Newlines

When comparing text generated on different platforms, the newlines are different. This script normalizes any string to use unix-style newlines. This script is used in the TestOOB unit testing framework Platforms: Windows, Mac, *nix, Python, BSD Solaris

TextToString is a simple utility that converts a plain text file to a string suitable for inclusion in C programs. Simply evoke it on the command line texttostring [id] Usually you will want to redirect the output to a file. If you do not specify an identifier, the filename will be used as the... Platforms: ANSI C

Test::Smoke::Patcher is a OO interface to help patching the source-tree. SYNOPSIS use Test::Smoke::Patcher; my $patcher = Test::Smoke::Patcher->new( single => { ddir => $build_dir, pfile => $patch, popts => -p1, v => 1, # 0..2 }); $patcher->patch; or my $patcher =... Platforms: *nix

XML::MyXML is a simple XML module. SYNOPSIS use XML::MyXML qw(tidy_xml xml_to_object); my $xml = "< item >< name >Table< /name >< price >< usd >10.00< /usd >< eur >8.50< /eur >< /price >< /item >"; print tidy_xml($xml); my $obj = xml_to_object($xml); print "Price in Euros = " .... Platforms: *nix

Delta project assists users in minimizing "interesting" files, subject to a test of their "interestingness". A common such situation is when attempting to isolate a small failure-inducing substring of a large input that causes a program to exhibit a bug. The best way to understand how to use... Platforms: *nix

XML::Writer is a Perl extension for writing XML documents. SYNOPSIS use XML::Writer; use IO::File; my $output = new IO::File(">output.xml"); my $writer = new XML::Writer(OUTPUT => $output); $writer->startTag("greeting", "class" => "simple"); $writer->characters("Hello, world!");... Platforms: *nix

Sys::Hostname is a Perl module to try every conceivable way to get hostname. SYNOPSIS use Sys::Hostname; $host = hostname; Attempts several methods of getting the system hostname and then caches the result. It tries the first available of the C librarys gethostname(),... Platforms: *nix

XML::TiePYX is a Perl module to read or write XML data in PYX format via tied filehandle SYNOPSIS use XML::TiePYX; tie *XML,XML::TiePYX,file.xml open IN,file.xml or die $!; tie *XML,XML::TiePYX,*IN,Condense=>0; my $text=< tag xmlns="http://www.omsdev.com" >text< /tag >; tie... Platforms: *nix

MIME::Head is a MIME message header (a subclass of Mail::Header). SYNOPSIS Before reading further, you should see MIME::Tools to make sure that you understand where this module fits into the grand scheme of things. Go on, do it now. Ill wait. Ready? Ok... Construction ### Create a new,... Platforms: *nix

Tableutil is a utility for converting, aggregating and performing operations (currently unions, differences, complements and intersections) on lists of IP-addresses. Tableutils primary use is to convert files into a format pfctl(8) can read, but if you find another use for it Id really like to... Platforms: *nix

Leonardo is an extensible content management system written in Python. Leonardo is architected in a REST-like style and initially focused on providing for personal websites with a password-protected wiki and blog (including Atom feed). It can be run as CGI and uses the filesystem as a database.... Platforms: *nix

Debug::Trace is a Perl extension to trace subroutine calls. SYNOPSIS perl -MDebug::Trace=foo,bar yourprogram.pl Debug::Trace instruments subroutines to provide tracing information upon every call and return. Using Debug::Trace does not require any changes to your sources. Most often, it... Platforms: *nix

phpTodo is a full-featured ToDo List manager supporting RSS feeds and authentication. phpTodo is a Web service designed to help you keep all of your todo lists in one central place. It includes the ability to view your todo lists via an RSS feed. These feeds are fully customizable, allowing... Platforms: *nix

cpphs is a liberalised re-implementation of cpp, the C pre-processor, in Haskell. Why re-implement cpp? Rightly or wrongly, the C pre-processor is widely used in Haskell source code. It enables conditional compilation for different compilers, different versions of the same compiler, and... Platforms: *nix

N:PyTpl comes from Necs Python Template System and is a template script written in Python. It parses template files and creates e.g. HTML as output. Therefore, it is ideal to use for HTML pages, because it reduces redundancy to an absolute minimum. Templates Files - file extension: .tpl... Platforms: *nix

Data::Serializer package contains modules that serialize data structures. SYNOPSIS use Data::Serializer; $obj = Data::Serializer->new(); $obj = Data::Serializer->new( serializer => Storable, digester => MD5, cipher => DES, secret => my secret, compress => 1, ); $serialized =... Platforms: *nix

Text::LooseCSV is a highly forgiving variable length record text parser; compare to MS Excel. SYNOPSIS use Text::LooseCSV; use IO::File; $fh = new IO::File $fname; $f = new Text::LooseCSV($fh); # Some optional settings $f->word_delimiter("t"); $f->line_delimiter("n");... Platforms: *nix

The_RTF_Cookbook is a RTF overview and quick reference. SYNOPSIS # Time-stamp: "2003-09-23 21:27:56 ADT" # This document is in Perl POD format, but you can read it # with just an ASCII text viewer, if you want. RTF is a nearly ubiquitous text formatting language devised by Microsoft.... Platforms: *nix

Tcl provides a portable scripting environment for Unix, Windows, and Macintosh that supports string processing and pattern matching, native file system access, shell-like control over other programs, TCP/IP networking, timers, and event-driven I/O. Tcl has traditional programming constructs... Platforms: *nix

Convert::Transcribe is a Perl extension for transcribing natural languages. SYNOPSIS use Convert::Transcribe; $t = new Convert::Transcribe(); $t->fromfile(filename); # or $t = new Convert::Transcribe(); $t->fromstring("transcription def. containing newlines"); # or $t = new... Platforms: *nix