This collection of scripts was originally written for ksh-88 by
John DuBois <spcecdt@armory.com>. The conversion to bash v2
syntax was done by Chet Ramey.
These scripts are as-is; there is no copyright associated with
any of them. They exist simply as examples of bash scripting.
Here's a description of what's in this directory:
arc2tarz Convert an "arc" archive to a compressed tar archive.
cal2day.bash Convert a day number to a name.
corename Tell what produced a core file.
fman Fast man(1) replacement.
frcp Copy files using ftp(1) but with rcp-type command line syntax.
lowercase Change filenames to lower case.
ncp A nicer front end for cp(1) (has -i, etc.).
newext Change the extension of a group of files.
nmv A nicer front end for mv(1) (has -i, etc.).
pages Print specified pages from files.
PERMISSION Permissions to use the scripts in this directory.
pf A pager front end that handles compressed files.
README README
ren Rename files by changing parts of filenames that match a pattern.
rename Change the names of files that match a pattern.
repeat Execute a command multiple times.
untar Unarchive a (possibly compressed) tarfile into a directory.
uudec Carefully uudecode(1) multiple files.
uuenc uuencode(1) multiple files.
vtree Print a visual display of a directory tree.
where Show where commands that match a pattern are.
The following scripts were written or converted by Chet Ramey:
bashrand Random number generator with upper and lower bounds and optional seed.
cdhist.bash cd replacement with a directory stack added.
pmtop Poor man's 'top(1)' for SunOS 4.x and BSD/OS.
shprof Line profiler for bash scripts.
