cat_win

Advanced Text-Processing and -Analytics CLI Toolset
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Table of Contents

1. About The Project
   • Design Goals
   • Philosophy
   • Made With
2. Getting Started
   • Prerequisites
   • Installation
3. Usage
   • Documentation
   • Examples
4. Changelog
5. License
6. Contact

​ About The Project

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A collection of command-line utilities for everyday file and text processing workflows.

• File inspection and manipulation
• Text output and transformation
• Searching and filtering
• Encoding and decoding tools

Interactive Terminal Applications (Built with curses)

• 📝 Text editor
• 🔢 Hex editor
• 🔍 Diff viewer

Design Goals

Lightweight – no unnecessary overhead
Cross-platform – works across different environments
Minimal dependencies – easy to install anywhere
Maximal compatibility – supports Python/PyPy >= 3.6 and binary executables

Philosophy

This project focuses on delivering essential functionality in a clean and user-friendly way.
It is not intended to exactly replicate existing tools, but instead provide a cohesive toolkit for common tasks.

Made With

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​ Getting Started

Prerequisites

Using cat_win as a Python Package demands a Python-Interpreter (>= 3.6).

Using cat_win as a Binary Executable demands no prerequisites, hereby the stand-alone executables are sufficient.

Installation

Python Package
Simply install the python package (via PyPI-cat_win):

python -m pip install -U cat_win[clip]

python -m pip install -U cat_win

cat_win uses the pyperclip module by default. Should any problems occur, you can also use the pyperclip3 or pyclip module. In this case simply don't install with [clip] and manually install the desired module yourself.

On older Windows systems colored output may not be displayed correctly. In this case you can try to fix the problem by installing the cat_win-package with the optional color-fix [cfix] dependency. This fix will use the colorama module which can also be installed after the fact to patch the problem.

Binary Executable
OR alternatively you can use the (standalone) binary executable version:

Direct Download:
Windows - catw.exe
Windows - cats.exe (REPL)
Linux - catw
Linux - cats (REPL)
MacOS - catw
MacOS - cats (REPL)

(compiled using PyInstaller)
It is recommended to add the file path(s) to your system-environment PATH-variables.

Caution

You should never trust any executable file! Feel free to compile the package yourself (e.g. using PyInstaller).
You can verify the creation of the executable files yourself by reading the source code, checking the origin of the file and validating the corresponding workflow used.

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​ Usage

> catw [FILE]... [OPTION]...
> catw --help
Concatenate FILE(s) to standard output.
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> cats [OPTION]...
> cats --help
Interactively manipulate standard input.
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​ Documentation

Tip

👉 A detailed Documentation of all Parameters, Configurations and General Usage has moved to another File.
Read about specific Arguments & Options here.

Examples

📂 Images 📂

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> echo "Hello World :)" | catw - [6:] | catw - [::-1] -ln
1) [8] ): dlroW

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> cats --eval --dec
> >>> 0xF * 5
75 [Bin: 0b1001011, Oct: 0o113, Hex: 0x4b]
> >>> ...

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​ Changelog

Note

Take a look at the Changelog file.

​ License

Important

This software is provided "as is," without warranty of any kind. There are no guarantees of its functionality or suitability for any purpose. Use at your own risk—No responsibility for any issues, damages, or losses that may arise from using this software are taken.

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details

​ Contact

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