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PerlPowerTools-1.047
1.047 2024-09-30T02:33:14Z
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All changes from Michael Mikonos
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addbib
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ar
- check that there's a defined archive argument before proceeding (#611)
- various internals improvements (#676)
- show system error when we can't read one of the files (#713)
- -t correctly reports missing members now (#727)
- all fils are treated as binary now (#728)
- extract/delete all arguments even if some members are not found (#729)
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awk
- tempfiles are now removed at the end of the run (#714)
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basename
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bc
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cal
- various internals improvements (#668)
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cat
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cmp
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col
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cp
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cut
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diff
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dirname
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du
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ed
- various internals improvements (#598)
- fix the "need to save" flag for the new file case (#618)
- improve state tracking for empty files (#620)
- commands can use inferred line ranges when you omit the first or last value in n,m (#624)
- remove -v in favor of --version (#637)
- fix a regression with searches that produce no matches (#647)
- if i or a command get two addresses, use the second one as the effective address; GNU/BSD compatibility (#655)
- various internals improvements (#656)
- line 0 is no longer valid for write command (#658)
- treat Control-D as the q command so ed exits gracefully (#659)
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expr
- catch a divide-by-zero situation (#626)
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factor
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false
- various internals improvements (#693)
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fmt
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fold
- use getopts to handle argument processing (#692)
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glob
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grep
- the default for -e is now the empty string, and the value 0 is taken to be a valid pattern (#607)
- allow the search pattern "0" by checking for a defined arg not the arg value (#627)
- allow --version option (#629)
- -f (fixed string mode) now disables pattern matching (#630)
- be more careful with quotemeta and patterns (#633)
- set -s implicitly when -c is used (#634)
- show filenames even without -h set (#635)
- various internals improvements (#641)
- various internals improvements (#671)
- improve handling of - to mean standard input (check was too early) (#690)
- -s and -q were swapped in previous versions. -s is for suppressing errors, -q is for not showing matches (#708)
- show filename if matching multiple files (#709)
- stop looking after first match with -q. (#710)
- various internals improvements (#739)
- various internals improvements (#740)
- -s now exits with correct value if It cannot read the file; -a works correctly if the perl thinks the file is binary and you selected -a (#741)
- various internals improvements (#742)
- -H moved to always show filenames, and highlighting is now -g (#743)
- silence a warning from grep reading stdin. (#744)
- various internals improvements (#745)
- various internals improvements (#746)
- various internals improvements (#747)
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id
- allow gid to be 0 (#715)
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install
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join
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kill
- various internals improvements (#691)
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ln
- various internals improvements (#616)
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lock
- fix some doc typos (#610)
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look
- various internals improvements (#645)
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ls
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mail
- support
xitas a shorter form ofexit(#648)
- support
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mkdir
- various internals improvements (#722)
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mkfifo
- various internals improvements (#681)
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moo
- quit on q or empty input (#725)
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morse
- trim input before processing to avoid an "unknown token" problem (#717)
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nl
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od
- add -a option to print control character names (#646)
- add -s option and make it the same as -I (two byte signed decimal display) (#661)
- add -B as alias for -o (#662)
(#663)dd -e and -f for printing two 8-byte floating point numbers per line - add -H and -X options for 4-byte hex output (#664)
- fix odd cases in output padding (#665)
- add -O for four-byte octal output (#666)
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paste
- don't check that argument - is a literal filename. (#689)
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patch
- various internals improvements (#608)
- various internals improvements (#694)
- remove -x option (debugging) that wasn't doing anything (#699)
- -o complains if its argument is a directory (#701)
- --dry-run is an alias for -C or --check (#702)
- properly catch errors when applying a hunk fails. (#703)
- use File::Temp to get the /dev/null filehandle (#706)
- update to docs for modern GNU version of -D (#712)
- -d DIR now happens before processing, as it should (#718)
- --fuzz argument must be a positive number (#719)
- with --output, use - to send output to standard output (#721)
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pom
- ensure values for columns, rows, and terminal width make sense (#597)
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pr
- don't let column count be zero (no -0 allowed) (#698)
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pwd
- allow --, even though there are no arguments (#731)
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random
- die for bad options (#720)
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rm
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shar
- various internals improvements (#677)
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sort
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spell
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split
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sum
- various internals improvements (#603)
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tac
- not that -B can be combined with -b and/or -r (#628)
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tail
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tee
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tr
- tr only reads from standard input now (#636)
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true
- various internals improvements (#693)
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units
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wc
- failures exit with non-zero now (#601)
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whoami
- various internals improvements (#652)
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words
- die if there are two many arguments (#650)
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xargs
PerlPowerTools-1.046
1.046 2024-07-11T18:10:02Z
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All changes from Michael Mikonos
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ar
- check that there's a defined archive argument before proceeding (#611)
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bc
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cat
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cmp
- adjusted the usage example to show hat -l and -s are mutually exclusive (#621)
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cp
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cut
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diff
- -q now causes program to ignore any switch that produces output (#604)
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du
- various internals improvements (#625)
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ed
- various internals improvements (#598)
- fix the "need to save" flag for the new file case (#618)
- improve state tracking for empty files (#620)
- commands can use inferred line ranges when you omit the first or
last value in n,m (#624) - remove -v in favor of --version (#637)
- fix a regression with searches that produce no matches (#647)
- if i or a command get two addresses, use the second one as the
effective address; GNU/BSD compatibility (#655) - various internals improvements (#656)
- line 0 is no longer valid for write command (#658)
- treat Control-D as the q command so ed exits gracefully (#659)
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expr
- catch a divide-by-zero situation (#626)
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factor
- docs note that this version fixes a bug in the BSD version (#599)
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grep
- the default for -e is now the empty string, and the value 0 is
taken to be a valid pattern (#607) - allow the search pattern "0" by checking for a defined arg not
the arg value (#627) - allow --version option (#629)
- -f (fixed string mode) now disables pattern matching (#630)
- be more careful with quotemeta and patterns (#633)
- set -s implicitly when -c is used (#634)
- show filenames even without -h set (#635)
- various internals improvements (#641)
- the default for -e is now the empty string, and the value 0 is
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install
-
join
-
ln
- various internals improvements (#616)
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lock
- fix some doc typos (#610)
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look
- various internals improvements (#645)
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ls
-
mail
- support
xitas a shorter form ofexit(#648)
- support
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nl
-
od
- add -a option to print control character names (#646)
- add -s option and make it the same as -I (two byte signed decimal display) (#661)
- add -B as alias for -o (#662)
- add -e and -f for printing two 8-byte floating point numbers per line (#663)
- add -H and -X options for 4-byte hex output (#664)
- fix odd cases in output padding (#665)
- add -O for four-byte octal output (#666)
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patch
- various internals improvements (#608)
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pom
- ensure values for columns, rows, and terminal width make sense (#597)
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rm
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spell
- various internals improvements (#591)
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split
- various internals improvements (#613)
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sum
- various internals improvements (#603)
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tac
- not that -B can be combined with -b and/or -r (#628)
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tail
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tr
- tr only reads from standard input now (#636)
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units
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wc
- failures exit with non-zero now (#601)
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whoami
- various internals improvements (#652)
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words
- die if there are two many arguments (#650)
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xargs
PerlPowerTools-1.045
1.045 2024-04-30T22:22:10Z
* All changes from Michael Mikonos
* ar
- validate args for -a and -b (#484)
- ensure file has header with -q, which should have happened before but wasn't (#495)
- warn if archive member isn't found (#500)
- improve internals with strict; better option validation (#510)
* arithmetic
- validate the -r argument using the right variable (#501)
- treat an empty line as bad input instead of the number undef (#541)
* asa
- various internals improvements (#545)
* awk
- don't need to load App::a2p (#524)
- various internals improvements (#525)
- use File::Temp instead of rolling our own (#557)
* banner
- various internals improvements (#585)
* bc
- handle cases where Math::Big* is missing (like minimal distros of perl) (#511)
- assignment to variable does not print, in line with GNU bc (#517)
- remove non-standard ** operator; use ^ instead (#518)
- catch negative index in array assignment (#521)
- allow digits in array names (#523)
- internal fixes to make the yydebug code simpler (#540)
- various internals improvements (#543)
- various internals improvements (#548)
- various internals improvements (#554)
- various internals improvements (#559)
- fix "Exiting subroutine via next" error (#562)
- catch divide by zero before we try the division (#580)
- fix problem where vars did not have a type in the internal symbol table (fixes #522) (#582)
- allow array indices to have fractional parts (still only use the floor) (#584)
* cal
- simplify usage message (#583)
* cmp
- remove -? option, although using it give you the help still (#567)
* col
- we now buffer the entire file to get around some weird effects (#483)
- various internals improvements (#586)
* comm
- allow for the unbundling of options (#535)
* cut
- don't allow -b and -f at the same time (#485)
- various internals improvements (#588)
* date
- protect path to current perl in backticks (from kal24) (#506)
- various internals improvements (#509)
* diff
- empty files are the same (#578)
* du
- warn if du cannot stat a file (#515)
- various internals improvements (#574)
* echo
- various internals improvements (#509)
* ed
- internal improvements to reduce complexity (#489)
- filename must have at least one character; better support to remember filename (#542)
- various internals improvements (#550)
- various internals improvements (#553)
- fixed inserting an empty file; print the number of characters read from a file (#560)
- handle argument to `s` command being zero length (#577)
- s/// correctly reports "no match" for no matches. (#579)
* expand
- fix the tabstop argument to get the correct number of spaces (#491)
- allow for the -- option terminator (#492)
* factor
- various internals improvements (#509)
* file
- exit with error if the command line options are wrong (#546)
- various internals improvements (#571)
* fish
- various internals improvements (#544)
- card names are now case insensitive (#551)
- various internals improvements (#558)
* fmt
- better reporting when the program cannot open a file (#487)
* fold
- better error messages when fold can't close a file properly (#561)
* glob
- handle a bare tilde at the start of the path (#490)
- various internals improvements (#509)
- various internals improvements (#539)
* hangman
- ensure that we can get at least one word from the word list (#502)
* id
- allow only 0 or 1 arguments (#494)
* install
- fix setting permissions on installed files (#514)
* join
- allow -- to terminate options (#504)
* kill
- help shows signal list (#513)
- pid must be a positive whole number (#534)
- various internals improvements (#566)
* ln
- handle single argument call correctly (#497)
* mail
- resolve conflicting hostname() definitions (#519)
- use error from IO::Socket if there's a problem (#536)
* maze
- clarify argument processing (#516)
* mkdir
- various internals improvements (#549)
- die for an empty mode argument (#552)
* mkfifo
- various internals improvements (#572)
* moo
- argument must be greater than zero (#569)
* nl
- validate arguments to -b, -f, and -h (#496)
* od
- correctly handle multiline repeating (#498)
* patch
- only process regular files, and die otherwise (#556)
* pig
- remove -v but support --version (#587)
* printenv
- remove -? option to match BSD (#503)
* printf
- remove internal string eval to allow more things in formats and args (#526)
- handle octal and hex escapes better (and limit to a single char) (#528)
- ignore arguments if the first argument does not have format specifiers (#532)
- better error message for bad printf format (#564)
* pwd
- various internals improvements (#573)
* rev
- remove -v option, but add it back as --version; -h and --version messages change slightly (#581)
* rmdir
- don't rmdir() if the argument is not a directory (#568)
* shar
- various internals improvements (#565)
* spell
- remove -b option, use -d instead to use alternate dictionary (#527)
- fail if dictionary is empty (#530)
* split
- disallow a split size of 0 (#482)
- various internals improvements (#555)
* sum
- don't allow -a and -o at the same time (#488)
* tac
- validate the value for -S; must be positive (#529)
* tail
- exit with error if the command line options are wrong (#547)
* tar
- fix file extraction (#493)
- -f switch is now mandatory; use - to read from stdin (#575)
* test
- exit 1 (not 2) for no arguments. (#520)
* touch
- de-emphasize -f, which is a no-op anyway (#512)
- -r can now take a filename named "0" (#563)
- various internals improvements (#576)
* unexpand
- -- terminates options processing (#499)
* units
- various internals improvements (#509)
- remove --copying and --warranty options (license is in this distro) (#589)
* unshar
- terminate arguments with -- (#481)
* which
- use the same exit codes as the GNU version (#486)
* whois
- fix some network code; don't use a default server (must specify a server) (#531)
- query multiple domains in one command (#533)
- make strict safe; use error from IO::Socket instead of $! (#537)
- hostname must have at least one non-whitespace character (#538)
PerlPowerTools-1.044
1.044 2024-03-03T09:12:25Z
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All changes are from Michael Mikonos
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addbib
- allow file named 0 for -p (#472)
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apply
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arch
- reject all arguments (#438)
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asa
- fix problem reading a file with a dash in name (#476)
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basename
- exit with an error for no arguments (#448)
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bc
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cat
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cmp
-
colrm
- some internal improvements (#462)
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cp
- report correct exit code (#426)
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deroff
- allow reading from standard input (#474)
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diff
- reduce internal clutter (#458)
-
dirname
- exit with an error for no arguments (#448)
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ed
-
env
- print usage for bad options (#461)
-
expand
- fix command line processing regex (#469)
-
fish
- reduce some internal complexity (#449)
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fmt
- handle - as option instead of a file (#431)
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fold
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grep
- remove TCGREP environment var, use GREP_OPTIONS instead (#428)
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head
- handle - option to be like -n (#419)
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id
-
install
- some internal improvements on usage handling (#424)
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kill
- validate signal number arguments (#454)
-
look
- standardize exit codes (#473)
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maze
- fix the usage message (#443)
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nl
-
od
-
paste
-
ping
- reject unknown arguments (#477)
-
primes
- fail for too many arguments (#470)
-
rev
- terminate args with -- (#439)
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rm
- document the -v switch (#421)
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shar
- handle missing or unreadable files (#475)
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sleep
- fail for extra arguments (#430)
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tac
- fix some odd cases for -s (#467)
-
tail
- handle - option to be like
-n <DIGIT>(#420)
- handle - option to be like
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tee
- end command line options with -- (#480)
-
touch
- fix usage handling and exit code (#468)
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uname
- reject any arguments (#478)
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uniq
- reject unknown command-line options (#422)
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wc
-
what
- invalid options die; no longer supports stdin (#456)
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whoami
- don't allow arguments (#453)
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xargs
- -l is an alias for -L (GNU extension) (#435)
-
yes
- remove GNU extensions (we are a BSD clone) (#455)
PerlPowerTools-1.043
1.043 2024-01-25T23:23:48Z
* All changes are from Michael Mikonos unless otherwise noted
* ar
- get rid of getopts.pl (#394)
- switch to three argument opens (#398)
* cat
- fail for -? (#396)
* cmp
- simplify some code (#388)
* col
- no longer takes arguments; it's just stdin (#407)
* ed
- fix some line calculation (#405, #413, #414, #415)
- allow whitespace in arguments (#411)
- fail for -? (#417)
* file
- switch to three argument opens (#398)
* fish
- update some style in the code (#410)
* fortune
- unknown options are now fatal (#392)
* grep
- remove some stray chars from error messages (#400)
* hangman
- don't assume size of word list (#416)
* head
- the - is now treated as stdin (#397)
* ls
- add strict (#395)
* od
- fix line offset numbers in output (#389)
- fix oddities in output with -b (#391)
* pom
- unknown options are now fatal (#390)
* pr
- -3x option are now fatal (#393)
* primes
- non-numeric data are errors now (#406)
* sort
- enough sensible bounds for -F and -y (#412)
* tail
- allow both -n1 (combined) and -n 1 (separated) (#399)
PerlPowerTools-1.042
1.042 2023-12-22T12:45:27Z
* All changes from Michael Mikonos unless otherwise noted
* apply
- require args after command (#374)
- catch system() failures (#376)
- handle bad arg count (#384)
- add the -d option (#385)
* baseb4
- check close return value (#362)
* bc
- use bignum with e notation (#353)
* cat
- Let -b override in (#360)
* cmp
- forbid -s with -l (#387)
* chown
- show filename in error message (#386)
* date
- show usage for bad options (#365)
* diff
- die if the args try to compare standard input to a directory (#361)
- improve options handling (#371)
- speedup some loops (#372)
* ed
- Adjust some error strings (#349)
- simplify code for r command (#354)
* env
- end options with -- (#379)
* grep
- make decompression work (#365)
* find
- correct usage example (#370)
- simpler error messages (#375)
* fmt
- die for unknown options (#357)
* head
- check close return value (#363)
* hexdump
- small code improvements (#358)
* install
- update usage string (#364)
* ls
- fix output for -R (#359)
* patch
- die for unknown options (#356)
* pig
- add NetBSD compatibility (#369)
* pr
- fix incorrect looping with -l (#350)
- support - as standard input (#351)
- validate -o argument (#352)
* printenv
- update Pod docs (#382)
* sort
- better usage (#380)
* tr
- improve -d option (#367)
- use getopts instead of custom code (#368)
- the -C option is now an alias for -c (#373)
- remove the -U option (#373)
* uniq
- treat -- as end of options (#355)
* uudecode
- implement the -i option (#381)
* uuencode
- directory argument is a failure (#378)
* which
- requires an arguemnt (#383)
* words
- directory argument is a failure (#377)
PerlPowerTools-1.041
1.041 2023-11-24T17:10:58Z
* All changes from Michael Mikonos unless otherwise noted
* arithmetic
- use getopts (#336)
* banner
- use getopts instead of custom parsing (#286)
* bc
- don't print 0 for a false condition (#247)
- allow file named 0 (#282)
- fix case that eats too much input (#292)
* cal
- use getopts instead of custom parsing (#277)
* chgrp
- allow -- to end options (#341)
* chmod
- allow -- to end options (#347)
* chown
- allow -- to end options (#347)
* cmp
- exit with 2 on arg failure (#307)
- handle hex input (#309)
- support - for stdin (#310)
* col
- reject 0 value for -l (#334)
- add usage (#343)
* comm
- use strict (#306)
- support - for stdin (#327)
* cut
- show error for unknown options (#297)
- disallow -b 0 or -f 0 (#299)
* date
- some code cleanups (#287)
- document -q (#328)
* diff
- validate -U and -C args (#308)
- support - for stdin (#311)
* ed
- removed unused code (#315)
- fix r command addresses (#330)
- allow r to add newline to last line (#346)
* expand
- support - for stdin (#324)
- don't suppress backspace (#329)
- don't slurp file (#344)
* expr
- use strict (#338)
* file
- fix an error message (#285)
* fortune
- improve -w handling (#322)
* hexdump
- allow file named 0 (#283)
* id
- allow uid 0 (#281)
* install
- handle directory args correctly (#339)
- fix exit status precedence problem (#348) (mauke)
* join
- support - for stdin (#313)
- show usage (#345)
* ln
- error out for bad options (#331)
* ls
- try harder to determine the screen size (#303)
* mail
- fix problem writing to mailbox (#279)
- better handling of temp file (#316)
- disallow directory for -f (#319)
- error for uid 0 (#321)
- remove some duplicated code (#322)
* mkfifo
- let -m take one and two digit args (#312)
* nl
- use Pod::Usage (#291)
* patch
- support - for stdin (#314)
- fix exit status precedence problem (#348) (mauke)
* pom
- leverage libraries to get math functions instead of coding them (#280)
* pr
- allow -- to end options (#332)
- use spaces for margin_spaces (#342)
* printf
- support hex arguments (#320)
* rev
- warn for directory args (#318)
* shar
- fix dependency error with old getopts.pl (#300)
- ignore directories (#303)
- support dir arguments from find (#304)
* spell
- refactor for better looping (#335)
* split
- remove code to handle -? (unkown switch still does same thing) (#278)
* strings
- make strict-safe, better validation (#289)
- read stdin by default (#333)
* tail
- stricter checking on numbers for arguments (#284)
- continue on error (#294)
- allow 0 as argument (#296)
- warn for directories (#298)
* tar
- disallow directories for -f (#337)
* tee
- guard special chars in filename (#290)
* touch
- support directories (#326)
* unexpand
- support - for stdin (#325)
- don't slurp file (#340)
* uuencode
- support - for stdin (#317)
* wc
- report filenames (#295)
* wump
- various refactors (#293)
* xargs
- support -0 (#288)
PerlPowerTools-1.040
1.040 2023-10-02T04:42:58Z
* All of these improvements are from Michael Mikonos
* cal
- add -j, -y switches (#259)
* chgrp
- note filename in error messages (#261)
* dc
- don't reda stdin if there was a file (#268)
* env
- print message wen exec fails (#260)
- validate -u (#266)
* look
- reject mulitple arguments (#274)
* pr
- disallow directories as arguments (#264)
* strings
- better validation for args (#262)
* sum
- add md5 support (#271)
- add sha{1,256,384,512} (#275)
* tac
- fix bug in tac for reading from standard input (#258)
- add usage message (#269)
- continue to next file on error (#270)
* wc
- keep going if an open fails (#263)
* which
- don't return directories (#267)
* xargs
- better handling of exec errors (#265)
PerlPowerTools-1.039
1.039 2023-09-22T23:46:44Z
* All of these improvements are from Michael Mikonos
* arithmetic
- terminate on end-of-line
* banner
- clarify usage (#232)
* basename
- fix directory separator handling (#250)
* bc
- fix integer precision problem (#236)
* bcd
- add -d to decode card (#238)
* cal
- improve year formatting (#242)
* cmp
- check that both files exist (#249)
* diff
- work with directory arguments (#240) (#241)
* ed
- fix current line tracking for j, m, t (#225)
- add wq shortcut (#228)
- fix handling of bad command 1c0 (#251)
* expr
- exit with error for missing argument (#253)
* fold
- continue if there's an error (#226)
* head
- don't head on directories (#227)
* ls
- use standard meaning of -f (turns on -a) (#245)
* nl
- validate numeric operations (#229)
- exit with error for bad filename (#230)
* paste
- specify stdin with - (#231)
- reject unknown options (#235)
* rmdir
- include filename in warnings (#243)
* seq
- added new command (#257)
* sort
- don't continue for unknown options (#255)
* sum
- improve code readability (#239)
* tee
- handle -n properly (#254)
* tsort
- don't support multiple input files (#256)
* which
- fix option parsing (#246)
* xargs
- fix infinite loop with -n (#248)