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Which Linux tool or command is surprisingly simple, powerful, and yet underrated?" (lemmy.ml)

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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.

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[-] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

As someone who has to do installs and admin at work a lot I'm constantly dealing with yum/dnf. I cry when I have to work with AIX.

[-] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Don't run killall on aix before reading the man page!

[-] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 days ago

It sounds scary lol

[-] apqnxhfriqhfjxrrcxs@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

We install dnf on our AIX boxes. Works okayish.

[-] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 days ago

I tried grabbing it and couldn't even get it to install. If you have a link to a good install...

[-] apqnxhfriqhfjxrrcxs@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I can't find the docs I followed, but this seems to be more or less the same process: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6585774

There are version-specific AIX Toolbox installation scripts, so make sure you've got the right version (oslevel should help).

[-] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 days ago

I think the version issues blocked me. I've put the toolbox on some of our test systems but dnf seems to be excluded from it. I'd probably have to build it.

[-] tetris11@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 days ago

What is AIX

[-] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 days ago

An OS used by IBM on their mainframes. I have to work with it because some big orgs, especially financial and gov, still use it and run our apps on it.

[-] ojio_san@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Maybe it's the old IBM AIX https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_AIX

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