Which Linux command or utility is simple, powerful, and surprisingly unknown to many people or used less often?

This could be a command or a piece of software or an application.

For example I’m surprised to find that many people are unaware of Caddy, a very simple web server that can make setting up a reverse proxy incredibly easy.

Another example is fzf. Many people overlook this, a fast command-line fuzzy finder. It’s versatile for searching files, directories, or even shell history with minimal effort.

  • ComradeMiao@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    91·
    5 days ago

    Idk a lot of commands but I think wget for downloading webpages and rsync for syncing devices are pretty awesome

    • kablammy@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      3 days ago

      I love httpie for hitting urls when i want to see the headers or body without downloading to a file eg testing an api

    • whelk@lemm.ee
      2·
      5 days ago

      The first time I used wget I felt so awesome. I was grabbing some extra music files I think it was for Ur-Quan Masters.