backporting tail from HEAD to RELENG_5

[Oliver Fromme]

Xin LI <delphij at frontfree.net> wrote:
 > On Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 01:01:44PM -0600, Doug Poland wrote:
 > > Cool, I currently get this functionality from misc/xtail.  xtail was on
 > > my short list of "must-have" ports.
 > 
 > Would you please share the list with us?  I think it would be helpful
 > if we know the needs :-)

I'm surprised that nobody else replied.  This is a list of
small non-X11 ports that I install on most machines (even
non-FreeBSD if applicable).  This list is certainly not
complete, and everyone probably has his/her own favourite
tools.

 - cpdup    (great to copy/sync directory trees)
 - cvsup-without-gui   (cannot use FreeBSD without it)
 - elinks   (nice text web browser, better than lynx)
 - fping    (useful to ping multiple hosts/nets at once)
 - joe      (my fav. editor, though I can cope with vi, too)
 - logsurfer   (useful tool to watch your logs)
 - lsof     (can't live without it)
 - lynx-ssl   (sometimes useful)
 - netcat   (well-known)
 - nmap     (well-known)
 - omi      (I use this one to mirror stuff via FTP)
 - par      (I use this often for mail / news)
 - screen   (can't live without it)
 - strace   (better than ktrace and truss, IMO)
 - super    (better than sudo, in my opinion)
 - trafshow   (very nice tool to watch network activity)
 - zsh      (my favourite shell, very powerful)

Of course, lots of people will probably have different
opinions about some of those tools.  But that's one of
the big advantages of FreeBSD and its ports collection:
You have enough things to chose from, so go and try them
to find the one which suits you best.  :-)

Best regards
   Oliver

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