Textutils

Textutils contains the following software:

  • cat- concatenates and prints files on the standard output
  • cksum- checksum and count the bytes in a file
  • comm- compares two sorted files line by line
  • csplit- splits a file into sections determined by context lines
  • cut- remove sections from each line of files
  • expand- convert tabs to spaces
  • fmt- simple optimal text formatter
  • fold- wrap each input line to fit in specified width
  • head- output the first part of files
  • join- join lines of two files on a common field
  • md5sum- compute and check MD5 messsage digest
  • nl- number lines of files
  • od- dump files in octal and other formats
  • paste- merge lines of files
  • ptx- produce a permuted index of file contents
  • pr- convert text files for printing
  • sort- sort lines of text files
  • split- split a file into pieces
  • sum- checksum and count the blocks in a file
  • tac- concatenates and prints files in reverse
  • tail- outputs the last part of files
  • tr- translates or deletes characters
  • tsort- perform topological sort
  • unexpand- convert spaces to tabs
  • uniq- remove duplicate lines from a sorted file
  • wc- prints the number of bytes, words, and lines in files
This program has been folded into 'coreutils.' Please see that entry (http://directory.fsf.org/coreutils.html) for the latest information on this software.

This project was a GNU package. It has since been decommissioned and is no longer developed.

Last updated 11 May, 2005


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About

Leadership
  • Jim Meyering - Maintainer
  • Francois Pinard - Contributor
  • Karl Berry - Contributor
  • Richard Stallman - Contributor
Related Projects

Diffutils, Emacs, Sed, coreutils, diction, msort, ndir, wdiff

Subprograms

cat, cksum, comm, csplit, cut, expand, fmt, fold, head, join, md5sum, nl, od, paste, ptx, pr, sort, split, sum, tac, tail, tr, tsort, unexpand, uniq, wc, shalsum

Versions

2.1

2.1 stable released 2002-08-06

  • Released: 6 Aug, 2002
  • Code Maturity: Stable
  • Licenses: GPLv2orlater
  • Interfaces: Command Line, Console

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