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• Locate a command on PATH

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  Return the expanded path of an executable, or not installed.

  process filesystem

• Compare dotted version strings

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  Return a negative number, zero, or a positive number for less, equal, or greater.

  version

• Rotate a matrix 90 degrees

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  Transpose a matrix and reverse each row to rotate it clockwise.

  array

• Ordinal suffix for a number

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  Return 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 11^th, and so on for an integer.

  text

• Seconds as a human duration

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  Turn a second count into days, hours, minutes, and seconds.

  time

• Run a command and capture output

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  Execute a argv list and return status, stdout, and stderr.

  process

• Seconds to HH:MM:SS

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  Format an integer number of seconds as a zero-padded hours, minutes, and seconds string.

  time

• Keep the smaller value

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  Return the lesser of two comparable values.

  math