hxtools(7)
๐ NAME ๐
okay so bestie, welcome to hxtools(7) โ it's literally the accumulated tool collection of J.Engelhardt โจ. think of it as a whole group chat of Unix utilities that all live together and wanna make your terminal life easier. no cap, it's giving iconic ๐ .
โจ COMPONENTS โจ
here's the full roster bestie, every single one of them, no skips, periodt ๐.
bin2c(1)โ embed data files into C as variables โ like, your files become lil C variables bestie ๐bsvplay(1)โ convert BASICA music files to PCM, so you can vibe to those retro tunes ๐ถcheckbrack(1)โ check parenthesis and bracket count โ because unmatched brackets are a crime ๐clock_info(1)โ print info about system clocks, like the system's internal time tea โcwdiff(1)โ run wdiff with color โ because plain diffs are lowkey boring ๐declone(1)โ break hardlinks, so your files stop being clones of each other ๐ฏdiff2php(1)โ transform a patch to a self-serving PHP file, it's giving web dev magic โจdoxygen-kernel-filter(1)โ a doxygen filter so doxygen can understand KernelDoc, iykyk ๐extract_d3pkg(1)โ extract Descent3 PKG files, nostalgia unlocked ๐ฎextract_dxhog(1)โ extract Descent HOG files, another retro game moment ๐น๏ธextract_f3pod(1)โ extract Fury3 POD files, because old games deserve love ๐extract_qupak(1)โ extract Quake2 PACK files, frag out ๐ฏfd0ssh(1)โ a pipe for password-over-stdin support to ssh, feeding ssh its password like a snack ๐filenameconv(1)โ convert file name encoding, so your filenames can speak every language ๐fxterm(1)โ start xterm with VGA color palette, retro aesthetic activated ๐จgit-author-stat(1)โ show commit author statistics of a git repository, who's the main character in your git history? ๐git-blame-stat(1)โ show per-line author statistics of a git repository, blame game but make it data ๐git-forest(1)โ display the commit history forest, it's giving tree vibes but for git ๐ณgit-revert-stats(1)โ show reverting statistics of a git repository, who's been undoing their commits? ๐git-track(1)โ set up a branch for tracking a remote, remote tracking made easy ๐ฐ๏ธgpsh(1)โ grep tracklists and play audio files, DJ bestie mode ๐งgraph-fanout(1)โ fan a tree for graphviz, make your graphs look extra ๐graph-lchain(1)โ remove circles in graphs using the longest-chaining method, graph glow-up โจhcdplay(1)โ control autonomous CDDA playback using Linux ioctls, old-school CD vibes ๐ฟlogontime(8)โ show cumulative logon time from wtmp, how long have you been logged in bestie? โฐmailsplit(1)โ split an mbox into single files, inbox breakup but organized ๐man2html(1)โ convert nroff manpages to HTML, manpages but make them webby ๐mkvappend(1)โ concatenate multiple files into one Matroska container file, Matroska merge moment ๐ฌmod2opus(1)โ a wrapper for tracker module/MIDI to Opus transcoding, audio format glow-up ๐ตhxnetload(8)โ show utilization of a network interface, network tea โofl(1)โ open file lister, like a lil file picker ๐paddrspacesize(1)โ print size of processes' address spaces, memory realness ๐งpalcomp(1)โ palette composer, color coordination queen ๐จpcmdiff(1)โ proof-of-concept raw PCM deltifier, science experiment energy ๐งชpegrep(1)โ multi-line perl-regexp grep, regex but make it multiline ๐ชpeicon(1)โ extract icon resources from PE files, icons snatched ๐pesubst(1)โ perl-regexp stream substitution, replaces sed for substitutions, sed who? ๐pmap_dirty(1)โ print amount of dirty pages of a process, somewhat indicative of its memory use, memory gossip ๐งผpng2wx.pl(1)โ transform arbitrary files into C++ files for wxWidgets, wxWidgets wizardry ๐ชproc_iomem_count(1)โ show MMIO region sizes, memory map realness ๐บ๏ธproc_stat_signal(1)โ decode /proc/self/stat for signal status, signals decoded ๐pshtreads(1)โ alternative experiment to ps(1) involving thread display, thread tea ๐งตqplay(1)โ convert QBASIC play strings to PCM, retro beeps to audio ๐นqtar(1)โ faster interface to tar with file ordering, tar but speedrun ๐raregetty(8)โ local login program for remote hosts, getty but rare ๐recursive_lower(1)โ recursively lowercase all filenames, lowercase supremacy ๐กrot13(1)โ shortcut to invoke tr(1) for ROT13, cipher vibes ๐rpmdep.pl(1)โ read RPM dependencies and output a graph, dependency drama visualized ๐sourcefuncsize(1)โ statistical analysis of code, code stats bestie ๐spec-beautifier(1)โ program to clean up RPM .spec files, spec glow-up ๐ssa2srt(1)โ convert SubStation Alpha (SSA) subtitles to SubRip (SRT), subtitle switcheroo ๐ฌsu1(8)โ what sudo should have done, the alternate universe sudo ๐sysinfo(1)โ print IRC-style system information banner, system flex ๐ชtailhex(1)โ hex dumper with tail-following support, hex but it follows ๐vcsaview(8)โ display a screen dump in VCSA format, screen dump realness ๐บwktimer(1)โ work timer, productivity era โณxcp(1)โ proof-of-concept cp(1) with alternate copying mechanisms, cp but experimental ๐งชxfs_irecover(8)โ recover lost inodes from XFS filesystems, inode rescue mission ๐ฆธ
that's the whole squad bestie ๐ this manual page is hxtools(7), from hxtools, dated 2022-11-20. now go be the main character of your terminal, periodt โจ๐ซถ
๐ฆ where this page comes from
- debian trixie: hxtools 20231224-2+b2 ยท MIT
- nixos 26.05: hxtools 20251011
- nixpkgs unstable: hxtools 20251011
- opensuse-leap 16.0: hxtools-man 20231224-bp160.1.12 ยท GPL-2.0-or-later AND WTFPL
- ubuntu noble: hxtools 20231224-2ubuntu1 ยท MIT
- ubuntu questing: hxtools 20231224-2ubuntu1
- ubuntu resolute: hxtools 20251011-1 ยท MIT
- ubuntu stonking: hxtools 20251011-1 ยท MIT
- ๐ girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms