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7 Awesome Linux Terminal Utilities

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Brandon Hopkins
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The terminal comes loaded with tons of great tools you can use to help you manage your system and workflow. In the article we will list 7 tools you can add to your terminal to improve your workflow.

Trash-cli
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Command line trash bin interface.

trash-put         trash files and directories.
trash-empty       empty the trashcan(s).
trash-list        list trashed files.
trash-restore     restore a trashed file.
trash-rm          remove individual files from the trashcan.

Youtube-dl
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Command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com and other video sites.

EDIT: Now, I would recommend yt-dlp.

Ranger
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A VIM-inspired file manager for the console.

Pfetch
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Pfetch is a beautiful lightweight system information tool written in POSIX sh.

Htop
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Terminal system monitor tool.

ncdu (NCurses Disk Usage)
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Wonderful disk usage analyzing tool.

Speedread
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A simple terminal-based open-source per-word speed reading utility.

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