Shells

eltclsh (editline tcl shell) is an interactive shell for the TCL programming language. It provides command line editing, history browsing as well as variables and command completion thanks to editline features. The completion engine is programmable in a way similar to tcsh, and comes with an...

ggiterm is a terminal emulator which uses the platform-agnostic GGI library for its input and display. This enables ggiterm to be run unmodified on any target supported by GGI, including X Window, the Linux framebuffer, Windows and more exotic setups... Ever dreamed of typing your command...

Quasi project is a Python shell which supports pluggable "contexts" for non-Python commands, such as OS commands, MySQLdb queries and external programs. The smart-eyed reader will have noticed the use of the built-in quoted() method in the examples above. There are a number of these that are...


Platforms: *nix

VWM project is an extensible window manager for the console. Built on top of libpseudo and libviper, VWM is more visual alternative to Screen. Mozilla-style plugins allow for simple expandability: follow a few simple API rules and drop your shared object into a directory to have it added to the...


Platforms: *nix

mrsh project runs a remote command on multiple hosts. Rather than repeat an rsh command across a set of hosts, a single mrsh command can do the job. For instance, you can use it to do things like: mrsh sleepy dopey stoner -- df /var/log SYNTAX mrsh [ -prst ] [ -P rsh_path ] host ... --...


Platforms: *nix

sh2log is a PTY sniffing program that captures all keystrokes and console output of physical and virtual consoles. sh2log works in userland and does not require the installation of a kernel module. Consequently, it can be run on a wide range of different UNIX platforms. It provides ready-to-use...


Platforms: *nix

The d command runs a command in the background and redirects its output to a file. The output file is annotated with start and end time, the actual command used, cwd, host, etc. You can ask the d command to extract the last command from the output file and run it again, you can ask it to append...


Platforms: *nix

File::pushd is a Perl module to change directory temporarily for a limited scope. SYNOPSIS use File::pushd; chdir $ENV{HOME}; # change directory again for a limited scope { my $dir = pushd( /tmp ); # working directory changed to /tmp } # working directory has reverted to $ENV{HOME}...


Platforms: *nix

Multi Gnome Terminal is an enhanced version of gnome-terminal, with many powerful new features and extensions. The most notable enhancement is the ability to run multiple terminals within the same window. Each terminal may be accessed by its "tab", through keyboard shortcuts, or menu...


Platforms: *nix

ICMPScan scans the specified address, or addresses, for ICMP responses. Usage: icmpscan [ -EPTSNMAIRcvbn ] [ -A address ] [ -f filename ] [ -i interface ] [ -r retries ] [ -t timeout ] target [...] Options: -i, --interface Listen on the specified interface. If unspecified, icmpscan will...


Platforms: *nix

GenIP is a small utility, based on the NMap target specification code, for quickly and easily generating lists of IP addresses. Usage: genip [ -h ] [ -i filename ] [ < target-spec > ... ] genip -r < ipaddress > < ipaddress > Options: -h Display uage information. -i Read target...


Platforms: *nix

Shelisp is a very short program that provides mechanisms for composing and running Unix shell (particularly bash) commands and constructs from Common Lisp. To run shelisp, say at the command prompt: lisp -load shelisp.lisp This should start CMU Common Lisp and provide the prompt, *. A more...


Platforms: *nix

bLogbook is a shell script that makes it easy to keep notes. bLogbook project uses the file system to manage a hierarchical set of "folders" and files. bLogbook is configurable and extensible. Extensions can be added using the available plugin infrastructure. User Guide logbook has to...


Platforms: *nix

killppp purpose is to kill ppp pid after n time of no traffic. This is especially useful for dial-up users who pay per time-unit of being connected. The typical use for it, is to start a large download along with killppp and go away. The script will shut down ppp after the downloading is done....


Platforms: *nix

COllaborative DEvelopment SHell is a project that provides an automatic persistent logbook for sessions of personal command line work by recording what and how is being done, for private use/reuse and for sharing selected parts with collaborators. COllaborative DEvelopment SHell is an...


Platforms: *nix

spuug is a little tool that generates the boilerplate code for GObjects. I you dont know what they are, then probably this tool is of little use to you... spuug can be used for plain GObjects, but also for GTK+-widgets etc., and tries to be a bit smart with the code in spits out. Ive been using...


Platforms: *nix

Libptytty is a small library that offers pseudo-TTY management in an OS-independent way. It was created out of frustration over the many differences of PTY/TTY handling in different operating systems for use inside "rxvt-unicode". It also offers session database support (utmp and optional...


Platforms: *nix

SimpleKDE is a lightweight desktop environment for UNIX and UNIX based operating systems like Linux, FreeBSD, and OpenSolaris. Shortly it provides a graphical user interface on top of UNIX shells. SimpleKDE is not written from scratch; in fact, it is a fork of well known, powerful desktop...


Platforms: *nix

shc project is a generic shell script compiler. It takes a script which is specified on the command line and produces C source code. The generated source code is then compiled and linked to produce a stripped binary executable. shc itself is not a compiler such as cc, it rather encodes and...


Platforms: *nix

Bash is the shell, or command language interpreter, that will appear in the GNU operating system. Bash is an sh-compatible shell that incorporates useful features from the Korn shell (ksh) and C shell (csh). Bash is intended to conform to the IEEE POSIX P1003.2/ISO 9945.2 Shell and Tools...


Platforms: *nix