The Monster Manual

The Monster Manual

This page lists the commands available in POSIX or modern FreeBSD, along with the short description provided by the whatis(1) command, links to manual pages in POSIX and FreeBSD, FreeBSD source code, number of Single Lines of Code (without comments), Languages identified, and eventual Jargon file entry..

POSIX commands

POSIX commands selected for reimplementation

Command	Whatis	POSIX	man	src	SLOC	Languages	Jargon	Comments
admin		posix					jargon
alias		posix		src	1	Bash
ar	create, modify, and extract from archives	posix	man(1)	src	1082	C
asa	interpret carriage-control characters	posix	man(1)	src	77	C
at	queue, examine or delete jobs for later execution	posix	man(1)	src	1065	C
awk	pattern-directed scanning and processing language	posix	man(1)	src	0		jargon
basename		posix		src	83	C
batch		posix					jargon
bc	arbitrary-precision decimal arithmetic language and calculator	posix	man(1)	src	57	C
bg	shell builtin	posix	man(1)
c99	standard C language compiler	posix	man(1)	src	66	C
cal	displays a calendar and the date of Easter	posix	man(1)
cat	concatenate and print files	posix	man(1)	src	350	C	jargon
cd		posix
cflow		posix
chgrp	change group	posix	man(1)
chmod	change file modes	posix	man(1)	src	261	C, Bash
chown	change file owner and group	posix	man(8)	src	353	C, Bash
cksum	display file checksums and block counts	posix	man(1)	src	356	C
cmp	compare two files	posix	man(1)	src	447	C, Bash
comm	select or reject lines common to two files	posix	man(1)	src	168	C, Bash
command		posix
compress	compress and expand data	posix	man(1)	src	854	C, Bash, Objective-C	jargon
cp	copy files	posix	man(1)	src	710	C, Bash
crontab	maintain crontab files for individual users (V3)	posix	man(1)
csplit	split files based on context	posix	man(1)	src	302	C, Bash
ctags	create a tags file	posix	man(1)	src	952	C
cut	cut out selected portions of each line of a file	posix	man(1)	src	346	C, Bash
cxref		posix
date	display or set date and time	posix	man(1)	src	731	C, Bash
dd	convert and copy a file	posix	man(1)	src	1419	C, Bash	jargon
delta		posix					jargon
df	display free disk space	posix	man(1)	src	425	C
diff	differential file and directory comparator	posix	man(1)	src	2090	C, Bash	jargon
dirname		posix		src	40	C
du	display disk usage statistics	posix	man(1)	src	478	C, Bash
echo	write arguments to the standard output	posix	man(1)	src	88	C, Bash
ed	text editor	posix	man(1)	src	2216	C, Bash, D, REBOL	jargon
env	set environment and execute command, or print environment	posix	man(1)	src	401	C
ex	text editors	posix	man(1)
expand	expand tabs to spaces, and vice versa	posix	man(1)	src	126	C
expr	evaluate expression	posix	man(1)	src	0
false	return false value	posix	man(1)	src	11	C
fc	shell builtin	posix	man(1)
fg	shell builtin	posix	man(1)
file		posix		src	0
find	walk a file hierarchy	posix	man(1)	src	1839	C, Bash
fold	fold long lines for finite width output device	posix	man(1)	src	164	C, Bash
fort77		posix
fuser	list IDs of all processes that have one or more files open	posix	man(1)
gencat	NLS catalog compiler	posix	man(1)	src	431	C
get		posix
getconf	retrieve standard configuration variables	posix	man(1)	src	344	C, Bash, Awk
getopts	shell builtin	posix	man(1)
grep	file pattern searcher	posix	man(1)	src	1464	C, Bash	jargon
hash		posix
head	display first lines of a file	posix	man(1)	src	208	C, Bash
iconv		posix		src	149	C
id	return user identity	posix	man(1)	src	343	C
ipcrm	remove the specified message queues, semaphore sets, and shared segments	posix	man(1)	src	199	C
ipcs	report System V interprocess communication facilities status	posix	man(1)	src	565	C
jobs	shell builtin	posix	man(1)
join	relational database operator	posix	man(1)	src	461	C, Bash
kill	terminate or signal a process	posix	man(1)	src	130	C
lex	fast lexical analyzer generator	posix	man(1)	src	5122	C, Awk
link		posix
ln	link files	posix	man(1)	src	353	C, Bash
locale	get locale-specific information	posix	man(1)	src	776	C, Bash
localedef	define locale environment	posix	man(1)	src	2936	C
logger	make entries in the system log	posix	man(1)	src	315	C
logname	display user's login name	posix	man(1)	src	29	C
lp		posix
ls	list directory contents	posix	man(1)	src	2232	C, Bash
m4	macro language processor	posix	man(1)	src	2433	C, Bash
mailx	send and receive mail	posix	man(1)
make	maintain program dependencies	posix	man(1)
man	display online manual documentation pages	posix	man(1)	src	691	Bash
mesg	display (do not display) messages from other users	posix	man(1)	src	56	C
mkdir	make directories	posix	man(1)	src	147	C, Bash
mkfifo	make fifos	posix	man(1)	src	59	C
more	opposite of more	posix	man(1)
mv	move files	posix	man(1)	src	543	C, Bash
newgrp	change to a new group	posix	man(1)	src	200	C
nice	execute a utility at an altered scheduling priority	posix	man(1)	src	58	C
nl	line numbering filter	posix	man(1)	src	267	C
nm		posix		src	0
nohup	invoke a utility immune to hangups	posix	man(1)	src	66	C
od	octal, decimal, hex, ASCII dump	posix	man(1)
paste	merge corresponding or subsequent lines of files	posix	man(1)	src	187	C
patch	apply a diff file to an original	posix	man(1)	src	2886	C, Bash	jargon
pathchk	check pathnames	posix	man(1)	src	114	C
pax	read and write file archives and copy directory hierarchies	posix	man(1)	src	6802	C, Perl
pr	print files	posix	man(1)	src	1223	C, Bash
printf	formatted output	posix	man(1)	src	509	C, Bash
prs		posix
ps	process status	posix	man(1)	src	2028	C
pwd	return working directory name	posix	man(1)	src	60	C
qalter		posix
qdel		posix
qhold		posix
qmove		posix
qmsg		posix
qrerun		posix
qrls		posix
qselect		posix
qsig		posix
qstat		posix
qsub		posix
read		posix
renice	alter priority of running processes	posix	man(8)	src	109	C
rm	remove directory entries	posix	man(1)	src	383	C, Bash
rmdel		posix
rmdir	remove directories	posix	man(1)	src	81	C, Bash
sact		posix
sccs		posix
sed	stream editor	posix	man(1)	src	2261	C, Bash
sh	command interpreter (shell)	posix	man(1)	src	10842	C, Bash
sleep	suspend execution for an interval of time	posix	man(1)	src	52	C	jargon
sort	sort or merge records (lines) of text and binary files	posix	man(1)	src	4148	C
split	split a file into pieces	posix	man(1)	src	261	C
strings		posix		src	0
strip		posix
stty	set the options for a terminal device interface	posix	man(1)	src	875	C
tabs	set terminal tabs	posix	man(1)	src	147	C
tail	display the last part of a file	posix	man(1)	src	1021	C, Bash
talk	talk to another user	posix	man(1)	src	835	C
tee	duplicate standard input	posix	man(1)	src	99	C	jargon
test		posix		src	599	C, Bash	jargon
time	time command execution	posix	man(1)	src	213	C
touch	change file access and modification times	posix	man(1)	src	267	C
tput	terminal capability interface	posix	man(1)	src	137	C, Bash
tr	translate characters	posix	man(1)	src	889	C, Bash
true	return true value	posix	man(1)	src	9	C
tsort	topological sort of a directed graph	posix	man(1)	src	253	C
tty	return user's terminal name	posix	man(1)	src	34	C	jargon
type		posix
ulimit		posix
umask		posix
unalias	shell builtin	posix	man(1)
uname	display information about the system	posix	man(1)	src	207	C
uncompress	compress and expand data	posix	man(1)
unexpand	expand tabs to spaces, and vice versa	posix	man(1)	src	140	C
unget		posix
uniq	report or filter out repeated lines in a file	posix	man(1)	src	256	C
unlink		posix
uucp		posix
uudecode	encode/decode a binary file	posix	man(1)	src	325	C, Bash
uuencode		posix		src	151	C, Bash
uustat		posix
uux		posix
val		posix
vi	text editors	posix	man(1)	src	21	C	jargon
wait		posix
wc	word, line, character, and byte count	posix	man(1)	src	262	C
what	show what versions of object modules were used to construct a file	posix	man(1)	src	80	C
who	display who is on the system	posix	man(1)	src	217	C
write	send a message to another user	posix	man(1)	src	218	C
xargs	construct argument list(s) and execute utility	posix	man(1)	src	570	C, Bash
yacc	an LALR(1) parser generator	posix	man(1)	src	6	Bash
zcat	compression/decompression tool using Lempel-Ziv coding (LZ77)	posix	man(1)

Other POSIX commands

FreeBSD /bin commands

FreeBSD /bin commands selected for reimplementation

Command	Whatis	man	src	SLOC	Languages	Jargon	Comments

/usr/src/bin/chflags<< chflags|change file flags|man(1)|src|173|C, Bash|| /usr/src/bin/chio<< chio|medium changer control utility|man(1)|src|777|C|| /usr/src/bin/csh<< csh|C shell with file name completion and command line editing|man(1)|src|147|C|| /usr/src/bin/domainname<< domainname|set or print name of current YP/NIS domain|man(1)|src|40|C|| /usr/src/bin/freebsd-version<< freebsd-version|freebsd-version(1) - print the version and patch level of the installed system|man(1)|src|0||| /usr/src/bin/getfacl<< getfacl|get ACL information|man(1)|src|229|C|| /usr/src/bin/hostname<< hostname|set or print name of current host system|man(1)|src|58|C|| /usr/src/bin/kenv<< kenv|dump or modify the kernel environment|man(1)|src|140|C|| pgrep|find or signal processes by name|man(1)||||| /usr/src/bin/pkill<< pkill|find or signal processes by name|man(1)|src|1484|Bash, C|| /usr/src/bin/pwait<< pwait|wait for processes to terminate|man(1)|src|357|Bash, C|| /usr/src/bin/realpath<< realpath|return resolved physical path|man(1)|src|40|C|| red|text editor|man(1)||||| /usr/src/bin/rmail<< rmail|handle remote mail received via uucp|man(8)|src|0||| /usr/src/bin/setfacl<< setfacl|set ACL information|man(1)|src|764|C|| /usr/src/bin/sync<< sync|force completion of pending disk writes (flush cache)|man(8)|src|14|C|jargon| /usr/src/contrib/tcsh<< tcsh|C shell with file name completion and command line editing|man(1)|src|40933|C, Tcsh, EmacsLisp|| /usr/src/bin/uuidgen<< uuidgen|generate universally unique identifiers|man(1)|src|76|C||

Other FreeBSD /bin commands

FreeBSD /usr/bin commands

FreeBSD /usr/bin commands selected for reimplementation

Other FreeBSD /usr/bin commands