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. cal2day.bash Convert a day number to a name. corename Tell what produced a core file. fman Fast man(1) replacement. frcp Copy files using ftp(1) but with rcp-type command line syntax. lowercase Change filenames to lower case. ncp A nicer front end for cp(1) (has -i, etc.). newext Change the extension of a group of files. nmv A nicer front end for mv(1) (has -i, etc.). pages Print specified pages from files. PERMISSION Permissions to use the scripts in this directory. pf A pager front end that handles compressed files. README README ren Rename files by changing parts of filenames that match a pattern. 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(1) multiple files. uuenc uuencode(1) 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.bash cd replacement with a directory stack added. pmtop Poor man's 'top(1)' for SunOS 4.x and BSD/OS. shprof Line profiler for bash scripts.