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Manual — UNIX 2.11BSD

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.((exception)) Makefile

1 (intro)

Mkmanifestcreate a shell script to restore Unix filenames[ mkmanifest ]
adbdebugger (2BSD)
addbibcreate or extend bibliographic database
applyapply a command to a set of arguments
aproposlocate commands by keyword lookup
asassembler
atexecute commands at a later time
atqprint the queue of jobs waiting to be run
atrmremove jobs spooled by at
autoseqa news system[ notes, autoseq, readnotes ]
awkpattern scanning and processing language
basenamestrip filename affixes
bcarbitrary-precision arithmetic language
biffbe notified if mail arrives and who it is from
binmailsend or receive mail among users
calprint calendar
calendarreminder service
catcatenate and print
cbC program beautifier
ccC compiler (2BSD)
cdchange working directory
checknotescheck for new notesfile articles
checknrcheck nroff/troff files
chgrpchange group
chmodchange mode
cicheck in RCS revisions
clearclear terminal screen
cmpcompare two files
cocheck out RCS revisions
colfilter reverse line feeds
colcrtfilter nroff output for CRT previewing
colrmremove columns from a file
commselect or reject lines common to two sorted files
compresscompress and expand data[ compress, uncompress, zcat ]
cpcopy
csha shell (command interpreter) with C-like syntax
ctagscreate a tags file
dateprint and set the date
dcdesk calculator
ddconvert and copy a file
deroffremove nroff, troff, tbl and eqn constructs
dfdisk free
dictionprint wordy sentences; thesaurus for diction[ diction, explain ]
diffdifferential file and directory comparator
diff33-way differential file comparison
dusummarize disk usage
echoecho arguments
edtext editor
eflExtended Fortran Language
eqntypeset mathematics[ eqn, neqn, checkeq ]
erroranalyze and disperse compiler error messages
extext editor[ ex, edit ]
expandexpand tabs to spaces, and vice versa[ expand, unexpand ]
exprevaluate arguments as an expression
f77Fortran77 compiler
falseprovide truth values[ false, true ]
filedetermine file type
findfind files
fmtsimple text formatter
foldfold long lines for finite width output device
fprprint Fortran file
fromwho is my mail from? 
fsplitsplit a multi-routine Fortran file into individual files
gcoreget core image of running process
grepsearch a file for a pattern[ grep, egrep, fgrep ]
headgive first few lines
hostidset or print identifier of current host system
identidentify files
indentindent and format C program source
introintroduction to commands
iostatreport I/O statistics
joinrelational database operator
killterminate a process with extreme prejudice
lastindicate last logins of users and teletypes
lastcommshow last commands executed in reverse order
learncomputer aided instruction about UNIX
leaveremind you when you have to leave
lexgenerator of lexical analysis programs
linta C program verifier
lisplisp interpreter
lnmake links
loggermake entries in the system log
loginsign on
lookfind lines in a sorted list
lookbibbuild inverted index for a bibliography, find references in a bibliography[ indxbib, lookbib ]
lorderfind ordering relation for an object library
lpqspool queue examination program
lproff line print
lprmremove jobs from the line printer spooling queue
lptestgenerate lineprinter ripple pattern
lslist contents of directory
lxreflisp cross reference program
m4macro processor
mailsend and receive mail
mailp.manfrontend to the mp PostScript pretty printer[ mailp ]
makemaintain program groups
manprint out the manual
mergethree-way file merge
mesgpermit or deny messages
mkdepconstruct Makefile dependency list
mkdirmake directories
mkstrcreate an error message file by massaging C source
morefile perusal filter for crt viewing[ more, page ]
mp.manPOSTSCRIPT pretty printer[ mp ]
msetretrieve ASCII to IBM 3270 keyboard map
msgssystem messages and junk mail program
mtmagnetic tape manipulating program
mvmove or rename files
netstatshow network status
newaliasesrebuild the data base for the mail aliases file
nfpipeInsert articles into a notesfile
nfprintPrint the contents of a notesfile
nfstatsPrint statistics about Notesfiles
nicerun a command at low priority (sh only)[ nice, nohup ]
nmprint name list (2BSD)
notesa news system[ notes, autoseq, readnotes ]
nrofftext formatting
nslookupquery name servers interactively
odoctal, decimal, hex, ascii dump
pagesizeprint system page size
pdxpascal debugger
piPascal interpreter code translator
pixPascal interpreter and executor
pmergepascal file merger
prprint file
printenvprint out the environment
profdisplay profile data
psprocess status
ptxpermuted index
pwdworking directory name
pxPascal interpreter
pxpPascal execution profiler
pxrefPascal cross-reference program
quotadisplay disc usage and limits
ratforrational Fortran dialect
rcschange RCS file attributes
rcsdiffcompare RCS revisions
rdistremote file distribution program
readnotesa news system[ notes, autoseq, readnotes ]
referfind and insert literature references in documents
revreverse lines of a file
rmremove (unlink) files or directories[ rm, rmdir ]
rmailhandle remote mail received via uucp
rmdirremove (unlink) directories or files[ rmdir, rm ]
roffbibrun off bibliographic database
sccsfront end for the SCCS subsystem
scriptmake typescript of terminal session
sedstream editor
sendbugmail a system bug report to 4bsd-bugs
shcommand language[ sh, for, case, if, while, :, ., break, continue, cd, eval, exec, exit, export, login, read, readonly, set, shift, times, trap, umask, wait ]
sizesize of an object file
sleepsuspend execution for an interval
soelimeliminate .so’s from nroff input
sortsort or merge files
sortbibsort bibliographic database
spellfind spelling errors[ spell, spellin, spellout ]
splitsplit a file into pieces
strcompactstring compaction for object files
stringsfind the printable strings in a object, or other binary, file
stripremove symbols and relocation bits
structstructure Fortran programs
styleanalyze surface characteristics of a document
susubstitute user id temporarily
sumsum and count blocks in a file
symcompactstring compaction for object files
symorderrearrange name list
tabsset terminal tabs
taildeliver the last part of a file
talktalk to another user
tartape archiver
tblformat tables for nroff or troff
tcphotoypesetter simulator
tcopycopy a mag tape
tcsh.manC shell with file name completion and command line editing[ tcsh ]
teepipe fitting
timetime a command
tkpaginator for the Tektronix 4014
tn3270full-screen remote login to IBM VM/CMS
touchupdate date last modified of a file
tpmanipulate tape archive
trtranslate characters
trofftext formatting and typesetting[ troff, nroff ]
trueprovide truth values[ true, false ]
tsorttopological sort
ttyget terminal name
uldo underlining
unifdefremove ifdef’ed lines
uniqreport repeated lines in a file
unitsconversion program
uptimeshow how long system has been up
userscompact list of users who are on the system
uucpunix to unix copy
uuxunix to unix command execution
vacationreturn “I am on vacation” indication
vgrindgrind nice listings of programs
viscreen oriented (visual) display editor based on ex
vmstatreport virtual memory statistics
vwidthmake troff width table for a font
wwho is on and what they are doing; system time up[ w, uptime ]
waitawait completion of process
wallwrite to all users
wcword count
whatshow what versions of object modules were used to construct a file
whatisdescribe what a command is
whichlocate a program file including aliases and paths (csh only)
whowho is on the system
whoisDARPA Internet user name directory service
windowwindow environment
writewrite to another user
xstrextract strings from C programs to implement shared strings
yaccyet another compiler-compiler
yesbe repetitively affirmative

1C

rcpremote file copy
rloginremote login
rshremote shell
ruptimeshow host status of local machines
rwhowho’s logged in on local machines
telnetuser interface to the TELNET protocol
tipconnect to a remote system[ tip, cu ]
uuencodeencode/decode a binary file for transmission via mail[ uuencode, uudecode ]
uulogdisplay UUCP log files
uunamelist names of UUCP hosts
uuqexamine or manipulate the uucp queue
uusendsend a file to a remote host

1G

graphdraw a graph
plotgraphics filters
splineinterpolate smooth curve

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rcsfreezefreeze a configuration of sources checked in under RCS
rcsintrointroduction to RCS commands
rcsmergemerge RCS revisions
rlogprint log messages and other information about RCS files

2 (intro)

acceptaccept a connection on a socket
accessdetermine accessibility of file
acctturn accounting on or off
adjtimecorrect the time to allow synchronization of the system clock
bindbind a name to a socket
brkchange data segment size[ brk, sbrk ]
chdirchange current working directory[ chdir, fchdir ]
chflagsset file flags[ chflags, fchflags ]
chmodchange mode of file
chownchange owner and group of a file
chrootchange root directory
closedelete a descriptor
connectinitiate a connection on a socket
creatcreate a new file
dupduplicate a descriptor[ dup, dup2 ]
execveexecute a file
exitterminate a process[ _exit ]
fcntlfile control
fetchifetch from user instruction space (2BSD)
flockapply or remove an advisory lock on an open file
forkcreate a new process
fperrget floating-point error registers (2BSD)
fsyncsynchronize a file’s in-core state with that on disk
getdtablesizeget descriptor table size
getfsstatget list of all mounted filesystems
getgidget group process identification[ getgid, getegid ]
getgroupsget group access list
gethostidget/set unique identifier of current host[ gethostid, sethostid ]
gethostnameget/set name of current host[ gethostname, sethostname ]
getitimerget/set value of interval timer[ getitimer, setitimer ]
getloginget/set login name[ getlogin, setlogin ]
getpagesizeget system page size
getpeernameget name of connected peer
getpgrpget process group
getpidget process identification[ getpid, getppid ]
getpriorityget/set program scheduling priority[ getpriority, setpriority ]
getrlimitcontrol maximum system resource consumption[ getrlimit, setrlimit ]
getrusageget information about resource utilization
getsocknameget socket name
getsockoptget and set options on sockets[ getsockopt, setsockopt ]
gettimeofdayget/set date and time[ gettimeofday, settimeofday ]
getuidget user identification[ getuid, geteuid ]
introintroduction to system calls and error numbers
ioctlcontrol device
killsend signal to a process
killpgsend signal to a process group
linkmake a hard link to a file
listenlisten for connections on a socket
locklock a process in primary memory (2BSD)
lseekmove read/write pointer
mkdirmake a directory file
mknodmake a special file
mountmount or remove file system[ mount, umount ]
nostkallow process to manage its own stack (2BSD)
openopen a file for reading or writing, or create a new file
physallow a process to access physical addresses (2BSD)
pipecreate an interprocess communication channel
profilexecution time profile
ptraceprocess trace
quotamanipulate disk quotas
readread input[ read, readv ]
readlinkread value of a symbolic link
rebootreboot system or halt processor
recvreceive a message from a socket[ recv, recvfrom, recvmsg ]
renamechange the name of a file
rmdirremove a directory file
selectsynchronous I/O multiplexing[ pselect, select ]
sendsend a message from a socket[ send, sendto, sendmsg ]
setgroupsset group access list
setpgrpset process group
setquotaenable/disable quotas on a file system
setregidset real and effective group ID
setreuidset real and effective user ID’s
setuidset user and group ID[ setuid, seteuid, setgid, setegid ]
shutdownshut down part of a full-duplex connection
sigactionsoftware signal facilities
sigaltstackset and/or get signal stack context
sigblockblock signals
sigpauseatomically release blocked signals and wait for interrupt
sigpendingget pending signals
sigprocmaskmanipulate current signal mask
sigreturnreturn from signal
sigsetmaskset current signal mask
sigstackset and/or get signal stack context
sigsuspendatomically release blocked signals and wait for interrupt
sigvecsoftware signal facilities
sigwaitwait for a signal
socketcreate an endpoint for communication
socketpaircreate a pair of connected sockets
statget file status[ stat, lstat, fstat ]
statfsget file system statistics[ statfs, fstatfs ]
swaponadd a swap device for interleaved paging/swapping
symlinkmake symbolic link to a file
syncupdate super-block
syscallindirect system call
truncatetruncate a file to a specified length
ucallcall a kernel subroutine from user mode (2BSD)
umaskset file creation mode mask
unlinkremove directory entry
utimesset file times
vforkspawn new process in a virtual memory efficient way
vhangupvirtually “hangup” the current control terminal
waitwait for process terminatation[ wait, waitpid, wait4, wait3 ]
writewrite output[ write, writev ]

3 (intro)

abortgenerate a fault
absinteger absolute value
assertprogram verification
atofconvert ASCII to numbers[ atof, atoi, atol ]
bstringbit and byte string operations[ bcopy, bcmp, bzero, ffs ]
compat-sys5System V compatibility routines[ memccpy, memchr, memcmp, memcpy, memset, strchr, strrchr, tempnam, tmpfile, tmpnam ]
cryptDES encryption[ crypt, setkey, encrypt ]
ctimeconvert date and time to ASCII[ ctime, localtime, gmtime, asctime, timezone, tzset ]
ctypecharacter classification macros[ isalpha, isupper, islower, isdigit, isxdigit, isalnum, isspace, ispunct, isprint, isgraph, iscntrl, isascii, toupper, tolower, toascii ]
daemonrun in the background
devnameget device name
directorydirectory operations[ opendir, readdir, telldir, seekdir, rewinddir, closedir ]
ecvtoutput conversion[ ecvt, fcvt, gcvt ]
endlast locations in program[ end, etext, edata ]
errformatted error messages[ err, verr, errx, verrx, warn, vwarn, warnx, vwarnx ]
execlexecute a file[ execl, execv, execle, execlp, execvp, exec, execve, exect, environ ]
exitterminate a process after flushing any pending output
frexpsplit into mantissa and exponent[ frexp, ldexp, modf ]
getdateconvert time and date from ASCII
getdiskget disk description by its name[ getdiskbyname ]
getenvmanipulate environmental variables[ getenv, setenv, unsetenv ]
getfsentget file system descriptor file entry[ getfsent, getfsspec, getfsfile, getfstype, setfsent, endfsent ]
getgrentget group file entry[ getgrent, getgrgid, getgrnam, setgrent, endgrent ]
getgrouplistcalculate group access list
gethostbynameget network host entry[ gethostbyname, gethostbyaddr, gethostent, sethostent, endhostent, herror ]
getloadavgget system load averages
getmntinfoget information about mounted file systems
getoptget option character from command line argument list
getpassread a password
getpwentget password file entries[ getpwent, getpwnam, getpwuid, setpassent, setpwfile, setpwent, endpwent ]
getsuboptget sub options from an argument
getttyentget ttys file entry[ getttyent, getttynam, setttyent, endttyent ]
getusershellget legal user shells[ getusershell, setusershell, endusershell ]
getwdget current working directory pathname
initgroupsinitialize group access list
insqueinsert/remove element from a queue[ insque, remque ]
introintroduction to C library functions
l3tolconvert between 3-byte and long integers (2BSD)[ l3tol, ltol3 ]
ldfpsload floating point status register
mallocmemory allocator[ malloc, free, realloc, calloc, alloca ]
mktempmake a unique file name
monitorprepare execution profile[ monitor, monstartup, moncontrol ]
ndbmdata base subroutines[ dbm_open, dbm_close, dbm_fetch, dbm_store, dbm_delete, dbm_firstkey, dbm_nextkey, dbm_error, dbm_clearerr ]
nfabortdump core and log it in a notesfile
nfcommenta user interface to the notesfile system
nlistget entries from name list
perrorsystem error messages[ perror, strerror ]
popeninitiate I/O to/from a process[ popen, pclose ]
psignalsystem signal messages[ psignal, sys_siglist ]
qsortquicker sort
randombetter random number generator; routines for changing generators[ random, srandom, initstate, setstate ]
rcmdroutines for returning a stream to a remote command[ rcmd, rresvport, ruserok ]
regexregular expression handler[ re_comp, re_exec ]
resolverresolver routines[ res_mkquery, res_send, res_init, dn_comp, dn_expand ]
rexecreturn stream to a remote command
scandirscan a directory[ scandir, alphasort ]
setbufstream buffering operations[ setbuf, setbuffer, setlinebuf, setvbuf ]
setjmpnon-local goto[ setjmp, longjmp ]
setmodemodify mode bits[ getmode, setmode ]
setruidset user and group ID[ setruid, setrgid ]
siginterruptallow signals to interrupt system calls
sigsetopsmanipulate signal sets[ sigemptyset, sigfillset, sigaddset, sigdelset, sigismember ]
sleepsuspend process execution[ sleep, usleep ]
strcspnspan the complement of a string
strftimeformat date and time
stringstring operations[ strcat, strncat, strcmp, strncmp, strcasecmp, strncasecmp, strcpy, strncpy, strlen, index, rindex ]
strpbrklocate multiple characters in string
strsepseparate strings
strspnspan a string
strstrlocate a substring in a string
strtokstring tokens
strtolconvert string value to a long
strtoulconvert a string to an unsigned long
swabswap bytes
sysctlget or set system information
syserrlstread system error messages from file[ syserrlst, __errlst ]
syslogcontrol system log[ syslog, vsyslog, openlog, closelog, setlogmask ]
systemissue a shell command
ttynamefind name of a terminal[ ttyname, isatty, ttyslot ]
ualarmschedule signal after specified time
unameget system identification
varargsvariable argument list

3C

alarmschedule signal after specified time
niceset program priority
pausestop until signal
randrandom number generator[ rand, srand ]
signalsimplified software signal facilities
sttyset and get terminal state (defunct)[ stty, gtty ]
timeget date and time[ time, ftime ]
timesget process times
utimeset file times
vallocaligned memory allocator

3F (intro)

abortabnormal termination
accessdetermine accessibility of a file
alarmexecute a subroutine after a specified time
besselof two kinds for integer orders[ bessel functions ]
bitand, or, xor, not, rshift, lshift bitwise functions
chdirchange default directory
chmodchange mode of a file
etimereturn elapsed execution time[ etime, dtime ]
exitterminate process with status
fdatereturn date and time in an ASCII string
flminreturn extreme values[ flmin, flmax, ffrac, dflmin, dflmax, dffrac, inmax ]
flushflush output to a logical unit
forkcreate a copy of this process
fseekreposition a file on a logical unit[ fseek, ftell ]
getargreturn command line arguments[ getarg, iargc ]
getcget a character from a logical unit[ getc, fgetc ]
getcwdget pathname of current working directory
getenvget value of environment variables
getlogget user’s login name
getpidget process id
getuidget user or group ID of the caller[ getuid, getgid ]
hostnmget name of current host
idatereturn date or time in numerical form[ idate, itime ]
indextell about character objects[ index, rindex, lnblnk, len ]
introintroduction to FORTRAN library functions
ioinitchange f77 I/O initialization
killsend a signal to a process
linkmake a link to an existing file
locreturn the address of an object
longinteger object conversion[ long, short ]
mallocmemory allocator[ malloc, free, falloc ]
perrorget system error messages[ perror, gerror, ierrno ]
plotf77 library interface to plot (3X) libraries. [ plot: openpl et al. ]
putcwrite a character to a fortran logical unit[ putc, fputc ]
qsortquick sort
randreturn random values[ rand, drand, irand ]
randombetter random number generator[ random, drandm, irandm ]
renamerename a file
signalchange the action for a signal
sleepsuspend execution for an interval
statget file status[ stat, lstat, fstat ]
systemexecute a UNIX command
timereturn system time[ time, ctime, ltime, gmtime ]
topenf77 tape I/O[ topen, tclose, tread, twrite, trewin, tskipf, tstate ]
trapertrap arithmetic errors
trapovtrap and repair floating point overflow
trpfpetrap and repair floating point faults[ trpfpe, fpecnt ]
ttynamfind name of a terminal port[ ttynam, isatty ]
unlinkremove a directory entry
waitwait for a process to terminate

3M

asinhinverse hyperbolic functions[ asinh, acosh, atanh ]
erferror functions[ erf, erfc ]
expexponential, logarithm, power[ exp, expm1, log, log10, log1p, pow ]
floorabsolute value, floor, ceiling, and round-to-nearest functions[ fabs, floor, ceil, rint ]
hypotEuclidean distance, complex absolute value[ hypot, cabs ]
ieeecopysign, remainder, exponent manipulations[ copysign, drem, finite, logb, scalb ]
infnansignals invalid floating-point operations on a VAX (temporary)
j0bessel functions[ j0, j1, jn, y0, y1, yn ]
lgammalog gamma function
mathintroduction to mathematical library functions
sintrigonometric functions and their inverses[ sin, cos, tan, asin, acos, atan, atan2 ]
sinhhyperbolic functions[ sinh, cosh, tanh ]
sqrtcube root, square root[ cbrt, sqrt ]

3N

byteorderconvert values between host and network byte order[ htonl, htons, ntohl, ntohs ]
getnetentget network entry[ getnetent, getnetbyaddr, getnetbyname, setnetent, endnetent ]
getprotoentget protocol entry[ getprotoent, getprotobynumber, getprotobyname, setprotoent, endprotoent ]
getserventget service entry[ getservent, getservbyport, getservbyname, setservent, endservent ]
inetInternet address manipulation routines[ inet_addr, inet_network, inet_ntoa, inet_makeaddr, inet_lnaof, inet_netof ]
nsXerox NS(tm)  address conversion routines[ ns_addr, ns_ntoa ]

3S

fcloseclose or flush a stream[ fclose, fflush ]
ferrorstream status inquiries[ ferror, feof, clearerr, fileno ]
fopenopen a stream[ fopen, freopen, fdopen ]
freadbuffered binary input/output[ fread, fwrite ]
fseekreposition a stream[ fseek, ftell, rewind ]
getcget character or word from stream[ getc, getchar, fgetc, getw ]
getsget a string from a stream[ gets, fgets ]
printfformatted output conversion[ printf, fprintf, sprintf, vfprintf, vsprintf ]
putcput character or word on a stream[ putc, putchar, fputc, putw ]
putsput a string on a stream[ puts, fputs ]
scanfformatted input conversion[ scanf, fscanf, sscanf ]
stdiostandard buffered input/output package
ungetcpush character back into input stream

3X

cursesscreen functions with “optimal” cursor motion
dbmdata base subroutines[ dbminit, fetch, store, delete, firstkey, nextkey ]
lib2648subroutines for the HP 2648 graphics terminal
mpmultiple precision integer arithmetic[ madd, msub, mult, mdiv, pow, gcd, invert, rpow, msqrt, mcmp, move, min, omin, fmin, m_in, mout, omout, fmout, m_out, sdiv, itom ]
plotgraphics interface[ plot: openpl, erase, label, line, circle, arc, move, cont, point, linemod, space, closepl ]
termcapterminal independent operation routines[ tgetent, tgetnum, tgetflag, tgetstr, tgoto, tputs ]

4 (intro)

accACC LH/DH IMP interface
bkline discipline for machine-machine communication (obsolete)
brEATON BR1537/BR1711 1538[A,B,C,D] moving head disk
consPDP-11 console interface
cssDEC IMP-11A LH/DH IMP interface
deDEC DEUNA 10 Mb/s Ethernet interface
dhDH-11/DM-11 communications multiplexer
dhuDHU-11 communications multiplexer
dhvDHV-11 communications multiplexer
dmcDEC DMC-11/DMR-11 point-to-point communications device
drDR11-W general purpose interface driver
dzDZ-11 communications multiplexer
ec3Com 10 Mb/s Ethernet interface
enXerox 3 Mb/s Ethernet interface
fd[ fd, stdin, stdout, stderr file descriptor files ]
hkRK6-11/RK06 and RK07 moving head disk
htTM-03/TE-16,TU-45,TU-77 MASSBUS magtape interface
hyNetwork Systems Hyperchannel interface
ilInterlan NI1010 10 Mb/s Ethernet interface
impconf1822 network interface[ imp ]
introintroduction to special files and hardware support
losoftware loopback network interface
lpline printer
memmain memory[ mem, kmem ]
mtioUNIX magtape interface
nsipsoftware network interface encapsulating ns packets in ip packets. 
nulldata sink
ptypseudo terminal driver
qeDEC DEQNA Q-bus 10 Mb/s Ethernet interface
raMSCP disk controller interface
ramram disk driver
rkRK-11/RK05 disk
rlRL-11/RL01, RL02 moving-head disk
rxDEC RX02 floppy disk
siSI 9500/CDC 9766 moving head disk
sriDR11-C IMP interface
swapswap device
tbline discipline for digitizing devices
tmTM-11/TE-10 magtape interface
tmscpDEC TMSCP magtape interface
tsTS-11 magtape interface
ttygeneral terminal interface
vvProteon proNET 10 Megabit ring
xpgeneric SMD moving-head disk

4F

inetInternet protocol family
nsXerox Network Systems(tm) protocol family

4N

networkingintroduction to networking facilities

4P

arpAddress Resolution Protocol
icmpInternet Control Message Protocol
idpXerox Internet Datagram Protocol
impIMP raw socket interface
ipInternet Protocol
sppXerox Sequenced Packet Protocol
tcpInternet Transmission Control Protocol
udpInternet User Datagram Protocol

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L-devicesUUCP device description file
L-dialcodesUUCP phone number index file
L.aliasesUUCP hostname alias file
L.cmdsUUCP remote command permissions file
L.sysUUCP remote host description file
USERFILEUUCP pathname permissions file
a.outassembler and link editor output
acctexecution accounting file
aliasesaliases file for sendmail
coreformat of memory image file
dbxdbx symbol table information
dirformat of directories
disktabdisk description file
dtabautomatic system configuration device table (2BSD)
dumpincremental dump format[ dump, ddate ]
fsformat of file system volume (2BSD)[ fs, inode ]
fstabstatic information about the filesystems
gettytabterminal configuration data base
groupgroup file
hostshost name data base
map3270database for mapping ascii keystrokes into IBM 3270 keys
networksnetwork name data base
passwdpassword files
phonesremote host phone number data base
plotgraphics interface
printcapprinter capability data base
protocolsprotocol name data base
remoteremote host description file
resolverresolver configuration file
servicesservice name data base
shellsshell database
stack2.10BSD PDP-11 C stack frame conventions
syserrlsterror message file format
tartape archive file format
termcapterminal capability data base
tpDEC/mag tape formats
ttysterminal initialization data
typesprimitive system data types
tzfiletime zone information
utmplogin records[ utmp, wtmp ]
uuencodeformat of an encoded uuencode file
vfontfont formats for the Benson-Varian or Versatec
vgrindefsvgrind’s language definition data base

5L

rcsfileformat of RCS file

6

aardvarkyet another exploration game
adventurean exploration game
arithmeticprovide drill in number facts
backgammonthe game
bannerprint large banner on printer
bcdconvert to antique media[ bcd, ppt ]
bjthe game of black jack
boggleplay the game of boggle
canfieldthe solitaire card game canfield[ canfield, cfscores ]
chessthe game of chess
chingthe book of changes and other cookies
cribbagethe card game cribbage
doctorinteract with a psychoanalyst
fishplay “Go Fish”
fortuneprint a random, hopefully interesting, adage
hangmanComputer version of the game hangman
hunta multi-player multi-terminal game
milleplay Mille Bournes
monopMonopoly game
mooguessing game
numberconvert Arabic numerals to English
quiztest your knowledge
rainanimated raindrops display
robotsfight off villainous robots
rogueExploring The Dungeons of Doom
snakedisplay chase game[ snake, snscore ]
trektrekkie game
ttttic-tac-toe
warpa real-time space war game
wordsword game
wormPlay the growing worm game
wormsanimate worms on a display terminal
wumpthe game of hunt-the-wumpus
zorkthe game of dungeon

7 (intro)

asciimap of ASCII character set
environuser environment
eqncharspecial character definitions for eqn
hierfile system hierarchy
hostnamehost name resolution description
intromiscellaneous useful information pages[ miscellaneous ]
mailaddrmail addressing description
manmacros to typeset manual
memacros for formatting papers
mstext formatting macros
termconventional names for terminals

8 (intro)

XNSroutedNS Routing Information Protocol daemon
adduserprocedure for adding new users
autoconfigconfigure the running system to the hardware
boot2.11BSD bootstrap proceedure
bugfilerfile bug reports in folders automatically
catmancreate the cat files for the manual
drteststandalone disk test program
dumpincremental file system dump
dumpdirprint the names of files on a dump tape[ dumpdir, 512dumpdir ]
fsckfile system consistency check and interactive repair
gettyset terminal mode
htableconvert NIC standard format host tables
idecrypt.manDecrypt tokens obtained from identd[ idecrypt ]
identd.manTCP/IP IDENT protocol server[ identd, in.identd ]
introintroduction to system maintenance and operation commands
lpcline printer control program
lpdline printer daemon
makedevmake system special files
makekeygenerate encryption key
mknfcreate and delete notesfiles[ mknf, rmnf ]
namedInternet domain name server
newsinputnotes/news gateway programs[ newsoutput, newsinput ]
newsoutputnotes/news gateway programs[ newsoutput, newsinput ]
nfaccessAdd access rights to a set of Notesfiles
nfadminChange the status of a set of Notesfiles
nfarchivearchive notesfiles
nfdumpnotesfile dump/load programs[ nfdump, nfload ]
nfloadnotesfile dump/load programs[ nfdump, nfload ]
nfmailaccept mail for a notesfile
nfrcvnotesfile networking programs[ nfxmit, nfrcv ]
nftimestampSet Notesfile sequencer timestamps
nfxmitnotesfile networking programs[ nfxmit, nfrcv ]
ntpquery an ntp clock
ntpdtime synchronization daemon implementing NTP
ntpdcmonitor operation of ntp daemon
pacprinter/plotter accounting information
rccommand script for auto-reboot and daemons
rdumpfile system dump across the network
rmnfcreate and delete notesfiles[ mknf, rmnf ]
routednetwork routing daemon
rrestorerestore a file system dump across the network
sccstorcsbuild RCS file from SCCS file
sendmailsend mail over the internet
stickypersistent text and append-only directories
syncupdate the super block
timedtime server daemon
timedctimed control program
uucicotransfer files queued by uucp or uux[ uucico, uucpd ]
uucleanuucp spool directory clean-up
uupollpoll a remote UUCP site
uuxqtUUCP execution file interpreter

8C

uusnapshow snapshot of the UUCP system

8V

crashwhat happens when the system crashes
formathow to format disk packs

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