One that I have recently been using more and more is time, but don't forget there is a difference between bash's "time" command and /usr/bin/time . I use both.

One that I have recently been using more and more is time, but don't forget there is a difference between bash's "time" command and /usr/bin/time . I use both. The majority in the list seem pretty common, but I guess with more and more gui dependents some people just never spent days wading through man pages or info coreutils, so still useful.