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5 Command Line Tools to Find Files Quickly in Linux

1. Find Command find command is a powerful, widely used CLI tool for searching and locating files whose names match simple patterns, in a directory hierarchy. Using find is simple, all you need to do is provide a starting point (top of the directory heirarchy) where the search beings. This can be the current directory or …

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Axel

The fourth download utility in our list is Axel, attempts to improve the downloading process by using multiple connections for one file. It can use multiple download locations for one download. According to the developers, Axel can increase the download speed of your downloads by 60% and it supports protocols: HTTP/HTTPS, FTP, and FTPS. We …

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Aria2

Aria is another multi-protocol download tool. Aria supports HTTP/HTTPS, FTP/SFTP BitTorrent and Metalink. Some of the features that make it different compared to others are that it supports the download of files from multiple locations at the same time, magnet links and is fully featured BitTorrent client. As a BitTorrent client, it supports DHT, PEX, …

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Curl

A curl is a tool that can be used to transfer data from or to a server. It supports multiple protocols. According to its man page, the following protocols are supported DICT, FILE, FTP, FTPS, GOPHER, HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, IMAPS, LDAP, LDAPS, POP3, POP3S, RTMP, RTSP, SCP, SFTP, SMB, SMBS, SMTP, SMTPS, TELNET, and TFTP. …

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Wget

We are going to start with one of the most popular tools called wget. It’s a network utility that can be used to download content over HTTP, HTTPS and FTP. Wget can be used in both background and foreground, which makes it useful if you need to leave a download running, even when you are logged off. This tool comes with plenty …

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CMatrix

CMatrix is a simple command-line utility that shows a scrolling ‘Matrix‘ like screen in a Linux terminal. It displays random text flying in and out in a terminal, in a similar way as seen in popular Sci-fi movie “The Matrix“. It can scroll lines all at the same rate or asynchronously and at a user-defined …

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Chafa

Chafa is a another cool, fast and highly configurable terminal program that provides terminal graphics for the 21st century. It works with most modern and classic terminals and terminal emulators. It converts all types of images (including animated GIFs), into ANSI/Unicode character output that can be displayed in a terminal. Chafa supports for alpha transparency …

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