./bashdb

Deprecated sample implementation of a bash debugger.

./complete

Shell completion code.

./functions

Example functions.

./functions/array-stuff

Various array functions (ashift, array_sort, reverse).

./functions/array-to-string

Convert an array to a string.

./functions/autoload

An almost ksh-compatible ‘autoload’ (no lazy load).

ksh

./functions/autoload.v2

An almost ksh-compatible ‘autoload’ (no lazy load).

ksh

./functions/autoload.v3

A more ksh-compatible ‘autoload’ (with lazy load).

ksh

./functions/basename

A replacement for basename(1).

basename

./functions/basename2

Fast basename(1) and dirname(1) functions for bash/sh.

basename, dirname

./functions/coproc.bash

Start, control, and end co-processes.

./functions/coshell.bash

Control shell co-processes (see coprocess.bash).

./functions/coshell.README

README for coshell and coproc.

./functions/csh-compat

A C-shell compatibility package.

csh

./functions/dirfuncs

Directory manipulation functions from the book The Korn Shell.

./functions/dirname

A replacement for dirname(1).

dirname

./functions/emptydir

Find out if a directory is empty.

./functions/exitstat

Display the exit status of processes.

./functions/external

Like command, but forces the use of external command.

./functions/fact

Recursive factorial function.

./functions/fstty

Front-end to sync TERM changes to both stty(1) and readline ‘bind’.

stty.bash

./functions/func

Print out definitions for functions named by arguments.

./functions/gethtml

Get a web page from a remote server (wget(1) in bash).

./functions/getoptx.bash

getopt function that parses long-named options.

./functions/inetaddr

Internet address conversion (inet2hex and hex2inet).

./functions/inpath

Return zero if the argument is in the path and executable.

inpath

./functions/isnum.bash

Test user input on numeric or character value.

./functions/isnum2

Test user input on numeric values, with floating point.

./functions/isvalidip

Test user input for valid IP addresses.

./functions/jdate.bash

Julian date conversion.

./functions/jj.bash

Look for running jobs.

./functions/keep

Try to keep some programs in the foreground and running.

./functions/ksh-cd

ksh-like cd: cd [-LP] [dir[change]].

ksh

./functions/ksh-compat-test

ksh-like arithmetic test replacements.

ksh

./functions/kshenv

Functions and aliases to provide the beginnings of a ksh environment for bash

ksh

./functions/login

Replace the login and newgrp built-ins in old Bourne shells.

./functions/lowercase

Rename files to lowercase.

rename lower

./functions/manpage

Find and print a manpage.

fman

./functions/mhfold

Print MH folders, useful only because folders(1) doesn’t print mod date/times.

./functions/notify.bash

Notify when jobs change status.

./functions/pathfuncs

Path related functions (no_path, add_path, pre-path, del_path).

path

./functions/README

README

./functions/recurse

Recursive directory traverser.

./functions/repeat2

A clone of the C shell built-in repeat.

repeat, csh

./functions/repeat3

A clone of the C shell built-in repeat.

repeat, csh

./functions/seq

Generate a sequence from m to n;m defaults to 1.

./functions/seq2

Generate a sequence from m to n;m defaults to 1.

./functions/shcat

Readline-based pager.

cat, readline pager

./functions/shcat2

Readline-based pagers.

cat, readline pager

./functions/sort-pos-params

Sort the positional parameters.

./functions/substr

A function to emulate the ancient ksh built-in.

ksh

./functions/substr2

A function to emulate the ancient ksh built-in.

ksh

./functions/term

A shell function to set the terminal type interactively or not.

./functions/whatis

An implementation of the 10th Edition Unix sh built-in whatis(1) command.

./functions/whence

An almost ksh-compatible whence(1) command.

./functions/which

An emulation of which(1) as it appears in FreeBSD.

./functions/xalias.bash

Convert csh alias commands to bash functions.

csh, aliasconv

./functions/xfind.bash

A find(1) clone.

./loadables/

Example loadable replacements.

./loadables/basename.c

Return nondirectory portion of pathname.

basename

./loadables/cat.c

cat(1) replacement with no options—the way cat was intended.

cat, readline pager

./loadables/cut.c

cut(1) replacement.

./loadables/dirname.c

Return directory portion of pathname.

dirname

./loadables/finfo.c

Print file info.

./loadables/getconf.c

POSIX.2 getconf utility.

./loadables/getconf.h

Replacement definitions for ones the system doesn’t provide.

./loadables/head.c

Copy first part of files.

./loadables/hello.c

Obligatory “Hello World” / sample loadable.

./loadables/id.c

POSIX.2 user identity.

./loadables/ln.c

Make links.

./loadables/logname.c

Print login name of current user.

./loadables/Makefile.in

Simple makefile for the sample loadable built-ins.

./loadables/mkdir.c

Make directories.

./loadables/necho.c

echo without options or argument interpretation.

./loadables/pathchk.c

Check pathnames for validity and portability.

./loadables/print.c

Loadable ksh-93 style print built-in.

./loadables/printenv.c

Minimal built-in clone of BSD printenv(1).

./loadables/push.c

Anyone remember TOPS-20?

./loadables/README

README

./loadables/realpath.c

Canonicalize pathnames, resolving symlinks.

./loadables/rmdir.c

Remove directory.

./loadables/sleep.c

Sleep for fractions of a second.

./loadables/strftime.c

Loadable built-in interface to strftime(3).

./loadables/sync.c

Sync the disks by forcing pending filesystem writes to complete.

./loadables/tee.c

Duplicate standard input.

./loadables/template.c

Example template for loadable built-in.

./loadables/truefalse.c

True and false built-ins.

./loadables/tty.c

Return terminal name.

./loadables/uname.c

Print system information.

./loadables/unlink.c

Remove a directory entry.

./loadables/whoami.c

Print out username of current user.

./loadables/perl/

Illustrates how to build a Perl interpreter into bash.

./misc

Miscellaneous

./misc/aliasconv.bash

Convert csh aliases to bash aliases and functions.

csh, xalias

./misc/aliasconv.sh

Convert csh aliases to bash aliases and functions.

csh, xalias

./misc/cshtobash

Convert csh aliases, environment variables, and variables to bash equivalents.

csh, xalias

./misc/README

README

./misc/suncmd.termcap

SunView TERMCAP string.

./obashdb

Modified version of the Korn Shell debugger from Bill Rosenblatt’s Learning the Korn Shell.

./scripts.noah

Noah Friedman’s collection of scripts (updated to bash v2 syntax by Chet Ramey).

./scripts.noah/aref.bash

Pseudo-arrays and substring indexing examples.

./scripts.noah/bash.sub.bash

Library functions used by require.bash.

./scripts.noah/bash_version. bash

A function to slice up $BASH_VERSION.

./scripts.noah/meta.bash

Enable and disable eight-bit readline input.

./scripts.noah/mktmp.bash

Make a temporary file with a unique name.

./scripts.noah/number.bash

A fun hack to translate numerals into English.

./scripts.noah/PERMISSION

Permissions to use the scripts in this directory.

./scripts.noah/prompt.bash

A way to set PS1 to some predefined strings.

./scripts.noah/README

README

./scripts.noah/remap_keys.bash

A front end to bind to redo readline bindings.

readline

./scripts.noah/require.bash

Lisp-like require/provide library functions for bash.

./scripts.noah/send_mail.

Replacement SMTP client written in bash.

./scripts.noah/shcat.bash

bash replacement for cat(1).

cat

./scripts.noah/source.bash

Replacement for source that uses current directory.

./scripts.noah/string.bash

The string(3) functions at the shell level.

./scripts.noah/stty.bash

Front-end to stty(1) that changes readline bindings too.

fstty

./scripts.noah/y_or_n_p.bash

Prompt for a yes/no/quit answer.

ask

./scripts.v2

John DuBois’ ksh script collection (converted to bash v2 syntax by Chet Ramey).

./scripts.v2/arc2tarz

Convert an arc archive to a compressed tar archive.

./scripts.v2/bashrand

Random number generator with upper and lower bounds and optional seed.

random

./scripts.v2/cal2day.bash

Convert a day number to a name.

./scripts.v2/cdhist.bash

cd replacement with a directory stack added.

./scripts.v2/corename

Tell what produced a core file.

./scripts.v2/fman

Fast man(1) replacement.

manpage

./scripts.v2/frcp

Copy files using ftp(1) but with rcp-type command-line syntax.

./scripts.v2/lowercase

Change filenames to lowercase.

rename lower

./scripts.v2/ncp

A nicer front end for cp(1) (has -i, etc)..

./scripts.v2/newext

Change the extension of a group of files.

rename

./scripts.v2/nmv

A nicer front end for mv(1) (has -i, etc)..

rename

./scripts.v2/pages

Print specified pages from files.

./scripts.v2/PERMISSION

Permissions to use the scripts in this directory.

./scripts.v2/pf

A pager front end that handles compressed files.

./scripts.v2/pmtop

Poor man’s top(1) for SunOS 4.x and BSD/OS.

./scripts.v2/README

README

./scripts.v2/ren

Rename files by changing parts of filenames that match a pattern.

rename

./scripts.v2/rename

Change the names of files that match a pattern.

rename

./scripts.v2/repeat

Execute a command multiple times.

repeat

./scripts.v2/shprof

Line profiler for bash scripts.

./scripts.v2/untar

Unarchive a (possibly compressed) tarfile into a directory.

./scripts.v2/uudec

Carefully uudecode(1) multiple files.

./scripts.v2/uuenc

uuencode(1) multiple files.

./scripts.v2/vtree

Print a visual display of a directory tree.

tree

./scripts.v2/where

Show where commands that match a pattern are.

./scripts

Example scripts.

./scripts/adventure.sh

Text adventure game in bash!

./scripts/bcsh.sh

Bourne shell’s C shell emulator.

csh

./scripts/cat.sh

Readline-based pager.

cat, readline pager

./scripts/center

Center a group of lines.

./scripts/dd-ex.sh

Line editor using only /bin/sh, /bin/dd, and /bin/rm.

./scripts/fixfiles.bash

Recurse a tree and fix files containing various bad characters.

./scripts/hanoi.bash

The inevitable Towers of Hanoi in bash.

./scripts/inpath

Search $PATH for a file the same name as $1; return TRUE if found.

inpath

./scripts/krand.bash

Produces a random number within integer limits.

random

./scripts/line-input.bash

Line input routine for GNU Bourne Again Shell plus terminal-control primitives.

./scripts/nohup.bash

bash version of nohup command.

./scripts/precedence

Test relative precedences for && and || operators.

./scripts/randomcard.bash

Print a random card from a card deck.

random

./scripts/README

README

./scripts/scrollbar

Display scrolling text.

./scripts/scrollbar2

Display scrolling text.

./scripts/self-repro

A self-reproducing script (careful!).

./scripts/showperm.bash

Convert ls(1) symbolic permissions into octal mode.

./scripts/shprompt

Display a prompt and get an answer satisfying certain criteria.

ask

./scripts/spin.bash

Display a spinning wheel to show progress.

./scripts/timeout

Give rsh(1) a shorter timeout.

./scripts/vtree2

Display a tree printout of the direcotry with disk use in 1k blocks.

tree

./scripts/vtree3

Display a graphical tree printout of dir.

tree

./scripts/vtree3a

Display a graphical tree printout of dir.

tree

./scripts/websrv.sh

A web server in bash!

./scripts/xterm_title

Print the contents of the xterm title bar.

./scripts/zprintf

Emulate printf (obsolete since printf is now a bash built-in).

./startup-files

Example startup files.

./startup-files/Bash_aliases

Some useful aliases (written by Fox).

./startup-files/Bash_profile

Sample startup file for bash login shells (written by Fox).

./startup-files/bash-profile

Sample startup file for bash login shells (written by Ramey).

./startup-files/bashrc

Sample Bourne Again Shell init file (written by Ramey).

./startup-files/Bashrc.bfox

Sample Bourne Again Shell init file (written by Fox).

./startup-files/README

README

./startup-files/apple

Example startup files for Mac OS X.

./startup-files/apple/aliases

Sample aliases for Mac OS X.

./startup-files/apple/bash.defaults

Sample User preferences file.

./startup-files/apple/environment

Sample Bourne Again Shell environment file.

./startup-files/apple/login

Sample login wrapper.

./startup-files/apple/logout

Sample logout wrapper.

./startup-files/apple/rc

Sample Bourne Again Shell config file.

./startup-files/apple/README

README