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 This collection is closed at this time for suggestions of additional tools
23 to add to it. The web page lists a bunch that have been suggested,
24 and I have a mailbox full of others. Sorry to all who have sent
25 contributions without a reply.
27 If you would like to take up editorial responsibility for adding tools, as
28 well as take over maintenance of moreutils, please contact me. In the
29 meantime, this project is still being maintained by me, and patches and
30 suggestions for improvements to exsting tools is still welcome.
32 -- Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>