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#=============================================================================
# List of shell applications for GNO/ME and ORCA/Shell
# Last revision: Wed Feb 18 00:27:39 1998
#
# $Id: describe.src,v 1.5 1998/02/18 00:29:28 gdr-ftp Exp $
#=============================================================================
#
# About this file
# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# This file is in human readable form, but is intended to be compiled with
# the program 'descc' into the 'describe' database. Just type 'descc
# <filename>', where <filename> is the name you saved this file to, and
# descc will compile the file into the file /usr/lib/describe.db, or
# alternatively into a file named 'describe' in the path given by the
# environment variable DESCDB. Make sure the path that DESCDB points to
# or /usr/lib exist first! Information may be later culled from the
# file with the command 'describe <utility>'.
#
# While this file may be updated manually, it is recommended that new
# entries and updates be merged through the use of 'descu'. This will
# ensure that the file remains sorted. Failure to do so may result in
# describe(1) not finding some entries.
#
# This file is sorted lexicographically, ignoring case, based on the
# "Name" field.
#
# Online home of describe
# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# The newest version of this file may be found at:
#
# ftp://ftp.gno.org/pub/apple2/gs.specific/gno/doc/desc.src.shk
#
# The describe web page may be found at:
#
# http://www.gno.org/gno/describe
#
# This page has:
# - links to the current version of describe, descu, and descc
# - links to the current version of this database, in both source
# form (this file), and the precompiled database
# - indexed online describe entries
# - instructions on how to submit new and updated entries.
#
# Updates and corrections may also be sent by email to:
#
# describe-submit@trenco.gno.org
#
# This address points to a filter. If you use it, you *must* ensure the
# following:
#
# - the subject line contains the word "describe";
# - you include only describe entries, in the format used in this
# file;
# - if you have a signature attached to your email, it must be
# preceeded by the standard "--" on a line by itself;
# - only ASCII mail is accepted. Don't try sending encoded mail,
# by MIME or other means;
# - all field names should be at the immediate start of a line;
# - the "Name" field must be a single word;
# - the "Where" field must be specified;
# - the description must be non-empty;
#
# If your submission was successful, you will receive an email response
# (assuming your email address is real).
#
# To obtain the version number of a program:
# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# A) use the shell program `getvers',
# B) any usage or -v/V flag supplied by the utility author
#
#
# NOTES:
# 1. The "Author" field may indicate who is maintaing the current
# port, and may not actually mean the original author of the
# program.
# 2. There may be more than one port of a given program. Often the
# older or obsolete ports are not listed.
#==============================================================================
Name: alarm
Version: 1.0 (Feb 94)
Shell: GNO
Author: Christopher Neufeld
Contact: neufeld@physics.utoronto.ca
Where: /usr/local/games
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
This is a reminder program, typically executed in the background. The
program sleeps until the specified alarm time is reached, and then beeps
the speaker and optionally prints a message.
Name: amaterm
Version: 2.0
Shell: GNO
Author: Sean McAfee
Contact: mcafee@umich.edu
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
AmaTerm is a GNO-specific terminal emulation program with job control (it
may be suspended), a simple macro language, and a scrollback buffer.
Name: apropos
Version: 3.0 (24 Jul 95)
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Devin Reade
Contact: gdr@myrias.com
Where: /usr/bin
FTP: apple2.caltech.edu, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Locate commands by keyword. Bundled with catman, makewhatis, man,
and whatis in the manpack30.shk archive.
Name: argv0
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Phillip Vandry
Contact: vandry@CAM.ORG
Where: /usr/bin
FTP: -
Emulates UNIX argv0 (manipulate argv array passed to programs). Runs
shell scripts with #!/... syntax. Runs s16 programs with arguments.
Name: aspdisp
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO
Author: Jason Perez
Contact: jasonp@norton.sps.mot.com
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
aspdisp prints out AppleWorks v3.0 Spreadsheet files. The output is
formatted as near as possible to what it would look like in Appleworks.
Name: aw30
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Robert Hill
Contact: rhill@eecs.ukans.edu
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: -
Formats AppleWorks (Classic) Word Processor files for display. Handles
most options--including underline, boldface, margins, centering--on all
terminal types.
Name: awk
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Ported by Jawaid Bazyar
Contact: bazyar@netcom.com
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ground.isca.uiowa.edu
A port of AT&T's AWK string processing language.
Name: bang
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO
Author: Jason Perez
Contact: jasonp@amcu-tx.sps.mot.com
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
This utility is used to access the gsh(1) command history buffer. It has
similar functionality to the "!" built-in command for csh(1) or bash(1).
Name: bc
Version: 1.01
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Frank Petroski
Contact: -
Where: /usr/bin
FTP: apple2.caltech.edu
GNU bc is an arbitrary precision numeric processing language. Syntax is
similar to C, but differs in many substantial areas. It supports
interactive execution of statements. bc is a utility included in the
POSIX P1003.2/D11 draft standard. Copyright Free Software Foundation.
Name: beatbox
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO, ORCA
Author: Alvin Tan, Brian Ballweber
Contact: corey@drift.winternet.com
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
This is an alpha-level MOD/MED editor and player. Not for use on ROM-3
machines.
Name: bed
Version: 1.1.1
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Phil Vandry
Contact: vandry@cam.org
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ground.isca.uiowa.edu
A binary editor that can handle "infinitely" long lines and null bytes
in the file. Intended for editing binary files.
Name: binprint
Version: 1.2
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Phillip Vandry
Contact: vandry@CAM.ORG
Where: /usr/bin
FTP: -
Prints a hex dump of files or standard in
Name: bison
Version: 1.19
Shell: ORCA/Shell, GNO/ME
Author: Soenke Behrens
Contact: sbehrens@bigfoot.com
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp://apple2.caltech.edu/pub/apple2/source/
A port of the FSF's yacc replacement. bison is part of the GNU project.
yacc is a parser generator (also known as "compiler compiler").
Name: blist
Version: 1.0
Shell: ORCA/Shell, GNO/ME
Author: Kelvin W Sherlock
Contact: ksherloc@mole.uvm.edu
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: apple2.caltech.edu, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
List an Applesoft BASIC file.
Name: booz
Version: 2.01
Shell: ORCA/Shell, GNO/ME
Author: Soenke Behrens
Contact: sbehrens@bigfoot.com
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp://apple2.caltech.edu/pub/apple2/shellutils
Unpacks files that were packed with Zoo 2.1 or earlier.
Name: cal
Version: -
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Phillip Vandry
Contact: vandry@CAM.ORG
Where: /usr/bin
FTP: -
Prints a calendar for the current month or any month.
Name: calendar
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO
Author: Christopher Neufeld
Contact: neufeld@physics.utoronto.ca
Where: /usr/local/games
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
This program consults a calandar database, and prints out entries
corresponding to today's or tomorrow's entries. On weekends, "tomorrow"
extends through Monday.
Name: calls
Version: 2.0 (16 Dec 93)
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Ported by Devin Reade
Contact: gdr@myrias.ab.ca
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: apple2.caltech.edu, ground.isca.uiowa.edu.
A call chart generator, to show the sequence and calling dependancies of
functions within a program. It's more flexible than Orca shell version.
Requires cpp.
Name: catman
Version: 1.0 (24 Jul 95)
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Devin Reade
Contact: gdr@myrias.com
Where: /usr/sbin
FTP: apple2.caltech.edu, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Preformat manual reference pages. Bundled with apropos,
makewhatis, man, and whatis in the manpack30.shk archive.
Name: catrez
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO
Author: Dave Tribby
Contact: tribby@cup.hp.com
Where: /usr/bin
FTP: ground.isca.uiowa.edu apple2.caltech.edu ftp.gno.org
Concatenate resource forks.
Name: cclean
Version: 1.02
Shell: ORCA/Shell, GNO/ME
Author: Soenke Behrens
Contact: sbehrens@bigfoot.com
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: Part of occ package
For use with occ. Remove the lines ccprep put into a source file from that
source file. Part of the occ 1.12 distribution.
Name: ccprep
Version: 1.1
Shell: ORCA/Shell, GNO/ME
Author: Soenke Behrens
Contact: sbehrens@bigfoot.com
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: Part of occ package
For use with occ. Puts a "#line 2" statement into source files to
get around problems with occ 1.12 and ORCA/C 2.03.
Name: cdaudio
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO
Author: Michael Searl
Contact: cmoore@acs.ucalgary.ca
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
This utility plays audio compact disks.
Name: chat
Version: 2.0
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Phillip Vandry
Contact: vandry@CAM.ORG
Where: /usr/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org
Sends strings and waits for strings. Used to send modem commands and wait
for replies, etc..
Name: chmod
Version: 2.1
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Leslie M. Barstow III
Contact: wdphoenix@delphi.com
Where: /bin
FTP: ground.isca.uiowa.edu
chmod allows you to change the permissions on a file. This is an
enhanced version which allows you to change options ala UNIX or using
the Apple specific flags (UNIX values are translated into Apple
equivalents).
Name: cjpeg
Version: 6
Shell: GNO, ORCA
Author: Mark Marr-Lyon
Contact: -
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Compress an image file to a JPEG file. Part of the jpeg tools archive.
Name: coff
Version: 1.1
Shell: GNO, ORCA, Merlin16+
Author: Albert Chin-A-Young
Contact: -
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
This is an OMF disassembler designed for OMF 1.0 and 2.0 files. Output is
similar to the ORCA and APW utility 'dumpobj', although OMF and 65816
disassemblies are much cleaner and more readable.
Name: compress
Version: 4.3
Shell: GNO/ORCA
Author: Ported by Donald Gloistein
Contact: -
Where: /usr/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
File compression utility.
Name: conv
Version: 1.1
Shell: GNO, ORCA
Author: Jawaid Bazyar, Derek Taubert
Contact: bazyar@hypermall.com
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Text file converter. It either converts NL characters to CR characters
(and back), converts tabs to spaces, or converts characters in a file
name to lower case.
Name: copycat
Version: 1.4.1
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: James Brookes
Contact: jamesb@ecst.csuchico.edu
Where: /usr/bin
FTP: -
copycat copies data bidirectionally between the two named ttys. It
can be used as a simple dumb terminal program.
Name: copyfork
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO, ORCA
Author: -
Contact: -
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
This utility selectively copies data forks, resource forks, or both.
The command line syntax is a bit odd. See also catrez.
Name: cp
Version: 1.5
Shell: GNO
Author: Greg Thompson
Contact: -
Where: /bin/cp
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
cp does file copy operations. Suitably invoked, it also moves files (mv)
and deletes files (rm).
Name: cpp
Version: 0.1b (16 Aug 92)
Shell: GNO, ORCA
Author: Doug McIntyre
Contact: dougm@lakesys.lakesys.com
Where: /usr/lib
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
This is a stand-alone C preprocessor based on code from the old
Decus C compiler. Two versions may be found in the cppDecus.shk archive,
an older one with source code, and a newer one without source code.
Name: cron
Version: 1.1
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Phillip Vandry
Contact: vandry@CAM.ORG
Where: /usr/sbin
FTP: -
Runs certain processes at certain times. cron is started by init.
Name: cu
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Dave J. Roberts
Contact: daver@interactive.net
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: -
A simple dialup utility.
Name: cut
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Jason Perez
Contact: jperez@ee.tamu.edu
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: apple2.caltech.edu, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Cuts out selected fields of each line of a file.
Name: date
Version: 1.2
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Phillip Vandry
Contact: vandry@CAM.ORG
Where: /usr/bin
FTP: -
Shows the date and time (optionally, continuously).
Name: descc
Version: 1.0.6
Shell: ORCA/Shell, GNO/ME
Author: James Brookes
Contact: jamesb@ecst.csuchico.edu
Where: /usr/sbin
FTP: ftp.gno.org
Compile a source file into a 'describe' database file.
Name: descii
Version: 1.0.2
Shell: GNO/ORCA
Author: David Empson
Contact: dempson@actrix.gen.nz
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Shell-based binscii decoder.
Name: describe
Version: 1.0.6
Shell: ORCA/Shell, GNO/ME
Author: James Brookes
Contact: jamesb@ecst.csuchico.edu
Where: /usr/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org
Print a multi-line description obtained from the compiled 'describe'
database; giving utility name, version, intended shell, author, author's
contact, where the utility is, as well as where the utility can be FTPd
from on the InterNet.
Name: descu
Version: 1.0.6
Shell: ORCA/Shell, GNO/ME
Author: Devin Reade
Contact: gdr@myrias.ab.ca
Where: /usr/sbin
FTP: ftp.gno.org
Update a 'describe' source file.
Name: dial
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Phillip Vandry
Contact: vandry@CAM.ORG
Where: /usr/bin
FTP: -
Uses your modem to dial telephone numbers stored in a database by name,
or looks up the numbers and reports without dialing.
Name: dialup
Version: 1.3
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Phillip Vandry
Contact: vandry@CAM.ORG
Where: /usr/sbin
FTP: -
Run from inittab to handle modems on dialup lines.
Name: diff
Version: 1.0 (12 Dec 94)
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Ported by Devin Reade
Contact: <gdr@myrias.ab.ca>
Where: /usr/bin
FTP: cco.caltech.edu, ground.isca.uiowa.edu.
Show differences in files. This is a port based on GNU diff v2.6. Some
less-used features have been temporarily disabled for v1.0.
Name: djpeg
Version: 6
Shell: GNO, ORCA
Author: Mark Marr-Lyon
Contact: -
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Decompress a JPEG file to an image file. Part of the jpeg tools archive.
Name: dmake
Version: 1.0 (4 Jul 94)
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Ported by Devin Reade.
Contact: gdr@myrias.ab.ca
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: apple2.caltech.edu, ground.isca.uiowa.edu.
A Unix-style make utility for automated compilation.
Name: dos2gs
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO, ORCA, APW
Author: Delonge & Tucek Software
Contact: -
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
dos2gs will read MS-DOS disks on an Apple IIgs equipped with the
Applied Engineering PC Transporter card and a 360 KByte TransDrive.
It will also read PC Transporter MS-DOS Partitions on ProDOS volumes.
It works under GS/OS rather than under MS-DOS.
Name: DRWM
Version: 2.01
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Dave J. Roberts
Contact: dave@mary.iia.org
Where: /usr/X/bin
FTP: apple2.caltech.edu, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Davis Rex Window Manager. A window manager for GNO.
Name: dsc
Version: 1.1
Shell: GNO, ORCA
Author: David Ong Tat-Wee (DOTW)
Contact: ongtatwe@iscs.nus.sg
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
DOTW's (command line) Sprite Compiler. DSC takes a $C0 (Apple Preferred
Format picture) file as input, and generates an ORCA/M compatible 65816
assembly source codes (in a text file) as output.
Name: dsort
Version: 1.0 (14 Jun 94)
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Devin Reade.
Contact: gdr@myrias.ab.ca
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: apple2.caltech.edu, ground.isca.uiowa.edu (in file sorts10.shk)
Sort a text file on disk lexicographically. Archived together
with msort.
Name: dsplit
Version: 1.0 (19 Dec 93)
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Ported by Devin Reade.
Contact: gdr@myrias.ab.ca
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: apple2.caltech.edu, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
A file splitter, with a default output size of 811520 bytes, suitable
for 800k 3.5" floppies. It will work with any type of regular (no
resource fork) file.
Name: duplex
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO
Author: Phillip Vandry
Contact: vandry@cam.org
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
This is part of the "seq" remote login package. (See "seq".)
Name: echo
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO, ORCA
Author: Brian Tao
Contact: -
Where: /bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
This is a replacement for the shell builtin 'echo'. This version of echo
can ring the console bell, clear the screen before printing its arguments,
delete the last newline or output just a CR as a terminator.
Name: egrep
Version: 1.3
Shell: GNO/ORCA
Author: Jawaid Bazyar, Mike Horwath
Contact: -
Where: /usr/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Finds regular expressions, with an extended regular expression syntax.
Name: ekill
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO
Author: James Brookes
Contact: -
Where: /usr/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
This is an extended version of the kill(1) shell builtin, which is used
for sending signals to processes.
Name: emacs
Version: 3.9e
Shell: GNO
Author: -
Contact: -
Where: /usr/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
This is MicroEmacs (uemacs), an EMACS text editor clone.
Name: eps
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: James Brookes
Contact: jamesb@ecst.csuchico.edu
Where: /usr/bin
FTP: -
Display extensive process status information.
Name: evaluate
Version: 1.0
Shell: ORCA
Author: Dave Tribby
Contact: tribby@cup.hp.com
Where: 17/
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Evaluate is an ORCA/Shell (only) utility for evaluating expressions, and
setting a shell variable to the value of the result.
Name: expr
Version: 1.1
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Phillip Vandry
Contact: vandry@CAM.ORG
Where: /usr/bin
FTP: -
Evaluates matehmatical expressions; prints result in normal and
scientific notation. Uses C like syntax.
Name: fgrep
Version: 2.1
Shell: GNO/ORCA
Author: Christopher Neufeld
Contact: -
Where: /usr/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Finds regular expressions.
Name: figlet
Version: 2.0
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Ported by Jawaid Bazyar
Contact: bazyar@csn.org
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Creates styled large characters out of ordinary screen characters.
Name: fill
Version: 2.7
Shell: GNO, ORCA
Author: James Brookes
Contact: -
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
This is a simple text filter used for filling paragraphs.
Name: finger
Version: 1.1
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Leslie M. Barstow III
Contact: wdphoenix@delphi.com
Where: /usr/bin
FTP: -
finger is a re-write of the UNIX finger utility. Its purpose is to provide
information about a user or users. It shows their real name, home directory,
default shell, last login time, and two files that they may create to provide
further information.
Name: fish
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO
Author: Jeff Markham
Contact: markhj01@winternet.com
Where: /usr/local/games
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
The card game "Go Fish!", ported from NetBSD 1.3.
Name: flex
Version: 2.38
Shell: ORCA/Shell, GNO/ME
Author: Soenke Behrens
Contact: sbehrens@bigfoot.com
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp://ground.isca.uiowa.edu/2/apple2/nodak/gs/shell.stuff/
A port of the FSF's lex replacement. flex is part of the GNU project.
lex is a tokenizer generator, to be used in conjunction with yacc. Note
that due to the way the FSF writes their code (yuck), flex has some problems
with ints being 16-bit instead of 32-bit on the GS..
Name: fmake
Version: 1.0
Shell: ORCA/Shell, GNO/ME
Author: Felix Blank
Contact: sbehrens@bigfoot.com
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: -
fmake is a Unixish make utility. It only understands a small subset of make
commands, though, barely enough to maintain small projects. Written originally
by Felix Blank. The need for this utility vanished with the advent of dmake.
Name: foreach
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO
Author: Sean McAfee
Contact: mcafee@umich.edu
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
This utility provides a limited loop construct to gsh(1). Used for scripting.
Name: fortune
Version: -
Shell: -
Author: -
Contact: -
Where: -
FTP: -
There are three distinct varieties of fortune for GNO. See "fortune-a",
"fortune-b", and "fortune-c".
Name: fortune-a
Version: 1.0 (12 Sep 94)
Shell: GNO, ORCA
Author: Greg Thompson
Contact: -
Where: /usr/local/games
FTP: ftp.gno.org
This is a simple shell utility which displays a random fortune. There are
multiple ports of fortune(6) available for GNO. (You should install only one.)
This port, designated as series "a", was ported by Greg Thompson.
See also "fortune-b" and "fortune-c".
Name: fortune-b
Version: 1.0 (12 Nov 94)
Shell: GNO
Author: Douglas E. Mitton
Contact: dmitton@mulberry.com
Where: /usr/local/games
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu, GEnie A2Pro #4402
This is a simple shell utility which displays a random fortune. There are
multiple ports of fortune(6) available for GNO. (You should install only one.)
This one was ported from QNX (Quantum UNIX) by Doug Mitton, and is designated
series "b". See also "fortune-a" and "fortune-c".
Name: fortune-c
Version: 1.2
Shell: GNO, ORCA
Author: Tilghman Lesher
Contact: lesherjt@vuse.vanderbilt.edu
Where: /usr/local/games
FTP: ftp.gno.org
This is a simple shell utility which displays a random fortune. There are
multiple ports of fortune(6) available for GNO. (You should install only one.)
This version was written from scratch by Collin Douglas, and is designated
as series "c". It was modified, separately, by both David Ong Tat-Wee (v1.1)
and by Tilghman Lesher (v1.2). See also "fortune-a" and "fortune-b".
Name: freeze
Version: 1.2
Shell: GNO/ORCA
Author: Michael Frankowski
Contact: -
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Another file compression utility.
Name: ftn
Version: 1.1 (11 Oct 94)
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Dave J. Roberts. Version 1.1 changes by Devin Reade.
Contact: daver@rush.cc.edu, droberts@chaos.bsu.edu
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: apple2.caltech.edu, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
A utility to display Apple's DTS File Type Notes.
Name: getshk
Version: 2.0
Shell: GNO/ORCA
Author: Kent Squires
Contact: -
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
This is a front end to yankit(1), which adds more options when extracting
NuFX files.
Name: getty
Version: 2.0.3
Shell: GNO
Author: Phillip Vandry
Contact: -
Where: /usr/sbin/getty
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Getty sets the terminal mode, speed, and line discipline. It is usually
started by initd(8), and is used in the login process.
Name: getvers
Version: 1.2
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Ian Schmidt
Contact: irsman@iastate.edu
Where: /usr/bin
FTP: pindarus.cs.uiuc.edu
Gets the rVersion information on a EXE, including name, version, and any
other information the author wishes to include, printing it to standard out.
Name: gmail
Version: 1.1
Shell: GNO, ORCA
Author: Frank M. Lin
Contact: fmlin@ccnet.com
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
gmail is an elm-like mail reader. It uses the GORP (Gregg's Offline Reader
Protocol) protocol.
Name: grep
Version: 1.3
Shell: GNO/ORCA
Author: Jawaid Bazyar, Mike Horwath
Contact: -
Where: /usr/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Finds regular expressions.
Name: gsify
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO, ORCA
Author: Chris Shepherd
Contact: -
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
This program converts Amiga sounds to Apple IIGS sounds by adding $80 to
each byte.
Name: gzip
Version: 1.0.4
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Joseph Lee
Contact: nugundam@netcom.com
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: apple2.caltech.edu, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
GNU zip -- compress or expand files. Ported from the Free Software
Foundation's gzip, version 1.2.4. Also has functionality of gunzip
and gzcat.
Name: hplist
Version: 1.0 (18 Nov 91)
Shell: GNO, ORCA
Author: Christopher Neufeld
Contact: -
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
This program provides a way to print text files on an HP DeskJet 500
printer. The printed text appears in half-height, 20 pitch characters
in a 2-up landscape format.
Name: indent
Version: 1.9.1
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Ported by Kelvin W Sherlock
Contact: ksherloc@mole.uvm.edu
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org
Format C programs in a variety of styles.
Name: info
Version: 1.1
Shell: GNO, ORCA
Author: Greg Thompson
Contact: -
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
info gets the OS file information for the files given on the command
line, and searches the file type descriptors found in the */Icons
directory for a description of the file type. It will also print the
rComment resource if the file has one.
Name: inform
Version: 5.5
Shell: GNO
Author: Evan Day
Contact: day@engr.orst.edu
Where: /usr/local/games
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Inform compiles C-like HLL source files into Z-code format that can be
run with any infocom interpreter (such as the LTOI interpreters, the
infotaskforce interpreter, or the zip interpreter).
Name: infozip
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO
Author: Leslie M. Barstow III
Contact: wdphoenix@delphi.com
Where: /usr/local/games
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
This is a port of the Zip infocom interpreter, v2.0. This should not
be confused with the PC file compression program.
Name: init
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Phillip Vandry
Contact: vandry@CAM.ORG
Where: /usr/bin
FTP: -
Sends commands to the init daemon.
Name: initd
Version: 1.4
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Phillip Vandry
Contact: vandry@CAM.ORG
Where: /usr/sbin
FTP: -
Starts and kills processes, maintains the system run level, and runs
syslogd (log daemon)
Name: install
Version: 1.0 (31 Mar 96)
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Devin Reade
Contact: gdr@myrias.com
Where: /usr/bin
FTP: apple2.caltech.edu, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Install is similar to cp(1) in that it copies files. It will
also create directory hierarchies, and modify some access bits.
It is intended for use with Makefiles or other scripts to install
files into their destination directories.
Name: javap
Version: 0.9b
Shell: GNO
Author: Sean McAfee
Contact: mcafee@umich.edu
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
This program is intended to mirror the functionality of Sun Microsystems' JDK
Java disassembler, javap.
Name: jive
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO
Author: Jawaid Bazyar
Contact: bazyar@hypermall.com
Where: /usr/local/games
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
A text filter which translates arbitrary text to its "jive" equivalent.
Name: joinpara
Version: 1.0 (16 Dec 93)
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Devin Reade
Contact: gdr@myrias.ab.ca
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: apple2.caltech.edu, ground.isca.uiowa.edu.
A filter to strip newlines from the middle of paragraphs, but not
elsewhere. Written to ease the importing of text files into word
processor documents.
Name: jpegtran
Version: 6
Shell: GNO, ORCA
Author: Mark Marr-Lyon
Contact: -
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Lossless transcoding of JPEG files. Part of the jpeg tools archive.
Name: last
Version: 1.1
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Steve Reeves
Contact: Internet: reevess@cse.fau.edu, GEnie: S.REEVES2
Where: /usr/bin
FTP: ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Displays last logins for specified users or terminals. It searches
through the login accounting file "/var/adm/wtmp" for this information.
It is only useful with GNO's Multi-User package.
Name: less
Version: 1.6 (12 May 92)
Shell: GNO
Author: Mike Horwath, James Brookes, Dave Huang
Contact: -
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
less is text pager that is more fully featured than more(1). Text pagers
allow you to view text one screenful at a time. less also has search
and edit capabilities.
Name: line
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO/ME only!
Author: Kelvin Sherlock
Contact: ksherloc@mole.uvm.edu
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org
Standard unix utility to read a line from standard input
and display it to standard output.
Name: list
Version: 1.1.2
Shell: GNO/ME ORCA/Shell
Author: Jeff Markham
Contact: markhj01@visi.com
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: apple2.caltech.edu, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Print an AppleSoft BASIC program in human readable form.
Name: listlib
Version: 1.0 (9 Sep 96)
Shell: GNO/ME, ORCA/Shell
Author: Devin Reade.
Contact: gdr@eddore.myrias.com
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: apple2.caltech.edu, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Creates an object library listing of symbols, indexed by object
file name. Requires Byteworks' makelib v2.0 (may work with other
versions with only slight modifications).
Name: lpc
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO
Author: Phillip Vandry
Contact: vandry@cam.org
Where: /usr/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
lpc is the controller for the line printer daemon. See also lpr(1) and lpd(8).
Name: lpd
Version: 2.2
Shell: GNO
Author: Jawaid Bazyar, maintained by Jeff Markham
Contact: markhj01@winternet.com
Where: /usr/sbin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
This is the line printer daemon. It controls the printer(s), and
is itself controlled through lpr(1), and lpc(1).
Name: lpgen
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO, ORCA
Author: Jason Perez
Contact: -
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
This is a print formatting utility simliar to enscript. It is a desktop
program (intented to be invoked from a shell) which makes use of the
GS/OS Print Manager.
Name: lpr
Version: 3.3
Shell: GNO
Author: Jawaid Bazyar, maintained by Jeff Markham
Contact: markhj01@winternet.com
Where: /usr/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
This is the user interface to the line printer daemon, lpd(8).
Name: lseg
Version: 1.1 (September 1997)
Shell: GNO
Author: Jawaid Bazyar (updated for GNO/ME 2.0.6 by Dave Tribby)
Contact: tribby@cup.hp.com
Where: /usr/bin/lseg
FTP: ground.isca.uiowa.edu apple2.caltech.edu ftp.gno.org
List segments in an Object Module Format file.
Name: machine
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO
Author: Michael Frankowski
Contact: -
Where: /usr/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Prints out the machine type.
Name: machtype
Version: 1.4
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Ian Schmidt
Contact: irsman@iastate.edu
Where: /usr/bin
FTP: pindarus.cs.uiuc.edu
Gets and prints a wide variety of information on your IIgs system, including
memory, versions of GNO, GS/OS, and the ROM, accelerator type if any, and more.
Name: makedmake
Version: 1.1.1 (16 Jan 94)
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Ported by Devin Reade
Contact: gdr@myrias.ab.ca
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: apple2.caltech.edu, ground.isca.uiowa.edu.
Calculates program dependencies and generates makefiles for dmake.
This is a particularily brain-dead port that will likely be superceded.
(By mkmf?) Suitable for simple dependancies.
Name: makewhatis
Version: 1.2 (24 Jul 95)
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Devin Reade.
Contact: gdr@myrias.com
Where: /usr/sbin
FTP: apple2.caltech.edu, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Generates the whatis database used by man(1), apropos(1) and whatis(1).
Bundled with apropos, catman, man, and whatis in the manpack30.shk archive.
Name: man
Version: 3.0 (24 Jul 95)
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Devin Reade
Contact: gdr@myrias.com
Where: /usr/bin
FTP: apple2.caltech.edu, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Display manual reference pages. Bundled with apropos, catman,
makewhatis, and whatis in the manpack30.shk archive.
Name: martian
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Soenke Behrens
Contact: sbehrens@bigfoot.com
Where: /usr/local/bin or /usr/local/games
FTP: ftp://apple2.caltech.edu/pub/apple2/shellutils/
Creates martian poetry in nroff format.
Name: mcvert
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO
Author: Mike Searl
Contact: cmoore@acs.ucalgary.ca
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
This program converts between MacBinary, BinHex, and other Mac-related
file formats.
Name: mem
Version: 1.2
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Phillip Vandry
Contact: vandry@CAM.ORG
Where: /usr/bin
FTP: -
Shows memory usage statistics in different formats.
Name: mformat
Version: 1.1
Shell: GNO, ORCA
Author: Peter Watson
Contact: -
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
mformat is designed to format or erase a disk for use under MS-DOS. It requires
an MFM-capable drive, such as Apple's FDHD drive with the Apple II 3.5 Drive
Controller card, or a PC Transporter and TransDrive.
Name: mi
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO, ORCA
Author: Dave Roberts
Contact: -
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
[OBSOLETE]. mi is an early version of rimport. It allows for mass
import of data into a resource fork.
Name: midi2gs
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO, ORCA
Author: Dave Tribby
Contact: tribby@cup.hp.com
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Midi2gs is a shell interface to the MIDI Surgeon program, published in the
Jan/Feb 1994 issue of GS+ magazine.
Name: mkdir
Version: 1.2
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: James Brookes
Contact: jamesb@ecst.csuchico.edu
Where: /bin
FTP: -
Make a directory.
Name: mkfs
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Phillip Vandry
Contact: vandry@CAM.ORG
Where: /usr/bin
FTP: -
Formats or erases physical devices and creates file systems on them.
Name: more
Version: 1.4
Shell: GNO
Author: Jawaid Bazyar, Derek Taubert, Mike Horwath
Contact: -
Where: /bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
more is a text pager; it allows you to view text one screenful at a time
Name: mpager
Version: 1.1.5
Shell: GNO
Author: Kent Radek
Contact: goo@cwis.unomaha.edu
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
MPager is a Postscript text formatter. It will format your text files and
generate Postscript code that you can then send to your favorite Postscript
printer. See also a2ps and nenscript.
Name: msort
Version: 1.0 (14 Jun 94)
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Devin Reade.
Contact: gdr@myrias.ab.ca
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: apple2.caltech.edu, ground.isca.uiowa.edu (in file sorts10.shk)
Sort a text file in memory lexicographically. Archived together
with dsort.
Name: mugs
Version: 3.0
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Brian Tao
Contact: taob@io.org
Where: /usr/bin
FTP: ionews.io.org:/pub/apple/16bit/GNO
MuGS is a full-screen offline Internet e-mail and Usenet news
processor. Utilities for creating message packets on the UNIX system
and delivering replies are included. MicroEMACS 3.11c is required.
Name: ndp
Version: 1.08
Shell: ORCA/Shell, GNO/ME
Author: Soenke Behrens
Contact: sbehrens@bigfoot.com
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp://apple2.caltech.edu/pub/apple2/shellutils/
Merges a FIDO nodediff into a FIDO nodelist
Name: nenscript
Version: 1.1
Shell: GNO
Author: J.S. Rand
Contact: -
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
nenscript converts text files into their postscript equivalents.
See also a2ps and mpager.
Name: news
Version: 1.2 (14 Oct 93)
Shell: GNO
Author: Eric Shepherd
Contact: sheppy@delphi.com
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Displays system news (site specific notifications). This should not be
confused with USENET news readers or transport programs.
Name: newuser
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: James Brookes
Contact: jamesb@ecst.csuchico.edu
Where: /usr/sbin
FTP: -
Create a home directory with basic gshrc for a new user, and add user
into /etc/passwd file for immediate access.
Name: newuserv
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: James Brookes
Contact: jamesb@ecst.csuchico.edu
Where: /usr/sbin
FTP: -
Create a home directory with basic gshrc for new user, and add user
to /var/adm/newuser/newusers file for validation by the system operator.
Name: nl
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO, ORCA
Author: Jay Krell
Contact: jay.krell@cornell.edu
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
nl is a shell utility that gives shell access to Nifty List. Its main
features are the shell's redirectable stdin and stdout, plus an optional
internal filter to make the output closer to ORCA/M source.
Name: now
Version: 1.2
Shell: GNO, ORCA
Author: Jawaid Bazyar
Contact: bazyar@hypermall.com
Where: /usr/local/games
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Prints out various random phrases. The output of this program may be
considered to be obscene by some people.
Name: nroff
Version: 1.2 (18 Mar 97)
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Various. Maintained by Devin Reade.
Contact: gdr@myrias.com
Where: /usr/bin
FTP: apple2.caltech.edu, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Text Processing Typesetter
This is a bug fix release to fix many memory trashing problems. It
also includes the -man package used by the GNO v2.0.6 man pages.
There are no other added features.
Name: occ
Version: 1.13
Shell: ORCA/Shell, GNO/ME
Author: Soenke Behrens
Contact: sbehrens@bigfoot.com
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp://apple2.caltech.edu/pub/apple2/shellutils/
Unixish front-end for ORCA/C. Particularly useful in combination with
dmake. Requires ORCA/C 2.0.3 (compiler version 2.0.2).
Name: paranoia
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO
Author: Jason Jeffries
Contact: jeffries@talon.cup.edu
Where: /usr/local/games
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
A simple text adventure game, ported from Linux.
Name: parent
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Phillip Vandry
Contact: vandry@CAM.ORG
Where: /usr/bin
FTP: -
Shows the current process or a specified process and climbs up to the top
level process.
Name: passwd
Version: 1.0.1
Shell: GNO
Author: Eric Shepherd
Contact: sheppy@delphi.com
Where: /usr/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
This allows a user to change his password.
Name: patch
Version: 1.0 (12 Nov 95)
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Ported by Devin Reade.
Contact: gdr@myrias.com
Where: /usr/bin
FTP: apple2.caltech.edu, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Apply diffs to an original file. This is based on BSD patch v2.0pl12u8.
Name: pbmtoiw
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Thomas Okken
Contact: thomas@animal.hobby.nl, tommasso@hacktic.nl
Where: /usr/bin
FTP: ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Reads a portable bitmap and converts it to graphics codes for the
Apple Imagewriter printer.
Name: phone
Version: 1.0.1
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Robert Hill
Contact: rhill@eecs.ukans.edu
Where: /usr/bin
FTP: -
Based on talk, phone allows two users to interactively chat in a
split-screen format.
Name: rattr
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO
Author: Dave Roberts
Contact: -
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Change the attributes of one or more resources.
Name: rcompact
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO
Author: Dave Roberts
Contact: -
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Compress resource forks so that they use less disk space.
Name: rcopy
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO
Author: Dave Roberts
Contact: -
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Copy individual resources from one file or another.
Name: rdial
Version: 1.2 (16 Aug 95)
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Jeremy Rand.
Contact: jeremy@gate.globalx.net
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Auto redial a system with a login script.
Name: rdjpgcom
Version: 6
Shell: GNO, ORCA
Author: Mark Marr-Lyon
Contact: -
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Display text comments from a JPEG file. Part of the jpeg tools archive.
Name: reminder
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO, ORCA
Author: Christopher Neufeld
Contact: neufeld@helios.physics.utoronto.ca
Where: /usr/local/games
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
This provides an alarm clock and a calendar reminder program for the
GNO/ME shell. The calendar program should also run under the ORCA shell,
but it hasn't been tested there.
Name: remote
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO
Author: Phillip Vandry
Contact: vandry@cam.org
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
This is part of the "seq" remote login package. (See "seq".)
Name: renram5
Version: 1.0 (28 Jan 96)
Shell: ORCA/Shell, GNO/ME
Author: Devin Reade.
Contact: gdr@myrias.com
Where: /usr/sbin
FTP: apple2.caltech.edu, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Renames /RAM5 to /tmp on boot.
Name: rimport
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO
Author: Dave Roberts
Contact: -
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Mass import of data into a resource fork.
Name: rlist
Version: 1.1
Shell: ORCA/Shell, GNO/ME
Author: Kelvin W Sherlock
Contact: ksherloc@mole.uvm.edu
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org
List resources in a GS or Macintosh resource fork
Name: rmdir
Version: 1.0 (28 Nov 94)
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Devin Reade.
Contact: gdr@myrias.ab.ca
Where: /bin
FTP: apple2.caltech.edu, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Remove empty directories.
Name: rndname
Version: 4.1
Shell: ORCA/Shell, GNO/ME
Author: Soenke Behrens
Contact: sbehrens@bigfoot.com
Where: /usr/local/bin or /usr/games
FTP: ftp://apple2.caltech.edu/pub/apple2/shellutils
Creates random names by a set of certain rules.
Name: rose
Version: 1.0 (Jan 92)
Shell: ORCA v2.x, GNO
Author: Andy McFadden
Contact: -
Where: 17/
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
This is a front end for the Rose editor, for use with GNO and ORCA/Shell
v2.x. It fixes a problem with using the Rose editor from these shells,
due to Rose expecting "/" as a pathname delimiter instead of ":". On
ftp sites, this tends to be archived under the basename "roseedit".
Name: rot13
Version: 1.0
Shell: ORCA/Shell, GNO/ME
Author: Leslie M. Barstow III
Contact: wdphoenix@delphi.com
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ground.isca.uiowa.edu
rot13 allows you to encrypt and decrypt rot13 text, which is usually
used in Usenet News to hide spoilers and provocative material.
Name: rrm
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO
Author: Dave Roberts
Contact: -
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Remove one or more resources.
Name: rsound
Version: 1.1a
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Douglas E. Mitton
Contact: dmitton@mulberry.com
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu, GEnie A2Pro #4762
This is a shell utility which will list and play any installed rSound in
the '*:system:sounds' directory.
Name: rtf2text
Version: 1.0.6
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Robert Hill
Contact: rhill@eecs.ukans.edu
Where: /usr/bin
FTP: -
Converts RTF (Rich Text Format) files to text.
Name: rz
Version: 3.34
Shell: GNO
Author: Ported by Sean McAfee
Contact: mcafee@umich.edu
Where: /usr/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Zmodem file transfer program. This is the receiver, and is bundled with
sz(1), the sender.
Name: sc
Version: 1.10
Shell: ORCA (maybe GNO?)
Author: Dave Roberts
Contact: -
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
This is a code generator that generates assembly source code intended for
scrolling the SHR screen.
Name: scpp
Version: 1.1 (15 Feb 94)
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Ported by Devin Reade
Contact: gdr@myrias.ab.ca
Where: /usr/bin
FTP: apple2.caltech.edu, ground.isca.uiowa.edu.
A selective C preprocessor. It will only interpret directives that it
is told to interpret. This makes scpp useful for making source files easier
to read by removing unnecessary code (such as that for other architectures).
Name: scrappy
Version: 1.1
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Kelvin Sherlock
Contact: ksherloc@mole.uvm.edu
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: apple2.caltech.edu, ground.isca.uiowa.edu, ftp.gno.org
Copy or paste text to or from the system clipboard.
Name: sendmail
Version: 1.1
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Phillip Vandry
Contact: vandry@CAM.ORG
Where: /usr/lib/
FTP: -
Sends mail from one local user to another, or spools mail for foreign
destinations.
Name: seq
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO
Author: Phillip Vandry
Contact: vandry@cam.org
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
This is a remote login package; it controls the modem such that an incoming
call gets connected to a local shell. NOTE: This is a large security hole.
Name: setvers
Version: 1.0.2
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Ian Schmidt
Contact: irsman@iastate.edu
Where: /usr/bin
FTP: pindarus.cs.uiuc.edu
Sets the rVersion information on a EXE, including name, version, and any
other information the author wishes to include.
Name: splatprep
Version: 1.0 (1 Dec 95)
Shell: ORCA/Shell, GNO/ME
Author: Devin Reade
Contact: gdr@myrias.ab.ca
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: apple2.caltech.edu, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Prepare a C source file for the Splat! debugger.
Name: split
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO, ORCA
Author: Jawaid Bazyar
Contact: bazyar@hypermall.com
Where: /usr/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
The split program splits one file into many smaller pieces, based either
on a number of lines or a number of bytes per piece.
Name: ssalarm
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO, ORCA, APW
Author: Parik Rao
Contact: -
Where: /usr/local/games
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
This program is a simple alarm clock that plays SoundSmith songs.
Name: sscii
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO/ORCA
Author: Jawaid Bazyar
Contact: -
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
sscii is a shell utility version of Derek Taubert's GScii+ NDA. It
encodes binscii, and decodes binscii, UNIX uuencode, Macintosh BinHex,
and comp.sources.apple2 apack formats.
Name: ssplay
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO
Author: Dave Roberts
Contact: daver@rush.cc.edu
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Plays SoundSmith/MegaTracker songs from the shell command line.
Name: strip8
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO, ORCA
Author: C. Wilson
Contact: -
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Strips the high bit off of characters in a file.
Name: strypt
Version: 1.0 (8 Jul 90)
Shell: GNO, ORCA
Author: Douglas Gwyn
Contact: -
Where: /usr/local/games
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
This program will encrypt and decrypt an Artworx "Strip Poker II" image
file for the Apple IIgs.
Name: stty
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO
Author: -
Contact: -
Where: /bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
stty is used to control terminal characteristics.
Name: su
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: James Brookes
Contact: jamesb@ecst.csuchico.edu
Where: /bin
FTP: -
Launch a new shell as another user.
Name: sum
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO/ORCA
Author: Ported by Marek Pawlowski
Contact: -
Where: /usr/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Sum calculates and prints a 16-bit checksum for the named file, and also
prints the number of blocks in the file. It is typically used to look for
bad spots, or to validate a file communicated over some transmission line.
Name: swi
Version: 1.2
Shell: GNO, ORCA
Author: Frank M. Lin
Contact: -
Where: /usr/X/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Simple Window Interface. It provides a quick way to access NDAs from GNO
and other text shells. See also drwm.
Name: sync
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Phillip Vandry
Contact: vandry@CAM.ORG
Where: /usr/bin
FTP: -
Causes GS/OS to commit all pending data to disk.
Name: synthfile
Version: 1.1
Shell: GNO, ORCA
Author: Dave Tribby
Contact: tribby@cup.hp.com
Where: /usr/local/games
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Synthfile is a program that prints the contents of (and plays) MIDI Synth
files.
Name: sz
Version: 3.34
Shell: GNO
Author: Ported by Sean McAfee
Contact: mcafee@umich.edu
Where: /usr/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Zmodem file transfer program. This is the sender, and is bundled with
rz(1), the receiver.
Name: tail
Version: 1.1
Shell: GNO, ORCA
Author: Sameer Parekh
Contact: -
Where: /usr/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Show the last few lines of a file.
Name: tar
Version: 2.0.1
Shell: GNO/ORCA
Author: Jawaid Bazyar
Contact: -
Where: /usr/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Tape ARchive utility. This extracts files from a tar archive. Tar archives
do not use file compression.
Name: tee
Version: 1.2 (8 Sep 96)
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Devin Reade
Contact: <gdr@myrias.ab.ca>
Where: /bin/
FTP: apple2.caltech.edu, grind.isca.uiowa.edu.
Tee copies stdin to stdout, by default without buffering. It
also makes a copy of the data to a specified file(s). It is useful
when you want to watch the output of a process, but also save it.
Name: test
Version: 1.0 (9 Feb 96)
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Devin Reade
Contact: gdr@myrias.com
Where: /bin
FTP: apple2.caltech.edu, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
The test utility evaluates string and integer expressions and, if
it evaluates to true, returns a zero (true) exit status; otherwise it
returns 1 (false). Test is used mainly in shell scripts.
Name: thursday
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO
Author: Ported Dave Roberts
Contact: -
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
thursday is a filter which accepts text on stdin, justifies it, then
prints the result on stdout.
Name: timelimit
Version: 1.2 (10 Jan 96)
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Devin Reade
Contact: gdr@myrias.com
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: apple2.caltech.edu, ground.isca.uiowa.edu.
Limits the run time of a process; when the time is up, it either sends
the specified process a series of SIGINTs, or a SIGINT followed by a
SIGKILL.
Name: tmterm
Version: 1.1
Shell: GNO
Author: Ian Schmidt
Contact: irsman@iastate.edu
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
TmTerm provides a vt100 GNO console in an NDA window on your GS desktop.
Name: tn
Version: 1.1 (11 Oct 94)
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Dave J. Roberts. Version 1.1 changes by Devin Reade.
Contact: daver@rush.cc.edu, droberts@chaos.bsu.edu
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: apple2.caltech.edu, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
A utility to display Apple's DTS Technical Notes.
Name: touch
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO, ORCA
Author: Leslie Barstow
Contact: wdphoenix@delphi.com
Where: /usr/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Touch will set the file modification time to the current (or specified)
date and time. It will also create the file if it doesn't already exist.
Name: tr
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO, ORCA
Author: Tom Wyant
Contact: -
Where: /bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Translate characters in a file.
Name: trace
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO, ORCA
Author: Jay Krell
Contact: jay.krell@cornell.edu
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Trace effectively adds in a DebugStr(3) call to the beginning of a program
without the need to recompile and relink it. For use with GSBug.
Name: udl
Version: 1.1.5
Shell: GNO/ME, ORCA/Shell
Author: Soenke Behrens, Devin Reade
Contact: sbehrens@bigfoot.com, gdr@myrias.ab.ca
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: apple2.caltech.edu, grind.isca.uiowa.edu
Converts text between the CR, LF and CR/LF forms. Also available for Unix
machines, reasonably fast yet secure.
Name: uname
Version: 2.0.2
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Ian Schmidt
Contact: irsman@drift.winternet.com
Where: /bin/
FTP: ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Prints the name of the UNIX system (in this case GNO/ME) plus various
other information such as your hostname if you are running the MU package.
Name: unarj
Version: 2.42
Shell: ORCA/Shell, GNO/ME
Author: Soenke Behrens
Contact: sbehrens@bigfoot.com
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp://apple2.caltech.edu/pub/apple2/shellutils/
Unpacks files that were packed with ARJ 2.41 or earlier.
Name: unpp
Version: 1.1
Shell: ORCA/Shell, GNO/ME
Author: Soenke Behrens
Contact: sbehrens@bigfoot.com
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp://apple2.caltech.edu/pub/apple2/shellutils/
Uncompresses PowerPacker(tm) documents, which are created by them Amigoids.
Name: unshar
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO/ORCA
Author: Andy McFadden
Contact: -
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Extracts "shar" archives, which are used on UNIX systems for shipping
sources. Analogous to the PAFF format.
Name: unzip
Version: 0.2b (20 Mar 91)
Shell: GNO, ORCA
Author: Eric Anderson
Contact: -
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Extracts zip archives, which are common on MS-DOS and MS-Windows platforms.
Name: uptime
Version: 1.2
Shell: GNO
Author: Joseph Lee
Contact: nugundam@netcom.com
Where: /usr/bin
FTP: -
Reports the time, amount of time the system has been up, number of
users, and system load averages for the last 1, 5, and 15 minutes.
Name: uptimed
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Robert Hill
Contact: rhill@eecs.ukans.edu
Where: /usr/sbin
FTP: -
Keeps track of system load averages for the uptime utility over the last
1, 5 and 15 minutes.
Name: utp
Version: 2.1.1
Shell: GNO, ORCA
Author: Frank M. Lin
Contact: fmlin@netcom.com
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
This is another newline converter. It works for UNIX<-->Apple translation.
See also udl.
Name: valspeak
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO
Author: Jawaid Bazyar
Contact: bazyar@hypermall.com
Where: /usr/local/games
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
A text filter which translates arbitrary text to its "valley girl" equivalent.
Name: vi
Version: 2.0.2
Shell: GNO
Author: Ported by Jawaid Bazyar
Contact: -
Where: /bin
FTP: -
This is the Stevie editor, a public domain clone of the UNIX editor 'vi'.
Name: vsc
Version: 1.6.5b47
Shell: GNO, ORCA
Author: Joseph Lee
Contact: nugundam@netcom.com
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Virtual Shape Compiler. This program compiles sprites into assembly code
for use with ORCA/M.
Name: wall
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Phil Vandry
Contact: vandry@CAM.ORG
Where: /usr/bin
FTP: -
Sends a message to the terminal of every logged on user.
Name: whatis
Version: 3.0 (24 Jul 95)
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Devin Reade
Contact: gdr@myrias.com
Where: /usr/bin
FTP: apple2.caltech.edu, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Locate commands by name. Bundled with apropos, catman, makewhatis,
and man in the manpack30.shk archive.
Name: whereis
Version: v1.2
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Devin Reade
Contact: gdr@myrias.ab.ca
Where: /usr/bin
FTP: apple2.caltech.edu,ground.isca.uiowa.edu.
whereis searches certain directories (/bin, /usr/bin, /usr/man, et cetera) and
reports the location of source, executables, and man pages.
Name: wrap
Version: 1.1
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Phillip Vandry
Contact: vandry@CAM.ORG
Where: /usr/bin
FTP: -
Word wraps text to a certain length (79 default). Also filters binary
data and is very fast.
Name: write
Version: 2.1
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Leslie M. Barstow III
Contact: wdphoenix@delphi.com
Where: /usr/bin
FTP: -
write is a simple utility which writes a message to a user, no matter what
terminal he or she is on. The format is: write username [message]
If you do not input a message, you will be prompted for message lines until
you enter a blank line.
Name: wrjpgcom
Version: 6
Shell: GNO, ORCA
Author: Mark Marr-Lyon
Contact: -
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Insert text comments into a JPEG file. Part of the jpeg tools archive.
Name: xargs
Version: 0.9 (3 Mar 95)
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Jeremy Rand.
Contact: <u8902848@muss.mcmaster.ca>
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Pass parameters to a command through standard input.
Name: xbiff
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: James Brookes
Contact: jamesb@ecst.csuchico.edu
Where: */system/desk.accs/
FTP: -
XBiff is an NDA which gives the user a colorful mailbox announcing both
aurally and visibly when the user has mail. OA-clicking on the window's
content region causes a title bar to appear, allowing the window to be moved.
Name: xclock
Version: 1.12
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Dave J. Roberts
Contact: dave@mary.iia.org
Where: /usr/X/bin
FTP: apple2.caltech.edu, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
graphical analog time display unit
Name: xload
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO
Author: James Brookes
Contact: jamesb@ecst.csuchico.edu
Where: */system/desk.accs
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
New desk accessory which displays a system load graph.
Name: xlogin
Version: 2.30a
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Dave J. Roberts
Contact: dave@iia.org
Where: /usr/X/bin
FTP: apple2.caltech.edu, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Graphical login prompt for GNO/ME, X11-style
Name: yankit
Version: 1.0.1
Shell: GNO, ORCA
Author: Any McFAdden
Contact: -
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
Yankit lists and extracts NuFX file archives, created by Shrinkit, gshk,
and nulib.
Name: yankits
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO/ORCA
Author: David Empson
Contact: -
Where: /usr/local/bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
This is a simple program that runs Andy McFadden's yankit(1) utility
for each filename argument on its command line. This allows
multiple NuFX (ShrinkIt) archives to be listed or extracted (individual files
cannot be extracted from archives, only the whole archive).
Name: yow
Version: 1.0
Shell: GNO, ORCA
Author: Greg Thompson
Contact: gregt@visix.com
Where: /usr/local/games
FTP: ftp.gno.org, ground.isca.uiowa.edu
This program produces random Zippy The Pinhead quotes.
Name: zsh
Version: 2.0
Shell: GNO/ME
Author: Leslie M. Barstow III
Contact: wdphoenix@delphi.com
Where: /bin
FTP: ftp.gno.org
zsh is a program used to put a user's account in suspension.
It prints a message and then exits.