Questions tagged [utilities]
small programs used on the command line to do a specific job
324 questions
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How can I ascertain which kernel (not version; kernel) is in use?
I want to be able to ascertain what kernel is in use across modern, UNIX-derivative OSes. This appears feasible, considering that utilities like uname exist on multiple OSes with different kernels. ...
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What is "bcomps" used for?
Found this binary in my Fedora install while trying to autocomplte bcompare. Running it with --help doesn't even say what it does. https://linux.die.net/man/1/bcomps says "biconnected components ...
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Is there a canonical way to add a file to the "recently used" list from a shell script? [duplicate]
Well-behaved apps add the files they are saving to .local/share/recently-used.xbel so that they are easily retrieved when using another app (for instance, browser for upload). So, if a shell script ...
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Looking for slideshow utility with custom/configurable randomisation
I'm looking for a way to provide custom/configurable randomisation to a slideshow tool like impressive or feh (something lightweight I can run automatically at startup). Basically I need to weight ...
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How can I verify integrity of the document types?
Are there any utilities to verify integrity of common document types used in the office environment (docx, pptx, xlsx, pdf, common image, audio and video files) without using the actual applications? ...
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Use underscore or hyphen for a CLI utility name? [closed]
I'm creating a CLI utility which is aimed at *nix OS:es. Let's call it 'Super CLI Project'. Looking at the latest POSIX Issue 7, 2018 edition - https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/ - ...
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mirror a directory tree by hard links for file contents and symlinks for directory structure
what is the best way to mirror an entire directory, say original/, to a new directory, say mirror/, which has the structure mirror/data/ and mirror/tree/, such that every file in the directory ...
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Looking for a tool that creates plain text tarball from set of files, they can be mailed in email body
I'm looking for a command line tool that takes a tarball, uncompresses and unpacks it, and turns the contents into one contiguous file, comprised of lines that are a maximum of eighty characters wide, ...
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Command or tool to interpret and read asciidoctor syntax through terminal?
For a .adoc file to write documentation, it based on the asciidoctor syntax, is possible through GUI use either VSCode or AsciiDocFX to see a preview. Therefore the asciidoctor syntax is rendered/...
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File backed, key value store implemented with posix utilities
I imagine this is a pretty common thing to do. Which posix utility for reads, which for writes? What are the most common file formats to do this with? Is inplace modification possible? My first ...
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How to remove tii.la cookie in Linux?
I'm using Brave browser ver 1.56.20 in MX Linux 21.3 (Debian 11 based), how can I remove cookies in Brave? Tried to use remove icon, it does not work, seems it's a known bug in Brave (over a year old ...
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Automate securing of Linux services ? (cf. systemd-analyze security)
When you run a command such as systemd-analyze security (or a program such as lynis which, for services, runs systemd-analyze security), you may get, like I do, a list of 'unsafe' or 'exposed' ...
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Are there any Linux distros with a preconfigured user-friendly shell environment?
I see so many Linux distros all around, and they all come with different look & feels and their own set of pre-installed GUI tools for most standard tasks. The default shell environment, however, ...
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lscpu list different max cpu freq
Is this a bug from lscpu? How to fix it? ~$ lscpu Architecture: x86_64 CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit, 64-bit Byte Order: Little Endian Address sizes: ...
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Confused about java -version [duplicate]
For every program/utility on Unix, I would type the name of the program followed by --version to check its version, like so program --version If I understand correctly, the double dash -- is used to ...
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