Tools · category 1 of 13
Files and navigation
Finding, moving, packing and unpacking files.
ls See what a folder holds, with sizes and permissions 6 
find Locate files by name, size, age or permissions 6 
fd A faster, friendlier take on the classic search command 6 
tree Draw a directory hierarchy as an indented diagram 6 
ranger A keyboard-driven file manager for the terminal 6 
Midnight Commander An old-school dual-pane file manager for the terminal 6 
tar Pack many files into one archive, then unpack it 6 
unzip Extract and inspect ZIP archives from the terminal 6 
7-Zip Compresses hard, and reads and writes many formats 6 
gzip Compress single files with the widespread deflate format 6 
rsync Synchronise directories over local or remote paths 6 
file Identify what a path really contains 6 Other categories
Text and data Reading, searching and reshaping text, tables and JSON. 12 Shell and sessions The shell itself, and keeping work alive between sessions. 9 Processes and system Seeing what runs, and stopping it cleanly. 7 Networking Addresses, ports, name lookups and reachability. 10 Web and transfer Fetching, downloading and moving files between hosts. 9 Security and cryptography Keys, hashes, encryption and authorised testing. 11 Forensics and reversing Pulling apart packets, binaries and images. 7 Package managers Installing and tracking software. 5 Languages and build tools Writing, compiling and running code on the phone. 7 Editors Editing files from the terminal. 4 Media and documents Converting audio, video, images and documents. 6 Monitoring and diagnostics Disk, memory, open files and system state. 6