{"id":226054,"date":"2026-03-21T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/21\/5-more-tasks-that-are-better-in-the-terminal\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T11:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T15:45:09","slug":"5-more-tasks-that-are-better-in-the-terminal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/21\/5-more-tasks-that-are-better-in-the-terminal\/","title":{"rendered":"5 more tasks that are better in the terminal"},"content":{"rendered":"

5 more tasks that are better in the terminal<\/a><\/p>\n

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Publish Date: 2026-03-21 11:30:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.howtogeek.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Ever since I realized that I can avoid creepy web trackers and cross-site scripting just by visiting fewer websites, I’ve been trying to find ways to get more things done within the terminal. I’ve already posted 8 things you can do in the terminal instead of the browser, and I’m hoping to make this an ongoing series.<\/p>\n

\n A little note for Windows users
\n <\/h2>\n

\n Set up a WSL box
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Most CLI tools are built for Unix-like systems in mind (Linux or macOS), so you might have trouble finding prebuilt packages for Windows. Occasionally, they might be available in the winget repos, but typically they aren’t. That’s not a real issue though, because you can always spin up WSL (or Windows subsystem for Linux) to install and use your command-line tools.<\/p>\n

I recommend Arch Linux because you can find pretty much all of these tools in the Arch User Repository.<\/p>\n

\"Tux,<\/p>\n

Related<\/span><\/p>\n

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\t\t\tSo You’ve…<\/h5>\n

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