Tools · category 4 of 13
Processes and system
Seeing what runs, and stopping it cleanly.
ps List running processes with their resource use 6 
top Live view of CPU and memory with the busiest processes 6 
htop Colourful interactive process viewer with scrolling and shortcuts 6 
btop Rich resource monitor with graphs for CPU, memory and network 5 
procs Modern replacement for ps with colour and sensible defaults 6 
kill Send signals to processes to stop or reload them 6 
strace Trace the system calls a program makes 6 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 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