MiscTools MiscTools package is a collection of small but useful UNIX utilities
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UNIX utility system system utility Unix utilities convert numeric values

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MiscTools package is a collection of small but useful UNIX utilities MiscTools package is a collection of small but useful utilities. Though they are small and trivial, I've found these programs to be indispensable. The utilities are:· basecvt: A simple program for converting numeric values from one base to another.· bat: A binary dump program; similar to the UNIX od command, but produces output in a much more useful format.· cpmod: A program to copy file permissions.· dirstack: A curses-based directory browser/selector.· dirtree: A program that generates a hierarchical list of filenames for a given directory tree.· djinn: A wrapper tool that helps a Java program run as a true UNIX daemon.· ftrunc: A program that truncates files to specified lengths.· man2ps: A script that converts a manpage to a PostScript file.· pascii: A program that reads characters from the keyboard and displays their ASCII codes in various formats.· pfortune: A program that prints out random fortunes.· pkgenv: A simple shell environment manager for software packages.· psprint: A script that formats and prints various types of files to a PostScript printer.· ps2pdf: A script that converts a PostScript file to a PDF file.· ranline: A program that reads a line at random from a file.· stat: A program that prints out information about a file.· texi2pdf: A script that converts a Texinfo file to a PDF file.· textlock: A password-protection program like xlock for use on text terminals.· tformat: A program that reformats text, wrapping words as necessary, to fit within a specified number of columns.· watcherd: A program that watches the size of a file and invokes another program when the file size increases.Requirements:· cbase library.

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