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diff --git a/textproc/textutils/DESCR b/textproc/textutils/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..ebb2a71dee2 --- /dev/null +++ b/textproc/textutils/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +GNU text utilities + +The Free Software Foundation's text processing utilities, for +rearranging, reformatting and generally mangling text. + +Many of the utilities exist in the NetBSD base system, but the GNU +versions have added functionality, which is sometimes useful. The GNU +text utilities are mostly compatible with the POSIX.2 standard. + +Note that the texinfo documentation refers to these utilities +without the "g" prefix (cat rather than gcat, etc.). |