[NTLUG:Discuss] Strings in BASH, an easier way?

[Chris Cox]

Leroy Tennison wrote:
> Robert Citek wrote:
>> On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 3:57 AM, Leroy Tennison
>> <leroy_tennison at prodigy.net> wrote:
>>> However, overall it's an interesting exercise to see
>>> what additional useful programs you can discover, I've probably found
>>> 10+ so far.
>> Like what? - Robert
>>
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> Depending on what you have happened to learn about or use over the 
> course of your Linux/*NIX experience, some of these may be "duh" to you. 
>   However, these are the things I picked up.  I listed more than 10 in 
> the hope that most people reading this post will pick up something 
> useful. I haven't tried all of them out yet so there may be some "duds" 
> in the list.  Also, I'm running SuSE 10.3, not all "discoveries" may be 
> available on all distributions.

Some others you might like:

mkdir -p (instead of mkdirhier)
uudeview (decodes embedded attachments and base64 elements)