Tag: cli

All the articles with the tag "cli".

• Disk Space Tools in 2026: Beyond du and df

  31 Jan, 2026

  du and df still work, but Rust-era tools like dust, duf, and fclones make disk triage faster and way less painful in 2026.

• Building CLI Tools in Go: Because Shell Scripts Have a Maximum Complexity

  7 Jan, 2026

  Shell scripts hit a complexity wall. Go gives you a single binary, fast startup, great stdlib, and goreleaser for proper distribution. Here's how to build real CLI tools.

• Linux Audio in 2026: PipeWire Replaced Everything

  5 Jan, 2026

  PipeWire replaced PulseAudio and ALSA routing on every major distro. Here's the new audio stack, CLI tools, and how to fix the annoying stuff.

• tcpdump Basics: Capture Traffic Without Wireshark

  22 Nov, 2025

  You don't need a GUI to see network packets. tcpdump on the command line beats opening Wireshark every time.

• Lazy Docker & Dive: CLI Tools That Make Docker Less Painful

  30 Oct, 2025

  Learn how lazydocker and dive make Docker manageable from your terminal. TUI dashboards, image layer analysis, CI integration, and optimization tips.

• DNS Troubleshooting from the Command Line

  15 Oct, 2025

  DNS broke again. Here's the exact command sequence to figure out what's happening without touching a GUI.

• curl Flags Every Developer Should Know

  19 Sep, 2025

  Master the curl flags that'll save you hours debugging APIs, downloads, and web requests. From -X to --compressed, here's what actually matters.

• Here Documents vs Here Strings in Bash

  25 Aug, 2025

  <<EOF syntax for multiline input, <<-EOF for indentation, <<<string for single lines. When to use each.

• HandBrake and Video Transcoding: Your Media Library Deserves Better Compression

  23 Aug, 2025

  Stop hoarding 50GB Blu-ray remuxes. Learn HandBrakeCLI, H.265/AV1 trade-offs, GPU encoding, and batch scripts that actually work.

• GNU parallel for Embarrassingly Parallel Tasks

  20 Aug, 2025

  GNU parallel runs tasks in parallel across CPU cores. It's faster than xargs and easier than writing a job queue. Here's when and how to use it.

• jq One-Liners Every Sysadmin Needs

  3 Jun, 2025

  jq is JSON on the command line. Here are 5 one-liners that actually solve real problems: filtering, extracting, transforming, combining, and debugging.

• xargs vs while read: Which One and When

  21 May, 2025

  xargs and while read both loop over input, but they handle arguments, signals, and performance differently. Here's when to use each.