PerlPowerTools-1.049

1.049 2025-02-06T06:37:12Z

• All changes from Michael Mikonos
• ar
  • various internals improvements (#889)
• clear
  • various internals improvements (#894)
• cp
  • various internals improvements (#873)
• date
  • all formats must start with + and there can only be one (#908)
• dc
  • various internals improvements (#899)
• diff
  • various internals improvements (#875, #895, #915)
  • add -s to show when files are the same instead of silently exiting (#940)
• dirname
  • various internals improvements (#885)
• ed
  • support relative line number in ranges (e.g. -10,.) (#886)
  • allow repeated - and + for relative addresses, such as 3++ or $--10 (#902)
  • initialize line placeholder so lines aren't lost after stating with an empty file (#916)
  • \n in a substitution is now just a literal n, not a newline (#917)
  • do not update filename on insert mode (#920)
  • Avoid saving address 0 as a "marked address" (#921)
  • w! does nut update the saved filename (#924)
  • w command should not update current filename (#925)
  • honour -s flag for w & e commands (#931)
  • buffer is dirty unless all lines were written (#932)
  • various internals improvements (#919, #922, #932, #926, #934, #938)
• expand
  • various internals improvements (#900)
• expr
  • various internals improvements (#879)
  • unhyphenated some hard-coded line wrapping (#913)
• fish
  • use List::Util instead of implementing our own shuffle (#896)
• fmt
  • various internals improvements (#910)
• grep
  • various internals improvements (#890)
  • remove GREP_OPTIONS environment variable, which GNU grep removed (security) (#897)
• lock
  • re-enable term echo after lockout (#881)
• maze
  • reject fractional width/height (#935)
• mkdir
  • various internals improvements (#887)
  • suppress multiple errors for non-directory argument (#893)
• mkfifo
  • various internals improvements (#901)
• moo
  • enforce the distinct digits rule (#933)
• od
  • support 1-byte hex format (#927)
  • add other integer format options (u1,u2,u4,d1,d2,d4,o1,o2,o4), as well as the aliases for options -a and -c (#928)
  • various internals improvements (#929)
  • support arguments "-t f4" and "-t f8", which are already exposed as options -f and -F respectively (#930)
  • add -h alias for -x (#937)
  • add -D option as alias for -t u4 (four digit decimals) (#939)
• paste
  • various internals improvements (#882)
  • add --version; light refactoring (#898)
• patch
  • patchfile argument may not be a directory (#872)
  • various internals improvements (#904)
  • add offending filenames to error messages about files (#941)
  • raise error for incompatible options (#942)
• perlpowertools
  • various internals improvements (#884, #907)
• pr
  • correctly detect -a (previously ignored due to bug) (#878)
• primes
  • disallow 0 as an upper bound (inadvertently chooses the default) (#891)
• rm
  • various internals improvements (#912, #914)
• rmdir
  • various internals improvements (#911)
• sort
  • the -o switch can accept 0 (zero) as a filename (check defined, not truth) (#880)
• sum
  • add missing sha224, SHA3 functions as well as JH, Whirlpool, Haval256, BLAKE, MD2 and MD4 (#936)
• tac
  • exit 1 on error (#903)
• tail
  • the INT signal now terminates the program, while the QUIT signal shows the files being watched (#874)
• touch
  • check -t argument for definedness, not truth (#876)
  • -r and -t are mutually exclusive and together will throw an error (#888)
• tsort
  • don't treat - as a special filename for stdin (#905)
• unexpand
  • can't have spaces between multiple tabletop specifics (fixes usage string) (#906)
• uniq
  • undo some line wrapping hyphenation in docs. Let the formatter figure it out (#909)
• wc
  • various internals improvements (#918)
• what
  • don't try to read lines from directories - directories are "files" that never match (#883)
• which
  • various internals improvements (#877)