NAME
PerlPowerTools - BSD utilities written in pure Perl
SYNOPSIS
Install the commands and use them just as you would the normal BSD utilities.
DESCRIPTION
Unix Reconstruction Project
Utilities
- addbib - create or extend a bibliographic database
- apply - Run a command many times with different arguments
- ar - create and maintain library archives
- arch - display system machine type
- arithmetic - improve your arithmetic skills
- asa - interpret ASA/FORTRAN carriage-controls
- awk - pattern-directed scanning and processing language
- basename -- print the basename of a file
- bc - An arbitrary precision calculator language
- cal - member of the Perl Power Tools
- cat - concatenate and print files.
- chgrp - change group ownership of files
- ching - the Book of Changes
- chmod - change permissions of files.
- chown - change ownership of files.
- clear - clear the screen
- cmp - compare two files
- col - filter reverse line feeds from input
- colrm - remove columns from a file
- comm - select or reject lines common to two files
- cp - copy files and/or directories
- cut - select portions of each line of a file
- date - display or set date and time
- dc - an arbitrary precision calculator
- deroff - strip troff, eqn and tbl sequences from text
- diff - Compute `intelligent' differences between two files / lists
- dirname - print the directory name of a path
- du - display disk usage statistics
- echo - echo arguments
- ed - text editor
- env - Run a program in a modified environment
- expand, unexpand - expand tabs to spaces, and vice versa
- expr - evaluate expression
- factor - factor a number
- false - Exit unsuccesfully
- file - determine file type
- find - search directory tree for files matching a pattern
- fish - plays the children's game of Go Fish
- fold - wrap each input line to fit specified width
- fortune - print a random, hopefully interesting, adage
- from - print names of those who have sent mail
- glob - 100% Perl implementation of (t)csh "globbing"
- grep - search for regular expressions and print
- hangman - perl version of the game hangman
- head - print the first lines of a file
- id - show user information
- install - install files and directories
- join - relational database operator
- kill - send signals to a process
- ln - create links
- lock - reserves a terminal
- look - find lines in a sorted list
- ls - list file/directory information
- mail - implementation of Berkeley mail(1)
- pmake - a perl 'make' replacement
- man - format and display the on-line manual page
- maze - generate a maze problem
- mimedecode - extract MIME attachments in uudecode-like manner
- mkdir - create directories
- mkfifo - make named pipes
- moo - play a game of MOO
- demorse - read morse and translate it to text
- od - dump files in octal and other formats
- par - create a Perl archive of files
- paste - merge corresponding or subsequent lines of files
- patch - apply a diff file to an original
- pig - eformatray inputway asway Igpay Atinlay
- ping - probe for network hosts
- pom - display the phase of the moon
- ppt - reformat input as paper tape
- pr - convert text files for printing
- primes - generate primes
- printenv - Display the environment
- printf - format and print data
- pwd - working directory name
- rain -- Let it rain.
- random - display lines at random, or exit with a random value
- rev - reverse lines of a file
- rm - remove directory entries
- rmdir - remove directories
- robots - fight off villainous robots
- sleep - suspend execution for a number of seconds
- sort - sort or merge text files
- spell - scan a file for misspelled words
- split - split a file into pieces
- strings - extract strings
- sum - display file checksums and block counts
- tac - concatenate and print files in reverse
- tail - display the last part of a file
- tar - manipulate tape archives
- tee - pipe fitting
- test - condition evaluation utility
- time - times the execution of a command
- touch - change access and modification times of files
- tr - translate or delete characters
- true - Exit succesfully
- tcsort - topological sort
- tty - return user's terminal name
- uname - print system information
- expand, unexpand - expand tabs to spaces, and vice versa
- uniq - report or filter out repeated lines in a file
- units - conversion program
- unpar - extract files from a Perl archive
- unshar - extract files from a shell archive
- uudecode, uuencode - encode/decode a binary file
- uudecode, uuencode - encode/decode a binary file
- wc - paragraph, line, word, character, and byte counter
- what - extract version information from a file
- which - report full paths of commands.
- whois - Internet domain name and network number directory service
- words - find words which can be made from a string of letters
- wump - Perl port of the "Hunt the Wumpus" game
- xargs - construct argument list(s) and execute utility
- yes - print out a string till doomsday
SOURCE AVAILABILITY
This source is in Github:
https://github.com/briandfoy/PerlPowerToolsAUTHOR
brian d foy, <bdfoy@cpan.org> is the current maintainer, even though he wrote none of the utilities.
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright (c) 2004-2014 by various authors. See each program for specific information.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.