GNU utilities for Win32
Here are some ports of common GNU utilities to native
Win32. In this context, native means the executables do only depend on the Microsoft
C-runtime (msvcrt.dll) and not an emulation layer like that provided by Cygwin tools.
Download:
by http: UnxUtils.zip
by ftp: ftp://ftp.uni-koeln.de
latest updates (after 10/10/00): UnxUpdates.zip
The following program versions are covered:
bc-1.05
bison-1.28
bzip2-0.9.0b (not GNU)
diffutils-2.7
fileutils-3.16
findutils-4.1
flex-2.5.4
gawk-3.0.3
grep-2.3
gsar110
gzip-1.2.4
indent-2.2.0
jwhois-2.4.1
less-340
m4-1.4
make-3.77
patch-2.4
recode-3.5
rman-3.0.7
sed-3.02
shellutils-1.9.4
su.exe
tar-1.12
textutils-2.0
wget-1.5.2
which-2.4
Standard behaviour:
All programs open files in binary mode, while
stdin, stdout and stderr are in text mode
forward as well as backward slashes in file paths
are accepted
What is new:
I have added a hacked version (sh.exe) of the
Almquist shell distributed with NetBSD running on native Win32. The shell has still some
problems, but it should be good enough to run most makefiles with gnumake.
The main problem at the moment comes from the restriction of pipes to a maximum of 1MB
transfered data. This of course is because Win32 can not fork.
08/26/99
09/30/99
Added indent-2.2.0
Added a link to the excellent zsh
shell
updated mv, rm and ln: fixed a nasty bug that only
turns up if you use forward slashes in file paths
updated sdiff.exe and diff3.exe: these used to
invoke diff.exe using a full pathname causing unnecessary complications. The new versions
use the PATH.
10/20/99
updated mkdir and rmdir: fixed a nasty bug that
only turns up if you use forward slashes in file paths
updated tar.exe: the previous version would not
accept archive path names containing drive letters
updated bison to v1.28
11/05/99
11/11/99
updated tar.exe: stdin and stdout are now in opened
in binary mode
patch.exe recompiled
the sh.exe is now really a renamed zsh,
this is somewhat bulky but seems to works good enough
02/19/00
For the time to come, the latest updates are here: UnxUpdates.zip
updated touch.exe. There was a sporadic problem
when parsing the argument given to the -t option.
updated make to v3.78.1. I have dropped the gnumake
name
updated xargs.exe: the maximum length of the
command line now is 131072
recompiled env.exe
updated find: now uses forward slashes in paths
Source code release still on hold.
03/03/00
04/26/00
06/12/00
added jwhois 2.4.1
added gplay.exe, a console multimedia player
(including MP3)
updated cp.exe and mkdir.exe: the old versions did
not honor the -p flag
08/30/00
I have started an Open source code at http://unxutils.sourceforge.net. At the moment,
there is only the CVS repository of all sources, even if the changes to
the original GNU code are trivial. The repository can be accesses via anonymous CVS with
the command
cvs
-d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.UnxUtils.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/unxutils login
10/10/00
Program
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Notes
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| ansi2knr.exe |
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| basename.exe |
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| bison.exe |
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| bzip2.exe |
Julian Sewards alternative
compressor |
| bunzip2.exe |
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| bzip2recover.exe |
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| cat.exe |
stdin and stdout opened in binary mode |
| chgrp.exe |
dummy |
| chmod.exe |
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| chown.exe |
dummy |
| cksum.exe |
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| cmp.exe |
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| comm.exe |
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| compress.exe |
for (de)compressing .Z files; this is actually a program
called ncompress and was found on one of the Linux mirrors |
| cp.exe |
works only on NT, does real hardlinks on NTFS |
| csplit.exe |
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| ctags.exe (removed) |
you can get it from Darren Hieberts site or via the home page
of the vim editor |
| cut.exe |
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| date.exe |
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| dd.exe |
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| df.exe |
dummy |
| diff.exe |
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| diff3.exe |
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| dirname.exe |
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| du.exe |
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| echo.exe |
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| egrep.exe |
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| env.exe |
dummy |
| expand.exe |
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| expr.exe |
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| factor.exe |
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| fgrep.exe |
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| find.exe |
- Example of command line under Cmd/Command shell:
find -name *.txt -exec cat {} ;
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| flex.exe |
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| fmt.exe |
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| fold.exe |
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| gawk.exe |
input files opened in text mode |
| make.exe |
From v3.77 upwards, make searches for a sh.exe on the path. If
it does not find one, it switches to win32 make mode that is it uses intermediate batch
files for command processing.
This is fine until your makefile tries to execute something like mkdir, which will invoke
the internal mkdir from cmd.exe or command.com. As the results may not be to your liking,
you may prefer to use the sh.exe provide here. |
| grep.exe |
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| gsar.exe |
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| gunzip.exe |
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| gzip.exe |
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| head.exe |
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| id.exe |
dummy |
| install.exe |
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| join.exe |
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| less.exe |
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| ln.exe |
works only on NT, does real hardlinks on NTFS |
| logname.exe |
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| ls.exe |
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| m4.exe |
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| md5sum.exe |
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| mkdir.exe |
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| mkfifo.exe |
dummy |
| mknod.exe |
dummy |
| mv.exe |
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| mvdir.exe |
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| nl.exe |
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| od.exe |
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| paste.exe |
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| patch.exe |
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| pathchk.exe |
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| pr.exe |
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| printenv.exe |
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| printf.exe |
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| ptx.exe |
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| recode.exe |
stdin and stdout opened in binary mode |
| rm.exe |
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| rman.exe |
PolyglotMan by Thomas A. Phelps ( source) |
| rmdir.exe |
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| sdiff.exe |
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| sed.exe |
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| seq.exe |
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| sleep.exe |
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| sort.exe |
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| sh.exe |
renamed zsh |
| shar.exe |
only works with -T (text) option |
| split.exe |
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| su.exe |
dummy |
| sum.exe |
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| sync.exe |
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| tac.exe |
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| tail.exe |
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| tar.exe |
- only forward slashes are accepted
- the -z option (compression) does not work
- no remote archives
- works only on NT, does real hardlinks on NTFS
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| tee.exe |
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| test.exe |
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| touch.exe |
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| tr.exe |
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| uname.exe |
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| unexpand.exe |
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| uniq.exe |
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| unshar.exe |
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| uudecode.exe |
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| uuencode.exe |
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| wc.exe |
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| wget.exe |
wget 1.5.3 builds out of the box with MS Visual C |
| which.exe |
does not search the current directory |
| whoami.exe |
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| xargs.exe |
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| xxd.exe |
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| yes.exe |
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Additional
programs |
| pclip.exe |
put the Windows clipboard text to stdout |
| gclip.exe |
get the Windows clipboard text from stdin
Example: run the text from the clipboard through sed and put the result back
pclip
| sed "s/string1/string2/g" | gclip |
| gplay.exe |
My minimalist console multimedia player using DirectShow. With
gplay filename | URL
you should be able to play just everything as long as Microsoft supports it. |
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