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5 Less known Linux Admin Tools
By Rajneesh Upadhyay
In this brief tutorial, let us discuss some less known Linux admin tools that can be used for
day to day Linux administration tasks.
1. Hardinfo
A GUI Based Hardware and basic software based info tool, it display all of the information in
simple GUI [Link] extract information from /proc and provide in easily accessible view.
Installation:
apt-get install hardinfo
After installation give command:
hardinfo
It will provide a detailed hardware information.
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You can explore all of the available options.
2. Pyrenamer
An gui tool to rename file names ion mass, it makes tasks very easy while renaming
filename in mass.
Installation:
sudo apt-get install pyrenamer
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Uses:
sudo pyrenamer
Create some files.
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Now, rename them using pyrenamer. Go to insert/Delete option->click insert and type any
name->select all files->Click preview-> click rename, it will rename all files with a single
click.
3. Vivaldi
Vivaldi is a fantastic browser, it comes with email integration, synchronization and you can
write notes and take snapshots of websites, Color of the tab bar changes with the color of
the website opened in, it is very fast and lightweight browser.
Installation:
Go the the link, download required package.
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Open Browser, when it is installed.
4. lsblk
Provides information about all of the installed device on the system in a tree-like format .
lsblk
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Sample output:
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 465.8G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 1K 0 part
├─sda4 8:4 0 307.5G 0 part /media/supertux/BA1CCF4D1CCF037D
├─sda5 8:5 0 5.3G 0 part /boot
├─sda6 8:6 0 14.9G 0 part [SWAP]
└─sda7 8:7 0 138.1G 0 part /
List device blocks.
lsblk -l
Sample output:
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 465.8G 0 disk
sda1 8:1 0 1K 0 part
sda4 8:4 0 307.5G 0 part /media/supertux/BA1CCF4D1CCF037D
sda5 8:5 0 5.3G 0 part /boot
sda6 8:6 0 14.9G 0 part [SWAP]
sda7 8:7 0 138.1G 0 part /
Display device owner:
lsblk -m
NAME SIZE OWNER GROUP MODE
sda 465.8G root disk brw-rw----
├─sda1 1K root disk brw-rw----
├─sda4 307.5G root disk brw-rw----
├─sda5 5.3G root disk brw-rw----
├─sda6 14.9G root disk brw-rw----
└─sda7 138.1G root disk brw-rw----
5. Iptraf & iftop
It is an ncurses-based IP LAN monitor that generates various network statistics including
TCP info, UDP counts, ICMP and OSPF information, Ethernet load info, node stats, IP
checksum errors.
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Installation:
apt-get install iptraf
sudo iptraf
It monitors traffic of currently active Interfaces:
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It can provide detailed interface statistics for any particular interface.
Or, General statistics for all of the interfaces.
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Additionally, you also can use iftop utility:
apt-get install iftop
iftop
With this utility, you can figure out that which connection is utilizing more bandwidth:
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Cheers!
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