ptail is a small, and likely useless, utility that truncates the output from processes.
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Category: Utilities
retail – tail with regular expressions
retail can output that part of a file (or pipe) following the last match of a regular expression,
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: watch
This article spotlights alternatives tools to watch. The software featured here is free and open source goodness.
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22 Delightful Free and Open Source ASCII Art Tools
ASCII art is a graphic design technique that relies primarily on computers for presentation and consists of pictures.
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Save Time and Effort with these Excellent Free and Open Source Batch Image Processors
Batch image processors are often underrated and don’t get the attention they deserve. Here’s our verdict.
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rename-CLI – rename files quickly
rename-CLI is a cross-platform tool for renaming files quickly, especially multiple files at once.
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ren – takes find-formatted lines via standard input, and batch renames them
ren is a command-line utility that takes find-formatted lines via standard input, and batch renames them.
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19 Best Free and Open Source Shells
The shell is a program that takes commands from the keyboard and gives them to the operating system to perform. We recommend the finest free and open source shells.
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Yash – yet another shell
Yash, yet another shell, is a POSIX-compliant command line shell written in C99 (ISO/IEC 9899:1999).
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Letterpress – create attractive ASCII art
Letterpress converts your images into a picture made up of ASCII characters. Save the output to a file, copy it, and change its resolution.
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moove – manipulate file names and locations
moove is a command line tool for renaming and moving files and directories using a text editor.
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Rash – Reckless Racket Shell
Rash is a language, library, and shell REPL for Racket. Rash combines the convenience of simple shell-like syntax with the power of Racket.
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oksh – Portable OpenBSD ksh
oksh is a portable OpenBSD ksh, based on the Public Domain Korn Shell (pdksh).
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Calligraphy – turn text into ASCII banners
Calligraphy is a small utility which converts short texts into large, imposing banners made up of ASCII characters.
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Murex – intuitive, typed and content aware shell
Murex is a shell, like bash / zsh / fish / etc however Murex supports improved features and an enhanced UX.
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