The misctools package is a collection of small but useful utilities. Though they are small and trivial, I've found these programs to be indispensable. The utilities are:
| basecvt | A simple program for converting numeric values from one base to another. |
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| bat | A binary dump program; similar to the UNIX od command, but produces output in a much more useful format. |
| cpmod | A program to copy file permissions. |
| dirstack | A curses-based directory browser/selector. |
| dirtree | A program that generates a hierarchical list of filenames for a given directory tree. |
| djinn | A wrapper program that allows a Java program to run as a true UNIX daemon. |
| ftrunc | A program that truncates files to specified lengths. |
| man2pdf | A script that converts manpages into PDF files. |
| man2ps | A script that converts manpages into PostScript files. |
| pascii | A program that reads characters from the keyboard and displays their ASCII codes in various formats. |
| pfortune | A program that prints out random fortunes. |
| pkgenv | A simple shell environment manager for software packages. |
| psprint | A script that formats and prints various types of files to a PostScript printer. |
| ps2pdf | A script that converts PostScript files into PDF files. |
| ranline | A program that reads a line at random from standard input or a file. |
| stat | A program that prints out information about a file. |
| texi2pdf | A script that converts Texinfo files into PDF files. |
| texi2ps | A script that converts Texinfo files into PostScript files. |
| textlock | A password-protection program like xlock for use on text terminals. |
| watcherd | A program that watches the size of a file and invokes another program when the file size increases. |
| wrap | A program that reformats text, wrapping words as necessary, to fit within a specified number of columns. |
Documentation is included in the distribution in the form of manpages and PDF files.
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Note that misctools requires the cbase library.