CSCI 3294 (Unix Power Tools):
Sample Programs

Shell scripts

• upmachines: Script to display names of all machines that are "up".
• lcname: Script to rename a file, changing all uppercase to lowercase.
• rename-them: Script to do mass rename of files, changing suffix.
• another-rename-them: Script to do mass rename of files, making arbitrary change (as written in class, 2/13).
• factorial: Script to compute n factorial.

Configuration files

vim configuration files

• "Main" configuration file (goes in $HOME/.vimrc).
• Configuration file for editing code (goes in $HOME/.vim/vimrc-for-code, start vim with vim -u $HOME/.vim/vimrc-for-code).
• Common options, sourced by both of the above (goes in $HOME/.vim/vimrc-base).

Mail-related configuration files

• Example configuration file for procmail (goes in $HOME/.procmailrc).
• Example configuration file for spamassassin (goes in $HOME/.spamassassin/user_prefs).

LaTeX

• sampler.tex: Source for a sampler document (examples of many features). Contains instructions for generating PostScript and PDF output.
• mybiblio.bib: Bibliography file for sampler.tex.
• Related files needed to process sampler.tex, and PDF output generated two ways. The figure was created with xfig.

gnuplot

• rng-accuracy.plotin: Example input for using gnuplot in batch mode, to plot data from files, creating a .png file. Comments in the file describe what it does and how to use it. You will also need the .dat files from Related files.
• numerical-integration.plotin: Example input for using gnuplot in batch mode to plot a function and data generated inline, creating files to be used with LaTeX. Comments in the file describe what it does and how to use it. You will also need script plot2eps from Related files.

CGI and other Web "active content"

• Executable versions of examples.
• Source for examples.
• Forms example with METHOD=get or METHOD=post. Source for processing scripts is in the source directory.