dtach is a tiny program that emulates the detach feature of screen,
allowing you to run a program in an environment that is protected from
the controlling terminal and attach to it later. dtach does not keep
track of the contents of the screen, and thus works best with programs
that know how to redraw themselves.
esniper is a simple, lightweight tool for sniping ebay auctions.
Bar is a simple tool to copy a stream of data and print a display for the user
on stderr showing (a) the ammount of data passed, (b) the throughput of the
data transfer, and (c) the transfer time, or, if the total size of the data
stream is known, the estimated time remaining, what percentage of the data
transfer has been completed, and a progress bar.
The Geek Code Generator. It simply generates your geek code
by asking questions about all aspects of your geek life.
A command line pastebin utility.
An update to GKrellMLaunch for GKrellM 2+ allowing one-click access
to frequently used programs.
This plugin puts a lock and shoot button on your GKrellM 2, It uses
ImageMagick for screen capture and can be configured for your screen
saver program. Known to work with either Xlock or xscreensaver.
GNU watch runs a command repeatedly, displaying its output (the first
screenfull). This allows you to watch the program output change over time.
kcd allows user to change directory by using various methods:
- By using cursor keys to navigate through the directory tree
screen
- By searching in directory tree screen
- By typing part of the directory name directly at the
command line.
Other features include:
- Can be configured to filter out to some subdirectories,
useful for cdrom and msdos partition mounting points
- Can be configured to scan directory tree starting from some
specified directory inwards, for example, home directory.
- If the number directories that matches to the name given in
the command line exceeds a specified number, kcd displays
the whole list.
- Faster directory rescan if old data file exists. Only
directories with newer modified/changed time are scanned.
- Sorted directory tree listing.
Lazyread is a C program that auto-scrolls files on your screen
in movie credit fashion. It allows the user to read without having
to manually scroll down to see new pages. There are lots of
features, such as being able to choose the speed at which it
scrolls, pause, dynamic speed up, the ability to highlight lines
that contain a specified string, and much more.
- Michael L. Hostbaek
mich@FreeBSD.org