1 This is a collection of the unix tools that nobody thought to write
2 long ago, when unix was young. Currently it consists of these tools:
4 chronic: runs a command quietly unless it fails
5 combine: combine the lines in two files using boolean operations
6 errno: look up errno names and descriptions
7 ifdata: get network interface info without parsing ifconfig output
8 isutf8: check if a file or standard input is utf-8
9 ifne: run a command if the standard input is not empty
10 lckdo: execute a program with a lock held (deprecated)
11 mispipe: pipe two commands, returning the exit status of the first
12 parallel: run multiple jobs at once
13 pee: tee standard input to pipes
14 sponge: soak up standard input and write to a file
15 ts: timestamp standard input
16 vidir: edit a directory in your text editor
17 vipe: insert a text editor into a pipe
18 zrun: automatically uncompress arguments to command
20 Its web page is here: http://joeyh.name/code/moreutils/
22 Your suggestions of additional tools to add to this collection are
23 appreciated. The web page lists some that are under consideration but
24 have not yet been included, I also welcome feedback on which of these to
27 -- Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>