Tools · category 5 of 13
Networking
Addresses, ports, name lookups and reachability.
Nmap Scan the hosts you own and see what answers 6 
tcpdump Watch the packets crossing an interface you control 6 
dig Ask any resolver for the DNS records you want 6 
whois Look up who holds a domain or address block 5 
ip Inspect and change addresses, routes and links 6 
ping Check reachability and round-trip time to a host 5 
traceroute Map the path packets take to a destination 5 
mtr Continuous path and loss report in one view 5 
netcat Read and write raw TCP or UDP connections 5 
socat Relay data between two addresses or channels 5 Other categories
Files and navigation Finding, moving, packing and unpacking files. 12 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 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