This directory contains a collection of executable Python scripts that are

useful while building, extending or managing Python. Some (e.g., dutree or lll)

are also generally useful UNIX tools.

2to3 Main script for running the 2to3 conversion tool

abitype.py Converts a C file to use the PEP 384 type definition API

analyze_dxp.py Analyzes the result of sys.getdxp()

byext.py Print lines/words/chars stats of files by extension

byteyears.py Print product of a file's size and age

checkpyc.py Check presence and validity of ".pyc" files

cleanfuture.py Fix redundant Python __future__ statements

combinerefs.py A helper for analyzing PYTHONDUMPREFS output

copytime.py Copy one file's atime and mtime to another

crlf.py Change CRLF line endings to LF (Windows to Unix)

db2pickle.py Dump a database file to a pickle

diff.py Print file diffs in context, unified, or ndiff formats

dutree.py Format du(1) output as a tree sorted by size

eptags.py Create Emacs TAGS file for Python modules

finddiv.py A grep-like tool that looks for division operators

findlinksto.py Recursively find symbolic links to a given path prefix

findnocoding.py Find source files which need an encoding declaration

find_recursionlimit.py Find the maximum recursion limit on this machine

find-uname.py Look for the given arguments in the sets of all Unicode names

fixcid.py Massive identifier substitution on C source files

fixdiv.py Tool to fix division operators.

fixheader.py Add some cpp magic to a C include file

fixnotice.py Fix the copyright notice in source files

fixps.py Fix Python scripts' first line (if #!)

ftpmirror.py FTP mirror script

get-remote-certificate.py Fetch the certificate that the server(s) are providing in PEM form

google.py Open a webbrowser with Google

gprof2html.py Transform gprof(1) output into useful HTML

h2py.py Translate #define's into Python assignments

highlight.py Python syntax highlighting with HTML output

idle3 Main program to start IDLE

ifdef.py Remove #if(n)def groups from C sources

import_diagnostics.py Miscellaneous diagnostics for the import system

lfcr.py Change LF line endings to CRLF (Unix to Windows)

linktree.py Make a copy of a tree with links to original files

lll.py Find and list symbolic links in current directory

mailerdaemon.py Parse error messages from mailer daemons (Sjoerd&Jack)

make_ctype.py Generate ctype.h replacement in stringobject.c

md5sum.py Print MD5 checksums of argument files

mkreal.py Turn a symbolic link into a real file or directory

ndiff.py Intelligent diff between text files (Tim Peters)

nm2def.py Create a template for PC/python_nt.def (Marc Lemburg)

objgraph.py Print object graph from nm output on a library

parseentities.py Utility for parsing HTML entity definitions

parse_html5_entities.py Utility for parsing HTML5 entity definitions

patchcheck.py Perform common checks and cleanup before committing

pathfix.py Change #!/usr/local/bin/python into something else

pdeps.py Print dependencies between Python modules

pickle2db.py Load a pickle generated by db2pickle.py to a database

pindent.py Indent Python code, giving block-closing comments

ptags.py Create vi tags file for Python modules

pydoc3 Python documentation browser

pysource.py Find Python source files

reindent.py Change .py files to use 4-space indents

reindent-rst.py Fix-up reStructuredText file whitespace

rgrep.py Reverse grep through a file (useful for big logfiles)

run_tests.py Run the test suite with more sensible default options

serve.py Small wsgiref-based web server, used in make serve in Doc

suff.py Sort a list of files by suffix

svneol.py Set svn:eol-style on all files in directory

texi2html.py Convert GNU texinfo files into HTML

treesync.py Synchronize source trees (very idiosyncratic)

untabify.py Replace tabs with spaces in argument files

which.py Find a program in $PATH

win_add2path.py Add Python to the search path on Windows