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silverflux allows you to easily install and manage commercial games on your GNU/Linux system. Only games with available GNU/Linux native binaries are supported at this time, but extensions for running games under wine/cedega/dosbox are planned. silverflux automagically installs, downloads... Platforms: *nix

is a Netcat-clone, designed to be portable and offer strong encryption. It runs on Unix-like operating systems and on Microsoft Win32. sbd features AES-CBC-128 + HMAC-SHA1 encryption (by Christophe Devine), program execution (-e option), choosing source port, continuous reconnection with delay,... Platforms: *nix

Devel::Modlist is a Perl extension to collect module use information. SYNOPSIS perl -d:Modlist script.pl The Devel::Modlist utility is provided as a means by which to get a quick run-down on which libraries and modules are being utilized by a given script. Just as compiler systems like gcc... Platforms: *nix

pvswitch is a very tiny program which makes it possible to use different program installations on one machine flawlessly. Its flexibility is intended for people who need to run programs against different interpreter versions. But it can also be used for different purposes like switching the... Platforms: *nix

File::Glob is a Perl extension for BSD glob routine. SYNOPSIS use File::Glob :glob; @list = bsd_glob(*.[ch]); $homedir = bsd_glob(~gnat, GLOB_TILDE | GLOB_ERR); if (GLOB_ERROR) { # an error occurred reading $homedir } ## override the core glob (CORE::glob() does this automatically... Platforms: *nix

Diskless Remote Boot in Linux in short DRBL is an open source environment to to manage GNU/Linux operating system deployment. Imagine the time required to install GNU/Linux on 40, 30, or even 10 client machines individually. DRBL will allow you to configure all of your client computers by... Platforms: *nix

Term::Shell is a simple command-line shell framework. SYNOPSIS package MyShell; use base qw(Term::Shell); sub run_command1 { print "command 1!n"; } sub smry_command1 { "what does command1 do?" } sub help_command1 { < Platforms: *nix

Create CVSup is a script that will create a cvsup server mirror for FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD. Create CVSup script has been tested and is known to work under FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD.. Platforms: *nix

oksh project is a port of OpenBSDs version of ksh for Linux. The OpenBSD people have cleaned up and enhanced PD ksh with great features. E. g. PS1=`u@h works like under bash (try this with a standard PD ksh, like the one from NetBSD). For Linux there were only the standard PD ksh and mksh... Platforms: *nix

PieSpy is an IRC bot that monitors a set of IRC channels. It uses a simple set of heuristic methods to infer relationships between pairs of users. These inferrences allow PieSpy to build a mathematical model of a social network for any channel. These social networks can be drawn and used to... Platforms: *nix

Twisted Conch project is an SSHv2 implementation written in Python. SSH is a protocol designed to allow remote access to shells and commands, but it is generic enough to allow everything from TCP forwarding to generic filesystem access. Since conch is written in Python, it interfaces well with... Platforms: *nix

Bash Blogger is a shell script that generates CSS styled XHTML 1.1 static Web pages. Keeping up a website is basically just adding new content and a bunch of small repetitive tasks, e.g. updating the archives, updating the front page, etc. Bash scripting is good for automating repetitive tasks,... Platforms: *nix

Much more than an answering machine, VOCP transforms your computer into a full-featured call answering and voice messaging system. With the VOCP System, you can create an unlimited number of voicemail, pager and command shell boxes which callers will navigate using their touch tone telephone.... Platforms: *nix

The Q4W Mod project came in our minds a few days after the release of Quake 4. Out of the box, the whole gameplay wasnt very exciting for a part of the french Q3 community. After some chatting, we found out that we were many looking for the same kind of game and also ready to spend some time to... Platforms: *nix

Zoidberg (a.k.a. zoid) provides a modular Perl shell written, configured, and operated entirely in Perl. Zoidberg project aspires to be a fully operational login shell with all the features one normally expects. But it also gives direct access to Perl objects and data structures from the... Platforms: *nix

rvi is a shell script that can give you an easy way of integrating RCS with your existing vim/vi work environment. Simply use "rvi filename" instead of "vim filename", and the file will automatically be checked into revision control, and the changes you made after the edit will be displayed... Platforms: *nix

New Adventure Shell project is an adventure shell script. The New Adventure Shell is a script that turns your shell into a text adventure game. It ought to pose as little restrictions on normal shell use as possible, and allows as many adventure commands as possible. The script is intended... Platforms: *nix

Bash Debugger project contains patched sources to BASH that enable better debugging support as well as improved error reporting. In addition, this project contains the most comprehensive source-code debugger for bash that has been written. Since this project maintains as an open CVS... Platforms: *nix

Module::ThirdParty is a Perl module which can provide information for 3rd party modules (outside CPAN). SYNOPSIS use Module::ThirdParty; if (is_3rd_party($module)) { my $info = module_information($module); print "$module is a known third-party Perl modulen", " -> included in... Platforms: *nix

execline projct consists of a (non-interactive) scripting language, like sh ; but its syntax is quite different from a traditional shell syntax. The execlineb program is meant to be used as an interpreter for a text file; the other commands are essentially useful inside an execlineb script.... Platforms: *nix