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xtmsplit – Xtremsplit-compliant file splitter and merger

May 29, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

xtmsplit is a command line program that allows to use or create .xtm files, like the Xtremsplit program allows on Windows.

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Files

filesplitter – split large file into multiple small files

May 29, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

filesplitter is a CLI tool that split large files into multiple small files. It’s written in the Python programming language.

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Documentation

loc – count lines of code quickly

May 28, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

loc is a tool for counting lines of code. It’s a Rust implementation of cloc, but it’s more than 100x faster.

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loccount – count source lines of code in a project

May 28, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

loccount is a re-implementation of David A. Wheeler’s sloccount tool in Go. It’s free and open source software.

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gocloc – fast cloc

May 28, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

goclock is a little fast cloc (Count Lines Of Code) utility. It seeks inspiration from tokei. It’s written in Go.

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Tokei – count your code, quickly

May 28, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Tokei is a program that displays statistics about your code. Tokei is written in the Rust programming language.

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scc – very fast accurate code counter

May 28, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

scc counts physical the lines of code, blank lines, comment lines, and physical lines of source code in many programming languages.

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SLOCCount – set of tools for counting physical Source Lines of Code

May 28, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

SLOCCount is a set of tools for counting physical Source Lines of Code (SLOC) in many languages of a potentially large set of programs.

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Documentation

RnR – securely rename multiple files and directories

May 27, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

RnR is a command-line tool to securely rename multiple files and directories that supports regular expressions.

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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: mv

May 27, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Software, Utilities

This article spotlights alternative tools to mv.

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Documentation

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: locate

May 25, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Software, Utilities

This article spotlights alternative tools to locate.

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Documentation

plocate – much faster locate

May 25, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

plocate is a locate based on posting lists, completely replacing mlocate with a much faster (and smaller) index.

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mlocate – locate/updatedb implementation

May 25, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

mlocate is a locate/updatedb implementation, a utility for finding files by name quickly. This is free and open source software.

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Documents

Natls – ls alternative

May 20, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Natls is an `ls` alternative with useful info and a splash of color. It’s an easy to use utility written in Rust.

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Monitoring

alder – minimal directory tree utility with filtering and JSX output

May 19, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

alder displays directory trees with file sizes, timestamps, pattern filters, Git ignore rules, depth controls, and optional JSX output.

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Monitoring

twf – standalone tree view explorer inspired by fzf

May 19, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

twf is a standalone tree view explorer inspired by fzf. twf stands for Tree View Find. It’s written in the Go language.

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Monitoring

ictree – interactive directory tree viewer for the terminal

May 19, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, TUI, Utilities

ictree turns file path lists into an interactive tree with collapsible folders, Vim-style navigation, clipboard copying, and commands.

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Monitoring

tre – directory tree viewer with editor aliases and Git integration

May 19, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

tre displays directory trees with Git ignore support, colour schemes, JSON output, depth filtering, and shell aliases for opening files.

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Monitoring

Tree – display directory hierarchies and filesystem information

May 19, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Tree displays directory hierarchies with file metadata, filtering, Git ignore support, colourized output, and JSON, XML, or HTML export.

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ddi – wrapper for dd

May 18, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

ddi (or dd-interactive) is a wrapper for dd. It’s free and open source software written in the Rust programming language.

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