a collection of the unix tools that nobody thought to write thirty years ago.
moreutils includes the following utilities:
- chronic: runs a command quietly unless it fails
- combine: combine the lines in two files using boolean operations
- errno: look up errno names and descriptions
- ifne: run a program if the standard input is not empty
- isutf8: check if a file or standard input is utf-8
- lckdo: run a program with a lock held.
- mispipe: pipe two commands, returning the exit status of the first
- pee: tee standard input to pipes
- sponge: soak up standard input and write to a file
- ts: timestamp standard input
- vidir: edit a directory in your text editor
- vipe: insert a text editor into a pipe
- zrun: automatically uncompress arguments to command
moreutils includes the following utilities:
- chronic: runs a command quietly unless it fails
- combine: combine the lines in two files using boolean operations
- errno: look up errno names and descriptions
- ifne: run a program if the standard input is not empty
- isutf8: check if a file or standard input is utf-8
- lckdo: run a program with a lock held.
- mispipe: pipe two commands, returning the exit status of the first
- pee: tee standard input to pipes
- sponge: soak up standard input and write to a file
- ts: timestamp standard input
- vidir: edit a directory in your text editor
- vipe: insert a text editor into a pipe
- zrun: automatically uncompress arguments to command
To install moreutils, run the following command in macOS terminal (Applications->Utilities->Terminal)
sudo port install moreutils
To see what files were installed by moreutils, run:
port contents moreutils
To later upgrade moreutils, run:
sudo port selfupdate && sudo port upgrade moreutils
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