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Get to the line.

Sometimes the command line is more than enough - better.

The ACP contains a number of additional applications - 'tools' - meant to be used within Terminal.app or CLIX.

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Dumps AppleDouble files. Named after the RFC on which they're based.

archinfo

Command line variant of ArchInfo.

beepA makeshift two cluster tool that does one thing only: a beep (with your default beep sound).
bundleShows NSBundle info.
catinfoProvides rudimentary 'HFS' information on file items (in raw HFS format).
chexChanges file extensions.
classShows runtime info for the specified registered Objective-C classes. Use '-R' to recurse the classes.
clearffClears Finder flags on files.
cocoastringsDumps Cocoa global strings differing from their identifiers. Use '-a' to dump all.
cxfsFormats man output for use in CLIX.
dirdumpDumps any directory to a file. Read the file with 'hexdump -Cv'.
dupDuplicates files and directories.
encodingsDisplays all available NeXTSTEP string encodings in hexadecimal format together with their localised names. Works seamlessly with CLIX.
forksA common misconception is that HFS files may have only two forks. For any given path - file or directory - forks enumerates all the forks, showing the names of the forks, their sizes, and their so-called 'physical sizes' (HFS records which include the file slack).
forkswhoRuns 'unfork' and 'file' to analyse fork contents.
gdeCompares alternative directory reading methods to find cloaked items.
mach-o-readerDumps Mach-O executable header information.
make_servicesRegenerates the Services menu much the same way its NeXTSTEP forerunner did. Without this tool, you have to log out and in again or reboot your computer to see changes take effect. Works seamlessly with CLIX.
mdCreates a message digest for a given file in DSS, DSS1, MD2, MD5, MDC2, RIPEMD-160, SHA, or SHA-1.
nsaliasDumps raw '_NSAlias' information found in preferences files.
runCommand line version of Runner.
rxdPrints mount info for a path you specify or the current working directory: the mount point, the mount source, file system type, the block size, the total number of blocks, the number of blocks free, the number of blocks available, file system flags, the I/O size, the total number of inodes, the number of inodes free, the owner of the file system, and the file system ID. Works seamlessly with CLIX.
s3Does the same job as S3 but from the command line. Supply the link text and 'href' and it gives you back your obfuscated tag and link.
spxThe 39-step SPX Gutmann shredding engine. Give it a list of files to make sure they're never seen again and never recovered by anybody. Works seamlessly with CLIX.
sudokillRun as a background process, ensures your 'sudo' authentication is killed as soon as your computer goes to sleep.
sudokill2Works as sudokill above but goes hunting for all open Terminal windows and kills their 'sudo' authentication as well. Applicable when grace periods are re-coupled to individual TTYs.
swapCommand line version of Swap.
tiffcompressCompresses TIFF images with the non-lossy LZH algorithm.
tmi'Too Much Information': side by side comparison of NeXTSTEP and Unix file statistics.
trashTrashes files and directories from the command line, serialising their names as they're moved.
treeDumps a file hierarchy in tree format. Works seamlessly with CLIX.
unforkWrites the data and resource forks of HFS+ files to new files with the 'data' and 'rsrc' extensions. Resource forks are a nice invention but also an increasing security concern. If you're unsure about a file and its benign intentions, 'unfork' it and see what your shell says after that.
unilipoConvenience script to 'lipo' universal binaries.
volinfoDumps HFS volume info for a path or the CWD if no path is given.
xabatchAdds deletes and modifies extended attributes on the fly.
xattrCommand line variant of Xattr.

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