| BASH Command |
Similar DCL command |
Purpose |
ar |
LIBRARY |
Archiver |
as |
MACRO |
Assembler |
awk |
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AWK/GAWK |
basename |
LEXICALS |
Returns the filename portion of a filespec |
bash |
SPAWN |
Invokes another copy of the BASH shell |
bzip2 |
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File compression utility |
bzip2recover |
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cat |
TYPE |
Display a file (atually, copy it, by default, to STDOUT) |
cc |
CC |
Complie a C program..also link, etc. |
chgrp |
SET FILE/OWN |
Change Group |
chmod |
SET FILE/PROT |
Change permissions attributes of a file |
chown |
SET FILE/OWN |
Change ownership attributes of a file |
cksum |
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Calculate a checksum of a file |
cmp |
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Compare two files byte by byte |
comm |
DIFFERENCES |
Line by line comparison of two sorted files |
cp |
COPY |
Copy a file to a different location |
csplit |
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Split a file into sections |
cut |
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Print selected portions of files from a file |
cxx |
CXX |
Compile a C++ file |
date |
SHOW TIME |
Display data and time |
dcl |
N/A |
GNV specific tool... Invoke DCL |
dd |
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Copy a file, converting data format |
df |
SHOW DEVICE |
Display disk partition information |
diff |
DIFFERENCES |
Compare two files |
dirname |
Lexicals |
Displays the directory portion of a file specification |
du |
N/A |
Disk utilization |
egrep |
SEARCH |
Search a file for a string |
env |
SHOW SYMBOL |
Display environment variables, show logical, or run a program with uniquely defined variables |
expand |
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Convert tabs in a file, to spaces |
expr |
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Evaluate and display and expression |
false |
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Return FALSE |
fgrep |
SEARCH |
Search a file for a string |
file |
N/A |
Display file type, such as text, script, or executable image |
find |
DIRECTORY [...] |
Find a file in a directory hierarchy |
fmt |
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Reformat paragraphs in a file |
fold |
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Wrap lines |
gawk |
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AWK/GAWK |
gcc |
CC |
Compile C programs |
GNUtar |
BACKUP |
The GNU version of tar, archiver and backup tool |
grep |
SEARCH |
Search a file for a string |
gunzip |
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Decompress a GZIP compressed file |
gzip |
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Compress a file |
head |
TYPE/PAGE |
Display the first portion of a file |
hostname |
SHOW NETWORK |
Display the host name of the computer you're working on |
id |
SHOW PROCESS |
Display user information of the current user |
install |
COPY |
Copy file(s) to destination directory |
join |
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Copy two files to one, according to matching files |
ld |
LINK |
Link object files into an executable |
less |
TYPE/PAGE |
Display a text file |
ln |
SET FILE/ENTER |
Link a file...as a pointer to another file |
lp |
PRINT |
Print a file |
ls |
DIRECTORY |
List the contents of a directory |
make |
MMS |
Build components |
man |
HELP |
Display documentation |
mkdir |
CREATE/DIRECTORY |
Make directory |
mkfile |
CREATE |
Make file |
more |
TYPE/PAGE |
Same as LESS. Display a file |
mv |
COPY or RENAME |
MOVE |
netscape |
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Invoke NETSCAPE web browser |
nl |
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Display a text file, with line numbers |
od |
DUMP |
Display a file in octal |
paste |
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Displaytow files with appended lines |
printenv |
SHOW SYMBOL |
Display environment variables, show logical |
ps |
SHOW SYSTEM |
Process status |
pwd |
SHOW DEFAULT |
Display process working directory |
rm |
DELETE |
Remove a file |
rmdir |
DELETE |
Remove directory |
sed |
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Stream editor |
sh |
SPAWN |
Invoke a new incarnation of the shell |
share |
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Display NFS exports |
sleep |
WAIT |
Wait a specified number of seconds |
sort |
SORT |
Sort a file |
split |
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Split a file into pieces |
strip |
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Remove debug symbols from an executable file |
su |
SUPERUSER |
Become a different user (requires password) |
sum |
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Display checksum of a file |
tac |
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Display a text file, backwards, last line first (backwards
CAT) |
tail |
TYPE/TAIL |
Display the end of a file |
tar |
BACKUP |
Tape Archiver |
tee |
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Write a file to two output files |
touch |
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Update the modification date of a file |
tr |
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Translate a file |
true |
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Return TRUE |
uname |
F$GETSYI |
Display system information |
unexpand |
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Convert spaces in a file to tabs |
uniq |
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Discard indentical lines in a file |
unzip |
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Uncompress a ZIP archive |
vi |
EDIT |
Text editor |
vim |
EDIT |
Common UNIX editor |
wc |
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Word count |
which |
N/A |
Display a path to a tool |
who |
SHOW USER |
Display who's logged in to a system |
whoami |
SHOW PROCESS |
Display the current user's username |
xargs |
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Build and execute command lines from standard input |
zcat |
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GZIP compress a file |
zip |
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ZIP compress files into an archive |
