System :: Utilities :: Shell

Shtool

GNU shtool is a compilation of small but very stable and portable shell scripts into a single shell tool. All ingredients were in successful use over many years in various free software projects. The compiled shtool program is intended to be used inside the source tree of other free software packages. There it can overtake various (usually non-portable) tasks related to the building and ...
Licence : GPL

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GNU M4

GNU M4 is an implementation of the traditional Unix macro processor. It is mostly SVR4 compatible although it has some extensions (for example, handling more than 9 positional parameters to macros). GNU m4 also has built-in functions for including files, running shell commands, doing arithmetic, etc. GNU M4 is a macro processor in the sense that it copies its input to the output expanding macros ...
Licence : GPL

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Zsh

Zsh is a shell designed for interactive use, although it is also a powerful scripting language. Many of the useful features of bash, ksh, and tcsh were incorporated into zsh; many original features were added. The introductory document details some of the unique features of zsh. It assumes basic knowledge of the standard UNIX shells; the intent is to show a reader already familiar with one of the ...
Licence : GPL

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Bash

Bash is an sh-compatible shell that incorporates useful features from the Korn shell (ksh) and C shell (csh). It is intended to conform to the IEEE POSIX P1003.2/ISO 9945.2 Shell and Tools standard. It offers functional improvements over sh for both programming and interactive use; these include command line editing, unlimited size command history, job control, shell functions and aliases, ...
Licence : GPL

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Unsort

The UNIX filter that should have been there since the beginning! Unsort is the natural opposite to standard 'sort', it takes lines and shuffles them.
Licence : Public Domain

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Tcsh

Tcsh is an enhanced, but completely compatible version of the Berkeley UNIX C shell (csh). It is a command language interpreter usable both as an interactive login shell and a shell script command processor. It includes a command-line editor, programmable word completion, spelling correction, a history mechanism, job control and a C-like syntax.
Licence : GPL

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Killproc

Some useful programs for a replacment of the shell functions daemom and killproc found in the Linux System V init suite. killproc(8) for signaling or terminating, checkproc(8) for checking and startproc(8) for starting processes. Each program has its own manual page.
Licence : GPL

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Stash

Stash is a Perl script that aims to make it easier for you to install, track, and maintain packages and modules in your home directory. It performs this magic by detecting what type of package or module you are installing and then passing all the correct command line arguments to the relevant configure scripts and makefiles. It is extensible via custom packages, and it tracks both architecture ...
Licence : GPL

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Dialogcd

Control the applications from cdrtools with this easy to use dialog-based bash script. No need for command line, even In console. Licence : GPL

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Srm

Srm (secure rm) is a command-line compatible rm which destroys file contents before unlinking. The goal is to provide drop in security for users who wish to prevent command line recovery of deleted information, even if the machine is compromised.
Licence : MIT

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Easymenu

Easymenu can be used to generate anything from easy one-level menus to advanced multi-level menusystems. It has a set of internal commands, and can execute external applications and scripts, all to be as flexible as possible. Easymenu needs only one file to run, which makes it very easy to install and remove from your system. Configuration files and menus can be stored just about any where you ... Licence : BSD type

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Marks

Marks is a set of ksh or bash utilities that provide a mechanism for remembering long pathnames as shorter "mark" names. Marks are persistent across multiple shell invocations, and may be shared from user to user.
Licence : Public Domain

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