|
Command
|
Function
|
|---|---|
| binedit | Binary edit. |
| cat | Concatenate files. |
| chgrp | Change the group for files or directories. (NT only.) |
| chmod | Change mode bits of file. |
| chown | Change the ownership of files or directories. (NT only.) |
| cmp | Binary compare two files or directories. |
| cp | Copy files or directories. |
| cron | Run commands at specified times. |
| cut | Cut out selected fields of each line of text. |
| des | Encrypt or decrypt data using the Data Encryption Standard (DES). Due to U.S. Federal Law, this utility cannot be exported outside the U.S. or Canada. |
| date | Display the date and time. |
| diff | Compare files or directories. |
| dim | Discard any ansi escape sequences in the input stream. |
| dskread | Read raw sectors from a disk. |
| dskwrite | Write raw sectors to a disk. |
| du | Display disk usage. |
| env | Execute a command with a new environment. |
| fgrep | Fast string search (fast grep) of text files. |
| getopt | Parse command-line options. |
| grep | Regular expression pattern search of text files. |
| head | Copy the first few lines or bytes of a file to stdout. |
| label | Read/Write the volume label. |
| ls | List directory contents. |
| markexe | Mark an .exe file to indicate what sort of application it is. (OS/2 only.) |
| mkdir | Make a new directory. |
| more | A better more utility. (Able to search forward or backward or to a specific line.) |
| moreh | A large model version of more. (OS/2 only.) |
| mt | Manipulate the tape device. (NT only.) |
| mv | Move files or directories. |
| newer | Test whether first file is newer than the others. |
| older | Test whether first file is older than the others. |
| open | Open a file using the associated application. (Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 95 only.) |
| paste | Merge corresponding or subsequent lines. |
| patchlnk | A (very) special-purpose utility to patch a bug in the Microsoft linker on OS/2. |
| pwd | Print the working directories. |
| rm | Remove files or directories. |
| rmdir | Remove directories. |
| sed | Stream editor. |
| setrows | Set or report the number of rows in the display window. |
| sort | Sort and/or merge files. |
| split | Split a large file into equal-sized chunks. |
| startwin | Start Win3.x applications under OS/2 2.x. |
| strings | Extract ASCII strings from a file. |
| su | Run a command as another user. (NT only.) |
| sum | Checksum the contents of a file. |
| tabs | Expand/Unexpand tabs. |
| tail | Copy the last few lines or bytes of a file to stdout. |
| tar | Read/Write UNIX TAR and CPIO format files and tapes. (Tapes supported only under Windows NT.) |
| tee | Pipe fitting. |
| touch | Update the time-stamp on a file. |
| tr | Translate characters. |
| uniq | Report unique lines in text files. |
| uudecode | Uudecode binary data. |
| uuencode | Uuencode binary data for email transmission. |
| ver | Display the current system and Hamilton C shell version numbers. |
| vol | Display the disk volume label. |
| wc | Count lines, words and characters. |
| whereis | Tell which PATH directory a given executable is in. |
| whoami | Print the current domain and user names. (NT only.) |
| xargs | Construct argument list(s) and invoke utility. |
| xd | Hex dump a file to stdout. |
All external utilities except whereis self-document with the -h option. Any external utility may be renamed simply by renaming the executable file.
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