bfs is a variant of the UNIX find command that operates breadth-first rather than depth-first. It’s written in C.
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bfind – minimalistic alternative to find
bfind is a minimalistic alternative to find that is designed to be efficient that locating files. Written in C.
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ffind – sane replacement for command line file search
ffind allows quick and easy recursive search for files in the command line. This is free and open source software.
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friendly-find – friendly file finder
friendly-find is the friendly file finder. It’s meant to be a more usable replacement for find. If you’ve used ack, then ffind is to find as ack is to grep.
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rdapper – simple console-based RDAP client
rdapper is a simple RDAP client. It uses Net::RDAP to retrieve data about internet resources. It’s written in Perl.
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viddy – modern watch command
viddy is a modern watch command. It features in our Top 100 CLI apps. viddy is written in the Go programming language.
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neowatch – modern alternative to watch command
neowatch is a modern alternative to the watch command. It’s free and open source software written in the Rust language.
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hwatch – modern alternative to watch
hwatch is a modern alternative to watch. It records the differences in execution results and can check the differences afterwards.
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tldr.el – tldr client for Emacs
tldr.el is an tldr client for Emacs.You can use M-x tldr-update-docs to update docs. It’s written in Emacs Lisp.
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tldr++ – community driven man pages improved with smart user interaction
tldr++ offers community driven man pages improved with smart user interaction. It’s written in the Go programming language.
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cheat – create and view interactive cheatsheets on the command-line
cheat allows you to create and view interactive cheatsheets on the command-line. cheat is free and open source software written in Go.
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tldr-python-client – Python command-line client for tldr
tldr-python-client is a command-line client for tldr pages. This is free and open source software. It’s written in Python.
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tealdeer – fast implementation of tldr in Rust
Tealdeer is a very fast implementation of tldr in Rust: Simplified, example based and community-driven man pages.
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Linux Candy: linuxwave – generate music from the entropy of Linux
linuxwave is a small utility that’s designed to generate music from the entropy of Linux. It’s written in Zig.
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100 Great and Must-Have CLI Linux Applications
This article selects 100 awesome command-line interface (CLI) apps. The compilation mostly reflects software our volunteers use as their daily drivers.
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100 Awesome and Must-Have TUI Linux Apps
This article selects 100 TUI apps that largely reflects software our volunteers use as their daily drivers.
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Best Free and Open Source Software – March 2023
March 2023 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.
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Drop-in replacements for Core Utilities
The GNU Core Utilities or coreutils is a package of GNU software containing implementations for many of the basic tools, such as cat, ls, and rm, which are used on Unix-like operating systems.
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tuc – drop-in replacement for cut
tuc is a similar tool to cut but offers additional functionality. It’s free and open source software written in Rust.
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Best Free and Open Source Software – February 2023 Updates
February 2023 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.
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