moreutils: the utilities package every UNIX/Linux/Mac OS developer should know

SOURCE: CLEAN CODING

Amazing additions to the cli toolset:

  • combine – combine lines in two files using boolean operators AND NOT OR XOR
  • ifdata – ifconfig with simple to parse output
  • ifne – if not empty – run command if the result of previous “is not empty”
  • parallel – run tasks from single line on multiple CPUs
  • vipe – run an editor in the middle of a unix pipeline and edit the data being piped between programs
  • + others