xjobs reads job descriptions line by line and executes them in parallel. It limits the number of parallel executing jobs.
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Category: CLI
Alternatives to popular CLI tools: dd
This article spotlights alternative tools to dd, a popular utility to convert and copy a file.
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kindd – dd GUI
kindd is billed as a kindful dd. It’s written using Qt Quick, a software application framework. Open source software.
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dd_rescue – data recovery and data protection tool
dd_rescue copies data from one file or block device to another. You can specify file positions (called seek and Skip in dd).
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11 Best Free Linux Bibliography Tools
A common misconception is that bibliography tools are really only useful for academics. However, this type of software is a type of reference manager offering the ability to collect large amounts of metadata.
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Hypercalc – interpreted calculator
Hypercalc is an interpreted calculator program designed to calculate extremely large numbers.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: time
This article spotlights alternative tools to time, a simple tool that provides timing statistics about a program run.
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perf – performance analysis tools
Performance counters for Linux are a kernel-based subsystem that provide a framework for all things performance analysis.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: cksum
This article spotlights alternative tools to cksum, a tool to compute and verify file checksums.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: xargs
This article spotlights alternative tools to xargs, a command that builds and executes command lines from standard input.
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rust-parallel – execute commands in parallel
rust-parallel is a command-line utility to execute commands in parallel and aggregate their output. It’s written in Rust.
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rargs – xargs + awk with pattern matching support
Think of rargs as similar to xargs and awk with pattern-matching support. It’s written in the Rust programming language.
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parallel – shell tool for executing jobs in parallel
parallel is a shell tool for executing jobs in parallel using one or more computers. This tool is written in Perl.
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cli-chess – play chess in your terminal
cli-chess is a command-line chess program that lets you play online against human players and offline against the computer.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: hexdump
We spotlight alternative tools to hexdump, a utility that displays file contents in hexadecimal, octal, or ascii.
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