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.

  • TurboWafflz@lemmy.world
    15·
    3 days ago

    I’m not sure how underrated it is but the exec feature in find is so useful, there are so many bulk tasks that would just be incredibly difficult otherwise but instead are just one line

    • Daniel Quinn@lemmy.caEnglish
      2·
      3 days ago

      Just be careful with files with spaces in the name. There’s an incantation with xargs that I always have to look up when I want to use it safely.