Title:			UNIXCMDS
Author:			Alun Jones
Version:		2.00
Title From:		Documentation
Author From:		Documentation
Version From:		Documentation
Supplier:		Alun Jones (auj@uk.ac.aber)
Date:			23/10/93
Keywords:		
Shareware:		No
Machine:		Archimedes
Operating system:	RISCOS
Memory requirements:	
Peripherals needed:	
Other s/ware needed:	PERL (a/a049) for some utilities
Directory:		micros/arch/riscos/b/b085
Date mounted/updated:	23/11/95
File names:		unixcmds.arc
Unarchived files:	28
Unarchived size:	75 kbytes
Omissions:		
See also:		

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Acquiring the package:

Download the archive file(s) and extract using SparkPlug 2 (see the "tools_help"
file in arch/riscos/tools for further info).


Description:

This package contains a collection of command-line utilities similar to
those found on UNIX.  The advantage of these commands over simple aliases
is that they perform mapping between the UNIX syntax (/usr/lib/file1) and
the RISC OS syntax ($.usr.lib.file1).  Two sets are included; a standalone
set of utilities:
  chunky, spice, glob, ls, strings, time, unsqueeze, xargs, cd, df, du,
  fclose, mkdir, reboot, rm, rmdir
and a set of perl scripts:
  cat, head, tail, mv, dirs, popd, pushd, tr, unalias, alias, which