This is the complete list of Sun Solaris Commands.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /etc/defaultrouter Defines the systems default routers. Values must be separated with whitespace, # can be used for comments.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /etc/hostname.interface Contains the hostname of the system and should match the hostname defined in the /etc/hosts file. The file is named with the interface name, such as hostname.hme0 or hostname.le0

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /etc/hosts Configures names and aliases of IP-addresses. Fields should be separated with Tab or white space.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /etc/inetd.conf Is the Internet server database, used by the inetd daemon, which contains a list of available network services.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /etc/inittab Is a script used by init. Controls process dispatching.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /etc/nodename Specifies the real hostname for the system.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /etc/nologin Is a text file message that is shown to the user who tries to log on during a system shutdown process. After the message appears the log on procedure ends.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /etc/nsswitch.conf Specifies how the lookup for different databases is done and in what order.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /etc/resolv.conf Configures DNS name servers to use for hostname lookups.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- a2p Transforms awk scripts to perl scripts, and shows the result on STDOUT.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ab Benchmarks your Apache server by sending requests to it.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ab_admin Manages an AnswerBook card catalog database through a shell-level interface. Will enable administrators to delete, add, list, verify and modify AnswerBook entries.

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accept Enables the printer queue specified to receive print requests.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- accessx Configures the keyboard for use by people with disabilities. Requires OpenWindows version 3.4 or later.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- acctcms Reads one or more files, adds the records for processes that execute commands that have the same name , and then shows a summary.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- acctcom Reads files, STDIN, or /var/adm/pacct, and searches the files for account information. Shows the information as described by acct to STDOUT.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- acctcon Reads login/logoff records from STDIN and converts them to total accounting records.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- acctcon1 Converts login/logoff records into ASCII. It reads from STDIN or the wtmp file in /var/adm/.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- acctcon2 Reads the ASCII records created by acctcon1 and converts them into total accounting (tacct) records.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- acctdisk Converts information regarding transferred disk blocks by userID or login name by reading the accounting file (usually /var/adm/pacct) and then creates total accounting records.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- acctdusg Calculates disk resource consumption for users. Reads from STDIN.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- acctmerg Merges or adds accounting files in the total accounting (tacct) or ASCII format.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- accton Outputs process accounting to the specified file. If no file name is given, will turns process accounting off.

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acctprc1 Converts information created with acct and adds the login names that corresponds with the user IDs.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- acctprc2 Reads records from STDIN in the format created by acctprc1, and sorts them by ID and name, and shows the result to STDOUT.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- acctwtmp Writes an UTMP record with the current time and a string of characters that describe the reason, into specified file.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- adb Provides a controlled environment to examine files. Is an interactive debugger to examine core files.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- addbib Creates, modifies, or updates a library database of information. After executing addbib it will give step-by-step instructions and prompt for necessary information.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- add_drv Installs new device drivers in the computer and assigns device names.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- admin, sccs-admin Manages SCCS history files. SCCS history files have the form s.filename.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- admintool Manages users and groups accounts in an X window environment. Also manages printers and allows installed software to be viewed.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- afbconfig Configures AFB Graphics Accelerators and some X11 window defaults.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- alias Creates an alias for a command. If options aren't specified it will show all aliases.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- aliasadm Manages NIS+ aliases maps.

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alloc Shows how much memory is used and is free.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- allocate Assigns and manages device allocation and ensures that each given device is used by only one user at a time.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- answerbook Starts the AnswerBook browser where you can search for information online.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- answerbook2 Starts up a browser and show online documentation from an AnswerBook2 server.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- answerbook2_admin Starts the Answerbook administration GUI interface in your default web browser and shows the URL http://localhost:8888 the management port for the AnswerBook server.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- appletviewer Executes Java applets outside the browser and shows them in a separate window.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- appres Shows how much resources a specific application will use.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- apptrace Traces function calls that a specific program makes to shared libraries.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- apropos Shows all manual pages that contain the specified keywords, including the section number and a short description.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ar Creates and updates library files. It combines files into a single archive file.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- arch Shows the hardware architecture of the current host. All SunOs 5.x SPARC based systems report as sun4.

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arp Shows and alters the ARP table which is used to map MAC addresses to their assigned IP addresses.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- as Is an assembler that will create object files using assembly language source files as input.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- asa Converts FORTRAN carriage control output to a printable format.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- aset Is a set of utilities used for security administration named Automated Security Enhancement Tool (ASET). Enables the administrator to analyze system files for permissions and attributes.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- aset.restore Resets system files to the same state as they where before ASET was installed.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- aspppd Is a daemon that provides PPP services to connect to remote hosts. Automatically starts the connection when a PPP request is made.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- aspppls Initiates the link manager to allow incoming calls. This command is the actual login service that connects the incoming client to aspppd daemon on the host server.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- at Schedules commands to be executed at a later time.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- atq Shows any queued at jobs for the current user or for a specified user.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- atrm Removes jobs from the at or batch queues.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- audioplay Plays audio files and can copy a specified audio file to an audio device.

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audiotool Records, plays and edits audio data. Used only in X-window.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- audit Manages the behavior of the audit daemon auditd.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- auditconfig Configures the audit parameters used by the kernel in order to use auditing.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- auditd Is the daemon that manages auditing and uses the audit control file to set working environment.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- auditreduce Selects and merges audit records collected from audit trail files.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- auditstat Shows kernel audit statistics as well as other useful information about the kernel.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- autoload Marks the function for auto loading.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- automount Installs mount points automatically upon user requests. It associates automount maps to an installed mount point.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- automountd Is the daemon that manages mount and unmount requests made by autofs.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- autopush Configures a list of modules that will be automatically streamed when a device is opened.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- awk Scans the input file or files for lines that match the specified pattern in 'scriptstr' or from a file.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- banner Shows the specified strings in large letters on STDOUT.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- basename Removes the prefix and suffix from a string and shows the output to STDOUT.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- bash Is the GNU Bourne-again shell. It's compatible with the Bourne shell, with additional functions from Korn and C-shell.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- batch Executes commands at a future time when the system load level permits. The commands is read from STDIN.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- bc Reads a file or STDIN and uses a C-like arithmetic language. Acts as a pre-processor for the command dc.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- bdconfig Configures the SunButtons and SunDials stream, autopush facility, and the serial device to use with the stream.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- bdftopcf Compiles a font for the X server and the font server. It converts BDF-fonts into PCF-fonts.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- bdiff Compares files that are too large for the command diff.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- bfs Scans big files to identify sections and can be used like ed. Default it will show the size of the file.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- bg Places the specified job in the background.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- biff Enables or disables mail notification. If no arguments are used, shows the current status.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- bind Shows or bind key sequences to a readline function or macro.

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binder Binds applications, print methods, icons, colors or open methods to files.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- bindkey Binds keys to an edit command in the shell. Without any options, shows all bindings.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- break Exits from a for, foreach, while, select or until loop.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- builtin Forces the use of a shell built-in command.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- builtins Shows all built-in commands in tcsh.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- bunzip2 Decompresses bzip2 compressed files.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- busstat Collects statistics and show buss performance counters.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- bye Leaves the shell. It's the same as exit.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- bzcat Decompresses a bzip2 compressed file to STDOUT.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- bzip2 Is used to compress, decompress or test bzip2 files.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- bzip2recover Recovers data from a damaged bzip2 compressed file.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- cachefslog Shows where the statistics for CacheFS are logged. Can also redirect the log or stop logging altogether.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- cachefspack Compresses or decompresses files and file systems located in cache.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- cachefsstat Shows various cache statistics like hits and misses about a cache file system that is mounted on a particular path.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- cachefswssize Shows the workspace size and the total cache size statistics for the specified cache log file.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- cal Shows the calendar for a selected month in the year, or the entire year.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- calctool Is a graphic desktop calculator that you can use with the mouse or the keyboard.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- calendar Reads your calendar file and shows any notes that you have entered for today and tomorrow.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- cancel Kills print requests to printers or printerpools. It stops print requests related to the user name on any host or specifies a print request to stop.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- captoinfo Searches file for termcap descriptions and shows the equivalent terminfo description with any comments.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- case Matches each pattern successively against the word and run the commands when the first match is found.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- cat Shows files and can also combine several files into one file.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- catman Creates and manages the manual pages and the windex database that contains short command descriptions.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- cc Works as an interface for the BSD Compatibility Package C compiler. It only works if the SPROcc development package is installed.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- cd, chdir Changes the working directory. If no directory is specified $HOME is used.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- cdc, sccs-cdc Alters the delta commentary of an SCCS delta. It can also be used to explain the commentary.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- cfsadmin Is a disk space administration utility for use with the Cache File System (CacheFS).

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- chargefee Is an accounting command that is used to charge units to a login.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- check-hostname Checks to see if the host has a fully qualified host name which is needed by sendmail.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- check-permissions Checks permissions on sendmail files. Warns if permissions are not safe.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- checkeq Creates a report of wrong or lost delimiters and equation start/end markers (EQ/EN).

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- checknr Checks nroff and troff files for errors such as missing delimiters and unknown commands.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- chgrp Sets or changes the group ID for the file or files specified.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- chkey Alters a user's secret key pair and secure RPC public key.

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chmod Alters or assigns permissions to a file.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- chown Alters the ownership ID of files and also sets the group ID if it is specified.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- chroot Alters the root directory for a command.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ckdate Prompts the user for a date format and then verifies the response.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ckgid Prompts the user for a group ID and verifies the answer.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ckint Prompts the user for an integer and then verifies the answer.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ckitem Creates a menu and then prompts the user to select a menu option that will then be verified. Use this to define prompt, help, and error messages, and to define a default value.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ckkeywd Prompts the user for a keyword and then verifies the response.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ckpacct Sets the maximum file size for the process accounting file.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ckpath Prompts the user for a path and verify the answer.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ckstr Prompts the user for a response and verifies the answer.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- cksum Calculates the checksum (CRC) and number of octets for each input file.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- cktime Prompts the user for a time format and then verifies the response.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ckuid Prompts the user for a valid user name and verifies the answer.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ckyorn Prompts the user for a yes or a no and verifies the answer.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- clear Clears the screen of all information if not disabled by your terminal environment.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- clear_locks Removes file, record and share locks that were made by an NFS client.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- clinfo Shows information about the cluster configuration on the node the command was executed.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- closewtmp Places a false DEAD_PROCESS record into the file /var/adm/wtmp for each user logged in. It is then used by the command runacct to track each users connection time.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- clri, dcopy Clears inodes by writing zeros on the specified inode number.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- cm Is the OpenWindows calendar manager. Useful in many ways as a reminder and scheduler.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- cmap_alloc Creates custom color maps for X11 clients that need to run programs that can not use the default color map.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- cmap_compact Reduces color map flashing by assigning color values towards the high end of 255 in the default color map.

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cmdtool Opens an enhanced terminal window that is used to run programs or shells.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- cmp Compares two files of any type and shows the line number and byte where the files differ.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- cm_delete Removes an appointments from the cm Calendar Manager.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- cm_insert Inserts an appointment into the cm Calendar Manager.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- cm_lookup Finds your appointments in the cm Calendar Manager.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- col Converts spaces to Tabs or Tabs to spaces in text files to create or modify columns.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- colorchooser Allows you to change colors of icons for use in an X window environment.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- comb, sccs-comb Creates a script that re-creates and combines older versions of SCCS files, s.files. All changes are saved in deltas, together with a version identification line (SID).

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- comm Compares two files and shows you the unique and common lines from both files.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- command Executes the command and will disable lookup functions in the current shell. Can also give information on how the command will be interpreted by the shell.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- complete Declares how a command should be completed.

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compress Compresses the size of a file and replaces the old file with a new file with the extension .Z. The new file will inherit the same permissions and modification times from the original file

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- comsat, in.comsat Listens for incoming mail and notifies users that have asked to be told when new mail comes (biff y).

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- consadm Shows console messages to the terminal or screen specifed. Can show messages on many screens at one time.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- constype Shows the type of Sun console you are using by showing the Sun code.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- continue Doesn't run the remaining commands in the loop and continue to the next iteration. Can be used in the commands for, while, until, select and foreach.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- conv_lp Converts line printer configuration from a directory to an output file.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- conv_lpd Converts LPD configuration files between the printers.conf and the printcap formats.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- coreadm Manages the core files in the system.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- cp Copies files and directories to a new destination.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- cpio Copies files into and out of a cpio archive. It operates in three different modes.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- cpp Is a C language preprocessor that insert include files in the source code of the source file creating a single file.

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cpustat Collects CPU statistics and shows performance counters.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- cputrack Uses CPU counters to monitor how a process behaves on the system.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- crash Examines the image of the system memory of a currently running or crashed system.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- crle Creates and displays runtime linking configuration files. If used with no or the -c option, it displays the configuration file. Otherwise, a new file is created.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- cron, crond Starts the cron daemon used to execute commands at scheduled dates and times specified in the crontab file.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- crontab Views, creates, deletes, or edits the crontab file which contains a list of jobs including the time and date they will execute. If option isn't given read from STDIN.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- crypt Encrypts or decrypts a file. Uses STDIN and STDOUT.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- csh Is the C shell command interpreter, which uses a syntax similar to the C language.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- csplit Splits all or part of a file into other files in the way specified by your arguments.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ct Dials a phone number to a terminal modem and initiates a login process to that terminal.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ctags, etags Inserts tags into programming source code files f that can act as markers making it easier to find section headings quickly and edit them using ex or vi.

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ctlmp Generates a PostScript format version from text files. Use it when you want to print text files.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- cu Connects to a terminal on another UNIX system or even a non-UNIX system

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- cut Selects fields or columns from a text file or a table and shows the result to STDOUT.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- date Shows current date and time or sets the date and time on your computer.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dbmmanage Manages DBM files with usernames and passwords to authenticate HTTP users.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dc Is a calculator that use reverse-polish notation. It use a stack to performs calculations.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dd Copies and converts an input file to an output file.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- deallocate Disables access of a device for a user.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- delta, sccs-delta Saves the changes made to an original SCCS file and creates a new deltaID for that version. The SCCS utilities is a programming feature that helps to keep track of changes and versions.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- deroff Removes macro calls, requests, table descriptions, and backslash constructs from the specified nroff, troff, tbl, eqn, or text files and shows the result to STDOUT.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- devattr Shows the attribute values for a device.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- devfree

Frees a device from exclusive use that was assigned exclusive use by the devreserv command.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- devfsadm Is used to create, update, and configure any /dev or /devices entries in the system.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- devfsadmd Manages any device configuration done by the command devfsadm.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- devfseventd Manages services for kernel event notification used by the devfsadmd command.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- devinfo Is used to show device specific and device partition information.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- devlinks Creates /dev entries for various devices by creating symbolic links between the /dev directory tree and the device nodes in the /devices tree.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- devnm Shows the location where the device is mounted.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- devreserv Reserves devices for exclusive use. To remove the reservation, use the devfree command.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- df Shows used and free disk space for all file system or the one specified.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dfmounts Shows information about mounted devices.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dfshares Shows list of shared resources available from remote or local systems.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dhcpagent Is the client daemon for the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP).

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dhcpconfig Starts the DHCP service configuration utility.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dhcpinfo Shows DHCP information that is configured on your host and your network interfaces.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dhcpmgr Is a graphical user interface used to manage the DHCP service on the local system.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dhtadm Manages the DHCP configuration table.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- diff Compares two text files in every line.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- diff3 Compares the difference between three files.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- diffmk Compares two versions of a troff input file and then creates a third file.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dircmp Compares two directories and shows a file list of the differences between them (unique files).

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dirname Shows everything up to the last level of the given path name.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dirs Shows the directory stack with the most recent one to the left.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dis Reads an object file and creates a list of assembly statements. The binary data is shown in octal or hexadecimal.

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disable Disables the printer specified from receiving additional print jobs sent by using the lpcommand.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- disable Disables names in the hash table. If no option is given, shows all disabled names.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- disks Creates /dev entries for hard disks attached to the system.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- disown Removes the specified job from the active job list.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dispadmin Shows or changes the parameters of the process scheduler on a running system.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dispgid Shows a list of all the available groups that are defined on the system, one group per line.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dispuid Shows a simple list of all valid user names on the system, one line per name.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dmesg Shows diagnostic messages on STDOUT.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dminfo Shows updates and information about a device in the device_maps file.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- docviewer Is an X window application used to view Answer Book online documentation.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dodisk Runs disk accounting functions and is normally started by the cron command.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- domainname Sets or shows the domain your system is configured for.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dos2unix Converts text files from DOS format into the ISO standard format. With this you can import your old DOS textfiles.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- download Adds host resident fonts to files, and shows results on the STDOUT.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dpost Converts files that have been created by troff into PostScript files and shows the result on STDOUT.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- drvconfig Configures the /devices directory.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dsdm Manages drag-and-drop operations in an X window environment for databases.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ds_server_init Reduces color map flashing within applications that requires colors by restricting applications to use colors.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dtaction Allows non-CDE applications and shell scripts to be run in the X window environment.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dtbuilder Makes it easier for developers to create applications that work well in the CDE.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dtchooser Allows the user to choose host to login to. Is used by dtlogin and is not intended to run manually.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dtcodegen Creates C, Motif, and CDE source code files from Builder Interface Language (BIL) files.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dtconfig Integrates CDE with the operating system.

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dtconvertvf Converts VUE 3.0 action file-type database files into CDE 1.0 format. For the files to be recognized by CDE, the files must be named with .dt extension.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dtcreate Creates actions and data types used to integrate applications into the CDE.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dterror.ds Shows error messages from applications or actions that cannot be shown in the context of the executable program.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dtexec Executes command actions. Is mostly used by the CDE and should not be started by users.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dtfile Is the CDE file manager. It is used to view, and manage the file system.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dtfile_copy Copies folders and subfolders with their content to the target folder. It deletes a file in the target folder if that file does not exist in the source folder.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dtfile_error Shows an error dialog based on the specified message.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dtksh This is a CDE extended version of the Korn shell. It gives access to many X, Xt, Xm, and CDE functions.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dtlp Prints out a file specified. Is a command-line front-end to lp.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dtmail Is a mail utility to read, send, and manage mail. It supports MIME, and Sun Mail Tool message formats, as well as IMAP4, to access remote mailboxes.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dtpad Edits text files in the CDE environment.

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dtpower Manages system power.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dtprintinfo Shows the print queue and print job status.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dtscreen Is the CDE screen saver utility.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dtsearchpath Sets the search paths for where the desktop is to look for application manager groups, filetypes and action definitions.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dtstyle Manages desktop styles.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dtterm Emulates a screen window. VALUE is always a minus (-) or a plus (+) symbol. Default is always the plus symbol except when using the -aw, -J, or -sb option.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dtwm Is the CDE Window manager, which is based on the OSF/Motif window manager mwm.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- du Shows disk usage for a directory and its subdirectories.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dump Takes selected parts of the object file arguments and dumps them.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dumpadm Configures the crash dump of the operating system.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dumpcs Shows the printable characters of the current locale.

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dumpkeys Shows the contents of the keyboard translation tables on STDOUT.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- echo Copies the written string to the screen. Exist as internal in all shells.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- echotc Is used to exercise the terminal capabilities arguments.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ed Is a line based editor. It is often used to edit files automatically in a script.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- edit Is a line based text editor for casual users. It works like ex with novice, report, and showmode set to on.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- edquota Manages user quotas for a ufs file system.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- eeprom Show or changes the values of parameters in the EEPROM.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- egrep Shows lines form the file that matches the given pattern using full regular expressions.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- eject Ejects floppies and CD's from their drives. Only works for VM-managed devices and devices without eject buttons.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- elfdump Shows information from selected parts of an object file.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- emulate Emulates other shells with Z-shell. C-shell will not be fully emulated.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- enable Enables printers to print requests from the lp command. Runs only on the print server.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- enable Enables or disables bash internal commands.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- env Alters the current environment and invokes a utility or shows the current environment.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- eqn, geqn Preprocesses files for troff which contain mathematics equations.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- erritem Shows error messages that are used with the command ckitem.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- error Inserts compiler error messages into a source file.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- eval Reads the argument as input to the shell and runs the resulting commands.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ex, e Is a line base text editor. It is able to work on several files at the same time.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- exec Runs a command in place of the current shell. Usually another shell.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- exit Exits a shell or shell script with an exit status

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- expand Replaces Tabs with spaces in text files. If no input files are specified STDIN will be used.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- export Exports a shell variable to environment.

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exportfs Translates exportfs options to share/unshare commands. Without options it shows a list of all currently shared NFS file systems.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- expr Evaluates an expression and show the result to STDOUT.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- exstr Extracts strings from source files written in the C language surrounded by double quotes.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- face Shows your files and folders on the screen. It uses a system of menus and forms.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- factor Finds the prime factor of a number. Also shows if the number is a prime factor.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- false Provides a false value in scripts, does nothing but always exits with a non zero-value.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fastboot Restarts the system but does not take the time to write data in memory to the disks.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fasthalt Stops the system immediately.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fbconfig Configures frame buffer attributes and shows information about them.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fc Reruns, edits or lists commands that have recently been used. With no options, edits and runs the last command.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fdformat Formats new diskettes.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fdisk

Creates or alters the disk partition table on your internal hard drive. You must specify rdevice, which is the raw device to a fixed disk.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fdl Manages font information on printers connected to Solaris hosts. It also allows users to manage printer maintenance.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ff Shows file names and statistics for a file system.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ffbconfig, SUNWffb_config Configures the FFB Graphics Accelerator.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fg Resumes the execution of a stopped job in the foreground. Without an argument the current job is used.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fgrep Shows lines form the file that matches the given pattern.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- file Performs tests on each file that you have specified to determine what file type it is.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- filemgr Is a GUI-based file management application. Alters file permissions and creates folders in your file system.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- filesync Synchronizes files between different computers.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- filetest Tests a file for different things.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- find Finds files in the specified directories and subdirectories using the Boolean expression from the input line.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- finger, safe_finger Shows information about logged in users.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- firewall Turns off IP forwarding and prevents route information from being visible by starting /usr/etc/in.routed.asetoriginal with the -q flag.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fmgc Manages the garbage collection and hierarchy information for users. These hierarchy files are created by the program filemgr and stores information about directories visited by users.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fmli Starts the form and menu language translator. It opens the frames that is specified by the file name argument.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fmt Is a text formatter. It will take the text from the file and produce output lines that are joined in the correct way.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fmthard Updates the Volume Table of Contents (VTOC) on hard disks.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fmtmsg Writes a message to STDERR or system console.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fnattr Manages the attributes of FNS (Federated Naming Service) objects.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fnbind Associates a resource to an FNS name, or binds a reference specified on the command line to an FNS name.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fncheck Checks for consistency between FNS (Federated Naming Service) data and NIS+ data.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fncopy Copies FNS (Federated Naming Service) contexts from one naming service to another.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fncreate Creates an FNS (Federated Naming Service) context.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fncreate_fs Creates File System contexts within the FNS (Federated Naming Service) namespace.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fncreate_printer Creates a new printer in the FNS (Federated Naming Service) namespace.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fndestroy Removes an FNS (Federated Naming Service) context from the specified name.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fnlist Shows the name and reference bound in an FNS (Federated Naming Service) context.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fnlookup Shows the binding of an FNS (Federated Naming Service) name that you specify.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fnrename Renames the binding of an FNS (Federated Naming Service) name.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fnsearch Searches for FNS (Federated Naming Service) objects with specified attributes and / or values.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fnselect Selects a naming service to use for the FNS (Federated Naming Service) initial context creation.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fnsypd Is a daemon used by NIS clients to update the FNS context on a NIS master server.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fnunbind Unbinds the resource from a FNS (Federated Naming Service) name.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fold Breaks lines in text files to the specified width.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- for

Is used to go trough each word in the list, assign the value to variable and run the commands.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- foreach Is used to go trough each word in the list, assign the value to variable and run the commands.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- format Partitions, labels, repairs, and analyzes disks on the system. Without options, the interactive tool starts.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- format_floppy Formats floppy disks. It is used mainly by the file manager.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- from Shows sender and date of newly arrived mail messages.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fsadmin Controls whether the font server is or is not started automatically by inetd.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fsck Checks file systems for inconsistencies and repair them.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fsdb Debugs a file system after a crash.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fsinfo Shows information including the capabilities about X font servers on the network.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fsirand Creates random inode generation numbers to increase security for NFS file systems. It also creates a file system ID in the superblock.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fslsfonts Shows the fonts on the font server that match the pattern specified. Wildcards * can be used.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fstobdf Creates BDF fonts from an X font server. It is used to debug font and recreate BDF files.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fstyp Determines the file system type for unmounted file systems.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ftp Transfers files from a remote network. It uses the File Transfer Protocol.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- function Defines function in a shell.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- functions Shows or set attribute for shell functions.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fuser Shows process IDs of files that are specified.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fwtmp Converts binary records in wtmp to readable text records. Reads from STDIN and writes to STDOUT.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- gcore Creates a core file image for the process you specify. The default image file name will be core.processID.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- gencat Formats text from a message file and merges the information into the formatted message database called a catfile.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- geniconvtbl Creates binary code conversion tables for iconv using text files.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- genlayouttbl Creates a binary layout table from a locale.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- genmsg Creates message source files by extracting the messages from other source files.

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get, sccs-get Retrieves version information from the working copy of the SCCS file.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- getconf Retrieves current configuration values and show them to STDOUT.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- getdev Creates a device list that matches the criteria specified.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- getdgrp Creates a list of device groups that match the specified criteria.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- getent Retrieves entries from system database files using keywords that exists in the database.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- getfacl Shows the Access Control List (ACL), the owner, and the group for the specified file.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- getln Reads a line from the command stack and doesn't treat a at the end of a row in any special way.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- getNAME Captures the NAME section from a specified manual source, which can then be used for creating a table of contents or an introduction section to a manual.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- getopt Cleans up and checks options given to a shell script. It split option given together and place each option in its own variable. Any additional arguments is placed after --

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- getopts Will retrieve or set environment options and process them from the command line. The values specified by name and the index of the next arguments are placed into the shell variable OPTIND.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- gettable Gets the DoD internet host table via the TCP port connection of a specified host server.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

gettext Gets domain name variable from a message object created by msgfmt that matches to the specified id.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- gettxt Gets a text string from a specific message file database found in the directory /usr/lib/locale/locale/LC_MESSAGES, where the locale name corresponds to the string language.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- getty Defines the terminal settings including the line speed and terminal behavior.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- getvol Verifies that the device specified is available and that the proper media is inserted and ready for use.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- glob Performs file name expansion on the words. The result is separated by a NULL-character.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- goto Jumps to label in a shell script.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- gpatch Applies changes from the patch file to the original file. The patch file is made by the diff command.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- gprof Shows an execution (call-graph) profile of a program. It can also create files containing portions of this information.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- grep Shows lines form the file that matches the given pattern.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- groupadd Creates a new group definition on the system by editing the /etc/group file.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- groupdel Deletes a specified group definition in the system that resides in the /etc/group file.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- groupmod

Alters a specific group definition on the system using the /etc/group file.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- groups Shows the groups that a user is a member of.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- grpck Verifies the entries in the group file.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- gsscred Manages table entries that are used on servers to find the UID of clients connected by RPCSEC_GSS.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- gunzip Extracts files. Support files that are created by gzip, zip compress, compress -H and pack.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- gzcat Shows (concatenates) the content of a compressed file on the screen.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- gzcmp Compares the difference between compressed files.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- gzdiff Runs the diff program on compressed files.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- gzexe Compresses executable files into a self extracting archive.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- gzforce Adds a .gz extension to a file compressed with gzip if they lost the extension during a file copy, for example.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- gzgrep Starts the grep on compressed or gzipped files. Options specified are passed to grep.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- gzip Compresses files with Lempel-Ziv coding. If it is possible, the file is replaced by one with the .gz extension.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

gzmore Shows compressed files with a suffix of .gz, .z, or .Z, one screen at a time.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- gznew Compresses files with compressed with compress (*.Z) even more and gives it a .gz extension.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- h2ph Converts the specified C header files into perl header file format.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- h2xs Creates perl extensions from C header files.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- halt Writes any remaining data in memory to the disks and then stops the computer.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- hash Shows or changes information in the internal hash table that stores information about executed commands.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- hashstat Show information about how effective the internal hash table is.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- head Show lines from the beginning of each file on the screen.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- help Shows information about internal commands. With no option, shows a short description about internal commands.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- helpitem Is used to format and show help messages for the command ckitem.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- history Shows a list of previously used commands, and can optionally execute them again.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- hostconfig

Configures host parameters automatically, like hostname and domain name for a system using.bootp

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- hostid Shows the hexadecimal identifier of the current computer.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- hostname Sets or shows the hostname for the computer.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- htable Converts a host's tables to network library routines from the older RFC 952 format.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- htdigest Manages HTTP user authentication files.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- htpasswd Manages HTTP user authentication.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- httpd Is the Apache Internet Web server.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- hup Allows a command to catch a hang-up signal. This is the opposite of nohup.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- iceauth Edits and shows authorization information to connect with ICE. Reads authorization data from one host and adds the information to another.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- iconv Converts characters from one code set to another.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- id Shows the userID and groupID of the user that you specify.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- if Makes a decision inside a shell script. If the first expr is true run the first commands. If not check the next expr and so on. If no expr was true run commands after then.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ifconfig Configures network interface parameters or show the status for network interface.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- imagetool Is a GUI that is used to show gif, tiff, jpeg and PostScript images.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- imake Creates Makefiles from a template, a set of cpp macro functions, and a per-directory file that is called Imakefile.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- in.dhcpd Configures the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). It is used to forward or respond to DHCP or BOOTP protocol requests.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- in.fingerd, fingerd Is the daemon the manages the finger protocol.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- in.ftpd, ftpd Is the Internet FTP daemon that manage FTP services. It is only started by the inetd daemon when requested.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- in.ndpd Makes auto-configurations for hosts and routers of Neighbor Discovery and Address Auto configuration for IPv6.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- in.rarpd, rarpd Provides MAC-address to IP-address resolution to workstations at startup.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- in.rdisc Finds default routes on the network or broadcasts that your host is a router.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- in.rexecd, rexecd Is a daemon that services remote execution requests and uses use rname and password authentication. inetd will automatically start the daemon when needed.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- in.ripngd Manages network routing tables for the IPv6 Routing Information Protocol.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- in.rlogind, rlogind Is the server for the rlogin command. The server looks at client's source port. If port is not in the range 0-1023, the server will abort the connection.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- in.routed, routed Manages and provides network routing tables for hosts on the network. Also updates hosts acting as internetwork routers with complete copies of routing tables.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- in.rshd, rshd Is the server for rsh (remote shell) and allows clients to execute commands from remote clients. The server accepts connections from the client on any port lower the 1024.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- in.telnetd, telnetd Used to process incoming requests on the telnet port. Started by the Internet Server (inetd).

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- in.tftpd, tftpd Is a server that gives you TFTP functionality, it uses the UDP protocol instead of TCP.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- in.uucpd, uucpd Is the server daemon for UUCP connections. Invoked by inetd upon request.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- indxbib Creates an index for a database file in inverted form. It can be read by the commands lookbib and refer. Is an executable in Linux, BSD and a script in AIX, Solaris.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- inetd Starts all services listed in the file /etc/inetd.conf. It starts all Internet standard services such as FTP, telnet, SMTP, and HTTP, and is normally started during bootup.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- infocmp Shows terminal information or compare descriptions between two or more terminals.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- init, telinit Changes run levels for the system. Shuts down or restart the computer in different modes.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- install

Manages the installation of files to a specific location or creates directories in a file system.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- installboot Installs a bootblock in a partition in order to make it bootable.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- installf Maintains and updates the database that holds information about installed software.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- install_conduit Is a script that allows users to install Java-based pipes for synchronization with a Palm Pilot.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- integer Show or sets attribute for integer variables.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- iostat Shows input and output statistics for disks, terminals and tapes.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ipcrm Releases shared memory by removing identifiers from message queues, semaphores, and shared memory segments that programs or services have left behind.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ipcs Shows information about inter-process communications currently active in the system, such as shared memory segments, semaphores and message queues.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ipsecconf Manages IP security policies.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ipseckey Manages the security association data base (SADB) for the network security services ipsecah and ipsecesp manually. Without options it is started interactively.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- isainfo Shows the architecture and instructions set of the kernel.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- isalist

Shows all instruction sets that can run on the system to STDOUT.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- jar Compresses multiple files into a single JAR file. Can also compress files in ZIP and ZLIB formats.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- jarsigner Creates passwords and verifies the signatures of jar files.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- java Executes java programs.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- javac Compiles java code into java bytecode.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- javadoc Manages documentation about classes, interfaces, methods, and the like in HTML format.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- javah Creates header files for use by C-language compilers.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- javakey Is a security tool that generates digital signatures for java archive files.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- javald Captures the environment needed to run a java application specified by class name.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- javap Disassembles java class files.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- java_g Is a non optimized java version that can be used with debuggers.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- jdb Debugs java classes with a command-line interface similar to dbx using Java debugger APIs.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

jobs jobs is used to report all jobs that are stopped or executing in the background.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- join Compares two files and joins them together where the fields are identical and show the result to STDOUT.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- jre Is a runtime interpreter for java.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- jsh Is the Job control shell and command interpreter. It has similar functions as Bourne shell (sh), with job control.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- kbd Manipulates, shows or changes the keyboards values.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- kbd_mode Changes the keyboard translation mode.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- kdestroy Writes zeros to the user's Kerberos authorization tickets so as to destroy the file.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- kerbd Generates and validates the Kerberos tickets for the kernel RPC.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- keylogin Decrypts and stores a users secret key, which is used in requests to any secure RPC service such as NIS+.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- keylogout Erases a user's secret key that is stored by the keyserv process.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- keyserv Is a server daemon that stores the private encryption keys for the currently logged in users.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- kgmon Monitors kernel profiling.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- kill Stops a process or sends a signal to a processes.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- killall Stops all active processes. Only a superuser can run this command.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- kinit Logs into the Kerberos authentication system.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- klist Shows you information listed in the ticket file about current Kerberos tickets held.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ksh, rksh Is the Korn shell, a standard/restricted command and programming language.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ksrvtgt Manages Kerberos ticket-granting tickets.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- kstat Examines the current available kernel statistics.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- labelit Writes or shows the label of an unmounted file system.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LANG=language Change the regional setting and language translation.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- last Shows login information about users, hosts, and terminals.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- lastcomm Shows the last commands executed, in reverse order.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

lastlogin Updates the login information in the file /var/adm/acct/sum/loginlog.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- lbxproxy Is an X proxy that uses the low bandwidth extension to X (LBX). Some optimizations is made to the connections that increases speed over slow connections. Solaris 8 only

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ld Is a linker for object files used to link executables or shared libraries. Ld operates in two modes, static or dynamic.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ldapadd Adds new entries to the LDAP server. Rejects duplicate attributes for same entry.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ldapclient Configures an LDAP client machine.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ldapdelete Erases one or multiple entries from an LDAP server.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ldaplist Shows a list of naming information from an LDAP directory service file.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ldapmodify Binds, modifies, or adds entries to the LDAP server; rejects duplicates for the same entry.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ldapmodrdn Connects to the LDAP server and modifies the RDN entries.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ldapsearch Makes a connection to an LDAP server, performs searches by using the specified filter.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ldap_cachemgr Updates the configuration cache for the LDAP naming services.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ldap_gen_profile

Creates an LDIF file to be loaded into an LDAP server. This file can later be downloaded by an LDAP client.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ldd Lists executable files and their dynamic dependencies or shared objects. Also lists the pathnames of all shared objects that are needed when file is executed.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- less Is a text pager for UNIX systems, used to displays ASCII files.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- less (3) More options

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- lesskey Manages key bindings for less.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- let Will evaluate the arguments and if the result is zero the exit status is 1 otherwise 0.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- lex Creates C programs to be used in lexical processing of character input. That can be used as an interface to yacc.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- limit Set limitations on the system resources available to the current shell.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- line Reads and copies one line from STDIN and shows the line on STDOUT, usually the screen.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- link Links files and directories to existing files or directories. Only superusers can use it.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- lint Finds the link to /usr/ccs/bin/ucblint; it is used by the C program verifier to find libraries.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- listdgrp Shows members of the device group list specified by dgroup.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- listres Creates a list of widget's names and classes.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- listusers Lists all user logins and shows the login ID and account field value from specified database.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- list_devices Lists assigned devices in the system and checks their association with current processes.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ln Creates a link between the specified source and destination files.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- loadkeys Reads and modifies the keyboard translation tables.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- local Creates a local variable within a function and sets the variable's attribute.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- locale Shows locale-specific information.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- localedef Defines the locale definition format.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- lockd Performs record locking on NFS files.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- lockfs Reports and changes the status of the file system locks. It unlocks file systems that were improperly locked by an application.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- lockstat Gathers and shows statistics on kernel synchronization objects.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

lofiadm Administers the loopback file driver and associates a file to a block device.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- log Lists all users that are logged in and affected by the watch parameter.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- logger Adds messages to the system log from the command line.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- login Lets you sign on to the system.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- logins Shows a list of logins on a system. Information is shown about both user and system logins

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- logname Shows your login name.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- logout Exits a login shell form in Bash, C, TC and Z-Shell (bash, csh, tcsh, zsh).

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- logresolve Resolves IP addresses in Apache's access log files. This is to reduce the impact for the name server.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- look Will find words in the system dictionary and show all lines that begins with the specified string.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- lookbib, glookbib Finds references in a bibliographic database and recover records containing the keywords entered at the prompt.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- lorder Finds ordering relation for an object or library archive and shows a list of the pairs.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- lp

Sends print requests to a destination.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- lpadmin Manages print services.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- lpc Controls line printers.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- lpfilter Make the file content compatible for a printer. Specific filters will assist to convert the file into the proper format.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- lpforms Manages forms to use with the LP print service.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- lpget Shows a printing configuration report.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- lpmove Moves queued print requests between destinations on the local system.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- lpq Shows the content of a print queue.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- lpr Sends print requests to a printer. Will use STDIN if no file is specified.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- lprm Removes print requests from the print queue and report the file's name of removed request.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- lpsched Starts or restarts the LP print service.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- lpset Creates and updates printing configuration in the system configuration databases.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

lpshut Stops the LP print service.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- lpstat Shows status information of the print service.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- lptest Generates a ripple test pattern to STDOUT and shows all 96 printable ASCII characters; useful for testing printers.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- lpusers Sets printing queue priorities. Can be assigned to jobs sent by users of LP print service.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ls Lists the contents of a specified directory and supports wildcards.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ls-F Lists files like ls -F. It's much faster than ls.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- luxadm Manages RSM, SENA, and SPARCstorage Array subsystem and individual FC AL devices.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- m4 Is a front end macro processor that is used for programming languages like C and assembler.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- m64config Configures the M64 Graphics Accelerator and can also alter some of the X11 window defaults for the M64.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- mach Shows what processor your computer is running on.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- mail, Mail, mailx Reads and sends mail.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- mail.local

Is a local mail delivery agent for sendmail.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- mailcompat Makes the Solaris mailbox format compatible with SunOS 4.x clients.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- mailprint Erases any attachments from the specified mail file and adds a line to inform how many that was removed.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- mailq Shows the mail queue. Shows first line for each mail massage, host for the massage, size the date and time.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- mailstats Shows the statistics collected by the program sendmail.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- make, gmake Updates a target file and all of its dependencies or repairs missing or invalid target dependency trees.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- makedbm Creates a DBM file or converts a DBM file to a text file.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- makedepend Reads each specified source file in the given sequence and then parses it.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- makekey Creates an encryption key using ASCII characters for programs that run encryption. It generates a 13-character key from a 10-character input.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- makemap Uses the keyed map lookups in sendmail and creates the specified type of database map by reading from STDIN and writes to the specified new map name.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- makepsres Creates an Adobe PostScript language database file called PSres.upr, which contains the resources in the specified pathnames. Reads from STDIN as default.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- makewhatis

Updates the whatis database.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- man Shows the manual page of the specified command.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- mconnect Connects you to the specified remote SMTP mail server socket, or to the local host if no remote host is specified.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- mcs Adds, erases, shows and compresses the contents in the comment section of an ELF object file.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- mdb Is a low-level modular debugger used to operate crash dumps, processes, core dumps, and so forth.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- mesg Allows or disallows messages to be sent to your terminal.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- mibiisa Is Sun's RFC 1157-compliant SNMP agent.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- mkalias Converts YP mail.aliases maps to mail.byaddr maps.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- mkdir Ccreates directories.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- mkdirhier Creates the specified directories including any unspecified parent directories as well.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- mkfifo Creates the FIFO special files specified by the paths and filenames on the command line.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- mkfile Creates an empty file or files that can be used as NFS-mounted or local swap areas.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- mkfontdir Creates an index file from any X font files found in a directory. It typically looks for .pcf, .snf and .bdf fonts and then creates the file fonts.dir in the same specified directory.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- mkfs Creates a file system on the specified disk partition rawdevicefile by calling upon the default FS or the specific one that is given by the -F FSType option.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- mkisofs Creates an ISO9660 images file that is used to burn CD's.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- mkmsgs Creates a file of text strings that is accessible with the text retrieval tools gettxt, srchtxt and exstr.The input is a file of text strings for a specified geographic locale.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- mknetid Creates the NIS netid map called netid.byname using the contents of the hosts, passwd, group and netid files.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- mknod Creates a directory entry for a specified special file.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- mkstr Creates specific files containing error messages that are extruded from a list of other files.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- modinfo Shows you information about loaded kernel modules.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- modload Loads a specified loadable kernel module into the running system.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- modunload Unloads a previous loaded module from a running system.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- mofcomp Compiles MOF files to CIM classes. These files can also be converted to Java.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- monacct Creates accounting summary files and places them into /var/adm/acct/fiscal. Also restarts summary files in /var/adm/acct/sum.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- more Shows a textfile one page at a time. Continues reading files specified on the command line.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- mount Mounts a file system or shows a file system that is already mounted. The file system can be local or remote.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- mountall Mounts all file systems from the file system table.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- mountd, rpc.mountd Answers file system mount requests and NFS access information checks.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- mpstat Shows statistics for each processor in tabular form. Each row is for one processor activity only.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- msgfmt Creates message object files from portable object files. It doesn't change the portable object files.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- msgid Creates a unique message identifier.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- mt Sends commands to a tape device.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- mv Moves or renames files and directories.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- mvdir Moves a directory within a file system.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

named, in.named Is the domain name server that answers DNS request and resolves host names and finds their assigned IP address.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- named-bootconf Converts named.boot configuration files used by BIND 4.9 or older to newer versions used by BIND 8.1.1 or later.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- named-xfer Runs inbound zone transfers. It is used by in.named but can be used directly for debugging purposes.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- native2ascii Converts files into Latin-1 and Unicode-encoded characters if they contain other character encoding.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- navigator Shows the AnswerBook on-line documentation.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- nawk Is a newer version of awk. Iit is usually used to search for patterns specified by ' scriptstr '.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ncab2clf Converts the binary log files from the Solaris Network Cache and Accelerator to Common Log File format.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ncheck Shows a list with paths and inode numbers for all files on a specified device.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ndd Modifies configuration parameters, but currently only for the TCP/IP protocol family.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- neqn Is a preprocessor for the command nroff. It helps when writing equations and is primarily used with terminals.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- netstat Shows statistics and other network information, based on options selected.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- newaliases

Rebuilds the mail aliases file.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- newform Changes format of a text file line by line.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- newfs Creates a new file system with the FSType UFS.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- newgrp Changes a user's real and effective groupID to group.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- newkey Creates new Diffie-Hellman public keys that are needed for secure RPC or NFS services.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- news Informs about current events described in directory /var/news.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- newsyslog Saves the old log file messages and starts with a new, empty log file.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- nfsd, rpc.nfsd Manages NFS file system requests for clients.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- nfslogd Creates the activity log with information from the RPC operations that were processed by the NFS server.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- nfsstat Shows NFS and RPC statistics.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- nice Starts commands to be run in a different priority.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- nisaddcred Manages NIS+ credentials that are used for authentication.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

nisaddent Creates NIS+ table entries by using files from the /etc directory and from NIS maps.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- nisauthconf Manages security authentication in NIS+.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- nisbackup Manages backups of NIS+ directory objects on a NIS+ master server.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- niscat Shows NIS+ tables or objects.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- nischgrp Manages group ownership of a NIS+ object.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- nischmod Manages permission for a NIS+ object.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- nischown Manages the ownership of a NIS+ object.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- nischttl Manages the time-to-live for NIS+ objects.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- nisclient Initializes NIS+ environment for clients and users.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- nisctl Shows NIS statistics and flushes NIS cache information from the NIS database.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- nisdefaults Is a utility that shows default values returned by NIS+ local name functions.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- niserror Shows NIS+ error messages from error codes.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- nisgrep Searches for entries in a NIS+ table by using regular expression patterns.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- nisgrpadm Manages NIS+ groups. It can create, delete or show groups and memberships.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- nisinit Sets up NIS+ servers or clients.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- nisln Creates links between NIS+ objects and NIS+ names.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- nislog Shows the contents of the NIS+ transaction log.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- nisls Show a NIS+ directory content.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- nismatch Searches for NIS+ tables.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- nismkdir Creates a new NIS+ directory within an existing domain. Creates replicated directories and also subdirectories that have the same master.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- nisopaccess Administration tool to configure the access for NIS+ operations.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- nispasswd Manages NIS+ passwords.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- nisping Manages updates between NIS+ servers.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

nispopulate Populates NIS+ tables by using files or maps.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- nisprefadm Manages NIS+ server preferences for NIS+ clients.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- nisrestore Restores a NIS+ directory from an existing backup.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- nisrm Deletes NIS+ objects.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- nisrmdir Deletes NIS+ directories.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- nisserver Manages the setup of a NIS+ server.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- nissetup Creates a NIS+ domain.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- nisshowcache Shows the content of the NIS+ shared cache file.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- nisstat Queries a NIS+ server for statistics.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- nistbladm NIS+ table administration command. The five primary operations are to: create, delete, add, modify, and remove entries from tables.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- nistest Tests NIS+ permissions, entries, types, and the like.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- nisupdkeys

Manages public keys in a NIS+ object directory.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- nis_cachemgr Is a daemon that manages cache information about NIS+ server locations and directories.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- nl Reads lines from STDIN or a file, adds line numbers, and shows the result to STDOUT.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- nlsadmin Manages the network listener processes which are configured individually. Every network relates to at least one listener.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- nm Shows a table of the symbol names used for the specified ELF object file.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- noglob Turns of file globing for the command. No file name will be expanded.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- nohup Is a way to run a command which will be immune to any hang up signals.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- notify Will notify a user asynchronous when the status of a job is changed. If job is not given, the current job is used.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- nroff Processes a text file and formats the output for use with a letter quality printer or line printer.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- nscd Provides cache for name services. It is a daemon process that caches passwd, hosts, and groups databases.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- nslookup Contacts and sends queries to DNS servers interactively or non-interactively.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- nstest Tests DNS queries interactively in a shell environment. The result is shown to STDOUT.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- nsupdate Updates DNS name servers interactively or non-interactively.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ntpdate Sets the local date and time via the NTP. Gets time from any specified NTP servers.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ntpq Queries a NTP server that supports the NTP mode 6 control message format by the command line or interactively.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ntptrace Traces the master time source. Shows where the specified server received its time.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- nulladm Creates a file with the mode 644, by using the owner and group adm.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ocfserv Is a central communication point for smartcards that are connected to the host.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- od Reads a file from STDIN or from a specified file and exports the content to STDOUT in octal format.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- on Runs commands on other systems by using the local environment.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- onintr Specifies the shell will do with an interrupt. If option isn't given normal interrupt handle are restored.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- openwin Is a script that helps you start OpenWindow the correct way.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- optisa Asks isalist for the best instruction set to use.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

owplaces Shows on a specified screen what applications clients are running.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pack Compresses files into .z format. Each file is compressed and replaced. The compressed file will has the same access rights and dates.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- page Shows a textfile one page at a time.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pagesize Shows the page size of memory.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- passmgmt Adds, deletes or modifies data in the password files /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- passwd Changes login password and password attributes for the current or the specified user.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- paste Creates vertical columns of the content in the specified input files.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- patch Makes changes to files with patch files.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- patchadd Installs patches and updates system files. Patches can be installed from a directory or one by one.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- patchrm Restores saved original files that existed before a patch was installed.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pathchk Checks whether the path or paths specified are valid.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pax

Administers archives. Lists archive members, extracts archives and archive files, and copies directory structures from one location to another.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pbind Manages the bindings between processes and processors.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pcat Shows content of files that are compressed. Will unpack file to a temporary place before showing it.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- perfmeter Monitors performance statistics in either strip charts or meter dials.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- perl Is a programming language. Perl stands for Practical Extraction Report Language.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- perlbug Creates bug reports for perl.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- perldoc Finds and shows perl documentation from inside installations trees or scripts.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pfexec, pfsh, pfcsh, pfksh Runs a command with a specific profile like user ID, group ID, and so forth.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pfinstall Tests an installation profile to check the action before using it to install or upgrade.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pg Shows a files content on the screen one page at a time and prompts for the next page.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pgrep Searches for specific processes by using different criteria.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ping Sends ICMP echo requests to specified hosts. The remote host will, if it can, respond with a ICMP echo reply.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pkgadd Installs or spools software packages into the system.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pkgask Creates an answer file, which can then be used as input to questions at installation time. Can be used to prevent any interactions during installation.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pkgchk Checks the accuracy of installed files and shows package files information.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pkginfo Shows one line of information about each package that is installed on the system.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pkgmk Creates an installable package to use as the input into the command pkgadd.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pkgparam Shows the value of the package parameters; values are stored in the pkginfo-file for pkginst.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pkgproto Creates prototype file entries to be used as input to the pkgmk command.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pkgrm Erases a package from the system or from a spooling area.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pkgtrans Converts installable packages from file system format to datastream and reverse, or from one file system to another.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pkill Finds and kills processes by signaling it with the kill command.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pl2pm Converts perl4 files to perl5 modules.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

plimit Sets or gets the resource limits of a running process identified by process ID list. Only the owner of a process or a superuser is permitted to modify the limits.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pmadm Manages port monitor services on the system.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pmconfig Activates the power management system by reading a configuration file called power.conf.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pntadm Manages the DHCP network table by, for example, adding, removing, or commenting hostnames or IP addresses.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pod2html Converts pod to HTML files.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pod2latex Converts Perl pod document files into LaTeX document files.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pod2man Generates *roff input from a POD source which can then be shown on STDOUT using nroff or to a printer using troff.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pod2text Converts POD files into formatted ASCII text files.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- popd Pops a directory from the directory stack and changes to it.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ports Creates symbolic links in /dev/term, /dev/cua0 and inittab for serial ports.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- postio Sends files via the serial interface to a PostScript printer.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

postprint Translates text files into PostScript and writes to STDOUT.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- postreverse Reverses the page order in a PostScript file of Adobe's Version 1.0 or 2.0 format.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- powerd A power daemon that manages two types of system shutdown: automatic or low power.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- poweroff Writes pending information to disk, stops the processing, and powers off the computer.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pr Filters printing and pagination, each input file/files are read, formatted and written to STDOUT.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- praliases Shows system mail aliases. If no key is specified, all keys and their values will be shown.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- praudit Reads files or STDIN and shows the specified data as audit trail records.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- prctmp Shows the session record file that is created by acctcon1.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- prdaily Formats and reports the previous day's accounting data from /var/adm/acct/sum/rprt/mmdd.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- prex Is an interface to control, manipulate, or debug a process or the kernel.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- print Shows any arguments on the STDOUT.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- printenv Shows the variable values in the environment.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- printf Interprets certain characters in the format string.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- printmgr Manages local and remote printer access in a network using X-window.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- printtool Is an OpenWindow GUI-tool for printing files.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- priocntl Manages scheduling parameters for processes. There are four main ways to use it; specified by the first option.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- prof Shows data from a profile file produced by the monitor function.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- profiles Shows execution profiles for the user specified with process attributes used when started using a privileged command interpreter such as: pfcsh, pfksh, and pfexec.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- proxymngr Is the proxy manager service that determines client requests, keeping track of available and starting new proxies.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- prs, sccs-prs Shows selected portions, all, or parts of an SCCS delta table history.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- prstat Shows statistics about active processes according to selected sort order and output mode.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- prt Shows selected delta table information of an SCCS file.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- prtacct A shell procedure used to format and print TACCT (total accounting) files.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- prtconf Shows system configuration information.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- prtdiag Shows information about the system and diagnostic information.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- prtvtoc Reads the VTOC in order to show disk geometry and partitioning.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ps Shows process ID, execution time, command name, terminal and other information about the active processes.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- psradm Changes the operational status of one or more processors.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- psrinfo Shows processor information. Shows online/off-line status, powered on/off status and when the status was last modified.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pstruct, c2ph Translates C to Perl code (union and structure declarations). It takes .c, .h, or .s files and shows the C program structure.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pswrap Creates wraps by sending segments of PostScript language code from the specified file to the PostScript Interpreter.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pushd Changes to a new working directory and places the current working directory into a direcory stack.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pushln Pushes a string to the editor buffer stack.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- putdev Adds, removes, or modifies a device in the device table.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- putdgrp Manages the device group table.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pvs Shows internal version information contained within an executable file.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pwck Searches the password file for field number validation, user and group IDs, login names, and the like.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pwconv Modifies or creates the file /etc/shadow from the standard /etc/passwd file.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pwd Shows the absolute path to the current working directory.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- quot Shows the amount of blocks (1024 bytes) in the file system that each user currently owns and summarizes the information.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- quota Shows the disk usage and limits for a user on mounted file systems.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- quotacheck Will check and update the quota for mounted file system.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- quotaoff Turns off disk quotas for file systems.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- quotaon Enables disk quotas for file systems.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- r Reruns the last command.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ranlib Appends a table of contents to archive libraries so that they are linked faster.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- rcp Copies files between two computers. The computer can be local or remote.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- rdate Sets system date and time from a remote host.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- rdist Distributes files from one computer to others. Will keep the owner, group, mode and modification times.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- read Reads a line from STDIN.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- readonly Sets a variable read-only. If no name is given show all read-only variables.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- reboot Restarts the operating system.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- red Is a text editor similar to the ed utility but is a restricted version. Only allows editing of files in current directory and does not allow the use of shell commands by using the !.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- refer, grefer Finds and formats references as a preprocessor for nroff or troff.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- regcmp Compiles the regular expressions in a file and place the output in file.i.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- rehash Recalculates the internal hash table.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- reject Rejects print queue requests to the specified destination.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- removef Removes a file from the software database. The output is a list of erasable pathnames that may be safely erased.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- rem_drv Reports to the system that the device driver is invalid. It will unload the device driver from memory if possible, and it will also update the system driver configuration files.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- renice Alters the priority of currently running processes.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- repeat Executes a command a specified number of times.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- repquota Shows the quota limit and the usage of the file systems.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- reset Resets the terminal to default values.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- resize Shows current size of the xterm window and will set the TERMCAP settings to active window.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- return Reports from a shell function. If used outside a function it will function as exit.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- revnetgroup Reverses the order of host and user listings in the network group /etc/netgroup file in NIS maps.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- rgb Creates a database containing color names. Finds decimals for the colors followed by the color name in STDIN.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- rlogin Runs a remote login to a remote computer.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- rm Removes files and directories from the file system.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- rmail Sends messages in text format as mail to users, reads from STDIN or a terminal. Recipient must be a user.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- rmdel, sccs-rmdel Removes a delta from one ore more SCCS files.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- rmdir Removes empty directories from the file system.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- rmic Is a compiler that creates skeleton and stub class files for use with remote objects from compiled Java classes.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- rmiregistry Starts and creates a Java remote object registry. It creates no output because it is run in the background.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- rmmount Mounts removable media. The Volume Manager uses it to mount the device when a new media is inserted.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- rmt Allows remote access to magnetic tape devices, normally started from a rexec or rcmd subroutine.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- roffbib Shows records in a bibliographic database in bibliography format, not as footnotes or endnotes.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- roleadd Manages new role accounts.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- roledel Removes a role account and its login from the system.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- rolemod

Modifies the information about a role login on the system.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- roles Shows the roles that is granted to specified user.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- rotatelogs Starts a new log file and save the old.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- route Manages and shows the routing tables on the host.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- rpc.bootparamd Serves diskless clients with startup information at boot time.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- rpc.nisd Is the daemon for the NIS+ service.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- rpc.nisd_resolv Is used by NIS hosts as a DNS forwarder. It is often used from rpc.nisd, but can also be used from the console.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- rpc.nispasswdd Updates the NIS+ password table on request from nispasswd or yppasswd.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- rpc.rexd Is used for program execution on remote computers.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- rpc.rstatd Returns statistics received from the kernel about performance.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- rpc.rusersd Is the user name server that lists users on the host.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- rpc.rwalld Is the rwall server that manages rwall requests. It is applied by using wall on all appropriate hosts.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

rpc.sprayd Is the server daemon for the spray command.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- rpc.yppasswdd, yppasswdd Handles the requests that comes from yppasswd to set new correct passwords.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- rpc.ypupdated Updates information in the Network Information Service (NIS).

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- rpcbind Creates universal addresses by converting RPC program numbers.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- rpcgen Creates C code to make an rpc protocol.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- rpcinfo Creates an RPC call to an RPC server and shows the information on what it finds.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- rpld Provides network booting support for clients running on the x86 (Intel-compatible) platform.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- rpm2cpio Converts a Red Hat Package (RPM) file to a cpio archive on STDOUT.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- rsh, remsh Is a remote shell which is used to connect to a host and execute one specified command.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- rstart Is a simple example of the remote start client (Remote Execution Protocol).

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- rstartd Is a script that helps the use of working with a remote shell.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- runacct Runs daily accounting procedures that are usually started from the cron daemon.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- rup Shows the status of machines on the network. Similar to uptime but for remote computers.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ruptime Shows the status of machines on the network. Similar to uptime but for remote machines.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- rusage Shows the resource usage for a command (CPU time, wall clock, System CPU and so on).

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- rusers Lists users logged into the remote server. Similar to who but for remote servers.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- rwall Reads a message from STDIN and sends it as a broadcast message to the users logged on to the specified host server.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- rwho Shows who is logged in to hosts on the local network.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- rwhod, in.rwhod Is a system status server for the programs rwho and ruptime.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- s2p Takes a sed script specified on the command line and produces a comparable perl script on the STDOUT.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sa1 Saves system activity into the binary file /var/adm/sa/saDD, where DD is the current day. Sar often uses this collected information.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sa2 Is a script that saves system activity into the file /var/adm/sa/saDD where DD is the current day. This is similar to sar and it uses the same options.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sacadm Is the port monitor administration tool. It is used to add/remove, enable/disable, start/stop a port monitor.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sact, sccs-sact Informs the user that the s.file is checked out for editing by somebody else.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sadc Saves system activity in binary format to a specified file.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sag Shows a graph of the system activity data from the binary datafile created by a run of sar.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sar Shows information about system use for a specified period of time.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- savecore Saves a crash dump of the operating system kernel (if one is created) after a system crash.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sccs Executes subcommands on SCCS history files or directories. SCCS = Source Code Control System.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sccs-help, help Shows help on error or warning messages from Source Code Control System (SCCS)

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sccsdiff, sccs-sscsdiff Is used to compare two versions of a SCCS file and show the differences.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sched Schedules commands to be executed at a later time from the shell. Note that it is the shell that runs the commands.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- script Records everything that is shown on the screen during a terminal session and saves the information into a file.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sdiff Compares the two files and shows the differences between them, side by side on the screen.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

sdtpdasync Starts the utility PDASync which is a java based application that synchronize handheld Palm devices with CDE.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sdtrlogin Parses a URL string and connect to a computer.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sed Edits text files using a script of specified edit commands and shows the result.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- select Shows words as a menu on STDERR and $PS3 as a prompt wait for user input. Repeats until terminated.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sendmail Is a mail router used to deliver mail messages locally or via the internet.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- serialver Reports the serial version UID for at least one class, output is in an evolving class format.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- server_upgrade Upgrades various clients (Intel or SPARC based) from the server.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sessreg Manages utmp/wtmp entries for xdm sessions.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- set Sets a shell variable to value. With no argument it shows all variables. In Bourne, Bash, Korn and Z-shell (sh, bash, ksh, zsh) set is used to set shell flags.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- setenv Sets an environment variable. With no argument it shows all environment variables.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- setfacl Is used to manage the Access Control List for one or more files.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- setmnt

Allows you to re-create /etc/mnttab file line by line.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- setopt Sets the shells options. Please see zsh for all options.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- settc Makes the shell believe that the terminal capability has the specified value.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- settime Alters the file access and modification times. This command is equal to touch -c.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- setty Sets which tty modes the shell allows to change.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- setuname Manages parameter values for the system and node name.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sh, rsh Is the Bourne shell command interpreter and rsh is a restricted version of the Bourne shell.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- share Makes local resources available to remote hosts.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- shareall Shares the resources in a file; for example, /etc/dfs/dfstab.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- shift Shifts the command line argument one (or number) step to the left.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- shopt Changes optional shell variables controlling the behavior of the shell.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- showfont Shows information from the X font server about a specific font.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

showmount Shows all clients that have remote mounts from a server.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- showrev Shows revision information for the hardware and software.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- showrgb Converts a compiled rgb color name database back to the original form.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- showsnf Shows the content of font files in the SNF format or convert glyphs into arrays of characters.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- shutacct Disables process accounting on shutdown and adds a reason record to /var/adm/wtmp.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- shutdown Changes the current run level. Most often to shut the system down.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- size Shows segment or section size information for each loaded section in object files.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sleep Puts the system to sleep for a period of time.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- smartcard Configures and administers a smart card.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- smrsh Is a restricted shell used together with sendmail. It only allow certain commands to be run.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- snapshot Takes a snapshot of the screen, or a part of the screen, and saves it to a raster file.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- snoop Grabs packets from the network and shows information about the content.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- soconfig Alters the transport provider driver used with sockets.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- soelim Determines and excludes the .so requests from either troff or nroff input.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- solregis Starts the Solaris user registration procedure.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sort Sorts and merges lines from the specified files or from STDIN, and prints them to STDOUT.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sortbib Sorts the specified bibliographic database, based on the sorting keys.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sotruss Traces dynamic library calls made by the command specified and shows it on STDOUT.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- source Reads commands form a file and runs them in the current shell.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- speckeysd Is a CDE/OpenWindows daemon that detects special keys on Type 5/Compact 1 keyboards.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- spell Collects words from specified file or files and look them up in a spelling list. If the word doesn't exist, it will report it. It uses deroff to follow chains of included files.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- spellin Reads a specified amount of hash codes from STDIN and shows a compressed spelling list.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- split Splits a file into a set of smaller files. The output files will get a double letter extension (.aa, .ab, .ac ... ).

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

spray Sends a stream of packets to a host. Reports how many were received and the transfer rate.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- srchtxt Shows the content of a message database or searches for a match to the text string specified.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ssaadm Administers SPARC storage Arrays and SPARC storage RSM disk systems.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- startup Turns the process accounting on when the system is brought to a multi-user state.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- stdethers Is used to erase NIS information from the specified file or STDIN.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- stdhosts Is used to erase NIS information from the specified file or STDIN.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- stop Stops a process.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- strace Shows STREAMS trace messages on STDOUT. Operands can be specified multiple times, but only in triplets.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- strchg Adds or removes topmost modules of the stream associated with the user's STDIN.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- strclean Removes STREAMS error logger files older than 3 days.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- strconf Manages the configuration of a stream.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- strings Searches for printable strings in object or binary files.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- strip Strips the symbol table and the information about debugging and line numbers from an object file.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- stty Alters the options for a terminal.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sttydefs Maintains the /etc/ttydefs file, which is used for controlling the tty port hunt sequences and for line settings.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- su Switches to another user in the current session.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sulogin Asks the user to type in root password and go to single-user mode, or to press Ctrl+D to proceed a normal startup.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sum Shows a 16-bit checksum and a 512 byte block count for a file.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- suspend Stops the current shell as if Ctrl-Z has been pressed. Login shell can't be stopped.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- swap Manages the systems swap areas that are used by the memory manager.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- switch, breaksw Matches each pattern successively against the word and runs the commands when the first match is found.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- swmtool Is a tool for installing, upgrading and removing software packages.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sync Flushs all unwritten file system buffers to disk.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

syncinit Sets interface operating parameters for a serial line.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- syncloop Is a program for testing synchronous serial loopback.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- syncstat Shows driver statistics from a synchronous serial link.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sys-suspend Suspends, shutdowns or powers off the computer.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sys-unconfig Resets the system configuration to the standard state.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sysdef Shows definition on all devices, modules, etc on the computer.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sysidconfig Is used to manage definition and execution of system configuration applications.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sysidtool Is a bundle of five programs that manages configuration and reconfiguration of a system.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- syslogd Logs system messages and saves it into a file.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- tabs Clears old settings and sets new Tabs and margins on remote terminals.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- tail Shows the tail end of the file specified to STDOUT. Shows the last 10 entries by default.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- talk Is used to talk to another user, using the terminal.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- talkd, in.talkd, in.ntalkd, ntalkd Provides the server function for the talk command. Usually started by the Internet Server.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- tapes Creates /dev/rmt entries for tape drives connected to the system.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- tar Extracts or creates files from or to a tar file, tape by default but can be any media or file.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- tbl Formats tables before to use them in nroff or troff. For BSD and Linux it is only used for troff.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- tcopy Copies or scans a magnetic tape.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- tcsh Is the enhanced version of the UNIX C shell csh. Primarily a command language interpreter that can be used as a login shell and a shell script command processor.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- tee Copies STDIN to STDOUT as well as to files.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- telltc Shows the current values of all terminal capabilities.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- telnet, tn Uses the telnet protocol to communicate with other hosts.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- test Evaluates conditions. In if structures conditions are often used inside brackets ( [ ] ).

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- tftp Sends files to and from a remote host using the Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP).

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

tic Compiles a terminfo file. The data is saved in the directory /usr/share/lib/terminfo for AIX and Solaris and in the directory /usr/share/terminfo for BSD and Linux.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- time Starts a program and shows statistics on STDERR about how long it took to run.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- times Shows accumulated system and user times for processes run from the shell..

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- timex Measures how much time it takes to run a command. It shows elapsed, user, and system time in seconds.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- tip Connects to a remote host with full-duplex terminal connection creating an interactive session on a local terminal.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- tnfdump Converts TNF files to ASCII to make it suitable for analyze.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- tnfxtract Collects and extracts kernel trace information into a trace file.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- touch Gives the file specified a new time and date stamp. If the file does not exist it will be created.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- tput This utility is used to initialize a terminal or query a terminfo database.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- tr Replaces or deletes characters while copying from STDIN to STDOUT.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- traceroute Shows you a list of the route a packets takes to reach a network host.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

trap Runs the command when the shell receive signal. If command is a null string ("") it will reset the signals to there original behavior. Used alone it shows all traps.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- troff, gtroff Formats the text in the specified file for printing or typesetting.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- true Provides a true value in scripts, does nothing but always exits with a value of 0.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- truss Is used to manage tracing of specific system calls and signals.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- tset Determines and configures your terminal.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- tsort Sorts items from a text file or STDIN and show on STDOUT an ordered listing of the items.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- tty Shows the terminal that is used as STDIN.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ttyadm Manages port monitor specific data.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ttyctl Freezes and unfreezes the tty. With no option, it shows the current status.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ttymon Is used to manage port settings for terminal ports.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- tunefs Changes the dynamic parameters of an unmounted file system that exists in /etc/vfstab.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- turnacct Manages process accounting.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- type Shows a description of a commands type.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- typeset, declare Sets values and attributes for variables. A new variable instance is created when used inside functions.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ucblinks Is used to add compatibility for SunOS 4.x devices to a SunOS5.x system. Adds /dev entries.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ufsdump Creates a backup of all specified files or file systems to a hard drive, floppy disk or tape.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ufsrestore Restores backup files created with ufsdump from backup media. Restore is placed in current directory.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- uil Starts the UIL compiler. A language to describe the initial state of a user interface for a Motif application.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ul Reads STDIN or specified files and alter the underscore characters to fit your terminal.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ulimit Sets and shows the size limits used by the shell and its child processes. Shows the current limit if not given.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- umask Alters the file mode creation mask of the current shell execution environment.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- umount, unmount Unmounts local or remote file systems. AIX also have a unmount command with the same syntax.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- umountall Unmounts all mounted filesystems except root, /proc, /var, and /usr.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

unalias Erases the definitions of all aliases specified on the command line from the current shell execution environment.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- uname Shows information about the current system.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- uncomplete Removes any patterns specified with the command complete.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- uncompress Uncompresses .Z files. Removes the .Z suffix when it is done.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- unexpand Replaces the spaces in text files created with expand back to Tab characters.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- unfunction Removes functions.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- unget, sccs-unget Undoes all changes in a SCCS history file that was made by the command get -e.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- unhash Disables the internal hash table. In zsh it will remove names from the internal hash table.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- unifdef Identifies and removes lines containing an ifdef mark from a C program source, leaving the rest of the file untouched.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- uniq Filters out adjacent lines that are alike and shows the output on STDOUT or save it to a file.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- units Tells you interactively how to convert a unit quantity to another type, for example, from inches to centimeters.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- unix2dos Converts the ISO standard characters in a file to match with the DOS format.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- unlimit Removes resource limits. If no options is specified all limits will be erased.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- unlink Unlinks files and directories. Does not use any error checking.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- unpack Decompresses files created by pack. Removes the .z suffix when done.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- unset Removes variable or function from the shell.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- unsetenv Removes environment variables.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- unsetopt Unsets any of the shell variables. Please see zsh for all options.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- unshare Makes the shared local resource unavailable for mounting from remote systems.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- unshareall Unassigns the shared resources on the specified File System Types.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- until Repeats the commands until expression is true.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- unzip Is used to uncompress and show the compressed files from a zip archive. It also shows or tests compressed files.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- uptime Shows how long the system has been up, number of users and the load average for the last 1, 5 and 15 minutes.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- useradd Creates an account for a new user with permissions and memberships set.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- userdel Erases a user's account from the system.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- usermod Alters a specified user's login account permissions and memberships on the system.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- users Shows a one-line list of the users who are logged in on the system.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- utmp2wtmp Is used by runacct to create an entry in the file /var/adm/wtmp for every user logged on to the system.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- utmpd Monitors /var/adm/utmp and /var/adm/utmpx files and fixes them if they are not correct.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- uucheck Is used to monitor uucp directories and permissions files.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- uucico Transfers files used by the uucp command to a specific location.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- uucleanup Searches the spool directories and cleans them up.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- uucp Copies files from one place to another inside UNIX (UNIX to UNIX copy).

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- uudecode Decodes an encoded file created by uuencode. The decoded file name is set by uuencode.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- uudemon.admin

Sends uucp status information to an administrator.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- uudemon.hour Starts the commands uusched and uuxqt in the background.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- uudemon.poll Polls remote systems by a schedule specified in /etc/uucp/Poll

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- uuencode Creates an encoded file to use when you send mail.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- uuglist Shows you a list of available service grades on the system.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- uulog Shows information from the transaction logs of uucp or uuxqt.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- uuname Shows a list of all the systems that is known to the uucp command.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- uupick Searches for files sent to you from other systems and prompts you for action.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- uusched Is a scheduler for file transport and is normally started by cron.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- uustat Shows information about the uucp jobs on a local or remote system.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- uuto Uses uucp to send files to remote systems. Keeps access control, notifies the receiver on completion.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Uutry Contacts remote systems using uucico and stores debugging information in /tmp/systemname.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

uux Is used to execute a command on a remote UNIX based system and still enable the user to work locally.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- uuxqt Executes remote requested jobs created by using the uux command.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- vacation Replies to mail automatically. Useful when you are out of the office.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- val, sccs-val Verifies an SCCS file.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- valyorn Validates a response; used with ckyorn.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- vc Copies lines from STDIN to STDOUT with arguments and control statements. Used for version control.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- vedit Is the vi editor for beginners, it sets the report flags to 1 and turns showmode and novice flags on.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- vgrind Formats program source using troff to make it more easy to read.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- vi, view Edits or views text files.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- viewres Shows the tree structure of the widget class hierarchy of the Athena Widget Set.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- vipw Edits the password file /etc/passwd.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- vmstat Shows various statistics for the system. For example memory and io usages.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- volcheck Checks whetherf any new media has been inserted into any removable media device.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- volcopy Makes an image copy of the file system.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- vold Is the volume management daemon that manages CD-ROM and floppy devices.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- volrmmount Used to mount or unmount media. To do this, it uses rmmount.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- vsig Synchronizes a co-process with its controlling FMLI application. To synchronize, it signals to the FMLI process.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- w Shows information about logged in users.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- wait Waits for a background process to complete. C and TC-Shell will wait for all background processes.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- wall Shows a message to all currently logged in users.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- wc Counts characters, words, and lines in files.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- what Gets SCCS version information from a file.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- whatis Shows the header line from the manual page for a command.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

whence Shows how a command will be interpreted.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- where Shows where a command is located, including alias, internal, and in the path.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- whereis Searches binary, source and manual page files for the specified command.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- which Shows the path to a command.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- while Repeats the commands while the expression is true.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- who Shows who is on the system.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- who am i Is actually the who command but only shows the current user. It takes two arguments that can be anything.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- whoami Shows the login name of the current effective user.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- whocalls Tracks procedure calls.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- whodo Shows who is doing what on the system.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- whois Finds names or handles for an internet domain name.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- winsysck Checks which window system protocols are available.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- write Writes to another user's screen. The messages is read from the console. Can be used to reply in AIX.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- wsinfo Is a GUI that shows name, type, host ID, IP address, domain, memory, OS version, and more about the system.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- wtmpfix Inspects specified wtmpdatabase files, correct the time and date stamps to make the entries consistent.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- X Is the X-window system which is a network-transparent GUI system developed by X Consortium, Inc. This is used with bitmap display systems and manages user input to and from various programs.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- xargs Creates a list of arguments, start a program and run the arguments.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- xauth Manages the authorization rules used when connecting to a X-server.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- xconsole Shows console messages with X.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- xfindproxy Finds proxy services to be used with a proxy manager.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- xfs Supplies fonts to X-Window servers.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- xfwp Is an X firewall proxy. Provides an application layer firewall for X traffic. Makes it possible to hide destination X-server addresses and secure incoming X-connections.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- xgettext Creates portable message files, that contains copies of C string that are found in ANSI C source code.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

xhost Controls access to the X server by keeping a list of allowed hosts and users.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- xinit Starts the the X-Window server specified.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- xkill Kills an X client. Useful for removing problematic programs.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- xload Shows a histogram over the average system load.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- xlock Locks the local X screen until the user enters a password.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- xlsatoms Shows the specified interned atoms on the server.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- xlsclients Shows client applications that run on a screen.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- xlsfonts Lists X Window fonts that match a specified pattern.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- xlswins Shows a window tree for X.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- xmag Enlarges parts of the screen.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- xman Shows man pages in a browser when running X.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- xmkmf Converts an Imakefile to a Makefile.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- xmodmap Shows and modify the keymaps in X.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- xntpd Is a daemon that controls the time of day for UNIX systems.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- xntpdc Queries and controls the states on the Network Time Protocol daemon called xntpd.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- xpr Prints out X window dump information.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Xprt Is an X print server for Solaris

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- xrdb Contains resources for the X server. This program normally runs from an X startup file.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- xrefresh Refreshes all or part of an X screen.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- xset Sets the user options for the X display. Such as mouse, bell, keys and much more.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- xsetroot Modifies how to view the background window on a workstation that runs X.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- xstr Keeps a library of strings from component parts in large programs that can be used as shared constant strings.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- xterm Is a terminal emulator for X-Window. Provides terminal emulation for programs that can't use X-Window.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

xwd Saves window images into a dump file.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- xwininfo Shows X window information on the X server.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- xwud Shows an image dump that is saved in a formatted dump file.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- yacc, byacc Converts a file containing grammar rules into a C-source file name y.tab.c.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ypbind Runs at startup and keeps information about the bindings between NIS clients and servers.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ypcat Shows the values in the specified NIS map.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ypinit Sets up an NIS server or client system.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ypmatch Shows the values of keys from a NIS map.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- yppasswd Alters the password in the NIS database.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- yppoll Uses ypserv to get the version number and master NIS server for the specified map.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- yppush Copies a new NIS map from the master server to the slave servers.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ypserv Is a NIS server daemon that looks up information requested by other yp commands.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ypset Tells ypbind to use the specified server for NIS services.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ypstart Starts NIS (Network Information Service). Use ypstop to stop it.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ypstop Stops NIS (Network Information Service). Use ypstart to start it.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ypwhich Shows the name of the NIS server that provides the name services to a NIS client.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ypxfr Manages NIS map transfers between a NIS server and a host.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ypxfrd Efficiently transfers entire NIS maps. Should be run from the master server.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- zcat Decompresses and shows the specified files without altering them.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- zdump Shows the current date and time for the time zones that you specify on the command line.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- zic Creates files that can be used for time conversion.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- zip Compresses files.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- zipcloak Encrypts or decrypts a compressed file.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- zipinfo

Shows information about a zip archive, permissions, compression type, encryption, OS, version type, and more.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- zipnote Inserts notes and comments into zip files.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- zipsplit Splits one zip file into many zip files.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- zsh Is an interactive login shell and shell script command processor.

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