man pages section 1: User Commands
    
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 banner — make posters ( Index Term Link )
 
 basename — display portions of pathnames ( Index Term Link )
 
 basename — strips affixes from path names ( Index Term Link )
 
 batch — execute commands at a later time ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 bc — arbitrary precision arithmetic language ( Index Term Link )
 
 bdiff — display line-by-line differences between pairs of large text files ( Index Term Link )
 
 bfs — big file scanner ( Index Term Link )
  bfs Commands ( Index Term Link )
 
 bg — shell built-in functions to control process execution ( Index Term Link )
 
 bibliography
  create an inverted index to a bibliographic database — indexbib ( Index Term Link )
  create or extend — addbib ( Index Term Link )
  expand and insert references from a bibliographic database — refer ( Index Term Link )
  find references in a bibliographic database — lookbib ( Index Term Link )
  format and print a bibliographic database — roffbib ( Index Term Link )
  sort a bibliographic database — sortbib ( Index Term Link )
 
 biff — mail notifier ( Index Term Link )
 
 big file scanner — bfs ( Index Term Link )
 
 binary file transmission
  decode binary file — uudecode ( Index Term Link )
  encode binary file — uuencode ( Index Term Link )
 
 binary files
  find printable strings — strings ( Index Term Link )
  locate — whereis ( Index Term Link )
 
 block count, for a file — sum ( Index Term Link )
 
 blocks, count a in file — sum ( Index Term Link )
 
 Bourne shell, — sh ( Index Term Link )
 
 Bourne shell commands, login command ( Index Term Link )
 
 Bourne shell variables ( Index Term Link )
  — CDPATH ( Index Term Link )
  — HOME ( Index Term Link )
  — IFS ( Index Term Link )
  — MAIL ( Index Term Link )
  — MAILCHECK ( Index Term Link )
  — MAILPATH ( Index Term Link )
  — PATH ( Index Term Link )
  — PS1 ( Index Term Link )
  — PS2 ( Index Term Link )
  — SHACCT ( Index Term Link )
  — SHELL ( Index Term Link )
 
 break — shell built-in functions to escape from or advance within a controlling while, for, foreach, or until loop ( Index Term Link )
 
 build programs — make ( Index Term Link )