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1. Commands

1C. Communications Commands

1G. Graphics Commands

1M. Maintenance Commands

2. System Calls

3. Library Functions

3M. Math Library

3S. Standard I/O Library

3X. Specialized Functions

4. Special Files

5. File Formats and Conventions

6. Games

7. Macro Packages and Language Conventions

8. Maintenance Commands

Manual — UNIX 7th Edition

302 entries
intro

1. Commands (intro)

adbdebugger
ararchive and library maintainer
asassembler
atexecute commands at a later time
awkpattern scanning and processing language
basbasic
basenamestrip filename affixes
bcarbitrary-precision arithmetic language
calprint calendar
calendarreminder service
catcatenate and print
cbC program beautifier
pcc, ccC compiler
cdchange working directory
chmodchange mode
chgrp, chownchange owner or group
cmpcompare two files
colfilter reverse line feeds
commselect or reject lines common to two sorted files
cpcopy
cryptencode/decode
dateprint and set the date
dcdesk calculator
ddconvert and copy a file
deroffremove nroff, troff, tbl and eqn constructs
diffdifferential file comparator
diff33-way differential file comparison
dusummarize disk usage
echoecho arguments
edtext editor
neqn, checkeq, eqntypeset mathematics
exprevaluate arguments as an expression
f77Fortran 77 compiler
primes, factorfactor a number, generate large primes
filedetermine file type
findfind files
egrep, fgrep, grepsearch a file for a pattern
introintroduction to commands
joinrelational database operator
killterminate a process with extreme prejudice
ldloader
lexgenerator of lexical analysis programs
linta C program verifier
lnmake a link
loginsign on
lookfind lines in a sorted list
lookalllook through all text files on UNIX
lorderfind ordering relation for an object library
lslist contents of directory
m4macro processor
mailsend or receive mail among users
makemaintain program groups
manprint sections of this manual
mesgpermit or deny messages
mkdirmake a directory
mvmove or rename files and directories
newgrplog in to a new group
nohup, nicerun a command at low priority
nmprint name list
odoctal dump
passwdchange login password
prprint file
prepprepare text for statistical processing
profdisplay profile data
psprocess status
ptxpermuted index
pubindexmake inverted bibliographic index
pwdworking directory name
ranlibconvert archives to random libraries
ratforrational Fortran dialect
lookbib, referfind and insert literature references in documents
revreverse lines of a file
rmdir, rmremove (unlink) files
roffformat text
sedstream editor
for, case, if, while, :, ., break, continue, cd, eval, exec, exit, export, login, newgrp, read, readonly, set, shift, times, trap, umask, wait, shcommand language
sizesize of an object file
sleepsuspend execution for an interval
sortsort or merge files
spellin, spellout, spellfind spelling errors
splitsplit a file into pieces
stripremove symbols and relocation bits
structstructure Fortran programs
sttyset terminal options
susubstitute user id temporarily
sumsum and count blocks in a file
tabsset terminal tabs
taildeliver the last part of a file
tartape archiver
tblformat tables for nroff or troff
tcphotypesetter simulator
teepipe fitting
testcondition command
timetime a command
tkpaginator for the Tektronix 4014
touchupdate date last modified of a file
tpmanipulate tape archive
trtranslate characters
nroff, trofftext formatting and typesetting
false, trueprovide truth values
tsorttopological sort
ttyget terminal name
uniqreport repeated lines in a file
unitsconversion program
waitawait completion of process
wcword count
whowho is on the system
writewrite to another user
xget, enroll, xsendsecret mail
yaccyet another compiler-compiler

1C. Communications Commands

cucall UNIX
uulog, uucpunix to unix copy
uuxunix to unix command execution

1G. Graphics Commands

graphdraw a graph
plotgraphics filters
splineinterpolate smooth curve

1M. Maintenance Commands

aclogin accounting
arcvconvert archives to new format
clriclear i-node
dcheckfile system directory consistency check
dfdisk free
dumpincremental file system dump
dumpdirprint the names of files on a dump tape
icheckfile system storage consistency check
iostatreport I/O statistics
mkconfgenerate configuration tables
mkfsconstruct a file system
mknodbuild special file
umount, mountmount and dismount file system
ncheckgenerate names from i-numbers
pstatprint system facts
quotsummarize file system ownership
restorincremental file system restore
accton, sasystem accounting
syncupdate the super block
wallwrite to all users

2. System Calls (intro)

accessdetermine accessibility of file
acctturn accounting on or off
alarmschedule signal after specified time
sbrk, break, brkchange core allocation
chroot, chdirchange default directory
chmodchange mode of file
chownchange owner and group of a file
closeclose a file
creatcreate a new file
dup2, dupduplicate an open file descriptor
execl, execv, execle, execve, execlp, execvp, exece, environ, execexecute a file
exitterminate process
forkspawn new process
getpidget process identification
getgid, geteuid, getegid, getuidget user and group identity
indirindirect system call
errno, introintroduction to system calls and error numbers
stty, gtty, ioctlcontrol device
killsend signal to a process
linklink to a file
locklock a process in primary memory
tell, lseekmove read/write pointer
mknodmake a directory or a special file
umount, mountmount or remove file system
mpxcreate and manipulate multiplexed files
mpxcallmultiplexor and channel interface
niceset program priority
openopen for reading or writing
pausestop until signal
physallow a process to access physical addresses
pipecreate an interprocess channel
pkoff, pkonestablish packet protocol
profilexecution time profile
ptraceprocess trace
readread from file
setgid, setuidset user and group ID
signalcatch or ignore signals
fstat, statget file status
stimeset time
syncupdate super-block
ftime, timeget date and time
timesget process times
umaskset file creation mode mask
unlinkremove directory entry
utimeset file times
waitwait for process to terminate
writewrite on a file

3. Library Functions (intro)

abortgenerate IOT fault
absinteger absolute value
atoi, atol, atofconvert ASCII to numbers
setkey, encrypt, cryptDES encryption
localtime, gmtime, asctime, timezone, ctimeconvert date and time to ASCII
isalpha, isupper, islower, isdigit, isalnum, isspace, ispunct, isprint, iscntrl, isascii, ctypecharacter classification
fcvt, gcvt, ecvtoutput conversion
etext, edata, endlast locations in program
ldexp, modf, frexpsplit into mantissa and exponent
getenvvalue for environment name
getgrgid, getgrnam, setgrent, endgrent, getgrentget group file entry
getloginget login name
getpassread a password
getpwget name from UID
getpwuid, getpwnam, setpwent, endpwent, getpwentget password file entry
introintroduction to library functions
ltol3, l3tolconvert between 3-byte integers and long integers
free, realloc, calloc, mallocmain memory allocator
mktempmake a unique file name
monitorprepare execution profile
nlistget entries from name list
sys_errlist, sys_nerr, perrorsystem error messages
pkclose, pkread, pkwrite, pkfail, pkopenpacket driver simulator
qsortquicker sort
srand, randrandom number generator
longjmp, setjmpnon-local goto
sleepsuspend execution for interval
strcat, strncat, strcmp, strncmp, strcpy, strncpy, strlen, index, rindex, stringstring operations
swabswap bytes
systemissue a shell command
isatty, ttyslot, ttynamefind name of a terminal

3M. Math Library

log, log10, pow, sqrt, expexponential, logarithm, power, square root
fabs, ceil, floorabsolute value, floor, ceiling functions
cabs, hypoteuclidean distance
j1, jn, y0, y1, yn, j0bessel functions
cos, tan, asin, acos, atan, atan2, sintrigonometric functions
cosh, tanh, sinhhyperbolic functions

3S. Standard I/O Library

fflush, fcloseclose or flush a stream
feof, clearerr, fileno, ferrorstream status inquiries
freopen, fdopen, fopenopen a stream
fwrite, freadbuffered binary input/output
ftell, rewind, fseekreposition a stream
getchar, fgetc, getw, getcget character or word from stream
fgets, getsget a string from a stream
pclose, popeninitiate I/O to/from a process
fprintf, sprintf, printfformatted output conversion
putchar, fputc, putw, putcput character or word on a stream
fputs, putsput a string on a stream
fscanf, sscanf, scanfformatted input conversion
setbufassign buffering to a stream
stdiostandard buffered input/output package
ungetcpush character back into input stream

3X. Specialized Functions

assertprogram verification
dbminit, fetch, store, delete, firstkey, nextkey, dbmdata base subroutines
itom, madd, msub, mult, mdiv, min, mout, pow, gcd, rpow, mpmultiple precision integer arithmetic
plot: openpl et al., plotgraphics interface

4. Special Files

catphototypesetter interface
dnDN-11 ACU interface
dp, duDU-11 201 data-phone interface
hpRH-11/RP04, RP05, RP06 moving-head disk
hsRH11/RS03-RS04 fixed-head disk file
htRH-11/TU-16 magtape interface
kmem, memcore memory
nulldata sink
pkpacket driver
rfRF11/RS11 fixed-head disk file
rkRK-11/RK03 or RK05 disk
rpRP-11/RP03 moving-head disk
tcTC-11/TU56 DECtape
tmTM-11/TU-10 magtape interface
ttygeneral terminal interface
vpVersatec printer-plotter

5. File Formats and Conventions

a.outassembler and link editor output
acctexecution accounting file
ararchive (library) file format
coreformat of core image file
dirformat of directories
ddate, dumpincremental dump format
environuser environment
flblk, ino, filsysformat of file system volume
groupgroup file
mpxiomultiplexed i/o
mtabmounted file system table
passwdpassword file
plotgraphics interface
tpDEC/mag tape formats
ttysterminal initialization data
typesprimitive system data types
wtmp, utmplogin records

6. Games

arithmeticprovide drill in number facts
backgammonthe game
bannermake long posters
ppt, bcdconvert to antique media
bjthe game of black jack
checkersgame
chessthe game of chess
fortune, chingthe book of changes and other cookies
ttt, cubictic-tac-toe
mazegenerate a maze problem
mooguessing game
quiztest your knowledge
reversia game of dramatic reversals
cubic, ttttic-tac-toe
hangman, wordsword games
wumpthe game of hunt-the-wumpus

7. Macro Packages and Language Conventions

asciimap of ASCII character set
eqncharspecial character definitions for eqn
hierfile system hierarchy
manmacros to typeset manual
msmacros for formatting manuscripts
terminals, termconventional names

8. Maintenance Commands

bootstartup procedures
crashwhat to do when the system crashes
cronclock daemon
gettyset typewriter mode
rc, initprocess control initialization
makekeygenerate encryption key
updateperiodically update the super block

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