The Swiss File Knife is a multi-function command line tool, designed to avoid the need to install many other small tools.
With SFK, you can instantly

- find and extract text in binary files
- list dir tree sizes
- filter and replace text
- run an instant ftp server
- find duplicate files
- join many text files into one
- create and verify md5 checksum lists
- run a self-defined command on many files
- remove TAB characters from text
- create hexdumps from files
- trace contents of a tcp connection
- find dependencies between files
- print colored text to terminal
- locate commands in path
- print last lines of a file
- convert hex to binary
- convert binary to source code
- convert CR/LF line endings
- split and join large files
as well as other functions.

no installation, registry spamming, DLL's etc., all open source.

just download the .exe from
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfile ... _id=160478
(or the .zip, if you're interested in the source code)

further documentation is available under
http://stahlworks.com/dev/swiss-file-knife.html

binaries are provided for win98 and later, as well as linux.

SFK - The Swiss File Knife - *Update*
Release 1.5.9 Base of Jan 16 2011

Swiss File Knife is really a nice tool, because it has many uses!!!!

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"Whether the throwing knife falls on the melon or the melon on the knife, the melon suffers”

SFK - The Swiss File Knife File Tree Processor ~ *Update*
Release 1.6.0 Base of Mar 21 2011.
StahlWorks Art & Technology, http://stahlworks.com/dev/swiss-file-knife.html
Distributed for free under the BSD License, without any warranty.