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Category: Utilities

Essential Utilities to Boost Producitivity

ccase – convert between string cases

March 17, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

ccase is a command-line utility for converting strings between many naming and word-separation styles.

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Selection of utilities

Trolley – run terminal apps anywhere

March 17, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Trolley lets you bundle any TUI executable together with a terminal emulator runtime. Distribute TUI applications to non-technical users.

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Dictionary Tools

charcoal – command line dictionary

March 17, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

charcoal is a command lien dictionary that’s an alternative to wudao-dict.

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Selection of utilities

TRCC Linux – port of the Thermalright LCD Control Center

March 16, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Utilities

TRCC Linux is a Linux application for controlling and customizing supported Thermalright LCD displays and LED segment displays

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Milky Way

PhaseFetch – calculate the current moon phase with artwork

March 16, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

PhaseFetch is a Bash script that calculates the current moon phase and writes matching artwork to a file for use in terminal environments.

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Gem of the Week

Ratarmount – access large archives as a filesystem

March 16, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews, Utilities

Ratarmount collects all file positions inside a TAR so that it can easily jump to and read from any file without extracting it

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Selection of utilities

Foondot – very simple dotfile sync utility

March 16, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Foondot is a utility that manages symlinks from a local repository, linking files and folders according to a configuration file.

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Essential Utilities to Boost Producitivity

wordplay – anagram finder

March 15, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

wordplay is a command-line anagram finder. It takes an input string and searches a supplied word list to generate valid anagrams.

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Selection of utilities

shpool – service that enables session persistence

March 13, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

shpool is a service that enables session persistence by allowing the creation of named shell sessions owned by shpool.

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10 Best Free and Open Source Snippet Tools

March 12, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming, Roundup, Utilities

A snippet tool is utility software that can boost your productivity. They are especially useful to save complex commands

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Image of Files

peek-cli – CLI tool that opens a file or folder in your browser

March 12, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

peek-cli is a tiny Rust command-line tool that lets you instantly preview any file directly in your default web browser.

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HTTP

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: Wget

March 12, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Software, Utilities

We spotlight alternatives tools to Wget, a non-interactive network downloader.

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Selection of utilities

Archium – wrapper for AUR helpers

March 12, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Archium is a CLI tool for managing packages on Arch Linux. It provides a simple and intuitive interface for common package management tasks

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Images of shells by the sea

fortsh – shell written in Fortran

March 11, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

fortsh is an experimental POSIX-compatible command shell written in modern Fortran.

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Documentation

binwalk – search a given binary image for embedded files

March 10, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

binwalk is a command-line utility designed for analysing binary files and firmware images.

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Selection of utilities

doot – simple dotfiles manager

March 10, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

doot is billed as a fast, simple and intuitive dotfiles manager that just gets the job done.

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Tools that help you

7 Best Free and Open Source Cheatsheet Tools

March 10, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Roundup, Utilities

A cheatsheet is a concise set of notes used for quick reference. We recommend the best cheatsheet tools for Linux.

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Documentation

conceal – operate the recycle bin

March 10, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

conceal is a command line recycle bin utility that follows the FreeDesktop Trash specification.

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Hard disk

Backup with these Linux DeDuplicating Encryption Tools

March 10, 2026 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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Documentation

TrID – identify file types from their binary signatures

March 9, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

TrID is a CLI utility designed to identify file types by analysing their binary signatures rather than relying on filename extensions.

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