Swiss File Knife Files

Major Update.
Read the changelist for details.

Zip File Contents:

1. Binaries of Swiss File Knife Base, the multi function command line tool
   for Windows (XP to Windows 8), Intel Linux (current and old releases),
   Apple Macintosh (i686 and PPC) and ARM systems like Raspberry Pi.

2. Sourcecode and build scripts of SFK Base,
   allowing compilation under Windows and Linux.

3. Some documentation, example and test files.

If you are in a hurry and want only a single executable,

-  download any of these files:

   sfk.exe              Swiss File Knife for Windows.
   sfk-linux.exe        SFK for 32 bits Intel Linux, like Ubuntu.
   sfk-linux-64.exe     SFK for 64 bits Intel Linux, like Ubuntu 64.
   sfk-linux-lib5.exe   SFK for older   Intel Linux, like DSL.
   sfk-mac-i686.exe     SFK for current Intel based Macs.
   sfk-mac-ppc.exe      SFK for older   PowerPC Macs.
   sfk-arm.exe          SFK for ARM systems like Raspberry Pi.
   sfktray-set-up.exe   The SFKTray Status Display Tool for Windows,
                        Freeware edition, for use with sfk status.

-  do NOT double click on the downloaded .exe,
   but open a terminal or command line window (CMD.EXE).

-  cd into your download folder.

-  Linux/Mac: rename the .exe to just "sfk" like:
      mv sfk-mac-i686.exe sfk
   then make it executable by:
      chmod +x sfk
   and finally type:
      ./sfk

-  Windows: rename the .exe to sfk.exe then type "sfk"

   if you have no unzip tool, or in a wrong version,
   you may download unzip for the command line from
   http://stahlworks.com/dev/index.php?tool=zipunzip

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the files are no longer replaced on updates, 
and can be safely linked by package managers.

old folders from which no files are ever downloaded
may be cleaned up after a while.

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-  rel: 04.07.2018, Major Update
-  sum: added sfk move to move files,
        getcol and tabcol to easily get a column
        from space or tab separated text.
        improvements of xed, getvar, scripting.
        fixed context cleanup of perline.
-  chg: Syntax Change: sfk zip: no longer adds .zip
        to output filename if it contains any dot '.'.
        this allows to create zip files with any
        extension, like .odt or .jar.
        use option -zipext for the old behaviour.
-  add: checkzip: option -md5 to show md5 checksums
        of zip file contents
-  add: general option -more to pause output
        per page.
-  add: xhexfind: option -context=n to show
        n bytes of context around results.
-  add: sfk for: now supports counting down,
        negative start/end values, and optional
        step size.
-  add: sfk zip: option -rel to strip top level
        folder name of filenames within zip.
-  add: sfk xed: option -write to rewrite a given
        file with changed output.
-  fix: sfk if: now supports expression starting
        with plus like: if "+a = +a" ...
-  fix: perline: context and options were not
        fully reset between two lines, e.g.
        load files.txt +perline "list #qtext" -yes
        produced wrong output.
-  add: sfk move: move files between two folders.
-  add: sfk mkdir: option -forfile to create dir tree
        for a given filename
-  add: scripts: #(substr(s,o,l)) now also supports
        variable (names) for o and l.
-  add: scripts: #(rsubstr(s,o,l)) to get substring
        from the right side in left direction.
-  add: sfk getcol, tabcol to get one column from
        whitespace or tab separated text.
        alias of sfk filter.
-  add: sfk ping: option -every to ping every n sec.
-  add: make-random-file: output folder creation.
-  add: sfk times, alias for sfk list -times.
-  add: list: now also accepts -times with 's'.
-  add: sfk getvar: option -numline=n to get
        a line by number.
-  add: zip/unzip: option -offtime to support
        file times which are one hour off.
-  fix: xtext: with -to out\$file it produced error -4
        during simulation.
-  fix: xtext: -to out\$file no longer writes :file
        headers into output files.
-  fix: rand: missing range check.
-  fix: ifexist file stop -all ... was not possible.
-  fix: windows mingw g++ compile.
-  chg: sfk if: improved "need a command" error info.
-  doc: list: example how to keep only existing
        filenames from a list of filenames
-  doc: count: example for filter/setvar/count.
-  doc: copy: reference to move.
-  doc: xtext: how to extract text starting at a line.
-  doc: help var: new (r)substr behaviour.
-  doc: addcr: example for current folder.
-  doc: sfk times example.
-  doc: sfk zip: example to unzip/zip an .odt file.