This collection of scripts was originally written for ksh-88 by John DuBois . The conversion to bash v2 syntax was done by Chet Ramey. These scripts are as-is; there is no copyright associated with any of them. They exist simply as examples of bash scripting. Here's a description of what's in this directory: arc2tarz Convert an "arc" archive to a compressed tar archive. corename Tell what produced a core file. fman Fast man replacement. frcp Copy files using ftp but with rcp-type command line syntax. lowercase Change filenames to lower case. ncp A nicer front end for cp (has -i, etc.). newext Change the extension of a group of files. nmv A nicer front end for mv (has -i, etc.). pages Print specified pages from files. pf A pager front end that handles compressed files. rename Change the names of files that match a pattern. repeat Execute a command multiple times. untar Unarchive a (possibly compressed) tarfile into a directory. uudec Carefully uudecode multiple files. uuenc uuencode multiple files. vtree Print a visual display of a directory tree. where Show where commands that match a pattern are. The following scripts were written or converted by Chet Ramey: bashrand Random number generator with upper and lower bounds and optional seed cdhist cd replacement with a directory stack added pmtop Poor man's `top' for SunOS 4.x and BSD/OS shprof Line profiler for bash scripts