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\chapter{Introduction}

This package contains a set of Unix-like and other miscellaneous
command-line utilities. Each is available for 16-bit DOS, Win32, and
32-bit OS/2 command lines. The Win32 versions work with Windows 95 and
Windows NT command-line sessions and support long filenames. The OS/2
versions work with HPFS long filenames and can run in an OS/2 window.

The package is available inside IBM as the Util2 Package. It is
available outside IBM as the UTLOS2 Package from the various Internet
sites that mirror the IBM Employee Written Software (EWS) packages.

The following utility programs are included:

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%   bmtbl    & : & Convert ASCII text table to BookMaster table \\
%   ccmt     & : & Check C comments \\
    ccp      & : & Conditional copy: A better XCOPY\@. Very nice! \\
    cdx      & : & Change directory -- a much better CD \\
    chmod    & : & Change file mode -- a better ATTRIB \\
    crc      & : & Calculate CRC for file(s) \\
    crcchk   & : & Calculate and check CRC for file(s) \\
    du       & : & Display file space usage \\
    grep     & : & Search text files for regular expression \\
    ls       & : & List directory -- a much better DIR \\
%   list2bm  & : & Convert list of files to BookMaster document \\
    strings  & : & Show printable character strings \\
    txtcut   & : & Text file preprocessor for cut, awk, and Perl \\
%   t2bm     & : & Convert an ASCII file to BookMaster format \\


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Most of these utilities are based on Unix commands of the same or
similar name but are more friendly to DOS, Windows, and OS/2 users and
don't require that you have a Unix background or bias. They accept
both \verb+\+ and \verb+/+ as path separators. They show fields (such
as system, hidden, and archive attributes) that Windows has and don't
show fields (such as the Unix-like user/group/other permissions) that
DOS and Windows 95 don't have and that Windows NT has in but a far
different flavor.
