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diff --git a/appendixa/textutils-desc.sgml b/appendixa/textutils-desc.sgml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..4c619e47d --- /dev/null +++ b/appendixa/textutils-desc.sgml @@ -0,0 +1,263 @@ +<sect2> +<title>Contents</title> + +<para> +The Textutils package contains the cat, cksum, comm, split, cut, expand, +fmt, fold, head, join, md5sum, nl, od, paste, pr, ptx, sort, split, sum, +tac, tail, tr, tsort, unexpand, uniq and wc programs. +</para> + +</sect2> + +<sect2> +<title>Description</title> + +<sect3> +<title>cat</title> + +<para> +cat concatenates file(s) or standard input to standard output. +</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title>cksum</title> + +<para> +cksum prints CRC checksum and byte counts of each specified file. +</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title>comm</title> + +<para> +comm compares two sorted files line by line. +</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title>csplit</title> + +<para> +cplit outputs pieces of a file separated by (a) pattern(s) to files +xx01, xx02, ..., and outputs byte counts of each piece to standard output. +</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title>cut</title> + +<para> +cut prints selected parts of lines from specified files to standard output. +</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title>expand</title> + +<para> +expand converts tabs in files to spaces, writing to standard output. +</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title>fmt</title> + +<para> +fmt reformats each paragraph in the specified file(s), writing to standard +output. +</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title>fold</title> + +<para> +fold wraps input lines in each specified file (standard input by default), +writing to standard output. +</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title>head</title> + +<para> +Print first xx (10 by default) lines of each specified file to standard +output. +</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title>join</title> + +<para> +join joins lines of two files on a common field. +</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title>md5sum</title> + +<para> +md5sum prints or checks MD5 checksums. +</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title>nl</title> + +<para> +nl writes each specified file to standard output, with line numbers +added. +</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title>od</title> + +<para> +od writes an unambiguous representation, octal bytes by default, of a +specified file to standard output. +</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title>paste</title> + +<para> +paste writes lines consisting of the sequentially corresponding +lines from each specified file, separated by TABs, to standard output. +</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title>pr</title> + +<para> +pr paginates or columnates files for printing. +</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title>ptx</title> + +<para> +ptx produces a permuted index of file contents. +</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title>sort</title> + +<para> +sort writes sorted concatenation of files to standard output. +</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title>split</title> + +<para> +split outputs fixed-size pieces of an input file to PREFIXaa, PREFIXab, ... +</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title>sum</title> + +<para> +sum prints checksum and block counts for each specified file. +</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title>tac</title> + +<para> +tac writes each specified file to standard output, last line first. +</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title>tail</title> + +<para> +tail print the last xx (10 by default) lines of each specified file to +standard output. +</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title>tr</title> + +<para> +tr translates, squeezes, and/or deletes characters from standard +input, writing to standard output. +</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title>tsort</title> + +<para> +tsort writes totally ordered lists consistent with the partial ordering +in specified files. +</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title>unexpand</title> + +<para> +unexpand converts spaces in each file to tabs, writing to standard +output. +</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title>uniq</title> + +<para> +uniq discards all but one of successive identical lines from files or +standard input and writes to files or standard output. +</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title>wc</title> + +<para> +wc prints line, word, and byte counts for each specified file, and a +total line if more than one file is specified. +</para> + +</sect3> + +</sect2> + |