Linux commands alternatives
A list of alternative commands to standard linux commands
Posted April 25, 2022 by Adrian Wyssmann
Some tools from this list come from the project modern-unix. You may also check tools-list: Open source, experimental, and tiny tools roundup.
| Url |
Description |
| bat |
A cat clone with syntax highlighting and Git integration |
| exa |
A modern replacement for ls |
| lsd |
The next gen file listing command. Backwards compatible with ls |
| delta |
A viewer for git and diff output |
| dust |
A more intuitive version of du written in rust |
| duf |
A better df alternative |
| lfs |
A better df alternative |
| broot |
A new way to see and navigate directory trees |
| fd |
A simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to find |
| ripgrep |
An extremely fast alternative to grep that respects your gitignore |
| ag |
A code searching tool similar to ack, but faster |
| fzf |
A general purpose command-line fuzzy finder |
| mcfly |
Fly through your shell history |
| choose |
A human-friendly and fast alternative to cut and (sometimes) awk |
| jq |
sed for JSON data |
| sd |
A sed alternative, a more intuitive find & replace CLI |
| hyperfine |
A command-line benchmarking tool |
| gping |
A ping alternative with a graph |
| zoxide |
A smarter cd command inspired by z. |
| dog |
A user-friendly command-line DNS client. dig on steroids |
| mvv |
Rename multiple files with editor |
| age |
A simple, modern and secure encryption tool (and Go library) with small explicit keys, no config options, and UNIX-style composability |
| await |
32Kb, small memory footprint, single binary that run list of commands in parallel and waits for their termination |
curl ##
| Url |
Description |
| curlie |
The power of curl, the ease of use of httpie |
| procs |
A modern replacement for ps written in Rust |
| httpie |
A modern, user-friendly command-line HTTP client for the API era |
| xh |
A friendly and fast tool for sending HTTP requests. It reimplements as much as possible of HTTPie’s excellent design, with a focus on improved performance |
| Url |
Description |
| bashtop |
Linux/OSX/FreeBSD resource monitor |
| bottom |
Yet another cross-platform graphical process/system monitor |
| glances |
Glances an Eye on your system. A top/htop alternative for GNU/Linux, BSD, Mac OS and Windows operating systems |
| gtop |
System monitoring dashboard for terminal |
| wtf |
The personal information dashboard for your terminal |
enhancements ##
| Url |
Description |
| shellhub |
Get seamless remote access to any Linux device. Centralized SSH for the edge and cloud computing |
| tmate |
Instant Terminal Sharing |
| trash-cli |
Command line interface to the freedesktop.org trashcan |
| up |
Ultimate Plumber is a |
| tool for writing Linux pipes with instant live preview |
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| visidata |
A terminal spreadsheet multitool for discovering and arranging data |