1This collection of scripts was originally written for ksh-88 by
2John DuBois <spcecdt@armory.com>.  The conversion to bash v2
3syntax was done by Chet Ramey.
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5These scripts are as-is; there is no copyright associated with
6any of them.  They exist simply as examples of bash scripting.
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8Here's a description of what's in this directory:
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10arc2tarz	Convert an "arc" archive to a compressed tar archive.
11cal2day.bash	Convert a day number to a name.
12corename	Tell what produced a core file.
13fman		Fast man(1) replacement.
14frcp		Copy files using ftp(1) but with rcp-type command line syntax.
15lowercase	Change filenames to lower case.
16ncp		A nicer front end for cp(1) (has -i, etc.).
17newext		Change the extension of a group of files.
18nmv		A nicer front end for mv(1) (has -i, etc.).
19pages		Print specified pages from files.
20PERMISSION	Permissions to use the scripts in this directory.
21pf		A pager front end that handles compressed files.
22README		README
23ren		Rename files by changing parts of filenames that match a pattern.
24rename		Change the names of files that match a pattern.
25repeat		Execute a command multiple times.
26untar		Unarchive a (possibly compressed) tarfile into a directory.
27uudec		Carefully uudecode(1) multiple files.
28uuenc		uuencode(1) multiple files.
29vtree		Print a visual display of a directory tree.
30where		Show where commands that match a pattern are.
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32The following scripts were written or converted by Chet Ramey:
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34bashrand	Random number generator with upper and lower bounds and optional seed.
35cdhist.bash	cd replacement with a directory stack added.
36pmtop		Poor man's 'top(1)' for SunOS 4.x and BSD/OS.
37shprof		Line profiler for bash scripts.
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