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xxd – make a hexdump or do the reverse

xxd creates a hex dump of a given file or standard input. It can also convert a hex dump back to its original binary form.

uq is a simple, user-friendly alternative to sort | uniq. It removes duplicate lines from the output, regardless of the order.

The semiuniq program reads over lines of input and write lines of output that are “semi-unique” by eliminating repeated lines that are close.

We explore free and open source alternatives to uniq, a venerable utility that reports or omits repeated lines.

runiq offers an efficient way (in both time and space) to filter duplicate entries (lines) from textual input.

nauniq is similar to the Unix command uniq but detects repeated lines even if they are not adjacent. It’s written in Perl.

huniq remove duplicates from the given input. Note that huniq does not sort the input, it just removes duplicates.

difftastic is a structural diff tool that understands syntax. It uses tree-sitter to build a parse tree.

We explore free and open source alternatives to ps, a command that reports a snapshot of the current processes.

procs is a replacement for ps. It has cross-platform support running under Linux and Windows, with experimental support for macOS.

pstree shows the currently running processes as a tree. This is free and open source software written in the C programming language.

fuser identifies processes using files or sockets. It’s written in the C programming language and published under the GPL.

lsfd is intended to be a modern replacement for lsof on Linux systems. It’s free and open source software written in C.

We explore free and open source alternatives to lsof, a utility that lists file information about files opened by processes.

fend is an arbitrary-precision unit-aware calculator. fend supports a few different output formats. It’s free and open source software.