Utilities

A list of a useful software for UNIX like environment. For more complex tools follow the continuation of this chapter.

tldr

Abbreviation for "Too Long; Didn't Read"; it will return a better man page. It return a coincise manual page, with suggestion and brief explanation of the utility you are searching for.

ltdr <utilityName>

curl

Which stands for "Client for URL (Uniform Resource Locator)". It transfers data from or to a server. Supports most protocols, including HTTP, FTP, and POP3. For example to test a REST-API you can run:

curl https://pokeapi.co/api/v2/pokemon/ \> pokemon_return_rest_api.json