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PerlPowerTools - BSD utilities written in pure Perl
The Unix Reconstruction Project. By default, these install into the ~/perlpowertools directory. You'll probably need to add that directory to "PATH" to use them. You can install them anywhere you like by setting "INSTALL_BASE" when you run Makefile.P...
BRIANDFOY/PerlPowerTools-1.045 - 30 Apr 2024 22:22:50 UTC
ls - list file/directory information
This program lists information about files and directories. If it is invoked without file/directory name arguments, it lists the contents of the current directory. Otherwise, ls lists information about the files and information about the contents of ...
BRIANDFOY/PerlPowerTools-1.045 - 30 Apr 2024 22:22:50 UTC
file - determine file type
The file command tests each argument in an attempt to classify it. There are four sets of tests, performed in this order: filesystem tests, script tests, magic number tests, and language tests. The first test that succeeds causes the file type to be ...
BRIANDFOY/PerlPowerTools-1.045 - 30 Apr 2024 22:22:50 UTC
cut - select portions of each line of a file
The cut utility selects portions of each line (as specified by *list*) from each *file* (or the standard input by default), and writes them to the standard output. The items specified by *list* can be in terms of column position or in terms of fields...
BRIANDFOY/PerlPowerTools-1.045 - 30 Apr 2024 22:22:50 UTC
tail - display the last part of a file
The *tail* utility displays the contents of file or, by default, its standard input, to the standard output. The display begins at a byte, line or 512-byte block location in the input. Numbers having a leading plus (+) sign are relative to the beginn...
BRIANDFOY/PerlPowerTools-1.045 - 30 Apr 2024 22:22:50 UTC
split - split a file into pieces
The split utility reads the given *file* (or standard input if no file is specified) and breaks it up into files of 1000 lines each....
BRIANDFOY/PerlPowerTools-1.045 - 30 Apr 2024 22:22:50 UTC
ar - create and maintain library archives
The ar utility creates and maintains groups of files combined into an archive. Once an archive has been created, new files can be added and existing files can be extracted, deleted, or replaced. Files are named in the archive by a single component, i...
BRIANDFOY/PerlPowerTools-1.045 - 30 Apr 2024 22:22:50 UTC
words - find words which can be made from a string of letters
words prints all the uncapitalized words in the word list that can be made from the string of letters. Each letter can appear in a word once for each time it appears in the string. OPTIONS words accepts the following options: -w *word-file* By defaul...
BRIANDFOY/PerlPowerTools-1.045 - 30 Apr 2024 22:22:50 UTC
wc - paragraph, line, word, character, and byte counter
*wc* reads one or more input text files and, by default, writes the number of lines, words, and bytes contained in each input file to the standard output. An optional count of paragraphs or characters is also possible in this implementation. If more ...
BRIANDFOY/PerlPowerTools-1.045 - 30 Apr 2024 22:22:50 UTC
du - display disk usage statistics
The du utility displays the file system block usage for each file argument and for each directory in the file hierarchy rooted in each directory argument. If no file is specified, the block usage of the hierarchy rooted in the current directory is di...
BRIANDFOY/PerlPowerTools-1.045 - 30 Apr 2024 22:22:50 UTC
patch - apply a diff file to an original
*Patch* will take a patch file containing any of the four forms of difference listing produced by the *diff* program and apply those differences to an original file, producing a patched version. By default, the patched version is put in place of the ...
BRIANDFOY/PerlPowerTools-1.045 - 30 Apr 2024 22:22:50 UTC
tr - translate or delete characters
The *tr* program copies the standard input to the standard output with substitution or deletion of selected characters. Input characters found in *SEARCHLIST* are mapped into the corresponding characters of *REPLACEMENTLIST*. When *REPLACEMENTLIST* i...
BRIANDFOY/PerlPowerTools-1.045 - 30 Apr 2024 22:22:50 UTC
pr - convert text files for printing
*pr* formats text into fixed-length pages with headers, multiple columns and other options suitable for hardcopy output. OPTIONS *pr* accepts the following option: -columns Causes *pr* to print text in columns down the page. Note that *pr* does not a...
BRIANDFOY/PerlPowerTools-1.045 - 30 Apr 2024 22:22:50 UTC
bc - an arbitrary precision calculator language
This is the PerlPowerTools implementations of GNU version of bc, a souped-up calculator language. This is documented at: https://www.gnu.org/software/bc/manual/html_mono/bc.html Options * -b - use Math::BigFloat * -d - turn on debugging output * -h -...
BRIANDFOY/PerlPowerTools-1.045 - 30 Apr 2024 22:22:50 UTC
cmp - compare two files
*cmp* compares two files, byte-by-byte. The result of the comparison is always given by the exit status, and may be summarized on the standard output according to the options given on the command line. If the two compared files are identical, *cmp* w...
BRIANDFOY/PerlPowerTools-1.045 - 30 Apr 2024 22:22:50 UTC
awk - pattern-directed scanning and processing language
This version of the standard *awk* utility is nothing more than a wrapper that massages its arguments and calls the *a2p* translator to do the real conversion into Perl, which is then compiled and executed....
BRIANDFOY/PerlPowerTools-1.045 - 30 Apr 2024 22:22:50 UTC
join - relational database operator
The join utility performs an ``equality join'' on the specified files and writes the result to the standard output. The ``join field'' is the field in each file by which the files are compared. The first field in each line is used by default. There i...
BRIANDFOY/PerlPowerTools-1.045 - 30 Apr 2024 22:22:50 UTC
wump - play a game of "Hunt the Wumpus"
Move around the tunnels and shoot the wumpus. Don't get eaten by the wumpus, don't fall into a pit, don't hit yourself with an arrow, watch out for bats. The game gives more instructions. (Embedded documentation! Could this be a precursor to POD?)...
BRIANDFOY/PerlPowerTools-1.045 - 30 Apr 2024 22:22:50 UTC
mail - implementation of Berkeley mail(1)
When called without command-line options (except -f) *mail* allows the user to interactively send mail, and manage a mail folder. Otherwise, *mail* allows the user to send outgoing E-mail to recipients. When run interactively, the mail folder ~/mbox ...
BRIANDFOY/PerlPowerTools-1.045 - 30 Apr 2024 22:22:50 UTC
which - report full paths of commands
*which* prints the full paths to the commands given as arguments, depending on the *$PATH* environment variable. Nothing is printed if the command is not found. OPTIONS *which* accepts the following options: -a Print out all instances of command on *...
BRIANDFOY/PerlPowerTools-1.045 - 30 Apr 2024 22:22:50 UTC