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- The Danix Collection of Utilities (11/28/90) Version 1.02
- ---------------------------------------------------------
-
- The full documentation for each of the utilities included can be found using
- the "man" command. Type man ls for the documentation on ls. For information
- on how to use man, type man man. A brief description of each command is
- contained in this file.
-
- CAT
- ---
- cat prints files to the standard output. It can be used as a filter
- by including a minus sign '-' in the file list.
-
- CHMOD
- -----
- chmod changes the access modes on files. The modes which it can change
- are the archive bit, read-only attribute, hidden file attribute, and system
- file attribute.
-
- CUT
- ---
- Used most often as a filter, cut will select parts of each line of input
- to be printed to standard output. It can also take input from files or
- both files and standard input by including a '-' in the file list.
-
- CWD
- ---
- cwd prints the current working directory on the current drive or the drive
- supplied as a parameter.
-
- DAYTIME
- -------
- daytime simple prints the approximate time of day in non-military time.
-
- DTREE
- -----
- dtree prints a directory tree beginning with a specified path and drive,
- or the current directory by default.
-
- HEAD
- ----
- head prints out the first 10 lines of a text file or standard input, or
- both, if '-' is in the file list. The number of lines printed can be
- changed with a parameter.
-
- LS
- --
- list the contents of a directory. By default, it prints the current
- directory contents, excluding hidden files. Many options allow for
- many different forms of listings.
-
- MAN
- ---
- manual reader to display doc files. manual "pages" can be added by creating
- a file with any word processor, and using the man -a option. Pages which
- you add should only contain ascii characters due to the way the man program
- handles them. Therefore, word processors should be instructed to save the
- file as an ascii file, without any headers which it may usually include.
- The file man.pgs is used to store the pages and should be located somewhere
- in your path. It will store up to 150 man pages or until it runs out of
- memory. The longer the man pages are the longer it takes man to load in
- the pages, so these docs should be as concise as possible, just outlining
- the options and usage of commands which you refer to often. If you try
- to insert a man page longer than 5000 bytes, man will truncate it.
-
- PASTE
- -----
- paste joins files horizontally. It prints the first line of the first
- file argument, followed by a tab, and the first line of the second file
- argument, etc. until the file list has been exhausted. Standard input
- can be used as one of the files by including a '-' in the file list.
-
- PTIME
- -----
- ptime gives the execution time of a command. It passes all arguments to
- the command interpreter, and then displays a message telling how long the
- program took to execute. Times may vary from computer to computer and
- are only approximate because the command interpreter must search for the
- file, if necessary.
-
- TAIL
- ----
- prints out the last ten lines of its file arguments, and standard input,
- if '-' is in the file list. Number of lines printed is controllable.
-
- TOUCH
- -----
- updates the time stamp on a file, or creates the file if it does not
- exist
-
- WC
- --
- count the number of lines and/or words and/or characters in any number of
- files, or standard input, by including '-' in the file list.
-
- The normal wildcard characters can be used:
- wc *.doc counts the number of words, lines, and characters in all files
- with a .doc extension
- ls file?.doc will list all .doc files beginning with file followed by
- any other character.
-
- If you find these utilities useful, your donation of $15.00 would be
- greatly appreciated. Registered users will recieve a disk with the
- next major upgrade of the package, or the current version if an older
- version is registered. See the file register.doc for information.
-
- At this time, any comments/suggestions can be sent to:
-
- Dan Schikore
- schikore@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Internet)
-
- 1983 Greenheath (US Mail)
- Florissant, MO 63033
-