Useful tools missing from /rescue

[John Baldwin]

On Monday 03 September 2007 08:03:53 am Yar Tikhiy wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 02, 2007 at 11:18:04AM -0700, Tim Kientzle wrote:
> > Yar Tikhiy wrote:
> > >Hi all,
> > >
> > >I've had to use /rescue recently and felt lack of a few basic tools
> > >in it, namely pgrep(1), head(1), tail(1), tee(1), and a text filter,
> > >e.g., sed(1).  Well, in fact most functionality of pgrep(1), head(1),
> > >tail(1), and even tee(1) can be emulated if one has sed(1), but the
> > >tools are so tiny and convenient that it's a pity not to have them
> > >all handy during hard times.
> > >
> > >In addition, there are chflags and chmod in /rescue, but there's
> > >no chown in it, so the toolset is a bit incomplete.
> > 
> > Oh, my.  chown was definitely an oversight.  That
> > should have been in there.
> > 
> > My opinions:
> >  * head, tail, and tee are no-brainers; just do it.
> >  * sed would be a nice addition.  (I atttempted to
> > fit 'vi' in there, but curses is rather finicky;
> > 'sed' would be more useful.)
> 
> Thank you for supporting my idea!

I would go for all of these as well as 'chown'.  Are you still planning on
doing this?

-- 
John Baldwin