Xargs

The GNU Find Utilities are the basic directory searching utilities of the GNU operating system. These programs are typically used in conjunction with other programs to provide modular and powerful directory search and file locating capabilities to other commands. The tools supplied with this...

GNU Find Utilities are the basic directory searching utilities of the GNU operating system. These programs are typically used in conjunction with other programs to provide modular and powerful directory search and file locating capabilities to other commands. The tools supplied with this package...

xjobs reads job descriptions line by line and executes them in parallel. xjobs limits the number of parallel executing jobs and starts new jobs when jobs finish. Therefore, it combines the arguments from every input line with the utility and arguments given on the command line. If no utility is...


Platforms: *nix

Argv is a Perl module that provides an OO interface to an arg vector. SYNOPSIS use Argv; # A roundabout way of getting perls version. my $pl = Argv->new(qw(perl -v)); $pl->exec; # Run /bin/cat, showing how to provide "predigested" options. Argv->new(/bin/cat, [qw(-u -n)],...


Platforms: *nix

POE::Component::Player::Xmms is a wrapper for the Xmms player. SYNOPSIS use POE qw(Component::Player::Xmms); POE::Component::Player::Xmms->spawn({ alias => xmms }); $kernel->post(xmms => play => test.mp3); POE::Kernel->run(); This component is used to manipulate the Xmms player from...


Platforms: *nix

Perl/Linux is a Linux distribution where ALL programs are written in perl. Many of the programs came from Perl Power Tools (PPT). Other programs came from Jay Komineks Perl/Linux page. Other programs, I wrote or enhanced, including: plHttpd (web server), edit (aced based), vi (enhanced aced),...


Platforms: *nix

Command Line WRAPper is a tool that provides an easy way to build and run commands from input lines, avoiding the use of shell script. It is similar to xargs. clwrap can make great things with the locate command, and is low resource intensive. It can also do some not-quite-fun works like...


Platforms: *nix

SYNOPSIS use POE qw(Component::Player::Mpg123); $mp = POE::Component::Player::Mpg123->new(); $mp->play("/tmp/test.mp3"); POE::Kernel->run(); This component is used to manipulate the mpg123 player from within a POE application. The less common but open-source mpg321 has also been tested....


Platforms: *nix

ls4sweep should be used as helper for removing extra old daily-created backups. Sweeping policy consists from the set of records, where each record contains the count of intervals (or periods) and the length of one period (in days). ls4sweep checks creation or modification time of given files...


Platforms: *nix

PAUD (Parted And Utilities Disk) is a Linux utility boot disk distribution. It fits on a single 1.44 floppy disk. It contains mc, parted, and other utilities such as filesystem utilities for ext2, ext3, and Reiserfs. It is great for partition maintenance and for rescue purposes. The latest...


Platforms: *nix

GNU parallel is a shell tool for executing jobs in parallel using one or more computers. A job is can be a single command or a small script that has to be run for each of the lines in the input. The typical input is a list of files, a list of hosts, a list of users, a list of URLs, or a list of...


Platforms: Mac

pyfspot is a python application which allows you to perform and script operations on your F-Spot (http://f-spot.org) photo collection. The command-line application allows you to query your collection (tags, paths), modify photos attributes (ratings, tags), and diagnostic problems (find missing...


Platforms: *nix