From: Shashank Date <sdate@...>
Date: 2004-03-16T12:22:26+09:00
Subject: Re: [OT] outwit - unixlike tools for windows


"Martin DeMello" <martindemello@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> Looks like a *very* useful addition to the windows toolbox - contains
> programs to manipulate the clipboard, registry, ODBC layer and a few
> other windowsy things using the unix 'take input from other programs,
> format output so it can be piped to other programs' philosophy.
> From the examples:
> winclip -p | perl -pe "tr/[A-Z]/[a-z]/" | winclip -c
> Converts the contents of the Windows clipboard to lowercase.

Good Idea !

The win32-clipboard module of win32utils may make writing such utility a
breeze.
If you care to volunteer, please join us at:
http://rubyforge.org/projects/win32utils/
We are making every attempt to make it feature full and complete.

--- shanko