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Magnyifing glass

15 Utilities, Scripts and Ways to Interrogate Your PC

December 1, 2021 Steve Emms CLI, Software, Utilities

There are many ways of obtaining information about the hardware you are using. The simplest and most reliable source is your system itself.

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age – simple file encryption tool by Google

November 12, 2021 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews, Utilities

age is a simple, modern and secure command-line file encryption tool written in Go. Let’s check out this open source utility written by Google

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Utilities

Excellent Utilities: broot – next gen tree explorer and customizable launcher

August 27, 2021 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews, Utilities

broot is a utility that gives an overview of a directory, and much much more.

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pycp – cp and mv with a progressbar

August 24, 2021 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

pycp is an alternative to the cp and mv commands. pycp adds a progress bar. pycp is inspired by the library progressbar.

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Utilities

Excellent Utilities: lsd – next gen ls command

August 18, 2021 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews, Software, Utilities

lsd is billed as the next gen ls command. It’s free and open source software. Here’s our review of the program.

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