misc - Tool

Description
The misc tool contains a number of string, file, and miscellaneous functions.

NOTE Some (limited) functions emulating C-based input and output routines are available. These have been replaced by functions native to Glish. We strongly recommend that you use the Glish functions instead.

Some of these functions are implemented completely in Glish without using the gmisc client. They remain in this tool for now. These functions are indicated in the individual descriptions.

This uses a server process misc which is started when first needed and then automatically restarted if it fails (hopefully never!).

Constructors

misc	Construct a misc tool

Functions

dir	Return the directory for a given directory name
escapespecial	escape characters in a string special to the shell
fclose	close fileid
fgets	interface to fgets
fields	list fields in a record or tool
fileexists	Does this file exist?
filetype	returns the UNIX type of file
fopen	interface to c fopen
fprintf	C-style formatted output
initspinner	start an ascii activity spinner
killspinner	kill an ascii activity spinner
listfields	Hierarchically list fields in a record
parentdir	Return the parent directory
patternmatch	Find matching strings using shell expressions
readfile	reads a file into a buffer
shellcmd	Execute a shell command
stripleadingblanks	Strip leading blanks from a string
striptrailingblanks	Strip trailing blanks from a string
thisdir	Return the name of this directory
tovector	Convert variable to a vector
type	Returns tool type; ``misc''

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	Package	utility
	Module	misc