Re: Useful tools missing from /rescue

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.)
  * I personally would not add pgrep/pkill because I
never use them.

Of course, it's hard to get worked up about 45k,
so feel free to ignore the above.

Cheers,

Tim Kientzle
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