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diff --git a/system/percol/slack-desc b/system/percol/slack-desc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..8895b04d21 --- /dev/null +++ b/system/percol/slack-desc @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: +# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. +# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and +# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. +# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also +# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines. + + |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------| +percol: percol (interactive selection for UNIX pipes) +percol: +percol: An interactive grep tool in your terminal. Percol does the following: +percol: +percol: 1. receives input lines from stdin or a file, 2. lists the input +percol: lines, 3. waits for your input that filters/selects the line(s), +percol: 4. and finally outputs the selected line(s) to stdout. +percol: +percol: Since percol just filters the input and outputs the result to +percol: stdout, it can be used in command-chains with | in your shell (UNIX +percol: philosophy!). |