Hi, *nix is full of "hidden" tools & features, that rarely get mentioned cos there's not much to go wrong (amalgamated thread from gmane.os.cygwin.talk)
> ascii (display ascii table) > cal (display this months calendar) > cal 12 2007 (dec 2007) > wtf imho (acronym decoder) > od -a file.txt (octal/binary/ascii/hex dump of file) > factor 32 "fun" > fortune > ddate Quote "Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes! Reminds me I need to finish packaging bsdgames, so we can have such gems as: arithmetic: arithmetic quiz/speed test bcd: outputs text in an antique form factor: factor a number morse: output morse code number: output the English text for a number pig: output text in Pig Latin pom: display the phase of the moon ppt: outputs text in another antique form primes: generate primes rain: attempts to create a rain drop effect (best at 9600 baud) random: random lines from a file or random numbers wargames: would you like to play a game? worms: random worms scurrying across your screen Missed any? -- zzapper vim -c ":%s%s*%Cyrnfr)fcbafbe[Oenz(Zbbyranne%|:%s)[[()])-)Ig|norm Vg?" http://www.rayninfo.co.uk/tips/ vim, zsh & success tips -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
