This checks and enables network routes to the Information Super Highway to ensure maximum Internet performance. Must be run as root to update the routes.

This implements a new configurable encryption algorithm, NROT13. This is similar to the 3ROT13 algorithm, a symmetric stateless keyless cypher, however this allows the user to customise the number of cycles. For example, 3ROT13 can be used, as well as 9ROT13 and even the supersymmetric 31ROT13.

This allows older commands to be executed safely at their original native baud. Commands are now often run over high speed telnet or ssh sessions, at speeds they were not designed for - sometimes called "overbauding". Overbauding can cause command overheating, resulting in Command Fault Heat State Exception (CFHSE) errors.

Many command line programs, especially those for Unix, were originally written to run at bauds such as 300, 1200, 2400 or even 9600. This was the days of serial connections to teletypes or dumb terminals (aka glass teletypes, green screens, etc). While links to servers have increased in speed, the code for most commands has remained the same. Some operating systems have a man page, fastcommands(5), that lists commands that are high speed link safe.

Maybe is a companion to /usr/bin/true and /usr/bin/false.

This program compresses text files using a unique lossy text compression algorithm. Decompression is not possible. The result file has a ".ltz" extension, and the original file remains.

Not only is the byte count reduced, but the bytes themselves are smaller bytes - and weigh less when stored on disk.

This program converts text to l33t-speak. This is helpful to convert text that has been written in a formal and confusing manner, into text that is easy to follow.

gwhiz will whiz files or commands, making them easier to read so that you do not miss important details. If your terminal supports color, gwhiz can highlight in colour using the "-c" option.

This trickle charges the ICMP driver by sending a series of ICMP packets to localhost at regular intervals. This program autodetects the hardware type and uses appropriate values for the interval based on the wattage of each packet. This script can be incorporated into the system startup process as a daemon.

The batteries in the kernel's ICMP driver can become depleted, a common problem that causes high latency or dropped packets for any ICMP type. RFC792 fails to specify an ICMP message for battery status, leaving such problems difficult to identify or diagnose. This script serves as a precaution against ICMP driver failure.

This program also improves the performance of the ICMP driver by "priming" the L1, L2 and TLB caches with ICMP driver entries.

This program uncompresses text files that were compressed using the lossy text compression tool (ltzip). Like ltzip, ltunzip is also a lossy algorithm, and so performs lossy uncompression. There is a high probability that the original text file will NOT be returned. The result file has a ".un" extension, and the original ltz file remains.

Once upon a time computers were made with a physical turbo button that doubled the CPU speed. These days we need to make do with a script.

Onstat tells you if your server is switched on. A common problem is when staff attempt to use a server or desktop when the power is not switched on. This may help diagnose such a situation.

lsss is ls with StarSign, an improved ls command. This runs the ls command and inserts a field to display the starsign of each file.

Codespell fixes common misspellings in text files. It's designed primarily for checking misspelled words in source code, but it can be used with other files as well. It does not check for word membership in a complete dictionary, but instead looks for a set of common misspellings. Therefore it should catch errors like "adn", but it will not catch "adnasdfasdf". This also means it shouldn't generate false-positives when you use a niche term it doesn't know about.

This program attempts to obtain the identification and capabilities of the currently used CPU, and print the matching set of CPU_FLAGS_* flags for Gentoo.

This package provides a gawk extension library for using the libharu pdf library.

This package contains the gawk MPFR shared library extension for accessing the MPFR library.

This package provides a gawk extension library implementing the abort function.

This package provides the gawk XML extension module, as well as the xmlgawk script and some gawk include libraries for enhanced XML processing.

This package provides a gawk extension library for using json.

This package provides a gawk extension library for accessing PostgreSQL database servers using the libpq C library API.

This package provides a gawk extension library implementing the aregex API.

This package provides a gawk extension library implementing the multibyte string API.

This package provides a gawk extension library for using the gd graphics library.

This package extends gawk with facilities to read, parse, compose and write CSV records and files.