Valuable collection of linux tools

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Valuable collection of linux tools

Post by Shehani » Fri Sep 13, 2013 2:30 pm

dstat & sar

iostat, vmstat, ifstat and much more in one.
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htop & iotop

Process, memory and io monitoring.
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slurm

Visualizes network interface traffic over time.
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ttyrec & ipbt

Record and play back terminal sessions.
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vim & emacs

The real programmers' editors.
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rsync

Keeps filesystems in sync over SSH.
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screen, dtach, tmux, byobu

Keep your terminal sessions alive.
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mtr

traceroute 2.0.
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multitail

See your log files in separate windows.
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socat & netpipes

Directing stuff easily in and out of sockets.
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tpp

Presentation ("PowerPoint") tool for terminal.
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iftop, iptraf & nethogs

To see where your traffic goes.
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xargs & parallel

Executes tasks from input (even multithread).
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siege & tsung


Command line load test tools.
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duplicity & rsyncrypto


Encrypting backup tools.
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ledger

Terminal-based accounting package.
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nethack & slash'em

Still the most complex game on the planet.
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taskwarrior

Todo management in the terminal.
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lftp


Does FTPS. Can mirror, kinda like rsync.
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curl

Everybody's favorite HTTP toolbox.
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ack

A better grep for source code.
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rtorrent & aria2


Command line torrent downloaders.
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calcurse & remind + wyrd

Calendar systems.
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ttytter & earthquake


Nice trendy Twitter clients :)
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newsbeuter & rsstail

Command line RSS readers.
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vifm & ranger

Alternatives to the midnight commander.
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powertop
Helps conserve power on Linux.
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cowsay & sl

I just couldn't resist. :o)
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tig

A console UI for git.
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cloc


Counts lines of code.
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qalc


The best calculator. Ever. (For scripts too.)
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ipcalc

For network assignments.
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Re: Valuable collection of linux cools

Post by SemiconductorCat » Sat Sep 14, 2013 2:57 am

that 'ack' sounds like a handy tool that I should bring everywhere that I would travel.
I have memorized a grep command for the same task before. Now thanks to you I know
same thing could be done using ack.
Reference Reading: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3421 ... r-a-struct


And how about MC tool?
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And libaa , bellow is a demo representing the libaa called bb.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ukhOAUseKY[/media]
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