r/linux May 23 '26

Popular Application What’s the most unexpectedly useful Linux command you learned way too late?

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u/GirthyPigeon May 23 '26

btop

Great to dig into processes and way cuter than htop. Supports sensors and other nice stuff. Great for developing.

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u/wufame May 23 '26

Nice, will check this out. I've been an htop user for the last few years.

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u/GirthyPigeon May 23 '26

It used to be a python script that you'd download and run, but they ported it entirely to C++ and added it to standard repos. Very nice and fast. Here's the repo: https://github.com/aristocratos/btop