From 8b83bce883553dd89ec29475ec3d7eb573f57aa5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Guido van Rossum Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1992 16:15:12 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Better intro; added some new scripts. --- Demo/scripts/README | 19 ++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Demo/scripts/README b/Demo/scripts/README index 3110cbaf00c..fe9ef51656b 100644 --- a/Demo/scripts/README +++ b/Demo/scripts/README @@ -1,18 +1,31 @@ -Contents of this directory: +This directory contains a collection of executable Python scripts. + +Some perform Python housekeeping jobs (e.g., converting old syntax or +generating tags files), others are useful UNIX tools, are some are +just cute demos (e.g., pi.py). + +A number of these of these deserve a link in your bin directory. All +deserve study if you want to learn Python programming. + +Table of contents: byteyears.py Print product of a file's size and age checkpyc.py Check presence and validity of ".pyc" files classfix.py Convert old class syntax to new copytime.py Copy one file's atime and mtime to another +h2py.py Translate #define's into Python assignments +dutree.py Format du(1) output as a tree sorted by size eptags.py Create Emacs TAGS file for Python modules fact.py Factorize numbers -findlinksto.py Find symbolic links to a given path (prefix) +findlinksto.py Recursively find symbolic links to a given path prefix from.py Summarize mailbox +linktree.py Make a copy of a tree with links to original files +lll.py Find and list symbolic links in current directory lpwatch.py Watch BSD line printer queues mkreal.py Turn a symbolic link into a real file or directory objgraph.py Print object graph from nm output on a library pdeps.py Print dependencies between Python modules -pi.py Print digits of pi (uses arbitrary precision integers) +pi.py Print all digits of pi -- given enough time and memory primes.py Print prime numbers ptags.py Create vi tags file for Python modules suff.py Sort a list of files by suffix