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| 💾 | ❔ | Name | OS | Description | Last Modified | Also available in | Remarks | ||||||||
| All | OS/2 | Win | DOS batch |
NT batch |
JScript | KiXtart | Perl | Power Shell |
VB Script |
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| Three different ways to display text: |
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| 💾 | ❔ | 2Console | O | Write directly to console, preventing redirection | 1999-11-01 | ||||||||||
| 💾 | ❔ | 2StdErr | A | Write to standard error instead of standard output | 1999-11-01 | ||||||||||
| 💾 | ❔ | RexxOut | O | A Rexx program to show and test the differences between standard output, standard error and console | 1999-11-01 | ||||||||||
| 💾 | ❔ | 4AllMembers | O | Executes a command once for each member of a global group, optionally substituting the "#" character by the user ID. | 2000-03-14 | NT | NT batch files available for Windows NT 4 and 2000 | ||||||||
| 💾 | ❔ | Alphabet | A | Create an alphabetical navigation bar for the specified HTML file (like the one above this table). You will have to add the <A NAME="char"> tags manually before using this script. |
2005-03-30 | ||||||||||
| 💾 | ❔ | Bin2Rexx | A | Converts small binary files into Rexx scripts that will, in turn, recreate the original binary file when executed. Originally created to store icon files in Rexx installation scripts. |
2002-12-31 | ||||||||||
| 💾 | ❔ | BIOS.orx | W | Display BIOS manufacturer & date | 2006-09-11 | NT | K | P | PS | V | This Object Rexx script, and the batch and PowerShell versions too, were created using my WMI Code Generator. | ||||
| 💾 | ❔ | BIOSDate | A | Display BIOS date | 2003-03-09 | D | NT | P | Original idea by ComputerHope. Perl, batch and Rexx versions all use DEBUG.EXE to read info from BIOS. |
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| 💾 | ❔ | BIOSInfo V1 | A | Display BIOS manufacturer & date | 2003-03-12 | K | P | Perl and Rexx versions both use DEBUG.EXE to read info from BIOS. Rexx version 1 uses "plain" string parsing, version 2 uses Patrick TJ McPhee's RexxRE Regular Expression Library. |
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| 💾 | ❔ | BIOSInfo V2 | A | 2003-11-02 | |||||||||||
| 💾 | ❔ | BkAllDrv | W | Backup all Windows 2000 drivers | 2003-12-30 | NT | K | P | These scripts require Microsoft's DEVCON utility; you will be prompted to download it if it isn't found | ||||||
| 💾 | ❔ | BkMdmDrv | W | Backup Windows 2000 modem drivers | 2003-12-27 | ||||||||||
| 💾 | ❔ | BkVidDrv | W | Backup Windows 2000 video drivers | 2003-12-28 | ||||||||||
| 💾 | ❔ | BootDriv | A | Return boot drive letter | 2003-01-01 | D | NT | V | Techniques for OS/2 explained by Dick Goran in his January 1997 Rexx Column in OS/2 Magazine | ||||||
| Set of three OS/2 MultiMedia Rexx scripts: |
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| 💾 | ❔ | CDadd | O | Restore the audio CD player's list of CD titles and tracks | 2000-06-04 | This set of 3 Rexx scripts uses OS/2 MultiMedia (MMOS2) Rexx Support to perform its tasks. This will make it extremely hard to port them to Windows. |
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| 💾 | ❔ | CDlist | O | Save MMOS2's audio CD player's list of CD titles and tracks in ASCII format | 2000-06-04 | ||||||||||
| 💾 | ❔ | CDPclean | O | Remove annoying CD player settings | 2000-06-04 | ||||||||||
| 💾 | ❔ | CDEject | O | Example of OS/2 Multimedia Rexx Support. Execute it if you want a "free coffee mug holder". |
2000-06-04 | K | PS | V | OS/2 Rexx script uses OS/2 MultiMedia (MMOS2) Rexx Support. Windows versions use Windows Media Player. |
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| 💾 | ❔ | CDPlayer | O | Ejects CD-ROM if in CD drive at startup of CD Audio player | 2000-06-04 | NT | This Rexx script needs both OS/2 MultiMedia (MMOS2) Rexx Support and Quercus Systems' RexxLib to perform its task | ||||||||
| 💾 | ❔ | CDROM | A | Retrieve CD-ROM drive letter(s) | 2002-12-23 | D | NT | K | V | ||||||
| 💾 | ❔ | CheckPRN | W | Checks the default printer set in the registry and displays a message if it isn't an HP LaserJet III or if it isn't on your own client PC (sorry, hard coded, you'll have to adapt the "valid." variable yourself) | 2000-06-04 | Add this script to the logon scripts for Citrix users and save yourself lots of calls for support | |||||||||
| 💾 | ❔ | ChkSize | A | Check a file's size against a specified value | 2003-01-07 | ||||||||||
| 💾 | ❔ | Choice | A | Rexx version of DOS' CHOICE command | 2002-12-31 | K | Uses Quercus Systems' RexxLib (available for OS/2 only) for the timeout function, but will not fail if RexxLib isn't available: in that case the timeout option will just be ignored | ||||||||
| 💾 | ❔ | CLCalc | A | Command Line Calculator: returns an errorlevel based on the result of a specified command line expression | 2002-12-30 | ||||||||||
| Convert to and from Unix style text files: |
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| 💾 | ❔ | CrLf | A | Replace orphaned CR and LF with CR/LF pairs | 2003-02-27 | P | CR = Carriage Return, LF = Line Feed | ||||||||
| 💾 | ❔ | CrLf2Lf | A | Replace CR/LF pairs with LF's only | 2002-12-30 | P | |||||||||
| 💾 | ❔ | DblCr2Cr | A | Replace double CR/LF pairs with a single CR/LF pair | 2002-12-30 | P | |||||||||
| 💾 | ❔ | Cut | O | W | "Port" of Unix' CUT to Rexx | 2002-01-04 | P | Separate OS/2 and Windows versions due to differences in handling of standard input. Explained (a little) on my Unix ports page |
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| 💾 | ❔ | Dec2Hex | A | Convert a decimal number to 8 digit hexadecimal | 2002-11-17 | NT | K | P | V | All | |||||
| 💾 | ❔ | DefPRN | O | W1 W2 |
Shows the default printer and port for the local computer | 2003-02-02 | NT | J | K | P | V | OS/2 version will even work for RPL workstations. Windows version 1.* (W1) uses LesTec Pty Ltd.'s RexxIO library. Windows version 2.* (W2) uses Patrick McPhee's W32Funcs library. |
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| 💾 | ❔ | DiskUse | A | Shows the amount of disk space used by subdirectories | 2003-01-07 | NT | Uses Quercus Systems' RexxLib if available, but will not fail if it is not. | ||||||||
| 💾 | ❔ | DriveRdy | O | Checks if the specified drive is valid and ready | 2000-06-04 | D | Needs Quercus Systems' RexxLib | ||||||||
| 💾 | ❔ | Drivers | A | Batch file to display all active drivers | 2003-12-15 | Uses either RMVIEW and CUT (OS/2 Warp) or Microsoft's DEVCON (Windows NT4/2000/XP) | |||||||||
| 💾 | ❔ | Easter | A | Calculate Easter Day's date for a specified year | 2002-03-26 | NT | J | K | P | V | Based on the instructions found at Simon Kershaw's KEEPING THE FEAST. | ||||
| 💾 | ❔ | False | A | Port of Unix' "false" command | 2003-04-02 | K | P | See also the matching True command. | |||||||
| 💾 | ❔ | FaR | A | Find and Replace substrings in a string | 2003-04-13 | K | P | KiXtart version comes with matching FaR.bat. | |||||||
| Inspired by the Norton Utilities: |
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| 💾 | ❔ | FileAttr | A | Display and/or set a file's attributes | 2002-12-31 | The Windows version of this script cannot set file attributes (only list them), the OS/2 version can. The difference is due to a difference in the RexxUtil implementations. | |||||||||
| 💾 | ❔ | FileDate | O | W | Changes a file's date/time attributes | 2003-01-01 | OS/2 version needs Quercus Systems' RexxLib. | ||||||||
| 💾 | ❔ | FileSize | O | Display the total file size, used disk space and slack, or disk space needed to copy | 2000-06-05 | Needs Quercus Systems' RexxLib. | |||||||||
| 💾 | ❔ | FileSys | A | O | Check the file system of the specified drive | 2002-01-01 | NT | Both versions need Quercus Systems' RexxLib to function in OS/2. | |||||||
| NT's FOR command ported to OS/2: |
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| 💾 | ❔ | ForD | O | A first attempt to make the power of NT's FOR command, and its /D option in particular, available for OS/2 batch files |
2003-01-05 | ||||||||||
| 💾 | ❔ | ForF | O | A first attempt to make the power of NT's FOR command, and its /F option in particular, available for OS/2 batch files |
2003-01-05 | ||||||||||
| 💾 | ❔ | GetRes | O | Display screen resolution settings | 2000-06-04 | NT | K | P | PS | V | |||||
| 💾 | ❔ | GetPorts | A | Display addresses of all serial and parallel ports | 2003-01-18 | D | NT | P | Rexx, Batch and Perl versions all use DEBUG.EXE | ||||||
| 💾 | ❔ | HtmlTags | A | Convert HTML tags to uppercase without changing scripts or quoted strings (except hexadecimal color numbers), to make the HTML file more readable and to conform to the original specifications for HTML tags | 2003-01-01 | By now obsolete, since the XHTML specification requires lower case tags. | |||||||||
| 💾 | ❔ | IBMError | A | Display message for specified POST error number | 2002-10-23 | ||||||||||
| 💾 | ❔ | InfHdr | O | Extract the title(s) of specified OS/2 INF (help) file(s) | 1999-07-18 | ||||||||||
| 💾 | ❔ | KillProg | O | Kill an OS/2 process by its program file name | 2000-12-12 | NT | V | Needs Quercus Systems' RexxLib | |||||||
| 💾 | ❔ | LastBoot | O | Display the last boot time of any computer on the network | 1999-02-28 | XP | V | XP version requires WMIC | |||||||
| 💾 | ❔ | LeapYear | A | Check if the specified year is a leap year | 2002-11-26 | D | NT | J | K | P | PS | V | MS-DOS version uses BATCHMAN by Michael Mefford | ||
| 💾 | ❔ | ListObj | O | Displays a list of all objects on your OS/2 Desktop and in its sub-folders | 2000-06-05 | Uses Quercus Systems' RexxLib if available, but will not fail if it is not | |||||||||
| 💾 | ❔ | LoCase | O | Convert filenames to all lowercase | 2000-07-11 | NT | K | Use UpCase to convert to all uppercase | |||||||
| 💾 | ❔ | Obscure | A | Obscure an URL by converting the host name to a decimal IP address and by adding a hostname (either fake or valid) as a fake login name | 2003-05-25 | NT | P | Browser security settings may block the use of decimal IP addresses | |||||||
| 💾 | ❔ | PowerOff | W | Shutdown and poweroff local computer | 2002-10-28 | Uses W32Funcs | |||||||||
| 💾 | ❔ | PrintPDF | W | Print a list of specified PDF files | 2003-05-01 | NT | K | P | V | Uses W32Funcs | |||||
| 💾 | ❔ | Random | A | Display a random number between 1 and 100 | 2000-06-14 | D | NT | J | K | P | V | ||||
| 💾 | ❔ | ReadINI | A | Read a value from an INI file | 2003-03-31 | NT | K | P | V | Batch version may fail on "special" characters like & | < > and parenthesis | |||||
| 💾 | ❔ | ReadReg | A | Read a value from the registry | 2003-04-05 | NT | K | P | V | Batch version may fail on "special" characters like & | < > and parenthesis | |||||
| 💾 | ❔ | ReadLine | A | Read a single line from standard input (Rexx version of OS/2 Warp COMMAND.COM's internal READLINE command) | 2000-06-05 | ||||||||||
| 💾 | ❔ | Resistor | O | Using ANSI color codes to practice E12 resistor color codes | 2000-06-05 | K | Rexx script uses ANSI.SYS for cursor positioning; functionality included by default in OS/2; for Windows NT see George Roettger's home page for help on running ANSI.SYS in NT. | ||||||||
| 💾 | ❔ | RxSysLvl | O | Returns OS/2 version and fix-pack level (original idea by Mike Ruskai, posted 06/24/99 in comp.lang.rexx newsgroup) | 2000-06-05 | ||||||||||
| 💾 | ❔ | SCSI | W | List all SCSI and IDE devices | 2003-10-25 | NT | K | Tested in Windows 2000 only. View the output sample. |
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| 💾 | ❔ | SortDate | A | Display current date in YYYYMMDD format | 2002-03-25 | D | NT | J | K | P | PS | V | MS-DOS version uses BATCHMAN by Michael Mefford | ||
| 💾 | ❔ | SortTime | A | Display current time in HHmmss format | 2002-03-25 | D | NT | J | K | P | V | MS-DOS version uses BATCHMAN by Michael Mefford | |||
| 💾 | ❔ | StarDate | A | Convert current date & time to stardate | 2003-01-26 | NT | K | P | V | Based on an algorithm found on The StarTrek Gallery | |||||
| 💾 | ❔ | TaskList | O | Display a list of active programs | 2000-06-06 | NT | PS | V | Needs Quercus Systems' RexxLib | ||||||
| 💾 | ❔ | Tee | A | Port of Unix' TEE command: redirect standard input to standard output and to a file simultaneously. | 2003-02-15 | NT | P | Explained (a little) on my Unix ports page | |||||||
| 💾 | ❔ | Tomorrow | A | Display tomorrow's date in 2 formats. | 2002-12-29 | J | K | P | PS | V | |||||
| 💾 | ❔ | True | A | Port of Unix' "true" command | 2003-04-02 | K | P | See also the matching False command | |||||||
| 💾 | ❔ | TxtComp | A | Compare two text files (ignoring locations of lines) and write the differences into two newly created log files. Multilingual (NL and US, other languages can be added easily). |
2003-03-02 | PS | Originally created to compare OS/2 CONFIG.SYS files before and after a software installation, this program will prove extremely useful when comparing other ASCII files as well. | ||||||||
| 💾 | ❔ | Unique | A | Remove duplicate lines from a text file | 2003-12-06 | Written to check and modify small text files only; although it does work with large files, it will be really slow! | |||||||||
| 💾 | ❔ | UpCase | O | Convert filenames to all uppercase | 2000-07-11 | NT | K | Use LoCase to convert to all lowercase | |||||||
| 💾 | ❔ | VideoROM | A | Display manufacturer info from the display adapter video ROM | 2002-12-25 | D | NT | K | P | V | Original idea by ComputerHope. Rexx, Batch and Perl versions use DEBUG.EXE. VBScript and KiXtart versions created using Microsoft's Scriptomatic tool. |
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| 💾 | ❔ | WallPaper | O | W | Randomly change bitmaps for background (Windows and OS/2) and lockup screen (OS/2 only) | 2004-06-16 | NT | V | Read the comments in the script before using it | ||||||
| 💾 | ❔ | Week | A | Display week number. | 2001-08-21 | D | NT | J | K | P | PS | V | DOS batch version needs Solid Oak Software's WEEKOFYR.COM. | ||
| 💾 | ❔ | Which | O | W | Enhanced "port" of Unix' WHICH to Rexx | 2000-06-04 | D | NT | K | P | PS | Explained (a little) on my Unix ports page | |||
| 💾 | WMIGen.exe | Generate Batch, C#, Delphi, F#, Java, JScript, KiXtart, Lua, Object Pascal, Object Rexx, Perl, PowerShell, Python, Ruby, VB .NET and VBScript code for WMI queries | 2023-02-25 | HTA | |||||||||||
| 💾 | ❔ | Yesterday | A | Display yesterday's date in YYYYMMDD format. | 2002-03-26 | NT | J | K | P | PS | V | ||||
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