Command line tools - Console apps heaven

[kartal]

Hi
Over the years I have become more of a command line-console tools user. In many occasions I tend to prefer console apps over Gui apps. I think that console apps have some sort of minimalistic beauty embedded in them.

Generally I use Cygwin - Linux console apps.

Here are my favorites. Please list yours as well

Elinks (browser)
Lynx(Browser)
Newsbeuter(Rss reader)
Task (Task-warrior, Task-todo manager)
Cal (Calender app)
Vim (text editor)
Cone(email)
Mutt(email)
Scp(copy utility)
Unison(Sync utility)
Ipython(Python shell)
Necromancer Dos navigator(file browser)
Midnight Commander(file browser)
Centerim(Messaging)

[rjbull]

ZTreeWin

[widgewunner]

ZTreeWin

+1
Most powerful file manager - ever.

Sets the gold standard for single-keystroke power commands. (Note that Explorer owes its left pane tree structure design to this program's predecessor: XTree.)

[40hz]

ZTreeWin

Agree. Big time.

Worth every penny to register.

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Also like to recommend goosh , the "Unofficial Google Shell" over at goosh.org

Here's the help screen:

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Here's a search for DonationCoder. Note the complete absence of all the usual junk you normally get with a Google search results page:

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And one of my absolute favorite tasks for it: using the gmail compose command to create an email in GMail. (Note: asks to open the composition page in a new window first.):

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Which then opens to this:

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Also great for retrieving GMail when you don't want to open the whole sideshow.

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I don't think I've entered GMail through the 'front door' even once since I found out about goosh.


If you regularly use Google, you just gotta love this thing. 

Drag it into your bookmarks toolbar before you forget! Firefox users can add it to their search options with the addengine command.

[techidave]

Most powerful file manager - ever.

Sets the gold standard for single-keystroke power commands. (Note that Explorer owes its left pane tree structure design to this program's predecessor: XTree.)


I remember Xtree.  I think the version I used was Xtree Gold.  It beat anything else that I tried at that time.

[Tuxman]

The ones I regularly use, together with a bunch of more or less useful batch scripts:

cwRsync - backup stuff
Vim - my Twitter client & text editor
msls - ls (& grep) for Windows
ack - better grep (when configured properly)
FAR - NC clone

Worth a try, too:

PyCmd - better cmd
Swiss File Knife - file tree processor, binary grep, treesize, instant ftp+http server, line filter, text replace, dupfind, join files, md5 lists, run command on files, extract strings, detab, patch, tail, hexdump
MPXPLAY - better Winamp



Good old console. I wish more people would see its benefits.

[rjbull]

FAR - NC clone

I use Total Commander, which is WinGUI, but surprisingly comfortable.  I was/am a DOS holdout, and registered TC in about 2000.  It was the first thing that made using Windows almost semi-tolerable.

As I understand it, FAR is console-mode but saves a lot of stuff in the Registry?  Which seems a curious hybrid.

[Tuxman]

TC is not a console application, so does not fit here.

[wraith808]

Also great for retrieving GMail when you don't want to open the whole sideshow.
(see attachment in previous post)
I don't think I've entered GMail through the 'front door' even once since I found out about goosh.


If you regularly use Google, you just gotta love this thing.

It looks very cool... I tried the gmail command, though, and it just embedded an empty window.  I'm using Chrome ironically enough.  Any ideas why this might happen?

[40hz]

New one for me, but I don't use Chrome so that's no surprise.  

Gonna have to take a look at that. You've piqued my curiosity.


UPDATE: it's a flagged issue (Issue #11) Apparently they're still working on it.

[rjbull]

The Semware Editor (TSE), if it qualifies; I believe some versions are true console-mode, but others are actually WinGUI using some obscure programming trick to look and feel like a console app.  Expensive, but ZTree users get a discount.

[rjbull]

AE - Andys Source Code Folding Editor is a small portable folding editor which runs on a variety of common platforms. Binaries for DOS, OS/2, Windows, NetWare, Linux (x86, x86_64 and 64-bit big-endian MIPS R3000), AIX (Power), HP-UX, SunOS (Sparc+Intel), MacOSX (Power+Intel), iPhone 1.x and Cygwin.