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If the
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.B -H
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option is specified, dj instead uses the following format:
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option is specified, the following format is used instead:
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.RS
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.R {records read} '+' {partial records read} '>' {records written}
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@ -156,9 +156,9 @@ option is specified, dj instead uses the following format:
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.R {ASCII line feed}
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.RE
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In non-recoverable errors that don’t pertain to dj’s read-write cycle, a
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diagnostic message is printed and dj exits with the appropriate sysexits.h(3)
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status.
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In non-recoverable errors that don’t pertain to the read-write cycle, a
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diagnostic message is printed and the program exits with the appropriate
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sysexits.h(3) status.
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.SH BUGS
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@ -177,12 +177,13 @@ versions of lowercase options.
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.SH RATIONALE
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Dj was modeled after the dd utility specified in POSIX but adds additional
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features: typical option formatting, allowing seeks to be specified in bytes
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rather than in blocks, allowing arbitrary bytes as padding, and printing in a
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format that’s easy to parse for machines. It also neglects character
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conversion, which may be dd’s original intent but is irrelevant to its modern
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use.
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The dd(1p) utility specified in POSIX was the basis of this program.
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It includes additional features: typical option formatting, allowing seeks to be
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specified in bytes rather than in blocks, allowing arbitrary bytes as padding,
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and printing in a format that’s easy to parse for machines. It also neglects
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character conversion. This may have been the original intent of dd(1p) but it is
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irrelevant to its modern use as a disk utility.
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.SH COPYRIGHT
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.\" Copyright (c) 2022, 2024 DTB <trinity@trinity.moe>
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.\" Copyright (c) 2023 Emma Tebibyte <emma@tebibyte.media>
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.\" Copyright (c) 2023–2024 Emma Tebibyte <emma@tebibyte.media>
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.\"
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.\" This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. To see a copy of this license,
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.\" visit <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/>.
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@ -12,14 +12,13 @@ false \(en do nothing, unsuccessfully
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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False does nothing regardless of operands or standard input.
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False will always return an exit code of 1.
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Do nothing regardless of operands or standard input.
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An exit code of 1 will always be returned.
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.SH RATIONALE
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False exists for the construction of control flow and loops based on a failure.
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False functions as described in POSIX.1-2017.
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In POSIX.1-2017, false(1p) exists for the construction of control flow and loops
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based on a failure. This implementation functions as described in that standard.
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.SH AUTHOR
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docs/hru.1
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.\" This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. To see a copy of this license,
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.\" visit <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/>.
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.TH rpn 1
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.TH hru 1
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.SH NAME
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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Hru reads byte counts in the form of whole numbers from the standard input and
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writes to the standard output the same number converted one of the units of data
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defined by the International System of Units.
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Convert counts to higher units.
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The program will read byte counts in the form of whole numbers from the standard
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input and write to the standard output the same number converted to a higher
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unit of data as defined by the International System of Units.
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The program will convert the byte count to the highest unit possible where the
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value is greater than one.
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.SH DIAGNOSTICS
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If encountering non-integer characters in the standard input, hru will exit with
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the appropriate error code as defined by sysexits.h(3) and print an error
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message.
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If encountering non-integer characters in the standard input, the program will
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exit with the appropriate error code as defined by sysexits.h(3) and print an
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error message.
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.SH RATIONALE
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.SH STANDARDS
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Hru follows the standard unit prefixes as specified by the Bureau International
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des Poids et Mesures (BIPM) in the ninth edition of The International System of
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Units (SI).
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The standard unit prefixes as specified by the Bureau International des Poids
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et Mesures (BIPM) in the ninth edition of The International System of Units
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(SI) are utilized for the ouput of conversions.
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.SH AUTHOR
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@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ intcmp
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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Intcmp compares integers.
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Compare integers.
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.SH USAGE
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@ -55,10 +55,11 @@ equivalent to evaluating “1 < 2 < 3”:
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.SH DIAGNOSTICS
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Intcmp exits 0 for a valid expression and 1 for an invalid expression.
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The program will exit with a status code of 0 for a valid expression and with a
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code of 1 for an invalid expression.
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Intcmp prints a debug message and exits with the appropriate sysexits.h(3) error
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code in the event of an error.
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In the event of an error, a debug message will be printed and the program will
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exit with the appropriate sysexits.h(3) error code.
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.SH BUGS
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@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ The traditional tool for integer comparisons in POSIX and other Unix shells has
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been test(1). This tool also handles string comparisons and file scrutiny.
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These parts of its functionality have been broken out into multiple utilities.
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Strcmp’s functionality may be performed on a POSIX-compliant system with
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This program’s functionality may be performed on a POSIX-compliant system with
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test(1p).
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.SH AUTHOR
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docs/npc.1
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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Npc reads from standard input and writes to standard output, replacing non-
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printing characters with printable equivalents. Control characters print as a
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carat (“^”) followed by the character “@” through “_” corresponding to the
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Print normally non-printing characters.
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The program reads from standard input and writes to standard output, replacing
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non-printing characters with printable equivalents. Control characters print as
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a carat (“^”) followed by the character “@” through “_” corresponding to the
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character replaced (e.g. control-X becomes “^X”). The delete character (0x7F)
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becomes “^?”. Characters with the high bit set (>127) are printed as “M-”
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followed by the graphical representation for the same character without the
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high bit set.
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.SH USAGE
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.B -e
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.RS
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Prints a currency sign (“$”) before each line ending.
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.SH DIAGNOSTICS
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Npc prints a debug message and exits with the appropriate sysexits.h(3) error
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code in the event of an error, otherwise it exits successfully.
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In the event of an error, a debug message will be printed and the program will
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exit with the appropriate sysexits.h(3) error code.
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.SH BUGS
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Npc operates in single-byte chunks regardless of intended encoding.
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The program operates in single-byte chunks regardless of intended encoding.
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.SH RATIONALE
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@ -51,8 +55,8 @@ using a standard tool. A popular extension to cat(1p), the
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.B -v
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option, is the bandage solution GNU and other software suites use.
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This functionality should be a separate tool because its usefulness extends
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beyond that of cat(1p).
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This functionality is a separate tool because its usefulness extends beyond that
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of cat(1p).
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.SH AUTHOR
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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Rpn evaluates reverse polish notation expressions either read from the standard
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input or parsed from provided arguments. See the STANDARD INPUT section.
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Evaluate reverse polish notation.
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Upon evaluation, rpn will print the resulting number on the stack to the
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The program evaluates reverse polish notation expressions either read from the
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standard input or parsed from provided arguments. See the STANDARD INPUT
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section.
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Upon evaluation, the program will print the resulting number on the stack to the
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standard output. Any further specified numbers will be placed at the end of the
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stack.
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.SH STANDARD INPUT
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If arguments are passed to rpn, it interprets them as an expression to be
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evaluated. Otherwise, it reads whitespace-delimited numbers and operations from
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the standard input.
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If arguments are passed , they are interpreted as an expression to be evaluated.
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Otherwise, it reads whitespace-delimited numbers and operations from the
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standard input.
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.SH DIAGNOSTICS
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If encountering a syntax error, rpn will exit with the appropriate error code
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as defined by sysexits.h(3) and print an error message.
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In the event of a syntax error, the program will print an
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In the event of an error, a debug message will be printed and the program will
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exit with the appropriate sysexits.h(3) error code.
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.SH CAVEATS
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arithmetic has rounding errors. This is somewhat curbed by using the
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machine epsilon as provided by the Rust standard library to which to round
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numbers. Because of this, variation is expected in the number of decimal places
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rpn can handle based on the platform and hardware of any given machine.
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the program can handle based on the platform and hardware of any given machine.
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.SH RATIONALE
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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Scrut determines if given files comply with the opted requirements.
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Determine if files comply with requirements.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.SH EXIT STATUS
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Scrut prints a debug message and exits unsuccessfully with the appropriate
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sysexits.h(3) error code if invoked incorrectly. Scrut exits successfully if
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the given files comply with their requirements and unsuccessfully otherwise.
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If the given files comply with the specified requirements, the program will exit
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successfully. If not, it exits unsuccessfully.
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When invoked incorrectly, a debug message will be printed and the program will
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exit with the appropriate sysexits.h(3) error code.
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.SH STANDARDS
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Scrut is nearly compatible with POSIX's test utility though it is narrower in
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scope. Notably, the
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The test(1p) utility contains functionality that was broken out into separate
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programs. Thus, the scope of this program is narrower than it. Notably, the
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.B -h
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option is now invalid and therefore shows usage information instead of being an
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alias to the modern
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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Str tests each character in an arbitrary quantity of string arguments against
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the function of the same name within ctype(3).
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Test string arguments against each other.
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The tests in this program are equivalent to the functions with the same names in
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ctype.h(0p) and are the methods by which string arguments are tested.
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.SH DIAGNOSTICS
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Str exits successfully if all tests pass and unsuccessfully if a test failed.
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If all tests pass, the program will exit with an exit code of 0. If any of the
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tests fail, the program will exit unsuccessfully with an error code of 1.
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Str will exit unsuccessfully if a string is empty, as none of its contents
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passed the test.
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An empty string will cause an unsuccessful exit as none of its contents pass any
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tests.
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Str will print a message to standard error and exit unsuccessfully if used
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improperly.
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When invoked incorrectly, a debug message will be printed and the program will
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exit with the appropriate sysexits.h(3) error code.
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.SH DEPRECATED FEATURES
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Str used to have an "isvalue" type as an extension to ctype(3). This was
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removed in favor of using strcmp(1) to compare strings against the empty string
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('').
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Originally, there was an isvalue type as an extension to ctype.h(3), but it
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was removed in favor of using strcmp(1) to compare strings against the empty
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string ('').
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.SH BUGS
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There's no way of knowing which argument failed the test without re-testing
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There’s no way of knowing which argument failed the test without re-testing
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arguments individually.
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If a character in a string isn't valid ASCII str will exit unsuccessfully.
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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Strcmp checks whether the given strings are the same.
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Strcmp exits successfully if the strings are identical. Otherwise, strcmp exits
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with the value 1 if an earlier string has a greater byte value than a later
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string (e.g.
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Check whether string arguments are the same.
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.SH DIAGNOSTICS
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The program will exit successfully if the strings are identical. Otherwise, it
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exits with the value 1 if an earlier string has a greater byte value than a
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later string (e.g.
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.R strcmp b a
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)
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and 255 if an earlier string has a lesser byte value (e.g.
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.R strcmp a b
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).
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.SH DIAGNOSTICS
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Strcmp will print an error message and exit unsuccessfully with a status
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described in sysexits(3) if used incorrectly (given less than two operands).
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When invoked incorrectly, a debug message will be printed and the program will
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exit with the appropriate sysexits.h(3) error code.
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.SH UNICODE
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Strcmp will exit unsuccessfully if the given strings are not identical;
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Unicode strings may need to be normalized if the intent is to check visual
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similarity and not byte similarity.
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The program will exit unsuccessfully if the given strings are not identical;
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therefore, unicode strings may need to be normalized if the intent is to check
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visual similarity and not byte similarity.
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.SH RATIONALE
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been test(1). This tool also handles integer comparisons and file scrutiny.
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These parts of its functionality have been broken out into multiple utilities.
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Strcmp’s functionality may be performed on a POSIX-compliant system with
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This program’s functionality may be performed on a POSIX-compliant system with
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test(1p).
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.SH AUTHOR
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.\" Copyright (c) 2024 DTB <trinity@trinity.moe>
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.\" Copyright (c) 2024 Emma Tebibyte <emma@tebibyte.media>
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.\"
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.\" This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. To see a copy of this license,
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.\" visit <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/>.
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.SH USAGE
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Swab swaps the latter and former halves of a block of bytes.
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Swap the latter and former halves of a block of bytes.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.B -f
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.RS
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Ignore system call interruptions.
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.RE
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.B -w
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.RS
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Configures the word size; that is, the size in bytes of the block size
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on which to operate. By default the word size is 2. The word size must be
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cleanly divisible by 2, otherwise the block of bytes being processed can't be
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halved.
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.RE
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.SH EXAMPLES
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The following sh(1p) line:
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.RS
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.R printf 'hello world!\n' | swab
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.RE
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Produces the following output:
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.RS
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.R ehll oowlr!d
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.SH OPTIONS
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The
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.B -f
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option ignores system call interruptions.
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.PP
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The
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.B -w
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option configures the word size; that is, the size in bytes of the block size
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on which to operate. By default the word size is 2. The word size must be
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cleanly divisible by 2, otherwise the block of bytes being processed can't be
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halved.
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.RE
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.SH DIAGNOSTICS
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If an error is encountered in input, output, or invocation, a diagnostic
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message will be written to standard error and swab will exit with the
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appropriate status from sysexits.h(3).
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In the event of an error, a debug message will be printed and the program will
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exit with the appropriate sysexits.h(3) error code.
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.SH RATIONALE
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Swab was modeled after the
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This program was modeled and named after the
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.R conv=swab
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functionality specified in the POSIX dd utility but additionally allows the
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word size to be configured.
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.PP
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Swab is useful for fixing the endianness of binary files produced on other
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machines.
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functionality specified in the dd(1p) utility. It additionally allows the word
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size to be configured.
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This functionality is useful for fixing the endianness of binary files produced
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on other machines.
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.SH COPYRIGHT
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.\" Copyright (c) 2022, 2024 DTB <trinity@trinity.moe>
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.\" Copyright (c) 2023 Emma Tebibyte <emma@tebibyte.media>
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.\" Copyright (c) 2023–2024 Emma Tebibyte <emma@tebibyte.media>
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.\"
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.\" This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. To see a copy of this license,
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.\" visit <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/>.
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@ -12,14 +12,13 @@ true \(en do nothing, successfully
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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True does nothing regardless of operands or standard input.
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True will always return an exit code of 0.
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Do nothing regardless of operands or standard input.
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An exit code of 0 will always be returned.
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.SH RATIONALE
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True exists for the construction of control flow and loops based on a success.
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True functions as described in POSIX.1-2017.
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In POSIX.1-2017, true(1p) exists for the construction of control flow and loops
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based on a success. This implementation functions as described in that standard.
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