Shell Scripting Toolkit

Download here: sst26.zip (470,963 bytes; 08 Feb 2007)

This is a small collection of Win32 console programs (command-line utilities) to assist with Cmd.exe shell scripting in Windows NT 4.0 and later. Documentation is provided in PDF format.

Program	Description
CCase	Converts standard input to upper or lowercase, and writes to standard output.
ColorX	Echoes the current screen colors to standard output, or sets the colors for the next text to be written to standard output.
DateX	Echoes the current date, a specified date, or an offset of either the current date or a specified date to standard output in a variety of formats.
DriveX	Returns the drive type for the current or a specified drive as an exit code, or echoes drives of a specified type to standard output.
EchoX	Echoes text to standard output in a specified color. Supports several escape characters and a formatting width and alignment.
FInfo	Echoes information about one or more files to standard output.
IfX	Case-insensitive string or or numeric comparison of two arguments (not needed on WinNT).
LineX	Counts the number of lines in standard input; prints a specific line, a range of lines, or a specified number of lines from the beginning or end of standard input. Can also output in reverse order.
S2V	A real-mode MS-DOS program that reads the first line of standard input and stores it into an environment variable (non-functional, and not needed, on WinNT).
ShellEsc	For each line of standard input, inserts a shell escape character (`^`) before each reserved shell character, and writes it to standard output.
SleepX	Pauses a script for a specified period of time. Can display a prompt, and can optionally be interrupted by a keystroke.
Str	Counts characters in a string, echoes a string in upper or lowercase, and searches for one string in another.
Tee	Writes each line of standard input to a file and to standard output simultaneously.
TempName	Generates a temporary unique file or directory name.