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(Chess) - GNU Chess
(EUC) - EUC encoding of runes
(MAKEDEV) - create system and device special files
(TP) - ISO Transport Protocol
(USERFILE) - UUCP pathname permissions file
(UTF2) - Universal character set Transformation Format encoding of runes
(XNSrouted) - NS Routing Information Protocol daemon
(abort) - abnormal termination
(abort) - cause abnormal program termination
(abs) - integer absolute value function
(ac) - display connect time accounting
(acc) - ACC LH/DH IMP interface
(accept) - accept a connection on a socket
(access) - check access permissions of a file or pathname
(access) - determine accessibility of a file
(acct) - enable or disable process accounting
(acct) - execution accounting file
(ace) - ACC 10 Mb/s Ethernet interface
(acos) - arc cosine function
(acosh) - inverse hyperbolic cosine function
(acucntrl) - turn around tty line between dialin and dialout
(ad) - Data Translation A/D converter
(adb) - debugger
(addbib) - create or extend bibliographic database
(addftinfo) - add information to troff font files for use with groff
(adduser) - procedure for adding new users
(adjtime) - correct the time to allow synchronization of the system clock
(adventure) - an exploration game
(afmtodit) - create font files for use with groff -Tps
(alarm) - execute a subroutine after a specified time
(alarm) - set signal timer alarm
(aliases) - aliases file for sendmail
(alloca) - memory allocator
(amd) - automatically mount file systems
(amq) - automounter query tool
(apply) - apply a command to a set of arguments
(apropos) - locate commands by keyword lookup
(ar) - archive (library) file format
(ar) - create and maintain library archives
(arithmetic) - quiz on simple arithmetic
(arp) - address resolution display and control
(ascii) - octal, hexadecimal and decimal ASCII character sets
(asin) - arc sine function
(asinh) - inverse hyperbolic sine function
(assert) - expression verification macro
(at) - schedule execution of commands `at' a given time
(atan) - arc tangent function of one variable
(atan2) - arc tangent function of two variables
(atanh) - inverse hyperbolic tangent function
(atc) - air traffic controller game
(atexit) - register a function to be called on exit
(atof) - convert ASCII string to double
(atoi) - convert ASCII string to integer
(atol) - convert ASCII string to long integer
(atq) - display the at(1) job queue
(atrm) - remove jobs spooled by at(1)
(autoconf) - diagnostics from autoconfiguration code
(autoconf) - diagnostics from the autoconfiguration code
(awk) - pattern scanning and processing language
(backgammon) - the game of backgammon
(badsect) - create files to contain bad sectors
(banner) - print large banner on printer
(battlestar) - a tropical adventure game
(bc) - arbitrary-precision arithmetic language and calculator
(bcmp) - compare byte string
(bcopy) - copy byte string
(bdes) - encrypt/decrypt using the Data Encryption Standard
(biff) - be notified if mail arrives and who it is from
(bind) - bind a name to a socket
(bit) - and, or, xor, not, rshift, lshift bitwise functions
(boggle) - word search game
(boot) - system bootstrapping procedures
(bsearch) - binary search of a sorted table
(btree) - btree database access method
(bugfiler) - file bug reports in folders automatically
(bwtwo) - monochromatic frame buffer
(bzero) - write zeroes to a byte string
(caesar) - decrypt caesar cyphers
(cal) - displays a calendar
(calendar) - reminder service
(calloc) - allocate clean memory (zero initialized space)
(cat) - concatenate and print files
(cd) - change working directory
(ceil) - smallest integral value not greater than x
(cgthree) - 8-bit color frame buffer
(chdir) - change default directory
(checknr) - check nroff/troff files
(chflags) - change file flags
(chgrp) - change group
(ching) - the book of changes and other cookies
(chmod) - change file modes
(chmod) - change mode of a file
(chown) - change file owner and group
(chpass) - add or change user database information
(chroot) - change root directory
(cksum) - display file checksums and block counts
(clnp) - Connectionless-Mode Network Protocol
(clock) - determine processor time used
(close) - delete a descriptor
(clri) - clear i-node
(cltp) - ISO Connectionless Transport Protocol
(cmp) - compare two files
(col) - filter reverse line feeds from input
(colcrt) - filter nroff output for CRT previewing
(colrm) - remove columns from a file
(column) - columnate lists
(comm) - select or reject lines common to two files
(comsat) - biff server
(config) - build system configuration files
(confstr) - get string-valued configurable variables
(connect) - initiate a connection on a socket
(cons) - HP300 console interface
(cons) - VAX-11 console interface
(core) - memory image file format
(cos) - cosine function
(cosh) - hyperbolic cosine function
(cp) - copy files
(crash) - UNIX system failures
(creat) - create a new file
(cribbage) - the card game cribbage
(crl) - VAX 8600 console RL02 interface
(cron) - clock daemon
(crontab) - chronological services schedule file
(crypt) - encode/decode
(csh) - a shell (command interpreter) with C-like syntax
(css) - DEC IMP-11A LH/DH IMP interface
(ct) - C/A/T phototypesetter interface
(ct) - CS/80 cartridge tape interface
(ctags) - create a tags file
(ctermid) - generate terminal pathname
(curses) - screen functions with ``optimal'' cursor motion
(cut) - select portions of each line of a file
(cy) - Cipher/tapemaster magtape interface
(daemon) - run in the background
(date) - display or set date and time
(dbopen) - database access methods
(dc) - desk calculator
(dca) - HP 98644A communications interface
(dcl) - HP 98628A communications link
(dcm) - HP 98642A communications multiplexer
(dd) - convert and copy a file
(ddn) - DDN Standard Mode X.25 IMP interface
(de) - DEC DEUNA 10 Mb/s Ethernet interface
(deroff) - remove nroff, troff, tbl and eqn constructs
(devname) - get device name
(df) - display free disk space
(dh) - DH-11/ DM-11 multiplexer device interface
(dhu) - DHU-11 communications multiplexer
(diff) - differential file and directory comparator
(diff3) - 3-way differential file comparison
(dig) - send domain name query packets to name servers
(disklabel) - disk pack label
(disklabel) - read and write disk pack label
(diskpart) - calculate default disk partition sizes
(disktab) - disk description file
(div) - return quotient and remainder from division
(dm) - dungeon master
(dmc) - DEC DMC-11/ DMR-11 point-to-point communications device
(dmesg) - display the system message buffer
(dmf) - DMF-32 terminal multiplexor
(dmz) - DMZ-32 terminal multiplexor
(dn) - DN-11 autocall unit interface
(dr) - Ikon DR-11W interface
(drtest) - standalone disk test program
(drum) - paging device
(du) - display disk usage statistics
(dump) - filesystem backup
(dumpfs) - dump file system information
(dumplfs) - dump file system information
(dv) - HP98730 ``DaVinci'' device interface
(dz) - DZ-11 multiplexer device interface
(ec) - 3Com 10 Mb/s Ethernet interface
(echo) - write arguments to the standard output
(ed) - text editor
(edquota) - edit user quotas
(en) - Xerox 3 Mb/s Ethernet interface
(enp) - CMC 10 Mb/s Ethernet interface
(environ) - user environment
(eqn) - format equations for troff
(eqnchar) - special character definitions for eqn
(error) - analyze and disperse compiler error messages
(ex) - Excelan 10 Mb/s Ethernet interface
(execve) - execute a file
(exit) - perform normal program termination
(exit) - terminate process with status
(exit) - terminate the calling process
(exports) - define remote mount points for NFS mount requests
(expr) - evaluate arguments as an expression
(fabs) - floating-point absolute value function
(false) - return false value
(fclose) - close a stream
(fcntl) - file control
(fdate) - return date and time in an ASCII string
(ffs) - find first bit set in a bit string
(fgetline) - get a line from a stream
(file) - identify file content
(find) - walk a file hierarchy
(finger) - user information lookup program
(fingerd) - remote user information server
(fish) - play ``Go Fish''
(fl) - console floppy interface
(flock) - apply or remove an advisory lock on an open file
(floor) - largest integral value not greater than x
(flush) - flush output to a logical unit
(fmod) - floating-point remainder function
(fmt) - simple text formatter
(fnmatch) - match filename or pathname
(fold) - fold long lines for finite width output device
(fork) - create a copy of this process
(fork) - create a new process
(format) - how to format disk packs
(format) - how to format disks and tapes
(fortune) - print a random, hopefully interesting, adage
(fpr) - print Fortran file
(free) - free up memory allocated with malloc, calloc or realloc
(frexp) - convert floating-point number to fractional and integral components
(from) - print names of those who have sent mail
(fsck) - filesystem consistency check and interactive repair
(fsdb) - file system debugger
(fsinfo) - co-ordinate site-wide filesystem information
(fsplit) - split a multi-routine Fortran file into individual files
(fstab) - static information about the filesystems
(fstat) - file status
(fsync) - synchronize a file's in-core state with that on disk
(ftime) - get date and time
(ftp) - ARPANET file transfer program
(ftpd) - Internet File Transfer Protocol server
(fts) - traverse a file hierarchy
(gb) - HP98700 ``Gatorbox'' device interface
(gcore) - get core images of running process
(getbsize) - get user block size
(getcwd) - get pathname of current working directory
(getdirentries) - get directory entries in a filesystem independent format
(getdiskbyname) - get generic disk description by its name
(getdtablesize) - get descriptor table size
(getenv) - get value of environment variables
(getfh) - get file handle
(getfsstat) - get list of all mounted filesystems
(getgrouplist) - calculate group access list
(getgroups) - get group access list
(getloadavg) - get system load averages
(getlog) - get user's login name
(getmntinfo) - get information about mounted file systems
(getopt) - get option character from command line argument list
(getpagesize) - get system page size
(getpass) - get a password
(getpeername) - get name of connected peer
(getpgrp) - get process group
(getpid) - get process id
(getpw) - get name from uid
(getrusage) - get information about resource utilization
(getsockname) - get socket name
(getsubopt) - get sub options from an argument
(getty) - set terminal mode
(gettytab) - terminal configuration data base
(getwd) - get working directory pathname
(gprof) - display call graph profile data
(graph) - draw a graph
(grep) - file pattern searcher
(grf) - HP graphics frame buffer device interface
(grodvi) - convert groff output to TeX dvi format
(groff) - front end for the groff document formatting system
(grog) - guess options for groff command
(grops) - PostScript driver for groff
(grotty) - groff driver for typewriter-like devices
(group) - format of the group permissions file
(groups) - show group memberships
(hack) - exploring The Dungeons of Doom
(hangman) - the game of hangman
(hash) - hash database access method
(hdh) - ACC IF-11/HDH IMP interface
(head) - display first lines of a file
(hexdump) - ascii, decimal, hexadecimal, octal dump
(hier) - layout of filesystems
(hil) - Human Interface Link device driver
(hk) - RK6-11/ RK06 and RK07 disk interface
(hostname) - host name resolution description
(hostname) - set or print name of current host system
(hostnm) - get name of current host
(hosts) - host name data base
(hp) - MASSBUS disk interface
(ht) - TM-03/ TE-16, TU-45, TU-77 MASSBUS magtape device interface:
(hy) - Network Systems Hyperchannel interface
(icheck) - file system storage consistency check
(icmp) - Internet Control Message Protocol
(id) - return user identity
(idp) - Xerox Internet Datagram Protocol
(ifconfig) - configure network interface parameters
(ik) - Evans and Sutherland Picture System 300 graphics device interface
(ik) - Ikonas frame buffer, graphics device interface
(il) - Interlan NI1010 10 Mb/s Ethernet interface
(indent) - indent and format C program source
(index) - locate character in string
(indxbib) - make inverted index for bibliographic databases
(inet) - Internet protocol family
(inetd) - internet ``super-server''
(infnan) - signals invalid floating-point operations on a VAX (temporary)
(init) - process control initialization
(initgroups) - initialize group access list
(install) - install binaries
(installboot) - installs a boot program in a file system
(intro) - introduction to FORTRAN library functions
(intro) - introduction to general commands (tools and utilities)
(intro) - introduction to special files and hardware support
(intro) - introduction to system calls and error numbers
(intro) - introduction to system maintenance and operation commands
(intro) - introduction to the C libraries
(intro) - miscellaneous information pages
(ioctl) - control device
(ioinit) - change f77 I/O initialization
(iostat) - report I/O statistics
(ip) - Internet Protocol
(isalnum) - alphanumeric character test
(isalpha) - alphabetic character test
(isascii) - test for ASCII character
(isblank) - space or tab character test
(iscntrl) - control character test
(isdigit) - decimal-digit character test
(isgraph) - printing character test (space character exculsive)
(islower) - lower-case character test
(iso) - ISO protocol family
(isprint) - printing character test (space character inclusive)
(ispunct) - punctuation character test
(isspace) - white-space character test
(isupper) - upper-case character test
(isxdigit) - hexadecimal-digit character test
(ite) - HP Internal Terminal Emulator
(ix) - Interlan Np100 10 Mb/s Ethernet interface
(join) - relational database operator
(jot) - print sequential or random data
(kdestroy) - destroy Kerberos tickets
(kdump) - display kernel trace data
(kerberos) - introduction to the Kerberos system
(kg) - KL-11/ DL-11W line clock
(kgmon) - generate a dump of the operating system's profile buffers
(kill) - send a signal to a process
(kill) - send signal to a process
(kill) - terminate or signal a process
(killpg) - send signal to a process group
(kinit) - Kerberos login utility
(klist) - list currently held Kerberos tickets
(kpasswdd) - Kerberos password changing daemon
(ksrvtgt) - fetch and store Kerberos ticket-granting-ticket using a service key
(kstash) - stash Kerberos key distribution center database master key
(ktrace) - enable kernel process tracing
(ktrace) - process tracing
(kuserok) - Kerberos version of ruserok
(kvm) - kernel memory interface
(labs) - return the absolute value of a long integer
(lam) - laminate files
(larn) - exploring the caverns of Larn
(last) - indicate last logins of users and ttys
(lastcomm) - show last commands executed in reverse order
(ld) - link editor
(ldexp) - mutliply floating-point number by integral power of 2
(ldiv) - return quotient and remainder from division
(le) - AMD 7990 LANCE ethernet interface
(le) - HP AMD 7990 LANCE Ethernet interface
(learn) - computer aided instruction about UNIX
(leave) - remind you when you have to leave
(lex) - fast lexical analyzer generator
(lex) - generator of lexical analysis programs
(link) - make a hard file link
(link) - make a link to an existing file
(listen) - listen for connections on a socket
(lkbib) - search bibliographic databases
(ln) - make links
(lo) - software loopback network interface
(loc) - return the address of an object
(locate) - find files
(lock) - reserve a terminal
(logger) - make entries in the system log
(login) - log into the computer
(logname) - display user's login name
(look) - display lines beginning with a given string
(lookbib) - search bibliographic databases
(lorder) - list dependencies for object files
(lp) - line printer
(lpc) - line printer control program
(lpd) - line printer spooler daemon
(lpq) - spool queue examination program
(lpr) - off line print
(lprm) - remove jobs from the line printer spooling queue
(lptest) - generate lineprinter ripple pattern
(ls) - list directory contents
(lseek) - reposition read/write file offset
(m4) - macro language preprocessor for ratfor(1) and pascal(1)
(madvise) - give advise about use of memory
(mail) - send and receive mail
(mailaddr) - mail addressing description
(make) - maintain program dependencies
(make) - maintain program groups
(makekey) - make encrypted keys or passwords
(makemap) - create database maps for sendmail
(malloc) - general memory allocation function
(man) - (deprecated) macros to typeset manual
(man) - display the on-line manual pages
(map3270) - database for mapping ascii keystrokes into IBM 3270 keys
(math) - introduction to mathematical library functions
(mdoc) - quick reference guide for the -mdoc macro package
(me) - macros for formatting papers
(memccpy) - copy string until character found
(memchr) - locate byte in byte string
(memcmp) - compare byte string
(memcpy) - copy byte string
(memmove) - copy byte string
(memset) - write a byte to byte string
(mesg) - display (do not display) messages from other users
(mille) - play Mille Bournes
(mincore) - get advise about use of memory
(mkdep) - construct Makefile dependency list
(mkdir) - make a directory file
(mkdir) - make directories
(mkfifo) - make a fifo file
(mkfifo) - make fifos
(mklocale) - make LC_CTYPE locale files
(mknod) - build special file
(mknod) - make a special file node
(mkproto) - construct a prototype file system
(mkstr) - create an error message file by massaging C source
(mktemp) - make temporary file name (unique)
(mm) - groff mm macros
(mmap) - map files or devices into memory
(modf) - extract signed integral and fractional values from floating-point number
(monop) - Monopoly game
(more) - file perusal filter for crt viewing
(mountd) - service remote NFS mount requests
(mprotect) - control the protection of pages
(ms) - text formatting macros
(mset) - retrieve ASCII to IBM 3270 keyboard map
(msgs) - system messages and junk mail program
(msync) - synchronize a mapped region
(mt) - TM78/ TU-78 MASSBUS magtape interface
(mt) - magnetic tape manipulating program
(mtio) - UNIX magtape interface
(mtree) - map a directory hierarchy
(munmap) - remove a mapping
(mv) - move files
(named) - Internet domain name server
(ncheck) - generate names from i-numbers
(netgroup) - defines network groups
(netstat) - show network status
(networking) - introduction to networking facilities
(networks) - network name data base
(newaliases) - rebuild the data base for the mail aliases file
(newlfs) - construct a new LFS file system
(nfsd) - remote NFS server
(nfsiod) - local NFS asynchronous I/O server
(nfsstat) - display NFS statistics
(nfssvc) - NFS services
(nice) - execute a command at a low scheduling priority
(nice) - set program scheduling priority
(nlist) - retrieve symbol table name list from an executable file
(nm) - display name list (symbol table)
(nohup) - invoke a command immune to hangups
(nologin) - politely refuse a login
(np) - Interlan Np100 10 Mb/s Ethernet interface
(nroff) - emulate nroff command with groff
(nroff) - text formatting
(ns) - Xerox Network Systems(tm) protocol family
(nsip) - software network interface encapsulating NS packets in IP packets
(nslookup) - query Internet name servers interactively
(null) - the null device
(number) - convert Arabic numerals to English
(od) - octal, decimal, hex, ascii dump
(open) - open or create a file for reading or writing
(openprom) - OPENPROM and EEPROM interface
(operator) - C operator precedence and order of evaluation
(pac) - printer/plotter accounting information
(pagesize) - print system page size
(passwd) - format of the password file
(passwd) - modify a user's password
(paste) - merge corresponding or subsequent lines of files
(pause) - stop until signal
(pax) - read and write file archives and copy directory hierarchies
(pcl) - DEC CSS PCL-11 B Network Interface
(pfbtops) - translate a PostScript font in .pfb format to ASCII
(phantasia) - an interterminal fantasy game
(phones) - remote host phone number data base
(pic) - compile pictures for troff or TeX
(pig) - eformatray inputway asway Igpay Atinlay
(ping) - send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts
(pipe) - create descriptor pair for interprocess communication
(plot) - graphics filters
(plot) - graphics interface
(pom) - display the phase of the moon
(portmap) - DARPA port to RPC program number mapper
(ppi) - HP-IB printer/plotter interface
(pr) - Print files.
(pr) - print files
(printcap) - printer capability data base
(printf) - formatted output
(profil) - control process profiling
(protocols) - protocol name data base
(ps) - Evans and Sutherland Picture System 2 graphics device interface
(ps) - process status
(psbb) - extract bounding box from PostScript document
(pstat) - display system data structures
(ptrace) - process trace
(ptx) - permuted index
(pty) - pseudo terminal driver
(pwcache) - cache password and group entries
(pwd) - return working directory name
(qe) - DEC DEQNA Q-bus 10 Mb/s Ethernet interface
(qsort) - quick sort
(quiz) - random knowledge tests
(quot) - display total block usage per user for a file
(quota) - display disk usage and limits
(quotacheck) - filesystem quota consistency checker
(quotactl) - manipulate filesystem quotas
(radixsort) - radix sort
(rain) - animated raindrops display
(raise) - send a signal to the current process
(ranlib) - archive (library) table-of-contents format
(ranlib) - table-of-contents for archive libraries
(rb) - HP98720 ``Renaissance'' device interface
(rbootd) - HP remote boot server
(rc) - command script for auto-reboot and daemons
(rcp) - remote file copy
(rd) - CS/80 disk interface
(rdist) - remote file distribution program
(readlink) - read value of a symbolic link
(realloc) - reallocation of memory function
(reboot) - UNIX bootstrapping procedures
(reboot) - reboot system or halt processor
(recno) - record number database access method
(refer) - find and insert literature references in documents
(refer) - preprocess bibliographic references for groff
(register) - register with Kerberos
(registerd) - Kerberos registration daemon
(remote) - remote host description file
(remove) - remove directory entry
(rename) - change the name of a file
(rename) - rename a file
(renice) - alter priority of running processes
(repquota) - summarize quotas for a file system
(resolver) - resolver configuration file
(restore) - restore files or file systems from backups made with dump
(rev) - reverse lines of a file
(revoke) - revoke file access
(rexec) - return stream to a remote command
(rexecd) - remote execution server
(rhost) - look up host names using domain server
(rindex) - locate character in string
(rint) - and round-to-closest integer functions
(rlogin) - remote login
(rlogind) - remote login server
(rm) - remove directory entries
(rmail) - handle remote mail received via uucp
(rmdir) - remove a directory file
(rmdir) - remove directories
(rmt) - remote magtape protocol module
(robots) - fight off villainous robots
(roffbib) - run off bibliographic database
(rogue) - exploring The Dungeons of Doom
(route) - kernel packet forwarding database
(route) - manually manipulate the routing tables (Interim)
(routed) - network routing daemon
(rs) - reshape a data array
(rsh) - remote shell
(rshd) - remote shell server
(ruptime) - show host status of local machines
(rwho) - who is logged in on local machines
(rwhod) - system status server
(rx) - DEC RX02 floppy disk interface
(sail) - multi-user wooden ships and iron men
(savecore) - save a core dump of the operating system
(sccs) - front end for the SCCS subsystem
(script) - make typescript of terminal session
(scsiformat) - format SCSI disks and show SCSI parameters
(sed) - stream editor
(sed) - stream editor.
(select) - synchronous I/O multiplexing
(sendbug) - mail a system bug report to 4bsd-bugs
(sendmail) - send mail over the internet
(services) - service name data base
(setgroups) - set group access list
(setregid) - set real and effective group ID
(setreuid) - set real and effective user ID's
(setsid) - create session and set process group ID
(sh) - command interpreter (shell)
(sh) - shell command interpreter
(shar) - create a shell archive of files
(shells) - shell database
(showmount) - show remote nfs mounts on host
(shutdown) - close down the system at a given time
(shutdown) - shut down part of a full-duplex connection
(sigaction) - software signal facilities
(sigaltstack) - set and/or get signal stack context
(sigblock) - block signals
(siginterrupt) - allow signals to interrupt system calls
(signal) - change the action for a signal
(signal) - simplified software signal facilities
(sigpause) - atomically release blocked signals and wait for interrupt
(sigpending) - get pending signals
(sigprocmask) - manipulate current signal mask
(sigreturn) - return from signal
(sigsetmask) - set current signal mask
(sigstack) - set and/or get signal stack context
(sigsuspend) - atomically release blocked signals and wait for interrupt
(sigvec) - software signal facilities
(sin) - sine function
(sinh) - hyperbolic sine function
(size) - display object file segment sizes (text, data and bss)
(slattach) - attach serial lines as network interfaces
(sleep) - suspend execution for an interval
(sleep) - suspend execution for an interval of time
(sleep) - suspend process execution for interval of seconds
(sliplogin) - attach a serial line network interface
(socket) - create an endpoint for communication
(socketpair) - create a pair of connected sockets
(soelim) - eliminate .so's from nroff input
(sort) - sort or merge text files
(sortbib) - sort bibliographic database
(spline) - interpolate smooth curve
(split) - split a file into pieces
(spp) - Xerox Sequenced Packet Protocol
(stab) - symbol table types
(startslip) - dial up and login to a slip server
(statfs) - get file system statistics
(stdarg) - variable argument lists
(stdio) - standard input/output library functions
(sticky) - sticky text and append-only directories
(strcasecmp) - compare strings, ignoring case
(strcat) - concatenate strings
(strchr) - locate character in string
(strcmp) - compare strings
(strcoll) - compare strings according to current collation
(strcpy) - copy strings
(strcspn) - span the complement of a string
(strdup) - save a copy of a string
(strftime) - format date and time
(strings) - find printable strings in a file
(strip) - remove unnecessary information from executable files
(strlen) - find length of string
(strmode) - convert inode status information into a symbolic string
(strpbrk) - locate multiple characters in string
(strrchr) - locate character in string
(strsep) - separate strings
(strspn) - span a string
(strstr) - locate a substring in a string
(strtod) - convert ASCII string to double
(struct) - structure Fortran programs
(strxfrm) - transform a string under locale
(stty) - set the options for a terminal device interface
(style) - analyze surface characteristics of a document
(su) - substitute user identity
(sum) - calculate file checksums and block counts
(swab) - swap adjacent bytes
(swapon) - add a swap device for interleaved paging/swapping
(swapon) - specify additional device for paging and swapping
(symlink) - make symbolic link to a file
(symlink) - symbolic link handling
(symorder) - rearrange name list
(sync) - force completion of pending disk writes (flush cache)
(sync) - synchronize disk block in-core status with that on disk
(sysconf) - get configurable system variables
(sysctl) - get or set kernel state
(sysctl) - get or set system information
(syslogd) - log systems messages
(systat) - display system statistics on a crt
(system) - execute a UNIX command
(system) - pass a command to the shell
(tail) - display the last part of a file
(talk) - talk to another user
(talkd) - remote user communication server
(tan) - tangent function
(tanh) - hyperbolic tangent function
(tar) - tape archive file format
(tar) - tape archiver
(tb) - line discipline for digitizing devices
(tbl) - format tables for nroff or troff
(tbl) - format tables for troff
(tc) - HP98544 98550 ``Topcat'' and ``Catseye'' device interface
(tcgetpgrp) - get foreground process group ID
(tcopy) - copy and/or verify mag tapes
(tcp) - Internet Transmission Control Protocol
(tcsetpgrp) - set foreground process group ID
(tee) - pipe fitting
(telnet) - user interface to the TELNET protocol
(telnetd) - DARPA TELNET protocol server
(term) - conventional names for terminals
(termcap) - terminal capability data base
(termios) - general terminal line discipline
(test) - Condition evaluation utility.
(test) - condition evaluation utility
(tetris) - the game of tetris
(tfmtodit) - create font files for use with groff -Tdvi
(tftp) - trivial file transfer program
(tftpd) - Internet Trivial File Transfer Protocol server
(time) - get time of day
(time) - time command execution
(timed) - time server daemon
(timedc) - timed control program
(times) - process times
(timezone) - return the timezone abbreviation
(tm) - TM-11/ TE-10 magtape device interface
(tmscp) - DEC TMSCP magtape interface
(tn3270) - full-screen remote login to IBM VM/CMS
(toascii) - convert a byte to 7-bit ASCII
(tolower) - upper case to lower case letter conversion
(touch) - change file access and modification times
(toupper) - lower case to upper case letter conversion
(tput) - terminal capability interface
(tr) - translate characters
(traceroute) - print the route packets take to network host
(traper) - trap arithmetic errors
(trapov) - trap and repair floating point overflow
(trek) - trekkie game
(troff) - format documents
(trpt) - transliterate protocol trace
(trsp) - transliterate sequenced packet protocol trace
(true) - return true value
(ts) - TS-11 magtape interface
(tset) - terminal initialization
(tsort) - topological sort of a directed graph
(tty) - general terminal interface
(tty) - return user's terminal name
(ttys) - terminal initialization information
(tu) - VAX-11/730 and VAX-11/750 TU58 console cassette interface
(tunefs) - tune up an existing file system
(types) - system data types
(tzfile) - time zone information
(ualarm) - schedule signal after specified time
(uda) - UDA50 disk controller interface
(udp) - Internet User Datagram Protocol
(ul) - do underlining
(umask) - set file creation mode mask
(uname) - display information about the system
(ungetc) - un-get character from input stream
(unifdef) - remove ifdef'ed lines
(uniq) - report or filter out repeated lines in a file
(units) - conversion program
(unix) - UNIX-domain protocol family
(unlink) - remove a directory entry
(unlink) - remove directory entry
(unvis) - revert a visual representation of data back to original form
(up) - unibus storage module controller/drives
(update) - flush internal filesystem caches to disk frequently
(uptime) - show how long system has been running
(users) - list current users
(usleep) - suspend execution for interval of microseconds
(ut) - UNIBUS TU45 tri-density tape drive interface
(utime) - set file times
(utimes) - set file access and modification times
(uu) - TU58/ DECtape II UNIBUS cassette interface
(uuclean) - uucp spool directory clean-up
(uucp) - unix to unix copy
(uuencode) - format of an encoded uuencode file
(uulog) - display UUCP log entries
(uuname) - list names of UUCP hosts
(uupoll) - poll a remote UUCP site
(uuq) - examine or manipulate the uucp queue
(uusend) - send a file to a remote host
(uusnap) - show snapshot of the UUCP system
(uux) - unix to unix command execution
(uuxqt) - UUCP execution file interpreter
(va) - Benson-Varian interface
(vacation) - return ``I am not here'' indication
(valloc) - aligned memory allocation function
(vd) - VERSAbus storage module controller/drives
(vfork) - spawn new process in a virtual memory efficient way
(vgrind) - grind nice listings of programs
(vgrindefs) - language definition data base for vgrind(1)
(vipw) - edit the password file
(vis) - display non-printable characters in a visual format
(vis) - visually encode characters
(vlimit) - control maximum system resource consumption
(vmstat) - report virtual memory statistics
(vp) - Versatec interface
(vtimes) - get information about resource utilization
(vv) - Proteon proNET 10 Megabit ring
(vx) - communications multiplexor
(w) - who present users are and what they are doing
(wait) - await process completion
(wait) - wait for a process to terminate
(wall) - write a message to users
(wc) - word, line, and byte count
(what) - show what versions of object modules were used to construct a file
(whatis) - describe what a command is
(whereis) - locate programs
(which) - locate a program file including aliases and paths
(who) - display who is logged in
(whoami) - display effective user id
(whois) - Internet user name directory service
(window) - window environment
(worm) - play the growing worm game
(worms) - animate worms on a display terminal
(write) - send a message to another user
(wump) - hunt the wumpus in an underground cave
(xargs) - construct argument list(s) and execute utility
(xneko) - cat-and-mouse chase in an X window
(xroach) - cockroaches hide under your windows
(xstr) - extract strings from C programs to implement shared strings
(yacc) - an LALR(1) parser generator
(yacc) - yet another compiler-compiler
(yes) - be repetitively affirmative
(yyfix) - extract tables from y.tab.c
(zopen) - compressed stream open function
CP, remote (cons) - Tahoe console interface
accton (sa) - system accounting
addr, link_ntoa (link) - elementary address specification routines for link level access
addr, ns_ntoa (ns) - Xerox NS(tm) address conversion routines
aliases (L) - UUCP hostname alias file
alloc, bit_clear, bit_decl, bit_ffs, bit_nclear, bit_nset, bit_set, bitstr_size, bit_test (bit) - bit-string manipulation macros
alphasort (scandir) - scan a directory
amd-map (mk) - create database maps for Amd
aton, inet_addr, inet_network, inet_ntoa, inet_makeaddr, inet_lnaof, inet_netof (inet) - Internet address manipulation routines
bcopy, bzero, memccpy, memchr, memcmp, memcpy, memmove, memset (bcmp) - byte string operations
cabs (hypot) - euclidean distance and complex absolute value functions
canonicalize_principal, acl_check, acl_exact_match, acl_add, acl_delete, acl_initialize (acl) - access control list routines
cfscores (canfield) - the solitaire card game canfield
cfsetispeed, cfgetospeed, cfsetospeed, cfsetspeed, cfmakeraw, tcgetattr, tcsetattr (cfgetispeed) - manipulating the termios structure
cgetset, cgetmatch, cgetcap, cgetnum, cgetstr, cgetustr, cgetfirst, cgetnext, cgetclose (cgetent) - capability database access routines
char (groff) - groff character names
cleanerd (lfs) - garbage collect a log-structured file system
cmds (L) - UUCP remote command permissions file
comp, re_exec (re) - regular expression handler
conf (dm) - dm configuration file
conf (man) - configuration file for man(1)
conf (syslog) - syslogd(8) configuration file
ctime, difftime, gmtime, localtime, mktime (asctime) - transform binary date and time value to ASCII
ctime, ltime, gmtime (time) - return system time
cu (tip) - connect to a remote system
destroy (kdb) - destroy Kerberos key distribution center database
devices (L) - UUCP device description file
dialcodes (L) - UUCP phone number index file
dirent (dir) - directory file format
dirname (basename) - return filename or directory portion of pathname
drand, irand (rand) - return random values
drandm, irandm (random) - better random number generator
drem, finite, logb, scalb (copysign) - IEEE 754 floating point support
dtime (etime) - return elapsed execution time
dumpdates (dump) - incremental dump format
dup2 (dup) - duplicate an existing file descriptor
edit (ex) - text editor
edit (kdb) - Kerberos key distribution center database editing utility
env (printenv) - print out the environment, set and print environment
erfc (erf) - error function operators
etext, edata (end) - end boundaries of image segments
execlp, execle, exect, execv, execvp (execl) - execute a file
explain (diction) - print wordy sentences; thesaurus for diction
expm1, log, log10, log1p, pow (exp) - exponential, logarithm, power functions
fasthalt (fastboot) - reboot/halt the system without checking the disks
fchdir (chdir) - change current working directory
fchflags (chflags) - set file flags
fchmod (chmod) - change mode of file
fchown (chown) - change owner and group of a file
fcvt, gcvt (ecvt) - output conversion
fdesc (mount) - mount the file-descriptor file system
fdopen, freopen (fopen) - stream open functions
feof, ferror, fileno (clearerr) - check and reset stream status
fgetc (getc) - get a character from a logical unit
flmax, ffrac, dflmin, dflmax, dffrac, inmax (flmin) - return extreme values
fmout, gcd, invert, itom m_in, m_out, madd, mcmp, mdiv, min, mout, move, msqrt, msub, mult, omin, omout, pow, rpow, sdiv, (fmin) - multiple precision integer arithmetic
font (groff) - format of groff device and font description files
format (re) - POSIX 1003.2 regular expressions
fpathconf (pathconf) - get configurable pathname variables
fpecnt (trpfpe) - trap and repair floating point faults
fprintf, sprintf, snprintf, vprintf, vfprintf, vsprintf, vsnprintf (printf) - formatted output conversion
fpurge (fflush) - flush a stream
fputc (putc) - write a character to a fortran logical unit
free, falloc (malloc) - memory allocator
free, realloc, calloc, alloca (malloc) - general memory allocation operations
fropen, fwopen (funopen) - open a stream
fscanf, sscanf, vscanf, vsscanf, vfscanf (scanf) - input format conversion
fseek, fsetpos, ftell, rewind (fgetpos) - reposition a stream
ftell (fseek) - reposition a file on a logical unit
ftruncate (truncate) - truncate a file to a specified length
functions (bessel) - of two kinds for integer orders
fwrite (fread) - binary stream input/output
gamma (lgamma) - log gamma function, gamma function
gerror, ierrno (perror) - get system error messages
getc, getchar, getw (fgetc) - get next character or word from input stream
getegid (getgid) - get group process identification
geterr (kvm) - get error message on kvm descriptor
geteuid (getuid) - get user identification
getfiles (kvm) - survey open files
getfsspec, getfsfile, setfsent, endfsent (getfsent) - get file system descriptor file entry
getgid (getuid) - get user or group ID of the caller
getgrnam, getgrgid, setgroupent, setgrent, endgrent (getgrent) - group database operations
gethostbyaddr, gethostent, sethostent, endhostent, herror (gethostbyname) - get network host entry
getloadavg (kvm) - get error message on kvm descriptor
getnetbyaddr, getnetbyname, setnetent, endnetent (getnetent) - get network entry
getppid (getpid) - get parent or calling process identification
getprocs, kvm_getargv, kvm_getenvv (kvm) - access user process state
getprotobynumber, getprotobyname, setprotoent, endprotoent (getprotoent) - get protocol entry
getpwnam, getpwuid, setpassent, setpwent, endpwent (getpwent) - password database operations
gets (fgets) - get a line from a stream
getservbyport, getservbyname, setservent, endservent (getservent) - get service entry
getttynam, setttyent, endttyent (getttyent) - get ttys file entry
globfree (glob) - generate pathnames matching a pattern
gtty (stty) - set and get terminal state (defunct)
halt (reboot) - stopping and restarting the system
heapsort, mergesort (qsort) - sort functions
htons, ntohl, ntohs (htonl) - convert values between host and network byte order
iargc (getarg) - return command line arguments
init (kdb) - initialize Kerberos key distribution center database
init, tf_get_pname, tf_get_pinst, tf_get_cred, tf_close (tf) - routines for manipulating a Kerberos ticket file
innetgr, setnetgrent, endnetgrent (getnetgrent) - netgroup database operations
inode (fs) - format of file system volume
is (es) - End System to Intermediate System Routing Protocol
isalpha, isascii, isblank, iscntrl, isdigit, isgraph, islower, isprint, ispunct, isspace, isupper, isxdigit, toascii tolower, toupper, (isalnum) - character classification macros
isatty (ttynam) - find name of a terminal port
isatty, ttyslot (ttyname) - get name of associated terminal (tty) from file descriptor
isnan (isinf) - test for infinity or not-a-number (NaN)
itime (idate) - return date or time in numerical form
j1, jn, y0, y1, yn (j0) - bessel functions of first and second kind
kerberosIV/krb.conf (etc) - Kerberos configuration file
kerberosIV/krb.realms (etc) - host to Kerberos realm translation file
kernfs (mount) - mount the /kern file system
keypair (make) - generate Kerberos host key pair
kmem (mem) - main memory
kmem (mem) - memory files
kmem, kUmem (mem) - memory files
kmem, vmem (mem) - main memory
lfind, (lsearch) - linear searching routines
lfs (mount) - mount a log-structured file system
local (mail) - store mail in a mailbox
localeconv (setlocale) - natural language formatting for C
lofs (mount) - mount a virtual copy of an existing filesystem sub-tree
lookbib (indxbib) - build inverted index for a bibliography, find references in a bibliography
lstat, fstat (stat) - get file status
mbrrune, mbmb (mbrune) - multibyte rune support for C
mbstowcs, mbtowc, wcstombs, wctomb (mblen) - multibyte character support for C
mfs (newfs) - construct a new file system
mk_req, krb_rd_req, krb_kntoln, krb_set_key, krb_get_cred, krb_mk_priv, krb_rd_priv, krb_mk_safe, krb_rd_safe, krb_mk_err, krb_rd_err, krb_ck_repl (krb) - Kerberos authentication library
mkdb (cap) - create capability database
mkdb (dev) - create /dev database
mkdb (kvm) - create kernel database
mkdb (pwd) - generate the password databases
monstartup (moncontrol) - control execution profile
munlock (mlock) - lock (unlock) physical pages in memory
neqn, checkeq (eqn) - typeset mathematics
nfs (mount) - mount nfs file systems
nlist (kvm) - retrieve symbol table names from a kernel image
nroff (troff) - text formatting and typesetting
null (mount) - demonstrate the use of a null file system layer
open, kvm_openfiles, kvm_close (kvm) - initialize kernel virtual memory access
openpl et al. (plot) - f77 library interface to plot (3X) libraries.
openpl, erase, label, line, circle, arc, move, cont, point, linemod, space, closepl (plot) - graphics interface
out (a) - format of executable binary files
out (groff) - groff intermediate output format
page (more) - file perusal filter for crt viewing
pclose (popen) - process I/O
portal (mount) - mount the portal daemon
ppt, morse (bcd) - reformat input as punch cards, paper tape or morse code
primes (factor) - factor a number, generate primes
putc, putchar, putw (fputc) - output a character or word to a stream
putenv, setenv, unsetenv (getenv) - environment variable functions
puts (fputs) - output a line to a stream
query, res_search, res_mkquery, res_send, res_init, dn_comp, dn_expand (res) - resolver routines
quotaoff (quotaon) - turn filesystem quotas on and off
read, kvm_write (kvm) - read or write kernel virtual memory
read_password, des_string_to_key, des_random_key, des_set_key, des_ecb_encrypt, des_cbc_encrypt, des_pcbc_encrypt, des_cbc_cksum, des_quad_cksum, (des) - (new) DES encryption
readdir, telldir, seekdir, rewinddir, closedir, dirfd (opendir) - directory operations
readv (read) - read input
realmofhost, krb_get_phost, krb_get_krbhst, krb_get_admhst, krb_get_lrealm (krb) - additional Kerberos utility routines
recvfrom, recvmsg (recv) - receive a message from a socket
regexec, regerror, regfree (regcomp) - regular-expression library
regexec, regsub, regerror (regcomp) - regular expression handlers
reload (named) - cause the name server to synchronize its database
remque (insque) - insert/remove element from a queue
restart (named) - stop and restart the name server
rindex, lnblnk, len (index) - tell about character objects
rresvport, ruserok (rcmd) - routines for returning a stream to a remote command
samples (mdoc) - tutorial sampler for writing BSD manuals with -mdoc
sbrk (brk) - change data segment size
sendauth, krb_recvauth, krb_net_write, krb_net_read (krb) - Kerberos routines for sending authentication via network stream sockets
sendto, sendmsg (send) - send a message from a socket
set_tkt_string (krb) - set Kerberos ticket cache file name
setbuffer, setlinebuf, setvbuf (setbuf) - stream buffering operations
seteuid, setgid, setegid, (setuid) - set user and group ID
sethostid (gethostid) - get/set unique identifier of current host
sethostname (gethostname) - get/set name of current host
setinvalidrune, sgetrune, sputrune (setrunelocale) - rune support for C
setitimer (getitimer) - get/set value of interval timer
setkey, encrypt, des_setkey, des_cipher (crypt) - DES encryption
setlogin (getlogin) - get/set login name
setmode (getmode) - modify mode bits
setpgrp (setpgid) - set process group
setpriority (getpriority) - get/set program scheduling priority
setrgid (setruid) - set user and group ID
setrlimit (getrlimit) - control maximum system resource consumption
setsockopt (getsockopt) - get and set options on sockets
settimeofday (gettimeofday) - get/set date and time
setusershell, endusershell (getusershell) - get legal user shells
short (long) - integer object conversion
sigfillset, sigaddset, sigdelset, sigismember (sigemptyset) - manipulate signal sets
siglongjmp, setjmp, longjmp, _setjmp, _longjmp longjmperror (sigsetjmp) - non-local jumps
snscore (snake) - display chase game
spellin, spellout (spell) - find spelling errors
sqrt (cbrt) - cube root and square root functions
srand (rand) - bad random number generator
srandom, initstate, setstate (random) - better random number generator; routines for changing generators
srvtab (ext) - extract service key files from Kerberos key distribution center database
stdin, stdout, stderr (fd) - file descriptor files
strerror, sys_errlist, sys_nerr (perror) - system error messages
strncat, strchr, strrchr, strcmp, strncmp, strcasecmp, strncasecmp, strcpy, strncpy, strerror, strlen, strpbrk, strsep, strspn, strcspn, strstr, strtok, index, rindex (strcat) - string specific functions
strsep (strtok) - string token operations
strtoq (strtol) - convert string value to a long or quad_t integer
strtouq (strtoul) - convert a string to an unsigned long or uquad_t
strunvis (unvis) - decode a visual representation of characters
sys (L) - UUCP remote host description file
sys_siglist sys_signame (psignal) - system signal messages
syscall (syscall) - indirect system call
tcdrain, tcflush, tcflow (tcsendbreak) - line control functions
tclose, tread, twrite, trewin, tskipf, tstate (topen) - f77 tape I/O
tgetnum, tgetflag, tgetstr, tgoto, tputs (tgetent) - terminal independent operation routines
tmpfile, tmpnam (tempnam) - temporary file routines
tzsetwall (tzset) - initialize time conversion information
umap (mount) - sample file system layer
umount (mount) - mount and dismount file systems
uncompact, ccat (compact) - compress and uncompress files, and cat them
uncompress, zcat (compress) - compress and expand data
unexpand (expand) - expand tabs to spaces, and vice versa
unmount (mount) - mount or dismount a filesystem
util (kdb) - Kerberos key distribution center database utility
uucpd (uucico) - transfer files queued by uucp or uux
uudecode (uuencode) - encode/decode a binary file
verr, errx, verrx, warn, vwarn, warnx, vwarnx (err) - formatted error messages
view (vi) - screen oriented (visual) display editor based on ex
vsyslog, openlog, closelog, setlogmask (syslog) - control system log
waitpid, wait4, wait3 (wait) - wait for process terminatation
writev (write) - write output
wtmp, lastlog (utmp) - login records
xfer (named) - ancillary agent for inbound zone transfers
xget, enroll (xsend) - private encrypted mail