misctools 2.3 review

misctools package is a collection of small but useful utilities

License: GPL (GNU General Public License) File size: 4224K Developer: Mark Lindner

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misctools package is a collection of small but useful utilities. Though they are small and trivial, I've found these programs to be indispensable.

The utilities are:

bat
A binary dump program; similar to the UNIX od command, but produces output in a much more useful format.
cpmod
A program to copy file permissions.
dirstack
A curses-based directory browser/selector.
dirtree
A program that generates a hierarchical list of filenames for a given directory tree.
djinn
A wrapper program that allows a Java program to run as a true UNIX daemon.
ftrunc
A program that truncates files to specified lengths.
pascii
A program that reads characters from the keyboard and displays their ASCII codes in various formats.
pfortune
A program that prints out random fortunes.
ranline
A program that reads a line at random from a file.
stat
A program that prints out information about a file.
textlock
A password-protection program like xlock for use on text terminals.
tformat
A program that reformats text, wrapping words as necessary, to fit within a specified number of columns.
watcherd
A program that watches the size of a file and invokes another program when the file size increases.

Requirements:
CFL library

What's New in This Release:
Minor enhancements were made to the "pfortune" program, and some additional fortune databases have been added.