A few Windows Command Line Tools
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About this page
Here you find some of the command line tools that I have written – mostly for my personal use or that of a friend – which may be of common interest.
To use the command line tools, you should be somewhat familiar with basic command line functionality (see page Windows Command Line Links).
For my Hypatia command line calculator there is a separate page.
The files to download are zip files, containing the executable and documentation files.
The Tools:
kal – command line calendar
kal gives you the current date, the weekday of any day between 1900 and 2199, lets you list any month or any other period of time, tells you how many days off a certain date is, and tells you, for instance, the third Thursday of next month.
You will need to learn kal's syntax, but then you'll enjoy the benefits of a program that is designed to give quick answers to fast questions.
Download program file and documentation (version 0.11):
clip – copy text to the Windows clipboard
With clip you can either write a short text directly to the clipboard, or redirect another program's output to the clipboard, or copy a text file to the clipboard.
Example:
dir /b | clip
copies the list of files in the current directory to the clipboard.
Download program file and documentation (version 0.14):
zipdir – list content of zip archive files
zipdir lists the files inside zip archives. You can name specific zip files or use wildcards, and you can include zip files in subdirectories.
Examples:
zipdir -s
lists the content of all zip files in the current directory and its subdirectories.
zipdir -s -z | find "myfile"
finds which zip archive contains the file "myfile".
Download program file and documentation (version 0.15.1):
Operating system requirements
Those programs should work with any Windows version from Windows 95 to Windows 7, but I have tested them with XP only. If you try them with other Windows versions, please tell me about the results.
Installation
Download, unpack and run (it makes sense, though, to put the executable files into a directory that is included in the system's path). The programs do not need installation, and do not in any way modify the system. To uninstall, simply delete them.
License
These programs are freeware, no registration is needed. You can use the executable files freely. The source codes are available for download, too (see below). Possible restrictions to the use of the source files are included there.
Contact
For bug reports, information, support requests, feature suggestions or any other kind of feedback please mail to the author, Robert Schächter, at librarian@milletre.net.
Note that the software and the documentation files are provided "as is," that the author assumes no responsibility for their correctness, and that all support by the author is given on a voluntary basis, unless as part of an individual commercial contract.
Source files
The programs are written in the Euphoria programming language, version 3.1. Euphoria is open source, and available at www.rapideuphoria.com
You do not need the source files to use the programs.
If you want to download source codes and libraries for kal, clip and zipdir:
History
01/08/2007 – kal version 0.11
12/30/2007 – zipdir version 0.15.1
12/19/2007 – clip version 0.14
