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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1992-03-02 16:15:12 (GMT)
committerGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1992-03-02 16:15:12 (GMT)
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Better intro; added some new scripts.
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-Contents of this directory:
+This directory contains a collection of executable Python scripts.
+
+Some perform Python housekeeping jobs (e.g., converting old syntax or
+generating tags files), others are useful UNIX tools, are some are
+just cute demos (e.g., pi.py).
+
+A number of these of these deserve a link in your bin directory. All
+deserve study if you want to learn Python programming.
+
+Table of contents:
byteyears.py Print product of a file's size and age
checkpyc.py Check presence and validity of ".pyc" files
classfix.py Convert old class syntax to new
copytime.py Copy one file's atime and mtime to another
+h2py.py Translate #define's into Python assignments
+dutree.py Format du(1) output as a tree sorted by size
eptags.py Create Emacs TAGS file for Python modules
fact.py Factorize numbers
-findlinksto.py Find symbolic links to a given path (prefix)
+findlinksto.py Recursively find symbolic links to a given path prefix
from.py Summarize mailbox
+linktree.py Make a copy of a tree with links to original files
+lll.py Find and list symbolic links in current directory
lpwatch.py Watch BSD line printer queues
mkreal.py Turn a symbolic link into a real file or directory
objgraph.py Print object graph from nm output on a library
pdeps.py Print dependencies between Python modules
-pi.py Print digits of pi (uses arbitrary precision integers)
+pi.py Print all digits of pi -- given enough time and memory
primes.py Print prime numbers
ptags.py Create vi tags file for Python modules
suff.py Sort a list of files by suffix