Here is my list:

  • pdf - pdftk
  • images - imagemagickutilities
  • audio/video - ffmpeg
  • documents - libreoffice --headless mode, also pandoc
  • download files - wget and curl, also ytdlp for youtube, reddit
  • cloud storage - rclone
  • @JubilantJaguar
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    61 year ago

    The ultimate it-just-works CLI tool.

    Although I have never understood why it’s called rsync, because you need to add --recursive to make it actually sync a file tree, which is what it does best.