package PerlPowerTools; our $VERSION = '1.012'; 1; =encoding utf8 =head1 NAME PerlPowerTools - BSD utilities written in pure Perl =head1 SYNOPSIS Install the commands and use them just as you would the normal BSD utilities. =head1 DESCRIPTION The Unix Reconstruction Project. By default, these install into the F<~/perlpowertools> directory. You'll probably need to add that directory to C to use them. You can install them anywhere you like by setting C when you run F. =head2 Utilities =over 4 =item addbib - create or extend a bibliographic database =item apply - Run a command many times with different arguments =item ar - create and maintain library archives =item arch - display system machine type =item arithmetic - improve your arithmetic skills =item asa - interpret ASA/FORTRAN carriage-controls =item awk - pattern-directed scanning and processing language =item banner - print large banner on printer =item basename -- print the basename of a file =item bc - An arbitrary precision calculator language =item cal - member of the Perl Power Tools =item cat - concatenate and print files. =item chgrp - change group ownership of files =item ching - the Book of Changes =item chmod - change permissions of files. =item chown - change ownership of files. =item clear - clear the screen =item cmp - compare two files =item col - filter reverse line feeds from input =item colrm - remove columns from a file =item comm - select or reject lines common to two files =item cp - copy files and/or directories =item cut - select portions of each line of a file =item date - display or set date and time =item dc - an arbitrary precision calculator =item deroff - strip troff, eqn and tbl sequences from text =item diff - Compute `intelligent' differences between two files / lists =item dirname - print the directory name of a path =item du - display disk usage statistics =item echo - echo arguments =item ed - text editor =item env - Run a program in a modified environment =item expand, unexpand - expand tabs to spaces, and vice versa =item expr - evaluate expression =item factor - factor a number =item false - Exit unsuccesfully =item file - determine file type =item find - search directory tree for files matching a pattern =item fish - plays the children's game of Go Fish =item fold - wrap each input line to fit specified width =item fortune - print a random, hopefully interesting, adage =item from - print names of those who have sent mail =item glob - 100% Perl implementation of (t)csh "globbing" =item grep - search for regular expressions and print =item hangman - perl version of the game hangman =item head - print the first lines of a file =item id - show user information =item install - install files and directories =item join - relational database operator =item kill - send signals to a process =item ln - create links =item lock - reserves a terminal =item look - find lines in a sorted list =item ls - list file/directory information =item mail - implementation of Berkeley mail(1) =item pmake - a perl 'make' replacement =item man - format and display the on-line manual page =item maze - generate a maze problem =item mimedecode - extract MIME attachments in uudecode-like manner =item mkdir - create directories =item mkfifo - make named pipes =item moo - play a game of MOO =item demorse - read morse and translate it to text =item od - dump files in octal and other formats =item par - create a Perl archive of files =item paste - merge corresponding or subsequent lines of files =item patch - apply a diff file to an original =item pig - eformatray inputway asway Igpay Atinlay =item ping - probe for network hosts =item pom - display the phase of the moon =item ppt - reformat input as paper tape =item pr - convert text files for printing =item primes - generate primes =item printenv - Display the environment =item printf - format and print data =item pwd - working directory name =item rain - Let it rain. =item random - display lines at random, or exit with a random value =item rev - reverse lines of a file =item rm - remove directory entries =item rmdir - remove directories =item robots - fight off villainous robots =item shar - create a shell archive of files =item sleep - suspend execution for a number of seconds =item sort - sort or merge text files =item spell - scan a file for misspelled words =item split - split a file into pieces =item strings - extract strings =item sum - display file checksums and block counts =item tac - concatenate and print files in reverse =item tail - display the last part of a file =item tar - manipulate tape archives =item tee - pipe fitting =item test - condition evaluation utility =item time - times the execution of a command =item touch - change access and modification times of files =item tr - translate or delete characters =item true - Exit succesfully =item tcsort - topological sort =item tty - return user's terminal name =item uname - print system information =item expand, unexpand - expand tabs to spaces, and vice versa =item uniq - report or filter out repeated lines in a file =item units - conversion program =item unpar - extract files from a Perl archive =item unshar - extract files from a shell archive =item uudecode, uuencode - encode/decode a binary file =item uudecode, uuencode - encode/decode a binary file =item wc - paragraph, line, word, character, and byte counter =item what - extract version information from a file =item which - report full paths of commands. =item whois - Internet domain name and network number directory service =item words - find words which can be made from a string of letters =item wump - Perl port of the "Hunt the Wumpus" game =item xargs - construct argument list(s) and execute utility =item yes - print out a string till doomsday =back =head1 SOURCE AVAILABILITY This source is in Github: https://github.com/briandfoy/PerlPowerTools =head1 AUTHOR brian d foy, C<< >> is the current maintainer, even though he wrote none of the utilities. =head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE Copyright (c) 2004-2016 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. =cut __END__