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.
 

md5 sums

Links:

The gcc compiler for Win32:
   http://www.mingw.org
Digital Mars compiler:
   http://www.digitalmars.com
A zsh shell for Win32:
   ftp://ftp.blarg.net/users/amol/zsh
The home of vim, has a Win32 version:
   http://www.vim.org
An emacs for NT:
   http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/ntemacs.html
The CVS version control system:
   http://www.cvshome.org
   http://www.cvsnt.org
A free IDE for the Win32 gcc:
  VIDE

José Fonsecas site with related stuff:
     http://jrfonseca.dyndns.org/projects/gnu-win32
HTML man pages for the GNU utilities:
     http://www.fsf.org/manual/manual.html
An Un*x shell scripting resource:
     http://www.shelldorado.com/
Another source of unixish stuff:
gone?  http://virtunix.itribe.net

Useful free NT system utilities:
     http://www.sysinternals.com
Some hints on cloning your system with dd:
     http://www.rajeevnet.com/hacks_hints/os_clone/os_cloning.html
Programs missing from this distribution, especially a command line registry editor:
     http://www.dmst.aueb.gr/dds/sw/outwit

Spybot search & destroy - Get rid of annoying spyware:
     http://security.kolla.de

The GNU Privacy Guard:
     http://www.gnupg.org
zip and unzip from the Infozip distribution:
     http://www.info-zip.org/pub/infozip

An Un*x emulation on Win32:
     http://www.cygwin.com
Another Un*x emulation on Win32:
     http://www.research.att.com/sw/tools/uwin/
Windows Services for UNIX, integrates the Interix subsystem:
     http://www.microsoft.com/windows/sfu/productinfo/overview/default.asp

Read my standard disclaimer: (really?)
Last change on 30-04-04 by Karl M. Syring (bug reports are welcome)
Original location of this page: http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/UnxUtils.html