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C HAPTER 7
Miscellaneous Tools
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n addition to the standard development tools used in software development
projects, many other utilities are also helpful. Most of the time
these utilities are not directly related to the software development process
but are used as helping aids. This chapter provides an introduction to
some of these utilities that are extremely helpful in the software development
process. Some of the more common uses of these utilities are presented
and readers are encouraged to experiment with them. If properly
utilized, they may save time and increase productivity.
The indent utility is helpful in implementing a common programming
style scheme to all source code files in a project. The sed utility is useful
for searching and replacing text across multiple files. The diff command
is used to display difference between two or more files. The cscope and
cbrowser are used to locate symbols in a software source code tree.
The strace and ltrace utilities are useful to find out system and
library calls when a program is executed. GNU binary utilities are a set of
utilities that is often used for different needs. Information about GNU utilities
is presented in this chapter as well.
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