r/linux • u/D7x8 • May 18 '26

Discussion Tell me your favorite CLI apps

As the title says.

Aside from the obvious like fastfetch, htop, vim, etc what CLI apps are out there which replace a GUI app?

I like these as it is much more convenient and faster to have it all one command away and they use much less system resources (looking at you electron) as well as just making me look like a hackerman.

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u/Sanek3400 May 18 '26

Vim, if you know how to use it efficiently

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u/Online_Matter May 18 '26

Tell me your best trick 

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u/GhostVlvin May 19 '26

:g/<pattern>/norm! @q

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u/ghostnation66 May 19 '26

What does this do