2021-11-17-useful-command-i-use-all-the-time.md

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title:	  "Useful commands and utilities I use all the time"
category: "Software"
language: "EN"
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This is small list of commands I find very useful. This list will never be final 
because I plan to update it regularly. Also I will not list standard GNU commands.

## Commands
- `cloc`[$$^{\text{[PKG]}}$$](https://archlinux.org/packages/community/any/cloc/) - **c**ount **l**ines **o**f **c**ode
- `dog`[$$^{\text{[PKG]}}$$](https://archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/dog/) - a command-line DNS client which is not pain to deal with
- `downgrade`[$$^{\text{[AUR]}}$$](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/downgrade/) - an useful tool for downgrading packages on arch based operating systems
- `neofetch`[$$^{\text{[PKG]}}$$](https://archlinux.org/packages/community/any/neofetch/) - command you can run to remind you that your distro is just meme
- `nmap`[$$^{\text{[PKG]}}$$](https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/nmap/) - network exploration tool and security/port scanner (if it is good enough for trinity it is good enough for me)
- `tldr`[$$^{\text{[PKG]}}$$](https://archlinux.org/packages/community/any/tldr/) - a simplified [man page](https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/man.1.html) that shows most often usages in bullet points
- `tuxi`[$$^{\text{[AUR]}}$$](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/tuxi-git/) - a CLI tool that scrapes Google search results and SERPs that provides instant and concise answers
- `yay`[$$^{\text{[AUR]}}$$](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/yay/) - a [pacman](https://archlinux.org/pacman/) wrapper which helps you with AUR packages written in GO

## Utilities
- `cava`[$$^{\text{[AUR]}}$$](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/cava/) - Console-based Audio Visualizer for Alsa
- `cmus`[$$^{\text{[PKG]}}$$](https://archlinux.org/packages/?name=cmus) - basically a command-line version of iTunes
- `cointop`[$$^{\text{[AUR]}}$$](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/cointop/) - [htop](https://man.archlinux.org/man/htop.1.en) for crypto currencies
- `fzf`[$$^{\text{[PKG]}}$$](https://archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/fzf/) - a command-line fuzzy finder
- `gitui`[$$^{\text{[AUR]}}$$](https://archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/gitui/) - command-line git user interface that does not suck
- `htop-vim`[$$^{\text{[AUR]}}$$](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/htop-vim-git/) - Interactive process viewer with a Vim keybindings patch
- `ncdu`[$$^{\text{[PKG]}}$$](https://archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/ncdu/) - a disk analyzer which will help you find large files and unused files for easy disk space maintenance.
- `neomutt`[$$^{\text{[PKG]}}$$](https://archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/neomutt/) - based email client
- `neovim`[$$^{\text{[PKG]}}$$](https://archlinux.org/packages/?name=neovim) - the only good text editor ever made
- `rmlint`[$$^{\text{[PKG]}}$$](https://archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/rmlint/) - file finder capable of generating list of duplicate files and user friendly shell scripts for their removal
- `sysz`[$$^{\text{[AUR]}}$$](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/sysz/) - terminal UI for systemctl with fuzzy search