> I am not sure if this is the right list for this question. Perl-Unix-Users would have been best.
> I am working on Windows, and find I keep writing very > short Perl scripts to implement UNIX utilities. I call > them zap_grep, zap_wc, zap_unique, zap_diff, zap_sort. > My versions are very crude compared with the UNIX > originals, and I wondered if somebody had already gone > through this exercise. Several years ago, Tom Christiansen started the Perl Power Tools project with a goal of reimplementing all the Unix utilities in Perl. They got reasonably far, but the project stagnated around 2001. However, this year a new site was born for it, so they may have regained momentum: http://ppt.perl.org/ All the commands you mention have been done. By done, I mean they function _exactly_ like their Unix counterparts. Of course, the cygwin project another poster mentioned is also a good bet, as it gives you all the unix tools and shells, and even compilers, etc. -- Mark Thomas Internet Systems Architect _______________________________________ BAE SYSTEMS Information Technology 2525 Network Place Herndon, VA 20171 USA _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
