a2p |
Create a Perl script from an AWK script. |
ac |
Print statistics about user connection time. |
access |
The system function which checks a user's permissions to access a file. |
addgroup |
Add a group to the system. |
adduser |
Add a user to the system. |
agrep |
Version of the grep utility which also matches approximate patterns. |
alias |
Create an alternate name for a command. |
apropos |
Search the manual pages for a keyword or regular expression. |
apt-cache |
Search for information about software packages available through APT. |
apt-get |
Command line tool for managing APT software packages. |
aptitude |
Text-based front end for the APT package management system. |
ar |
Create, modify, and extract files from archives. |
arch |
Display the architecture of the system. |
arp |
Manipulate the system ARP cache. |
as |
An assembler. |
aspell |
An interactive spell checker. |
at |
Schedule a command to be run at a certain time. |
awk |
Interpreter for the AWK text processing programming language. |
basename |
Strip directory information and suffixes from filenames. |
bash |
The Bourne Again shell command interpreter. |
bc |
A calculator. |
bdiff |
Identify the differences between two very big files. |
bfs |
An editor which can load very large files. |
bg |
Resume a suspended program without bringing it to the foreground. |
biff |
Receive detailed mail notifications at the command line. |
break |
Break out of a while, for, foreach, or until loop. |
bs |
A Linux version of the popular game "Battleship." |
bye |
On some systems, an alias for the exit command. |
cal |
Display a conveniently-formatted calendar from the command line. |
calendar |
Display appointments and reminders. |
cancel |
Cancel a print job under the System V operating system. |
cat |
Output the contents of a file. |
cc |
Compiler of the C programming language. |
cd |
Change the working directory. |
cfdisk |
A more user-friendly version of the fdisk disk partitioning utility. |
chdir |
The system function for changing the working directory. |
checkeq |
Language processor which assists in describing equations. |
checknr |
Check nroff and troff files for errors. |
chfn |
Change a user's finger information. |
chgrp |
Change the group ownership of files and directories. |
chkey |
Change the secure RPC key pair on SunOS. |
chmod |
Change the permissions of files and directories. |
chown |
Change the ownership of files and directories. |
chroot |
Run a command or shell from another directory, and treat that directory as root. |
chsh |
Change login shell. |
cksum |
Calculate and display a CRC for files. |
clear |
Clears the screen. |
cmp |
Compare two files byte by byte. |
col |
Filter reverse linefeeds. |
comm |
Compare two sorted files line by line. |
compress |
Compress a file or files. |
continue |
Break out of a while, for, foreach, or until loop. |
cp |
Copy files and directories. |
cpio |
Copy files to or from archives. |
crontab |
View and edit a list of jobs for the system to run at regular intervals. |
crypt |
System function used to encrypt passwords. |
csh |
The C shell command interpreter. |
csplit |
Split files based on a defined context. |
ctags |
Create tag files for source code. |
cu |
Calls up another system, acting as a dial-in terminal. |
curl |
Transfer data to or from a server. |
cut |
Remove or "cut out" sections of each line of a file or files. |
date |
Output the current date and time. |
dc |
An arbitrary-precision arithmetic package. |
dd |
Copy and convert the encoding of files. |
delgroup |
Remove a group from the system. |
deluser |
Remove a user from the system. |
depmod |
Generate a list of kernel module dependences and associated map files. |
deroff |
Remove nroff/troff, tbl, and eqn constructs from files. |
df |
Report the amount of available disk space on file systems. |
dhclient |
Communicate with a DHCP server to obtain a dynamic IP address. |
diff |
Identify the differences between two files. |
dig |
DNS lookup utility. |
dircmp |
Compare the contents of two directories, listing unique files. |
dirname |
Strip the filename from a pathname, leaving only the directory component. |
dmesg |
Print or control the kernel ring buffer. |
dos2unix |
Convert text files between DOS and Unix formats. |
dpkg |
Query, install, remove, and maintain Debian software packages and their dependencies. |
dpost |
Translate files created by troff into PostScript under Solaris. |
du |
Report the amount of disk space used by a file or files. |
echo |
Output text. |
ed |
A simple text editor. |
edit |
A text editor. |
egrep |
Filter text which matches an extended regular expression. |
eject |
Eject removable media. |
elm |
A mail client. |
emacs |
A highly extensible text editor. |
enable |
Enable and disable LP printers. |
env |
Report the value of environment variables. |
eqn |
Language processor for describing equations. |
ex |
Line-editor mode of the vi text editor. |
exit |
Exit the command shell. |
expand |
Expand tab characters to a series of spaces. |
expr |
Evaluate arguments as an expression. |
fc |
List, edit, or re-execute commands from the command history. |
fdisk |
A disk partioning utility. |
fg |
Resumes a suspended job and brings it to the foreground. |
fgrep |
Filter text which matches a fixed-character string. |
file |
Determine a file's type. |
find |
Find files within a directory hierarchy. |
findsmb |
List information about machines networked with the Samba protocol. |
finger |
List information about a user. |
fmt |
A formatter for simplifying and optimizing text files. |
fold |
Wrap lines of text to a specified line width. |
for |
Execute a set of commands in a repeating loop. |
foreach |
Execute a set of commands once for each of a given set of input items. |
free |
Display the amount of free and used memory. |
fsck |
Check and repair a Linux file system. |
ftp |
Conduct an interactive FTP session over a secure network connection. |
fuser |
Identify processes using files or sockets. |
gawk |
GNU's version of the AWK programming language. |
getfacl |
Display file access control lists. |
gethostname |
System call to get the hostname of the current processor. |
gpasswd |
Administer /etc/group and /etc/gshadow. |
gprof |
Display call graph profile data. |
grep |
Filter text which matches a regular expression. |
groupadd |
Add a group to the system. |
groupdel |
Remove a group from the system. |
groupmod |
Modify a group definition. |
gunzip |
Expand compressed files. |
gview |
An alias for vim. |
gvim |
An alias for vim. |
gzip |
Create, modify, list the contents of, and extract files from GNU zip archives. |
halt |
Stop the computer. |
hash |
Access internal hash tables under Solaris. |
hashstat |
Evaluate the effectiveness of internal hash tables under Solaris. |
head |
Display the first lines of a file. |
help |
Display help for built-in shell commands. |
history |
Display the command history. |
host |
Convert a host name to an IP address and vice versa. |
hostid |
Print the numeric identifier for the current host. |
hostname |
Set or print the hostname of system. |
id |
Display real and effective user and group IDs. |
ifconfig |
View or modify the configuration of network interfaces. |
ifdown |
Disable a network interface. |
ifquery |
Parse information about a network interface. |
ifup |
Enable a network interface. |
info |
Read Info documents. |
init |
The parent of all processes on the system. |
iostat |
Report CPU and I/O statistics for devices and partitions. |
ip |
Display and manipulate information about routing, devices, policy routing and tunnels. |
isalist |
Display the native instruction sets available on a Solaris system. |
iwconfig |
Configure a wireless network interface. |
jobs |
List the status of all running jobs. |
join |
Join the lines of two files which share a common field of data. |
keylogin |
Decrypt a user's secret key on SunOS. |
kill |
Send a signal to a process, affecting its behavior or killing it. |
killall |
Kill processes by name. |
ksh |
The Korn shell command interpreter. |
last |
Display a listing of the most recently logged-in users. |
ld |
Link editor for object files. |
ldd |
List dynamic dependencies of executable files or shared objects. |
less |
Scrolling text viewer. |
lex |
Generate programs for performing lexical tasks. |
link |
Create a hard link to a regular file. |
ln |
Create a link, or a symbolic link, to a file or directory. |
lo |
Exit the command shell. |
locate |
Search a local database to find files by name. |
login |
Begin a session on a system. |
logname |
Return a user's login name. |
logout |
Exit the command shell. |
losetup |
Set up and control loop devices. |
lp |
Print a file on the System V operating system. |
lpadmin |
Configure LP print services. |
lpc |
Control line printers. |
lpq |
List the status of available printers. |
lpr |
Submit print requests. |
lprm |
Remove requests from the print queue. |
lpstat |
List the status of the LP print services. |
ls |
List the contents of a directory or directories. |
lsof |
List open files. |
lzcat |
View compressed .lzma files. |
lzma |
Compress files to .lzma file. |
mach |
Display the processor of the current system. |
mail |
Read, compose, and manage mail. |
mailcompat |
Provide SunOS 4.x compatibility for the Solaris mailbox format. |
mailx |
Process mail messages. |
make |
Automatically build executable programs and libraries from source code. |
man |
Display the manual page of a given command. |
merge |
Performs a merge of the contents of three files. |
mesg |
Control if (non-root) users can send messages to your terminal. |
mii-tool |
View and manipulate the status of a media-independent interface. |
mkdir |
Create a directory. |
mkfs |
Build a Linux file system, usually a hard disk partition. |
mkswap |
Set up a Linux swap area. |
modprobe |
Add and remove modules from the Linux kernel. |
more |
Display text one screen at a time. |
mount |
Mount a file system so that its data may be accessed. |
mt |
Control magnetic tapes. |
mv |
Move files and directories from one location to another, and optionally rename them. |
myisamchk |
Check, repair, optimize, or fetch information about a MySQL database. |
mysql |
An open-source relational database management system. |
mysqldump |
A tool for backing up or transferring MySQL databases. |
nc |
TCP/IP swiss army knife. |
neqn |
Language processor for describing equations. |
netstat |
Print information about network connections, routing tables, interface statistics, masquerade connections, and multicast memberships. |
newalias |
Install new elm aliases. |
newform |
Change the format of a text file under Solaris. |
newgrp |
Log into a new group. |
nice |
Invoke a command with an altered scheduling priority. |
niscat |
Display NIS+ tables and objects. |
nischmod |
Change access rights on a NIS+ object. |
nischown |
Change the owner of a NIS+ object on a system running Solaris. |
nischttl |
Change the time to live value of a NIS+ object. |
nisdefaults |
Display NIS+ default values. |
nisgrep |
Utilities for searching NIS+ tables. |
nismatch |
Utilities for searching NIS+ tables. |
nispasswd |
Change NIS+ password information. |
nistbladm |
Administer NIS+ tables. |
nl |
Number the lines in a file. |
nmap |
Network exploration tool and security port scanner. |
nohup |
Instruct a command to continue running even if the session is disconnected or the user logs out. |
nroff |
Format documents for terminal display or line-printer. |
nslookup |
Query a name server for information about a remote host. |
od |
Dump files in octal and other formats. |
on |
Execute a command on a remote system, but with the local environment. |
onintr |
Built-in shell function which responds to hardware interrupts. |
optisa |
Determine which instruction set is optimal to use on a Solaris system. |
pack |
Compress files using a Huffman algorithm. |
pagesize |
Display the size of a page of memory in bytes. |
parted |
A disk partition manipulation program. |
partprobe |
Inform the operating system about changes to the partition table. |
passwd |
Change a user's password. |
paste |
Merge corresponding lines of files. |
pax |
Read and write file archives, and copy directory hierarchies. |
pcat |
Print the uncompressed contents of a compressed file. |
perl |
Interpreter for the Perl programming language. |
pg |
Browse page by page through text files. |
pgrep |
Look up processes based on the name or other attributes. |
pico |
A simple text editor. |
pine |
A client for using mail and newsgroups. |
ping |
Send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts. |
pkill |
Send a signal to any process whose attributes match a regular expression. |
poweroff |
Stop the computer. |
pr |
Format a text file for printing. |
printenv |
Print all or part of the environment. |
printf |
Write formatted output. |
priocntl |
Display or set scheduling parameters of a processes under Solaris. |
ps |
Report the status of a process or processes. |
pstree |
Display processes in a tree format. |
pvs |
Display the internal version information of dynamic objects within an ELF file. |
pwd |
Print the name of the working directory. |
quit |
Exit the command shell. |
rcp |
Copy files to or from a remote system. |
readlink |
Print the value of a symbolic link or canonical file name. |
reboot |
Stop the computer. |
red |
Run ed in "restricted" (less powerful, more secure) mode. |
rehash |
Recompute internal hash tables under Solaris. |
rename |
Rename multiple files according to a regular expression. |
renice |
Alter the priority of running processes. |
repeat |
Execute a set of commands in a repeating loop. |
replace |
A string-replacement utility. |
rgview |
An alias for vim. |
rgvim |
An alias for vim. |
rlogin |
Begin a session on a remote system. |
rm |
Delete files. |
rmdir |
Remove a directory. |
rn |
A newsgroup reader. |
route |
Display and manipulate the IP routing table. |
rpcinfo |
Report information about Remote Procedure Calls. |
rsh |
Execute a command on a remote shell. |
rsync |
A fast and versatile file copying tool capable of synchronizing files across remote systems. |
rview |
An alias for vim. |
rvim |
An alias for vim. |
s2p |
Convert a sed script into a Perl script. |
sag |
Under Solaris, Graphically displays system activity data generated by sar. |
sar |
Display CPU activity under Solaris. |
scp |
Copy files securely over a network connection. |
screen |
Screen manager with VT100/ANSI terminal emulation. |
script |
Record everything printed on your screen. |
sdiff |
Compare two files, side-by-side. |
sed |
A utility for filtering and transforming text. |
sendmail |
Send mail. |
service |
Run a System V init script. |
set |
Set the value of an environment variable. |
setenv |
Set the value of an environment variable. |
setfacl |
Modify the access control list of a file or files. |
sethostname |
System calls or set the hostname of the current processor. |
sfdisk |
A low-level disk partitioning program. |
sftp |
Conduct an interactive FTP session over a secure network connection. |
sh |
The Bourne shell command interpreter. |
shred |
Overwrite a file's contents, irrevocably destroying them. |
shutdown |
Schedule a time for the system to be powered down. |
sleep |
Wait a given number of seconds. |
slogin |
Login to a remote system securely. |
smbclient |
An ftp-like client for accessing SMB/CIFS resources on servers. |
sort |
Sort the lines in a text file. |
spell |
A spell checker. |
split |
Split a file into pieces. |
startx |
Start an X Window System session. |
stat |
Display the status of a file or filesystem. |
stop |
Stop a running job. |
strftime |
Format strings that represent the system date and time. |
strip |
Discard symbols from object files. |
stty |
Set options for your terminal display. |
su |
Become the superuser or another user. |
sudo |
Execute a command as the superuser. |
swapoff |
Disable a Linux swap area. |
swapon |
Enable a Linux swap area. |
sysinfo |
Get and set system information strings. |
sysklogd |
Linux system logging utilities. |
tabs |
Set tab stops on a terminal. |
tac |
Output the contents of files in reverse order. |
tail |
Print the last lines of a text file. |
talk |
Talk with other logged in users. |
tar |
Create, modify, list the contents of, and extract files from tar archives. |
tbl |
Preprocessor which formats tables for nroff or troff. |
tcopy |
Copy a magnetic tape. |
tcpdump |
Capture raw network traffic. |
tcsh |
A command-line shell similar to csh, with some additional features. |
tee |
Route a file's contents to multiple outputs. |
telinit |
Process control initialization. |
telnet |
Connect to a remote system using the telnet protocol. |
test |
Check file types and compare values. |
time |
Report how long it takes for a command to execute. |
timex |
Report process data and system activity for a specified command. |
todos |
Convert text files between DOS and Unix formats. |
top |
Display a sortable, continually-updated list of processes. |
touch |
Update the timestamp of a file or directory. |
tput |
Initialize a terminal or query the terminfo database. |
tr |
Translate one set of characters to another. |
traceroute |
Trace the route that packets take to a remote host. |
trap |
A function which "traps" signals and interrupts, and reacts to them. |
tree |
List the contents of a file hierarchy visually in a tree format. |
troff |
Typeset or format documents for terminal display or line-printer. |
tty |
Print the file name of the terminal connected to standard input. |
ul |
Translate underscores to underlining. |
umask |
Get or set the file mode creation mask. |
umount |
Unmount a file system, making its data inaccessible. |
unalias |
Remove an alias. |
uname |
Print information about the current system. |
uncompress |
Extract files from compressed archives. |
unhash |
Remove internal hash table under Solaris. |
uniq |
Identify, and optionally filter out, repeated lines in a file. |
unlink |
Remove a file. |
unlzma |
Decompress .lzma files. |
unpack |
Expand a compressed file. |
until |
Execute a set of commands until a certain condition is true. |
unxz |
Decompress .xz files. |
unzip |
List, test and extract compressed files in a zip archive. |
uptime |
Display information about how long the system has been running. |
useradd |
Add a user to the system. |
userdel |
Remove a user from the system. |
usermod |
Modify a user's account. |
vacation |
Reply to mail automatically. |
vgrind |
"Grind" nice program listings. |
vi |
Text editor based on the visual mode of ex. |
view |
Run vim in read-only mode. |
vim |
An advanced version of vi. |
vipw |
Safely edit the password file. |
visudo |
Safely edit the sudoers file. |
vmstat |
Report statistics about virtual memory usage. |
w |
Show who is logged on and what they are doing. |
wait |
Await process completion. |
wall |
Send a message to all logged-in users. |
wc |
Display a count of lines, words, and characters in a file. |
wget |
Download files via HTTP or FTP. |
whatis |
Display short manual page descriptions. |
whereis |
Locate the binary, source, and manual page files for a command. |
which |
Locate the binary executable of a command. |
while |
Execute a set of actions while a certain condition is true. |
who |
Report which users are logged in to the system. |
whoami |
Print your effective userid. |
whois |
An internet user name directory service. |
write |
Send a message to another user. |
X |
Executable of the X Window System. |
Xorg |
The executable of the X Window System server. |
xargs |
Build and execute complex commands, and execute them on multiple files. |
xfd |
Display all the characters in an X font. |
xhost |
Server access control program for X. |
xinit |
The initializer of the X Window System. |
xlsfonts |
Display X font lists. |
xrdb |
An X server resource database utility. |
xset |
A user preference utility for X. |
xterm |
A terminal emulator for X. |
xz |
Compress files to .xz files. |
xzcat |
View compressed .xz files. |
yacc |
"Yet another compiler-compiler." |
yes |
Repeatedly output a given string, or the letter "y". |
yppasswd |
Change a network password in an NIS database. |
yum |
An interactive rpm-based package manager. |
zcat |
Print the uncompressed contents of compressed files. |
zip |
A compression and archiving utility. |
zipcloak |
Encrypt files within an existing zip archive. |
zipinfo |
Display technical information about a zip file. |
zipnote |
View, add, or modify a zip file's comments. |
zipsplit |
Split a single zip archive into a set of smaller zip files. |