I find these tools really make life easier.
Here is how to install all the tools listed below in once command,
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sudo apt-get install mlocate ne htop wget screen colordiff wdiff telnet zip unzip
sudo updatedb # If you want to manually update hte database for mlocate searching. |
Otherwise you can continue to read about each and install them selectively.
mlocate is a nice file search tool. Better than slocate because it respects permissions when searching. Faster and easier to use then find because it uses a database. As of Ubuntu 9.0.4 is part of the installation and a cron is already setup to keep the search index database up to date.
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sudo apt-get install mlocate
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ne is an editor similar to DOS Edit. It is menu driven and easy to use for new people. The only thing I wish it had was to be able to select text with the shift and arrow keys like DOS Edit.
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sudo apt-get install ne # Nice easy to use editor like DOS edit |
Great tool to view system performance and what is happening to various processes. It is an improved version of the built in top command.
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sudo apt-get install htop |
Tool to grab files over http and https.
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sudo apt-get install wget |
Here are a bunch of more useful tools we recommend having,
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sudo apt-get install screen # persist sessions across network disconnects, share terminal shell sessions (both can type at once) with others
sudo apt-get install colordiff wdiff # diff tools to colourize diff files and word diff to diff at a word level (rather then the regular line)
sudo apt-get install telnet # great for verifying connection to listening ports
sudo apt-get install zip unzip # easy to use zip software |
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