gview |
A programmers text editor. |
gvim |
A programmers text editor. |
gzip |
Compress files. |
halt |
Stop the computer. |
hash |
Remove internal hash table. |
hashstat |
Display the hash stats. |
head |
Displays the first ten lines of a file, unless
otherwise stated. |
help |
If computer has online help documentation
installed this command will display it. |
history |
Display the history of commands
typed. |
host |
DNS lookup utility. |
hostid |
Prints the numeric identifier for the current
host. |
hostname |
Set or print name of current host
system. |
id |
Shows you the numeric user and group ID on
BSD. |
ifconfig |
Sets up network interfaces. |
ifdown |
take a network interface down |
ifup |
bring a network interface up |
isalist |
Display the native instruction sets executable
on this platform. |
jobs |
List the jobs currently running in the
background. |
join |
Joins command forms together. |
keylogin |
Decrypt the user's secret key. |
kill |
Cancels a job. |
ksh |
Korn shell command interpreter. |
ld |
Link-editor for object files. |
ldd |
List dynamic dependencies of executable files
or shared objects. |
less |
Opposite of the more command. |
lex |
Generate programs for lexical tasks. |
link |
Calls the link function to create a link to a
file. |
ln |
Creates a link to a file. |
lo |
Allows you to exit from a program, shell or log
you out of a Unix network. |
locate |
List files in databases that match a pattern. |
login |
Signs into a new system. |
logname |
Returns users login name. |
logout |
Logs out of a system. |
lp |
Prints a file on System
V systems. |
lpadmin |
Configure the LP print service. |
lpc |
Line printer control program. |
lpq |
Lists the status of all the available
printers. |
lpr |
Submits print requests. |
lprm |
Removes print requests from the print queue. |
lpstat |
Lists status of the LP print services. |
ls |
Lists the contents of a directory. |
mach |
Display the processor type of the current
host. |
mail |
One of the ways that allows you to read/send
E-Mail. |
mailcompat |
Provide SunOS 4.x compatibility for the Solaris mailbox
format. |
mailx |
Mail interactive message processing
system. |
make |
Executes a list of shell commands associated
with each target. |
man |
Display a manual of a command. |
mesg |
Control if non-root users can send text
messages to you. |
mii-tool |
View, manipulate media-independent interface
status. |
mkdir |
Create a directory. |
mkfs |
Build a Linux file system, usually a hard disk
partition. |
more |
Displays text one screen at a time. |
mount |
Disconnects a file systems and remote
resources. |
mt |
Magnetic tape control. |
mv |
Renames a file or moves it from one directory
to another directory. |
nc |
TCP/IP swiss army knife. |
neqn |
Language processors to assist in describing
equations. |
netstat |
Shows network status. |
newalias |
Install new elm aliases for user and/or
system. |
newform |
Change the format of a text file. |
newgrp |
Log into a new group. |
nice |
Invokes a command with an altered scheduling
priority. |
niscat |
Display NIS+ tables and objects. |
nischmod |
Change access rights on a NIS+
object. |
nischown |
Change the owner of a NIS+ object. |
nischttl |
Change the time to live value of a NIS+
object. |
nisdefaults |
Display NIS+ default values. |
nisgrep |
Utilities for searching NIS+ tables. |
nismatch |
Utilities for searching NIS+ tables. |
nispasswd |
Change NIS+ password information. |
nistbladm |
NIS+ table administration command. |
nmap |
Network exploration tool and security / port
scanner. |
nohup |
Runs a command even if the session is
disconnected or the user logs out. |
nroff |
Formats documents for display or
line-printer. |
nslookup |
Queries a name server for a host or domain
lookup. |
on |
Execute a command on a remote system, but with
the local environment. |
onintr |
Shell built-in functions to respond to
(hardware) signals. |
optisa |
Determine which variant instruction set is
optimal to use. |
pack |
Shrinks file into a compressed file. |
pagesize |
Display the size of a page of memory in bytes,
as returned by getpagesize. |
passwd |
Allows you to change your password. |
paste |
Merge corresponding or subsequent lines of
files. |
pax |
Read / write and writes lists of the members of
archive files and copy directory
hierarchies. |
pcat |
Compresses file. |
perl |
Perl is a programming language optimized for
scanning arbitrary text files, extracting
information from those text files. |
pg |
Files perusal filters for CRTs. |
pgrep |
Examine the active processes on the system and
reports the process IDs of the processes |
pico |
Simple and very easy to use text editor in the
style of the Pine Composer. |
pine |
Command line program for Internet News and
Email. |
ping |
Sends ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network
hosts. |
pkill |
Examine the active processes on the system and
reports the process IDs of the processes |
poweroff |
Stop the computer. |
pr |
Formats a file to make it look better when
printed. |
priocntl |
Display's or set scheduling parameters of
specified process(es) |
printf |
Write formatted output. |
ps |
Reports the process status. |
pvs |
Display the internal version information of
dynamic objects within an ELF file. |
pwd |
Print the current working directory. |
quit |
Allows you to exit from a program, shell or log
you out of a Unix network. |
rcp |
Copies files from one computer to another
computer. |
reboot |
Stop the computer. |
red |
Line oriented file editor. |
rehash |
Recomputes the internal hash table of the
contents of directories listed in the
path. |
remsh |
Runs a command on another computer. |
repeat |
Shell built-in functions to repeatedly execute
action(s) for a selected number of
times. |
rgview |
A programmers text editor. |
rgvim |
A programmers text editor. |
rlogin |
Establish a remote connection from your
terminal to a remote machine. |
rm |
Deletes a file without confirmation (by
default). |
rmail |
One of the ways that allows you to read/send
E-Mail. |
rmdir |
Deletes a directory. |
rn |
Reads newsgroups. |
route |
Show / manipulate the IP routing
table. |
rpcinfo |
Report RPC information. |
rsh |
Runs a command on another computer. |
rsync |
Faster, flexible replacement for rcp. |
rview |
A programmers text editor. |
rvim |
A programmers text editor. |
s2p |
Convert a sed script into a Perl
script. |
sag |
Graphically displays the system activity data
stored in a binary data file by a previous sar run. |
sar |
Displays the activity for the CPU. |
script |
Records everything printed on your
screen. |
sdiff |
Compares two files, side-by-side. |
sed |
Allows you to use pre-recorded commands to make
changes to text. |
sendmail |
Sends mail over the Internet. |
set |
Set the value of an environment
variable. |
setenv |
Set the value of an environment
variable. |
setfacl |
Modify the Access Control List (ACL) for a file
or files. |
settime |
Change file access and modification
time. |
sftp |
Secure file transfer program. |
sh |
Runs or processes jobs through the Bourne shell. |
shred |
Delete a file securely, first overwriting it to
hide its contents. |
shutdown |
Turn off the computer immediately or at a
specified time. |
sleep |
Waits a x amount of seconds. |
slogin |
OpenSSH SSH client (remote login program). |
smbclient |
An ftp-like client to access SMB/CIFS resources
on servers. |
sort |
Sorts the lines in a text file. |
spell |
Looks through a text file and reports any words
that it finds in the text file that are not in the
dictionary. |
split |
Split a file into pieces. |
stat |
Display file or filesystem status. |
stop |
Control process execution. |
strip |
Discard symbols from object files. |
stty |
Sets options for your terminal. |
su |
Become super
user or another user. |
sysinfo |
Get and set system information
strings. |
sysklogd |
Linux system logging utilities. |
tabs |
Set tabs on a terminal. |
tail |
Delivers the last part of the file. |
talk |
Talk with other logged in users. |
tac |
Concatenate and print files in
reverse. |
tar |
Create tape archives and add or extract
files. |
tbl |
Preprocessor for formatting tables for nroff or troff. |
tcopy |
Copy a magnetic tape. |
tcpdump |
Dump traffic on a network. |
tee |
Read from an input and write to a standard
output or file. |
telnet |
Uses the telnet protocol to connect to another remote
computer. |
time |
Used to time a simple command. |
timex |
The timex command times a command; reports
process data and system activity. |
todos |
Converts text files between DOS and Unix
formats. |
top |
Display Linux tasks. |
touch |
Change file access and modification
time. |
tput |
Initialize a terminal or query terminfo
database. |
tr |
Translate characters. |
traceroute |
Print the route packets take to network
host. |
troff |
Typeset or format documents. |
ul |
Reads the named filenames or terminal and does
underlining. |
umask |
Get or set the file mode creation
mask. |
unalias |
Remove an alias. |
unhash |
Remove internal hash table. |
uname |
Print name of current system. |
uncompress |
Uncompressed compressed files. |
uniq |
Report or filter out repeated lines in a
file. |
unmount |
Crates a file systems and remote
resources. |
unpack |
Expands a compressed file. |
untar |
Create tape archives and add or extract
files. |
until |
Execute a set of actions while/until conditions
are evaluated TRUE. |
useradd |
Create a new user or updates default new user
information. |
userdel |
Remove a users account. |
usermod |
Modify a users account. |
vacation |
Reply to mail automatically. |
vedit |
Screen-oriented (visual) display editor based
on ex. |
vgrind |
Grind nice program listings |
vi |
Screen-oriented (visual) display editor based
on ex. |
vim |
A programmers text editor. |
view |
A programmers text editor. |
w |
Show who is logged on and what they are
doing. |
wait |
Await process completion. |
wc |
Displays a count of lines, words, and
characters in a file |
whereis |
Locate a binary, source, and manual page files
for a command. |
while |
Repetitively execute a set of actions
while/until conditions are evaluated
TRUE. |
which |
Locate a command. |
who |
Displays who is on the system. |
whois |
Internet user name directory service. |
write |
Send a message to another user. |
X |
Execute the X windows system. |
xfd |
Display all the characters in an X
font. |
xlsfonts |
Server font list displayer for X. |
xset |
User preference utility for X. |
xterm |
Terminal emulator for X. |
xrdb |
X server resource database utility. |
yacc |
Short for yet another compiler-compiler, yacc
is a compiler. |
yes |
Repeatedly output a line with all specified
STRING(s), or 'y'. |
yppasswd |
Changes network password in the NIS
database. |
zcat |
Compress
files. |
