cksfv is a command-line utility for creating and checking Simple File Verification (.sfv) listings using CRC32 checksums.
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Category: Utilities
Poltergeist – universal hot-reload and file-watching tool
Poltergeist is a universal hot-reload and file-watching tool that automatically rebuilds projects when files change.
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watch – small command-line utility written in C
watch is a small command-line utility written in C that periodically runs a shell command at a user-defined interval.
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fswatch – reports changes to files and directories
fswatch is a cross-platform command-line utility and frontend to libfswatch that reports changes to files and directories as they happen.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: cat
cat derives its name from concatenation and provides other nifty options too. This article spotlights alternative tools to cat.
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chmod-cli – generate chmod commands
chmod-cli makes it easier to build chmod commands without having to remember octal values or symbolic permission syntax.
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vkmark – Vulkan benchmarking suite
vkmark is a Vulkan benchmarking suite built around targeted, configurable scenes to measure different aspects of Vulkan performance.
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iperf3 – active measurement of network performance on IP networks
iperf3 is a command-line utility for active measurement of network performance on IP networks.
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UnixBench – original BYTE UNIX benchmark suite
UnixBench is a classic system benchmark for Unix-like systems, combining CPU, process, file, shell, system call, and graphics tests.
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Dongle – move around deep directory trees
Dongle is a terminal utility that helps you move around deep directory trees without typing long cd paths by hand.
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glmark2 – graphics benchmark
glmark2 is a graphics benchmark designed to measure the performance of OpenGL 2.0 and OpenGL ES 2.0 implementations
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icd – makes changing directories quicker
icd is a shell utility that makes changing directories quicker and more convenient.
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Telepipe – command-line shell for GNOME
Telepipe is a graphical command-line shell for GNOME that offers a desktop-oriented way to run text-mode command-line programs.
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peek – multi-buffer terminal pager
peek is a lightweight ncurses-based terminal pager written in C.
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rucat – cat-like utility
rucat is a cat-like command line utility that combines multiple files, directories, or standard input into a single structured output.
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forkrun – NUMA-aware contention-free streaming parallelization
forkrun is a Bash-native streaming parallelization engine for Linux that’s designed as a drop-in replacement for Parallel and xargs -P.
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umber – tool to replace cat
umber is a command-line utility designed to replace cat for reading source code and other text files in the terminal.
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axe – xargs alternative
axe is a command-line utility that serves as an alternative to xargs, with a particular focus on argument processing and argument ordering.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: cal
We spotlight alternatives tools to cal, a utility for displaying calendars on the command-line.
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rush – command-line tool for executing jobs in parallel
rush is a tool similar to parallel and gargs.
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