COMMAND FUNCTION HELP TOPIC
adb debugger
apropos locate commands by keyword apropos
ar archive, library maintainer
at execute commands at later time
awk pattern scanning & processing language
ada Ada language compiler and RTS ada
apl APL interpreter
biff be notified if new mail arrives mail
cal print calendars calendar
cat catenate data cat,shell
caesar graphical layout editor cad
cb C program beautifier C
cc C compiler C
cd change working directory cd,shell
chmod change protection modes chmod
clear clear terminal screen clear
col filter formatter output documents
correct correct spelling mistakes documents
cp copy files copy
csh command interpreter with C-like syntax shell
ctrlc system/matrix analysis program ctrlc
curses Optimal cursor motion package
date print the time and date time_of_day
dbx symbolic debugger dbx
dd copy and convert data
deroff remove formatter commands documents
df list disk usage by partition df
diction find wordy sentences documents
diff differential file & directory compare diff
ditroff troff typesetter for the Imagen documents
du summarize disk usage of directory du
echo echo arguments shell
eqn typeset mathematics
explain theasaurus for diction documents
f77 Fortran 77 compiler fortran
file determine file type file
find find files
finger user information lookup finger
fold fold long text lines fold
from print sources of new mail mail
fsplit split up fortran programs
ftp intersystem File Transfer Program copy
gemacs (GNU) veratile screen editor emacs
gpssh GPSS simulation system
graph plot data on a nice graph graphics
grep search a file for patterns grep
groups show group membership groups
head give first few lines
hostname print name of current host hostname
indent indent and format C programs C
join join database primitive
kill kick a process kill
last print recent user logins last
learn computer-aided instruction on UNIX learn
leave remind you when you have to leave leave
lex generator of lexical analyzers lex
lisp Franz Lisp dialect of lisp lisp
ln make links ln
lock reserve your terminal
lpq Examine line-printer queues printing
lpr Print stuff at a line printer printing
lprm remove jobs from print queue printing
ls list contents of directories ls
m4 compleat macro pre-processor m4
mail electronic (network) mail system mail
make maintain program groups make
man on-line UNIX programmers manual man
mkdir make a directory mkdir
more file perusal program more
mt manipulate the magtape drive
mv move and rename files mv
passwd change login password password
pc pascal compiler pascal
pi pascal interpreter
plot graphics filters graphics
postnews submit a news article news
pr paginate, label, and collate files pr
print paginate and print file printing
ps display process status ps
pwd print current working directory shell
quota print current quotas quota
ratfor rational fortran pre-processor
rcp Remote file copy copy
reset reset the tty driver to sensible state terminals
rm remove files or directories rm
rsh run a command on a remote system rsh
ruptime show status of all hosts on network ruptime
rwho show who is logged in on all hosts rwho
script make a typescript of login session script
sed stream editor (filter) sed
sh standard command interpreter
slam discrete-event simulation language
sort sort and merge files sort
spell find spelling errors spell
spice accurate low-level circuit simulator cad
spitbol SNOBOL4 language interpreter spitbol
spline interpolate smooth curve graphics
split split a file into pieces split
su substitute user temporarily su
tail deliver last part of a file tail
talk talk to another user on the screen talk
tbl format pretty tables documents
tee pipe fitting tee
tr translate characters tr
tset set up terminal characteristics terminals
tty print name of current tty terminals
uniq filter out duplicate lines from stream uniq
uptime how long has the system been up? w
vi visual editor vi
vlsi tools Berkeley VSLI design tools cad
vnews full-screen news-reading program news
w who is on the system? What are they up to? w
whatis describe what a program is whatis
who who is on the system who
whoami print current effective user id whoami
wport print information about users and ttys wport
yacc LALR(1) compiler-compiler
z flexible command-based full-screen editor z
There are many more useful commands and applications programs
available. For more information, see section 1 of the UNIX
PROGRAMMER'S MANUAL, or ask a consultant.
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ajw - Last updated 6/24/94