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Table of Contents Commands(1) and Miscellaneous Facilities(S) Uutry(lM) ................................................................ try to contact remote system with debugging on m323rd(1M) ............................... read disk resident manufacturer's bad track list (For M68K only) m332xctl (lM) ...................................................................................................................... a control utility m4(1) .................................................................................................................................... macro processor mach(l) .......................................................................... display the processor type of the current host machid: m68k, m88k, pdpll, u3b, u3b5, u3bl5, vax, u370(1) ....... get processor type truth value mail, rmail(l) ........................................................................................... read mail or send mail to users mail_pipe(lM) ............................................................. invoke recipient command for incoming mail mailalias(l) ....................................................................................................... translate mail alias names mailstats(lM) ................................................................................ print statistics collected by sendmail mailx(l) ...................................................................................... interactive message processing system make(l) .......................................................... maintain, update, and regenerate groups of programs makedbm(lM) ................................................. make a Network Information Service (NIS) dbm file makedev(lM) .................................................................... adds /dev entries for generic devices table makefsys (lM) ................................................................................................................ create a file system makekey(l) .......................................................................................................... generate encryption key man(l) ...................................... display reference manual pages; find reference pages by keyword man(S) .................................................................................. macros to format Reference Manual pages mcs(l) ....................................................................... manipulate the comment section of an object file me(S) ............................................................................................................ macros for formatting papers mesg(l) ................................................................................................................ permit or deny messages message(lF) ................................................................................. put arguments on FMLI message line migration(lM) ................................................. move an archive from one set of volumes to another mk (lM) ................................................ remake the binary system and commands from source code mkapropos (1) .................................................................. create apropos list of manp age descriptions mkboot(lM) ................................................................... convert an object file to a bootable object file mkdir(l) .............................................................................................................................. make directories mkfifo(lM) .............................................................................................................. make FIFO special file mkfs (generic) (lM) ................................................................................................ construct a file system mkfs (bfs) (lM) ............................................................................................... construct a boot file system mkfs (sS) (lM) .................................................................................................. construct an sS file system mkmsgs(l) ..................................................................................... create message files for use by gettxt montbl(lM) ....................................................................................................... create monetary database more, page(l) ..................................................................................... browse or page through a text file mount, umount (generic) (lM) .................. mount or unmount file systems and remote resources mount (bfs) (lM) .................................................................................................... mount bfs file systems mount (lM) ................................................................................................. mount remote NFS resources mount(lM) ........................................................................................................... mount remote resources Table of Contents 1 Table of Contents mount (sS) (IM) .................................................................................................... mount an sS file system mount (ufs)(IM) .................................................................................................... mount ufs file systems mountall, umountall(IM) ...................................................... mount, unmount multiple file systems mountd(IM) .................................................................................................... NFS mount request server mountfsys, umountfsys (IM) ................................................................ mount, unmount a file system ms(S) ........................................................................................................................ text formatting macros mt(I) .......................................................................................................................... magnetic tape control mv(I) ............................................................................................................................................... move files mvdir(IM) ......................................................................................................................... move a directory mvme323 (lM) ....... adds I dev entries for hard disks in the Equipped Device Table (EDT) (For M68K only) mvme328 (lM) ................ add I dev entries for SCSI devices in the Equipped Device Table (EDT) mvme332xt(1M) ........................................................................................... create character device files mvme350(1M) ................ adds I dev entries for tapes in the Equipped Device Table (EDT) (For M68K only) mvme376(1M) .............. adds I dev entries for the MVME376 Ethernet Board in the Equipped Device Table mvmecpu (lM) ................................................................... create I dev entries for cpu related devices named, in.named (lM) .............................................................................. Internet domain name server nawk(I) ............................................................................... pattern scanning and processing language ncheck (generic) (IM) ....................................................... generate a list of path names vs i-numbers ncheck (sS) (IM) ...................................... generate path names versus i-numbers for sS file systems ncheck (ufs)(IM) ................................... generate pathnames versus i-numbers for ufs file systems netstat(IM) ................................................................................................................ show network status newaliases(IM) .............................................................. rebuild the data base for the mail aliases file newform(I) .............................................................................................. change the format of a text file newfs(IM) ...................................................................................................... construct a new file system newgrp (IM) .............................................................................................................. log in to a new group newkey(lM) ...................................................................... create a new key in the publickey database news(l) ............................................................................................................................... print news items nfsd (lM) ................................................................................................................................... NFS daemon nfsstat(lM) ............................................................................................... Network File System statistics nice(I) ....................................................................................................... run a command at low priority nl (1) .............................................................................................................................. line numbering filter nlsadmin (lM) .......................................................................... network listener service administration nm(I) ......................................................................................................... print name list of an object file nohup (1) ..................................................................... run a command immune to hangups and quits notify(l) ......................................................................................... notify user of the arrival of new mail nroff(l) ............................................................................. format documents for display or line-printer nslookup (lM) ...................................................... query DARPA Internet name servers interactively 2 Commands Reference Manual Table of Contents nsquery(lM) ............................................................................ Remote File Sharing name server query od(l) .............................................................................................................................................. octal dump offline(lM) .............................................................................................................. take a processor offline online(lM) ............................................................................................................ bring a processor online pack, peat, unpack(l) .................................................................................... compress and expand files pagesize(l) .................................................................................... display the size of a page of memory passmgmt(lM) ............................................................................................. password files management passwd(l) ................................................................ change login password and password attributes paste(l) ........................................... merge same lines of several files or subsequent lines of one file pathconv(lF) ....................................................................................... search FMLI criteria for filename pbind(lM) .................................................................................................... bind a process to a processor pexbind(lM) ......................................................................... exclusively bind processes to a processor pfmt(l) .................................................................................. display error message in standard format pg(l) ................................................................................................................... file perusal filter for CRTs pinfo (lM) ............................................................................................. get information about processors ping(lM) ..................................................... send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts pkgadd(lM) ............................................................................ transfer software package to the system pkgask(lM) ......................................................................................... stores answers to a request script pkgchk(lM) ............................................................................................... check accuracy of installation pkginfo (1) ................................................................................... display software package information pkgmk(l) ................................................................................................. produce an installable package pkgparam (1) .................................................................................... displays package parameter values pkgproto(l) ......................................................................................................... generate a prototype file pkgquest(lM) ................................................................................ formats and asks package questions pkgrm(lM) ..................................................................................... removes a package from the system pkgtrans(l) ......................................................................................................... translate package format plot, aedplot, bgplot, crtplot, dumbplot, gigiplot, hpplot, implot, t300, t300s, t4013, t450, tek(l) ................................................................................ graphics filters for various plotters pmadm(lM) ................................................................................................. port monitor administration postdaisy(l) ............................................................................ PostScript translator for Diablo 630 files postdmd(l) ........................................................................ PostScript translator for DMD bitmap files postio(l) ....................................................................................... serial interface for PostScript printers postmd(l) .................................................................... matrix display program for PostScript printers postplot(l) .......................................................................... PostScript translator for plot graphics files postprint (1) .......................................................................................... PostScript translator for text files postreverse (1) ....................................................................... reverse the page order in a PostScript file posttek(l) .......................................................................... PostScript translator for tektronix 4014 files powerdown(lM) .................................................................. stop all processes and turn off the power PPP (lM) ................................................................................ login shell for the Point-to-Point Protocol pppd(lM) .............................................................................................. Point-to-Point Protocol Daemon Table of Contents 3 Table of Contents pr(l) .................................................................................................................................................. print files printenv(l) ....................................................................... display environment variables currently set printf(l) .................................................................................................................. print formatted output priocntl(l) .......................................................................................................... process scheduler control prof(l) ............................................................................................................................ display profile data profiler: prfld, prfstat, prfdc, prfsnap, prfpr(lM) ............................................. UNIX system profiler prs(l) ................................................................................................................................. print an SCCS file prt (1) ........................................................ display the delta and commentary history of an SCCS file prtconf(lM) ..................................................................................................... print system configuration prtvtoc (lM) ......................................................................................... print the VTOC of a block device ps(l) ............................................................................................................................. report process status ps(l) ............................................................................................. display the status of current processes putdev(l) .......................................................................................................................... edits device table putdgrp(l) ............................................................................................................ edits device group table pwck, grpck(lM) ..................................................................................... password/group file checkers pwck(lM) ............................................................................................. check password database entries pwconv(lM) ..................... install and update /etc/shadow with information from /etc/passwd pwd(l) .................................................................................................................. working directory name quot(lM) ............................................................................................. summarize file system ownership quota(lM) .................................................................................... display a user's disk quota and usage quotacheck(lM) ......................................................................... file system quota consistency checker quotaon, quotaoff(lM) ..................................................................... tum file system quotas on and off random(l) ....................................................................................................... generate a random number rarpd(lM) ......................................................... DARPA Reverse Address Resolution Protocol server rcO(lM) ........................................................ run commands performed to stop the operating system rel (lM) .......................................................... run commands to bring system to administrative state rc2 (lM) .......................................................... run commands performed for multi-user environment rc3(1M) ......................................................................... run commands to start distributed file sharing rc6(1M) ................................... run commands performed to stop and reboot the operating system rep (lN) ................................................................................................................................ remote file copy rdate(lM) .......................................................................................... set system date from a remote host readfile, longline (lF) ..................................................................................... reads file, gets longest line reboot(lM) .................................................................................................... restart the operating system refer(l) .................................................. expand and insert references from a bibliographic database regcmp (1) ........................................................................................................ regular expression compile regex (lF) .................................................................................................. match patterns against a string reinit(lF) .............................................................................................................. runs an initialization file remove£ (lM) ................................................................................ remove a file from software database renice(lM) .......................................................................................... alter priority of running processes repquota(lM) ................................................................................... summarize quotas for a file system 4 Commands Reference Manual __ Table of Contents reset (lF) ...................................................................... reset the current form field to its default values restore(lM) ........................................................... initiate restores of filesystems, data slices, or disks rexecd(lM) ........................................................................................................... remote execution server rfadmin(lM) .................................................................... Remote File Sharing domain administration rfpasswd(lM) ................................................................... change Remote File Sharing host password rfstart(lM) .......................................................................................................... start Remote File Sharing rfstop (lM) .......................................................................... stop the Remote File Sharing environment rfuadmin(lM) ................................................................. Remote File Sharing notification shell script rfudaemon(lM) ........................................................................... Remote File Sharing daemon process rlogin(lN) .................................................................................................................................. remote login rlogind (lM) .................................................................................................................. remote login server rm, rmdir(l) ...................................................................................................... remove files or directories rmdel(l) ................................................................................................ remove a delta from an SCCS file rmntstat(lM) ............................................................................ display mounted resource information rmnttry(lM) ..................................................................... attempt to mount queued remote resources rmount(lM) ............................................................................................. queue remote resource mounts rmountall, rumountall(lM) .................................. mount, unmount Remote File Sharing resources roffbib (1) .............................................................................. format and print a bibliographic database route (lM) ................................................................................ manually manipulate the routing tables routed (lM) ......................................................................................................... network routing daemon rpcbind(lM) ................................................... universal addresses to RPC program number mapper rpcgen(l) ........................................................................................................... an RPC protocol compiler rpcinfo (lM) .......................................................................................................... report RPC information rsh(l) ........................................................................................................................................... remote shell rshd(lM) ......................................................................................................................... remote shell server rsnotify(lM) display or modify the information identifying the individual in charge of restore requests rsoper(lM) ........................ service pending restore requests and service media insertion prompts rsstatus(lM) ...................................................................... report the status of posted restore requests rumount (lM) ........................................................................... cancel queued remote resource request run(lF) .............................................................................................................................. run an executable runacct(lM) ............................................................................................................... run daily accounting ruptime(l) ........................................................................................ show host status of local machines rusers(l) ............................................................................................. who's logged in on local machines rpc.rusersd (lM) ................................................................................................ network username server rwall(lM) .............................................................................................. write to all users over a network rpc.rwalld (lM) .......................................................................................................... network rwall server rwho(l) .............................................................................................. who's logged in on local machines rwhod, in.rwhod (lM) ............................................................................................... system status server sac(lM) .................................................................................................................. service access controller Table of Contents 5