Index (man pages section 1: User Commands)

man pages section 1: User Commands


A

	a new version of the network information name service — nis+ ( )

	a new version of the network information name service — NIS+ ( )

	a new version of the network information name service — nis ( )

	accounting, search and print files — acctcom ( )

	acctcom — search and print process accounting files ( )

	adb — debugger ( )

	addbib — create or extend bibliography ( )

	adds /dev entries to give SunOS 4.x compatible names to SunOS 5.x devices — ucblinks ( )

	alias — shell built-in functions to create your own pseudonym or shorthand for a command or series of commands ( )

	aliases, collected by sendmail — praliases ( )

	allocate — allocate devices ( )

	answerbook2 — online documentation system ( )

	appcert — examine application-level products for unstable use of Solaris interfaces ( )

	apply changes to files — patch ( )

	apptrace — trace application function calls to Solaris shared libraries ( )

	apropos — locate commands by keyword ( )

	ar — maintain portable archive or library ( )

	arch — display architecture of current host ( )

	archive, maintain a portable one across all machines — ar ( )

	archives, create tape archives, and add or extract files — tar ( )

	as — assembler ( )

	asa — convert FORTRAN carriage-control output to printable form ( )

	assembler, — as ( )

	at — execute commands at a later time ( ) ( )

	atq — display the jobs queued to run at specified times ( )

	atrm — remove jobs spooled by at or batch ( )

	audio file formats, convert — audioconvert ( )

	audio files
		play — audioplay ( )
		record — audiorecord ( )

	audioconvert — convert audio file formats ( )

	audioplay — play audio files ( )

	audiorecord — record an audio file ( )

	authentication agent — ssh-agent ( )

	authentication key generation — ssh-keygen ( )

	auths — print authorizations granted to a user ( )

	awk — pattern scanning and processing language ( )


B

	banner — make posters ( )

	basename — display portions of pathnames ( )

	basename — strips affixes from path names ( )

	batch — execute commands at a later time ( ) ( )

	bc — arbitrary precision arithmetic language ( )

	bdiff — display line-by-line differences between pairs of large text files ( )

	bfs — big file scanner ( )
		bfs Commands ( )

	bg — shell built-in functions to control process execution ( )

	bibliography
		create an inverted index to a bibliographic database — indexbib ( )
		create or extend — addbib ( )
		expand and insert references from a bibliographic database — refer ( )
		find references in a bibliographic database — lookbib ( )
		format and print a bibliographic database — roffbib ( )
		sort a bibliographic database — sortbib ( )

	biff — mail notifier ( )

	big file scanner — bfs ( )

	binary file transmission
		decode binary file — uudecode ( )
		encode binary file — uuencode ( )

	binary files
		find printable strings — strings ( )
		locate — whereis ( )

	block count, for a file — sum ( )

	blocks, count a in file — sum ( )

	Bourne shell, — sh ( )

	Bourne shell commands, login command ( )

	Bourne shell variables ( )
		— CDPATH ( )
		— HOME ( )
		— IFS ( )
		— MAIL ( )
		— MAILCHECK ( )
		— MAILPATH ( )
		— PATH ( )
		— PS1 ( )
		— PS2 ( )
		— SHACCT ( )
		— SHELL ( )

	break — shell built-in functions to escape from or advance within a controlling while, for, foreach, or until loop ( )

	build programs — make ( )


C

	C compiler ( )

	C language, C preprocessor — cpp ( )

	C language program, resolve and remove ifdef'ed lines from C program source — unifdef ( )

	C program verifier — lint ( )

	C programming language
		create C error messages — mkstr ( )
		extract strings from C code — xstr ( )
		formats program in nice style using troff — vgrind ( )

	C shell
		aliases — csh ( )
		built-in commands — csh ( )
		command and filename substitution — csh ( )
		command execution — csh ( )
		command line parsing — csh ( )
		command substitution — csh ( )
		control flow — csh ( )
		environment variables and shell variables — csh ( )
		event designators — csh ( )
		expressions and operators — csh ( )
		filename completion — csh ( )
		filename substitution — csh ( )
		history substitution — csh ( )
		I/O redirection — csh ( )
		initialization and termination — csh ( )
		interactive operation — csh ( )
		job control — csh ( )
		lexical structure — csh ( )
		modifiers — csh ( )
		noninteractive operation — csh ( )
		quick substitution — csh ( )
		signal handling — csh ( )
		status reporting — csh ( )
		variable substitution — csh ( )
		word designators — csh ( )

	C shell commands
		— % ( )
		— : ( )
		— @ ( )
		— alias ( )
		— bg ( )
		— break ( )
		— breaksw ( )
		— case ( )
		— cd ( )
		— chdir ( )
		— continue ( )
		— default ( )
		— dirs ( )
		— echo ( )
		— else ( )
		— end ( )
		— endif ( )
		— eval ( )
		— exec ( )
		— exit ( )
		— fg ( )
		— foreach ( )
		— glob ( )
		— goto ( )
		— hashstat ( )
		— history ( )
		— if ( )
		— jobs ( )
		— kill ( )
		— limit ( )
		— login ( )
		— logout ( )
		— nice ( )
		— nohup ( )
		— notify ( )
		— onintr ( )
		— popd ( )
		— pushd ( )
		— rehash ( )
		— repeat ( )
		— set ( )
		— setenv ( )
		— shift ( )
		— source ( )
		— stop ( )
		— suspend ( )
		— switch ( )
		— time ( )
		— umask ( )
		— unalias ( )
		— unhash ( )
		— unlimit ( )
		— unset ( )
		— unsetenv ( )
		— wait ( )
		— while ( )

	cal — display a calendar ( )

	calculator, desk, — dc ( )

	calendar — reminder service ( )

	calendar, display — cal ( )

	call-graph, display profile data — gprof ( )

	call rmmount to mount or unmount media — volrmmount ( )

	cancel — cancel print requests ( )

	cancel user's request for removable media that is not currently in drive — volcancel ( )

	cat — concatenate and display files ( )

	cc — C compiler ( )

	cd — shell built-in functions to change the current working directory ( )

	CD read and write — cdrw ( )

	CDPATH variable — sh ( )

	cdrw — CD read and write ( )

	change a user's Kerberos password — kpasswd ( )

	change file access and modification times — touch ( )

	change file access and modification times
		— settime ( )
		— touch ( )

	character translation — tr ( ) ( )

	chdir — shell built-in functions to change the current working directory ( )

	check spelling — spell ( )

	check for media in a drive — volcheck ( )

	check path names — pathchk ( )

	checkeq — check eqn constructs ( )

	checknr — check nroff/troff files ( )

	chgrp — change the group ownership of a file ( )

	chmod — change the permissions mode of a file ( )

	chown — change owner of file ( ) ( )

	cksum — write file checksums and sizes ( )

	clear — clear terminal screen ( )

	cmp — compare two files ( )

	cocheck — (FMLI utility) communicate with a process ( )

	cocreate — (FMLI utility) communicate with a process ( )

	code formatter, formats program in nice style using troff — vgrind ( )

	code set, conversion utility — iconv ( )

	codestroy — (FMLI utility) communicate with a process ( )

	col — filters reverse line-feeds from two-column nroff text ( )

	comm — select or reject lines common to two files ( )

	command — execute a simple command ( )

	command, describe — whatis ( )

	command options
		parse — getopt ( )
		parse — getoptcvt ( )

	commands
		display the last commands executed, in reverse order — lastcomm ( )
		locate a command; display its pathname or alias — which ( )
		locate by keyword — apropos ( )

	communications
		connect to remote system — cu ( )
		connect to remote system — tip ( )
		decode binary files — uudecode ( )
		encode binary files — uuencode ( )
		system to system command execution — uux ( )
		talk to another user — talk ( )
		UNIX-to-UNIX copy — uucp ( )
		user interface to a remote system using the TELNET protocol — telnet ( )
		UUCP list of names — uuname ( )
		UUCP log — uulog ( )
		write to another user — write ( )

	Compaq Smart-2 EISA/PCI and Smart-2SL PCI Array Controller ioctl utility — smart2cfg ( )

	compare two files — diff ( )

	compilers
		C compiler — cc ( )
		C program verifier — lint ( )
		regular expression compile — regcmp ( )
		RPC protocol compiler — rpcgen ( )

	compress — compress files ( )

	concatenate, files and display them — cat ( )

	configure LLC2 interface parameters — llc2_config ( )

	configure runtime linking environment — crle ( )

	connect to remote system, — cu ( )

	construct argument lists and invoke utility — xargs ( )

	continue — shell built-in functions to escape from or advance within a controlling while, for, foreach, or until loop ( )

	control, audio mixer control — mixerctl ( )

	control line printer — lpc ( )

	control tracing and manipulate probe points in a process or the kernel — prex ( )

	convert binary log file to Common Log File format — ncab2clf ( )

	convert binary TNF file to ASCII — tnfdump ( )

	convert FORTRAN carriage-control output to printable form — asa ( )

	convert Red Hat Package (RPM) to cpio archive — rpm2cpio ( )

	convert units — units ( )

	coproc — (FMLI utility) communicate with a process ( )

	copy
		archives — cpio ( )
		files — cp ( )

	core image, of running processes — gcore ( )

	coreceive — (FMLI utility) communicate with a process ( )

	cosend — (FMLI utility) communicate with a process ( )

	count blocks in file — sum ( )

	count lines, words, characters in file — wc ( )

	cp — copy files ( )

	cpio — copy archives ( )

	cpp — C preprocessor ( )

	cputrack — monitor process and LWP behavior using CPU performance counters ( )

	create, bibliography — addbib ( )

	create new task or change task or project of running process — newtask ( )

	crle — configure runtime linking environment ( )

	crontab — user crontab file ( )

	crypt — encrypt ( )

	csh — shell command interpreter with a C-like syntax ( )

	csplit — split files based on context ( )

	ct — spawn login to a remote terminal ( )

	ctags — create a tags file for use with ex and vi ( )

	cu — connect to remote system ( )

	curve, smooth, interpolate — spline ( )

	cut — cut out selected fields of each line of a file ( )


D

	date — display date and/or set date ( )

	date
		prompts for a date — ckdate ( )
		provides error message for date — errdate ( )
		provides help message for date — helpdate ( )
		validates a date — valdate ( )

	deallocate — deallocate devices ( )

	debug tools, debugger — adb ( )

	decode binary file — uudecode ( )

	decode files, — crypt ( )

	decrypt — crypt ( )

	define locale environment — localedef ( )

	dependencies, dynamic, of executable files or shared objects — ldd ( )

	deroff — remove nroff, troff, tbl and eqn constructs ( )

	describe command — whatis ( )

	describe instruction set architectures — isainfo ( )

	desk calculator, — dc ( )

	determine which variant instruction set is optimal to use — optisa ( )

	devices
		allocation — allocate ( )
		deallocation — deallocate ( )
		eject media device from drive — eject ( )
		list_devices — list_devices ( )

	df — display status of disk space on file systems ( )

	dhcpinfo — display value of parameters received through DHCP ( )

	dictionary, system, find words — look ( )

	diff — compare two files ( )

	diff
		3-way — diff3 ( )
		big — bdiff ( )

	diff3 — display line-by-line differences between three text files ( )

	diff command, side-by-side — sdiff ( )

	diffmk — mark differences between versions of a troff input file ( )

	digestp — frontends to the mp Text to PDL (Printer Description Language) pretty print filter ( )

	dircmp — compares contents of directories ( )

	directories
		compare contents — dircmp ( )
		list contents — ls ( )
		list contents of — ls ( )
		make — mkdir ( )
		make link to — ln ( )
		print working directory name — pwd ( )
		remove — rmdir ( )

	dirname — delivers all but last level of path name ( )

	dirs — shell built-in functions to change the current working directory ( )

	dis — object code disassembler ( )

	disable — disable LP printers ( )

	disassembler, object code — dis ( )

	disk usage, summary — du ( )

	display editor — vi ( )

	display
		a list of all valid user names — dispuid ( )
		architecture of current host — arch ( )
		call-graph profile data — gprof ( )
		contents of directory — ls ( )
		current news — news ( )
		— date ( )
		disk usage — du ( )
		dynamic dependencies of executable files or shared objects — ldd ( )
		effective user name — whoami ( )
		file names — ls ( )
		first few lines of files — head ( )
		group membership of user — groups ( ) ( )
		how long the system has been up — uptime ( )
		identifier of current host — hostid ( )
		last commands executed, in reverse order — lastcomm ( )
		list of all valid group names — dispgid ( )
		login and logout information about users and terminals — last ( )
		name of current host — hostname ( )
		name of the user running the process — logname ( )
		printer queue — lpq ( )
		process status — ps ( )
		processor type of current host — mach ( )
		selected lines from file — sed ( )
		size or sizes of a page of memory — pagesize ( )
		status of disk space on file system — df ( )
		status of local hosts — ruptime ( )
		status of network hosts — rup ( )
		users on system — users ( )
		working directory name — pwd ( )

	display discretionary file information — getfacl ( )

	display information about currently logged-in users — w ( )

	display information about the address space of a process — pmap ( )

	display names and references bound in FNS context — fnlist ( )

	display package parameter values — pkgparam ( )

	display profile data — prof ( )

	display reference bound to FNS name — fnlookup ( )

	display the internal versioning information of dynamic objects — pvs ( )

	display the native instruction sets executable on this platform — isalist ( )

	display value of parameters received through DHCP — dhcpinfo ( )

	document production
		check spelling — spell ( )
		check nroff/troff files — checknr ( )
		create an inverted index to a bibliographic database — indexbib ( )
		create or extend bibliography — addbib ( )
		eliminate .so's from nroff input — soelim ( )
		expand and insert references from a bibliographic database — refer ( )
		filters reverse line-feeds from two-column nroff text — col ( )
		find references in a bibliographic database — lookbib ( )
		format and print a bibliographic database — roffbib ( )
		format documents for display or line-printer — nroff ( )
		format tables for nroff or troff — tbl ( )
		mark differences between versions of a troff input file — diffmk ( )
		remove nroff, troff, tbl and eqn constructs — deroff ( )
		simple text formatters — fmt ( )
		sort a bibliographic database — sortbib ( )
		troff postprocessor for PostScript printers — dpost ( )
		typeset mathematics — eqn ( )
		typeset or format documents — troff ( )

	DOS
		convert text file from DOS format to ISO format — dos2unix ( )
		convert text file from ISO format to DOS format — unix2dos ( )

	dos2unix — convert text file from DOS format to ISO format ( )

	download — host resident PostScript font downloader ( )

	download — prepends host resident PostScript fonts to files ( )

	dpost — troff postprocessor for PostScript printers ( )

	draw graph — graph ( )

	du — summarize disk usage ( )

	du — display disk usage per directory or file ( )

	dump — dump selected parts of an object file ( )

	dump selected parts of an object file — dump ( )

	dump selected parts of an object file — elfdump ( )

	dumpcs — show codeset table for the current locale ( )

	dumpkeys — dump keyboard translation tables ( )


E

	echo — (FMLI utility) put string on virtual output ( )

	echo — echo arguments ( )

	echo — echo arguments to standard output ( )

	ed — text editor ( )

	edit — text editor ( )

	editing text, sed — stream editor ( )

	egrep — search a file for a pattern using full regular expressions ( )

	eject — eject media device from drive ( )

	elfdump — dump selected parts of an object file ( )

	enable — enable LP printers ( )

	encode binary file — uuencode ( )

	encode files, — crypt ( )

	encryption key, user, change — chkey ( )

	env — set environment for command invocation ( )

	environment
		display variables — printenv ( )
		set terminal characteristics — tset ( )

	environment variables, global, FMLI ( )

	eqn — mathematical typesetting ( )

	eqn, remove nroff, troff, tbl and eqn constructs — deroff ( )

	equations, typeset mathematics — eqn ( )

	error — analyze error messages ( )

	eval — shell built-in functions to execute other commands ( )

	evaluate condition(s) — test ( )

	ex — text editor ( )

	examine application-level products for unstable use of Solaris interfaces — appcert ( )

	exec — shell built-in functions to execute other commands ( )

	execute a command in a profile — pfcsh ( )

	execute a command in a profile — pfexec ( )

	execute a command in a profile — pfksh ( )

	execute a command in a profile — pfsh ( )

	execute commands at a later time — at ( ) ( )

	execute commands at a later time — batch
		batch ( ) ( )

	execute a simple command — command ( )

	execute command in extended attribute name space — runat ( )

	exit — shell built-in functions to enable the execution of the shell to advance beyond its sequence of steps ( )

	expand — expand TAB characters to SPACE characters ( )

	export — shell built-in functions to determine the characteristics for environmental variables of the current shell and its descendents ( )

	exportfs — translates exportfs options to share/unshare commands ( )

	expr — evaluate arguments as an expression ( )

	expr — evaluate expressions ( )

	expression evaluation — expr ( )

	exstr — extract strings from source files ( )

	extract kernel probes output into a trace file — tnfxtract ( )

	extract strings from C code — xstr ( )


F

	face — executable for the Framed Access Command Environment Interface ( )

	factor — obtain the prime factors of a number ( )

	false — provide truth values ( )

	fastboot — reboot system without checking disks ( )

	fasthalt — halt system without checking disks ( )

	fc — shell built-in functions to re-use previous command-lines from the current shell ( )

	fdformat — format floppy diskette or PCMCIA memory card ( )

	fg — shell built-in functions to control process execution ( )

	fgrep — search file for fixed-character string ( )

	file — determine file type ( )

	file
		change ownership — chown ( )
		determine type of — file ( )
		display names — ls ( )
		files perusal filter for CRTs — pg ( )
		make link to — ln ( )
		print — lpr ( )
		strip affixes — basename ( )
		sum — sum and count blocks in file ( )
		update last modified date of — touch ( )

	file — get file type ( )

	file system
		display status of disk space — df ( )
		make hard or symbolic links to files — ln ( )
		where am I — pwd ( )

	file transfer program, — ftp ( )

	filep — frontends to the mp Text to PDL (Printer Description Language) pretty print filter ( )

	files
		change owner of file — chown ( )
		change the permissions mode of a file — chmod ( )
		compare two files — cmp ( )
		compress — compress ( )
		compress files — pack ( )
		compress files — pcat ( )
		concatenate and display — cat ( )
		copy — cp ( )
		copy archives — cpio ( )
		crypt — encrypt/decrypt ( )
		cut out selected fields of each line of a file — cut ( )
		display uncompressed files but leaves compressed files intact — zcat ( )
		display a count of lines, words and characters in a file — wc ( )
		display first few lines — head ( )
		display last part — tail ( )
		display line-by-line differences between pairs of large text files — bdiff ( )
		display line-by-line differences between three text files — diff3 ( )
		expand compressed files — unpack ( )
		extract SCCS version information from a file — what ( )
		— find ( )
		mark differences between versions of a troff input file — diffmk ( )
		merge same lines of several files or subsequent lines of one file — paste ( )
		move — mv ( )
		print checksum and block count for a file — sum ( )
		print differences between two files side-by-side — sdiff ( )
		remove — rm ( )
		search a file for a pattern — grep ( )
		search file for fixed-character string — fgrep ( )
		search for a pattern using full regular expressions — egrep ( )
		sort or merge — sort ( )
		split a file into pieces — split ( )
		strip affixes from path names — basename ( )
		transfer to and from a remote machine — tftp ( )
		uncompress — uncompress ( )

	filesync — synchronize files and directories ( )
		Multiple Nomadic Machines ( )
		Rules File ( )

	filofaxp — frontends to the mp Text to PDL (Printer Description Language) pretty print filter ( )

	find — find files ( )

	find or signal processes by name and other attributes
		— pgrep ( )
		— pkill ( )

	fmlcut — (FMLI utility) cut out columns from a table or fields from each line of a file ( )

	fmlexpr — (FMLI utility) evaluate arguments as an expression ( )

	fmlgrep — (FMLI utility) search afile for a pattern ( )

	FMLI
		cocheck — communicate with a process ( )
		cocreate — communicate with a process ( )
		codestroy — communicate with a process ( )
		coproc — communicate with a process ( )
		coreceive — communicate with a process ( )
		cosend — communicate with a process ( )
		echo — put string on virtual output ( )
		fmlcut — cut out columns from a table or fields from each line of a file ( )
		fmlexpr — evaluate arguments as an expression ( )
		fmlgrep — search afile for a pattern ( )
		fmli — invoke fmli ( )
		getfrm — returns the current frameID number ( )
		getitems — returns a list of currently marked menu items ( )
		indicator — displays application specific alarms or working indicator, or both, on FMLI banner line ( )
		message — puts arguments on FMLI message line ( )
		pathconv — converts an alias to its pathname ( )
		readfile, longline — reads file, gets longest line ( )
		regex — match patterns against a string ( )
		reinit — changes the descriptors in the initialization file ( )
		reset — (FLMI utility) changes the entry in a field of a form to its default value ( )
		run — runs a program ( )
		set, unset — set and unset local or global environment variables ( )
		setcolor — redefine or create a color ( )
		shell — run a command using shell ( )
		test — evaluates the expression expression ( )
		vsig — synchronize a co-process with the controlling FMLI application ( )

	fmt — simple text formatters ( )

	fnattr — update and examine attributes associated with FNS named object ( )

	fnlist — display names and references bound in FNS context ( )

	fnlookup — display reference bound to FNS name ( )

	fnrename — rename the binding of an FNS name ( )

	FNS
		display names and references — fnlist ( )
		display reference bound to FNS name — fnlookup ( )
		search for FNS objects — fnsearch ( )
		update attributes — fnattr ( )

	fnsearch — search for FNS objects with specified attributes ( )
		Displaying Selected Attributes ( )
		Extended Operations ( )
		Filter Arguments ( )
		Grammar of Filter Expressions ( )
		Logical Operators ( )
		Relational Operators ( )
		Simple Filter Expressions ( )
		Wildcarded Strings ( )

	fnunbind — unbind the reference from an FNS name ( )

	fold — fold long lines ( )

	fonts, prepends host resident PostScript fonts to files — download ( )

	force a defunct process to be reaped by its parent — preap ( )

	format floppy diskette or PCMCIA memory card — fdformat ( )

	formatters, text, — fmt ( )

	Forms and Menu Language Interpreter
		See FMLI

	FORTRAN, create a tags file for use with ex and vi — ctags ( )

	Framed Access Command Environment
		See face

	frameID number (FMLI utility) — getfrm ( )

	franklinp — frontends to the mp Text to PDL (Printer Description Language) pretty print filter ( )

	from — sender of mail messages ( )

	frontends to the mp Text to PDL (Printer Description Language) pretty print filter — digestp ( )

	frontends to the mp Text to PDL (Printer Description Language) pretty print filter — filep ( )

	frontends to the mp Text to PDL (Printer Description Language) pretty print filter — filofaxp ( )

	frontends to the mp Text to PDL (Printer Description Language) pretty print filter — franklinp ( )

	frontends to the mp Text to PDL (Printer Description Language) pretty print filter — mailp ( )

	frontends to the mp Text to PDL (Printer Description Language) pretty print filter — newsp ( )

	frontends to the mp Text to PDL (Printer Description Language) pretty print filter — timemanp ( )

	frontends to the mp Text to PDL (Printer Description Language) pretty print filter — timesysp ( )

	ftp — file transfer program ( )

	ftpcount — show current number of users in each FTP Server class ( )

	ftpwho — show current process information for each FTP Server user ( )

	function calls, trace application function calls to Solaris shared libraries — apptrace ( )


G

	gcore — get core images of running processes ( )

	gencat — generate a formatted message catalog ( )

	generate iconv code conversion tables — geniconvtbl ( )

	generate LLC2 configuration files — llc2_autoconfig ( )

	generate message source file from source files — genmsg ( )

	generate programs for lexical tasks — lex ( )

	generate repetitive affirmative output — yes ( )

	geniconvtbl — generate iconv code conversion tables ( )

	genmsg — generate message source file from source files ( )
		Auto Message Numbering ( )
		Comment Extraction ( )
		Invocation ( )
		Testing ( )

	get configuration values — getconf ( )

	get locale-specific information — locale ( )

	get or set the resource controls of running processes, tasks, and projects — prctl ( )

	get or set the resource limits of running processes, — plimit ( )

	getconf — get configuration values ( )

	getfacl — display discretionary file information ( )

	getfrm — (FMLI utility) returns the current frameID number ( )

	getitems — (FMLI utility) returns a list of currently marked menu items ( )

	getopt — parse command options ( )

	getoptcvt — parse command options ( ) ( ) ( )

	getopts — shell built-in function to parse command-line options ( )

	gettext — retrieve text string from message database ( )

	gettxt — retrieve text string from message database ( )

	glob — shell built-in function to expand a word list ( )

	goto — shell built-in functions to enable the execution of the shell to advance beyond its sequence of steps ( )

	gprof — call-graph profile ( )

	graph — draw graph ( )

	graphics filters for plotters — plot ( )

	graphics filters for plotters — tplot ( )

	graphics, interpolate smooth curve — spline ( )

	grep
		search a file for a pattern — grep ( )
		search a file for a pattern using full regular expressions — egrep ( )
		search file for fixed-character string — fgrep ( )

	group IDs
		change real and effective — newgrp ( )
		change the group ownership of a file — chgrp ( )
		display a list of all valid group names — dispgid ( )
		prompts for group ID — ckgid ( )
		provides error message for group ID — errgid ( )
		provides help message for group ID — helpgid ( )
		validates group ID — valgid ( )

	groups — display group membership ( )

	groups — print group membership of user ( )

	grpck — check group database entries ( )


H

	halt system without checking disks — fasthalt ( )

	hash — shell built-in functions to evaluate the internal hash table of the contents of directories ( )

	hashstat — shell built-in functions to evaluate the internal hash table of the contents of directories ( )

	head — display first few lines of files ( )

	history — shell built-in functions to re-use previous command-lines from the current shell ( )

	HOME variable — sh ( )

	host machines, local
		show status — ruptime ( )
		who is logged in — rwho ( )

	host machines, remote
		display status of network hosts (RPC version) — rup ( )
		who is logged in — rusers ( )

	host resident PostScript font downloader — download ( )

	hostid — display host ID ( )

	hostname — display host name ( )


I

	i386 — get processor type truth value ( )

	iAPX286 — get processor type truth value ( )

	IFS variable — sh ( )

	indicator — (FMLI utility) displays application specific alarms or working indicator, or both, on FMLI banner line ( )

	indxbib — create an inverted index to a bibliographic database ( )

	install — install files ( )

	instruction set, determining which variant is optimal to use — optisa ( )

	integer
		prompts for an integer — ckint ( )
		provides error message for integer — errint ( )
		provides help message for integer — helpint ( )
		validates an integer — valint ( )

	integer, range
		prompts for an integer within a specified range — ckrange ( )
		provides error message for integer within a specified range — errange ( )
		provides help message for integer within a specified range — helprange ( )
		validate an integer within a specified range — valrange ( )

	interactive message processing system — mail ( )

	interactive message processing system — Mail ( )

	Internet
		transfer files to and from a remote machine — tftp ( )
		transfer of files to and from remote network sites — ftp ( )
		user name directory service — whois ( )

	interprocess communication
		remove a message queue, semaphore set, or shared memory ID — ipcrm ( )
		report status — ipcs ( )

	invoke a command with an altered scheduling priority — nice ( )

	ipcrm — remove a message queue, semaphore set, or shared memory ID ( )

	ipcs — report inter-process communication facilities status ( )

	isainfo — describe instruction set architectures ( )

	isalist — display the native instruction sets executable on this platform ( )


J

	jobs — shell built-in functions to control process execution ( )

	join — relational database operator ( )

	jsh — the job control shell command interpreter ( )


K

	kbd — manipulate the state of keyboard or display the type of keyboard or change the default keyboard abort sequence effect ( )

	Kerberos keytab maintenance utility — ktutil ( )

	Kerberos login utility, — kinit ( )

	Kerberos tickets
		destroy — kdestroy ( )
		list currently held — klist ( )

	keyboard
		load and dump keyboard translation tables — loadkeys, dumpkeys ( )
		manipulate the state of keyboard or display the type of keyboard or change the default keyboard abort sequence effect — kbd ( )

	keylogin — decrypt and store secret key with keyserv ( )

	keylogout — delete stored secret key with keyserv ( )

	keywords, prompts for and validates a keyword — ckkeywd ( )

	kill — terminate a process by default ( )

	Korn shell commands, login command ( )

	KornShell
		aliasing — ksh ( )
		arithmetic evaluation — ksh ( )
		blank interpretation — ksh ( )
		command execution — ksh ( )
		command re-entry — ksh ( )
		command substitution — ksh ( )
		commands — ksh ( )
		comments — ksh ( )
		conditional expressions — ksh ( )
		definitions — ksh ( )
		emacs editing mode — ksh ( )
		environment — ksh ( )
		file name generation — ksh ( )
		functions — ksh ( )
		I/O — ksh ( )
		in-line editing options — ksh ( )
		invocation — ksh ( )
		jobs — ksh ( )
		jobs — shell_builtins ( )
		parameter substitution — ksh ( )
		process substitution — ksh ( )
		prompting — ksh ( )
		quoting — ksh ( )
		restricted command and programming language — rksh ( )
		signals — ksh ( )
		special commands — ksh ( )
		tilde substitution — ksh ( )
		vi editing mode — ksh ( )

	kpasswd — change a user's Kerberos password ( )

	ksh — KornShell, a standard command and programming language ( )

	ktutil — Kerberos keytab maintenance utility ( )


L

	languages
		C compiler — cc ( )
		C preprocessor — cpp ( )
		C program verifier — lint ( )
		create C error messages — mkstr ( )
		extract strings from C code — xstr ( )

	last — display login and logout information about users and terminals ( )

	lastcomm — display the last commands executed, in reverse order ( )

	ld — link-editor for object files ( )

	ld — link editor ( )

	ld.so.1 — runtime linker for dynamic objects ( )

	ldap — LDAP as a naming repository ( )

	LDAP as a naming repository — ldap ( )

	ldap delete entry tool — ldapdelete ( ) ( )

	ldap entry addition and modification tools
		— ldapadd ( )
		— ldapmodify ( )

	ldap modify entry RDN tool — ldapmodrdn ( )

	ldap search tool — ldapsearch ( )

	ldapadd — ldap entry addition and modification tools ( )

	ldapdelete — ldap delete entry tool ( ) ( )

	ldapmodify — ldap entry addition and modification tools ( )

	ldapmodrdn — ldap modify entry RDN tool ( )
		Input Format ( )

	ldapsearch — ldap search tool ( )
		Output Format ( )

	ldd — list dynamic dependencies of executable files or shared objects ( )

	let — shell built-in function to evaluate one or more arithmetic expressions ( )

	lex — generate programs for lexical tasks ( )
		Actions in lex ( )

	lex, create a tags file for use with ex and vi — ctags ( )

	lex — generate programs for lexical tasks
		Definitions in lex ( )
		Output Files ( )
		Regular Expressions in lex ( )
		Rules in lex ( )
		Stderr ( )
		Stdout ( )
		User Subroutines in lex ( )

	library archive, find ordering relation for an object or library archive — lorder ( )

	limit — set or get limitations on the system resources available to the current shell and its descendents ( )
		csh ( ) ( ) ( )
		ksh ( ) ( )
		sh ( ) ( )
		sh/ksh ( )
		/usr/bin/ulimit ( ) ( )

	line — read one line from standard input and write to standard output ( )

	line numbering filter — nl ( )

	line printer control — lpc ( )

	link, make hard or symbolic links to files — ln ( )

	link editor — ld ( )

	link-editor — ld ( )

	lint — C program verifier ( )

	list
		contents of directory — ls ( )
		file names — ls ( )

	list, sorted, find lines — look ( )

	list_devices — list_devices ( )

	list of service grades, print — uuglist ( )

	listusers — list user login information ( )

	llc2_autoconfig — generate LLC2 configuration files ( )

	llc2_config — configure LLC2 interface parameters ( )

	LLC2 Station, SAP, and Connection Statistics — llc2_stats ( )

	llc2_stats — LLC2 Station, SAP, and Connection Statistics ( )

	ln — make hard or symbolic links to files ( )

	loadkeys — load keyboard translation tables ( )

	locale — get locale-specific information ( )

	localedef — define locale environment ( )

	log, system, add entries — logger ( )

	logger — add entries to the system log ( )

	logger — make system log entry ( )

	login — sign on to the system ( )

	login command ( ) ( )

	login
		change login password and password attributes — passwd ( )
		display effective user name — whoami ( )
		display login and logout information about users and terminals — last ( )
		get the name of the user running the process — logname ( )
		list user login information — listusers ( )
		remote — rlogin ( )
		spawn login to a remote terminal — ct ( )
		who is logged in, and what are they doing — w ( )

	login environment
		display variables — printenv ( )
		set terminal characteristics — tset ( )

	login password, change in NIS — yppasswd ( )

	logname — get the name of the user running the process ( )

	logout — shell built-in function to exit from a login session ( )

	logout, display login and logout information about users and terminals — last ( )

	look — find words in the system dictionary or lines in a sorted list ( )

	lookbib — find references in a bibliographic database ( )

	lorder — find ordering relation for an object or library archive ( )

	lp — send requests to a print service ( )

	LP print services
		cancel requests — cancel ( )
		control line printer — lpc ( )
		display printer queue — lpq ( )
		generate printer test pattern — lptest ( )
		print files — lp ( )
		print files (BSD) — lpr ( )
		remove print jobs — lprm ( )

	lpc — line printer control ( )

	lpq — display printer queue ( )

	lpr — print files ( )

	lprm — remove print jobs ( )

	lpstat — print information about the status of the print service ( )

	lptest — generate printer test pattern ( )

	ls — list contents of directory ( )

	ls — list files ( )


M

	m4 — macro processor ( )

	mach — display processor type of current host ( )

	machid — get processor type truth value ( )

	machine IDs, get processor type truth value — machid ( )

	macro processor — m4 ( )

	madv library — madv.so.1 ( )

	madv.so.1 — madv library ( )

	magnetic tape
		backspace files — mt ( )
		backspace records — mt ( )
		copy — tcopy ( )
		erase — mt ( )
		forward space files — mt ( )
		forward space records — mt ( )
		get unit status — mt ( )
		manipulate — mt ( )
		place unit off-line — mt ( )
		retension — mt ( )
		rewind — mt ( )
		skip backward files — mt ( )
		skip backward records — mt ( )
		skip forward files — mt ( )
		skip forward records — mt ( )
		write EOF mark on — mt ( )

	mail — interactive message processing system ( )

	Mail — interactive message processing system ( )

	MAIL variable — sh ( ) ( )

	mail, automatic replies — vacation ( )

	mail aliases, aliases— system mail ( )

	mail services
		mail notifier — biff ( )
		sender of mail messages — from ( )

	mail utilities, statistics — mailstats ( )

	mailbox, storage for incoming mail — mailx ( )

	MAILCHECK variable — sh ( )

	mailcompat — provide SunOS compatibility for Solaris mailbox format ( )

	mailp — frontends to the mp Text to PDL (Printer Description Language) pretty print filter ( )

	mailstats — mail delivery statistics ( )

	mailx — interactive message processing system ( ) ( )

	mailx commands
		— ! ( )
		— # ( )
		— = ( )
		— ? ( )
		— \| ( )
		— z ( )
		— alias ( )
		— alternates ( )
		— cd ( )
		— chdir ( )
		— Copy ( )
		— copy ( )
		— delete ( )
		— discard ( )
		— dp ( )
		— dt ( )
		— echo ( )
		— edit ( )
		— else ( )
		— endif ( )
		— exit ( )
		— field ( )
		— file ( )
		— folder ( )
		— Followup ( )
		— followup ( )
		— from ( )
		— group ( )
		— headers ( )
		— help ( )
		— hold ( ) ( )
		— if ( )
		— ignore ( )
		— inc ( )
		— list ( )
		— load ( )
		— mail ( )
		— mbox ( )
		— More ( )
		— New ( )
		— new ( )
		— next ( )
		— Page ( )
		— pipe ( )
		— preserve ( ) ( )
		— Print ( ) ( )
		— print ( ) ( )
		— Put ( )
		— put ( )
		— quit ( )
		— Reply ( )
		— reply ( )
		— replyall ( )
		— replysender ( )
		— Respond ( )
		— respond ( )
		— retain ( )
		— Save ( )
		— save ( )
		— set ( )
		— shell ( )
		— size ( )
		— source ( )
		— top ( )
		— touch ( )
		— Type ( ) ( )
		— type ( ) ( )
		— unalias ( )
		— undelete ( )
		— undiscard ( )
		— ungroup ( )
		— unignore ( )
		— Unread ( ) ( )
		— unread ( ) ( )
		— unretain ( )
		— unset ( )
		— version ( )
		— visual ( )
		— write ( )
		— xit ( )

	maintain groups of programs — sysV-make ( )

	make — maintain, update, and regenerate related programs and files
		Appending to a Macro ( )
		Bourne Shell Constructs ( )
		Clearing Special Targets ( )
		Command Dependencies ( )
		Command Execution ( )
		Command Substitutions ( )
		Conditional Macro Definitions ( )
		Dynamic Macros ( )
		Global ( )
		Hidden Dependencies ( )
		Implicit Rules ( )
		implicit rules, list of make/make.rules ( )
		Library Maintenance ( )
		Macros ( ) ( )
		Makefile Target Entries ( )
		Pattern Matching Rules ( )
		Pattern Replacement Macro References ( )
		Predefined Macros ( )
		Reading Makefiles and the Environment ( )
		Rules ( )
		Signals ( )
		Special Characters ( )
		Special-Function Targets ( )
		Special-Purpose Macros ( )
		Suffix Replacement Macro References ( )
		Suffix Rules ( )

	make, System V version of make — sysV-make ( )

	make — maintain, update, and regenerate related programs and files
		Targets and Dependencies ( )
		The Suffixes List ( )

	man — online display of reference pages ( )

	manual pages
		accessing — man ( )
		describe command — whatis ( )
		locate — whereis ( )

	matrix display program for PostScript printers — postmd ( )

	mbox, storage file for read mail — mailx ( )

	mconnect — open connection to remote mail server ( )

	mcs — manipulate the comment section of an object file ( )

	mdb — modular debugger ( )

	menu item
		builds a menu and prompts user to choose one item from menu — ckitem ( )
		provides error message for menu item — erritem ( )
		provides help message for menu item — helpitem ( )

	menu items, FMLI, returns a list of — getitems ( )

	mesg — permit or deny messages via write ( )

	message — puts arguments on FMLI message line ( )

	messages
		create message object file — msgfmt ( )
		display contents of, or search for a text string in, message data bases — srchtxt ( )
		display on stderr or system console — fmtmsg ( )
		extract gettext call strings — xgettext ( )
		generate a formatted message catalog — gencat ( )
		permit or deny messages via write — mesg ( )
		retrieve text string from message database — gettext ( )

	mixerctl — audio mixer control ( )

	mkdir — make directories ( )

	mkmsgs — create message files for use by gettxt ( )

	mkstr — create C error messages ( )

	modify the Access Control List (ACL) for a file or files — setfacl ( )

	modular debugger — mdb ( )

	monitor process and LWP behavior using CPU performance counters — cputrack ( )

	more — browse through a text file ( )

	mp — text to PDL (Page Description Language) pretty print filter ( )

	mpss.so.1 — shared object for setting preferred page size ( )

	msgfmt — create message object file ( )

	mt — manipulate magnetic tape ( )

	mv — move files ( )


N

	nawk — pattern scanning and processing language ( )
		Actions ( )
		Arithmetic Functions ( )
		Expression Patterns ( )
		Expressions in nawk ( )
		Functions ( )
		Input/Output and General Functions ( )
		Output Statements ( )
		Pattern Ranges ( )
		Patterns ( )
		Regular Expressions ( )
		Special Patterns ( )
		String Functions ( )
		User-defined Functions ( )
		/usr/bin/nawk ( )
		/usr/xcu4/bin/awk ( )
		/usr/xpg4/bin/awk ( )
		Variables and Special Variables ( )

	NCA — the Network Cache and Accelerator (NCA) ( )

	nca — the Network Cache and Accelerator (NCA) ( )

	ncab2clf — convert binary log file to Common Log File format ( )

	ncakmod — start or stop the NCA kernel module ( )

	neqn — mathematical typesetting ( )

	netscape — start Netscape Communicator for Solaris ( )

	newform — change the format of a text file ( )

	newgrp — changes a user's group ID ( )

	newgrp — shell built-in function to allow new group permissions to the user ( )

	news — print news items ( )

	newsp — frontends to the mp Text to PDL (Printer Description Language) pretty print filter ( )

	newtask — create new task or change task or project of running process ( )

	NFS, secure
		decrypt and store secret key with keyserv — keylogin ( )
		delete stored secret key with keyserv— keylogout ( )

	nice — invoke a command with an altered scheduling priority ( )

	nice, change process nice value — renice ( )

	nice — invoke a command with an altered scheduling priority, csh Builtin ( )

	nis — a new version of the network information name service ( )

	NIS
		change login password in — yppasswd ( )
		print the value of one or more keys from a NIS map — ypmatch ( )
		print values in a NIS database — ypcat ( )
		return name of NIS server or map master — ypwhich ( )

	nis+ — a new version of the network information name service ( )

	NIS+ — a new version of the network information name service ( )

	NIS+
		Authentication — nis+ ( )
		Authorization — nis+ ( )
		change access rights on a NIS+ object — nischmod ( )
		change password information — nispasswd ( )
		change the group owner of a NIS+ object — nischgrp ( )
		change the owner of a NIS+ object — nischown ( )
		change the time to live of a NIS+ object — nischttl ( )
		Concatenation Path — nis+ ( )
		create NIS+ directories — nismkdir ( )
		Directories and Domains — nis+ ( )
		Directory Authorization — nis+ ( )
		display NIS+ defaults — nisdefaults ( )
		display NIS+ error messages — niserror ( )
		display tables — niscat ( )
		Grammar — nis+ ( )
		Group Names — nis+ ( )
		group administration — nisgrpadm ( )
		Indexed Names — nis+ ( )
		list the contents of a NIS+ directory — nisls ( )
		Name Expansion — nis+ ( )
		Namespaces — nis+ ( )
		NIS+ Administrative Commands — nis+ ( )
		NIS+ Directory Object — nis+ ( )
		NIS+ Files and Directories — nis+ ( )
		NIS+ Group Object — nis+ ( )
		NIS+ Link Object — nis+ ( )
		NIS+ Programming API — nis+ ( )
		NIS+ Table Object — nis+ ( )
		NIS+ User Commands — nis+ ( )
		Principal Names — nis+ ( )
		remove directories — nisrmdir ( )
		remove objects — nisrm ( )
		return the state of the NIS+ namespace using a conditional expression — nistest ( )
		Simple Names — nis+ ( )
		symbolically link NIS+ objects — nisln ( )
		Table Authorization — nis+ ( )
		table administration tool — nistbladm ( )
		utilities for searching NIS+ tables — nismatch, nisgrep ( )

	niscat — display NIS+ tables ( )

	nischgrp — change the group owner of a NIS+ object ( )

	nischmod — change access rights on a NIS+ object ( )

	nischown — change the owner of a NIS+ object ( )

	nischttl — change the time to live of a NIS+ object ( )

	nisdefaults — display NIS+ defaults ( )

	niserror — display NIS+ error messages ( )

	nisgrep — utility for searching NIS+ tables ( )

	nisgrpadm — NIS+ group administration command ( )

	nisln — symbolically link NIS+ objects ( )

	nisls — list the contents of a NIS+ directory ( )

	nismatch — utility for searching NIS+ tables ( )

	nismkdir — create a NIS+ directory ( )

	nisrm — remove NIS+ objects ( )

	nisrmdir — remove a NIS+ directory ( )

	nistbladm — administer NIS+ tables ( )

	nistest — return the state of the NIS+ namespace using a conditional expression ( )

	nl — number lines ( )

	nm — print name list of an object file ( )

	nohup — run a command immune to hangups ( )

	notify — shell built-in functions to control process execution ( )

	notify user that volume requested is not in the CD-ROM or floppy drive — volmissing ( )

	nroff — format documents for display or line-printer ( )

	nroff utilities
		check nroff and troff files — checknr ( )
		eliminate .so's from nroff input — soelim ( )
		filters reverse line-feeds from two-column nroff text — col ( )
		format tables — tbl ( )
		remove nroff, troff, tbl and eqn constructs — deroff ( )


O

	object archive, find ordering relation for an object or library archive — lorder ( )

	object files
		find printable strings — strings ( )
		manipulate the comment section — mcs ( )
		print section sizes in bytes — size ( )
		strip symbol table, debugging and line number information — strip ( )

	octal dump, — od ( )

	od — octal dump ( )

	on — execute a command on a remote system, but with the local environment ( )

	onintr — shell built-in functions to respond to (hardware) signals ( )

	online documentation system, — answerbook2 ( )

	online reference pages — man ( )

	optisa — determine which variant instruction set is optimal to use ( )


P

	pack — compress files ( )

	page — page through a text file ( )

	pagesize — display size or sizes of a page of memory ( )

	pargs — print process arguments, environment variables, or auxiliary vector ( )

	Pascal, create a tags file for use with ex and vi — ctags ( )

	passwd — change login password and password attributes ( )

	password, change in NIS — yppasswd ( )

	password file, edit — vipw ( )

	passwords, change login password and password attributes — passwd ( )

	paste — merge same lines of several files or subsequent lines of one file ( )

	patch — apply changes to files ( )
		File Name Determination ( )
		Patch Application ( )
		Patch File Format ( )

	PATH variable — sh ( )

	pathchk — check path names ( )

	pathconv — search FMLI criteria for filename ( )

	pathname
		prompts for a pathname — ckpath ( )
		provides error message for pathname — errpath ( )
		provides help message for pathname — helppath ( )
		validates pathname — valpath ( )

	pattern scanning and processing language — nawk ( )

	pax — portable archive interchange ( )
		Modes of Operations ( )
		Standard Error ( )
		Standard Output ( )

	pcat — compress files ( )

	pcred — proc tools ( )

	pdp11 — get processor type truth value ( )

	performance monitoring
		display call-graph profile data — gprof ( )
		resource usage for a command — rusage ( )
		time a command; report process data and system activity — timex ( )

	perl — Practical Extraction and Report Language ( )

	pfcsh — execute a command in a profile ( )

	pfexec — execute a command in a profile ( )

	pfiles — proc tools ( )

	pfksh — execute a command in a profile ( )

	pflags — proc tools ( )

	pfsh — execute a command in a profile ( )

	pg — files perusal filter for CRTs ( )

	pgrep — find processes by name and other attributes ( )

	pkginfo — display software package information ( )

	pkgmk — produce an installable package ( )

	pkgparam — display package parameter values ( )

	pkgproto — generate prototype file entries for input to pkgmk command ( )

	pkgtrans — translate package format ( )

	pkill — signal processes by name and other attributes ( )

	pldd — proc tools ( )

	plimit — get or set the resource limits of running processes ( )

	plot — graphics filters for plotters ( )

	plotters, graphics filters — plot ( )

	graphics filters — tplot, graphics filters ( )

	pmap — display information about the address space of a process ( )

	popd — shell built-in functions to change the current working directory ( )

	portable archive interchange — pax ( )

	postplot — PostScript translator for plot(4B) graphics files ( )

	postdaisy — PostScript translator for Diablo 630 daisy-wheel files ( )

	postdmd — PostScript translator for DMD bitmap files ( )

	postio — serial interface for PostScript printers ( )

	postmd — matrix display program for PostScript printers ( )

	postprint — PostScript translator for text files ( )

	postprocessors, troff for PostScript printers — dpost ( )

	postreverse — reverse the page order in a PostScript file ( )

	PostScript
		matrix display program — postmd ( )
		prepends host resident PostScript fonts to files — download ( )
		reverse the page order in a PostScript file — postreverse ( )
		serial interface — postio ( )
		translator for Diablo 630 daisy-wheel files — postdaisy ( )
		translator for DMD bitmap files — postdmd ( )
		translator for plot(4B) graphics files — postplot ( )
		translator for Tektronix 4014 files — posttek ( )
		translator for text files — postprint ( )
		troff postprocessor for PostScript printers — dpost ( )

	PostScript translator for Diablo 630 daisy-wheel files — postdaisy ( )

	PostScript translator forMD bitmap files — postdmd ( )

	PostScript translator for Tektronix 4014 files — posttek ( )

	PostScript translator for text files — postprint ( )

	posttek — PostScript translator for Tektronix 4014 files ( )

	pr — print files ( )

	Practical Extraction and Report Language — perl ( )

	praliases — display system mail aliases ( )

	prctl — get or set the resource controls of running processes, tasks, and projects ( )

	preap — force a defunct process to be reaped by its parent ( )

	prex — control tracing and manipulate probe points in a process or the kernel ( )

	prime factors, obtain for a number — factor ( )

	print — shell built-in function to output characters to the screen or window ( )

	print
		formatted output — printf ( )
		print files — pr ( )

	print process arguments, environment variables, or auxiliary vector — pargs ( )

	print authorizations granted to a user — auths ( )

	print execution profiles for a user — profiles ( )

	print files — lpr ( )

	print files, prepends host resident PostScript fonts to files — download ( )

	print project membership of user — projects ( )

	print roles granted to a user — roles ( )

	print services, print information about the status — lpstat ( )

	printenv — display environment variables ( )

	printers
		cancel requests — cancel ( )
		control — lpc ( )
		display queue — lpq ( )
		print information about the status — lpstat ( )
		remove jobs from queue — lprm ( )
		send requests — lp ( )
		test — lptest ( )

	printers, LP
		— disable ( )
		— enable ( )

	printf — print formatted output ( )

	proc tools
		— pcred ( )
		— pfiles ( )
		— pflags ( )
		— pldd ( )
		— prun ( )
		— psig ( )
		— pstack ( )
		— pstop ( )
		— ptime ( )
		— ptree ( )
		— pwait ( )
		— pwdx ( )

	process, running, change priority — renice ( )

	process accounting
		search and print files — acctcom ( )
		time a command; report process data and system activity — timex ( )

	process scheduler, display or set scheduling parameters of specified process(es) — priocntl ( )

	process status, report — ps ( )

	processes
		display status — ps ( )
		get core images of running processes — gcore ( )
		terminate a process by default — kill ( )

	processors, display type — mach ( )

	prof — display profile data ( )

	profile, display call-graph — gprof ( )

	profiles — print execution profiles for a user ( )

	programming languages
		analyze and disperse compiler error messages — error ( )
		C compiler — cc ( )
		C preprocessor — cpp ( )
		C program verifier — lint ( )
		extract strings from C code — xstr ( )
		formats program in nice style using troff — vgrind ( )

	programming tools
		arbitrary precision arithmetic language — bc ( )
		assembler — as ( )
		create a tags file for use with ex and vi — ctags ( )
		create C error messages — mkstr ( )
		debugger — adb ( )
		display call-graph profile data — gprof ( )
		dump selected parts of an object file — dump ( )
		find printable strings in an object or binary file — strings ( )
		— install ( )
		link editor — ld ( )
		link-editor for object files — ld ( )
		macro processor — m4 ( )
		make — build programs ( )
		object code disassembler — dis ( )
		print name list of an object file — nm ( )
		print section sizes in bytes of object files — size ( )
		regular expression compile — regcmp ( )
		resolve and remove ifdef'ed lines from C program source — unifdef ( )
		resource usage for a command — rusage ( )
		RPC protocol compiler — rpcgen ( )
		Source Code Control System — sccs ( )
		strip symbol table, debugging and line number information from an object file — strip ( )
		touch — update last modified date of file ( )

	projects — print project membership of user ( )

	prun — proc tools ( )

	PS1 variable — sh ( )

	PS2 variable — sh ( )

	ps — display process status ( )

	psig — proc tools ( )

	pstack — proc tools ( )

	pstop — proc tools ( )

	ptime — proc tools ( )

	ptree — proc tools ( )

	pushd — shell built-in functions to change the current working directory ( )

	pvs — display the internal versioning information of dynamic objects ( )

	pwait — proc tools ( )

	pwd — print working directory name ( )

	pwdx — proc tools ( )


Q

	queue, printer, display — lpq ( )

	queues
		display the jobs queued to run at specified times — atq ( )
		remove jobs spooled by at or batch — atrm ( )


R

	true — convert archives to random libraries ( )

	rcp — remote file copy ( )

	rdist — remote file distribution ( )

	read — shell built-in function to receive from standard input (keyboard) ( )

	readfile, longline — (FMLI utility) reads file, gets longest line ( )

	readonly — shell built-in function to protect the value of the given variable from reassignment ( )

	reboot system without checking disks — fastboot ( )

	red — text editor ( )

	refer — expand and insert references from a bibliographic database ( )

	regcmp — regular expression compile ( )

	regenerate groups of programs — sysV-make ( )

	regenerate programs — make ( )

	regex — (FMLI utility) match patterns against a string ( )

	registration ( )

	rehash — shell built-in functions to evaluate the internal hash table of the contents of directories ( )

	reinit — (FMLI utility) changes the descriptors in the initialization file ( )

	relational database, — join ( )

	reminder services
		— calendar ( )
		mail notifier — biff ( )

	remote shell — rsh ( )

	remote system
		connect — tip ( )
		connect to — cu ( )
		execute a command on a remote system, but with the local environment — on ( )
		file copy — rcp ( )
		file distribution — rdist ( )
		remote login — rlogin ( )
		shell — rsh ( )
		show status — rup ( ) ( )
		spawn login — ct ( )
		system to system command execution — uux ( )
		transfer files to and from — tftp ( )
		who is logged in on remote machines — rusers ( )

	removable rewritable media format utility — rmformat ( )

	rename the binding of an FNS name — fnrename ( )

	renice — alter priority of running processes ( )

	report on the calls to a specific procedure — whocalls ( )

	report or filter out repeated lines in a file — uniq ( )

	reset — (FLMI utility) changes the entry in a field of a form to its default value ( )

	reset — reset terminal bits ( )

	reset terminal bits — reset ( )

	return — shell built-in functions to enable the execution of the shell to advance beyond its sequence of steps ( )

	reverse page order, PostScript file — postreverse ( )

	reverse the page order in a PostScript file — postreverse ( )

	rksh — KornShell, restricted command and programming language ( )

	rlogin — remote login ( )

	rm — remove files ( )

	rmdir — remove directories ( )

	rmformat — removable rewritable media format utility ( )

	roffbib — format and print bibliographic database ( )

	roles — print roles granted to a user ( )

	RPC
		display host status of remote machines — rup ( )
		display status of network hosts — rup ( )
		protocol compiler — rpcgen ( )

	RPC, secure
		decrypt and store secret key with keyserv — keylogin ( )
		delete stored secret key with keyserv — keylogout ( )

	RPC Language, RPC protocol compiler — rpcgen ( )

	rpcgen — RPC protocol compiler ( )

	rpm2cpio — convert Red Hat Package (RPM) to cpio archive ( )

	rsh — remote shell ( )

	run — (FMLI utility) runs a program ( )

	run a command immune to hangups — nohup ( )

	runat — execute command in extended attribute name space ( )

	runtime linker for dynamic objects — ld.so.1 ( )

	rup — display status of network hosts (RPC version) ( )

	rup — display status of network hosts ( )

	ruptime — display status of local hosts ( )

	rusage — resource usage for a command ( )

	rusers — who is logged in on remote machines ( )

	rwho — who is logged in on local machines ( )


S

	sag — system activity graph ( )

	sar — system activity reporter ( )

	SCCS, extract SCCS version information from a file — what ( )

	sccs-admin — create and administer SCCS history files ( )

	sccs-cdc — change the delta commentary of an SCCS delta ( )

	sccs-comb — combine deltas ( )

	sccs — Source Code Control System ( )

	SCCS commands
		admin — create and administer SCCS history files ( )
		cdc — change the delta commentary of an SCCS delta ( )
		comb — combine deltas ( )
		delta — change the delta commentary of an SCCS delta ( )
		get — retrieve a version of an SCCS file ( )
		help — help regarding SCCS error or warning messages ( )
		prt — display delta table information from an SCCS file ( )
		rmdel — remove a delta from an SCCS file ( )
		sact — show editing activity status of an SCCS file ( )
		sccs-prs — display selected portions of an SCCS history ( )
		sccsdiff — compare versions of SCCS file ( )
		unget — unget SCCS file ( )
		val — validate SCCS file ( )

	sccs-delta — change the delta commentary of an SCCS delta ( )

	SCCS delta
		change commentary — sccs-cdc ( )
		combine — sccs-comb ( )
		create — delta ( )
		remove — rmdel ( )

	SCCS delta table, print form an SCCS file — sccs-prt ( )

	SCCS files
		compare versions — sccs-sccsdiff ( )
		retrieve a version of a file — sccs-get ( )
		show editing activity status — sccs-sact ( )
		undo a previous get of an SCCS file — sccs-unget ( )
		validate — sccs-val ( )

	sccs-get — retrieve a version of an SCCS file ( )

	sccs-help — help regarding SCCS error or warning messages ( )

	SCCS help, regarding SCCS error or warning messages — sccs-help ( )

	SCCS history, display selected portions — sccs-prs ( )

	SCCS history files, create and administer — sccs-admin ( )

	sccs-prs — display selected portions of an SCCS history ( )

	sccs-prt — display delta table information from an SCCS file ( )

	sccs-rmdel — remove delta from SCCS file ( )

	sccs-sact — show editing activity status of an SCCS file ( )

	sccs-sccsdiff — compare versions of SCCS file ( )

	sccs-unget — unget SCCS file ( )

	sccs-val — validate SCCS file ( )

	scp — secure copy (remote file copy program) ( )

	screen-oriented editor — vi ( )

	script — make script of terminal session ( )

	sdiff — print differences between two files side-by-side ( )

	search for FNS objects with specified attributes — fnsearch ( )

	secure copy (remote file copy program) — scp ( )

	secure file transfer program — sftp ( )

	Secure Shell proxy for HTTP — ssh-http-proxy-connect ( )

	Secure Shell proxy for SOCKS5 — ssh-socks5-proxy-connect ( )

	sed — stream editor ( ) ( )
		Functions ( )
		sed Addresses ( )
		sed Editing Commands ( )
		sed Regular Expressions ( )
		sed Scripts ( )

	select or reject lines common to two files — comm ( )

	serial interface for PostScript printers — postio ( )

	set — shell built-in functions to determine the characteristics for environmental variables of the current shell and its descendents ( )

	set, unset — (FLMI utility) set and unset local or global environment variables ( )

	set environment for command invocation — env ( )

	set or get limitations on the system resources available to the current shell and its descendents
		— limit ( )
		— ulimit ( )
		— unlimit ( )

	set process group ID — setpgrp ( )

	setcolor — (FMLI utility) redefine or create a color ( )

	setenv — shell built-in functions to determine the characteristics for environmental variables of the current shell and its descendents ( )

	setfacl — modify the Access Control List (ACL) for a file or files ( )
		acl_entries Syntax ( )

	setpgrp — set process group ID ( )

	settime — change file access and modification times ( )

	sftp — secure file transfer program ( )

	sh — the standard shell command interpreter ( )

	SHACCT variable — sh ( )

	shared object for setting preferred page size — mpss.so.1 ( )

	shell — (FMLI utility) run a command using shell ( )

	SHELL variable — sh ( )

	shell
		Korn shell — ksh ( )
		restricted Korn shell — rksh ( )

	shell command interpreter builtin-functions
		— alias ( )
		— bg ( )
		— break ( )
		— cd ( )
		— chdir ( )
		— continue ( )
		— dirs ( )
		— eval ( ) ( )
		— exit ( )
		— fc ( )
		— fg ( )
		— getopts ( )
		— glob ( )
		— hash ( )
		— hashstat ( )
		— history ( )
		— jobs ( )
		— kill ( )
		— let ( )
		— logout ( )
		— newgrp ( )
		— notify ( )
		— onintr ( )
		— popd ( )
		— print ( )
		— pushd ( )
		— read ( )
		— readonly ( )
		— rehash ( )
		— return ( )
		— set ( )
		— setenv ( )
		— shift ( )
		— source ( )
		— stop ( )
		— suspend ( )
		— times ( )
		— trap ( )
		— typeset ( )
		— umask ( )
		— unalias ( )
		— unhash ( )
		— unset ( )
		— unsetenv ( )
		— wait ( )
		— whence ( )

	shell programming
		echo arguments — echo ( )
		read one line from standard input and write to standard output — line ( )

	shell scripts
		display size or sizes of a page of memory — pagesize ( )
		provide truth values — true, false ( )

	shell variables, in Bourne shell ( )

	shells
		C shell — csh ( )
		remote — rsh ( )
		the job control shell command interpreter — jsh ( )
		the standard shell command interpreter — sh ( )

	shift — shell built-in function to traverse either a shell's argument list or a list of field-separated words ( )

	show codeset table for the current locale — dumpcs ( )

	show current number of users in each FTP Server class — ftpcount ( )

	show current process information for each FTP Server user — ftpwho ( )

	shutdown — shut down multiuser operation ( )

	sign on to the system — login ( )

	Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, connection to remote mailserver — mconnect ( )

	size — print section sizes in bytes of object files ( )

	sleep — suspend execution for an interval ( )

	smart2cfg — Compaq Smart-2 EISA/PCI and Smart-2SL PCI Array Controller ioctl utility ( )

	SMPT
		See Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

	soelim — eliminate .so's from nroff input ( )

	software package
		display information — pkginfo ( )
		display parameter values — pkgparam ( )
		generate prototype file entries for input to pkgmk command — pkgproto ( )
		produce an installable package — pkgmk ( )
		translate package format — pkgtrans ( )

	Solaris user registration — solregis ( ) ( )

	solregis — Solaris user registration ( ) ( )

	sort, topological, items mentioned in input — tsort ( )

	sort — sort and/or merge files ( )

	sortbib — sort bibliographic database ( )

	sotruss — trace shared library procedure calls ( )

	source — shell built-in functions to execute other commands ( )

	Source Code Control System
		See SCCS

	source files, locate — whereis ( )

	sparc — get processor type truth value ( )

	spell — check spelling ( )

	spline — interpolate smooth curve ( )

	split files based on context — csplit ( )

	split — split a file into pieces ( )

	srchtxt — display contents of, or search for a text string in, message data bases ( )

	ssh-agent — authentication agent ( )

	ssh-http-proxy-connect — Secure Shell proxy for HTTP ( )

	ssh-keygen — authentication key generation ( )

	ssh-socks5-proxy-connect — Secure Shell proxy for SOCKS5 ( )

	standard output, replicate — tee ( )

	start Netscape Communicator for Solaris — netscape ( )

	start or stop the NCA kernel module — ncakmod ( )

	statistics, collected by sendmail — mailstats ( )

	stop — shell built-in functions to control process execution ( )

	strchg — change stream configuration ( )

	strconf — query stream configuration ( )

	stream editor — sed ( ) ( )

	STREAMS, change or query stream configuration — strchg, strconf ( )

	string
		prompt for defined string answer — ckstr ( )
		provide an error message for defined string answer — errstr ( )
		provide an help message for defined string answer — helpstr ( )
		validate a defined string answer — valstr ( )

	strings — find printable strings in object or binary file ( )

	strip — strip symbol table, debugging and line number information from an object file ( )

	stty — set the options for a terminal ( )

	stty command ( )

	sum — print checksum and block count for a file ( )

	sum — sum and count blocks in file ( )

	sun — get processor type truth value ( )

	SunOS/BSD Source Compatibility Package, — stty ( )

	SunOS/BSD Source Compatibility Package commands
		— arch ( )
		— basename ( )
		— biff ( )
		— cc ( )
		— chown ( )
		— df ( )
		— du ( )
		— echo ( )
		— expr ( )
		— fastboot ( )
		— file ( )
		— from ( )
		— groups ( )
		— grpck ( )
		— hostid ( )
		— hostname ( )
		— install ( )
		— ld ( )
		— lint ( )
		— ln ( )
		— logger ( )
		— lpc ( )
		— lpq ( )
		— lpr ( )
		— lprm ( )
		— lptest ( )
		— ls ( )
		— mach ( )
		— mkstr ( )
		— pagesize ( )
		— plot ( )
		— printenv ( )
		— ps ( )
		— rusage ( )
		— shutdown ( )
		— sum ( )
		— test ( )
		— tr ( )
		— tset ( )
		— users ( )
		— vipw ( )
		— whereis ( )
		— whoami ( )

	provide SunOS compatibility for Solaris mailbox format — mailcompat ( )

	suspend — shell built-in function to halt the current shell ( )

	suspend execution of command, — sleep ( )

	symorder — update symbol table ordering ( )

	synchronize files and directories — filesync ( )

	system to system copy — uucp ( )

	system activity
		graphical representation — sag ( )
		reporter — sar ( )
		time a command; report process data and system activity — timex ( )

	system administration, — install ( )

	system call and signals, trace — truss ( )

	system log, add entries — logger ( )

	system name, print — uname ( )

	system to system command execution — uux ( )

	system uptime, display — uptime ( )

	sysV-make — maintain, update, and regenerate groups of programs ( )


T

	TAB characters, expand to SPACE characters, and vice versa — expand, unexpand ( )

	tables, format for nroff or troff — tbl ( )

	tabs — set tabs on a terminal ( )

	tail — display last part of file ( )

	talk — talk to another user ( )

	tape
		backspace files — mt ( )
		backspace records — mt ( )
		erase — mt ( )
		forward space files — mt ( )
		forward space records — mt ( )
		get unit status — mt ( )
		place unit off-line — mt ( )
		retension — mt ( )
		rewind — mt ( )
		skip backward files — mt ( )
		skip backward records — mt ( )
		skip forward files — mt ( )
		skip forward records — mt ( )
		write EOF mark on — mt ( )

	tape, magnetic
		copy, blocking preserved — tcopy ( )
		manipulate — mt ( )
		scan — tcopy ( )

	tape archives, create — tar ( )

	tar — create tape archives, and add or extract files ( )

	tbl — format tables for nroff or troff ( )

	tbl, remove nroff, troff, tbl and eqn constructs — deroff ( )

	tcopy — copy a magnetic tape ( )

	tee — replicate the standard output ( )

	telnet — user interface to a remote system using the TELNET protocol ( )

	TELNET protocol, user interface to a remote system using the TELNET protocol — telnet ( )

	terminal
		set options — stty ( )
		set tabs — tabs ( )

	terminal screen, — clear ( )

	terminal session, make script— script ( )

	terminals
		get name — tty ( )
		initialize a terminal or query terminfo database — tput ( )
		reset bits — reset ( )
		set characteristics — tset ( )
		set characteristics — stty ( )

	terminate a process by default — kill ( )

	terminfo database, initialize a terminal or query terminfo database — tput ( )

	test — (FMLI utility) evaluates the expression expression ( )

	test — evaluate condition(s) ( )

	test — condition evaluation ( )

	text editing
		screen-oriented (visual) display editor based on ex — vi ( )
		sed — stream editor ( )
		stream editor — sed ( )

	text editor
		— ed ( )
		— edit ( )
		— ex ( )

	text files
		browse or page through a text file — more, page ( )
		change format — newform ( )

	text formatter, format documents for display or line-printer — nroff ( )

	text processing utilities
		check spelling — spell ( )
		concatenate and display files — cat ( )
		display last part of file — tail ( )
		pattern scanning and processing language — awk ( )
		search a file for a pattern — grep ( )
		search a file for a pattern using full regular expressions — egrep ( )
		search file for fixed-character string — fgrep ( )
		sort and/or merge files — sort ( )
		split a file into pieces — split ( )
		translate characters — tr ( ) ( )
		underline text — ul ( )

	text retrieval tools
		create message files for use by gettxt — mkmsgs ( )
		retrieve text string from message database — gettxt ( )

	text to PDL (Page Description Language) pretty print filter — mp ( )

	tftp — trivial file transfer program ( )

	the Network Cache and Accelerator (NCA) — NCA ( )

	the Network Cache and Accelerator (NCA) — nca ( )

	tilde escape commands for mail, — mailx ( )

	time — time a simple command ( )

	time
		prompts for time — cktime ( )
		provides error message for time — errtime ( )
		provides help message for time — helptime ( )
		validates time — valtime ( )

	time a simple command — time ( )

	timed event services
		display the jobs queued to run at specified times — atq ( )
		reminder service — calendar ( )
		remove jobs spooled by at or batch — atrm ( )
		user crontab file — crontab ( )

	timemanp — frontends to the mp Text to PDL (Printer Description Language) pretty print filter ( )

	times — shell built-in function to report time usages of the current shell ( )

	timesysp — frontends to the mp Text to PDL (Printer Description Language) pretty print filter ( )

	timex — time a command; report process data and system activity ( )

	tip — connect to remote system ( )

	tnfdump — convert binary TNF file to ASCII ( )

	tnfxtract — extract kernel probes output into a trace file ( )

	touch — change file access and modification times ( ) ( )
		settime ( )
		touch ( )

	touch — update last modified date of file ( )

	tplot — graphics filters for plotters ( )

	tput — initialize a terminal or query terminfo database ( )

	tr — translate characters ( ) ( )

	trace function calls, trace application function calls to Solaris shared libraries — apptrace ( )

	trace shared library procedure calls — sotruss ( )

	translate characters — tr ( ) ( )

	translates exportfs options to share/unshare commands — exportfs ( )

	trap — shell built-in functions to respond to (hardware) signals ( )

	Trivial File Transfer Protocol
		See TFTP

	troff — typeset or format documents ( )

	troff utilities
		check nroff and troff files — checknr ( )
		eliminate .so's from nroff input — soelim ( )
		filters reverse line-feeds from two-column nroff text — col ( )
		format tables — tbl ( )
		formats program code — vgrind ( )
		postprocessor for PostScript printers — dpost ( )
		remove nroff, troff, tbl and eqn constructs — deroff ( )

	true — provide truth values ( )

	truss — trace system calls and signals ( )

	tset — set terminal characteristics ( )

	tsort — topological sort of items mentioned in input ( )

	ttl — time to live value, nischttl ( )

	tty, set characteristics — stty ( )

	tty, set characteristics — tset ( )

	tty, set options — stty ( )

	tty — get the name of the terminal ( )

	typeset — shell built-in functions to set/get attributes and values for shell variables and functions ( )

	typeset documents — troff ( )


U

	u370 — get processor type truth value ( )

	u3b — get processor type truth value ( )

	u3b2 — get processor type truth value ( )

	u3b5 — get processor type truth value ( )

	u3b15 — get processor type truth value ( )

	ucblinks — adds /dev entries to give SunOS 4.x compatible names to SunOS 5.x devices ( )

	ul — underline text ( )

	ulimit — set or get limitations on the system resources available to the current shell and its descendents ( )

	umask — shell built-in function to restrict read/write/execute permissions ( )

	unalias — shell built-in functions to create your own pseudonym or shorthand for a command or series of commands ( )

	uname — print name of current system ( )

	unbind the reference from an FNS name — fnunbind ( )

	uncompress — uncompress files ( )

	underline text — ul ( )

	unexpand — unexpand SPACE characters to TAB characters ( )

	unhash — shell built-in functions to evaluate the internal hash table of the contents of directories ( )

	unifdef — resolve and remove ifdef'ed lines from C program source ( )

	uniq — report or filter out repeated lines in a file ( )

	units — converts quantities expressed in standard scales to other scales ( )

	UNIX, convert text file from DOS format to ISO format — dos2unix ( )

	unix2dos — convert text file from ISO format to DOS format ( )

	UNIX-to-UNIX commands
		uucp — uucp ( )
		uulog — uucp ( )
		uuname — uucp ( )

	unlimit — set or get limitations on the system resources available to the current shell and its descendents ( )

	unpack — expand compressed files ( )

	unset — shell built-in functions to determine the characteristics for environmental variables of the current shell and its descendents ( )

	unsetenv — shell built-in functions to determine the characteristics for environmental variables of the current shell and its descendents ( )

	update and examine attributes associated with FNS named object — fnattr ( )

	update groups of programs — sysV-make ( )

	update last modified date of file — touch ( )

	update programs — make ( )

	uptime — show how long the system has been up ( )

	user ID, change user IDs of files — chown ( )

	user IDs
		display a list of all valid user names — dispuid ( )
		prompts for user ID — ckuid ( )
		provides error message for user ID — erruid ( )
		provides help message for user ID — helpuid ( )
		validates user ID — valuid ( )

	users
		display effective name — whoami ( )
		display group membership — groups ( )
		display information about local and remote users — finger ( )
		get the name of the user running the process — logname ( )
		list user login information — listusers ( )
		talk to another user — talk ( )
		who is logged in, and what are they doing — w ( )
		who is logged in on local machines — rwho ( )
		who is logged in on remote machines — rusers ( )
		who is on the system — who ( )
		write to another user — write ( )

	users, network, Internet user name directory service — whois ( )

	users — display users on system ( )

	uucp — UNIX-to-UNIX copy ( )

	uucp
		log — uulog ( )
		uucp status inquiry — uustat ( )

	uudecode — decode binary file ( )

	uuencode — encode binary file ( )

	uuglist — print list of service grades available ( )

	uulog — UUCP log ( )

	uuname — UUCP list of names ( )

	uustat — uucp status inquiry ( )

	uux — system to system command execution ( )


V

	vacation — automatic mail replies ( )

	vax — get processor type truth value ( )

	version control, — vc ( )

	vgrind — formats program in nice style using troff ( )

	vi — screen-oriented (visual) display editor based on ex ( )

	vipw — edit password file ( )

	volcancel — cancel user's request for removable media that is not currently in drive ( )

	volcheck — check for media in a drive ( )

	volmissing — notify user that volume requested is not in the CD-ROM or floppy drive ( )

	volrmmount — call rmmount to mount or unmount media ( )

	Volume Management
		cancel user's request for removable media that is not currently in drive — volcancel ( )
		check for media in a drive — volcheck ( )
		missing volume notification — volmissing ( )

	vsig — synchronize a co-process with the controlling FMLI application ( )


W

	w — display information about currently logged-in users ( )

	w — who is logged in, and what are they doing ( )

	wait — shell built-in function to wait for other jobs or processes ( )

	wc — display a count of lines, words and characters in a file ( )

	what — extract SCCS version information from a file ( )

	whatis — describe command ( )

	whence — shell built-in functions to set/get attributes and values for shell variables and functions ( )

	whereis — locate the binary, source and manual page files for a command ( )

	which — locate a command; display its pathname or alias ( )

	who is logged in — w ( )

	who — who is on the system ( )

	whoami — display effective user name ( )

	whocalls — report on the calls to a specific procedure ( )

	whois — Internet user name directory service ( )

	write — write to another user ( )

	write file checksums and sizes — cksum ( )


X

	xargs — construct argument lists and invoke utility ( )

	xgettext — extract gettext call strings ( )

	xstr — extract strings from C code ( )


Y

	yacc — yet another compiler-compiler ( )

	yacc, create a tags file for use with ex and vi — ctags ( )

	yes — generate repetitive affirmative output ( )

	yes/no answer
		prompts for yes/no answer — ckyorn ( )
		provides error message for yes/no answer — erryorn ( )
		provides help message for yes/no answer — helpyorn ( )
		validates yes/no answer — valyorn ( )

	yet another compiler-compiler — yacc ( )

	ypcat — print values in a NIS database ( )

	ypmatch — print the value of one or more keys from a NIS map ( )

	yppasswd — change your network password in the NIS database ( )

	ypwhich — return name of NIS server or map master ( )


Z

	zcat — displays uncompressed files but leaves compressed files intact ( )