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:Title UnixDos Online Help (Version 4.0)
1 General Information
2 Introduction=INTRODUCTION
2 History of UnixDos=HISTORY
2 UnixDos License Agreement=LICENSE
2 UnixDos License Management=UD_MGMT
2 DOS/UNIX Name Clash=NAMECLASH
2 Installation for Windows95/NT=INSTALLATION32
2 Installation for Windows3.11/MS-DOS=INSTALLATION16
2 How to get Command Line Help=GET_HELP
2 Overview by functional Groups
3 Group1: Move/delete/change files or directories=GRP1
3 Group2: Display/search the contents of files=GRP2
3 Group3: Manipulate file contents (analyse, convert, count, edit, extract, sort, split)=GRP3
3 Group4: List/find files/directories=GRP4
3 Group5: Compare/merge files=GRP5
3 Group6: User Interaction=GRP6
3 Group7: Miscellaneous=GRP7
2 Overview by Origin
3 Basic or Core UNIX utilities=UNIX_CORE
3 Berkeley UNIX extensions=UNIX_BERKELEY
3 Additional new UnixDos utilities=UNIX_NEW
2 Overview by Alphabet
3 Overview by Alphabet=OVERVIEW_ALPHA
2 Argument Expansion
3 Introduction=ARG_EXP
3 UNIX Regular Expression for File Matches
4 Introduction=REG_EXP_FILE
4 Wildcard (*)=WILDCARD
4 Wildspace (?)=WILDSPACE
4 Character List ([  ])=CHAR_LIST
4 Inverted Character List ([^  ])=INV_CHAR_LIST
4 Escape Meta Charcater (\)=ESCAPE
4 Environment Variable UNIX Style ($Env)=ENV_VAR1
4 Run program(s) as Argument (`prog`)=RUN_PROG
4 UnixDos Configuration file (unixdos.cfg)=CFG_FILE
4 Combining Meta Characters=COMB_META
3 UnixDos Argument Expansion Extensions
4 Introduction=REG_EXP_EXT
4 Full Inversion (!{re})=FULL_INVERT
4 Selective Inversion (!{re1}!{re2})=SELECT_INVERT
4 File List (@list)=FILE_LIST
4 Environment Variable DOS Style (%Env%)=ENV_VAR2
4 Automatic Environment Variable=AUTO_ENV
4 Text Exchange (~[fn~]text)=TEXT_EX
4 Environment variable Exchange (~[fn~]$Env)=ENV_EX
2 Regular Expression for Text Searches
3 Introduction=REG_EXP_TXT
3 Line Start (^)=LINE_BEG
3 Line End ($)=LINE_END
3 Wildcard fro Text Searches (.*)=WILDCARD_TXT
3 Wildspace for Text Searches (.)=WILDSPACE_TXT
3 Group Start \(=GRP_BEG
3 Group End \)=GRP_END
3 Group Reference=GRP_REF
2 General Information
3 How to get Command Line Help=GET_HELP
3 Differences between DOS/Windows and UNIX=DIFF_DOS_UNIX
3 UnixDos Improvements and Changes over "Classic UNIX"=UNIX_IMPROVE
3 UnixDos Competition=COMPETITION
3 UnixDos Environment Variable=ENV_VAR
3 Argument Expansion Test Module SHOW_EXP=SHOW_ARG
3 Future Plans=FUTURE
1 Practical Applications of the UnixDos Toolkit
2 Introduction=INTRO_TIPS
2 Example1: Get quick overview of your free space on ALL your drives=EX01
2 Example2: Find space hogs (Hit list of large files sorted by size)=EX02
2 Example3: Custom process on a list of files (i.e. replace something for many files)=EX03
2 Example4: Find a text document anywhere on your machine using a text search=EX04
2 Example5: Get used Disk Space and Directory Overview=EX05
2 Example6: Cleanup temporary files=EX06
2 Example7: Find all files you worked on today=EX07
2 Example8: Finding duplicate files on your machine=EX08
2 Example9: Measure elapsed Time for (batch) process=EX09
2 Example10: Find the main directories from the root directory=EX10
2 Example11: List several numbers (or names) on one single line=EX11
2 Example12: User Prompt Example=EX12
2 Example13: Loop Example=EX13
2 Example14: View many small files together (i.e join all your batch filesr)=EX14
2 Example15: Return to your home directory in a batch file=EX15
2 Example16: Find the location of a program=EX16
2 Example17: Break a line into several lines=EX17
1 Reference Guide
2 Introduction to the UnixDos Refercen Guide=INTRO_REF
2 Alphabetical List of all UnixDos Utilities=OVERVIEW_ALPHA
2 add: Add numbers (add)=ADD
2 af: Analyse File (af)=AF
2 b64: Decode Base64 Internet Text files (b64)=B64
2 banner: Print text in big letters horizontally (banner)=BANNER
2 bbanner: Print text in very big letters vertically (bbanner)=BBANNER
2 basename: Extract filename+extension (basename)=BASENAME
2 bed: Binary steam editor (bed)=BED
2 bell: Ring bell (bell)=BELL
2 bgrep: Search pattern in binary file (bgrep)=BGREP
2 bsplit: Split binary file into chunks (bsplit)=BSPLIT
2 bvi : Binary interactive Viewer (bvi )=BVI
2 cal: Print calendar (cal)=CAL
2 cat: Display and concatenate files (cat )=CAT
2 cc: C Compiler Front End (cc)=CC
2 cc1: C Compiler preparation (cc1)=CC1
2 cc3: C Compiler post processing (cc3)=CC3
2 ucd: Change directory and/or drive (ucd)=UCD
2 chmod: Change file mode (chmod)=CHMOD
2 cf: Fast Compare (cf)=CF
2 clear: Clear screen (clear)=CLEAR
2 cmp: Compare two files (cmp)=CMP
2 cmpdir: Compare two directories (cmpdir)=CMPDIR
2 comm: Select or reject common lines in two files (comm)=COMM
2 conv: Convert numbers to/from any base (conv)=CONV
2 cp : Copy files (cp )=CP
2 cpio: Copy files from input/to output (cpio)=CPIO
2 cut: Cut/Select specified fields from lines (cut)=CUT
2 udate: Display/change the date & time (udate)=UDATE
2 dd: Disk to Disk copy/conversion/extraction (dd)=DD
2 df : Show free and total disk space (df )=DF
2 diff: Compare two text files and show the differences (diff)=DIFF
2 dio: Direct Disk Input/Output (dio)=DIO
2 dirname: Extract directory (dirname)=DIRNAME
2 dos2unix: Convert DOS text files to UNIX (dos2unix)=DOS2UNIX
2 extname: Extract file extension (extname)=EXTNAME
2 du: Show disk usage (du)=DU
2 drvname: Extract drive from filename (drvname)=DRVNAME
2 uecho: Echo arguments (uecho)=UECHO
2 egrep: Search files for one or more pattern/expression (egrep)=EGREP
2 env: Show/change environment/run command (env)=ENV
2 uexit: Exit with specified return code (uexit)=UEXIT
2 expr: Compute an expression (expr)=EXPR
2 fgrep: Search files for one or more plain pattern (fgrep)=FGREP
2 file: Determine file type (file)=FILE
2 filename: Extract file name without extension (filename)=FILENAME
2 ufind: Find files (ufind)=UFIND
2 getlines: Get range of lines from a file (getlines)=GETLINES
2 grep: Search files for one pattern/expression (grep)=GREP
2 head: Display top lines of a file (head)=HEAD
2 inpbox: Show message and prompt for input (inpbox)=INPBOX
2 io: Input/output file areas (io)=IO
2 ujoin: Join two sorted text files via matching field (ujoin)=UJOIN
2 kill: Terminate/kill a process (kill)=KILL
2 line: Read one line from user/keyboard (line)=LINE
2 ls: List files (ls)=LS
2 mak2mk: Convert Visual C Makefile to UNIXDOS makefile (mak2mk)=MAK2MK
2 M4: Advanced Text Generator (M4)=M4
2 mf: Show free memory (mf)=MF
2 mkdir: Make a directory (mkdir)=MKDIR
2 umore: Browse thru text file (umore)=UMORE
2 msgbox: Display Message box (msgbox)=MSGBOX
2 mv: Move or rename files (mv)=MV
2 mvdir: Rename a directory (mvdir)=MVDIR
2 nl: Line numbering (nl)=NL
2 od: Octal, hex, decimal, ascii file dump (od)=OD
2 paste: Merge lines from several files (paste)=PASTE
2 pr: Print files (pr)=PR
2 ps: Show current processes (ps)=PS
2 pwd: Print working directory (pwd)=PWD
2 rm: Remove files/directories (rm)=RM
2 saveexit: Save errorlevel of previous command (saveexit)=SAVEEXIT
2 sed: Stream editor (sed)=SED
2 setenv: Set environment variables (setenv)=SETENV
2 show_exp: Show UnixDos argument expansion (show_exp)=SHOW_EXP
2 slash: Convert file slashes (slash)=SLASH
2 sleep: Wait for specific time (sleep)=SLEEP
2 usort: Sort/merge text files (usort)=USORT
2 split: Split text file into chunks (split)=SPLIT
2 stderr: Redirect stderr to stdout (stderr)=STDERR
2 strings: Extract text strings from binary files (strings)=STRINGS
2 sum: Display checksum and block count of files (sum)=SUM
2 tail: Print last part of a text file (tail)=TAIL
2 tee: Display STDIN and copy to files (tee)=TEE
2 test: Test expression (test)=TEST
2 utime: Time a command (utime)=UTIME
2 touch: Update date/time of file (touch)=TOUCH
2 txtbox: Interactive Text Viewer (txtbox)=TXTBOX
2 tr: Translate characters (tr)=TR
2 ud_mgmt: UnixDos license Management (ud_mgmt)=UD_MGMT
2 uniq: Find unique lines/keys (uniq)=UNIQ
2 unix2dos: Convert UNIX text files to DOS (unix2dos)=UNIX2DOS
2 uptime: Show elapsed time since reboot or reset (uptime)=UPTIME
2 usrchar: Prompt user for single character (usrchar)=USRCHAR
2 usrprmpt: Prompt user for text (usrprmpt)=USRPRMPT
2 uudecode: Decode a transmitted binary file (uudecode)=UUDECODE
2 uuencode: Encode a binary file to text for transmission (uuenode)=UUENCODE
2 wait_end: Wait for process completion (wait_end)=WAIT_END
2 wc: Word/Line counter (wc)=WC
2 which: Locate a program (which)=WHICH