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    XMLStarlet is a set of command line utilities (tools) to transform, query, validate, and edit XML documents and files using simple set of shell commands in similar way it is done for text files with UNIX grep, sed, awk, diff, patch, join, etc utilities.
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    Downloads: 1,704 This Week
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    zsh

    zsh

    Customizable command shell for UNIX-like environments

    zsh is a shell probably most similar to ksh, but with countless enhancements and differences.
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    Downloads: 1,701 This Week
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    The Heirloom Project provides standard Unix utilities.
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    Downloads: 2,883 This Week
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    CLISP - an ANSI Common Lisp
    CLISP is a portable ANSI Common Lisp implementation and development environment by Bruno Haible. Interpreter, compiler, debugger, CLOS, MOP, FFI, Unicode, sockets, CLX. UI in English, German, French, Spanish, Dutch, Russian, and Danish.
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    Downloads: 213 This Week
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    iSH

    iSH

    The Linux shell on iOS

    iSH is an open source project that allows for a Linux shell environment to run locally on your iOS device. It does this through a usermode x86 emulation and syscall translation. With iSH you can run Linux applications and programs on iOS, access the Alpine package manager, and install programs with apk add <name>. iSH also features a keyboard addition that makes navigation a whole lot easier.
    Downloads: 16 This Week
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    win-bash

    Bash for MS Windows

    win-bash is port of the GNU bash for Microsoft Windows NT based systems. It is independent from the cygwin library and any other non-standard DLL and does not need any registry variables. win-bash is based on bash_nt from Mountain Math Software. The active development of the project has been discontinued, mainly because of the old age of the code. There are more modern and more bug free alternatives today, which we recommend to use.
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    Downloads: 96 This Week
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    bash debugger

    bash debugger

    A gdb-like debugger for bash
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    Downloads: 65 This Week
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    The Doszip Commander

    The Doszip Commander

    TUI file manager (NC clone) with built-in Zip for DOS and Windows

    The Doszip Commander is an LFN-aware TUI file manager (NC clone) with built-in Zip and UnZip for DOS and Windows.
    Downloads: 25 This Week
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    SoupToNuts is a repository of technical articles and example software covering Postfix, OpenSSH, C and C++, Live Linux CD, MySQL, SQLite, Berkeley DB, Bash and System Administration.
    Downloads: 49 This Week
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    TinTin++ Mud Client

    TinTin++ Mud Client

    A MUD client for Android, iOS, Linux, Mac OS X and Windows

    TinTin++ is a console mud client for any type of text mud or bbs. The mud client's main assets are an easy to learn scripting language, triggers, automapping, and a split screen interface to separate mud output from client input. Installation instructions for Android, iOS, and several other operating systems are available on the website. https://tintin.mudhalla.net
    Downloads: 7 This Week
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    Blackbox for Windows is an alternative shell for Microsoft Windows. It is based stylistically on the Blackbox window manager for the X Window System, however it does not use the same codebase except for the gradient rendering code.
    Downloads: 9 This Week
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    Seal is a free, open source 32-bit GUI written primarily for DOS compatible systems.
    Downloads: 23 This Week
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    Rootsh is a wrapper for shells which logs all echoed keystrokes and terminal output to a file and/or to syslog. It's main purpose is the auditing of users who need a shell with root privileges. They start rootsh through the sudo mechanism.
    Downloads: 5 This Week
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    scponly is an alternative 'shell' (of sorts) for system administrators who would like to provide access to remote users to both read and write local files without providing any remote execution priviledges.
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    Downloads: 23 This Week
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    uGNU/RTOS (literally "micro G'Noo RTOS") is an Open Source serial Real Time OS for microcontrollers (PIC, ATMEL).
    Downloads: 13 This Week
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    HTerminal

    HTerminal

    A new, fast and powerful system shell! Written in pure C!

    A new system shell, which is (in some regards) stronger than even Windows Command prompt, made in pure C. This terminal is fairly new, and doesn't require any complex installing process. You just download it, and then immediately use it! HTerminal has an improved console interface with modern buttons. It only has 28 commands, but it is useful none the less! And, if you're already reading this, then why not give it a try? It is completely free and takes up less than 1 MB of space + you don't even have to install it. It is ready to be used the second you download it! And, worst case scenario, you just stop using it. And if you enjoy our app, give it a rating, and maybe tell us about newly discovered bugs! It is much appreciated because it gives feedback that helps us improve HTerminal for you.
    Downloads: 3 This Week
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    pdip

    Programmed Dialogue with Interactive Programs

    pdip stands for Programmed Dialogue with Interactive Programs. It is a simplified version of the famous expect utility which interprets a scripting language to dialog with an interactive program as a human operator would do. The package offers also an API to pilot interactive programs from C Language programs and two application libraries (ISYS and RSYS) as alternatives to system() from the C library.
    Downloads: 3 This Week
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    this is a very primitive dos multitasking gui i think it will help alot of people with window management it also comes with some example progams
    Downloads: 5 This Week
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    Mirdir allows to synchronize two directory trees in a fast way. Only the differences between the two sets of files are copied while the excess files/directories in the destination tree are removed (unless there was an explicit request to keep them).
    Downloads: 2 This Week
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    Demos Commander

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    A clone of Norton Commander for Unix. Text-based, full featured file manager intuitive interface. https://github.com/sergev/deco
    Downloads: 3 This Week
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    libpogo is a c-library replacement for GBA and PogoShell is a frontend that lets you handle files in a convinient manner on your GBA flashcard.
    Downloads: 3 This Week
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    Viewglob is a tool to increase the usability of the Unix shell in graphical environments. It watches your shell activity in an xterm and tracks file selections and potential name completions in a GTK+ display showing the layouts of relevant directories.
    Downloads: 3 This Week
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    transpose is a fast and efficient command-line tool that transposes (the rows become the columns, the columns become the rows) or reshapes a matrix in plain text. Inputs and outputs can be files or streams.
    Downloads: 3 This Week
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    Dreamos is an operating system developed on Sega Dreamcast to be ported to an array of embedded devices. The goal of the project is to be able to run non-ported Unix programs on the Sega Dreamcast and other embedded devices with ease and POSIX compliance
    Downloads: 2 This Week
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    Iron Bars Shell is a restricted Unix shell. The user can not step out of, nor access files outside the home directory. It is written in C for Linux. No libraries used. It is small, fast, secure. Two ascii configuration files for more control.
    Downloads: 2 This Week
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