GNU utilities for Win32

Here are some ports of common GNU utilities to native Win32. In this context, native means the executables do only depend on the Microsoft C-runtime (msvcrt.dll) and not an emulation layer like that provided by Cygwin tools.

Download:

by http: UnxUtils.zip

by ftp: no FTP mirror at the moment

latest updates (after 14-04-03):  UnxUpdates.zip

Source code:

I have started an Open source project at http://unxutils.sourceforge.net. There is a   CVS repository of all sources, even if the changes to the original GNU code are trivial. The repository can be accessed via anonymous CVS with the command
cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/unxutils co unxutils
Note: The repository is not up-to-date at the moment, but will recover soon.

The following program versions are covered:

bc-1.05
bison-1.28
bzip2-1.0.2
diffutils-2.7
fileutils-3.16
findutils-4.1
flex-2.5.4
gawk-3.1.0
grep-2.4.2
gsar110
gzip-1.2.4
indent-2.2.9
jwhois-2.4.1
less-340
m4-1.4
make-3.78.1
patch-2.5
recode-3.6
rman-3.0.7
sed-3.02
shellutils-1.9.4
tar-1.12
textutils-2.1
unrar-3.00
wget-1.8.2
which-2.4

Standard behavior:

• forward as well as backward slashes in file paths are accepted.

What is new:

   10/28/00

• Added AES-Rijndael encryption program. My version uses Dr Brian Gladman's implementation of the algorithm.
  Usage:
  aesy [-v] [-e] [-k String] input-file
    -e : encrypt file, default is decrypt.
    -k String : your secret key, don't forget it!
  
  Notes: The key length is fixed to 256 bit at the moment. This is very alpha stage stuff, use it on your own risk (Download).

   07/07/01

• added John Walkers steganographic encryption program stego (public domain, Cryptography). As with all encryption programs, be careful.

   05/11/02

• updated dd.exe: now writes to physical devices. Use with care.

• added unrar.exe: compiled from source code at http://www.rarlab.com.

• added makedepend.exe from the X11 distribution.

   14-04-03

• New edition

• The programs are in use on all continents of earth, including Antarctica. Still no users on Mars.

   27-06-03

• updated sed to version 4.0.7: uses binary mode for input and output files by default,
  unless the --text option is given

• updated textutils-2.1: sort.exe did some bad things

   01-10-03

• updated gawk.exe to version 3.1.3

   02-10-03

• updated zsh.exe: Thanks to the Wind River people at Salzburg, there is a much improved zsh now.
  The latest sources are here at the moment: zsh.zip

• updated less.exe to v3.81

   05-10-03

• updated make to v3.80

• updated grep v2.5.1:  there was a bug in grep -r pattern .

   23-10-03

• updated sort.exe: Fixed a bug  with sorting larger files

• updated grep v2.5.1:  the -P option (Perl-style regexes now works)

Program

Notes

agrep.exe

got it from here: http://www.tgries.de/agrep/

ansi2knr.exe

basename.exe

bison.exe

bzip2.exe

Julian Seward's alternative compressor

bunzip2.exe

bzip2recover.exe

cat.exe

chgrp.exe

dummy

chmod.exe

chown.exe

dummy

cksum.exe

cmp.exe

comm.exe

compress.exe

for (de)compressing .Z files; this is actually a program called ncompress and was found on one of  the Linux mirrors

cp.exe

works only on NT, does real hardlinks on NTFS

csplit.exe

cut.exe

date.exe

dd.exe

df.exe

dummy

diff.exe

diff3.exe

dirname.exe

du.exe

echo.exe

egrep.exe

env.exe

dummy

expand.exe

expr.exe

factor.exe

fgrep.exe

find.exe

• Example of command line under Cmd/Command shell:
  find -name *.txt -exec cat {} ;

flex.exe

fmt.exe

fold.exe

gawk.exe

input files are opened in text mode

make.exe

From v3.77 upwards, make searches for a sh.exe on the path. If it does not find one, it switches to win32 make mode that is it uses intermediate batch files for command processing.
This is fine until your makefile tries to execute something like mkdir, which will invoke the internal mkdir from cmd.exe or command.com. As the results may not be to your liking, you may prefer to use the sh.exe provide here.

grep.exe

gsar.exe

gunzip.exe

gzip.exe

head.exe

id.exe

dummy

install.exe

join.exe

less.exe

ln.exe

works only on NT, does real hardlinks on NTFS

logname.exe

ls.exe

m4.exe

md5sum.exe

mkdir.exe

mkfifo.exe

dummy

mknod.exe

dummy

mv.exe

mvdir.exe

nl.exe

od.exe

paste.exe

patch.exe

pathchk.exe

pr.exe

printenv.exe

printf.exe

ptx.exe

recode.exe

rm.exe

rman.exe

PolyglotMan by Thomas A. Phelps ( source)

rmdir.exe

sdiff.exe

sed.exe

seq.exe

sleep.exe

sort.exe

sh.exe

renamed zsh - this is no replacement for the Cygwin bash

shar.exe

only works with -T (text) option

split.exe

stego.exe

stego -E encode.me -T words.txt
Encodes file encode.me as gibberish text using words from the words.txt file to stdout. If the -T option is omitted, stego looks for a file called "words" in the current directory. Of course, the -D option will decode the input file; remember to redistribute words.txt together with the encoded file.
The purpose of this program is to disguise binary files as a kind of text file or to drive your coworkers mad.

su.exe

dummy

sum.exe

sync.exe

tac.exe

tail.exe

tar.exe

• only forward slashes are accepted

• the -z option (compression) does not work

• no remote archives

• works only on NT, does real hardlinks on NTFS

tee.exe

test.exe

touch.exe

tr.exe

uname.exe

unexpand.exe

uniq.exe

unrar.exe

This is unrar 3.00 beta 7, which seems to have been "free". Works good enough.

unshar.exe

uudecode.exe

uuencode.exe

wc.exe

wget.exe

wget 1.8.2 builds out of the box with MS Visual C

which.exe

does not search the current directory

whoami.exe

xargs.exe

yes.exe

zcat.exe

Additional programs

pclip.exe

put the Windows clipboard text to stdout

gclip.exe

get  the Windows clipboard text from stdin
Example: run the text from the clipboard through sed and put the result back
               pclip | sed "s/string1/string2/g" | gclip

gplay.exe

My minimalist console multimedia player using DirectShow. With
gplay filename | URL
you should be able to play just everything, as long as Microsoft supports it.