Coreutils is a package of software containing implementations for many of the basic tools, including cat and tac.
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pru – Pipeable Ruby
pru lets you use Ruby in your pipes. Forget about grep / sed / awk / wc … It’s written in the Ruby programming language.
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xlsxgrep – tool to search text in XLSX, XLS, CSV, TSV and ODS files
xlsxgrep is a CLI tool to search text in XLSX, XLS, CSV, TSV and ODS files. It works similarly to grep. Written in Python.
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bingrep – grep-like tool for binaries
bingrep greps through binaries from various OSs and architectures, and colors them. This is free and open source software written in Rust.
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rzgrep – greps through the contents of an archive file
rzgrep greps through the contents of an archive file, it also greps through any archive files that are embedded within an archive file.
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ngrep – grep applied to the network layer
ngrep is a PCAP-based tool that allows you to specify an extended regular or hexadecimal expression to match against data payloads of packets.
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ucg – fast grep-like tool specialized for searching large bodies of source code
UniversalCodeGrep (ucg) is an extremely fast grep-like tool specialized for searching large bodies of source code.
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vgrep – pager for grep, git-grep, ripgrep and similar grep implementations
vgrep is a pager for grep, git-grep, ripgrep and similar grep tools. It allows opening the indexed file locations in a user-specified editor.
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phpgrep – syntax-aware grep for PHP code
phpgrep is both a library and a command-line tool. The library can be used to perform syntax-aware PHP code matching inside Go programs.
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ack – grep-like source code search tool
ack is designed as an alternative to grep for programmers. It is highly portable and runs on any platform that runs Perl.
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The Silver Searcher – code-searching tool similar to ack, but faster
The Silver Searcher is a tool for searching code. It started off as a clone of Ack, but their feature sets have since diverged slightly.
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CGrep – context-aware grep for C and C++ source files
CGrep is a context-aware grep for source codes. It’s implemented using Clang’s libtooling libraries. Free and open source software.
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sift – fast and powerful alternative to grep
sift is an alternative that aims for both speed and flexibility – i.e. adding features while trying to reach the performance of grep.
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ugrep – ultra fast grep with interactive TUI
The ugrep utility searches any given input files, selecting lines that match one or more patterns. Free and open source software.
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Best Free and Open Source Software – April 2023
April 2023 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.
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pkill – kills a given program name
pkill is a Python script that is compatible from 2.6 upwards through 3.2. pkill kills a process by its name.
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gkill – interactive process killer
gkill is an interactive process killer for Linux and macOS. It’s written in the Go programming language and MIT licensed.
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epkill – procps utilities with environment constraints
epkill is a fork of procps-ng verion 3.3.10, but only with the utilities pidof, pgrep, and pkill. GPL licensed software.
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Open Visual Trace Route – visual traceroute tool
Open Visual Trace Route is a cross-platform visual traceroute tool. It’s written in the Java programming language.
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Dublin Traceroute – NAT-aware multipath tracerouting tool
Dublin Traceroute is a NAT-aware multipath traceroute tool. It’s written in the Go and C++ programming languages.
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