<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>screen(1) -- multiple terminals in a single terminal session<br></div>sox(1) -- the Swiss Army Knife of sound tools<br></div>cdparanoia(1) -- the best CD ripper I've used so far<br></div><br><br></div>-- CHS<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 9:09 AM, chip <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chip.gwyn@gmail.com" target="_blank">chip.gwyn@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">htop - better version of top for cpu, memory, processes, etc.<div>iotop - same as a hove but for io stuffs</div><div>mtr - better traceroute</div><div>tmux - better version of screen (imho)</div><div>script - record a terminal session (good for logging activities via ssh or whatever)</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="">On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 8:45 AM, JD <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jdp@algoloma.com" target="_blank">jdp@algoloma.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></span><div><div class="h5"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">What are your top 5 "hidden" CLI tools?<br>
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Let's skip the ones we all agree should be used almost daily: ssh, sudo, rsync,<br>
ddrescue, screen, vi, egrep, etc ... definitely no GUI tools.<br>
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Think about the things you have to add-on to any distro to make it more useful.<br>
Check your history to find some and share.<br>
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