* [How to Calculate Network Addresses with ipcalc](https://www.linux.com/learn/intro-to-linux/2017/8/how-calculate-network-addresses-ipcalc) (rev. 2017-10-07) - The math behind IP addresses is convoluted...
PSSH provides parallel versions of OpenSSH and related tools. Included are pssh, pscp, prsync, pnuke, and pslurp. The project includes psshlib which can be used within custom applications.
@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ PSSH provides parallel versions of OpenSSH and related tools. Included are pssh,
References
* [PSSH - Execute Commands on Multiple Linux Servers in Parallel](http://www.2daygeek.com/pssh-parallel-ssh-run-execute-commands-on-multiple-linux-servers/) (rev. 2017-07-10) - By default everyone prefers openSSH to connect remote Linux servers. openSSH is one of the best tool to connect remote server securely and doing the job perfectly but it doesn’t have the features to execute commands on multiple Linux servers simultaneously, this is where Parallel SSH came to picture.
#### [rtop](http://www.rtop-monitor.org/)
rtop is a simple, agent-less, remote server monitoring tool that works over plain SSH. Written in golang, it does not need any software to be installed on the server that you want to monitor. It works by establishing an SSH session, and running commands on the remote server to collect system metrics.
@ -49,6 +51,7 @@ rtop is a simple, agent-less, remote server monitoring tool that works over plai
References
* [rtop - A Nifty Tool to Monitor Remote Server Over SSH](http://www.2daygeek.com/rtop-monitor-remote-linux-server-over-ssh/#) (rev. 2017-07-10) - rtop is a simple, agent-less, remote server monitoring tool that works over SSH. It doesn’t required any other software to be installed on remote machine, except openSSH server package & remote server credentials.
a little application to find geographical and network information of an IP address based no the geoip C API.
@ -56,6 +59,7 @@ a little application to find geographical and network information of an IP addre
References
* [How To Find The Geolocation Of An IP Address From Commandline](https://www.ostechnix.com/find-geolocation-ip-address-commandline/) (rev. 2017-07-10) - geoiplookup is a command line utility that can be used to find the Country that an IP address or hostname originates from. It uses the GeoIP library and database to collect the details of an IP address.
Quickserve is a very simple HTTP server written in Python that is intended for quickly sharing files on an ad-hoc basis. Aside from opening a port in your firewall if you have one, quickserve requires no set-up and should work with no hassle.
@ -63,6 +67,7 @@ Quickserve is a very simple HTTP server written in Python that is intended for q
References
* [quickserve](https://xyne.archlinux.ca/projects/quickserve/) (rev. 2017-07-10) - A simple HTTP server for quickly sharing files.
@ -76,6 +81,7 @@ Search the Arch Wiki anywhere from the command line.
References
* [How To Search The Arch Wiki Website Right From Terminal](http://www.2daygeek.com/search-arch-wiki-website-command-line-terminal/#) (rev. 2017-08-09) - Whenever you search anything about Arch Linux in web browser, I damn sure the first link would be Arch Wiki. Am i right? Yes, since Arch wiki is an ideal place to get solution for most of the arch Linux issues ...
#### [googler](https://github.com/jarun/googler)
Google Search, Google Site Search, Google News from the terminal.
@ -83,6 +89,7 @@ Google Search, Google Site Search, Google News from the terminal.
References
* [Googler A Command Line Tool To Search Google](http://www.linuxandubuntu.com/home/googler-a-command-line-tool-to-search-google) (rev. 2017-08-09) - Looking for information on the web has become something that we do day in and day out. Whether it is support you are looking for, looking for a product or news about a particular topic, all you have to do is search on the web.
#### [lolcat](https://github.com/busyloop/lolcat)
Ruby Gem to colorize the output of the cat command.
@ -90,6 +97,7 @@ Ruby Gem to colorize the output of the cat command.
References
* [lolcat : tool to rainbow color linux terminal](http://kerneltalks.com/linux/lolcat-tool-to-rainbow-color-linux-terminal/) (rev. 2017-07-10) - Paint your command outputs with rainbow color! Use lolcat (Ruby gem) tool and add some spice to black putty terminal!
Neofetch is a CLI system information tool written in BASH. Neofetch displays information about your system next to an image, your OS logo, or any ASCII file of your choice.
@ -100,6 +108,7 @@ with terminal showing the logo of the Linux distribution used in
ASCII art.
#### [pdd](https://github.com/jarun/pdd)
Tiny date, time diff calculator.
@ -107,6 +116,7 @@ Tiny date, time diff calculator.
References
* [pdd - Tool to find Date and Time Difference in Linux Command Line](https://linoxide.com/linux-how-to/pdd-tool-date-time-difference-linux-command-line/) (rev. 2017-08-09) - In some occasions where you want to check by how many years someone older than you, how old you are (in days, years or months), the countdown to an event or the next flash sale. There is a python-based command line application ...
Powerline is a statusline plugin for vim, and provides statuslines and prompts for several other applications, including zsh, bash, tmux, IPython, Awesome and Qtile.
@ -125,6 +135,7 @@ from Linux terminal without using the graphical web
Mirror directories across networked machines; handles diffs/changed files; works across SSH; plenty of parameters.
@ -400,6 +412,7 @@ Organize files in your current directory, by classifying them into folders of mu
References
* [Automatically Organize Your Downloads Folder In Linux Using Classifier](http://www.webupd8.org/2017/03/automatically-organize-your-downloads.html?m=1) (rev. 2017-07-10) - My downloads folder is pretty messy but I can't just delete things because I still need most of the stuff I download. To "fix" this, I was looking for an app that can automatically organize my downloads, and I stumbled upon Classifier, an easy to use command line tool that can organize files in any directory.
#### [detox](http://detox.sourceforge.net/)
A utility designed to easily clean up filenames; it replaces characters like spaces with standard equivalents; it also replace UTF-8 or Latin-1 (or CP 1252) characters with more handy ones.
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Replacement for 'ls' written in Rust, with colors and several additional "views".
References
* [exa a modern replacement for ls written in rust for Linux/Unix](https://www.cyberciti.biz/open-source/command-line-hacks/exa-a-modern-replacement-for-ls-written-in-rust-for-linuxunix/) (rev. 2017-08-09) - ls is a command to show files in Linux and Unix-like operating systems. A ls command first appeared in a version of AT&T UNIX as well as in Multics. BSD and GNU Coreutils package provides the ls command with minor syntax changes. There is now third alternative named exa ...* [Exa – A Modern And Colorful Replacement For LS Command Written In Rust](https://www.2daygeek.com/exa-a-modern-replacement-for-ls-command-linux/) (rev. 2017-10-07) - ls is one of the very basic & essential Linux command for
* [exa a modern replacement for ls written in rust for Linux/Unix](https://www.cyberciti.biz/open-source/command-line-hacks/exa-a-modern-replacement-for-ls-written-in-rust-for-linuxunix/) (rev. 2017-08-09) - ls is a command to show files in Linux and Unix-like operating systems. A ls command first appeared in a version of AT&T UNIX as well as in Multics. BSD and GNU Coreutils package provides the ls command with minor syntax changes. There is now third alternative named exa ...
* [Exa – A Modern And Colorful Replacement For LS Command Written In Rust](https://www.2daygeek.com/exa-a-modern-replacement-for-ls-command-linux/) (rev. 2017-10-07) - ls is one of the very basic & essential Linux command for
administrator that can be used in most of the actions (in other
hands, Linux administrator can’t live without ls command). Exa is
a small, fast, portable, modern and colorful replacement for
ls command which was written in rust language.
#### [fasd](https://github.com/clvv/fasd)
A Commandline Tool That Offers Quick Access to Files and Directories. Fasd (pronounced similar to "fast") is a command-line productivity booster. Fasd offers quick access to files and directories for POSIX shells. It is inspired by tools like autojump, z and v. Fasd keeps track of files and directories you have accessed, so that you can quickly reference them in the command line.
@ -680,6 +695,7 @@ Password management belongs to the command line, deep into the Unix heartland, t
References
* [A Command line Password Manager For Linux](https://www.ostechnix.com/titan-command-line-password-manager-linux/) (rev. 2017-07-10) - There are plethora of GUI based password managers. A quick google search will lead you to pick one suitable for you. But the command line password managers are very few. The one today we talk about is Titan. It is written using C programming language. It uses SQlite.
Ntfy is a simple yet serviceable cross-platform Python utility that enables you to automatically get desktop notifications on demand or when long running commands complete. It can as well send push notifications to your phone once a particular command completes.
@ -786,6 +803,7 @@ support. It is capture system state and activity from a
running Linux instance, then save, filter and analyze.
#### [smem](https://www.selenic.com/smem/)
Python program that reports memory usage; it can report the "proportional set size" (PSS), a meaningful representation of the amount of memory used by libraries and applications in a virtual memory system; it has built-in chart generation.
@ -801,6 +819,7 @@ Periodically runs a command in the console while temporarily clearing the screen
References
* [Watch command to execute script/shell command repeatedly](http://kerneltalks.com/commands/watch-command-to-execute-scriptshell-command-repeatedly/) (rev. 2017-07-10) - “watch” command is small utility using which you can execute shell command or script repetitively and after every n seconds. Its helpful in automation or monitoring.
## <aname="terminals"></a>Terminals
#### [byobu](http://byobu.co/)
@ -824,6 +843,7 @@ share your entire screen to others. But, if it’s only the
Terminal, you can just use Tmate.
#### [tmux](https://tmux.github.io/)
Terminal multiplexer; born to improve `screen`; client-server architecture, `vi` and `emacs` key-bindings, search in window feature and many more.
@ -881,6 +901,7 @@ From the website: "WordGrinder is a word processor for processing words. It is n
References
* [WordGrinder: Distraction-Free Writing From the Command Line](http://fossforce.com/2017/03/wordgrinder-distraction-free-writing-command-line/) (rev. 2017-07-10) - WordGrinder is an old fashioned command line program that doesn’t try to do a lot of things. Its purpose is to get the job done, and stay out of the user’s way while doing it.
## <aname="font"></a>Font management
#### [FIGlet](http://www.figlet.org/)
@ -924,6 +945,7 @@ a non-English characters in their name. You don’t have to learn
how to type the non-english characters.
#### [q](http://harelba.github.io/q/)
Executes SQL-like queries on CSVs/TSVs tabular data files; each tabular file is treated as a database table; support to all SQL constructs (`WHERE`, `GROUP BY`, `JOIN`).
@ -950,6 +972,7 @@ The ag command can recursively search for PATTERN
Greps regular expressions in a text file(s) and prints out the paragraphs containing those expressions; a paragraph is defined as a block of text delimited by an empty or blank line; fully customizable via command line parameters.
Tullio Facchinetti
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