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1This collection of scripts was originally written for ksh-88 by
2John DuBois <spcecdt@armory.com>. The conversion to bash v2
3syntax was done by Chet Ramey.
4
5These scripts are as-is; there is no copyright associated with
6any of them. They exist simply as examples of bash scripting.
7
8Here's a description of what's in this directory:
9
10arc2tarz Convert an "arc" archive to a compressed tar archive.
11corename Tell what produced a core file.
12fman Fast man replacement.
13frcp Copy files using ftp but with rcp-type command line syntax.
14lowercase Change filenames to lower case.
15ncp A nicer front end for cp (has -i, etc.).
16newext Change the extension of a group of files.
17nmv A nicer front end for mv (has -i, etc.).
18pages Print specified pages from files.
19pf A pager front end that handles compressed files.
20rename Change the names of files that match a pattern.
21repeat Execute a command multiple times.
22untar Unarchive a (possibly compressed) tarfile into a directory.
23uudec Carefully uudecode multiple files.
24uuenc uuencode multiple files.
25vtree Print a visual display of a directory tree.
26where Show where commands that match a pattern are.
27
28The following scripts were written or converted by Chet Ramey:
29
30bashrand Random number generator with upper and lower bounds and optional seed
31cdhist cd replacement with a directory stack added
32pmtop Poor man's `top' for SunOS 4.x and BSD/OS
33shprof Line profiler for bash scripts
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