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PerlPowerTools as single Windows executableby kaldor (Beadle) |
on May 26, 2022 at 20:25 UTC ( [id://11144205]=CUFP: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
For a long time, I've been looking for a solution to bring Mac, Windows and Linux behaviour closer. My use case : I work in a corporate Windows environment (where you don't want to install unecessary software), but still would like a friendly CLI (I'm not great at it). I use UnxUtils, BusyBox-w32 and other utils to have a bearable experience on Windows, but they don't provide the same features/options as you'll find on macOS or Linux. Then I heard about the PerlPowerTools and thought they'd be perfect for having the same behaviour across these platforms. Even though I somehow find them hard to use due to namespace conflict with system utilities. So, I've updated (my fork of) the PerlPowerTools to behave like BusyBox and bundle them (with PAR::Packer) as a single Windows executable. Result : You can call the tools similarly on all three platforms.
The additional benefit is that I can complement my Windows toolbox with my own (Perl) scripts. For example, add ack! to perlpowertools.exe just by copying the singl e-file version to PerlPowerTools's bin directory and running the 'packer' script. Any feedback, beta-testing or else are welcomed. https://github.com/kal247/PerlPowerTools
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