| * CoreUtils-5.3.0 for Windows * |
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| What is it? |
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| CoreUtils: collection of basic file, shell and text manipulation utilities |
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| Description |
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| The GNU Core Utilities are the basic file, shell and text manipulation utilities |
| of the GNU operating system. These are the core utilities which are expected to |
| exist on every operating system. |
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| File utilities: |
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| - chgrp: Changes file group ownership. |
| - chown: Changes file ownership. |
| - chmod: Changes file permissions. |
| - cp: Copies files. |
| - dd: Copies and converts a file. |
| - df: Shows disk free space on filesystems. |
| - dir: Gives a brief directory listing. |
| - dircolors: Setup program for the color output of GNU ls. |
| - du: Shows disk usage on filesystems. |
| - install: Copies file and sets its permissions. |
| - ln: Creates file links. |
| - ls: Lists directory contents. |
| - mkdir: Creates directories. |
| - mkfifo: Creates FIFOs (named pipes). |
| - mknod: Creates special files. |
| - mv: Moves files. |
| - rm: Removes (deletes) files. |
| - rmdir: Removes empty directories. |
| - shred: Destroy data in files. |
| - sync: Synchronizes filesystem buffers and disk. |
| - touch: Changes file timestamps. |
| - vdir: Long directory listing. |
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| Text utilities: |
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| - cat: concatenates and prints files on the standard output |
| - cksum: checksum and count the bytes in a file |
| - comm: compares two sorted files line by line |
| - csplit: splits a file into sections determined by context lines |
| - cut: remove sections from each line of files |
| - expand: convert tabs to spaces |
| - fmt: simple optimal text formatter |
| - fold: wrap each input line to fit in specified width |
| - head: output the first part of files |
| - join: join lines of two files on a common field |
| - md5sum: compute and check MD5 messsage digest |
| - nl: number lines of files |
| - od: dump files in octal and other formats |
| - paste: merge lines of files |
| - ptx: produce a permuted index of file contents |
| - pr: convert text files for printing |
| - shasum: compute and check SHA1 message digest |
| - sort: sort lines of text files |
| - split: split a file into pieces |
| - sum: checksum and count the blocks in a file |
| - tac: concatenates and prints files in reverse |
| - tail: outputs the last part of files |
| - tr: translates or deletes characters |
| - tsort: perform topological sort |
| - unexpand: convert spaces to tabs |
| - uniq: remove duplicate lines from a sorted file |
| - wc: prints the number of bytes, words, and lines in files |
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| Shell utilities: |
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| - [ - Check file types and compare values |
| - basename - Removes the path prefix from a given pathname. |
| - chroot - Changes the root directory. |
| - date - Prints/sets the system date and time. |
| - dirname - Removes the last level or filename from a given pathname. |
| - echo - Prints a line of text. |
| - env - Displays/modifies the environment. |
| - expr - Evaluates expressions. |
| - factor - Prints prime factors. |
| - false - Returns an unsuccessful exit status. |
| - groups - Print the groups that the user is a member of. |
| - hostid - Print the numeric identifier for the current host |
| - hostname - Print or set the machine name. |
| - id - Print real/effective uid/gid. |
| - logname - Print current login name. |
| - nice - Modify scheduling priority. |
| - nohup - Allows a command to continue running after logging out. |
| - pathchk - Check file name portability. |
| - pinky - Lightweight finger |
| - printenv - Prints environment variables. |
| - printf - Formats and prints data. |
| - pwd - Print the current working directory. |
| - seq - Print numeric sequences. |
| - sleep - Suspends execution for a specified time. |
| - stty - Print/change terminal settings. |
| - su - Allows you to adopt the id of another user or superuser. |
| - tee - Sends output to multiple files. |
| - test - Evaluates an expression. |
| - true - Returns a successful exit status. |
| - tty - Print terminal name. |
| - uname - Print system information. |
| - users - Print current user names. |
| - who - Print a list of all users currently logged in. |
| - whoami - Print effective user id. |
| - yes - Print a string repeatedly. |
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| Homepage |
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| http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils |
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| System |
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| - MS-Windows 95 / 98 / ME / NT / 2000 / XP with msvcrt.dll |
| - if msvcrt.dll is not in your Windows/System folder, get it from |
| Microsoft <http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;259403"> |
| or by installing Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher |
| <http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie> |
| - libintl-2 <http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/libintl.htm> |
| - libiconv-2 <http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/libiconv.htm> |
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| Notes |
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| - Bugs and questions on this MS-Windows port: gnuwin32@users.sourceforge.net |
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| Package Availability |
| -------------------- |
| - in: http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net |
| Installation |
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| The MS-Windows version of ln implements soft links as MS-Windows |
| shortcuts. If necessary, it adds the extension .lnk |
| Hard links are implemented as copies on MS-Windows-95 / 98 / ME, |
| and as hard linls on MS-Windows-NT / 2000 / XP. |
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| Sources |
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| - coreutils-5.3.0-src.zip |
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| Compilation |
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| The package has been compiled with GNU auto-tools, GNU make, and Mingw |
| (GCC for MS-Windows). Any differences from the original sources are given |
| in coreutils-5.3.0-GnuWin32.diffs in coreutils-5.3.0-src.zip. Libraries needed |
| for compilation can be found at the lines starting with 'LIBS = ' in the |
| Makefiles. Usually, these are standard libraries provided with Mingw, or |
| libraries from the package itself; 'gw32c' refers to the libgw32c package, |
| which provides MS-Windows substitutes or stubs for functions normally found in |
| Unix. For more information, see: http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/compile.html |
| and http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/libgw32c.htm. |
