Selected Solaris Commands Man Pages Map

TherearejusttoomanycommandsinSolaris.Manyofthenareneverused.HereIlistedthosethatmoreorlessoften used.Itstilltoomany,over200commandsinthisshortenedlist.MyGodwhatamemoryUnixadminsareexpectedto havetodealwithallthiscomplexityandvariety:). AndwhatthissemiuselessorganizationcalledPOSIXisthinkingaboutallthismessandproliferationofcommandsin Unix. Asforviewergoodoldmanisnottheonlyoneandnotthebestone.Tkmanisabettertool(seeReadingManualPagesin Style).ButanycommandlineorGUIWEBbrowserismilesaheadregularmanreader(andconversionofmaninto HTMLcanbedonewithmanyutilitiessomeofthemcanconvertthewholetreeatonce(forthosewhocannotfind commandwithoptionexeccanbeused).ItisprettypatheticthatLinuxwhichactuallycametolifesimultaneouslywith WWWdidnotadoptabetterformat(therewasastillbornFSFprojecttouseinfopagesadvocatedbyRMSthatprobably helpedtopreventthismove).SunusedtoprovidesHTMLversionofpagesviaspecialwebserverbutitwas unfortunatelyabandonedafteracoupleofsecurityholeswerefoundinit(whyitcouldn'tbeconvertedtoserveonlylocal hostisbeyondme). PleasealsonotethatmanpageswerenotthoughtasstaticdocumentsbyUnixdesigners.Andonyourownworkstation youcan(andprobablyshould)annotatethemusingthemasakindofnotepad.IpersonallyprefertodoitinHTML (IMHOtroffformatbelongstoprev.century;HTMLdominatesintheXXIcentury;),butforthosewhoprefernative formatthereisanicelittleutility:

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TheManEditUNIXManualPageEditorisaneditorspecificallytailoredforUNIXmanualpages.Ithasapreview viewer,usesthemanualpageXMLformatforeasyediting,andcomeswithatutorialandreferenceguide.Itusesthe GTK+widgetsetandfeaturessyntaxhighlighting,acompletedraganddropsystemforeasyviewingandediting,acrash recoverysystem,andsamplemanualpagetemplates. Alsomanutilityhassomefeaturesthatmanydoesnotsuspectthattheyexist(likeMpathoption,thathelpstoovercome manymisconfigurations).Icompiledanadditionalpagedevotedtothemancommandanditsinfrastructure. A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M|N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z MostOftenUsedCommands awk fc ls chmod fgrep chown file cp find man crontab ctags for foreach mkdir mv cut ftp du ed egrep function getfacl grep eject head env history eval if

link(1M) mailx

pgrep pkginfo

A:Fulllistofusercommands:FulllistofSystemcommands(1M)

apropos - locate commands by keyword lookup alias - create or

admintool(1M) system administration with a graphical user interface answerbook2_admin(1M) bring up AnswerBook2

administration tool GUI

remove a pseudonym or shorthand for a command or series of commands

apache(1M) Apache hypertext transfer protocol server overview arp(1M) address resolution display and control aset(1M) monitors or restricts accesses to system files and directories aset.restore(1M) restores system files to their content before ASET is installed automount(1M) install automatic mount points automountd(1M) autofs mount/unmount daemon

awk - pattern scanning and processing language

B:Fulllistofusercommands:FulllistofSystemcommands

banner - make posters basename - deliver portions of path names batch - execute commands at a later time bg - control process execution

boot(1M) start the system kernel or a standalone program bsmconv(1M) enable or disable the Basic Security Module (BSM) on Solaris bsmrecord(1M) display Solaris audit record formats bsmunconv(1M) enable or disable the Basic Security Module (BSM) on Solaris busstat(1M) report bus-related performance statistics

C:Fulllistofusercommands:FulllistofSystemcommands

cd - change working directory chdir - change working directory chgrp - change file group ownership chmod - change the permissions mode of a file chown - change file ownership clear - clear the terminal screen cmp(1) compare two files compress - compress, uncompress files or display expanded files

chat(1M) automated conversational exchange tool chown(1M) change owner chroot(1M) change root directory for a command cpustat(1M) monitor system behavior using CPU performance counters cron(1M) clock daemon cvcd(1M) virtual console

cp - copy files cpio - copy file archives in and out crontab(1) user crontab file crypt - encode or decode a file csplit - split files based on context ctags - create a tags file for use with ex and vi cut - cut out selected fields of each line of a file
changeworkingdirectory cd chdir changeworkingdirectory chgrp changefilegroupownership chmod changethepermissionsmodeofafile chown changefileownership cleartheterminalscreen clear cmp(1) comparetwofiles compress compress,uncompressfiles copyfiles cp copyfilearchivesinandout cpio crontab(1) usercrontabfile crypt encodeordecodeafile csplit splitfilesbasedoncontext ctags createatagsfileforusewithexandvi cutoutselectedfieldsofeachlineofafile cut D

daemon

writethedateandtime date displaystatusofdiskspaceonfilesystems df displaylinebylinedifferencesbetweenpairsoftextfiles diff 3waydifferentialfilecomparison diff3 dircmp directorycomparison dirname deliverportionsofpathnames

dos2unix converttextfilefromDOSformattoISOformat displaythenumberofdiskblocksusedperdirectoryorfile du E

echoarguments echo texteditor ed egrep searchafileforapatternusingfullregularexpressions ejectmediasuchasCDROMandfloppyfromdrive eject setenvironmentforcommandinvocation env shellbuiltinfunctionstoexecuteothercommands eval shellbuiltinfunctionstoexecuteothercommands exec shellbuiltinfunctionstoenabletheexecutionoftheshelltoadvancebeyonditssequenceofsteps exit expand expandTABcharacterstoSPACEcharacters,andviceversa export shellbuiltinfunctionstodeterminethecharacteristicsforenvironmentalvariablesofthecurrentshell anditsdescendents expr(1) evaluateargumentsasanexpression F

providetruthvalues false processcommandhistorylist fc fdformat formatfloppydisketteorPCMCIAmemorycard controlprocessexecution fg fgrep searchafileforafixedcharacterstring determinefiletype file findfiles find finger displayinformationaboutlocalandremoteusers shellbuiltinfunctionstorepeatedlyexecuteaction(s)foraselectednumberoftimes for foreach shellbuiltinfunctionstorepeatedlyexecuteaction(s)foraselectednumberoftimes filetransferprogram ftp function shellbuiltincommandtodefineafunctionwhichisusablewithinthisshell G

getfacl(1) displaydiscretionaryfileinformation getopt parsecommandoptions getopts(1) parseutilityoptions shellbuiltinfunctiontoexpandawordlist glob goto(1) shellbuiltinfunctionstoenabletheexecutionoftheshelltoadvancebeyonditssequenceofsteps searchafileforapattern grep groups printgroupmembershipofuser grpck checkgroupdatabaseentries H

displayfirstfewlinesoffiles head history processcommandhistorylist hostid printthenumericidentifierofthecurrenthost hostname setorprintnameofcurrenthostsystem I

evaluatecondition(s)ormakeexecutionofactionsdependentupontheevaluationofcondition(s) if J

controlprocessexecution jobs relationaldatabaseoperator join K

terminateorsignalprocesses kill L

displayloginandlogoutinformationaboutusersandterminals last link(1M) linkandunlinkfilesanddirectories makehardorsymboliclinkstofiles ln logger addentriestothesystemlog login signontothesystem logname returnuser'sloginname listcontentsofdirectory ls M

macroprocessor m4 interactivemessageprocessingsystem mail mailstats printstatisticscollectedbysendmail mailx interactivemessageprocessingsystem make maintain,update,andregeneraterelatedprogramsandfiles findanddisplayreferencemanualpages man mkdir makedirectories more browseorpagethroughatextfile movefiles mv N

nawk patternscanningandprocessinglanguage netscape startNetscapeCommunicatorforSolaris newgrp logintoanewgroup invokeacommandwithanalteredschedulingpriority nice nohup runacommandimmunetohangups O P

compressandexpandfiles pack browseorpagethroughatextfile page passwd changeloginpasswordandpasswordattributes paste mergecorrespondingorsubsequentlinesoffiles patch applychangestofiles pathchk checkpathnames portablearchiveinterchange pax PracticalExtractionandReportLanguage perl pfexec executeacommandinaprofile pfiles proctools pgrep findorsignalprocessesbynameandotherattributes pkginfo displaysoftwarepackageinformation

pkgparam displaypackageparametervalues findorsignalprocessesbynameandotherattributes pkill plimit getorsettheresourcelimitsofrunningprocesses pmap proctools printf writeformattedoutput priocntl displayorsetschedulingparametersofspecifiedprocess(es) proctools proc profiles printexecutionprofilesforauser proctools prun reportprocessstatus ps proctools ptree returnworkingdirectoryname pwd Q R

remotefilecopy rcp remotefiledistributionprogram rdist readalinefromstandardinput read readonly shellbuiltinfunctiontoprotectthevalueofthegivenvariablefromreassignment regex matchpatternsagainstastring renice alterpriorityofrunningprocesses repeat shellbuiltinfunctionstorepeatedlyexecuteaction(s)foraselectednumberoftimes establishorrestoreterminalcharacteristics reset return shellbuiltinfunctionstoenabletheexecutionoftheshelltoadvancebeyonditssequenceofsteps KornShell,astandard/restrictedcommandandprogramminglanguage rksh rlogin remotelogin removedirectoryentries rm rmdir removedirectoryentries printrolesgrantedtoauser roles remoteshell rsh

runanexecutable run S

streameditor sed select shellbuiltinfunctionstochoosefromamongalistofactions shellbuiltinfunctionstodeterminethecharacteristicsforenvironmentalvariablesofthecurrentshelland set itsdescendents setandunsetlocalorglobalenvironmentvariables set setenv shellbuiltinfunctionstodeterminethecharacteristicsforenvironmentalvariablesofthecurrentshell anditsdescendents setfacl modifytheAccessControlList(ACL)forafileorfiles settime changefileaccessandmodificationtimes Borneshell:standardandjobcontrolshellandcommandinterpreter sh runacommandusingshell shell shell_builtins shellcommandinterpreterbuiltinfunctions shellbuiltinfunctiontotraverseeitherashell'sargumentlistoralistoffieldseparatedwords shift shutdown closedownthesystematagiventime sleep suspendexecutionforaninterval sort,merge,orsequencechecktextfiles sort reportspellingerrors spell splitafileintopieces split ssh(1) OpenSSHsecureshellclient(remoteloginprogram) controlprocessexecution stop strings findprintablestringsinanobjectorbinaryfile settheoptionsforaterminal stty printchecksumandblockcountforafile sum calculateachecksumforafile sum suspend shellbuiltinfunctiontohaltthecurrentshell switch shellbuiltinfunctionstochoosefromamongalistofactions T

deliverthelastpartofafile tail

talktoanotheruser talk createtapearchivesandaddorextractfiles tar replicatethestandardoutput tee telnet userinterfacetoaremotesystemusingtheTELNETprotocol evaluatecondition(s)ormakeexecutionofactionsdependentupontheevaluationofcondition(s) test trivialfiletransferprogram tftp timeasimplecommand time times shellbuiltinfunctiontoreporttimeusagesofthecurrentshell timex timeacommand;reportprocessdataandsystemactivity connecttoremotesystem tip touch changefileaccessandmodificationtimes touch changefileaccessandmodificationtimes translatecharacters tr shellbuiltinfunctionstorespondto(hardware)signals trap typesetorformatdocuments troff tracesystemcallsandsignals truss topologicalsort tsort returnuser'sterminalname tty writeadescriptionofcommandtype type typeset shellbuiltinfunctionstoset/getattributesandvaluesforshellvariablesandfunctions U

ufsdump(1M) incrementalfilesystemdump ufsrestore(1M) incrementalfilesystemrestore umask getorsetthefilemodecreationmask unalias createorremoveapseudonymorshorthandforacommandorseriesofcommands uname printnameofcurrentsystem uncompress compress,uncompressfilesordisplayexpandedfiles unexpand expandTABcharacterstoSPACEcharacters,andviceversa reportorfilteroutrepeatedlinesinafile uniq

convertsquantitiesexpressedinstandardscalestootherscales units unix2dos converttextfilefromISOformattoDOSformat unpack compressandexpandfiles unset shellbuiltinfunctionstodeterminethecharacteristicsforenvironmentalvariablesofthecurrentshell anditsdescendents unset setandunsetlocalorglobalenvironmentvariables unsetenv shellbuiltinfunctionstodeterminethecharacteristicsforenvironmentalvariablesofthecurrent shellanditsdescendents shellbuiltinfunctionstorepetitivelyexecuteasetofactionswhile/untilconditionsareevaluatedTRUE until uptime showhowlongthesystemhasbeenup users(1B) displayacompactlistofusersloggedin uudecode encodeabinaryfile,ordecodeitsencodedrepresentation uuencode encodeabinaryfile,ordecodeitsencodedrepresentation V

vacation replytomailautomatically screenoriented(visual)displayeditorbasedonex vi screenoriented(visual)displayeditorbasedonex view vipw editthepasswordfile volcancel canceluser'srequestforremovablemediathatisnotcurrentlyindrive volcheck checksformediainadriveandbydefaultchecksallfloppymedia volmissing notifyuserthatvolumerequestedisnotintheCDROMorfloppydrive volrmmount callrmmounttomountorunmountmedia W

displayinformationaboutcurrentlyloggedinusers w awaitprocesscompletion wait displayacountoflines,wordsandcharactersinafile wc extractSCCSversioninformationfromafile what whatis displayaonelinesummaryaboutakeyword whence shellbuiltinfunctionstoset/getattributesandvaluesforshellvariablesandfunctions whereis locatethebinary,source,andmanualpagefilesforacommand

which locateacommand;displayitspathnameoralias while shellbuiltinfunctionstorepetitivelyexecuteasetofactionswhile/untilconditionsareevaluatedTRUE whoisonthesystem who whoami displaytheeffectivecurrentusername whois Internetusernamedirectoryservice write writetoanotheruser X

xargs constructargumentlistsandinvokeutility Y

yetanothercompilercompiler yacc yes(1) generaterepetitiveaffirmativeoutput Z

compress,uncompressfilesordisplayexpandedfiles zcat