essential linux/bsd tools

these are the tools i find most effective.

• lsof. lists open files and so much more
• htop. a better top
• dstat. combines the best of the *stat family
• oprofile. very detailed profiling
• strace. less detailed profiling
• netstat. whats listening
• socat. for anything pushed or pulled around the network
• ack. a better grep
• fuser. if lsof is too much for you
• ssh. for more than just remote shells
• git. the last word in version control
• emacs. the only serious editor
• perl. it's only "noise" to the uninitiated
• curl. a friendlier socat for popular protocols
• aria2. a nice downloader
• mtr. where are those packets dropping?
• tshark. what is in those packets?
• tmux. better than screen
• iftop. another nice traffic dumper
• procstat. a freebsd-only detailed process view

last update 2009-09-21