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Latest updates
| Program | Version | Date of release/publication |
|---|---|---|
| wcgformat | 3.4.5 | Thu 7 Aug 2025 |
| wcglog | 2.28.0 | Sun 16 Feb 2025 |
| wcgmembercmp | 2.1.0 | Sun 16 Feb 2025 |
| wcgresults | 2.37.0 | Thu 24 Jul 2025 |
| wcgstats | 2.27.4 | Thu 7 Aug 2025 (most recent update) |
Recent revisions for 'wcgstats'
| Date | Version | Type | Description | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-07 | 2.27.4 | enhancement | new project MAM1 has been added | Major |
| 2025-08-07 | 2.27.3 | enhancement | changed NoRep into NoRpl, changed "orangered" into "orange" | Minor |
| 2025-08-07 | 2.27.2 | enhancement | dashed line reduced from 135 to 112 characters | Minor |
| 2025-08-07 | 2.27.1 | enhancement | specifying option -KK will save cookies into a file and print its name | Minor |
| 2025-02-16 | 2.27.0 | bugfix | $WCGINITRC is now being initialized before the CONFIGURE-section | Major |
| 2025-01-22 | 2.26.2 | enhancement | completed projects HST1 and SCC1 have been removed | Minor |
| 2024-12-03 | 2.26.1 | enhancement | fixing the use of cookies | Minor |
| 2024-07-08 | 2.26.0 | enhancement | option -o was added | None |
| 2024-04-25 | 2.25.0 | bugfix | use Curl instead of Wget to load cookies | Major |
| 2024-03-26 | 2.24.3 | enhancement | option -g: option -f can now be used to show forumcodes | None |
| 2024-03-05 | 2.24.2 | enhancement | option -f/-w: instead of just showing the JSON-filename, more clarification was added | None |
| 2024-02-02 | 2.24.1 | bugfix | option -f/-w: use USE_TEXT__CHARWIDTH only when option -v was specified | Minor |
| 2023-12-29 | 2.24.0 | enhancement | option -g was added | None |
| 2023-10-18 | 2.23.1 | bugfix | option -f/-w: you cannot go to page 0 | Minor |
| 2023-10-18 | 2.23.0 | enhancement | option -S: four reduction levels are available now | None |
| 2023-09-10 | 2.22.12 | bugfix | option -f/-w: enabling going to page 1 if the number of available pages drops to 1 | Minor |
| 2023-09-10 | 2.22.11 | enhancement | option -f/-w: added a way to show the name of the JSON-file | None |
| 2023-08-29 | 2.22.10 | enhancement | option -f: specifying -f twice will remove the outputfile (ending in ".wcgpost") | None |
| 2023-08-05 | 2.22.9 | enhancement | option -f/-w: added a way to summarize all entries | None |
| 2023-07-31 | 2.22.8 | enhancement | obsolescent egrep was replaced by grep -E | Minor |
| 2023-07-15 | 2.22.7 | bugfix | option -v: OS-Version can be absent (when "Waiting to be sent") | Minor |
| 2023-06-09 | 2.22.6 | enhancement | option -f/-w: now showing "Loading" when retrieving results and calculating pages | None |
| 2023-06-03 | 2.22.5 | enhancement | option -f/-w: "TLate" (short for Status "Too Late") is now shown as "2Late" | None |
| 2023-06-02 | 2.22.4 | enhancement | option -f/-w: ('more' menu) the letter W stands out now in "use Workunit-URL" | None |
| 2023-06-02 | 2.22.3 | bugfix | option -U: 'USE_TEXT__CHARWIDTH' is now also being copied | Minor |
| 2023-05-27 | 2.22.2 | enhancement | option -f: option -G can now be specified twice to include a URL | None |
| 2023-05-27 | 2.22.1 | enhancement | option -f/-w: option -S can now be specified once or twice to hide one or two fields | None |
| 2023-05-25 | 2.22.0 | enhancement | option -f: option -G now shows "(Output generated by 'wcgstats -f ...')" | None |
| 2023-05-20 | 2.21.0 | enhancement | option -T was added | None |
| 2023-05-16 | 2.20.0 | enhancement | options -f/-w: one -S will only hide credits, twice the option -S will also hide dates | None |
| 2023-05-15 | 2.19.0 | bugfix | options -f/-w: character '\t' in the error log should display correctly now | Minor |
| 2023-05-15 | 2.18.0 | bugfix | options -f/-w: suffix _10 in a taskname has been observed, a fix was put into place | Minor |
| 2023-05-08 | 2.17.1 | bugfix | options -f/-w: option -J now displays divider and tasks in 'pass3' | Minor |
| 2023-02-17 | 2.16.6 | enhancement | options -f/-w: removed trailing spaces from grantedCredit | Minor |
| 2023-02-08 | 2.16.5 | enhancement | options -f/-w: number of leading spaces in front of "<%d>" may be more than 1 | Minor |
| 2023-02-08 | 2.16.4 | bugfix | options -f/-w: response '*' to "Did this show the desired workunit?" needed fixing | Minor |
| 2023-02-01 | 2.16.3 | enhancement | options -f/-w: matching is now done with the command '*' (instead of '=') | Minor |
| 2023-01-30 | 2.16.2 | enhancement | options -f/-w: no need to select <1> when opt_L=1 | Minor |
| 2023-01-04 | 2.16.1 | bugfix | option -l: you cannot skip past the pagelength | Minor |
| 2023-01-03 | 2.16.0 | enhancement | options -* and -= were swapped | None |
| 2022-12-28 | 2.15.1 | bugfix | option -X: oldest day was missing | Medium |
| 2022-12-28 | 2.15.0 | enhancement | option -k was added | None |
| 2022-12-20 | 2.14.0 | enhancement | option -X was added | None |
| 2022-12-18 | 2.13.0 | enhancement | option -J was added | None |
| 2022-12-08 | 2.12.0 | enhancement | option -Y was added | None |
| 2022-12-08 | 2.11.2 | bugfix | option -M: devicenames may contain whitespace | Minor |
| 2022-12-07 | 2.11.1 | enhancement | option -p can now be used in combination with option -y | None |
| 2022-12-07 | 2.11.0 | enhancement | option -y was added | None |
| 2022-12-06 | 2.10.5 | bugfix | option -Z: variable $LastResult was sometimes unassigned | Minor |
| 2022-11-18 | 2.10.4 | bugfix | options -f/-w: ">>> NUMBER adjusted to $seq" was added (when $seq is out of range) | Minor |
| 2022-11-18 | 2.10.3 | enhancement | options -f/-w: no need to select <1> when opt_P=1 etc. | None |
| 2022-11-13 | 2.10.2 | enhancement | options -f/-w: "No Reply from device $deviceName" was added | None |
| 2022-11-10 | 2.10.1 | bugfix | option -*: some text in the output was missing in combination with option -GG | Minor |
| 2022-11-08 | 2.10.0 | enhancement | option -* was added | None |
| 2022-11-01 | 2.9.5 | bugfix | option -Z: field "Last result" was always empty | Minor |
Recent revisions for 'wcgresults'
| Date | Version | Type | Description | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-24 | 2.37 | bugfix | option -F: sqlite3: string literals are now in single-quotes | Major |
| 2025-02-16 | 2.36 | bugfix | $WCGINITRC is now being initialized before the CONFIGURE-section | Major |
| 2024-07-23 | 2.35 | enhancement | option -SSS: member-ID and number of devices are also shown now | None |
| 2024-05-05 | 2.34 | bugfix | wget -O: Wget2 is incompatible with Wget1 | Major |
| 2024-02-08 | 2.33 | bugfix | option -l: value must be a whole, non-negative number | Minor |
| 2024-01-25 | 2.32 | enhancement | option -J: use JSON instead of XML | Minor |
| NOTE: if you insist on using JSON, you'll have to use option -J from now on | ||||
| 2023-11-27 | 2.31.14 | enhancement | option -w: outlining has been improved for numbers >= 10,000 | None |
| 2023-10-18 | 2.31.13 | bugfix | option -Q: suffix _10 in a taskname has been observed, a fix was put into place | Minor |
| 2023-07-31 | 2.31.12 | enhancement | obsolescent egrep was replaced by grep -E | None |
| 2023-05-18 | 2.31.11 | enhancement | option -N: argument '%' will produce REVERSE ANSI now to show progress | None |
| 2023-02-25 | 2.31.9 | enhancement | options -b/-i/-N/-O/-s: argument '?' will be recognized now | None |
| 2023-02-22 | 2.31.8 | enhancement | option -i: ExitStatus -246 was added | None |
| 2022-11-11 | 2.31.7 | enhancement | option -i: underlining of the headerline(s) was added | None |
| 2022-11-11 | 2.31.6 | enhancement | option -i: ExitStatus -200, -120, -119 was added | None |
| 2022-10-27 | 2.31.5 | enhancement | option -i: FileDeleteState ('F') was added | None |
| 2022-09-28 | 2.31.4 | enhancement | option -x: "(%d iteration%s)\n" was added | None |
| 2022-09-26 | 2.31.3 | enhancement | option -x: "(%d inactive file%s remaining)\n" was added | None |
| 2022-09-26 | 2.31.2 | enhancement | faster determination of the value of shellvariable avail | None |
| 2022-09-25 | 2.31.1 | enhancement | [Configuration] option -x: shellvariable RETRY_SLEEPING_TIMER was added | None |
| 2022-09-24 | 2.31.0 | enhancement | [Configuration] option -x: shellvariable RETRY_EXCLUDING_PATTERN was added | None |
| 2022-09-20 | 2.30 | enhancement | option -R was added | None |
Recent revisions for 'wcgmembercmp'
| Date | Version | Type | Description | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-16 | 2.1.0 | bugfix | $WCGINITRC is now being initialized before the CONFIGURE-section | Major |
| 2024-01-04 | 2.0.7 | enhancement | it is now possible to use -A0 and -A7 | Minor |
| 2023-07-31 | 2.0.6 | enhancement | obsolescent egrep was replaced by grep -E | Minor |
| 2022-11-16 | 2.0.5 | enhancement | it is now possible to use '&' in a (member or team) name | Minor |
| 2022-10-06 | 2.0.4 | enhancement | changed "shift $(($OPTIND - 1))" into "shift $((OPTIND - 1))" | Low |
Recent revisions for 'wcglog'
| Date | Version | Type | Description | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-16 | 2.28.0 | bugfix | $WCGINITRC is now being initialized before the CONFIGURE-section | Major |
| 2024-11-20 | 2.27.0 | enhancement | option -x (exclude) was changed into -I (include), so its meaning was reversed | None |
| 2024-04-01 | 2.26.0 | enhancement | options -0 -0 (or -00) will now show only entries that got 0 credit | None |
| 2024-04-01 | 2.25.0 | enhancement | option -o was added | None |
| 2023-07-31 | 2.24.3 | enhancement | obsolescent egrep was replaced by grep -E | Minor |
| 2023-06-17 | 2.24.2 | bugfix | second header was shown too early (after task with CpuTime = 0) | Minor |
| 2023-05-08 | 2.24.1 | bugfix | option -i: missing value 'F' has now been added | Minor |
| 2023-04-03 | 2.24.0 | enhancement | option -W was added | None |
| 2023-02-27 | 2.23.1 | enhancement | option -c: argument '?' will be recognized now | None |
| 2022-12-07 | 2.23.0 | enhancement | shellvariable WCGLOG_FMT will override the default value of option -c | None |
| 2022-10-12 | 2.22.4.2 | enhancement | option -C was expanded, showing two extra columns | None |
Recent revisions for 'wcgformat'
| Date | Version | Type | Description | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-07 | 3.4.5 | enhancement | colour "orangered" (for No Reply) has been changed into "orange" | Low |
| 2025-02-16 | 3.4.4 | enhancement | $WCGINITRC has been removed for now | Low |
| 2024-11-22 | 3.4.3 | bugfix | option -o: "Red Hat Enterprise" will also be shortened now | Low |
| 2024-06-27 | 3.4.2 | bugfix | option -s: "Waiting to be sent" will also be shortened now | Low |
| 2024-06-25 | 3.4.1 | bugfix | a fix was put into place to handle Status 'Other' | Low |
| 2024-05-23 | 3.4.0 | bugfix | a fix was put into place to handle Status 'Waiting to be sent' | Low |
| 2023-05-15 | 3.3.0 | bugfix | suxfix _10 in a taskname has been observed, a fix was put into place | Low |
| 2023-02-22 | 3.2.0 | bugfix | fixed the alignment of tasknames with different lengths | Medium |
| 2022-10-06 | 3.1.11.11 | enhancement | changed "shift $(($OPTIND - 1))" into "shift $((OPTIND - 1))" | Low |
