Which Linux command or utility is simple, powerful, and surprisingly unknown to many people or used less often?
This could be a command or a piece of software or an application.
For example I’m surprised to find that many people are unaware of Caddy, a very simple web server that can make setting up a reverse proxy incredibly easy.
Another example is fzf. Many people overlook this, a fast command-line fuzzy finder. It’s versatile for searching files, directories, or even shell history with minimal effort.
Pandoc, FFMpeg, ImageMagick
FFMpeg Simple and underrated? Not sure about that.
I only use it for simple things
similar to ImageMagick,
jpegtran
is great for lossless jpeg transformations. You can even extend jpegs using the “crop” function, which can be very useful for batch-processing images, even though it’s hardcoded to middle grey.https://web.archive.org/web/20190717052618/https://www.impulseadventure.com/photo/jpeg-lossless-extend.html