rust-parallel runs commands concurrently with ordered output, regex transformations, progress displays and configurable error handling.
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Category: Utilities
rargs – xargs alternative with pattern matching
rargs combines xargs-style execution with regular expression captures, field selection and parallel workers for flexible shell automation.
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parallel – execute shell commands concurrently
Parallel runs shell jobs concurrently on local or remote systems, with output grouping, progress reporting, job logs and resume support.
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xxd – make a hexdump or do the reverse
xxd creates a hex dump of a given file or standard input. It can also convert a hex dump back to its original binary form.
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uq – remove duplicate lines without sorting
uq removes duplicate lines from input streams without sorting, retaining the first occurrence of each line for simple terminal pipelines.
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semiuniq – remove nearby repeated lines
semiuniq filters repeated lines within a configurable recent-history window, reducing nearby duplicates without sorting the input.
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runiq – filter duplicate lines from input
runiq offers four duplicate-filtering strategies with different tradeoffs in performance, memory consumption and matching accuracy.
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nauniq – remove non-adjacent duplicate lines
nauniq filters non-adjacent duplicate lines, with options for case matching, bounded memory, pattern resets and append-only output.
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huniq – fast duplicate filtering without sorting
huniq removes repeated records without sorting, supports occurrence counts and custom delimiters, and preserves first-seen order.
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difftastic – structural diff tool that understands syntax
difftastic is a structural diff tool that compares syntax trees, ignores formatting noise, and integrates with Git and Mercurial.
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procs – modern replacement for ps
procs is a replacement for ps. It has cross-platform support running under Linux and Windows, with experimental support for macOS.
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pstree – display a tree of processes
pstree shows the currently running processes as a tree. This is free and open source software written in the C programming language.
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fuser – identifies processes using files or sockets
fuser identifies processes using files or sockets. It’s written in the C programming language and published under the GPL.
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lsfd – modern replacement for lsof
lsfd is intended to be a modern replacement for lsof on Linux systems. It’s free and open source software written in C.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: lsof
We explore free and open source alternatives to lsof, a utility that lists file information about files opened by processes.
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fend – arbitrary-precision unit-aware calculator
fend is an arbitrary-precision unit-aware calculator. fend supports a few different output formats. It’s free and open source software.
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bcal – storage expression calculator
bcal (Byte CALculator) is a REPL CLI utility for storage expression evaluation, SI/IEC conversion, byte address calculation, and more.
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concalc – parser-algorithm of extcalc
concalc is a calculator for the Linux console. It is just the parser-algorithm of extcalc packed into a simple console program.
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bc-gh – implementation of dc and bc
bc-gh is an implementation of Unix dc and POSIX bc with GNU and BSD extensions. It’s free and open source software.
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cpc – text calculator
cpc is a text calculator with support for units and conversion. cpc parses and evaluates strings of math. It’s written in Rust.
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