pat@pyuxqq.UUCP (Pat M. Iurilli) (12/07/84)
I don't want any flames on this article for any reason. Don't tell me I shouldn't be posting this to the net, don't tell me that it's wrong to simulate one environment under another, etc... Don't waste my time. A company in Boston sells a software package called the 'pc toolbox', which includes 53 UNIX utilities that were rewritten to run under pc-dos. It costs $200.00. The phone number is 617-482-8248. The address is Arts Computer Products, 145 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02116. These include: (a short description has been included for the novice) ed - line editor sedit - stream editor echo - print text find - find a file or files in subdirectory mv - move a file cp - copy files rm - remove (delete) a file or files cat - print a file wc - line/word/character count tail - print last n lines of a file pr - print a file in 66 line page multiples ls - list files in a directory crypt - encrypt a file with DES standard date - display date and time diff - compare and print differences in 2 files dc - desk calculator sort - sort a file ar - object file archiver cd - change directory pwd - print working directory ch - change strings in text files cmp - compare 2 files on a per byte basis comm - select or reject lines common to two sorted files cpress - compress input files crt - display files at the terminal cwd - change current working dir dtab - convert tabs to spaces e - use ed entab - convert spaces to tabs and spaces expand - uncompress compressed files fb - search for blocks of lines with text patterns fc - use fcld fcld - fortran compile and link script field - manipulate field data fmt - text formatter form - produce form letters by prompting for info format - use fmt fsort - sort fortran specification statements includ - include contents of a file in another file isam - make an isam list kwic - prepare lines for keyword-in-context index lam - merge lines of files together ld - link script ll - display line lengths macro - general purpose macro processor man - on line man pages match - search lines for text patterns mcol - put text in multiple columns number - number lines in files oldar - old archive file maintainer os - overstrike, convert backspace into multiple lines pl - display specified lines or pages in files ratfor - ratfor preprocessor rc - ratfor compile, fortran compile and link script rev - reverse lines say - write words on cmd line to output show - show all caracters including control caracters sortmrg - sort and/or merge text files split - split a file into pieces tee - copy input to output and to files tod - display or set date and time tr - transliterate chars tsort - sort symbols topologically umiq - strip adjacent repeated lines from files unrot - unrotate lines rotated by kwic xref - make a cross refrence list of symbols
rick@uwmacc.UUCP (the absurdist) (12/11/84)
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Nothing wrong with posting product info w/prices; this is not ARPANET.
Price is VERY relevant info.
However, before spending $200 on this package, I'd consider how useful
it is. There are public domain versions of a great many UNIX style utilities
available; PC-SIG is one source (about $6 per disk, if memory serves).
Also, Kernighan & Plauger's book "Software tools in Pascal" contains
a great many of these programs. A business might want to spend the money
to avoid the hassle; an individual may do better haunting user's groups
or mail-ordering from PC-SIG (or bulletin-boarding....).
As usual, I am not connected with PC-SIG, or K&P, or even reality.
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