Busy Box - Unix utilities in a single EXE

[__philippe]

Damn...just got caught napping on the job... Thanks for the update, Midas !

Busybox v1.32.0-FRP-3244-g48128b9aa (2019-08-16 14:17:41 BST)

Download links
• 32-bit binary (526KB)
• 64-bit binary (610KB)
• MAN page

Total applets #: 148 in current rel

Five new applets in this release:
• dpkg
• readlink
• reset
• su
• ts

dpkg

c:\mytools>busybox --help dpkg
BusyBox v1.32.0-FRP-3244-g48128b9aa (2019-08-16 14:17:41 BST)

Usage: dpkg [-ilCPru] [-F OPT] PACKAGE

Install, remove and manage Debian packages

-i,--install Install the package
-l,--list List of installed packages
--configure Configure an unpackaged package
-P,--purge Purge all files of a package
-r,--remove Remove all but the configuration files
--unpack Unpack a package, but don't configure
--force-depends Ignore dependency problems
--force-confnew Overwrite existing config files when i
--force-confold Keep old config files when installing

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readlink

c:\mytools>busybox --help readlink
BusyBox v1.32.0-FRP-3244-g48128b9aa (2019-08-16 14:17:41 BST)

Usage: readlink [-fnv] FILE

Display the value of a symlink

-f Canonicalize by following all symlinks
-n Don't add newline
-v Verbose

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reset

c:\mytools>busybox --help reset
BusyBox v1.32.0-FRP-3244-g48128b9aa (2019-08-16 14:17:41 BST)

Usage: reset

Reset the screen

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su

c:\mytools>busybox --help su
BusyBox v1.32.0-FRP-3244-g48128b9aa (2019-08-16 14:17:41 BST)

Usage: su [-c "CMD"]

Run shell with elevated privileges

-c CMD Command to pass to 'sh -c'

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ts

c:\mytools>busybox --help ts
BusyBox v1.32.0-FRP-3244-g48128b9aa (2019-08-16 14:17:41 BST)

Usage: ts [-is] [STRFTIME]

Adds a timestamp to the beginning of each line of input

Sample usage

C:\mytools>ping google.com | busybox ts
Dec 09 15:32:19
Dec 09 15:32:19 Pinging google.com [172.217.19.206] with 32 bytes o
Dec 09 15:32:19
Dec 09 15:32:19 Reply from 172.217.19.206: bytes=32 time=29ms TTL=5
Dec 09 15:32:20 Reply from 172.217.19.206: bytes=32 time=30ms TTL=5
Dec 09 15:32:21 Reply from 172.217.19.206: bytes=32 time=29ms TTL=5
Dec 09 15:32:22 Reply from 172.217.19.206: bytes=32 time=30ms TTL=5
Dec 09 15:32:22
Dec 09 15:32:22 Ping statistics for 172.217.19.206:
Dec 09 15:32:22 Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% l
Dec 09 15:32:22 Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Dec 09 15:32:22 Minimum = 29ms, Maximum = 30ms, Average = 29ms

[Midas]

You're doing fine by me, __philippe.

[vevy]

Added to the database. https://cli.portablefreeware.com/?id=7

[__philippe]

December 2019 January 2023...long time no see

Recently revisited BusyBox project site and my...what a number of changes since v1.32.0
way too numerous for me to keep enumerating here any longer...

Instead, better take a gander at the very source of this essential gem of a Unix toolbox
where every update is documented in meticulous details

• 03-JAN-2023 Latest v1.36.0 (unstable)
https://busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.36.0.tar.bz2

• 30-SEP-2021 - Latest v1.34.1 (stable)
https://busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.34.1.tar.bz2

V1.36.0 applets summary yuletide eye-candy

[Midas]

Nice!