Shell.NET

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Introduction

Shell.NET is a set of console applications written in C#. It features some classical Unix applications like basename, cal, grep, tr, uniq, wc, but also some very unique tools like RunScript or TextTransform, a awk-like text processing application accepting scripts written in any of the languages supported by the installed .NET Framework.

Starting with version 1.10, Shell.NET includes the WShell application, a form-based application that allows executing from within a Windows form most of the console applications but using a friendly user interface:

Applications

As of today Shell.NET is made of more than 30 applications:

	Application	Description
	Basename	Strip filename affixes
	Cal	Print calendar
	Decho	Echo arguments
	Factor	Factor a number
	Grep	Search for a text pattern in files
	Head	Display top lines of files
	ImageBuilder	Build an image from a pattern and a text string
	Pwd	Print working directory
	Reverse	Reverse lines of a file
	RunScript	Compile and execute .NET scripts
	SameFiles	Determine whether 2 files are the same
	SortLines	Sort or merge files
	Tail	Display last lines of files
	Tee	Pipe fitting
	TextMerge	Cut and merge text files
	TextReplace	Replace text patterns
	TextTabs	Expand or compress tabs
	TextTransform	Text files manipulation
	Touch	Update file timestamp
	Translate	Translate characters
	Uniq	Report repeated lines
	Where	Search for files
	Which	Find which version of a program is active
	WordCount	Count characters, words, and lines
	WShell	A Windows form interface for most of the Shell.NET utilities like Grep, TextTabs, TextReplace, ...
	XmlQuery	Extraction data from xml files.
	XmlRichDocument	Build rich xml document file from an assembly
	XmlTransform	Xml files manipulation
	XmlValidate	Validate xml files against a dtd, xdr, or xsd schema file.

Documentation

The whole text of the documentation of Shell.NET is embedded within the source code of the Shell.NET applications using the standard .NET rules for commenting. The .chm documentation itself was then generated using NDoc.