This is a collection of the unix tools that nobody thought to write
-thirty years ago. If you have written a general purpose unix tool, feel
-free to contribute it for inclusion in this package.
+thirty years ago. Currently it consists of these tools:
isutf8
check if a file or standard input is utf-8
vipe
edit a pipe using your text editor
+Your suggestions of additional tools to add to this collection are
+apprecitated. Here are some that are under consideration but have not yet
+been included, I also welcome feedback on which of these to include.
+
+mime
+ determines the mime type of a file using the gnome mine database
+
+ (More useful than file(1) in many cases but would add a lot of
+ gnome libraries to the package's dependency chain.)
+
+ifcfg
+ find ip address etc easily without complex grepping in ifconfig
+ http://edgard.dyn.fdn.fr/developpements/ifcfg.shtml
+ (Tarball link 404 when last checked.)
+
+and
+ filter a stream for the entries that exist in another file
+ http://arstechnica.com/articles/columns/linux/linux-20050822.ars
+
+ (Isn't there a way to do this with standard unix tools?)
+
+not
+ filter a stream for the entries that do not exist in another file
+ http://arstechnica.com/articles/columns/linux/linux-20050822.ars
+
+ (Isn't there a way to do this with standard unix tools?)
+
+z
+ makes another program understand compressed files
+ ex: z zxgv file.bmp.gz
+
+ (Waiting for copyright from Chung-chieh Shan)
+ (Dare I take the "z" name?)
+
+tmp
+ puts stdin into a temp file and passes it to the specified program
+ ex: zcat file.bmp.gz | tmp zxgv
+
+ (Waiting for copyright from Chung-chieh Shan)
+add
+ adds up numbers from stdin
+
+ (Waiting for copyright from Chung-chieh Shan)
+
-- Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>
-moreutils (0.3) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+moreutils (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
* Switch sponge to a C implementation by mithandir.
+ * Added a list of prospective tools that I am considering adding to the
+ README file.
- -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 3 Mar 2006 17:10:43 -0500
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 3 Mar 2006 18:09:46 -0500
moreutils (0.2) unstable; urgency=low