List of tools released on /~https://github.com/JFLarvoire/SysToolsLib, grouped by function category.
The OS column lists the operating systems supported. D=DOS, W=Windows, L=Linux.
The Windows versions of these tools support Unicode pathnames, long paths > 260 characters, symlinks and junctions. The output is correct in any code page. As far as I know, no other Windows port of Unix tools can do all that, if any.
| Name | OS | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| backnum.exe | DWL | Make a backup copy of a file, appending a unique number to its name. | backnum myprogram.c &:# Back it up before making a risky change |
| cfdt.tcl | -WL | Change files dates and times. Option for using a Jpeg picture internal time. | cfdt --i2m *.jpg &:# Change the files time to image time. |
| dirc.exe | DWL | Compares directories side by side. | dirc oldDir newDir &:# Compare directories based on the files time and size. |
| dircc.bat | DW- | Front end to dirc.exe. Compare file trees recursively, listing only different files. | dircc oldDir newDir |
| dirdir.bat | DW- | List subdirectories. (Non trivial for DOS in the absence of a dir /ad option.) | dirdir |
| dirsize.exe | DWL | Compute the total size used by a directory ot tree. | dirsize -s -t &:# Find which subdirectory uses up all that space. |
| mcd.bat | DW- | Create a directory, and go there, in a single command. | mcd TempDir |
| redo.exe | DWL | Execute a command recursively in a whole directory tree. | redo dirsize -t &:# Same end result as the above dirsize example. |
| rhs.bat | DW- | Set all RHS flags for a file. Conversely, -rhs.bat removes them all. | -rhs msdos.sys &:# Often needed in the 1980s. |
| rxrename.tcl | -WL | Rename a series of files, based on a regular expression. | |
| trouve.bat | DWL | Find files containing a string. Uses WIN32 ports of Unix find and grep tools. | trouve "Error 1234" &:# Did I record this error before? |
| truename.exe | DW- | Display the true name of a file or directory, like old DOS' truename internal command. Resolves links, junctions, etc. | truename "C:\Documents and Settings" |
| update.exe | DWL | Copy files only if newer. | update -X *.c X:\backup &:# Display files which need updating, but don't do it. |
| zap.bat | -W- | Delete files and directories, displaying the exact list of files deleted. | zap *.obj *.lst |
| zapbaks.bat | -W- | Delete all kinds of backup files (*.bak, *~, etc...), optionally recursively. | zapbaks -r |
Easily add, remove, or search entries in your PATH variables.
| Name | OS | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| addpath.bat | -W- | Manage the local and global path easily. | `addpath |
| AddPaths.bat | -W- | Configure the system path to include my tool boxes | addpaths |
| which.exe | -W- | Check which program will execute by the given name. Supports any executable type, including tcl and ps1. (Contrary to most WIN32 ports of which, which ignore Windows' %PATHEXT% variable, and don't know the different precedence rules of cmd and powershell shells.) | which which |
Brings the power of the command line to all Windows GUI applications.
| Name | OS | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12.bat | -W- | Pipe Windows clipboard contents into a program, then that program output back into the clipboard. | 12 sort |
| 1clip.exe | -W- | Pipe Windows clipboard contents into a program. | `1clip |
| 2clip.exe | -W- | Pipe a program output into Windows clipboard. | `dir |
There tools are useful on their own, and even more so when combined in a command pipeline with the clipboard management tools above.
| Name | OS | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| 72w.bat | -W- | Convert UTF-7 text to Windows ANSI characters. | |
| 82w.bat | -W- | Convert UTF-8 text to Windows ANSI. Useful to decode scrambled emails. Uses conv.exe. | 12 82w |
| a2u.bat | -W- | Convert ANSI text to 16-bits Unicode text. | |
| b64dec.tcl | -WL | Decode base64-encoded data. | 12 b64dec |
| codepage.exe | -W- | Get information about the current and usable console code pages. | codepage 850 &:# Display a table of code page 850 characters. |
| conv.exe | -W- | Convert from/to various character sets. | `type winfile.txt |
| deffeed.exe | DWL | Remove tabulations, form-feeds, etc. | |
| detab.exe | DWL | Remove tabulations, replacing them with spaces. | detab this.md -t 4 &:# Type a text file with 4-colums tabulations |
| dump.exe | DWL | Hexadecimal dump. | `1clip |
| lessive.exe | DWL | Remove blank characters from the end of lines. | 12 lessive |
| remplace.exe | DWL | Replace any characters by others, including CR and LF. | `1clip |
| u2a.bat | -W- | Convert 16-bits Unicode text to ANSI text. | |
| u2w.bat | -W- | Convert Unix End-Of-Lines (LF) to Windows End-Of-Lines (CR LF). | 12 u2w |
| w2u.bat | -W- | Convert Windows End-Of-Lines (CR LF) to Unix End-Of-Lines (LF). |
| Name | OS | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25.bat | DW- | Switches the console to 25 lines x 80 columns. (CGA mode) | 25 |
| 43.bat | DW- | Switches the console to 43 lines x 80 columns. (EGA mode) | 43 |
| 50.bat | DW- | Switches the console to 50 lines x 80 columns. (VGA mode) | 50 |
| cascade.tcl | -W- | Align a set of similar windows regularly. Uses Twapi. | cascade notepad |
| Disable-IPv6Components.ps1 | -W- | Disables Windows IPv6 component. Useful for diagnosing networking issues. | |
| driver.exe | -W- | Manage Windows 9X and 2000+ drivers. | |
| Enable-IPv6Components.ps1 | -W- | Enables Windows IPv6 component. Useful for diagnosing networking issues. | |
| Get-ProductKey.ps1 | -W- | Display the product key used for activating Windows. | |
| hosts.bat | -W- | Edit the hosts file with notepad | hosts &:# Must be run as administrator, else the hosts file can't be saved |
| IESec.ps1 | -W- | Display Internet Explorer security mode settings. | |
| IPcfg.bat | -W- | Front end to ipconfig.exe, filtering its output to make it more readable. Numerous options to select the information needed. | ipcfg &:# Display just Ethernet and Wifi interfaces |
| Is-WindowsActivated.ps1 | -W- | Test if Windows is activated. | |
| Out-ByHost.ps1 | -W- | Execute PowerShell commands on remote machines in parallel, displaying results like Unix pdsh: That is as pure text lines, prefixed by the remote machine name. Requires installing Out-ByHost.ps1 and Reconnect.ps1 on every target system. | Out-ByHost (atlas 1..4) {update S:\tools C:\tools} |
| Reconnect.bat | -W- | Reconnect network drives. Useful after moving a laptop, or when opening an elevated window. | Reconnect S: |
| Reconnect.ps1 | -W- | Reconnect network drives. Useful after moving a laptop, or when opening an elevated window. | Reconnect S: |
| regx.bat | -W- | Manage the registry as if it were a file system. Output formatted as SML. | regx dir HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows |
| ShadowCopy.ps1 | -W- | Manage volume shadow copies. Includes an option for recyling them like a pool of backup tapes. | help ShadowCopy.ps1 -detailed |
| Test-IPv6Components.ps1 | -W- | Test if Windows IPv6 component are enabled or disabled. Useful for diagnosing networking issues. | |
| Window.ps1 | -W- | Move and resize windows. | Window "Server Manager" -MoveTo 150,150 -Resize 1000,750 -OnTop |
XML is good for programs, but hard to read for humans. JSON is easier to read, but not as powerful as XML. SML is XML made readable.
| Name | OS | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| sml.tcl | -WL | Convert XML files to a much simpler structured text format, and back. | `type config.xml |
| show.tcl | -WL | Display files contents, or whole directory trees contents, in a simple structured text format. | show /proc/fs |
| xpath.tcl | -WL | Use XPATH to extract data from an XML file. | xpath --dir config.xml /root/display |
| Name | OS | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| chars.exe | DWL | Display a table of ASCII and all 8-bit characters. | |
| codepage.exe | -W- | Get information about the current code pages, or the characters in other ones. | codepage 1253 &:# Show characters in code page #1253 |
| echoargs.bat | DW- | Display echoargs arguments. Useful to diagnose command-line processing issues. | echoargs.bat how" many args "here? |
| EchoArgs.ps1 | -W- | Display echoargs arguments. Useful to diagnose command-line processing issues. | |
| errorlev.bat | D-- | Display last command's errorlevel. (There's no %ERRORLEVEL% variable in DOS.) | |
| inicomp.exe | DWL | Compare .ini or .reg files. Useful to detect changes in the Windows registry. | inicomp server1.reg server2.reg |
| MakeZip.bat | -W- | Create a zip file, based on a list of files in an input file. Uses 7-zip. | makezip tools.lst &:# Builds tools.zip. |
| msgbox.exe | -W- | Display various types of message boxes, and return answers to the batch. | msgbox -x -c "About to erase your disk" |
| nlines.tcl | -WL | Count lines, and non-commented source lines, in a set of files. | nlines -r &:# Count recursively in the current dir. and sub-dirs. |
| PSService.ps1 | -W- | Sample Windows Service entirely in a PowerShell script. | help PSService.ps1 -detailed &:# Comprehensive built-in usage doc. |
| tclsh.bat | -W- | Find the Tcl shell even if it's not in the PATH. Configure Windows to run *.tcl files as command-line scripts. | |
| tee.exe | DW- | Duplicate the input from stdin to multiple parallel outputs. | `dir |
| TimeX.bat | -W- | Time the execution of a command. Similar in spirit to Unix' time command. | timex ping -n 1 myserver.mysite.org |
| touch.bat | -W- | Uses touch.exe if available, else does it in pure batch (slower!). | touch myprog.c |
| whichinc.exe | DW- | Enumerate all include files that a C/C++ source potentially includes. | set INCLUDE=... & whichinc myprog.c |
| Name | OS | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpuid.exe | DW- | Identify the processor, and display its various capabilities. | cpuid -v |
| gpt.exe | DW- | Manage GUID Partition Tables. | gpt &:# Dump the legacy and GUID partition tables |
| sector.exe | DW- | Manage disk sectors. Options for dumping them, or copying them to & from files. | sector hd0: &:# Dump the hard disk 0 boot sector |
| smbios.exe | DW- | Manage the System Management BIOS. | smbios -t 0: &:# Dump SMBIOS table 0 |
| uuid.exe | DW- | Manage UUIDs. | uuid -s &:# Display the system UUID |
(More to come!)
| Name | OS | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| FixMHT.tcl | -WL | Fix relative links in a .mht file. (Works around known bugs in many .mht files.) | |
| FlipMails.tcl | -WL | Convert mail threads into a single ASCII text file with mails in chronologic order. | 12 flipmails |
| fvlCache.bat | -W- | List the most recent files in the Flash Player cache. | |
| gcCache.bat | -W- | List the most recent files in the Google Chrome cache. Ex: The video you just viewed. | |
| get.tcl | -WL | Get a file from a web server. Simpler to use than Unix' wget. | get "https://cloud.com/picture.jpg |
| ie.bat | -W- | Start Internet Explorer | |
| ieCache.bat | -W- | List the most recent files in the Internet Explorer cache. | |
| n.bat | -W- | Start Notepad | n readme.md |
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All Tcl scripts require installing a Tcl interpreter. This interpreter is standard in Linux, but absent in Windows. See the README file in SysToolsLib's Tcl directory for instructions on how to install a Tcl interpreter in Windows.
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All tools (both scripts and C programs) support the -? option for help, and most share a few other common options:
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| -? | Display a help screen. |
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-d | Display debug information: Help the author understand what code is running. (In the debug build only) -v | Display verbose information: Help the users understand what the program is doing. -V | Display the script or program version and exit. -X | No-eXec mode: Display what the program would do, but don't do it. | -A | Force ANSI encoding (aka. Windows System Code Page) output. (Windows only) -O | Force OEM encoding (aka. DOS Code Page) output. (Windows only) -U | Force UTF8 encoding output. (Windows only)