plan 9 man section 1

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Plan 9 from Bell Labs - Section 1 - Commands

0intro - introduction to Plan 9: intro
8a - assemblers: 0a, 5a, 6a, 8a, 9a, ia, ja, ka, qa, va
8c - C compilers: 0c, 5c, 6c, 8c, 9c, ic, jc, kc, qc, vc
8l - loaders: 0l, 5l, 6l, 8l, 9l, il, jl, kl, ql, vl
abaco - browse the World-Wide Web: abaco, readweb
acid - debugger: acid, truss, trump
acme - interactive text windows: acme, win, awd
ar - archive and library maintainer: ar
ascii - interpret ASCII, Unicode characters: ascii, unicode
await - wait at most some seconds for a command to complete: await
awk - pattern-directed scanning and processing language: awk
basename - strip file name affixes: basename
bc - arbitrary-precision arithmetic language: bc
bind - change name space: bind, mount, unmount
bsplit - split binary data into fixed-size chunks: bsplit
bundle - collect files for distribution: bundle
cal - print calendar: cal
calendar - print upcoming events: calendar
calls - print static call graph of a C program: calls
cat - catenate files: cat, read
cb - C program beautifier: cb
chgrp - change file group: chgrp
chmod - change mode: chmod
cleanname - clean a path name: cleanname
cmp - compare two files: cmp
col - column alignment: col
colors - display color map: getmap, colors
comm - select or reject lines common to two sorted files: comm
con - remote login, execution, and XMODEM file transfer: con, telnet, rx, hayes, xms, xmr
cp - copy, move files: cp, fcp, mv
cpp - C language preprocessor: cpp
cpu - secure connection to CPU server: cpu
crop - frame, crop, and convert image: crop, iconv
date - date and time: date, clock
db - debugger: db
dc - desk calculator: dc
dd - convert and copy a file: dd
delkey - delete keys from factotum: delkey
deroff - remove formatting requests: deroff, delatex
diff - differential file comparator: diff
doc2txt - extract printable text from Microsoft documents: doc2txt, doc2ps, wdoc2txt, xls2txt, olefs, mswordstrings, msexceltables
doctype - intuit command line for formatting a document: doctype
du - disk usage: du
echo - print arguments: echo
ecp - fast copy, handling errors: ecp
ed - text editor: ed
emacs - editor macros: emacs
eqn - typeset mathematics: eqn
expect - dialer scripting tools: at, drain, expect, pass
faces - mailbox interface: faces, seemail, vwhois
factor - factor a number, generate large primes: factor, primes
fedex - track shipments: fedex, ups, usps
file - determine file type: file
filter - filtering mail: filter, list, deliver, token, vf
fmt - simple text formatters: fmt, htmlfmt
fortune - sample lines from a file: fortune
freq - print histogram of character frequencies: freq
grap - pic preprocessor for drawing graphs: grap
graph - draw a graph: graph
grep - search a file for a pattern: grep
gs - Aladdin Ghostscript (PostScript and PDF language interpreter): gs
gview - interactive graph viewer: gview
gzip - compress and expand data: gzip, gunzip, bzip2, bunzip2, lzip, lunzip, compress, uncompress, zip, unzip
hget - retrieve a web page corresponding to a url: hget
history - print file names from the dump: history
hoc - interactive floating point language: hoc
htmlroff - HTML formatting and typesetting: htmlroff
idiff - interactive diff: idiff
join - relational database operator: join
jpg - view and convert pictures: jpg, gif, png, ppm, bmp, v210, yuv, ico, togif, toppm, topng, toico
kbmap - show a list of available keyboard maps and switch between them.: kbmap
kill - print commands to kill processes: kill, slay, broke
ktrace - interpret kernel stack dumps: ktrace
leak - help find memory leaks: leak, kmem, umem
lens - interactive screen magnifier: lens
lex - generator of lexical analysis programs: lex
lock - run a command under lock: lock
look - find lines in a sorted list: look
lp - printer output: lp
ls - list contents of directory: ls, lc
mail - mail and mailboxes: mail, go.fishing
man - print or find pages of this manual: man, lookman, sig
marshal - formatting and sending mail: marshal
mc - multicolumn print: mc
mk - maintain (make) related files: mk, membername
mkdir - make a directory: mkdir
mlmgr - unmoderated mailing lists: ml, mlmgr, mlowner
mp3dec - decode audio MPEG files (layers 1, 2 and 3): mp3dec
mp3enc - create mp3 audio files: mp3enc
ms2html - convert between troff's ms macros and html: ms2html, html2ms
mtime - print file modification time: mtime
mug - convert an image to a face icon: mug
nedmail - reading mail: nedmail
netstat - summarize network connections: netstat
news - print news items: news
nm - name list (symbol table): nm
ns - display name space: ns
p - paginate: p
page - view FAX, image, graphic, PostScript, PDF, and typesetter output files: page
passwd - change or verify user password: passwd, netkey
patch - simple patch creation and tracking system: patch
pcc - APE C compiler driver: pcc
pic - troff and tex preprocessors for drawing pictures: pic, tpic
pipefile - attach filter to file in name space: pipefile
plot - graphics filter: plot
plumb - send message to plumber: plumb
pr - print file: pr
prof - display profiling data: prof, tprof, kprof
proof - troff output interpreter: proof
ps - process status: ps, psu
ps2pdf - convert between PostScript and PDF: ps2pdf, pdf2ps
ptrace - trace processes: ptrace, tron, pm
pump - copy asynchronously via a large circular buffer: pump
pwd - working directory: pwd, pbd
random - print truly random probability or string: random
ratrace - trace process system calls: ratrace
rc - command language: rc, cd, eval, exec, exit, flag, rfork, shift, wait, whatis, ., ~
replica - client-server replica management: changes, pull, push, scan
resample - resample a picture: resample
rio - window system: rio, label, window, wloc
rm - remove files: rm
rwd - maintain remote working directory: rwd, conswdir
sam - screen editor with structural regular expressions: sam, B, sam.save, samterm
seconds - convert human-readable date (and time) to seconds since epoch: seconds
secstore - secstore commands: aescbc, ipso, secstore
sed - stream editor: sed
seq - print sequences of numbers: seq
size - print size of executable files: size
sleep - suspend execution for an interval: sleep
soelim - preprocess so inclusion commands in troff input: soelim
sort - sort and/or merge files: sort
spell - find spelling errors: spell, sprog
spin - verification tool for models of concurrent systems: spin
split - split a file into pieces: split
src - find source code for executable: src
ssh1 - encrypted login and file copy with foreign systems via SSHv1: ssh1, sshnet, scp, sshserve
ssh2 - encrypted login and copy with foreign systems via SSHv2: ssh2, sshsession, rsa2ssh2
stop - print commands to stop and start processes: stop, start
strings - extract printable strings: strings
strip - remove symbols from binary files: strip
sum - sum and count blocks in a file: sum, md5sum, sha1sum
syscall - test a system call: syscall
tail - deliver the last part of a file: tail
tar - archiver: tar, dircp
tarsplit - split a tar archive into archives under some size, or combine archives: tarsplit, tarcat
tbl - format tables for nroff or troff: tbl
tcs - translate character sets: tcs
tee - pipe fitting: tee
tel - look in phone book: tel, iwhois
test - set status according to condition: test
thesaurus - search online thesaurus: thesaurus
time - time a command: time
tinyurl - shrink a URL: tinyurl
touch - set modification date of a file: touch
tr - translate characters: tr
trace - show (real-time) process behavior: trace
troff - text formatting and typesetting: troff, nroff, dpost
troff2html - convert troff output into HTML: troff2html
tweak - edit image files, subfont files, face files, etc.: tweak
uniq - report repeated lines in a file: uniq
units - conversion program: units
uptime - show how long the system has been running: uptime
vac - create, extract a vac archive on Venti: vac, unvac
venti - simple Venti clients: read, write, copy
vi - instruction simulators: 5i, ki, vi, qi
vnc - remote frame buffer server and viewer for Virtual Network Computing (VNC): vncs, vncv
vt - emulate a VT-100 or VT-220 terminal: vt
wc - word count: wc
weather - print weather report: weather
who - who is using the machine: who, whois
winwatch - monitor rio windows: winwatch
xd - hex, octal, decimal, or ASCII dump: xd
yacc - yet another compiler-compiler: yacc
yesterday - print file names from the dump: yesterday, diffy