 List

Name Category Description

Create and administer SCCS
admin SCCS
files
alias Misc Define or display aliases
Create and maintain library
ar Misc
archives
Interpret carriage-control
asa Text Processing
characters
Execute commands at a later
at Process Management
time
Pattern scanning and
awk Text processing
processing language
Return non-directory portion
basename Filesystem
of a pathname
Schedule commands to be
batch Process Management
executed in a batch queue
Arbitrary-precision
bc Misc
arithmetic language
bg Process Management Run jobs in the background
Exit from for, while, or until
break Shell programming
loop
Compile standard C
c99 C Programming
programs
cal Misc Print a calendar
cat Filesystem Concatenate and print files
Change the working
cd Filesystem
directory
Generate a C-language
cflow C Programming
flowgraph
Change the file group
chgrp Filesystem
ownership
Change the file
chmod Filesystem
modes/attributes/permissions
chown Filesystem Change the file ownership
Write file checksums and
cksum Filesystem
sizes
cmp Filesystem Compare two files
colon Shell Programming Null utility
Select or reject lines
comm Text Processing
common to two files
command Shell Programming Execute a simple command
compress Filesystem Compress data
Continue for, while, or until
continue Shell programming
loop
cp Filesystem Copy files
Schedule periodic
crontab Misc
background work
csplit Text Processing Split files based on context
ctags C Programming Create a tags file
Cut out selected fields of
cut Shell Programming
each line of a file
Generate a C-language
cxref C Programming program cross-reference
table
date Misc Write the date and time
dd Filesystem Convert and copy a file
Make a delta (change) to an
delta SCCS
SCCS file
df Filesystem Report free disk space
diff Text processing Compare two files
Return the directory portion
dirname Filesystem
of a pathname
Execute commands in the
dot Shell programming
current environment
du Filesystem Estimate file space usage
Write arguments to standard
echo Shell programming
output
ed Text processing The standard text editor
Set the environment for
env Misc
command invocation
Construct command by
eval Shell programming
concatenating arguments
ex Text processing Text editor
Execute commands and
exec Shell programming open, close, or copy file
descriptors
exit Shell programming Cause the shell to exit
expand Text Processing Convert tabs to spaces
Set the export attribute for
export Misc
variables
Evaluate arguments as an
expr Shell Programming
expression
false Shell programming Return false value
fc Misc Process the command history
 list
fg Process Management Run jobs in the foreground
file Filesystem Determine file type
find Filesystem Find files
fold Text processing Filter for folding lines
fort77 C Programming FORTRAN compiler
List process IDs of all
fuser Process Management processes that have one or
more files open
Generate a formatted
gencat Misc
message catalog
Get a version of an SCCS
get SCCS
file
getconf Misc Get configuration values
getopts Shell Programming Parse utility options
grep Misc Search text for a pattern
Remember or report utility
hash Misc
locations
head Text processing Copy the first part of files
iconv Text processing Codeset conversion
id Misc Return user identity
Remove a message queue,
ipcrm Misc semaphore set, or shared
memory segment identifier
Report interprocess
ipcs Misc communication facilities
status
Display status of jobs in the
jobs Process Management
current session
join Text Processing Relational database operator
Terminate or signal
kill Process Management
processes
Generate programs for
lex C Programming
lexical tasks
link Filesystem Call link function
ln Filesystem Link files
Get locale-specific
locale Misc
information
localedef Misc Define locale environment
logger Shell programming Log messages
logname Misc Return the user's login name
lp Text Processing Send files to a printer
ls Filesystem List directory contents
m4 Misc Macro processor
mailx Misc Process messages
Maintain, update, and
make C Programming regenerate groups of
programs
Display system
man Misc
documentation
mesg Misc Permit or deny messages
mkdir Filesystem Make directories
mkfifo Filesystem Make FIFO special files
Display files on a page-by-
more Text processing
page basis
mv Filesystem Move files
newgrp Misc Change to a new group
Invoke a utility with an
nice Process Management
altered nice value
nl Text Processing Line numbering filter
Write the name list of an
nm C Programming
object file
Invoke a utility immune to
nohup Process Management
hangups
Dump files in various
od Misc
formats
Merge corresponding or
paste Text processing
subsequent lines of files
patch Text processing Apply changes to files
pathchk Filesystem Check pathnames
pax Misc Portable archive interchange
pr Text processing Print files
printf Shell programming Write formatted output
prs SCCS Print an SCCS file
ps Process Management Report process status
print working directory -
pwd Filesystem Return working directory
name
qalter Batch Utilities Alter batch job
qdel Batch Utilities Delete batch jobs
qhold Batch Utilities Hold batch jobs
qmove Batch Utilities Move batch jobs
qmsg Batch Utilities Send message to batch jobs
qrerun Batch Utilities Rerun batch jobs
qrls Batch Utilities Release batch jobs
qselect Batch Utilities Select batch jobs
qsig Batch Utilities Signal batch jobs
qstat Batch Utilities Show status of batch jobs
qsub Batch Utilities Submit a script
Read a line from standard
read Shell Programming
input
Set the readonly attribute for
readonly Misc
variables
Set nice values of running
renice Process Management
processes
return Shell Programming Return from a function
rm Filesystem Remove directory entries
Remove a delta from an
rmdel SCCS
SCCS file
rmdir Filesystem Remove directories
Print current SCCS file-
sact SCCS
editing activity
Front end for the SCCS
sccs SCCS
subsystem
sed Text processing Stream editor
Set or unset options and
set Misc
positional parameters
Shell, the standard command
sh Shell programming
language interpreter
shift Shell programming Shift positional parameters
Suspend execution for an
sleep Shell programming
interval
Sort, merge, or sequence
sort Text Processing
check text files
split Misc Split files into pieces
strings C Programming Find printable strings in files
Remove unnecessary
strip C Programming information from executable
files
stty Misc Set the options for a terminal
tabs Misc Set terminal tabs
tail Text processing Copy the last part of a file
talk Misc Talk to another user
tee Shell programming Duplicate standard input
test Shell programming Evaluate expression
time Process Management Time a simple command
times Process Management Write process times
Change file access and
touch Filesystem
modification times
 Change terminal
tput Misc
characteristics
tr Text processing Translate characters
trap Process Management Trap signals
true Shell programming Return true value
tsort Text processing Topological sort
tty Misc Return user's terminal name
Write a description of
type Misc
command type
ulimit Misc Set or report file size limit
Get or set the file mode
umask Misc
creation mask
unalias Misc Remove alias definitions
uname Misc Return system name
uncompress Misc Expand compressed data
unexpand Text Processing Convert spaces to tabs
Undo a previous get of an
unget SCCS
SCCS file
Report or filter out repeated
uniq Text Processing
lines in a file
unlink Filesystem Call the unlink function
Unset values and attributes
unset Misc
of variables and functions
uucp Network System-to-system copy
uudecode Network Decode a binary file
uuencode Network Encode a binary file
uucp status inquiry and job
uustat Network
control
uux Process Management Remote command execution
val SCCS Validate SCCS files
Screen-oriented (visual)
vi Text processing
display editor
wait Process Management Await process completion
Word, line, and byte or
wc Text processing
character count
what SCCS Identify SCCS files
who System Administration Display who is on the system
Write to another user's
write Misc
terminal
Construct argument lists and
xargs Shell Programming
invoke utility
Yet another compiler
yacc C Programming
compiler
zcat Text Processing Expand and concatenate data