SynoCli Misc Tools¶

SynoCli Misc Tools provides various useful command-line utilities.

Package Information¶

Property	Value
Package Name	synocli-misc
License	Various (GPL, BSD, MIT)

Tool	Description
bc	Calculator
errno	Lookup errno names and descriptions
expect	Automate interactive applications
parallel	Parallel command execution
cal	Calendar display
hexdump	Display file in hexadecimal
lscpu	Display CPU information
lsblk	List block devices
findmnt	Find mounted filesystems
wall	Write to all users
whereis	Locate commands
uhubctl	USB hub power control
zramctl	ZRAM management

Tool	Description
pee	Tee to pipes
sponge	Soak up stdin, write to file
ts	Timestamp input
ifdata	Get network interface info
ifne	Run command if stdin not empty
isutf8	Check if file is valid UTF-8
lckdo	Execute with lock held
mispipe	Pipe preserving exit status

# Process files in parallel
ls *.jpg | parallel convert {} -resize 50% small_{}

# Run 4 jobs in parallel
parallel -j 4 gzip ::: *.log

# Automate SSH login (example script)
expect <<'EOF'
spawn ssh user@host
expect "password:"
send "mypassword\r"
interact
EOF

# Edit file in place safely
sort file.txt | sponge file.txt

# Without sponge, this would empty the file

# Add timestamps to output
command | ts '[%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S]'

# List USB hubs
uhubctl

# Power off USB port
uhubctl -a off -p 1