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Perl examples
💾	❔	Name	Description	Last modified	Also available in							Remarks
💾	❔	Name	Description	Last modified	DOS batch	NT batch	JScript	KiXtart	Power Shell	Rexx	VB Script	Remarks
💾	❔	allhelp	Display help for the Bourne Shell's internal commands and reserved words, and the CoreUtils, and create a HTML file with this help	2015-06-16		NT					V	Perl version for Linux only, NT and VBScript versions for Windows only. When opening the generated HTML file in the default browser, the script may generate warning messages (known issue with Firefox). Tested on Ubuntu 14.10 NL (Linux 3.16.0) & 15.04 EN (Linux 3.19.0) only.
💾	❔	BIOS	Display some basic BIOS properties	2006-09-11		NT		K	PS	R	V	Created using my WMI Code Generator
💾	❔	BIOSDate	Display BIOS date	2003-12-12	D	NT				R		Original idea by ComputerHope. Perl, batch and Rexx versions all use DEBUG.EXE to read info from BIOS.
💾	❔	BIOSInfo	Display BIOS manufacturer & date	2003-12-12				K		R		Perl, KiXtart and Rexx versions use DEBUG.EXE to read info from BIOS. VBScript and KiXtart versions created using Microsoft's Scriptomatic tool.
💾	❔	BkAllDrv	Backup all Windows 2000 drivers	2004-02-14		NT		K		R		This scripts requires Microsoft's DEVCON utility. Rexx versions to backup only modem and video drivers available too.
💾	❔	Choice	A limited port of MS-DOS' CHOICE command	2003-10-03		NT		K		R		More info on the CHOICE command
*Convert to and from Unix style text files*
💾	❔	CrLf	Replace orphaned CR or LF with CR/LF pairs	2003-03-25						R		CR = Carriage Return, LF = Line Feed
💾	❔	CrLf2Lf	Replace CR/LF pairs with LF's only	2003-03-25						R
💾	❔	DblCr2Cr	Replace double CR/LF pairs with single pairs	2003-03-28						R
💾	❔	Cut	"Cut" substrings from standard input	2003-03-23						R		Rexx version also available for OS/2. Explained (a little) on my Unix ports page.
💾	❔	Dec2Hex	Convert a decimal number to 8 digit hexadecimal	2002-11-13		NT		K		R	V
💾	❔	DefPRN2K	Display default printer for Windows 2000	2003-04-08		NT	J	K		R	V	JScript & VBScript versions are for NT 4/2000/XP. Other versions are for Windows 2000 (and maybe XP, not tested).
💾	❔	Easter	Show date of Easter for the specified year	2003-01-14		NT	J	K		R	V	Based on the instructions found at Simon Kershaw's KEEPING THE FEAST
💾	❔	False	Port of Unix' "false" command	2003-04-01				K		R		See also matching True
💾	❔	FaR	Find And Replace substrings in a string	2003-04-13				K		R		KiXtart version is accompanied by FaR.bat helper file
💾	❔	GetPorts	Display port addresses for serial and parallel ports	2003-01-12	D	NT				R		Perl, Rexx and batch versions all use DEBUG.EXE
💾	❔	GetRes	Show screen resolution	2006-09-11		NT		K	PS	R	V	Created using my WMI Code Generator. Rexx version is for OS/2, use WMIGen to generate Object Rexx version for Windows.
💾	❔	KeyLocks	Return the status of the CapsLock, NumLock and ScrollLock keys	2007-12-01		NT					V
💾	❔	LeapYear	Check if the specified year is a leap year	2003-01-14	D	NT	J	K	PS	R	V	MS-DOS version uses BATCHMAN by Michael Mefford
💾	❔	MidiTitl	Display title(s) of specified MIDI file(s)	2004-01-21		NT
💾	❔	Obscure	Obscure an URL by converting its host name part to a decimal IP address and by optionally adding a fake logon name	2003-12-13		NT				R		Browser security settings may block the use of decimal IP addresses
💾	❔	PrintPDF	Print a list of specified PDF files	2003-04-30		NT		K		R	V
💾	❔	Random	Display a random (integer) number between 1 and 100	2001-09-24	D	NT	J	K		R	V
💾	❔	ReadINI	Read a value from an INI file	2005-03-05		NT		K		R	V	Batch version may fail on "special" characters like & \| < > and parenthesis
💾	❔	ReadReg	Read a value from the registry	2003-04-05		NT		K		R	V	Batch version may fail on "special" characters like & \| < > and parenthesis
📦	N/A	Ren_ext	Rename files using regular expressions									Written by seth
💾	❔	SortDate	Display the current date in YYYYMMDD format (for sorting purposes)	2001-09-03	D	NT	J	K	PS	R	V	MS-DOS version uses BATCHMAN by Michael Mefford
💾	❔	SortTime	Display the current time in HHmmSS format (for sorting purposes)	2001-09-03	D	NT	J	K		R	V	MS-DOS version uses BATCHMAN by Michael Mefford
💾	❔	StarDate	Convert current date & time to stardate	2003-01-26		NT		K		R	V	Based on an algorithm found on The StarTrek Gallery
💾	❔	Tee	Display standard input on screen and redirect it to a file simultaneously	2003-03-24		NT				R		Explained (a little) on my Unix ports page
💾	❔	Tomorrow	Display tomorrow's date ("sorted")	2002-12-29			J	K	PS	R	V
💾	❔	True	Port of Unix' "true" command	2003-04-01				K		R		See also matching False
💾	❔	VideoROM	Display video adapter manufacturer info read from video ROM	2003-03-02	D	NT		K		R	V	Perl, batch and Rexx versions use DEBUG.EXE (original idea by ComputerHope). VBScript and KiXtart versions created using Microsoft's Scriptomatic tool.
💾	❔	Week	Display the current week number	2001-08-21	D	NT	J	K	PS	R	V	DOS batch file uses WeekOfYr.exe.
💾	❔	Which	Locate the specified program file	2012-06-12	D	NT		K	PS	R		Rexx version also available for OS/2. Explained (a little) on my Unix ports page.
💾		WMIGen.exe	Generate Batch, C#, Delphi, F#, JScript, Java, KiXtart, Lua, Object Pascal, Object Rexx, Perl, PHP, PowerShell, Python, Ruby, Tcl, VB .NET and VBScript code for WMI queries	2023-02-25							HTA
💾	❔	Yesterday	Display yesterday's date ("sorted")	2001-09-03		NT	J	K	PS	R	V