Version 3.2.1 | "Quiet Fury Edition" 1. What is ShrewSoft? ShrewSoft is a lightweight, low-overhead system utility suite designed for power users who value speed, precision, and minimalism . Inspired by the tenacious shrew—small but fierce—ShrewSoft tools are compact, fast, and efficient, often replacing bloated default applications.
Do one thing, do it fast, get out of the way. 2. Installation Windows shrewsoft-install.exe /quiet /norestart Adds ShrewSoft to PATH and context menu (optional). Linux (Debian/Ubuntu) sudo add-apt-repository ppa:shrewsoft/stable sudo apt update && sudo apt install shrewsoft-cli macOS brew install shrewsoft/tap/shrew 3. Core Commands shrew find Replaces find / grep with fuzzy, regex-aware search. shrewsoft
shrew find "*.log" "ERROR" --context 2 Force-terminates processes listening on a specific port. Version 3
shrew killport 8080 --force Captures a point-in-time snapshot of memory usage by process, sorted by delta over last X seconds. Installation Windows shrewsoft-install
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