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+# Matt McCutchen's Linux utilities
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+This is a collection of utilities I use or previously used on my Linux system.  Some of them may work on other unix-like systems.  For documentation, see https://mattmccutchen.net/utils/ and (where present) comments in the files.  Your feedback and contributions are welcome: please email me at matt@mattmccutchen.net .
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+These utilities are in one repository for my convenience and yours even though they fall into a number of unrelated groups and vary widely in maturity.  Caveat emptor!
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+## License
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+These are solely authored by me and hereby in the public domain except:
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+- lesspipe.sh: a modified version of [Fedora's lesspipe.sh](https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/less/blob/master/f/lesspipe.sh), the license of which I have not confirmed but presume to be free
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+- stow: a modified version of [Stow](https://www.gnu.org/software/stow/) under the GNU General Public License version 2 (provided in COPYING.GPLv2) or later
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+Of course, there is absolutely no warranty.