ascii.exe
dumps the 256 ascii characters to stdout
- using a nice format (GPL)
+ using a nice format (GPLv3+)
dump.exe [file]
hex dump of file to stdout, using a nice
- format (GPL)
+ format (GPLv3+)
putclip.exe
copies stdin to the Windows clipboard
does NOT use Cygwin's /dev/clipboard
Not built unless on a WIN32 platform
- (GPL)
+ (GPLv3+)
getclip.exe
copies the Windows clipboard to stdout
does NOT use Cygwin's /dev/clipboard
Not built unless on a WIN32 platform
- (GPL)
+ (GPLv3+)
-conv.exe / d2u.exe / u2d.exe / dos2unix.exe / unix2dos.exe
- programs for converting line endings of text
+conv.exe
+ program for converting line endings of text
files between DOS and UNIX format.
- (GPL)
+ (GPLv3+)
HEAVILY modified, but core routine is based on
the hd2u-0.5.12 distribution, available here:
available. On cygwin, that (currently) means "only if
the cygipc package is installed" or "if using a cygwin
kernel newer than 1.5.5"
- (GPL)
+ (GPLv3+)
banner.exe
prints a large banner to stdout. From Joerg Schaible.
- (GPL)
+ (GPLv3+)
realpath.exe
Convert pathname argument to absolute path, with all
- references to `.', `..', and symlinks resolved.
- (GPL)
+ references to `.', `..', and symlinks resolved. Note
+ that modern coreutils provide 'readlink' with a
+ canonicalize mode (-f/-e/-m) that operates substantially
+ similar to realpath.
+ (GPLv3+)
lpr.exe
can be used to spool to a windows printer
- (GPL)
+ (GPLv3+)
mkshortcut.exe
can be used to create "full featured" windows
shortcuts (as opposed to cygwin-symlinks implemented
using .lnk files, which aren't really "full-featured")
- (GPL)
+ (GPLv3+)
readshortcut.exe
can be used to read information from windows shortcuts (such
as target, icon, window state, etc)
- (GPL)
+ (GPLv3+)
cygstart.exe
A command-line tool which allows you to let Windows start a program or open
a file or URL in its associated application. It is similar to the Windows
command-line start command.
- (GPL)
+ (GPLv3+)
cygdrop.exe
A command-line tool which allows you to let start a Cygwin or Windows
program with a restricted access token. All administrative rights are dropped
by default. The tool also provides options for finer control of groups and
privileges.
- (GPL)
+ (GPLv3+)
ipck:
IPC utility brought over from cygipc.
- (GPL)
+ (GPLv3+)
cygicons:
DLL containing cygwin-related icons
- (GPL)
+ (GPLv3+)
(*) originally BSD+advert, but falls under the blanket
conversion to BSD-no-advert, because it was originally