Blog posts tagged with 'linux tools':



10 advanced linux command line tools

Date: 24 Nov 2010
Tags: [ linux tools

Most developers who are working at the command line on a Linux system know the “basic” commands: ls, cd, cat, tail, head, sort, grep, find and others. More “advanced” users will know how to deal with the ‘sed’ and ‘awk’ beasts, or even prefer perl-oneliners. Have the knowledge of bash (scripting) and you find yourself inside a Valhalla where only your imagination is the limit. Well, not really, but at least you get my point, hopefully.

But like everything you do in life, you don’t know about the things that lies after the horizon until you actually explore them. This “yet another top ten list” will dive into some interesting (standard) tools that can make your life much easier when dealing with Linux systems from a programmers perspective.

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