UnxUtils is a collection of utility
programs that provide popular
Unix
Unix (, ; trademarked as UNIX) is a family of multitasking, multi-user computer operating systems that derive from the original AT&T Unix, whose development started in 1969 at the Bell Labs research center by Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, a ...
-based
shell
Shell may refer to:
Architecture and design
* Shell (structure), a thin structure
** Concrete shell, a thin shell of concrete, usually with no interior columns or exterior buttresses
Science Biology
* Seashell, a hard outer layer of a marine ani ...
commands ported from
GNU implementations as
native Windows
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programs that depend only on
Win32 and the
Microsoft
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C-
runtime (
msvcrt.dll). The collection was last updated externally on April 15, 2003, by Karl M. Syring. , the most recent release was an open-source project at
SourceForge
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, with the latest binary release in March, 2007 (though the files are dated 2000). The independent distribution included a main
zip archive
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Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual or organ ...
(UnxUtils.zip, 3,365,638
byte
The byte is a unit of digital information that most commonly consists of eight bits. Historically, the byte was the number of bits used to encode a single character of text in a computer and for this reason it is the smallest addressable un ...
s) complemented by more recent updates (UnxUpdates.zip, 878,847 bytes, brought some binaries up to year 2003), but the SourceForge project has no UnxUpdates.zip package.
An alternative collection of Unix-based utilities for Windows is
GnuWin32. It has later versions of many programs, but requires supporting files (e.g.
DLLs).
Supported commands include:
*
agrep
*ansi2knr
*
basename
*
bc
*
bison
A bison (: bison) is a large bovine in the genus ''Bison'' (from Greek, meaning 'wild ox') within the tribe Bovini. Two extant taxon, extant and numerous extinction, extinct species are recognised.
Of the two surviving species, the American ...
*bunzip2
*
bzip2
bzip2 is a free and open-source file compression program that uses the Burrows–Wheeler algorithm. It only compresses single files and is not a file archiver. It relies on separate external utilities such as tar for tasks such as handli ...
*bzip2recover
*
cat
*
chgrp
, short for change group, is a shell command for changing the group associated with a Unix-based file system file including special files such as directories. Changing the group of a file is restricted to a super-user (such as via ) or to ...
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chmod
is a shell command for changing access permissions and special mode flags of files (including special files such as directories). The name is short for ''change mode'' where ''mode'' refers to the permissions and flags collectively.
The co ...
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chown
, short for change owner, is a shell command for changing the owning user of Unix-based file system files including special files such as directories.
The ownership of a file may only be altered by a super-user (such as via sudo). A reg ...
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cksum
*
cmp
*
comm
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compress
*
cp
*
csplit
*
cut
*
date
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dc
*
dd
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df
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diff
In computing, the utility diff is a data comparison tool that computes and displays the differences between the contents of files. Unlike edit distance notions used for other purposes, diff is line-oriented rather than character-oriented, but i ...
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diff3
*dircolors
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dirname
*
du
*
echo
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egrep
grep is a command-line utility for searching plaintext datasets for lines that match a regular expression. Its name comes from the ed command g/re/p (global regular expression search and print), which has the same effect. grep was originally de ...
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env
*
expand
*
expr
*
factor
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fgrep
grep is a command line interface, command-line utility for searching plaintext datasets for lines that match a regular expression. Its name comes from the ed (text editor), ed command g/re/p (global regular expression search and print), which has ...
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find
*
flex
*
fmt
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fold
*fsplit
*
gawk
*gclip
*
gplay
*
grep
grep is a command-line utility for searching plaintext datasets for lines that match a regular expression. Its name comes from the ed command g/re/p (global regular expression search and print), which has the same effect. grep was originally de ...
*gsar
*
gunzip
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gzip
gzip is a file format and a software application used for file compression and decompression. The program was created by Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler as a free software replacement for the compress program used in early Unix systems, and ...
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head
A head is the part of an organism which usually includes the ears, brain, forehead, cheeks, chin, eyes, nose, and mouth, each of which aid in various sensory functions such as sight, hearing, smell, and taste. Some very simple ani ...
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id
*
indent
*
install
*
join
*
jwhois
*
less
*lesskey
*
ln
*
logname
*
ls
*
m4
*
make
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makedepend
*makemsg
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man
A man is an adult male human. Before adulthood, a male child or adolescent is referred to as a boy.
Like most other male mammals, a man's genome usually inherits an X chromosome from the mother and a Y chromosome from the f ...
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md5sum
*
mkdir
(make directory) command (computing), command in the Unix, DOS, Digital Research, DR FlexOS, IBM OS/2, Microsoft Windows, and ReactOS operating systems is used to make a new directory (file systems), directory. It is also available in the Unified ...
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mkfifo
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mknod
In Unix-like operating systems, a device file, device node, or special file is an interface to a device driver that appears in a file system as if it were an ordinary file. There are also special files in DOS, OS/2, and Windows. These spec ...
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mv
*mvdir
*
nl
*
od
*
paste
*
patch
*
pathchk
*pclip
*
pr
*
printenv
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printf
*
ptx
*
pwd
*
recode
''Recode'' (stylized as recode; formerly ''Re/code'') was a technology news website that focused on the business of Silicon Valley. Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher founded it in January 2014, after they left Dow Jones and the similar website ...
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rm
*
rman
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rmdir
In computing, rmdir (or rd) is a command which will remove an empty directory on various operating systems.
Implementations
The command is available in Unix (e.g. macOS, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX), Unix-like (e.g. FreeBSD, Linux), DOS, Digital ...
*
sdiff
*
sed
*
seq
*
sh
*
sha1sum
is a computer program that calculates and verifies SHA-1 Cryptographic hash function, hashes. It is commonly used to verify the integrity of files. It (or a variant) is installed by default on most Linux distributions. Typically distributed alo ...
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shar
*
sleep
Sleep is a state of reduced mental and physical activity in which consciousness is altered and certain Sensory nervous system, sensory activity is inhibited. During sleep, there is a marked decrease in muscle activity and interactions with th ...
*
sort
*
split
Split(s) or The Split may refer to:
Places
* Split, Croatia, the largest coastal city in Croatia
* Split Island, Canada, an island in the Hudson Bay
* Split Island, Falkland Islands
* Split Island, Fiji, better known as Hạfliua
Arts, enter ...
*
stego
*
su
*
sum
*
sync
*
tac
*
tail
The tail is the elongated section at the rear end of a bilaterian animal's body; in general, the term refers to a distinct, flexible appendage extending backwards from the midline of the torso. In vertebrate animals that evolution, evolved to los ...
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tar
*
tee
*
test
Test(s), testing, or TEST may refer to:
* Test (assessment), an educational assessment intended to measure the respondents' knowledge or other abilities
Arts and entertainment
* ''Test'' (2013 film), an American film
* ''Test'' (2014 film) ...
*
touch
The somatosensory system, or somatic sensory system is a subset of the sensory nervous system. The main functions of the somatosensory system are the perception of external stimuli, the perception of internal stimuli, and the regulation of bo ...
*
tr
*
tsort
*
type
Type may refer to:
Science and technology Computing
* Typing, producing text via a keyboard, typewriter, etc.
* Data type, collection of values used for computations.
* File type
* TYPE (DOS command), a command to display contents of a file.
* ...
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uname
*
unexpand
*
uniq
*
unrar
*
unshar
*
unzip
*
uudecode
*
uuencode
*
wc
*
wget
*
which
Which may refer to:
* a relative pronoun
* an English interrogative word
* which (command), an operating system command
* Which?, a UK charity and its magazine
See also
* English relative clauses
Relative clauses in the English language are ...
*
whoami
*
xargs
*
yes
*
zcat
*
zip
*
zsh
See also
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References
External links
*
Project site (older)Shunix/K93 Unix
UNIX utilities written in Korn Shell
KornShell (ksh) is a Unix shell which was developed by David Korn at Bell Labs in the early 1980s and announced at USENIX on July 14, 1983. The initial development was based on Bourne shell source code. Other early contributors were Bell ...
wintools
Collection of utilities for Windows
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Free system software
Windows-only free software