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alex(1) -- extract addresses from message headers (only available within the message handling system, mh)
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The address line extraction utility alex extracts electronic mail addresses from message headers and prints the addresses on your screen or places them, with a specified alias name, in an alias file. ... |
ali(1) -- list mail aliases (only available within the message handling system, mh)
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The ali command searches the specified mail alias files for each of the given aliases. It creates a list of addresses for those aliases, and displays that list on the screen. |
alias(1) -- Defines or displays aliases
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The alias utility creates or redefines alias definitions or writes the values of existing alias definitions to standard output. An alias definition provides a string value that replaces a command name... |
anno(1) -- annotate messages (only available within the message handling system, mh)
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The anno command annotates a message by adding one or more header fields to the message. The anno command allows you to choose the name of the header field which you add. It records the date at which ... |
any2ps(1) -- Converts a file to mule internal code and then to PostScript format
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The any2ps command is an alternative to running the coco and m2ps programs separately. Like the programs that it invokes, any2ps is derived from software supplied by the Free Software Foundation. The ... |
apply(1) -- Applies a command to a set of arguments
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Normally, arguments are chosen individually; the optional number specifies the number of arguments to be passed to command. If number is 0 (zero), command is run without arguments once for each argume... |
appres(1X) -- list X application resource database
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The appres program prints the resources seen by an application (or subhierarchy of an application) with the specified class and instance names. It can be used to determine which resources a particular... |
apropos(1) -- Locates reference pages by keyword
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In looking for keywords, apropos considers each word separately and ignores the case of letters. Words that are part of other words are also considered; thus, when looking for the word compile, apropo... |
ar(1) -- archive library maintainer
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The (ar) utility creates and maintains groups of files combined into a single archive file. Generally, you use this utility to create and update library files that the link editor uses; however, you c... |
as(1) -- assembler
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The assembler, as, produces object code files in extended coff format. The as command never runs the link editor (ld(1)). The as command accepts one type of argument. The argument file is assumed to b... |
asa(1) -- Interprets carriage-control characters
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The asa command writes its input files to standard output, mapping carriage-control characters from the text files to line-printer control sequences. The first character of every input line is removed... |
asort(1) -- Sorts or merges files and supports multiple collating weight sequences
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The asort command sorts lines in its input files and writes the result to standard output. The asort command is similar to the sort command. See the sort(1) reference page for information about featur... |
at(1) -- Runs commands at a later time
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Both at and batch mail you the standard output and standard error from the scheduled commands, unless you redirect that output. They also write the job number and the scheduled time to standard error.... |
atobm(1X) -- bitmap editor and converter utilities for the X Window System
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The bitmap program is a rudimentary tool for creating or editing rectangular images made up of 1's and 0's. Bitmaps are used in X for defining clipping regions, cursor shapes, icon shapes, and tile ... |
atom(1) -- Builds an instrumented version of an application program
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Atom is a programmable instrumentation toolkit. You program it by writing a tool with a routine called Instrument or InstrumentAll that calls Atom's API, as described in the related reference pages. ... |
atq(1) -- Prints the queue of jobs waiting to be run
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With no options, the queue is sorted in the order that the jobs are to be executed. When a privileged user invokes the atq command without specifying a username, the entire queue is displayed; if a us... |
atrm(1) -- Removes jobs spooled by at
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If one or more job numbers is specified, atrm attempts to remove only those jobs. If one or more usernames is specified, all jobs belonging to those users are removed. This form of invoking atrm is us... |
awk(1) -- Pattern scanning and processing language
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The awk command executes programs written in the awk programming language, a powerful pattern matching utility for textual data manipulation. An awk program is a sequence of patterns and corresponding... |
banner(1) -- Creates a large banner
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The banner command prints the specified message in large letters on the standard output. Each line in the banner output can be up to 10 uppercase or lowercase characters long. On output, all character... |
basename(1) -- Returns the base file name or directory portion of a path name
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The basename command reads the string specified on the command line, deletes the portion from the beginning to the last / (slash), and writes the base file name to standard output. If suffix is specif... |
batch(1) -- Runs commands at a later time
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Both at and batch mail you the standard output and standard error from the scheduled commands, unless you redirect that output. They also write the job number and the scheduled time to standard error.... |
bc(1) -- Provides a processor for arbitrary-precision arithmetic language
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[Tru64 UNIX] The bc command invokes dc automatically, unless the -c (compile only) option is specified. If the -c option is specified, the output from bc goes to the standard output. The bc command le... |
bdftopcf(1X) -- convert X font from Bitmap Distribution Format to Portable Compiled Format
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The bdftopcf program is a font compiler for the X server and font server. Fonts in Portable Compiled Format can be read by any architecture, although the file is structured to allow one particular arc... |
bdiff(1) -- Finds differences in large files
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The bdiff command uses diff to find lines that must be changed in two files to make them identical (see the diff command). Its primary purpose is to permit processing of files that are too large for d... |
bfs(1) -- Scans files
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The bfs command is similar to the ed command, but has some additional subcommands and the ability to process much larger files. Input files can be up to 32K lines long, with up to 512 characters per l... |
bg(1) -- Runs jobs in the background
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If job control is enabled (see the description of set -m in the ksh(1) reference page), the bg utility resumes suspended jobs from the current environment by running them as background jobs. If the jo... |
biff(1) -- Notifies users when mail arrives
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The biff command informs the system whether you want to be notified when mail arrives during the current terminal session. The following command enables notification: biff y The following command disa... |
binmail(1) -- Sends and displays messages
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The mail command writes to standard output all stored mail addressed to your login name, one message at a time, or sends a mail message to another user or users. Another name for the mail command is b... |
bitmap(1X) -- bitmap editor and converter utilities for the X Window System
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The bitmap program is a rudimentary tool for creating or editing rectangular images made up of 1's and 0's. Bitmaps are used in X for defining clipping regions, cursor shapes, icon shapes, and tile ... |
bmtoa(1X) -- bitmap editor and converter utilities for the X Window System
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The bitmap program is a rudimentary tool for creating or editing rectangular images made up of 1's and 0's. Bitmaps are used in X for defining clipping regions, cursor shapes, icon shapes, and tile ... |
burst(1) -- explode digests into messages (only available within the message handling system, mh)
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The burst command extracts the original messages from a forwarded message, discards the forwarder's header details, and places the original messages at the end of the current folder. By default, burs... |
c89(1) -- Standard C Compiler
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Compiles source code in conformance with the XPG4-UNIX standard. The c89 command can process one or more of the following types of "file" arguments: Files whose names end with are assumed to be C so... |
cal(1) -- Displays a calendar
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The cal command writes to standard output a Gregorian calendar for the specified year or month. For historical reasons, the cal command's Gregorian calendar is discontinuous. The display for Septembe... |
calendar(1) -- Writes reminder messages to standard output
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The calendar command reads a file named calendar in your current (usually home) directory and writes to standard output any line in the file that contains the current date or the next day's date. The... |
cancel(1) -- Sends or cancels a printing request
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The lp command sends the specified files and associated information (collectively called a request) to a line printer for printing. The cancel command cancels printing requests. The lp command associa... |
captoinfo(1) -- Converts a termcap description into a terminfo description.
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The captoinfo command searches the specified file for termcap descriptions. For each description found, an equivalent terminfo description is written to standard output (along with any comments found)... |
cat(1) -- Concatenates or displays files
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[Tru64 UNIX] The cat command is frequently used with > (redirection symbol) to concatenate the specified files and write them to the specified destination. (See CAUTIONS.) The cat command is also used... |
cb(1) -- Converts C source code into a readable form
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When called without options, the cb command does not split or join lines. Note that punctuation in preprocessor statements can cause indentation errors. |
cc(1) -- C compiler
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The cc command invokes the C compiler. It accepts any of the following file arguments: Arguments whose names end with are assumed to be C source programs. They are compiled, and each object program is... |
cd(1) -- Changes the current working directory
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The cd command moves you from your present directory to another directory. You must have execute (search) permission in the specified directory. If you do not specify a directory, cd moves you to your... |
cdc(1) -- Changes the comments in a Source Code Control System (SCCS) delta
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If you specify a directory name, cdc performs the requested actions on all SCCS files in that directory (that is, all files with names that have the s. prefix). If you specify a - (dash) in place of f... |
cddrec(1) -- Read Directory Record from CD-ROM directory
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The cddrec command reads the Directory Record associated with a file or directory on a mounted CD-ROM and lists its contents on standard output. The output is formatted in a table that contains the na... |
cdptrec(1) -- Read Path Table Record from the CD-ROM Path Table
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The cdptrec command reads a Path Table Record associated with a CD-ROM directory and lists its contents on standard output. The output is formatted in a table that contains the name of each field of t... |
cdrecord(1) -- Records audio or data compact discs (CDs) from a master
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The cdrecord command is used to record data or audio compact discs on an Orange Book CD-Recorder. The device refers to scsibus/target/lun of the CDRecorder. Operating systems use a library simulation ... |
cdsuf(1) -- read the System Use Fields from a System Use Area
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This command is used to access the System Use Fields of the System Use Area associated with a File Section of a file or directory on a Rock Ridge formatted CD-ROM and to list its contents on standard ... |
cdvd(1) -- Read Primary Volume Descriptor from a CD-ROM
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The cdvd command reads the Primary Volume Descriptor from a CD-ROM and lists the contents on standard output. The output is formatted in a table that contains the name of each field of the Primary Vol... |
cdxar(1) -- Read the Extended Attribute Record from a CD-ROM
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The cdxar command accesses the Extended Attribute Record (XAR) associated with the File Section of a file or directory and lists its contents on standard output. The output is formatted in a table tha... |
cedit(1) -- Invokes the UDC Manager utility
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The cedit command invokes the UDC Manager utility, which manages the attributes of user-defined characters (UDCs). You can run UDC Manager to create or edit a font glyph for the character and to manip... |
cflow(1) -- Generates a C language flow graph of external references
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The cflow command analyzes a collection of object files or assembler, C-language, lex, or yacc source files, and attempts to write a chart of their external references to standard output. Files suffix... |
cgen(1) -- Generates UDC attributes files that are used by system utilities
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The cgen command runs the character attributes file generator utility. This utility creates the following attribute data files from the attribute database for userdefined characters (UDCs): Font files... |
chatr(1) -- change program's internal attributes
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The chatr command changes a program's internal attributes. Upon completion, chatr prints the file's old and new values to standard output. The +ed option of chatr is used to specify that a particula... |
checkeq(1) -- Typesets mathematical equations and expressions
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The neqn command is an nroff(1) preprocessor for displaying mathematical symbols and equations on terminals. Usage almost always involves preprocessing an nroff source file with neqn and then piping t... |
checknr(1) -- Checks nroff files
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If no files are specified, checknr checks the standard input. Delimiters checked are as follows: Font changes using \fx ... \fP. Size changes using \sx ... \s0. Macros that come in open/close form... |
chfn(1) -- Changes password file information
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The passwd command changes the password associated with your username (by default) or the specified username. A password must have at least six characters and can be up to eight characters. If you ent... |
chgrp(1) -- Changes the group ownership of a file or directory
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To change the group ID of a file, you must have superuser privilege or your effective user ID must match the owner ID of the file. If you do not have superuser privilege you can change the group ID of... |
chmod(1) -- Changes permission codes
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You can use either symbolic or absolute mode to specify the desired permission settings. You can change the permission code of a file or directory only if you own it or if you have superuser authority... |
chown(1) -- Changes the owner of files or directories
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[Tru64 UNIX] Only a user with superuser authority can use the chown command. The owner argument must be a valid user name or a valid numerical user ID. The optional group argument must be a valid grou... |
chsh(1) -- Changes password file information
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The passwd command changes the password associated with your username (by default) or the specified username. A password must have at least six characters and can be up to eight characters. If you ent... |
ci(1) -- check in RCS revisions
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ci stores new revisions into RCS files. Each pathname matching an RCS suffix is taken to be an RCS file. All others are assumed to be working files containing new revisions. ci deposits the contents o... |
ckfsec(1) -- Check file and directory security
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The ckfsec tool searches a directory tree for worldwritable directories and, in each of these, searches for and reports on the following potential vulnerabilities: A symbolic link whose target has an ... |
cksum(1) -- Displays the checksum and byte count of a file
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The cksum command reads the files specified by the file argument and calculates a 32-bit checksum Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) and the byte count for each file. If no files are specified, standard in... |
clear(1) -- Clears terminal screen
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The clear command clears your screen, if possible. It looks in the environment for the terminal type and then in the terminfo database to determine how to perform this operation. |
cmp(1) -- Compares two files
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The cmp command compares two files. If file1 or file2 is - (dash), standard input is used for that file. It is an error to specify - for both files. By default, the cmp command prints no information i... |
co(1) -- check out RCS revisions
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co retrieves a revision from each RCS file and stores it into the corresponding working file. Pathnames matching an RCS suffix denote RCS files; all others denote working files. Names are paired as ex... |
coco(1) -- code converter for any of Mule's code
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coco runs as a filter for code conversion among any coding-systems which mule can handle. |
col(1) -- Filters text containing linefeeds
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The col command performs the line overlays implied by reverse linefeeds (ASCII ), and by forward and reverse half-linefeeds (ASCII and ASCII ). It also replaces white-space chara... |
colcrt(1) -- Filters text processor output for screen previewing
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The colcrt command provides virtual half-linefeed and reverse linefeed sequences for terminals without such capability, and on which overstriking is destructive. The colcrt command changes underline c... |
colrm(1) -- Extracts columns from a file
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The colrm command removes selected columns from a file. Input is taken from standard input. Output is sent to standard output. If you specify start_column only, columns between start_column and the la... |
comb(1) -- Combines Source Code Control System (SCCS) deltas
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By piping the output of the comb command to a shell, or redirecting the output to a file and running that file as a shell procedure, you can reduce the size of your SCCS file. You can first see how mu... |
comm(1) -- Compares two sorted files.
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The comm command reads file1 and file2 and writes three columns to standard output, showing which lines are common to the files and which are unique to each. The leftmost column of standard output inc... |
command(1) -- Treats command arguments as simple commands
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The command command allows you to run the following commands: User-defined commands whose names correspond to shell built-in commands. System commands whose names correspond to shell built-in commands... |
comp(1) -- compose a message (only available within the message handling system, mh)
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Use comp to create a new message for mailing. When you run comp, it provides a message template for you to fill in and invokes an editor so that you can complete the message. The comp command normally... |
compress(1) -- Compresses and expands data
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The compress command reduces the size of the named files using adaptive Lempel-Ziv coding. Whenever possible, each file is replaced by one with the extension while keeping the same ownership modes, ac... |
cord(1) -- Rearrange procedures in an executable file to facilitate better cache mapping
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The cord command rearranges procedures in an executable object file to maximize efficiency in a machine's cache. By rearranging the procedures properly, you can reduce the instruction cache miss rate... |
coredump(1) -- Creates a core snapshot of a running process
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The coredump command creates a core snapshot of a running process. To use the coredump command, you: Must have root privileges or own the process specified (pid). Must have procfs enabled. By default,... |
cp(1) -- Copies files
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If a destination file already exists, its contents are overwritten if permissions allow, but cp does not change its mode, user ID, or group ID. However, if the file is not being copied by the root use... |
cpio(1) -- Copies files to and from archive storage.
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The cpio command copies files between archive storage and the file system. It is used to save and restore data from traditional format cpio archives. There are three versions of the cpio command: cpio... |
cpp(1) -- the C language preprocessor
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The cpp C language preprocessor performs initial text substitutions, manipulations, conditional inclusion, and various other activities as described by the C standard. The preferred way to invoke cpp ... |
creacct(1) -- Creates computer and user accounts on the Windows 2000 server (Active Directory), extracts DNS hostn...
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The creacct command adds computers and users to the Windows 2000 server, extracts DNS host names and service principal names, sets principal passwords, extracts service tickets, creates Kerberos key t... |
crontab(1) -- Submits a schedule of commands to cron
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The crontab command copies the specified file or standard input if you do not specify a file into the /var/spool/cron/crontabs directory, which holds all users' crontab files. The cron command runs c... |
crypt(1) -- encode/decode
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The crypt command reads from the standard input and writes on the standard output. You must supply a key which selects a particular transformation. If no password is given, crypt demands a key from th... |
csh(1) -- C shell command interpreter
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The C shell is an interactive command interpreter and a command programming language that uses a syntax similar to the C programming language. The shell carries out commands either from a file (called... |
csplit(1) -- Splits files by context
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By default, csplit writes the file segments to files named xx00 ...xxn, where n is the number of arguments listed on the command line (n may not be greater than 99). These new files get the following ... |
ct(1) -- Dials an attached terminal and issues a login process
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Once ct establishes a connection, a user on the remote terminal can log in and work on the system. A user on the local system issues ct with the appropriate telephone number to call the modem attached... |
ctags(1) -- Makes a tags file for source file objects.
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The ctags command makes a tags file for ex and vi editors from the specified C, Pascal, FORTRAN, yacc, lex, and LISP source files. A tags file gives the locations of specified objects (in this case fu... |
cu(1) -- Connects directly or indirectly to a remote system
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The cu command can establish the connection over a hardwired line, or over a telephone line via a modem. Once the connection is established, you can be logged in on both systems at the same time, exec... |
cut(1) -- Displays specified parts from each line of a file
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The cut command locates the specified fields in each line of the specified file and writes the characters in those fields to standard output. You must specify the -b option (to select bytes), the -c o... |
cxref(1) -- Creates a C program cross-reference listing
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The cxref command analyzes C program files and creates a cross-reference table, using a version of the cpp macro preprocessor to include #define directives in its symbol table. The cxref command write... |
cyradm(1) -- IMAP administrative client
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The cyradm utility is a simple Tcl-based administrative client for the IMAP server. If invoked with a script, cyradm reads Tcl commandsfrom the file script and evaluates them. If invoked with host, cy... |
date(1) -- Displays or sets the date
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The date command displays the date and, with superuser authority, sets the system date. The date command has been enhanced to support setting the system date past the year 1999, thus providing custome... |
dbx(1) -- source level debugger
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The dbx command invokes a source-level debugger. You can use dbx to debug programs written in C, Fortran, Pascal, assembly language, and machine code. Languages other than these are not supported by d... |
dc(1) -- Provides an interactive desk calculator for arbitrary precision integer arithmetic
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The dc command is an arbitrary precision arithmetic calculator. The dc command takes its input from file or standard input until it reads an End-of-File character. It writes to standard output. The dc... |
dd(1) -- Converts and copies a file
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The dd command reads the specified input file or standard input, does the specified conversions, and copies it to the specified output file or standard output. The input and output block size may be s... |
delta(1) -- Saves editing changes in a Source Code Control System (SCCS) file
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The delta command reads the g-files that correspond to the specified files (see the get(1) reference page) and creates a new delta. The delta command introduces into the named SCCS file any changes th... |
deroff(1) -- Deletes neqn, nroff, and tbl constructs
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The deroff command normally follows chains of included files (.so and requests) and processes those files. If a file was already included, a naming it is ignored and a deroff(1) |
df(1) -- Displays statistics on free disk space
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[Tru64 UNIX] To obtain XCU5.0 compliance, set the environment variable CMD_ENV to xpg4. If the environment variable is not set or it is set to another value, the environment defaults to BSD SVR4. If n... |
diction(1) -- Prints wordy sentences and looks them up in an interactive thesaurus.
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Each phrase found by the diction command is enclosed in [ ] (brackets). Because diction runs deroff before looking at the text, include formatting header files as part of the input. Before using the e... |
diff(1) -- Compares text files
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Input Options If neither file1 nor file2 is a directory, then either can be given as - (dash), in which case the standard input is used. If file1 is a directory and file2 is a file, or vice versa, a f... |
diff3(1) -- Compares three files
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The diff3 command reads three versions of a file and writes to standard output the ranges of text that differ, flagged with the following codes: All three files differ. file1 differs. file2 differs. f... |
diffmk(1) -- Marks differences between files
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The file1 and file2 variables are the old and new versions of the file, respectively. The diffmk command compares them and writes a new version to standard output, which can be redirected to a file. T... |
dircmp(1) -- Compares two directories
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First, dircmp compares the file names in each directory. When the same file name appears in both, dircmp compares the contents of the two files. In the output, dircmp lists the files unique to each di... |
dirname(1) -- Returns the base file name or directory portion of a path name
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The basename command reads the string specified on the command line, deletes the portion from the beginning to the last / (slash), and writes the base file name to standard output. If suffix is specif... |
dis(1) -- Disassemble an object file
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The dis command disassembles object files into machine instructions. Please note that assembler code and machine code can differ on this machine. A file can be an object or an archive. |
dist(1) -- redistribute a message to additional addresses (only available within the message handling system, m...
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Use dist to redistribute a message to addresses that are not on the original address list. You can specify the message which you want to redistribute by giving a message number as the msg argument. If... |
dnskeygen(1) -- Generates public, private, and shared secret keys for DNS Security
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Use the dnskeygen utility to generate and maintain keys for DNS Security. The utility can generate public and private keys to authenticate zone data and shared secret keys to use for Request/Transacti... |
domainname(1) -- display or set the name of the current NIS domain for this system
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The domainname command, when used without an argument, displays the name of the current domain. When used with argument, sets the current Network Information Service (NIS) domain name to the specified... |
dos2unix(1) -- mtools utility to convert a DOS file to UNIX
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The dos2unix command converts a file from DOS format to UNIX format. The converted file replaces the original file. Subdirectory names that contain the '/' or '\' separator are supported. If you ... |
dspcat(1) -- Displays all or part of a message catalog
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The dspcat command, part of the Tru64 UNIX Message Facility, displays a particular message, all of the messages in a set, or all of the messages in a catalog. If you include all three command operands... |
dspmsg(1) -- Displays a selected message from a message catalog
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The dspmsg utility displays a particular message from a message catalog. The display includes a message identifier, depending on the presence of the -e or -E option and settings for the CAT_MIDSET_cat... |
du(1) -- Displays a summary of disk usage
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The du command gives the number of blocks in all directories (listed recursively) within each specified directory. [Tru64 UNIX] When the -a option is specified, du reports the number of blocks in indi... |
dxchpwd(1X) -- Create or change password program
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The dxchpwd command lets you change your password. When you invoke the dxchpwd command, the program prompts you for the old password and then for the new password. Next, the program asks you for the n... |
dxconsole(1X) -- monitor system console messages with X
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The dxconsole and xconsole programs display messages which are usually sent to /dev/console. By default, xconsole presents the Athena interface and dxconsole presents the Motif interface. Since dxcons... |
dxdiff(1X) -- Motif visual differences program
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The dxdiff application does a line-by-line comparison of two files and displays the differences between them. The contents of the two files are displayed in two text regions on either side of a centra... |
dxhangulim(1X) -- An input server for Korean
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In a Motif environment such as CDE, Asian language input methods are supported by independent processes called input servers. The Korean input server (dxhangulim) is an X client process that can run o... |
dxhanyuim(1X) -- An input server for Traditional Chinese
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In a Motif environment such as CDE, Asian language input methods are supported by independent processes called input servers. The Traditional Chinese input server (dxhanyuim) is an X client process th... |
dxhanziim(1X) -- An input server for Simplified Chinese
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In a Motif environment such as CDE, Asian language input methods are supported by independent processes called input servers. The Simplified Chinese input server (dxhanziim) is an X client process tha... |
dxim(1X) -- A multilingual input server for Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, and Phrase input me...
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In a Motif environment such as CDE, Asian language input methods are supported by independent processes called input servers. The multilingual input server (dxim) is an X client process that runs on a... |
dximageview(1X) -- Image Viewer for displaying graphics files
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The Image Viewer application, dximageview, allows the user to view graphics files. The supported image types are GIF, JPEG, TIFF, and X Pixmap (XPM). |
dxjim(1X) -- An input server for Japanese
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In a Motif environment such as CDE, Asian language input methods are supported by independent processes called input servers. The Japanese input server (dxjim) is an X client process that can run on a... |
dxkbledpanel(1X) -- Present an on-screen display of keyboard indicators.
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The dxkbledpanel command is meant to be a replacement for the kb_indicator application. If XKB is active in the server, the dxkbledpanel command presents an on-screen display of keyboard indicators. E... |
dxkeycaps(1X) -- Graphically display and edit the keyboard mapping
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The dxkeycaps command displays a keyboard with keycaps drawn according to the current server keymap. When you move the mouse over a key, the command describes the key symbols and modifiers that the ke... |
dxmtools(1) -- DOS Tools Graphical User Interface for manipulating files on an MSDOS diskette
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dxpause(1X) -- locks (pauses) an X display
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The dxpause program must be invoked explicitly by users (typically those running the generic X display manager rather than CDE). The dxpause program places a blank screen over the workstation screen a... |
dxterm(1X) -- DECwindows terminal emulator
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The dxterm command displays a window that provides VT320 terminal emulation and a standard terminal type for programs not directly aware of the X Window System. The terminal emulator also supports the... |
e(1) -- Edits a file line by line
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The ed command does not alter the file itself until you use the write subcommand. You can specify on the command line the file you want to edit, or you can use ed subcommands to read a file into the b... |
echo(1) -- Writes its arguments to standard output
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The echo command writes the specified string to standard output, followed by a newline character. The arguments are separated by spaces. Use the echo command to produce diagnostic messages in command ... |
ed(1) -- Edits a file line by line
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The ed command does not alter the file itself until you use the write subcommand. You can specify on the command line the file you want to edit, or you can use ed subcommands to read a file into the b... |
edit(1) -- Edits a file line by line with a simplified command set
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The edit command is part of a family of editors that also includes ed, ex, and vi. It is a simplified version of the ex editor, which itself is built on the ed line editor. To edit the contents of a f... |
editres(1X) -- a dynamic resource editor for X Toolkit applications
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editres is a tool that allows users and application developers to view the full widget hierarchy of any X Toolkit application that speaks the editres protocol. In addition editres will help the user c... |
egrep(1) -- Searches a file for patterns
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By default, the grep command treats a pattern as a basic regular expression (BRE). With the -E option, the pattern is treated as an extended regular expression (ERE). With the -F option, the pattern i... |
emacs(1) -- emacs editor
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The emacs software is unsupported software that is provided as part of Tru64 UNIX. We will fix problems in this unsupported software only if they are specific to Tru64 UNIX. We will not fix problems t... |
env(1) -- Displays or sets the current environment, or displays the values of environment variables
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The env command lets you get and change your current environment, and then run the specified command with the changed environment. If the -i option is used, the current environment is ignored and the ... |
error(1) -- Analyzes and disperses compiler error messages
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Using the error program can replace the painful, traditional methods of scribbling abbreviations of errors on paper, and permits error messages and source code to be viewed simultaneously without mach... |
etags(1) -- Generates a tags file for the emacs or mule editor
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The etags program creates a tag table file in a format understood by the emacs editor. The program understands the syntax of C, C++, Fortran, Pascal, and Lisp source files. It reads the source files s... |
eucset(1) -- Sets and gets EUC code widths for the terminal
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The eucset command sets or gets the encoding and display widths of the Extended UNIX Code (EUC) characters processed by the current input terminal. EUC is an encoding method for code sets composed of ... |
evmget(1) -- Retrieves stored events
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The evmget command retrieves stored events and outputs them to stdout as EVM events. Events are obtained from a configured set of log files and event channels, using channel-specific retrieval functio... |
evminfo(1) -- Provides information about EVM
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The evminfo command writes selected information about the EVM environment to its standard out stream. The options determine the information to be displayed. |
evmpost(1) -- Posts events to the EVM daemon
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The evmpost command takes a file or stream of text event sources as input and converts them to binary EVM events. By default, the command then posts them to the EVM daemon for distribution. If the -r ... |
evmshow(1) -- Displays an EVM event
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The evmshow command is EVM's event formatter; it reads raw EVM events either produced by other EVM commands or stored in a file and converts them to display format for viewing. Events are read from s... |
evmsort(1) -- Sorts events
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The evmsort command reads and sorts a stream of EVM events. By default, events are read from stdin, and are sorted into ascending timestamp order. Sorted events are written to the command's stdout st... |
evmwatch(1) -- Monitors EVM events
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The evmwatch command subscribes to the events specified by the filter_expr and passes all events to its stdout stream as they arrive. Output is in the form of raw EVM events. If the -A option is speci... |
ex(1) -- Edits lines in a file interactively, with screen display.
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The ex command is a line-oriented text editor that is a subset of the vi screen editor. [Tru64 UNIX] The ex editor is similar to ed, but is more powerful, providing multiline displays and access to a ... |
expand(1) -- Replaces tab characters with spaces or spaces with tab characters
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The expand command changes tab characters to spaces in the named files, or the standard input, and writes the result to the standard output. The unexpand command puts tab characters into the data from... |
explain(1) -- Prints wordy sentences and looks them up in an interactive thesaurus.
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Each phrase found by the diction command is enclosed in [ ] (brackets). Because diction runs deroff before looking at the text, include formatting header files as part of the input. Before using the e... |
expr(1) -- Evaluates arguments as expressions
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The expr command reads an expression, evaluates it, and writes the result to standard output. Within the expression argument, you must separate each term with spaces, precede characters special to the... |
extract(1) -- interactive string extract and replace
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The extract command interactively extracts text strings from source programs. The extract command replaces the strings it extracts with calls to the catgets function. The command also writes the strin... |
f(1) -- Displays user information
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By default, information for each user on the host is listed. This information includes the login name, terminal name and write status (an * (asterisk)) before the terminal name appears (if write permi... |
false(1) -- Returns a standard exit value
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The true command returns a 0 (zero) exit value. The false command returns a nonzero exit value. These commands are usually used in input to shell commands. |
fc(1) -- Processes the command history list
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The fc utility lists or edits and reexecutes commands previously entered to an interactive shell. The command history list references commands by number. The first number in the list is selected arbit... |
feedback(1) -- Generate an optimization feedback file using pixie and prof
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The feedback command invokes pixie to add profiling code to an object file. The object file generated by pixie is executed to obtain profiling information. The feedback command then invokes prof to an... |
fg(1) -- Runs jobs in the foreground
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If job control is enabled (see the description of set -m in the ksh(1) reference page), the fg utility moves a background job from the current environment into the foreground. Using fg to place a job ... |
fgrep(1) -- Searches a file for patterns
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By default, the grep command treats a pattern as a basic regular expression (BRE). With the -E option, the pattern is treated as an extended regular expression (ERE). With the -F option, the pattern i... |
file(1) -- Determines file type
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The file command reads input files and performs a series of tests on each one. It then attempts to classify them by type and writes the file types to standard output. The file command uses the /etc/ma... |
find(1) -- Finds files matching an expression
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The find command recursively searches the directory tree for each specified path name, seeking files that match the Boolean expression. The output from the find command varies depending on the terms u... |
finger(1) -- Displays user information
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By default, information for each user on the host is listed. This information includes the login name, terminal name and write status (an * (asterisk)) before the terminal name appears (if write permi... |
fixso(1) -- Fixes a shared object so that it can be quickstarted
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The fixso utility allows executables that depend on a shared library registered in the so_locations database to continue to run quickstarted even if the shared library changed after the time the execu... |
flex(1) -- Generates a C Language lexical analyzer
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The flex command is a tool for generating scanners: programs which recognize lexical patterns in text. The flex command reads the given input files, or its standard input if no filenames are given or ... |
fmt(1) -- Formats mail messages prior to sending
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The fmt command reads the input file or files, or standard input if no files are specified, and writes to standard output a version of the input with lines of a length as close as possible to width co... |
fold(1) -- Breaks or wraps lines in a file
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The fold command is a filter that wraps lines from the specified input files or standard input to a maximum of width (or bytes, if the -b option is specified). The fold command wraps lines by insertin... |
folder(1) -- set folder or display current folder name (only available within the message handling system, mh)
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The folder command lets you set the current folder, or display information about it. It can also be used to manage the folder stack. If you use the folder command without a +folder argument, informati... |
folders(1) -- list folders and contents (only available within the message handling system, mh)
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The folders command displays the names of your folders and the number of messages that they each contain. The folders command displays a list of all the folders in your Mail directory. The folders are... |
fontconverter(1X) -- Converts user-defined characters (UDCs) into PCF format
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The fontconverter command creates PCF format font files for user-defined characters (UDCs) that are created by the font editor of the cedit utility. The PCF format font files allow UDCs to be displaye... |
fonts.alias(1X) -- create an index of X font files in a directory
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For each directory argument, mkfontdir reads all of the font files in the directory searching for properties named "FONT", or (failing that) the name of the file stripped of its suffix. These are co... |
fonts.dir(1X) -- create an index of X font files in a directory
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For each directory argument, mkfontdir reads all of the font files in the directory searching for properties named "FONT", or (failing that) the name of the file stripped of its suffix. These are co... |
fonts.scale(1X) -- create an index of X font files in a directory
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For each directory argument, mkfontdir reads all of the font files in the directory searching for properties named "FONT", or (failing that) the name of the file stripped of its suffix. These are co... |
forw(1) -- Forwards messages (only available within the message handling system, mh)
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The forw command sends one or more messages on to recipients who were not the original addressees. The command encapsulates all messages to be forwarded and adds a message header. Forwarded messages a... |
from(1) -- Shows whom mail messages are from
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If user is specified, then user's mailbox is examined instead of your own. |
fs(1X) -- X font server
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xfs is the X Window System font server. It supplies fonts to X Window System display servers. |
fsinfo(1X) -- X font server information utility
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The fsinfo program is a utility for displaying information about an X font server. It is used to examine the capabilities of a server, the predefined values for various parameters used in communicatin... |
fslsfonts(1X) -- list fonts served by X font server
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The fslsfonts program lists the fonts that match the given pattern. The wildcard character "*" may be used to match any sequence of characters (including none), and "?" to match any single charact... |
fstobdf(1X) -- generate BDF font from X font server
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The fstobdf program reads a font from a font server and prints a BDF file on the standard output that may be used to recreate the font. This is useful in testing servers, debugging font metrics, and r... |
ftoc(1) -- interface between prof and cord
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The ftoc interface reads one or more feedback files produced by the -feedback option of the profiler prof(1) and writes onto stdout a reorder-file for use with the cacherearranging program cord(1). It... |
ftp(1) -- Transfers files between a local and a remote host
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The ftp command is the interface to the File Transfer Protocol (FTP). The FTP protocol allows transferring data between hosts that use dissimilar file systems. Although the protocol provides a lot of ... |
gencat(1) -- Creates and modifies a message catalog
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The gencat command creates or modifies a message catalog from a message text source file. A message text source file is a text file that you create to hold messages printed by your program. You can us... |
gendisk(1) -- Produces magnetic disk distribution media
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Use the gendisk utility to produce disk distribution media. The gendisk utility performs the following tasks: Searches the kit descriptor database for the prodID specified on the command line. The def... |
gentapes(1) -- Produces magnetic tape distribution media
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Use the gentapes utility to produce MT9 or TK50 magnetic tape distribution media. The gentapes utility performs the following tasks: Determines the media code (TK or MT) for the specified tape device.... |
genxlt(1) -- Generates a codeset conversion table
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The iconv subsystem can use either an algorithmic or a table converter to convert data from one codeset to another. The genxlt command creates a table converter to be used by the iconv subsystem. The ... |
get(1) -- Creates a specified version of a Source Code Control System (SCCS) file
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The get command reads the specified versions of the named SCCS files, and creates a text file (the g-file), for each file according to the specified options. The command then writes each text file to ... |
getacl(1) -- Displays the specified access control list (ACL) on a file of directory
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Note This command is based on Draft 13 of the POSIX P1003.6 standard. The getacl command displays the selected type of ACL for each file or directory named on the command line. The following three typ... |
getconf(1) -- Displays system configuration variable values
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In the system_var synopsis form, the getconf utility writes, to the standard output, the value of the variable specified in the system_var operand. In the path_var synopsis form, the getconf utility w... |
getopt(1) -- Parses command line flags and arguments
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The getopt command is used to parse a list of tokens using a format that specifies expected flags and arguments. A flag is a single ASCII letter and, when followed by a : (colon), is expected to take ... |
getopts(1) -- Parses utility options
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The getopts utility is used to retrieve flags and flagarguments from a list of parameters. Each time it is invoked, the getopts utility places the value of the next flag in the shell variable specifie... |
gprof(1) -- Displays call-graph profile data
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The gprof command produces an execution profile of programs. The effect of called routines is incorporated into the profile of each caller. Profile data of three kinds is accepted by gprof: PC-samplin... |
grep(1) -- Searches a file for patterns
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By default, the grep command treats a pattern as a basic regular expression (BRE). With the -E option, the pattern is treated as an extended regular expression (ERE). With the -F option, the pattern i... |
groups(1) -- Displays your group membership
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The groups command writes to standard output the groups to which you or the specified user belong. The Tru64 UNIX operating system allows a user to belong to many different groups at the same time. Yo... |
gunzip(1) -- Compresses or expands files.
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The gzip command reduces the size of specified files using the Lempel-Ziv coding (LZ77). Whenever possible, each file is replaced by one with the extension modes, access and modification times. If fil... |
gzcat(1) -- Compresses or expands files.
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The gzip command reduces the size of specified files using the Lempel-Ziv coding (LZ77). Whenever possible, each file is replaced by one with the extension modes, access and modification times. If fil... |
gzip(1) -- Compresses or expands files.
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The gzip command reduces the size of specified files using the Lempel-Ziv coding (LZ77). Whenever possible, each file is replaced by one with the extension modes, access and modification times. If fil... |
hash(1) -- Remembers or reports utility locations
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The hash utility affects the way the current shell environment remembers the locations of utilities found. Depending on the arguments specified, it adds utility locations to its list of remembered loc... |
head(1) -- Displays the beginning of files
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The head command copies the standard input to standard output, ending output of each file at the specified point. |
help(1) -- Provides information for new users
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The help command presents a one-page display of information for new users. Information is available for the following topics: Concatenating or displaying files Editing lines interactively Sending and ... |
hiprof(1) -- CPU-time and page-fault call-graph profiler for performance analysis
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See prof_intro(1) for an introduction to the application performance tuning tools provided with Tru64 UNIX. The hiprof command creates an instrumented version of a program (program.hiprof) that produc... |
hostid(1) -- Sets or displays the identifier of the local host
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The hostid command displays the 32-bit identifier of the host as a hexadecimal number in host standard byte order. The identifier must be unique across all hosts and is commonly set to the Internet ad... |
hostname(1) -- Sets or displays the name of the current host system
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The hostname command sets or displays the name of the current host system. If you use the -s option, the short form of the host name is displayed. Only the superuser can set the hostname. |
iceauth(1X) -- ICE authority file utility
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The iceauth program is used to edit and display the authorization information used in connecting with ICE. This program is usually used to extract authorization records from one machine and merge them... |
ico(1X) -- animate an icosahedron or other polyhedron
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The ico command displays a wire-frame rotating polyhedron, with hidden lines removed, or a solid-fill polyhedron with hidden faces removed. There are a number of different polyhedra available; adding ... |
iconv(1) -- Converts encoded characters to another codeset
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The iconv command converts the encoding of characters in file from one coded character set to another and writes the results to standard output. The input and output coded character sets are identifie... |
id(1) -- Displays the user's system identity
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The id command writes to standard output a message containing the user and group IDs and corresponding names of the invoking process. If effective names and IDs do not match the real ones, the id comm... |
ident(1) -- identify files
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ident searches for all occurrences of the pattern $keyword:...$ in the named files or, if no file name appears, the standard input. These patterns are normally inserted automatically by the RCS comman... |
iec(1) -- Instruction Emulator Control
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Some processors in the Alpha processor family do not implement all of the instructions defined in the Alpha architecture. The operating system provides an instruction emulator that permits all program... |
imake(1X) -- C preprocessor interface to the make utility
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Imake is used to generate Makefiles from a template, a set of cpp macro functions, and a per-directory input file called an Imakefile. This allows machine dependencies (such as compiler options, alter... |
inc(1) -- Incorporates new mail (only available within the message handling system, mh)
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Use the inc command to incorporate mail from your incoming maildrop into a folder. The new messages being incorporated are numbered sequentially, starting with the next highest available number in the... |
indent(1) -- changes the appearance of a C program by inserting or deleting whitespace
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This man page is based on the Info file indent.info, produced by Makeinfo-1.47 from the input file indent.texinfo. This is Edition 0.02, 5 May 1992, of The indent Manual (for indent Version 1.3). Copy... |
infocmp(1) -- Compares or prints terminfo descriptions
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Use the infocmp command to: Compare a binary terminfo entry with other terminfo entries. Rewrite a terminfo description to take advantage of the user (-u option) terminfo field. Print a terminfo descr... |
install(1) -- Installs a command
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The install command copies (or moves) file into the appropriate directory, retaining the owner and permissions of the existing copy, if any. A newly created file has permission code 755, owner bin, an... |
installbsd(1) -- Installs a command (BSD version)
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If destination is a file and such a file already exists, installbsd removes it before file is moved or copied. If destination is a directory, file is moved or copied into that directory with its origi... |
intro(1) -- Introduction to commands
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Section 1 describes the commands available for all Tru64 UNIX users. Some reference pages in this section may contain suffixes to allow their files to exist with those of other reference pages having ... |
invcutter(1) -- Generates a subset inventory file
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The contents of a software product kit for the setld(8) command are specified by a master inventory file whose format is described in the stl_mi(4) reference page. The invcutter command processes a ma... |
iostat(1) -- Reports I/O statistics
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The iostat command reports the following information: For terminals (collectively), the number of characters read and written per second. For each disk, the number of transfers per second and bytes tr... |
ipcrm(1) -- Removes message queue, semaphore set, or shared memory identifiers
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The details of the remove operations are described in the Section 2 reference pages for msgctl(), shmctl(), and semctl(). The identifiers and keys can be found by using the ipcs command. |
ipcs(1) -- Reports Interprocess Communication (IPC) facility status
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If you do not specify any options, ipcs writes information in a short form about currently active message queues, shared memory segments, semaphores, remote queues, and local queue headers. Column Hea... |
jdic2txt(1) -- Convert Japanese text and dictionary files between the JSY, WX, and VJE input methods
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Three Japanese input methods are used on a Tru64 UNIX system: the JSY input method (HP), the WX input method (A.I. Soft Company), and the VJE input method (VACS Company). Software for the JSY input me... |
jfile(1) -- Determines file type
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The file command reads input files and performs a series of tests on each one. It then attempts to classify them by type and writes the file types to standard output. The file command uses the /etc/ma... |
jim_convert(1) -- Convert Japanese text and dictionary files between the JSY, WX, and VJE input methods
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Three Japanese input methods are used on a Tru64 UNIX system: the JSY input method (HP), the WX input method (A.I. Soft Company), and the VJE input method (VACS Company). Software for the JSY input me... |
jobs(1) -- Displays status of jobs in the current session
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The jobs utility displays the status of jobs that were started in the current shell environment. When jobs reports the termination status of a job, the shell removes its process ID from the list of th... |
join(1) -- Joins the lines of two files
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The join field is the field in the input files that join looks at to determine what will be included in the output. One line appears in the output for each identical join field appearing in both file1... |
jsy2vjetxt(1) -- Convert Japanese text and dictionary files between the JSY, WX, and VJE input methods
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Three Japanese input methods are used on a Tru64 UNIX system: the JSY input method (HP), the WX input method (A.I. Soft Company), and the VJE input method (VACS Company). Software for the JSY input me... |
jsy2wxtxt(1) -- Convert Japanese text and dictionary files between the JSY, WX, and VJE input methods
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Three Japanese input methods are used on a Tru64 UNIX system: the JSY input method (HP), the WX input method (A.I. Soft Company), and the VJE input method (VACS Company). Software for the JSY input me... |
kb_indicator(1X) -- Controls the compose (kana) LED during an X session
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The kb_indicator application is part of the support for the Kana-Kanji conversion input method used for Japanese characters. This application is available only if the optional Tru64 UNIX subsets that ... |
kdestroy(1) -- Destroys valid or nonvalid Kerberos tickets and removes the cache file
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The kdestroy command writes zeros to the credentials cache (which destroys any active Kerberos tickets) and then removes the cache file. |
kill(1) -- Sends a signal to a running process
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The kill command sends a signal to one or more running processes. The default is the SIGTERM signal (signal number 15), which usually terminates processes that do not ignore or catch the signal. You i... |
kinit(1) -- Obtains and caches initial ticket granting tickets (TGTs) and service tickets
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The kinit command: Obtains and caches an initial ticket (TGT). Acquires service tickets. Renews tickets that are renewable. Validates postdated tickets. |
kits(1) -- Generates setld format distribution kits
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The kits command produces subset images, inventories, and control files for an installation using the setld command. You need to know the key file which describes the product to be built, a hierarchy ... |
klist(1) -- Lists the tickets stored in the credentials cache file
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The klist command lists tickets in the credentials cache file. |
kprofile(1) -- Profile a program (uprofile) or kernel
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See prof_intro(1) for an introduction to the application performance tuning tools provided with Tru64 UNIX. The uprofile command uses the Alpha on-chip performance counters to produce a finely-grained... |
ksh(1) -- Korn shell
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The Korn shell carries out commands either interactively from a terminal keyboard or from a file. The Korn shell is backward compatible with the Bourne shell (invoked with the sh command) and contains... |
ktutil(1) -- Manages entries in service key table file
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The ktutil command manages entries in service key table files. Note that the service key table file is owned by root, so you must log on as root to access it. All options other than the -l option atte... |
ladebug(1) -- Invokes the Ladebug debugger
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The Ladebug debugger is a symbolic source code debugger that debugs programs compiled by the DEC C, ACC, DEC C++, DEC Ada, DEC COBOL, DEC Fortran 90, and DEC Fortran 77 compilers. For full source-leve... |
lbxproxy(1X) -- Low BandWidth X proxy
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Applications that would like to take advantage of the Low Bandwidth extension to X (LBX) must make their connections to an lbxproxy. These applications need to know nothing about LBX, they simply conn... |
ld(1) -- link editor
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The ld command invokes the Tru64 UNIX link editor ("linker") which links extended COFF object files. The ld command combines several object files into one, performs relocation, resolves external sym... |
ldd(1) -- List dynamic dependencies of executable files or shared objects
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The ldd command lists the dynamic dependencies of an executable file or shared object: If filename is an executable file, ldd lists the pathnames of all shared objects that would be loaded as a result... |
learn(1) -- Provides computer-aided instruction for the C shell
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To get started, enter learn; if this is the first time that you are invoking the learn command, you are guided through a series of questions to determine what type of instruction you want to receive. ... |
leave(1) -- Reminds you when to leave
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The leave command waits until the specified time, then reminds you to leave. You are reminded 5 minutes and 1 minute before the actual time, at the time, and every minute thereafter. When you log out,... |
lex(1) -- Generates programs for lexical tasks
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The lex command uses the rules and actions contained in file to generate a program, lex.yy.c, which can be compiled with the cc command. That program can then receive input, break the input into the l... |
line(1) -- Reads one line from standard input
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The line command copies one line, up to and including a newline, from standard input and writes it to standard output. Use this command within a shell command file to read from your terminal. The line... |
link(1) -- Creates an additional directory entry for an existing file
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The link command performs the link() system call to create an additional directory entry for an existing file, file1. In effect, the underlying file then has two names, file1 and file2 (either of thes... |
lint(1) -- a C program checker
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The lint program checker attempts to detect features of the C program files that are likely to be bugs, nonportable, or wasteful. It also checks type usage more strictly than the compilers. Among the ... |
listres(1X) -- list resources in widgets
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The listres program generates a list of a widget's resource database. The class in which each resource is first defined, the instance and class name, and the type of each resource is listed. If no sp... |
llogin(1) -- Connects to a LAT service
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The llogin command enables Tru64 UNIX users to connect to LAT services offered by other nodes in the local area network (LAN). You do not need superuser privileges or node information in order to conn... |
ln(1) -- Make a hard link or a symbolic link to a file
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A link is a directory entry that refers to a file. Usually, sourcename is an existing file, and targetname does not exist. Thus, targetname becomes a new name, or pseudonym for sourcename. A file, tog... |
lndir(1X) -- create a shadow directory of symbolic links to another directory tree
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lndir makes a shadow copy todir of a directory tree fromdir, except that the shadow is not populated with real files but instead with symbolic links pointing at the real files in the fromdir directory... |
locale(1) -- Displays information about locales
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The locale command without any options or arguments writes to standard output the names and values of all the current locale environment variables, such as LANG and LC_COLLATE. The locale command with... |
localedef(1) -- Builds a locale from locale and character map source files
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The localedef command converts source files that contain definitions of the locale-dependent information (collation, date-and-time displays, and character properties) into a run-time format. The comma... |
lock(1) -- Requests and verifies a user password
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The lock command then locks the terminal and does not relinquish it until the password is received again, unless one of the following occurs: The root password is entered. The time-out interval is exc... |
logger(1) -- Makes entries in the system log
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The logger command makes the specified entries in the system log file. The logger command provides a program and shell script interface to the syslog() subroutine. The file in which entries are made d... |
login(1) -- Signs the user on to the system
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The invocation of login for initial signon is made by a system program or server using the privileged -h and -f forms of the login command. If login is invoked without an argument, it asks for a user ... |
logname(1) -- Displays user login name
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The logname command writes to standard output the name you used to log into the system. |
look(1) -- Finds lines in a sorted list
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If no file is specified, look searches in the system word list /usr/share/dict/words, with the options -df assumed by default. The look command uses binary search. The -d and -f options affect compari... |
lorder(1) -- Finds the best order for member files in an object library
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The lorder command is essentially obsolete. Use the following command in its place: % ar -ts file.a The lorder command reads one or more object or library archive files, looks for external references,... |
lp(1) -- Sends or cancels a printing request
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The lp command sends the specified files and associated information (collectively called a request) to a line printer for printing. The cancel command cancels printing requests. The lp command associa... |
lpq(1) -- Examines the spool queues.
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The lpq command examines the spooling area used by lpd for printing files on the line printer and reports the status of the specified requests or all requests associated with a user. The lpq command i... |
lpr(1) -- Sends files to spooling daemon for printing
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The lpr command uses the lpd spooling daemon to print files. If you specify a hyphen (-) for a file name, the lpr command reads from standard input; this can be used in conjunction with specified file... |
lprm(1) -- Removes requests from the line printer spooling queue
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Because the spooling directory is protected from users, using lprm is normally the way a user can remove a request. The lprm command without any arguments deletes the currently active request if it is... |
lpstat(1) -- Displays line printer status information
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If no options are given, then lpstat displays the status of all requests made by the lp and lpr commands. Any arguments that are not options are assumed to be a request_ID (as returned by the lp or lp... |
ls(1) -- Lists and generates statistics for files
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The ls command writes to standard output the contents of each specified directory or the name of each specified file, along with any other information you ask for with options. If you do not specify a... |
ltf(1) -- labeled tape facility
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The ltf command reads and writes single-volume Versions 3 and 4 ANSI-compatible tape volumes. The file argument specifies each file or directory name that is to be processed. If a directory name is sp... |
m2ps(1) -- Converts text in Mule internal code to PostScript format
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The m2ps command converts text encoded in Mule internal code (called *internal*) to a PostScript file that can be printed. To handle text not coded in *internal* code, you first have to convert the co... |
m4(1g) -- GNU m4 macro processor
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The GNU m4 software is unsupported software that is provided as part of Tru64 UNIX. HP will fix problems in this unsupported software only if they are specific to Tru64 UNIX. HP will not fix problems ... |
m4(1) -- Preprocesses files, expanding macro definitions
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[XPG4-UNIX] You can use m4 to process built-in macros or user-defined macros. Each file is processed in order. If you do not specify a file or if you give a dash (-) as a filename, the m4 command read... |
machine(1) -- return architecture type of machine
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The machine command displays on standard output the architecture of the machine. The machine command is used within shell procedures to tailor the results to a specific architecture. The exit value of... |
mail(1) -- Sends and displays messages
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The mail command writes to standard output all stored mail addressed to your login name, one message at a time, or sends a mail message to another user or users. Another name for the mail command is b... |
Mail(1) -- Sends and receives mail
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The mailx and Mail commands allow you to do the following: Compose a message and send it. Receive a message and look at it. Store received messages in your mailbox or in folders. Discard messages. The... |
mailq(1) -- Displays the contents of the mail queue
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The mailq command displays a list of messages in the mail queue. The mailq command is the same as the sendmail command with the -bp option; see sendmail for more information. |
mailx(1) -- Sends and receives mail
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The mailx and Mail commands allow you to do the following: Compose a message and send it. Receive a message and look at it. Store received messages in your mailbox or in folders. Discard messages. The... |
make(1u) -- Maintains, updates, and regenerates groups of programs.
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This make command is one of several versions available. See the SEE ALSO section for references to information about other versions of the command. By default, the make(1) command is invoked if you ty... |
make(1) -- Maintains up-to-date versions of target files and performs shell commands
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This make command is one of several versions available. See the SEE ALSO section for references to information about other versions of the command. By default, the make(1) command described in this re... |
make(1p) -- Maintains program dependencies
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[Tru64 UNIX] The make(1p) command is one of several versions available. See the SEE ALSO section for references to information about other versions of the command. By default, the make(1) command is i... |
makedepend(1X) -- create dependencies in makefiles
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makedepend reads each sourcefile in sequence and parses it like a C-preprocessor, processing all #include, #define, #undef, #ifdef, #ifndef, #endif, #if and #else directives so that it can correctly t... |
man(1) -- Displays reference pages
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The man command provides online access to the system's reference pages. For example, if reference pages are available on your system, the following command displays the first screenful of reference i... |
mark(1) -- mark messages (only available within the message handling system, mh)
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Use the mark command to assign a name to a sequence of messages within the current folder. A sequence is a number of messages that are grouped together under a name. You can then use that name with an... |
mattrib(1) -- mtools utility to change DOS file attribute options
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The mattrib command sets the attribute options of a DOS file using the plus (+) operator, or clears attribute options using the minus (-) operator. DOS pathnames that contain the '/' or '\' separ... |
maze(1X) -- an automated X11 demo repeatedly creating and solving a random maze
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The maze program creates a "random" maze and then solves it with graphical feedback. |
mcd(1) -- mtools utility to change or report the DOS working directory
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Without arguments, the mcd command reports the current device and working directory. Otherwise, the mcd command changes the current device and current working directory relative to a DOS file system. ... |
mcopy(1) -- mtools utility to copy DOS files to and from a UNIX operating system
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The mcopy command copies the specified file to the named file, or copies multiple files to the named directory. The specified files or directories can be either DOS or UNIX files. If the file is a tex... |
mcs(1) -- Manipulates object file comment sections
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The mcs command allows users to perform operations on the comment section (.comment) of HP (e)COFF object files. The comment section of an object can contain information such as the "ident" string f... |
mcutil(1) -- Media changer manipulation utility
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The mcutil utility provides a means to manipulate media changer devices. The utility uses the media_changer_name to locate an entry in the mcicap file, which contains configuration information. If the... |
mdel(1) -- mtools utility to delete a DOS file
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The mdel command deletes a file or files on an DOS file system. Unlike the DOS convention, multiple arguments can be specified. If a read only file is encountered, the mdel command queries whether or ... |
mdir(1) -- mtools utility to display contents of a DOS directory
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The mdir command lists the contents of a DOS directory. Unlike the DOS convention, multiple arguments are supported. If the component of the path is not a directory, an error occurs. The mdir command ... |
mdiskcopy(1) -- mtools utility to copy a DOS diskette image to another diskette
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The mdiskcopy command copies the contents of one diskette to another diskette in a bit-by-bit image copy. There is no error checking or validation of any kind performed. The mdiskcopy command prompts ... |
merge(1) -- three-way file merge
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merge incorporates all changes that lead from file2 to file3 into file1. The result goes to standard output if -p is present, into file1 otherwise. merge is useful for combining separate changes to an... |
mesg(1) -- Permits or refuses write messages
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The mesg command controls whether other users on the system can send messages to you with the talk and write commands. Called without arguments, mesg displays the current terminal message permission s... |
mformat(1) -- mtools utility to add a DOS file system to a
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Note You must specify the floppy disk storage device that is to be formatted. If you do not specify a device, or if a device is not found, the command may incorrectly format a SCSI device which could ... |
mgdiff(1X) -- Motif-based graphical file difference browser
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Mgdiff is a graphical front end to the diff command. It permits the user to view the differences between two ASCII files in context and, optionally, to write out a third file which is the user-defined... |
mh(1) -- Introduction to the MH system for handling mail
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MH is the name of a powerful message handling system. Rather than being a single comprehensive program, MH consists of a collection of fairly simple single-purpose programs to send, receive, save, and... |
MH(1) -- Introduction to the MH system for handling mail
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MH is the name of a powerful message handling system. Rather than being a single comprehensive program, MH consists of a collection of fairly simple single-purpose programs to send, receive, save, and... |
mhdecode(1) -- Decodes a binary file for MH
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The mhdecode command decodes for MH a file created by the uuencode command. The mhdecode command reads an encoded file, strips off any leading and trailing lines added by uuencode, and sends output to... |
mhl(1) -- produce formatted listings of MH messages (only available within the message handling system, mh)
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The mhl command is a program for listing formatted messages, which can be used as a replacement for more, the default showproc program. As with more, each of the messages specified as arguments (or th... |
mhmail(1) -- send or read mail (only available within the message handling system, mh)
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The mhmail program is intended as a replacement for the standard mail programs, bellmail and ucbmail. See binmail(1) and mail(1) for more details of these mail programs. When invoked without arguments... |
mhpath(1) -- print full pathnames of MH messages and folders (only available within the message handling system, ...
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Use the mhpath command to display the full pathname of the specified folder. If you do not specify a folder, mhpath displays the pathname of the current folder. If you specify a message with its messa... |
mkcatdefs(1) -- Preprocesses a message source file
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The mkcatdefs utility preprocesses a message source file to do one or more of the following operations. These operations ease maintenance of compilable programs, scripts, or both: Convert symbolic ide... |
mkdep(1) -- generate dependency list from a C program
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The mkdep command uses cc(1) to compile a list of dependency files required to build the named C program file or files. The list is formatted so that it is suitable for inclusion into a makefile for m... |
mkdir(1) -- Makes a directory
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The mkdir command creates new directories with read, write, and execute permissions based upon the permissions established by the umask setting. [Tru64 UNIX] The mkdir command also creates the standar... |
mkdirhier(1X) -- makes a directory hierarchy
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The mkdirhier command creates the specified directories. Unlike mkdir if any of the parent directories of the specified directory do not exist, it creates them as well. |
mkfifo(1) -- Makes FIFO special files
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For each file argument, mkfifo performs actions equivalent to the mkfifo() call with the following arguments: The file argument is used as the pathname argument. If the -m option is not used, the valu... |
mkfontdir(1X) -- create an index of X font files in a directory
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For each directory argument, mkfontdir reads all of the font files in the directory searching for properties named "FONT", or (failing that) the name of the file stripped of its suffix. These are co... |
mkmanifest(1) -- mtools utility to create a shell script to restore UNIX file names from DOS
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The mkmanifest command creates a shell script that aids in the restore of UNIX file names that were overwritten by DOS file name restrictions. DOS file names are uppercase only, cannot exceed 8 charac... |
mkstr(1) -- Creates an error message file
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The use of mkstr can reduce the size of programs that contain many error diagnostics and reduce system overhead in running such programs. The mkstr command processes each of the specified files, placi... |
mktemp(1) -- Create a secure and uniquely named file or directory
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The mktemp utility is provided to give shell scripts a safer way to create temporary files, particularly when writing to world-writeable areas, such as /tmp or /var/tmp. Traditional methods for creati... |
mktrashcan(1) -- Attaches, detaches, or shows a trashcan directory
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The trashcan utilities (mktrashcan and rmtrashcan) enable you to attach or detach an existing directory, which you specify as a trashcan directory, to any number of directories within the same fileset... |
mlabel(1) -- mtools utility to label a DOS volume
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The mlabel command displays the current volume label, if present, and prompts the user for a new volume label. To delete an existing volume label, press the Return Key at the prompt. Reasonable care i... |
mmd(1) -- mtools utility to make a DOS directory
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The mmd command makes a new directory on a DOS file system. Unlike DOS conventions, this command accepts multiple arguments. Reasonable care is taken to create a valid DOS directory name. If an invali... |
more(1) -- Displays a file one screenful at a time
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The more utility reads files and either writes them to the terminal on a page-by-page basis or filters them to standard output. If standard output is not a terminal device, all input files are copied ... |
mrd(1) -- mtools utility to remove a DOS directory
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The mrd command removes a directory from a DOS file system. If the directory is not empty, an error occurs. Unlike DOS conventions, this command allows multiple arguments. DOS subdirectory names that ... |
mread(1) -- mtools utility to perform a low level read (copy) of a DOS file to UNIX
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The mread command copies the specified DOS file to the named UNIX file, or copies multiple DOS files to the named UNIX directory. DOS subdirectory names that contain the '/' or '\' separator are ... |
mren(1) -- mtools utility to rename an existing DOS file
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The mren command renames an existing file on a DOS file system. You can also use the mren command to rename directories. Reasonable care is taken to create a valid DOS file name. If an invalid DOS tar... |
msgchk(1) -- check for messages (only available within the message handling system, mh)
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The msgchk program checks all known mail drops for mail that is waiting for you. It displays whether you have mail waiting to be read or not and shows the date that you last read your mail. You can ch... |
msh(1) -- MH shell (only available within the message handling system, mh)
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The command msh is an interactive program that implements a subset of the normal MH commands operating on a single file in packf format. That is, msh is used to read a file that contains a number of m... |
mt(1) -- Magnetic tape manipulating program
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The mt command enables you to manage magnetic tape drives and also to coordinate shared access to tape devices, including devices that are part of a storage area network (SAN). Note Unless enhanced se... |
mtools(1) -- Provides a collection of tools for manipulating DOS files
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The mtools commands are a public domain collection of programs that let you read, write, and manipulate files on a DOS file system (typically a diskette) from a UNIX system. Each command attempts to e... |
mtype(1) -- mtools utility to display the contents of a DOS file
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The mtype command displays the specified file on the screen. Unlike conventions, this command supports multiple arguments. Subdirectory names that contain the '/' or '\' separator are supported. ... |
mule(1) -- Multilingual Enhancement to GNU Emacs
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Mule is a multilingual enhancement to GNU Emacs. Mule provides a facility to display, input, and edit multilingual characters in addition to all GNU Emacs facilities. GNU Emacs is a new version of Ema... |
mv(1) -- Moves files and directories
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If you move a file to a new directory, mv retains the original file name. When you move a file, all other links to the file remain intact. In the second form, one or more files are moved to directory ... |
mvdir(1) -- Moves (renames) a directory
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The mvdir command renames directories within a file system. To use mvdir, you must have write permission to directory1 and directory2 and to the parent directories of directory1 and directory2. The di... |
mwm(1X) -- The Motif Window Manager
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The mwm utility is an X Window System client that provides window management functionality and some session management functionality. It provides functions that facilitate control (by the user and the... |
mwrite(1) -- mtools utility to perform a low level write (copy) of a UNIX file to DOS
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The mwrite command copies the specified UNIX file to the named DOS file, or copies multiple UNIX files to the named DOS directory. The destination directory cannot be omitted. Reasonable care is taken... |
neqn(1) -- Typesets mathematical equations and expressions
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The neqn command is an nroff(1) preprocessor for displaying mathematical symbols and equations on terminals. Usage almost always involves preprocessing an nroff source file with neqn and then piping t... |
netscape(1) -- Invokes Netscape (R) Communicator for the World Wide Web
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The netscape command invokes the Netscape browser for the World Wide Web. Netscape enables you to view documents (called "pages" or "Web pages") that have been formatted with the HTML hypertext ma... |
netstat(1) -- Displays network statistics.
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The interval argument specifies in seconds the interval for updating and displaying information. The first line of the display shows cumulative statistics; subsequent lines show statistics recorded du... |
newaliases(1) -- Builds a new copy of the alias database
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The newaliases command builds a new copy of the alias file from source. The location of the alias source is controlled by the setting of the A processing flag either in the sendmail.cf file or by the ... |
newgrp(1) -- Changes primary group identification of a shell process
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The newgrp command changes the primary group identification of the current shell process to group. You remain logged in and the current directory is unchanged, but calculations of access permissions t... |
newinv(1) -- Updates distribution kit master inventory
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The newinv command interactively maintains the master inventory files used for producing distribution kits in setld format. The program updates the master inventory for a product when changes are made... |
news(1) -- Writes system news items to standard output
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Each news item is contained in a separate file in the /usr/news directory. Anyone having read/write permission to this directory can create a news file. If you run the news command without any options... |
next(1) -- show the next message (only available within the message handling system, mh)
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The command next displays the next message in the current folder. The next message is the one after the current message in the folder. The message that is shown becomes the current message. If you nam... |
nice(1) -- Runs a command at a different priority
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The nice command lets you run the specified command at a lower priority. The value of priority can range from 1 to 19, with 19 being the lowest priority. The default value of priority is 10. [Tru64 UN... |
nl(1) -- Numbers lines in a file
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The nl command reads file (standard input by default), numbers the lines in the input, and writes the numbered lines to standard output. In the output, nl numbers the lines on the left, according to t... |
nm(1) -- Name list dump of object files
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The nm command prints formatted listings of the symbol and external sections of an object file symbol table. A file can be an object file, an archive library, or a shared library. If you do not specif... |
nohup(1) -- Runs a utility ignoring hangups and quits
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The nohup command runs utility, ignoring all hangups and QUIT signals. You can use this command to run programs in the background after logging off the system. To run a nohup command in the background... |
nrdist(1) -- Remote file distribution client program
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The nrdist command is a program to maintain identical copies of files over multiple hosts. It preserves the owner, group, mode, and modification time of files if possible and can update programs that ... |
nroff(1) -- Formats text
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The nroff command formats text in the specified files for typewriter-like devices. If no file argument is present, nroff reads from standard input. An argument consisting of a single minus sign (-) is... |
ntp(1) -- query a clock running a Network Time Protocol daemon, either ntpd or xntpd
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The ntp command may be retired in a future release; use the ntpdate(8) command instead. The ntp command is used to determine the offset between the local clock and a remote clock. It can also be used ... |
objZ(1) -- Compression utility
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The objZ command takes a regular, read/write file in ALPHAMAGIC format as input and converts it to ALPHAMAGICZ compressed format. The compressed output file replaces the input file. When the -u option... |
oclock(1X) -- round X clock
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The oclock program simply displays the current time on an analog display. |
od(1) -- Writes the contents of a file to standard output
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The output continues until the end of the file. When od reads standard input, the offset and label operands must be preceded by a + (plus sign). If you omit the file argument and do not specify -A, -j... |
odump(1) -- Dumps selected parts of an object file
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The odump command dumps selected parts of each file that is specified. For details on the object file parts presented in the odump output, see the Assembly Language Programmer's Guide. |
optacon(1X) -- An X program for the Optacon II
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The Optacon II, a product of TeleSensory Corporation, is an optical-to-tactile conversion device meant to assist the blind in accessing visual information. The optacon utility was made specifically to... |
ostrip(1) -- Reduce the size of object files
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The ostrip command reduces the components of any object file based on the options that are specified. It is designed to work with any object file, that is, files, image files, and shared object files.... |
pack(1) -- Compresses and expands files
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The pack command The pack command stores the specified file in a compressed form. The input file is replaced by a packed file with a name derived from the original file name (file.z), with the ownersh... |
packf(1) -- compress a folder into a single file (only available within the message handling system, mh)
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Each message in a folder is normally stored as a separate file. The packf command takes all messages from the current folder and copies them to a single specified file. Each message in the file is sep... |
page(1) -- Displays a file one screenful at a time
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The more utility reads files and either writes them to the terminal on a page-by-page basis or filters them to standard output. If standard output is not a terminal device, all input files are copied ... |
pagesize(1) -- Displays system memory page size
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The pagesize command prints the size of a page of memory in bytes, as returned by the getpagesize() call. This command is useful when constructing portable shell scripts. |
passwd(1) -- Changes password file information
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The passwd command changes the password associated with your username (by default) or the specified username. A password must have at least six characters and can be up to eight characters. If you ent... |
paste(1) -- Joins corresponding lines of several files or subsequent lines in one file
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Specifying the -d option or no options causes the paste command to treat each file as a column, joining them horizontally with a tab character by default (parallel merging). Using the -s option, the p... |
patch(1) -- Applies changes to files
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By default, the patched version is put in place of the original. The original file can be backed up to the same name with the extension by using the -b option. You may also specify where you want the ... |
pathchk(1) -- Checks path names
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The pathchk command checks that one or more path names are valid (that is, they can be used to access or create a file without causing syntax errors) and portable (that is, no file name truncation wil... |
pax(1) -- Extracts, writes, and lists archive files
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The pax command extracts and writes member files and any associated, extended attributes of archive files; writes lists of the member files of archives; and copies directory hierarchies. The -r and -w... |
pcat(1) -- Compresses and expands files
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The pack command The pack command stores the specified file in a compressed form. The input file is replaced by a packed file with a name derived from the original file name (file.z), with the ownersh... |
pddump(1) -- Dump profiling data files
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The pddump command displays, on the standard output, the record definitions and data of the specified profiling data files. Each file's dump is prefixed by the line "File = file:". This is followed... |
pdtostd(1) -- Convert profiling data files to standard format
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The pdtostd command converts profiling data files from the format that the Tru64 UNIX profilers use into the older industry standard formats. The converted files can then be processed by tools compile... |
perl(1) -- Practical Extraction and Report Language
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The perl software is unsupported software that is provided as part of Tru64 UNIX. We will fix problems in this unsupported software only if they are specific to Tru64 UNIX. We will not fix problems th... |
pfstat(1) -- Print packet filter status information
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The pfstat command interprets the data structures of the packet filter driver packetfilter(7). The data structures are contained in /dev/kmem. |
pg(1) -- Formats files for a terminal display
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To determine terminal attributes, pg looks up the terminal type specified by the TERM environment variable in the terminfo database. The default type is dumb. At any time during the operation of pg, y... |
phrase(1) -- Manages databases used with the phrase input method
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The phrase input method is supported in the Korean, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese environments. Phrase input is a shorthand input method that automatically converts a keyword into a phra... |
pick(1) -- select messages by content (only available within the message handling system, mh)
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The pick command lets you search messages in a folder on a diverse range of search criteria. You can search the mail headers or the text of some or all of the messages within a folder for the specifie... |
pinfo(1) -- Displays processor administration information
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The psrinfo and pinfo commands display information about processors. The processor variable specifies the processor identification number, which is a unique integer that identifies the processor. If y... |
pixie(1) -- Instruction-counting profiler for optimization and
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See prof_intro(1) for an introduction to the application performance tuning tools provided with Tru64 UNIX. The pixie command creates an instrumented version of a program (program.pixie) that produces... |
pixstats(1) -- Analyzes profile data
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The prof command analyzes one or more data files generated by the compiler's execution-profiling system and produces a listing. The prof command can also combine those data files or produce a feedbac... |
pr(1) -- Writes a file to standard output
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A heading that contains the page number, date, time, and the name of the file separates the output into pages. Unless specified, columns are of equal width and separated by at least one space. Lines t... |
praliases(1) -- display system mail aliases
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The praliases command displays system aliases used by the sendmail(8) program. If no arguments are given, the praliases command displays all of the system aliases contained in the file /var/adm/sendma... |
prev(1) -- show the previous message (only available within the message handling system, mh)
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The prev command displays the previous message in the current folder. The previous message is the one before the current message in the folder. The message that is shown becomes the current message. Y... |
printenv(1) -- Displays or sets the current environment, or displays the values of environment variables
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The env command lets you get and change your current environment, and then run the specified command with the changed environment. If the -i option is used, the current environment is ignored and the ... |
printf(1) -- Writes formatted output
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The printf command converts, formats, and writes its arguments to the standard output. The values specified by the argument variable are formatted under control of the format variable. Syntax of the a... |
prof(1) -- Analyzes profile data
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The prof command analyzes one or more data files generated by the compiler's execution-profiling system and produces a listing. The prof command can also combine those data files or produce a feedbac... |
prof_intro(1) -- Introduction to application profilers, profiling, optimization, and performance analysis
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Tru64 UNIX supports four approaches to performance improvement: Automatic and profile-directed optimizations. For example: pixie -update a.out data/* cc -non_shared -O3 -spike -feedback a.out *.c Manu... |
prompter(1) -- prompting editor front-end (only available within the message handling system, mh)
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The prompter editor is a rudimentary editor provided by comp, dist, forw, and repl. It is automatically called by the above commands; you do not need to specify it. The prompter editor allows rapid co... |
prs(1) -- Displays key information in a Source Code Control System (SCCS) file
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The prs command reads SCCS files, and writes to standard output a part or all of the file according to a format you specify. Data Keywords    [Toc]    [Back] Data keywords specify the parts of an SCCS... |
ps(1) -- Displays current process status
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While ps is a fairly accurate snapshot of the system, ps cannot begin and finish a snapshot as fast as some processes change state. At times there may be minor discrepancies. The ps command can be use... |
pset_assign_cpu(1) -- Assigns a processor to a processor set
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The pset_assign_cpu command assigns one or more processors to an existing processor set. The pset_id variable is a unique integer that identifies the processor set and is returned by the pset_create c... |
pset_assign_pid(1) -- Assigns a process ID to a processor set
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The pset_assign_pid command assigns one or more process identification numbers to an existing processor set. The pset_id variable is a unique integer that identifies the processor set and is returned ... |
pset_create(1) -- Creates a processor set
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The pset_create command creates a new processor set and displays a unique integer as the identifier for the new processor set. The new processor set does not have any processors assigned to it. You mu... |
pset_destroy(1) -- Destroys a processor set
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The pset_destroy command destroys an existing processor set. The pset_id variable is a unique integer that identifies the processor set and is returned by the pset_create command. If the processor set... |
pset_info(1) -- Displays processor set information
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The pset_info command displays information about processor sets and the processors that are assigned to each set. Note that a stopped processor is not a member of any processor set, and its processor ... |
pseudo(1) -- Starts a non-STREAMS pty interface for a STREAMS device
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The pseudo command provides an appropriate interface for STREAMS tty devices that are installed on systems configured to use the non-STREAMS pty driver. The pseudo command opens a pair of master and s... |
psrinfo(1) -- Displays processor administration information
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The psrinfo and pinfo commands display information about processors. The processor variable specifies the processor identification number, which is a unique integer that identifies the processor. If y... |
puff(1X) -- An X program for sight-impaired users
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Puff (puff) is intended for people who need text and graphics displayed at a high magnification factor. Typically users will want both the pointer and text to be tracked as they work. Puff follows the... |
puzzle(1X) -- 15-puzzle game for X
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Executing puzzle with no arguments plays a 4x4 15-puzzle. The control bar has two boxes in it. Clicking in the left box scrambles the puzzle. Clicking in the right box solves the puzzle. Clicking the ... |
pwd(1) -- Displays the pathname of the current working directory
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The pwd command writes to standard output the full pathname of your current working directory. All directories are separated by a / (slash). The first / represents the root directory and the last dire... |
quota(1) -- displays disk usage and limits
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The quota command displays disk space usage and limits. Disk quotas are displayed as 1 kilobyte blocks unless the -h option is specified, then they are displayed as K (kilobyte), M (megabyte), G (giga... |
ranlib(1) -- Converts archives to random libraries
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If you specify the -t option, the ranlib command only touches the archives and does not modify them. This is useful after copying an archive or using make with the -t option in order to avoid having l... |
rcp(1) -- Copies files on the same host, between a local host and a remote host, and between two remote hosts
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The rcp command copies files on the same host, between a local host and a remote host, and between two remote hosts. Metacharacters that must be interpreted at a remote host must be quoted using \ (b... |
rcs(1) -- change RCS file attributes
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rcs creates new RCS files or changes attributes of existing ones. An RCS file contains multiple revisions of text, an access list, a change log, descriptive text, and some control attributes. For rcs ... |
rcsclean(1) -- clean up working files
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rcsclean removes working files that were checked out and never modified. For each file given, rcsclean compares the working file and a revision in the corresponding RCS file. If it finds a difference,... |
rcsdiff(1) -- compare RCS revisions
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rcsdiff runs diff(1) to compare two revisions of each RCS file given. Pathnames matching an RCS suffix denote RCS files; all others denote working files. Names are paired as explained in ci(1). The op... |
rcsfreeze(1) -- freeze a configuration of sources checked in under RCS
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rcsfreeze assigns a symbolic revision number to a set of RCS files that form a valid configuration. The idea is to run rcsfreeze each time a new version is checked in. A unique symbolic name (C_number... |
rcsintro(1) -- introduction to RCS commands
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The Revision Control System (RCS) manages multiple revisions of files. RCS automates the storing, retrieval, logging, identification, and merging of revisions. RCS is useful for text that is revised f... |
rcsmerge(1) -- merge RCS revisions
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rcsmerge incorporates the changes between two revisions of an RCS file into the corresponding working file. Pathnames matching an RCS suffix denote RCS files; all others denote working files. Names ar... |
rcvstore(1) -- incorporate new mail asynchronously
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The command rcvstore incorporates a message from the standard input into an MH folder. If a +folder argument is not given the file is placed in your +inbox folder. The new message being incorporated i... |
rdist(1) -- Maintains identical copies of files on multiple hosts
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The rdist command preserves the owner, group, mode, and modification time of files if possible. It can also update programs that are executing. The rdist command reads commands from distfile in your $... |
read(1) -- Reads a line from standard input
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The read utility reads a single line from standard input. By default, unless the -r option is specified, backslash (\) acts as an escape character. If standard input is a terminal device and the invo... |
red(1) -- Edits a file line by line
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The ed command does not alter the file itself until you use the write subcommand. You can specify on the command line the file you want to edit, or you can use ed subcommands to read a file into the b... |
refile(1) -- file message in other folders (only available within the message handling system, mh)
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Use the refile command to move the specified message from the current folder to another folder. You can refile messages in more than one folder by giving multiple folder names as arguments. If you do ... |
repl(1) -- reply to a message (only available within the message handling system, mh)
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Use repl to reply to a message that you have received. By default, repl replies to the current message in the current folder. If you want to reply to another message, you can specify a message number ... |
reset(1) -- Initializes terminals
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The tset command first determines the type of terminal involved, and then does necessary initializations and mode settings, including terminal-dependent processing such as setting Erase and Kill chara... |
resize(1X) -- set TERMCAP and terminal settings to current xterm window size
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The resize command prints a shell command for setting the TERM and TERMCAP environment variables to indicate the current size of xterm window from which the command is run. For this output to take eff... |
rev(1) -- Reverses the sequence of characters in a line
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The rev command copies the named files to standard output, reversing the order of characters in every line. If no file is specified, standard input is accepted. |
rlog(1) -- print log messages and other information about RCS files
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rlog prints information about RCS files. Pathnames matching an RCS suffix denote RCS files; all others denote working files. Names are paired as explained in ci(1). rlog prints the following informati... |
rlogin(1) -- Logs a user into a remote host
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The rlogin command logs a user into a remote host that is running the rlogind daemon. Alternatively, you can use the telnet command (if supported). The remote terminal type is the same as that given i... |
rm(1) -- Removes (unlinks) files or directories
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The rm command removes the entries for the specified files from a directory. If file is of the directory type: If you specify neither -R or -r, rm writes a diagnostic message to standard error, does n... |
rmail(1) -- Handles remote mail
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The rmail command interprets incoming mail received through the uucp command. It collapses From header lines in the form generated by the mail command into a single line of the form: return_path!sende... |
rmdel(1) -- Removes a delta from a Source Code Control System (SCCS) file
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The rmdel command removes the delta specified by SID from each named SCCS file. You can remove only the most recently created delta in a branch, or the latest trunk delta if it has no branches. In add... |
rmdir(1) -- Removes a directory
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The rmdir command removes a directory from the system. The directory must be empty before you can remove it, and you must have write permission in its parent directory. Use the ls -al command to see i... |
rmf(1) -- remove folder (only available within the message handling system, mh)
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The rmf command removes all of the messages within the current folder, and then removes the folder itself. If there are any files within the folder which are not part of MH, they are not removed, and ... |
rmm(1) -- remove messages (only available within the message handling system, mh)
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The rmm command deletes the current message from the current folder. You can specify messages and folders other than the current ones by using the +folder and msgs arguments. The current message is no... |
rmtrashcan(1) -- Attaches, detaches, or shows a trashcan directory
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The trashcan utilities (mktrashcan and rmtrashcan) enable you to attach or detach an existing directory, which you specify as a trashcan directory, to any number of directories within the same fileset... |
rpcgen(1) -- an RPC protocol compiler
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The rpcgen compiler is a tool that generates C code to implement an protocol. The input to rpcgen is the (Remote Procedure Call) Language, which is similar to C. The rpcgen command is normally used as... |
rsh(1) -- Executes a specified command on a remote host or logs into a remote host
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The rsh command sends standard input from a local host to a remote host and receives standard output and standard error from the remote host. By default, the rsh command executes the rlogin command if... |
Rsh(1b) -- The Bourne shell, an interactive command interpreter and command programming language
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The Bourne shell is a command programming language that executes commands read from a terminal or a file. The Rsh command specifies a restricted version of the standard command interpreter sh; Rsh is ... |
rstart(1X) -- a sample implementation of a Remote Start client
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The rstart command is a simple implementation of a Remote Start client as defined in A Flexible Remote Execution Protocol Based on rsh. It uses rsh as its underlying remote execution mechanism. |
rstartd(1X) -- a sample implementation of a Remote Start rsh helper
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rstartd is an implementation of a Remote Start "helper" as defined in A Flexible Remote Execution Protocol Based on rsh. This document describes the peculiarities of rstartd and how it is configured... |
runcat(1) -- Pipes message text source from mkcatdefs to gencat
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The runcat command invokes the mkcatdefs command and pipes the message catalog source data (the output from mkcatdefs) to the gencat program. The file source_file contains the message text with your s... |
runclass(1) -- Runs a command in a specific scheduling class
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The runclass utility lets you run a command (including any of its arguments) in a scheduling class. All the threads created by the command process, and its subprocesses, inherit the class binding. Unl... |
runcord(1) -- invokes cord to rearrange procedures in an executable file to facilitate better cache mapping
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The runcord command invokes ftoc(1) to read one or more feedback files produced by the -feedback option of the profiler prof(1) or by the feedback(1) utility and generates a reorder-file for use with ... |
runon(1) -- Runs a command or process on a specific CPU, a processor set (pset), or a Resource Affinity Domain (...
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The runon utility does one of the following: Starts a command on the specified CPU, processor set (pset) or Resource Affinity Domain (RAD). The argument operand represents any options or arguments for... |
rup(1) -- Show host status of remote machines (RPC version)
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The rup command displays the current time, amount of time since the system was last started, number of users logged in, and the load averages for remote machines. It broadcasts on the local network, a... |
ruptime(1) -- Displays the status of each host on a network
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The status lines are sorted by hostname unless the -l, -t, or -u option is indicated. The status information is provided in packets broadcast once every 3 minutes by each network host running rwhod. A... |
rusers(1) -- Display a list of users who are logged in to a remote machine
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The rusers command displays information about users and processes running on remote machines. The listing is in the order in which responses are received, but this order can be changed by specifying o... |
rwall(1) -- Write to all users over a network
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The rwall command reads a message from standard input until end-of-file. It then sends the following message to all users logged in on the specified host machines, preceded by the line: Broadcast Mess... |
rwho(1) -- Shows which users are logged into hosts on the local network.
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The rwho command displays the username, hostname, and start date and time of each session for everyone on the local network who is currently logged in to a host running the rwhod daemon. If one or mor... |
sact(1) -- Displays current Source Code Control System (SCCS) file editing status
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The sact command reads SCCS files and writes the contents, if any, of the p-file associated with file to standard output (see the get command for information about the contents of the p-file). |
scan(1) -- produce a one-line-per-message scan listing (only available within the message handling system, mh)
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The scan command produces a one-line-per-message listing of the messages in the current folder. You can scan a folder other than the current folder by using the +folder argument. You can use the msgs ... |
sccs(1) -- Administration program for Source Code Control System (SCCS) commands
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The sccs command is an administration program that incorporates the set of SCCS commands into the operating system. [Tru64 UNIX] The sccs command can be used to assign or reassign file ownership. The ... |
sccsdiff(1) -- Compares two versions of a Source Code Control System (SCCS) file
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Any number of SCCS files can be specified, but the same arguments apply to all files. |
sccshelp(1) -- Provides information about a Source Code Control System (SCCS) message or command
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The sccshelp command displays information about the use of a specified SCCS command or about messages generated while using the commands. Each message has an associated error code, which can be suppli... |
scp(1) -- Secure Shell client remote copy application
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The scp2 (secure copy) command creates a secure connection between a Secure Shell client and a server to copy files. A secure connection provides client and server authentication, user authentication,... |
scp2(1) -- Secure Shell client remote copy application
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The scp2 (secure copy) command creates a secure connection between a Secure Shell client and a server to copy files. A secure connection provides client and server authentication, user authentication,... |
script(1) -- Makes a transcript of terminal session
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The transcript is written to file, or appended to file if the -a option is given. If no file name is given, the transcript is saved in the file typescript. The script ends when the forked shell exits.... |
sdiff(1) -- Compares two files and displays the differences in
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The sdiff command displays each line of the two files with a series of spaces between them if the lines are identical, a < (left angle bracket) in the field of spaces if the line only exists in file1,... |
sed(1) -- Stream editor
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The sed command includes many features for selecting lines to be modified and making changes only to the selected lines. The sed command uses two work spaces for holding the line being modified: the p... |
send(1) -- send a message (only available within the message handling system, mh)
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Use send to send the draft message to the specified recipients. You normally choose send as one of the options from the whatnow program. However, you can use send just like any other MH command. If yo... |
setacl(1) -- Changes the specified access control list (ACL) on a file or directory
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Note This command is based on Draft 13 of the POSIX P1003.6 standard. The setacl command is used to add, modify, and remove access control lists (ACL) and individual ACL entries on files and directori... |
sftp(1) -- Secure Shell file transfer client
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The sftp2 command creates a secure connection between a Secure Shell client and a server to transfer files over a network. The sftp2 command is intended as a secure replacement for the ftp command. A ... |
sftp2(1) -- Secure Shell file transfer client
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The sftp2 command creates a secure connection between a Secure Shell client and a server to transfer files over a network. The sftp2 command is intended as a secure replacement for the ftp command. A ... |
sh(1p) -- Shell, the standard command language interpreter (POSIX Shell)
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The POSIX shell carries out commands either interactively from a terminal keyboard or from a file. Some important features of the shell are as follows: Command aliasing File name substitution Tilde su... |
sh(1) -- Shell, the standard command language interpreter
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[Tru64 UNIX] Tru64 UNIX provides two command interpreters with the name sh. The XCU5.0 and POSIX.2 compliant command interpreter sh is available in the file /usr/bin/posix/sh and is described in the s... |
sh(1b) -- The Bourne shell, an interactive command interpreter and command programming language
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The Bourne shell is a command programming language that executes commands read from a terminal or a file. The Rsh command specifies a restricted version of the standard command interpreter sh; Rsh is ... |
show(1) -- show (list) messages (only available within the message handling system, mh)
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Use show to display the contents of the current message. You can specify alternative messages or folders by using the +folder or msgs arguments. If a folder is given, it becomes the current folder. Th... |
showfont(1X) -- font dumper for X font server
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The showfont command displays data about a font that matches the given pattern. The information shown includes font information, font properties, character metrics, and character bitmaps. The wildcard... |
showrgb(1X) -- uncompile an rgb color-name database
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The showrgb program reads an rgb color-name database compiled for use with the dbm database routines and converts it back to source form, printing the result to standard output. The default database i... |
shtrashcan(1) -- Attaches, detaches, or shows a trashcan directory
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The trashcan utilities (mktrashcan and rmtrashcan) enable you to attach or detach an existing directory, which you specify as a trashcan directory, to any number of directories within the same fileset... |
size(1) -- Prints the size of an object file and the sizes of its segments or sections
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The size command prints information about the text, rdata, data, sdata, bss, and sbss sections of each file. The file can be an object or an archive. If you do not specify a file, size uses a.out as t... |
sleep(1) -- Suspends execution for at least the specified time
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The sleep command suspends execution of a process for at least the interval specified by seconds, which can range from 0 to 2,147,483,647 seconds. Depending on system activity, the actual time of susp... |
slocal(1) -- MH receive-mail hooks
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A receive-mail hook is a program that is run whenever you receive a mail message. You do not invoke the hook yourself; it is invoked on your behalf by sendmail, when you include the following line in ... |
soelim(1) -- Processes .so requests in nroff input
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The soelim command reads the specified files or standard input and performs the textual inclusion implied by nroff requests of the form: .so file When these requests appear at the beginning of input l... |
sort(1) -- Sorts or merges files
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The sort command sorts lines in its input files and writes the result to standard output. The sort command performs one of the following functions: Sorts lines of all the named files together and writ... |
sortm(1) -- sort messages (only available within the message handling system, mh)
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The command sortm sorts all the messages in the current folder into chronological order according to the contents of the Date: fields of the messages. By default, sortm sorts all the messages in the c... |
spell(1) -- Finds spelling errors
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spellin(1) -- Finds spelling errors
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spellout(1) -- Finds spelling errors
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spike(1) -- Performs code optimization after linking a program
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Spike is a tool for performing code optimization after linking. It is a replacement for om and does similar optimizations. Because it can operate on an entire program, Spike is able to do optimization... |
split(1) -- Splits a file into pieces
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The split command reads file and writes it in number-line pieces (default 1000 lines) to a set of output files. The size of the output files can be modified by using the -b or -l options. Each output ... |
ssh(1) -- Secure Shell client remote login and command execution application
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The ssh2 command creates a secure connection between a Secure Shell client and server for remote log in and command execution. The ssh2 command is intended as a secure replacement for the rlogin and r... |
ssh-add(1) -- Adds private keys into the authentication agent
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The ssh-add2 command adds private keys into the ssh-agent2 authentication agent. The authentication agent must be running and must be an ancestor of the current process. If a private key requires a pa... |
ssh-add2(1) -- Adds private keys into the authentication agent
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The ssh-add2 command adds private keys into the ssh-agent2 authentication agent. The authentication agent must be running and must be an ancestor of the current process. If a private key requires a pa... |
ssh-agent(1) -- Starts the Secure Shell authentication agent, which holds private keys in memory
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The ssh-agent2 command starts the Secure Shell authentication agent on a Secure Shell client that is configured to use public key user authentication. The authentication agent holds the private keys i... |
ssh-agent2(1) -- Starts the Secure Shell authentication agent, which holds private keys in memory
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The ssh-agent2 command starts the Secure Shell authentication agent on a Secure Shell client that is configured to use public key user authentication. The authentication agent holds the private keys i... |
ssh-certenroll(1) -- Certificate enrollment client
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The ssh-certenroll2 command allows users to enroll certificates. It will connect to a certification authority (CA) and use the CMPv2 protocol for enrolling a certificate. The user can supply an existi... |
ssh-certenroll2(1) -- Certificate enrollment client
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The ssh-certenroll2 command allows users to enroll certificates. It will connect to a certification authority (CA) and use the CMPv2 protocol for enrolling a certificate. The user can supply an existi... |
ssh-chrootmgr(1) -- Sets up chroot-ready environment for users
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You use the ssh-chrootmgr command when you want the sshd daemon and the sftp-server to enforce use of the ChRootUsers or ChRootGroups keywords in the sshd2_config file. Using the ChRoot{Users,Groups} ... |
ssh-dummy-shell(1) -- Restricted shell
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The ssh-dummy-shell command provides access to systems where only file transfer functionality is permitted. Users with file transfer only access can have ssh-dummyshell as their user shell. When execu... |
ssh-hostbased-setup(1) -- Sets up Secure Shell host-based authentication by verifying and if necessary, copying a public host ...
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A local and remote host must have a copy of each other's public host key to use Secure Shell host-based authentication. The ssh-hostbased-setup command verifies and if necessary, copies the public ho... |
ssh-keygen(1) -- On a Secure Shell server, generates the host key pair. On a Secure Shell client, generates the authe...
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On a Secure Shell server, the ssh-keygen2 command generates and manages the host key pair. On a Secure Shell client, the ssh-keygen2 command generates the authentication key pair necessary for public ... |
ssh-keygen2(1) -- On a Secure Shell server, generates the host key pair. On a Secure Shell client, generates the authe...
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On a Secure Shell server, the ssh-keygen2 command generates and manages the host key pair. On a Secure Shell client, the ssh-keygen2 command generates the authentication key pair necessary for public ... |
ssh-probe(1) -- Locates Secure Shell servers from the local network
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The ssh-probe2 command sends a query packet as a UDP datagram to servers and displays the address and the Secure Shell version number of the servers that respond to the query. |
ssh-probe2(1) -- Locates Secure Shell servers from the local network
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The ssh-probe2 command sends a query packet as a UDP datagram to servers and displays the address and the Secure Shell version number of the servers that respond to the query. |
ssh-pubkeymgr(1) -- Configures Secure Shell public key user authentication
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The ssh-pubkeymgr command creates the user files necessary to configure public key user authentication on a Secure Shell client. Initially, it checks for public keys, and prompts the user for the foll... |
ssh-validate-conf(1) -- Verifies the Secure Shell client or server configuration file.
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The ssh-validate-conf command verifies whether the keyword in the Secure Shell server or the client configuration file is valid. If a keyword is invalid, a message is printed. Any lines that are comme... |
ssh2(1) -- Secure Shell client remote login and command execution application
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The ssh2 command creates a secure connection between a Secure Shell client and server for remote log in and command execution. The ssh2 command is intended as a secure replacement for the rlogin and r... |
stdump(1) -- Dump portions of a file containing symbolic information
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The stdump tool dumps symbolic information from an object file, an executable file, or any other file produced by the compiler that contains symbolic information. |
strchg(1) -- Alters and queries stream configuration
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The strchg command pushes and pops STREAMS modules on and off the user's standard input Stream to achieve a desired configuration. The strconf command queries the configuration of the Stream, then pr... |
strconf(1) -- Alters and queries stream configuration
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The strchg command pushes and pops STREAMS modules on and off the user's standard input Stream to achieve a desired configuration. The strconf command queries the configuration of the Stream, then pr... |
strextract(1) -- batch string extraction
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The strextract command extracts text strings from source programs. This command also writes the string it extracts to a message text file. The message text file contains the text for each message extr... |
strings(1) -- Finds strings in an ASCII or binary file
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A string is any sequence of 4 or more printing characters ending with a newline or null character. The strings command is useful for identifying random object files. [Tru64 UNIX] If file specifies an ... |
strip(1) -- Removes symbols and relocation bits
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The strip command removes the symbol table and any strippable subsections of the section, including compact relocation information ordinarily present in executable files. This is useful to save space ... |
strmerge(1) -- batch string replacement
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The strmerge command reads the strings specified in the message file produced by strextract and replaces those strings with calls to the message file in the source program to create a new source progr... |
stty(1) -- Sets terminal characteristics
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The stty utility sets or reports on terminal I/O characteristics for the device that is its standard input. The -dsusp switch works only when the terminal settings are set to the BSD clist options in ... |
style(1) -- Analyzes surface characteristics of a document.
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The style command analyzes the surface characteristics of the writing style of a document. It reports on readability, sentence length and structure, word length and usage, verb type, and sentence open... |
su(1) -- Substitutes user ID temporarily
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The su command requires the password of the specified username, and if it is given, changes to that username and invokes the user shell without changing the current directory. If the - option is used,... |
suggest(1) -- Prints wordy sentences and looks them up in an interactive thesaurus.
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Each phrase found by the diction command is enclosed in [ ] (brackets). Because diction runs deroff before looking at the text, include formatting header files as part of the input. Before using the e... |
sum(1) -- Displays the checksum and byte count in block-size (1024) units of a file
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The checksum and number of blocks are written to standard output. The sum command is generally used to determine if a file that was copied or communicated over transmission lines is an exact copy of t... |
syslog(1) -- enables and disables printing to the console device, /dev/console, by the syslogd daemon.
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Under certain circumstances you may need to control the volume of information messages displayed on the console device. The syslog command enables you to control the syslogd daemon's capability to pr... |
tabs(1) -- Sets tab stops on terminals
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If you use the tabs command with no options or operands, the terminal tabs are reset to the system defaults for your terminal type. If only the -T option is used, tabs are reset to the defaults for th... |
tail(1) -- Writes a file to standard output, beginning at a specified point
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If you do not specify -f, -r, -number, or +number, tail begins reading 10 lines before the end of the file. The default starting point is - (end of input), l (lines) is the default unit, and 10 is the... |
talk(1) -- Converses with another user
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The talk command allows two users to enter text simultaneously into windows displayed on each other's terminals. To initiate a conversation, one user executes talk and specifies the second user's us... |
tar(1) -- Manipulates tape archives
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The tar command is used to save and restore data from traditional format tar archives. [Tru64 UNIX] The actions of tar on a trusted system are controlled by the way the Information System Security Off... |
tarsets(1) -- subset kitting command file generator
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The tarsets command is used by the kits utility to produce software kits for use with the setld(8) utility. The tarsets command reads subset inventory records from standard input and writes a command ... |
tbl(1) -- formats tables for nroff
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The tbl preprocessor is used for formatting tables for nroff. When you run tbl, the input files are copied to standard output, except for lines between the .TS (table start) and .TE (table end) comman... |
tcl(1) -- Tool Command Language
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The tcl software is unsupported software that is provided as part of Tru64 UNIX. We will fix problems in this unsupported software only if they are specific to Tru64 UNIX. We will not fix problems tha... |
tcl-tk(1) -- Tool Command Language
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The tcl software is unsupported software that is provided as part of Tru64 UNIX. We will fix problems in this unsupported software only if they are specific to Tru64 UNIX. We will not fix problems tha... |
tcopy(1) -- Copies magnetic tapes
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If a source and a destination tape are specified then the tcopy command copies the source tape into the destination tape. If only a source tape is specified then tcopy prints information about the con... |
tee(1) -- Displays the output of a program and copies it into a file
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The tee command reads standard input and writes to both standard output, and each specified file. The tee command is useful when you wish to view program output as it is displayed, and also want to sa... |
telnet(1) -- Logs into a remote host
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The telnet command is the interface to the TELNET protocol. The TELNET protcol allows remote login to other hosts. The telnet command uses the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) ... |
test(1) -- Evaluates conditional expressions
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The test command evaluates an expression constructed of functions and operators. If the value of expression is true, test returns an exit value of zero (0); otherwise, it returns FALSE, a nonzero exit... |
tftp(1) -- Provides the Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
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The tftp command transfers files between hosts using TFTP. Because TFTP is a minimal file transfer protocol, the tftp command does not provide all of the features described under the ftp command. For ... |
third(1) -- Third Degree: heap usage and leak profiler, and
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See prof_intro(1) for an introduction to the application performance tuning tools provided with Tru64 UNIX. Third Degree (third) creates an instrumented version of a debuggable C or C++ program (namin... |
tic(1) -- Translates terminfo files from source to compiled format
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If a file is not specified, the tic command reads standard input. The tic command places the results in the /usr/share/lib/terminfo directory. If the TERMINFO environment variable is set, the results ... |
time(1) -- Times the execution of a command
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The time command prints the elapsed time during the execution of a command, the time spent in the system, and the time spent in execution of the command on the diagnostic output system. Time is report... |
tip(1) -- Connects to a remote system
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You must have a login account on the remote system to use the tip command. Either the system argument or the telephone_number argument is required. The system argument specifies the name of a remote s... |
tk(1) -- Tool Command Language
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The tcl software is unsupported software that is provided as part of Tru64 UNIX. We will fix problems in this unsupported software only if they are specific to Tru64 UNIX. We will not fix problems tha... |
touch(1) -- Updates file access and modification times
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The touch command updates the access and modification times of each file or directory named to the one specified on the command line or to the current time if you do not specify a time. You can specif... |
tput(1) -- Queries the terminal information database
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The capability_name argument indicates the attribute type from a terminfo file. The output of the tput command is a string if the attribute capability_name is of the type string, or an integer if the ... |
tr(1) -- Translates characters
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Input characters from string1 are replaced with the corresponding characters in string2. The tr command cannot handle an ASCII NUL (\000) in string1 or string2; it always deletes NUL from the input. ... |
trans(1) -- translation tool for use with source message catalogs
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The trans command assists in the translation of source message catalogs. The command reads input from file.msg and writes its output to either a file named trans.msg or a file you name on the command ... |
trbsd(1) -- Translates characters
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Input characters from string1 are replaced with the corresponding characters in string2. The trbsd command cannot handle an ASCII NUL (\000) in string1 or string2; it always deletes NUL from the inpu... |
true(1) -- Returns a standard exit value
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The true command returns a 0 (zero) exit value. The false command returns a nonzero exit value. These commands are usually used in input to shell commands. |
tset(1) -- Initializes terminals
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The tset command first determines the type of terminal involved, and then does necessary initializations and mode settings, including terminal-dependent processing such as setting Erase and Kill chara... |
tsort(1) -- Sorts an unordered list of ordered pairs (topological sort)
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The tsort command reads from file or standard input an unordered list of ordered pairs, builds an ordered list, and writes it to standard output. [Tru64 UNIX] For creating a subroutine library, do not... |
tty(1) -- Returns pathname of terminal device
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The command tty -s evaluates as TRUE if standard input is a display and FALSE if it is not. [Tru64 UNIX] The file /dev/tty is a special file always refers to your controlling terminal, although it als... |
twm(1X) -- Tab Window Manager for the X Window System
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twm is a window manager for the X Window System. It provides titlebars, shaped windows, several forms of icon management, user-defined macro functions, click-to-type and pointer-driven keyboard focus,... |
txt2jdic(1) -- Convert Japanese text and dictionary files between the JSY, WX, and VJE input methods
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Three Japanese input methods are used on a Tru64 UNIX system: the JSY input method (HP), the WX input method (A.I. Soft Company), and the VJE input method (VACS Company). Software for the JSY input me... |
type(1) -- Writes a description of command type
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The type utility indicates how each argument would be interpreted if used as a command name. The standard output of type contains information about each parameter. The information provided identifies ... |
u(1) -- Displays a compact list of users who are on the system
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The users command lists the login names of the users currently on the system in a compact, one-line format. The usernames are in collated order. |
uac(1) -- Unaligned Access Message Control
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Most complex instruction set computers (CISC) can access unaligned data but only at a significantly reduced speed. Most reduced instruction set computers (RISC) do not attempt to handle unaligned acce... |
uil(1X) -- The user interface language compiler
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The uil command invokes the UIL compiler. The User Interface Language (UIL) is a specification language for describing the initial state of a user interface for a Motif application. The specification ... |
ul(1) -- Translates underlining for display on a terminal
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The ul command translates underscores to the sequence that indicates display underlining for the terminal in use, as specified by the TERM environment variable. |
ulimit(1) -- Sets or reports a resource limit
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This command sets, or reports, the limit on the size of system resources, as indicated by the option. [Tru64 UNIX] If neither the -H option nor the -S option is specified, the limit applies to both ha... |
umask(1) -- Displays or sets the file mode creation mask
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The umask command sets the file mode creation mask of the current shell execution environment to the value specified by the mask operand. This mask affects the initial value of the file permission bit... |
unalias(1) -- Removes alias definitions
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The unalias utility removes the definition for each alias name specified. The aliases are removed from the current shell execution environment. |
uname(1) -- Displays information about the operating system
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The uname command writes system information to standard output. This command is used primarily to determine which system you are using. The options cause selected information returned by the uname() c... |
uncompress(1) -- Compresses and expands data
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The compress command reduces the size of the named files using adaptive Lempel-Ziv coding. Whenever possible, each file is replaced by one with the extension while keeping the same ownership modes, ac... |
unexpand(1) -- Replaces tab characters with spaces or spaces with tab characters
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The expand command changes tab characters to spaces in the named files, or the standard input, and writes the result to the standard output. The unexpand command puts tab characters into the data from... |
unget(1) -- Cancels a previous get command
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The unget command lets you restore a g-file created with a get -e before the new delta is created, and therefore discard the changes (see the get and delta commands). The unget command lets you revers... |
unifdef(1) -- Removes #ifdefed lines
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The unifdef command recognizes nested #ifdefs, comments, single and double quotes of C syntax so that it can function correctly, but does not include files or interpret macros. The unifdef command rec... |
uniq(1) -- Removes or lists repeated lines in a file
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The input_file and output_file arguments must be different files. If the input_file operand is not specified, or if it is -, uniq uses standard input. Repeated lines must be on consecutive lines to be... |
units(1) -- Converts units from one measure to another
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The units command converts quantities expressed in one measurement to their equivalents in another. The units command is an interactive command. It prompts you for the unit you want to convert from an... |
unix2dos(1) -- mtools utility to convert a UNIX file to DOS format
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The unix2dos command converts a file from UNIX format to DOS format. The converted file replaces the original file. Subdirectory names that contain the '/' or '\' separator are supported. If you ... |
unlink(1) -- Creates an additional directory entry for an existing file
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The link command performs the link() system call to create an additional directory entry for an existing file, file1. In effect, the underlying file then has two names, file1 and file2 (either of thes... |
unpack(1) -- Compresses and expands files
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The pack command The pack command stores the specified file in a compressed form. The input file is replaced by a packed file with a name derived from the original file name (file.z), with the ownersh... |
uprofile(1) -- Profile a program (uprofile) or kernel
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See prof_intro(1) for an introduction to the application performance tuning tools provided with Tru64 UNIX. The uprofile command uses the Alpha on-chip performance counters to produce a finely-grained... |
uptime(1) -- Shows how long a system has been running
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The display of the uptime command is identical to the heading of a w command display. The load average numbers give the number of jobs in the run queue for the last 5 seconds, the last 30 seconds, and... |
users(1) -- Displays a compact list of users who are on the system
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The users command lists the login names of the users currently on the system in a compact, one-line format. The usernames are in collated order. |
uucp(1) -- Copies files from one system to another (UNIX-toUNIX system copy)
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The uucp command can copy files within a local system, between a local and a remote system, and between two remote systems. The uucp command accomplishes the file transfer in two steps: first, by crea... |
uudecode(1) -- Encodes or decodes a binary file
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The uuencode and uudecode commands are used to send a binary file via uucp or other mail. This combination can be used over indirect mail links even when uusend is not available. The uuencode command ... |
uuencode(1) -- Encodes or decodes a binary file
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The uuencode and uudecode commands are used to send a binary file via uucp or other mail. This combination can be used over indirect mail links even when uusend is not available. The uuencode command ... |
uulog(1) -- Displays UUCP log files
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Individual log files are created for each remote system with which the local system communicates using the uucp, uusend, uuto, or uux commands. Use the uulog command to display a summary of uucp, uuse... |
uuname(1) -- Displays names of accessible systems
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In order for a local system to communicate with a remote system, the remote system must support the UUCP protocol. The accessible remote systems are listed in the /usr/lib/uucp/Systems file. Before co... |
uupick(1) -- Accepts or rejects files transmitted to a user by uuto
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When the files have arrived, the rmail command notifies the recipient, who then issues the uupick command to receive and handle the files. Specifically, uupick searches the public directory on the loc... |
uusend(1) -- Sends a file to a remote host
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The remote system does not need to be directly connected to the local system, but a chain of uucp links needs to connect the two system. |
uustat(1) -- Reports status of and provides job control for remote file transfer requests and other operations
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The uustat command is particularly useful in monitoring transfer (copy) requests issued with the uucp and uuto commands, and requests made with the uux command to run commands on a remote system. In a... |
uuto(1) -- Copies public files between systems using local file access control
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The uuto command calls the uucp command for the actual file transfer, but uuto enables the recipient to use the uupick command to handle the transferred files on the local system. The source argument ... |
uutry(1) -- Tries to contact remote system with debugging on
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The uutry command is a shell that invokes uucico to call a remote site, system. Debugging is turned on (level 9). The debugging output is put into the file /tmp/system. A tail -f on this file is execu... |
uux(1) -- Runs a command on another system
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The command gathers various files from the designated systems, if necessary. It then runs a specified command on a designated system. The user can direct the output from the command to a specified fil... |
uuxqt(1) -- Executes remote command requests
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When uux is entered by a user, the program creates the necessary C.* (Command), D.* (Data), and X.* (Execute) files and places them in the spooling directory on the designated remote system. The uux c... |
vacation(1) -- Informs senders of mail that recipient is absent
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The vacation command accepts standard input and attempts to send a vacation message to the user specified in that input, which should be a mail message. The vacation command is usually invoked in your... |
val(1) -- Validates Source Code Control System (SCCS) files
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The val command reads files and determines whether each specified file is an SCCS file meeting the characteristics specified by the options. The val command displays error messages to standard output ... |
vedit(1) -- Edits files with a full screen display
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The ex editor subcommands can be used within the vi editor, because vi is based on ex. The view command is a read-only version of vi; the readonly option is set to protect files during browsing. The v... |
vi(1) -- Edits files with a full screen display
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The ex editor subcommands can be used within the vi editor, because vi is based on ex. The view command is a read-only version of vi; the readonly option is set to protect files during browsing. The v... |
view(1) -- Edits files with a full screen display
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The ex editor subcommands can be used within the vi editor, because vi is based on ex. The view command is a read-only version of vi; the readonly option is set to protect files during browsing. The v... |
viewres(1X) -- graphical class browser for Xt
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The viewres program displays a tree showing the widget class hierarchy of the Athena Widget Set. Each node in the tree can be expanded to show the resources that the corresponding class adds (that is,... |
vje2jsytxt(1) -- Convert Japanese text and dictionary files between the JSY, WX, and VJE input methods
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Three Japanese input methods are used on a Tru64 UNIX system: the JSY input method (HP), the WX input method (A.I. Soft Company), and the VJE input method (VACS Company). Software for the JSY input me... |
vmstat(1) -- Displays virtual memory statistics
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Use the vmstat command to display statistics which describe how virtual memory is used. To cause the vmstat command to display statistics at the specified interval, specify a time in seconds for the o... |
w(1) -- Prints a summary of current system activity
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The system summary shows the current time, the amount of time since the system was last started, the number of users logged in to the system, and the load averages. The load average numbers give the n... |
wait(1) -- Awaits process completion
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When an asynchronous list is started by the shell, the process ID of the last command in each element of the asynchronous list becomes known in the current shell execution environment. If the wait uti... |
wall(1) -- Sends a message to all users logged into the local system or to all members of a cluster
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The wall command reads from standard input until you press the End-of-File key sequence, or takes its input from the contents of file if you specify it, and sends the input as a message to all users w... |
wc(1) -- Counts the lines, words, characters, and bytes in a file
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A word is defined as a string of characters delimited by white space as defined in the X/Open Base Definitions for XCU4. The wc command counts lines, words, and bytes by default. Use the appropriate o... |
what(1) -- Displays identifying information for Source Code Control System (SCCS) files
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The what command searches the named files for all occurrences of the pattern that get(1) substitutes for the %Z% keyletter, and writes to standard output whatever follows the pattern up to, but not in... |
whatis(1) -- Describes a command's function
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The whatis command is equivalent to the man command with the -f option. |
whatnow(1) -- prompting front-end for send (only available within the message handling system, mh)
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After you have finished editing a draft message in comp, dist, forw or repl, the whatnow program prompts you for the next required action. Press at the What now? prompt to see a list of the a... |
whereis(1) -- Locates files for programs
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The whereis program locates source, binary, and reference pages for the specified programs. When looking for a match, the program names are stripped of leading pathname components and any trailing ext... |
which(1) -- Locates a program file including aliases and paths
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The which command takes a list of program names and looks for the files that would be executed if these names were given as commands. Each program argument is expanded if it is aliased and searched fo... |
who(1) -- Identifies users currently logged in
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The who command displays the following information for the users and/or processes you specify: Login name Terminal name Date Time of login Host Entering who am i or who am I displays your login name, ... |
whoami(1) -- Displays the user's name
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The whoami command displays the username associated with your current ID. Unlike who am i, this command tells you what your effective user ID is, and not who is logged on to your tty (it does not use ... |
whois(1) -- Internet username directory service
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The name argument can specify the following: The name of a registered user The name of a registered Internet host The name of some other entity recognized by the whois server By default, the whois com... |
whom(1) -- report to whom a message is addressed (only available within the message handling system, mh)
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The whom command is used to expand the headers of a message into a set of addresses, and optionally to verify that those addresses are deliverable at that time if -check is given. The whom command is ... |
window(1) -- Implements a window environment
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A window is a rectangular portion of the physical terminal screen associated with a set of processes. Its size and position can be changed by the user at any time. Processes communicate with their win... |
write(1) -- Sends messages to other users
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When two users converse with write, each user alternately sends and receives short messages from their respective terminals. [Tru64 UNIX] For another user to receive your message, that user must be lo... |
wx2jsytxt(1) -- Convert Japanese text and dictionary files between the JSY, WX, and VJE input methods
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Three Japanese input methods are used on a Tru64 UNIX system: the JSY input method (HP), the WX input method (A.I. Soft Company), and the VJE input method (VACS Company). Software for the JSY input me... |
X(1X) -- a portable, network-transparent window system
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X Window System servers run on computers with bitmap displays. The server distributes user input to and accepts output requests from various client programs through a variety of different interprocess... |
x11perf(1X) -- X11 server performance test program
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The x11perf program runs one or more performance tests and reports how fast an X server can execute the tests. Many graphics benchmarks assume that the graphics device is used to display the output of... |
x11perfcomp(1X) -- X11 server performance comparison program
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The x11perfcomp program merges the output of several x11perf(1X) runs into a nice tabular format. It takes the results in each file, fills in any missing test results if necessary, and for each test s... |
xargs(1) -- Constructs argument lists and runs commands
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The xargs command runs the command string as many times as necessary to process all input arguments. The default command string is echo. Arguments read from standard input are character strings delimi... |
xauth(1X) -- X authority file utility
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The xauth program is used to edit and display the authorization information used in connecting to the X server. This program is usually used to extract authorization records from one machine and merge... |
xbiff(1X) -- mailbox flag for X
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The xbiff program displays a little image of a mailbox. When there is no mail, the flag on the mailbox is down. When mail arrives, the flag goes up and the mailbox beeps. By default, pressing any mous... |
xcalc(1X) -- scientific calculator for X
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xcalc is a scientific calculator desktop accessory that can emulate a TI-30 or an HP-10C. |
xcd(1X) -- Motif based CD player control panel
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The xcd command displays a graphical representation of a compact disk player's control panel using X-based Motif windows. The display includes a main key pad with keys for PLAY, STOP, PAUSE, EJECT, N... |
xclipboard(1X) -- X clipboard client
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The xclipboard program is used to collect and display text selections that are sent to the CLIPBOARD by other clients. It is typically used to save CLIPBOARD selections for later use. It stores each C... |
xclock(1X) -- analog / digital clock for X
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The xclock program displays the time in analog or digital form. The time is continuously updated at a frequency which may be specified by the user. |
xcmsdb(1X) -- Device Color Characterization utility for X Color Management System
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xcmsdb is used to load, query, or remove Device Color Characterization data stored in properties on the root window of the screen as specified in section 7, Device Color Characterization, of the ICCCM... |
xconsole(1X) -- monitor system console messages with X
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The dxconsole and xconsole programs display messages which are usually sent to /dev/console. By default, xconsole presents the Athena interface and dxconsole presents the Motif interface. Since dxcons... |
XConsortium(1X) -- X Consortium information
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The X Consortium is an independent, not-for-profit Delaware membership corporation. It was formed in 1993 as the successor to the MIT X Consortium. The purpose of the X Consortium is to foster the dev... |
xcutsel(1X) -- interchange between cut buffer and selection
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The xcutsel program is used to copy the current selection into a cut buffer and to make a selection that contains the current contents of the cut buffer. It acts as a bridge between applications that ... |
Xdec(1X) -- X Window System server
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The Xdec command starts the X server. The Xdec command supports the run-time loading and execution of X server libraries on Tru64 UNIX platforms with graphics devices. The command loads appropriate li... |
xdm(1X) -- X Display Manager with support for XDMCP, host chooser
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The xdm program manages a collection of X displays, which may be on the local host or remote servers. The design of xdm was guided by the needs of X terminals as well as the X Consortium standard XDMC... |
xdpr(1X) -- dump an X window directly to a printer
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The xdpr command uses the commands xwd, xpr, and lpr orlp to dump an X window, process it for a particular printer type, and print it out on the printer of your choice. This is the easiest way to get ... |
xdpyinfo(1X) -- display information utility for X
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The xdpyinfo program is a utility for displaying information about an X server. It is used to examine the capabilities of a server, the predefined values for various parameters used in communicating b... |
xearth(1X) -- displays a shaded image of the Earth in the root window
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xearth sets the X root window to an image of the Earth, as seen from your favorite vantage point in space, correctly shaded for the current position of the Sun. By default, xearth updates the displaye... |
xedit(1X) -- simple text editor for X
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The xedit program provides a window consisting of the following four areas: A set of commands that allow you to exit xedit, save the file, or load a new file into the edit window. Displays xedit messa... |
xemacs(1) -- emacs editor
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The emacs software is unsupported software that is provided as part of Tru64 UNIX. We will fix problems in this unsupported software only if they are specific to Tru64 UNIX. We will not fix problems t... |
xev(1X) -- print contents of X events
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The xev program creates a window and then asks the X server to send it events whenever anything happens to the window (such as being moved, resized, typed in, clicked in, and so forth.). You can also ... |
xeyes(1X) -- a follow the mouse X demo
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The xeyes program watches what you do and reports to the Boss. |
xfd(1X) -- display all the characters in an X font
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The xfd utility creates a window containing the name of the font being displayed, a row of command buttons, several lines of text for displaying character metrics, and a grid containing one glyph per ... |
xfontsel(1X) -- point & click interface for selecting X11 font names
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The xfontsel application provides a simple way to display the fonts known to your X server, examine samples of each, and retrieve the X Logical Font Description ("XLFD") full name for a font. If -pa... |
xfs(1X) -- X font server
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xfs is the X Window System font server. It supplies fonts to X Window System display servers. |
xgas(1X) -- animated simulation of an ideal gas
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xgas is a physical simulation of an ideal gas in a heated box. Gas molecules move around the box with velocities dependent on their temperature. A chamber consisting of two boxes contains the gas mole... |
xgc(1X) -- X graphics demo
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The xgc program demonstrates various features of the X graphics primitives. Try the buttons, see what they do; we have not the time to document them, perhaps you do? |
xhost(1X) -- server access control program for X
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The xhost program is used to add and delete host names or user names to the list allowed to make connections to the X server. In the case of hosts, this provides a rudimentary form of privacy control ... |
xieperf(1X) -- XIE server extension test and demo program
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The xieperf program is based upon R5 x11perf(1X), and while not entirely comprehensive in its coverage of the XIE protocol (see BUGS, below), it is intended to be useful in the evaluation of XIE imple... |
xkbcomp(1X) -- compile XKB keyboard description
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The xkbcomp keymap compiler converts a description of an XKB keymap into one of several output formats. The most common use for xkbcomp is to create a compiled keymap file (.xkm extension) which can b... |
xkbdfltmap(1X) -- Determine default X keymap for locale and keyboard
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The xkbdfltmap command queries the system console for the language and keyboard settings. Then, based upon whether the XKB server extension is active in the server, it will optionally download an xmod... |
xkbprint(1X) -- print an XKB keyboard description
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The xkbprint command generates a printable or encapsulated PostScript description of the XKB keyboard description specified by source. The source can be any compiled keymap (.xkm) file that includes a... |
xkill(1X) -- kill a client by its X resource
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The xkill command is a utility for forcing the X server to close connections to clients. This program is very dangerous, but is useful for aborting programs that have displayed undesired windows on a ... |
xload(1X) -- system load average display for X
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The xload program displays a periodically updating histogram of the system load average. |
xlogo(1X) -- X Window System logo
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The xlogo program displays the X Window System logo. |
xlsatoms(1X) -- list interned atoms defined on server
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The xlsatoms command lists the interned atoms. By default, all atoms starting from 1 (the lowest atom value defined by the protocol) are listed until unknown atom is found. If an explicit range is giv... |
xlsclients(1X) -- list client applications running on a display
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The xlsclients command is a utility for listing information about the client applications running on a display. It may be used to generate scripts representing a snapshot of the user's current sessio... |
xlsfonts(1X) -- server font list displayer for X
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The xlsfonts command lists the fonts that match the given pattern. The wildcard character "*" may be used to match any sequence of characters (including none), and "?" to match any single characte... |
xmag(1X) -- magnify parts of the screen
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The xmag program allows you to magnify portions of an X screen. The magnification occurs on the screen specified by the $DISPLAY environmental variable or by the -display command line option regardles... |
xman(1X) -- Manual page display program for the X Window System
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The xman program is a manual page browser. The default size of the initial xman window is small so that you can leave it running throughout your entire login session. In the initial window there are t... |
xmbind(1X) -- Configures virtual key bindings
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xmbind is an X Window System client that configures the virtual key bindings for Motif applications. This action is performed by mwm at its startup, so the xmbind client is only needed when mwm is not... |
xmesh(1) -- Reports utilization percentages of EV7 based AlphaServer systems mesh components.
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You use the xmesh application to view a mesh, which is the interconnection of CPUs on EV7 based AlphaServer systems. The xmesh application reports the percent of utilization for the hardware component... |
xmh(1X) -- send and read mail with an X interface to MH
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The xmh program provides a graphical user interface to the MH Message Handling System. To actually do things with your mail, it makes calls to the MH package. Electronic mail messages may be composed,... |
xmkmf(1X) -- create a Makefile from an Imakefile
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The xmkmf command is the normal way to create a Makefile from an Imakefile shipped with third-party software. When invoked with no arguments in a directory containing an Imakefile, the imake program i... |
xmodmap(1X) -- utility for modifying keymaps in X
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The xmodmap program is used to edit and display the keyboard modifier map and keymap table that are used by client applications to convert event keycodes into keysyms. It is usually run from the user... |
Xnest(1X) -- a nested X server
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Xnest is a client and a server. Xnest is a client of the real server which manages windows and graphics requests on its behalf. Xnest is a server to its own clients. Xnest manages windows and graphics... |
xon(1X) -- start an X program on a remote machine
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The xon program runs the specified command (default xterm -ls) on the remote machine using rsh, remsh, or rcmd. xon passes the DISPLAY, XAUTHORITY and XUSERFILESEARCHPATH environment variables to the ... |
xpr(1X) -- print an X window dump
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The xpr command takes as input a window dump file produced by xwd(1X) and formats it for output on PostScript printers, the LN03 or LA100, the IBM PP3812 page printer, the HP LaserJet (or other PCL pr... |
xprop(1X) -- property displayer for X
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For each of these properties, its value on the selected window or font is printed using the supplied formatting information if any. If no formatting information is supplied, internal defaults are used... |
xrdb(1X) -- X server resource database utility
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The xrdb command is used to get or set the contents of the RESOURCE_MANAGER property on the root window of screen 0, or the SCREEN_RESOURCES property on the root window of any or all screens, or every... |
xrefresh(1X) -- refresh all or part of an X screen
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xrefresh is a simple X program that causes all or part of your screen to be repainted. This is useful when system messages have messed up your screen. xrefresh maps a window on top of the desired area... |
xrx(1X) -- helper program
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The helper program may be used with any Web browser to interpret documents in the RX MIME type format and start remote applications. xrx reads in the RX document specified by its filename, from which ... |
Xsecurity(1X) -- X display access control
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X provides mechanism for implementing many access control systems. Release 6 includes five mechanisms: Host Access Simple host-based access control. MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 Shared plain-text "cookies". X... |
XSecurity(1X) -- X display access control
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X provides mechanism for implementing many access control systems. Release 6 includes five mechanisms: Host Access Simple host-based access control. MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 Shared plain-text "cookies". X... |
Xserver(1X) -- X Window System server
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The Xdec command starts the X server. The Xdec command supports the run-time loading and execution of X server libraries on Tru64 UNIX platforms with graphics devices. The command loads appropriate li... |
xset(1X) -- user preference utility for X
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This program is used to set various user preference options of the display. |
xsetroot(1X) -- root window parameter setting utility for X
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The setroot program allows you to tailor the appearance of the background ("root") window on a workstation display running X. Normally, you experiment with xsetroot until you find a personalized loo... |
xsoundsentry(1X) -- Visual bell monitor
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The xsoundsentry utility provides visual indications of bell events that occur in the X server. These bell events result from calls to XBell. (See XBell(3X11)). This utility is useful for people with ... |
XStandards(1X) -- X Consortium Standards
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The following documents are X Consortium standards: X Window System Protocol X Version 11, Release 6 Robert W. Scheifler Xlib - C Language X Interface X Version 11, Release 6 James Gettys, Robert W. S... |
xstdcmap(1X) -- X standard colormap utility
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The xstdcmap utility can be used to selectively define standard colormap properties. It is intended to be run from a user's X startup script to create standard colormap definitions in order to facili... |
xstr(1) -- Extracts strings from C programs to implement shared strings
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The strings extracted by xstr are replaced with references to this array. This serves to implement shared constant strings, most useful if they are also read-only. The following command extracts the s... |
xterm(1X) -- terminal emulator for X
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The xterm program is a terminal emulator for the X Window System. It provides DEC VT102 and Tektronix 4014 compatible terminals for programs that cannot use the window system directly. If the underlyi... |
Xvfb(1X) -- virtual framebuffer X server
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Xvfb is an X server that can run on machines with no display hardware and no physical input devices. It emulates a dumb framebuffer using virtual memory. The Xvfb command supports the run-time loading... |
xwd(1X) -- dump an image of an X window
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The xwd utility is an X Window System window dumping utility. xwd allows X users to store window images in a specially formatted dump file. This file can then be read by various other X utilities for ... |
xwininfo(1X) -- window information utility for X
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The xwininfo program is a utility for displaying information about windows. Various information is displayed depending on which options are selected. If no options are chosen, -stats is assumed. The u... |
xwud(1X) -- image displayer for X
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The xwud program is an X Window System image undumping utility. xwud allows X users to display in a window an image saved in a specially formatted dump file, such as produced by xwd(1X). |
yacc(1) -- Generates an LR(1) parsing program from input consisting
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The yacc command converts a context-free grammar specification into a set of tables for a simple automaton that executes an LR(1) parsing algorithm. The yacc grammar can be ambiguous; specified preced... |
yes(1) -- Affirms repetitively
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The yes command repeatedly outputs y, or the locale's equivalent of a y, or, if specified, explication. (The LC_MESSAGES variable determines the locale's equivalent of y or n (for yes/no queries)). ... |
ypcat(1) -- print values from an Network Information Service (NIS) data base
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The ypcat command prints values stored in an NIS map specified by mname, which may be either a mapname or a map nickname. To look at the network-wide password database, passwd.byname, with the nicknam... |
ypmatch(1) -- print the value of one or more keys from an NIS map
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The ypmatch command prints the values associated with one or more keys from the Network Information Service (NIS) map (database) specified by mname, which may be either a mapname or a map nickname. Mu... |
yppasswd(1) -- change password in Network Information Service (NIS)
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Note If Enhanced Security is enabled on your system, use the passwd command to change your password, even if NIS is in use. The yppasswd command lets you change your password in the Network Informatio... |
ypwhich(1) -- determine which host is the current NIS server or map master.
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The ypwhich command identifies the Network Information Service (NIS) server that currently supplies NIS services to an NIS client. It also identifies which NIS server is the master for a map. If invok... |
zcat(1) -- Compresses and expands data
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The compress command reduces the size of the named files using adaptive Lempel-Ziv coding. Whenever possible, each file is replaced by one with the extension while keeping the same ownership modes, ac... |
[(1) -- Evaluates conditional expressions
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The test command evaluates an expression constructed of functions and operators. If the value of expression is true, test returns an exit value of zero (0); otherwise, it returns FALSE, a nonzero exit... |