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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: psql

June 27, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Software, Utilities

This article spotlights alternative tools to psql, a PostgreSQL interactive terminal.

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Trippy – network diagnostic tool

June 26, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Trippy is a network diagnostic tool. It combines the functionality of traceroute and ping and helps in the analysis of networking issues.

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Eternal Terminal – remote shell

June 24, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Eternal Terminal (ET) is a remote shell that automatically reconnects without interrupting the session. It’s written in C++.

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Mosh – replacement for interactive SSH terminals

June 24, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Mosh is a replacement for interactive SSH terminals. It’s more robust and responsive, especially over Wi-Fi and cellular.

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Encrypted Files

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: age

June 22, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

This article spotlights free and open source alternative tools to age, a popular utility to encrypt and decrypt.

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Encrypted Files

rage – simple encryption tool

June 22, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

rage is a simple, modern, and secure file encryption tool. It features small explicit keys, no config options, and UNIX-style composability.

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Calculators

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Apple Calculator

June 22, 2023 Steve Emms Software, Utilities

Apple’s Calculator app lets users perform basic arithmetic calculations with the standard calculator. With the scientific calculator you can also perform exponential, logarithmic, and trigonometric functions.

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xjobs – similar to xargs with enhanced support for multiprocessor machines

June 19, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

xjobs reads job descriptions line by line and executes them in parallel. It limits the number of parallel executing jobs.

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kindd – dd GUI

June 18, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

kindd is billed as a kindful dd. It’s written using Qt Quick, a software application framework. Open source software.

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dd_rescue – data recovery and data protection tool

June 18, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

dd_rescue copies data from one file or block device to another. You can specify file positions (called seek and Skip in dd).

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