%%name: textutils

%%short-description: Text utilities

%%full-description: Textutils contains the following software:
<pre>       
       cat- concatenates and prints files on the standard output
       cksum- checksum and count the bytes in a file
       comm- compares two sorted files line by line
       csplit- splits a file into sections determined by context lines
       cut- remove sections from each line of files
       expand- convert tabs to spaces
       fmt- simple optimal text formatter
       fold- wrap each input line to fit in specified width
       head- output the first part of files
       join- join lines of two files on a common field
       md5sum- compute and check MD5 messsage digest
       nl- number lines of files
       od- dump files in octal and other formats
       paste- merge lines of files
       ptx- produce a permuted index of file contents
       pr- convert text files for printing
       sort- sort lines of text files
       split- split a file into pieces
       sum- checksum and count the blocks in a file
       tac- concatenates and prints files in reverse
       tail- outputs the last part of files
       tr- translates or deletes characters
       tsort- perform topological sort
       unexpand- convert spaces to tabs
       uniq- remove duplicate lines from a sorted file
       wc- prints the number of bytes, words, and lines in files              
</pre>		     
%%category: word-processing, editing, web-authoring

%%license: GPL

%%maintainer: Jim Meyering <meyering@xxxxxxxxxx>

%%interface: Command line, interactive

%%updated: 03 Apr 2000

%%keywords: Text, editing, word-processing, editing, file management,
documentation, administration

%%programs: cat, cksum, comm, csplit, cut, expand, fmt, fold, head,
       join, md5sum, nl, od, paste, ptx, pr, sort, split, sum, tac,
       tail, tr, tsort, unexpand, uniq, wc 

%%GNU: yes

%%web-page: http//www.gnu.org/software/textutils/textutils.html

%%support:

%%doc: User manual available at http://www.fsf.org/manual/textutils/index.html
 
%%developers: David Mackenzie, Jim Meyering <meyering@xxxxxxxxxx>

%%contributors: Francois Pinard <iro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Karl Berry,
Richard Stallman <rms@xxxxxxx>

%%sponsors: 

%%source: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/textutils

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%%related: Emacs, diction, diffutils, wdiff

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%%version: 2.0 released 7 Aug 1999

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%%bug-list: bug-textutils@xxxxxxx