diff -Naur a/toys/pending/tr.c b/toys/pending/tr.c
--- a/toys/pending/tr.c	1970-01-01 05:30:00.000000000 +0530
+++ b/toys/pending/tr.c	2014-10-27 14:32:31.541342993 +0530
@@ -0,0 +1,268 @@
+/* tr.c - translate or delete characters
+ *
+ * Copyright 2014 Sandeep Sharma <sandeep.jack2756@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * See http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/tr.html
+
+USE_TR(NEWTOY(tr, "^>2<1Ccsd[+cC]", TOYFLAG_USR|TOYFLAG_BIN))
+
+config TR
+  bool "tr"
+  default n
+  help
+    usage: tr [-cds] SET1 [SET2]
+
+    Translate, squeeze, or delete characters from stdin, writing to stdout
+
+    -c/-C  Take complement of SET1
+    -d     Delete input characters coded SET1
+    -s     Squeeze multiple output characters of SET2 into one character
+*/
+
+#define FOR_tr
+#include "toys.h"
+
+GLOBALS(
+  short map[256]; //map of chars
+  int len1, len2;
+)
+
+enum {
+  class_alpha, class_alnum, class_digit,
+  class_lower,class_upper,class_space,class_blank,
+  class_punct,class_cntrl,class_xdigit,class_invalid
+};
+
+static void map_translation(char *set1 , char *set2)
+{
+  int i = TT.len1, k = 0;
+
+  if (toys.optflags & FLAG_d)
+    for (; i; i--, k++) TT.map[set1[k]] = set1[k]|0x100; //set delete bit
+
+  if (toys.optflags & FLAG_s) {
+    for (i = TT.len1, k = 0; i; i--, k++)
+      TT.map[set1[k]] = TT.map[set1[k]]|0x200;
+    for (i = TT.len2, k = 0; i; i--, k++)
+      TT.map[set2[k]] = TT.map[set2[k]]|0x200;
+  }
+  i = k = 0;
+  while (!(toys.optflags & FLAG_d) && set2 && TT.len1--) { //ignore set2 if -d present
+    TT.map[set1[i]] = ((TT.map[set1[i]] & 0xFF00) | set2[k]);
+    if (set2[k + 1]) k++;
+    i++;
+  }
+}
+
+static int handle_escape_char(char **esc_val) //taken from printf
+{
+  char *ptr = *esc_val;
+  int esc_length = 0;
+  unsigned  base = 0, num = 0, result = 0, count = 0;
+
+  if (*ptr == 'x') {
+    ptr++;
+    esc_length++;
+    base = 16;
+  } else if (isdigit(*ptr)) base = 8;
+
+  while (esc_length < 3 && base) {
+    num = tolower(*ptr) - '0';
+    if (num > 10) num += ('0' - 'a' + 10);
+    if (num >= base) {
+      if (base == 16) {
+        esc_length--;
+        if (!esc_length) {// Invalid hex value eg. /xvd, print as it is /xvd
+          result = '\\';
+          ptr--;
+        }
+      }
+      break;
+    }
+    esc_length++;
+    count = result = (count * base) + num;
+    ptr++;
+  }
+  if (base) {
+    ptr--;
+    *esc_val = ptr;
+    return (char)result;
+  } else {
+    switch (*ptr) {
+      case 'n':  result = '\n'; break;
+      case 't':  result = '\t'; break;
+      case 'e':  result = (char)27; break;
+      case 'b':  result = '\b'; break;
+      case 'a':  result = '\a'; break;
+      case 'f':  result = '\f'; break;
+      case 'v':  result = '\v'; break;
+      case 'r':  result = '\r'; break;
+      case '\\': result = '\\'; break;
+      default :
+        result = '\\';
+        ptr--; // Let pointer pointing to / we will increment after returning.
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+  *esc_val = ptr;
+  return (char)result;
+}
+
+static int find_class(char *class_name)
+{
+  int i;
+  static char *class[] = {
+    "[:alpha:]","[:alnum:]","[:digit:]",
+    "[:lower:]","[:upper:]","[:space:]",
+    "[:blank:]","[:punct:]","[:cntrl:]",
+    "[:xdigit:]","NULL"
+  };
+
+  for (i = 0; i != class_invalid; i++) {
+    if (!memcmp(class_name, class[i], (class_name[0] == 'x')?10:9)) break;
+  }
+  return i;
+}
+
+static char *expand_set(char *arg, int *len)
+{
+  int i = 0, j, k, size = 256;
+  char *set = xzalloc(size*sizeof(char));
+
+  while (*arg) {
+
+    if (i >= size) {
+      size += 256;
+      set = xrealloc(set, size);
+    }
+    if (*arg == '\\') {
+      arg++;
+      set[i++] = (int)handle_escape_char(&arg);
+      arg++;
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (arg[1] == '-') {
+      if (arg[2] == '\0') goto save;
+      j = arg[0];
+      k = arg[2];
+      if (j > k) perror_exit("reverse colating order");
+      while (j <= k) set[i++] = j++;
+      arg += 3;
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (arg[0] == '[' && arg[1] == ':') {
+
+      if ((j = find_class(arg)) == class_invalid) goto save;
+
+      if ((j == class_alpha) || (j == class_upper) || (j == class_alnum)) {
+      for (k = 'A'; k <= 'Z'; k++) set[i++] = k;
+      }
+      if ((j == class_alpha) || (j == class_lower) || (j == class_alnum)) {
+        for (k = 'a'; k <= 'z'; k++) set[i++] = k;
+      }
+      if ((j == class_alnum) || (j == class_digit) || (j == class_xdigit)) {
+        for (k = '0'; k <= '9'; k++) set[i++] = k;
+      }
+      if (j == class_space || j == class_blank) {
+        set[i++] = '\t';
+        if (j == class_space) {
+          set[i++] = '\n';
+          set[i++] = '\f';
+          set[i++] = '\r';
+          set[i++] = '\v';
+        }
+        set[i++] = ' ';
+      }
+      if (j == class_punct) {
+        for (k = 0; k <= 255; k++)
+          if (ispunct(k)) set[i++] = k;
+      }
+      if (j == class_cntrl) {
+        for (k = 0; k <= 255; k++)
+          if (iscntrl(k)) set[i++] = k;
+      }
+      if (j == class_xdigit) {
+        for (k = 'A'; k <= 'F'; k++) {
+          set[i + 6] = k | 0x20;
+          set[i++] = k;
+        }
+        i += 6;
+        arg += 10;
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      arg += 9; //never here for class_xdigit.
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (arg[0] == '[' && arg[1] == '=') { //[=char=] only
+      arg += 2;
+      if (*arg) set[i++] = *arg;
+      if (!arg[1] || arg[1] != '=' || arg[2] != ']')
+        error_exit("bad equiv class");
+      continue;
+    }
+save:
+    set[i++] = *arg++;
+  }
+  *len = i;
+  return set;
+}
+
+static void print_map(char *set1, char *set2)
+{
+  int r = 0, i, prev_char = -1;
+
+  while (1)
+  {
+    i = 0;
+    r = read(STDIN_FILENO, (toybuf), sizeof(toybuf));
+    if (!r) break;
+    for (;r > i;i++) {
+
+      if ((toys.optflags & FLAG_d) && (TT.map[(int)toybuf[i]] & 0x100)) continue;
+      if (toys.optflags & FLAG_s) {
+        if ((TT.map[(int)toybuf[i]] & 0x200) &&
+            (prev_char == TT.map[(int)toybuf[i]])) {
+          continue;
+        }
+      }
+      xputc(TT.map[(int)toybuf[i]] & 0xFF);
+      prev_char = TT.map[(int)toybuf[i]];
+      fflush(stdout);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+static void do_complement(char **set)
+{
+  int i, j;
+  char *comp = xmalloc(256);
+
+  for (i = 0, j = 0;i < 256; i++) {
+    if (memchr(*set, i, TT.len1)) continue;
+    else comp[j++] = (char)i;
+  }
+  free(*set);
+  TT.len1 = j;
+  *set = comp;
+}
+
+void tr_main(void)
+{
+  char *set1, *set2 = NULL;
+  int i;
+
+  for (i = 0; i < 256; i++) TT.map[i] = i; //init map
+
+  set1 = expand_set(toys.optargs[0], &TT.len1);
+  if (toys.optflags & FLAG_c) do_complement(&set1);
+  if (toys.optargs[1]) {
+    if (toys.optargs[1][0] == '\0') error_exit("set2 can't be empty string");
+    set2 = expand_set(toys.optargs[1], &TT.len2);
+  }
+  map_translation(set1, set2);
+
+  print_map(set1, set2);
+  free(set1);
+  free(set2);
+}
