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.

    • @villainy
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      520 days ago

      Great call! pv is deceptively powerful. Being able to see progress and rate limit a pipe is incredibly useful.

    • @friend_of_satan
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      219 days ago

      I’ve switched from using dd to using pv to write disk images to removable media.