Plan 9 from Bell Labs - Section 1 - Commands

0intro - introduction to Plan 9

intro

2a - assemblers

0a, 1a, 2a, 5a, 6a, 8a, ka, qa, va

2c - C compilers

0c, 1c, 2c, 5c, 6c, 7c, 8c, kc, qc, tc, vc

2l - loaders

0l, 1l, 2l, 5l, 6l, 8l, kl, ql, tl, vl

5e - user-mode ARM emulation

5e

abaco - browse the World-Wide Web

abaco

acid - debugger

acid, truss, trump

acme - interactive text windows

acme, win

acmemail - view mail in acme

Mail

alarm - ask for delayed note

alarm

ar - archive and library maintainer

ar

ascii - interpret ASCII, Unicode characters

ascii, unicode

atari - emulator

2600

audio - decode and encode audio files

mp3dec, mp3enc, oggdec, oggenc, flacdec, flacenc, sundec, wavdec, pcmconv, mixfs

awk - pattern-directed scanning and processing language

awk

bar - display a bar

bar

basename - strip file name affixes

basename

bc - arbitrary-precision arithmetic language

bc

bind - change name space

bind, mount, unmount

bitsyload - bitsy-specific utilities

bitsyload, light, pencal, keyboard, params, prompter

blit - Blit emulator

blit

bullshit - assemble a stream of bullshit from words in a file

bullshit

bundle - collect files for distribution

bundle

cal - print calendar

cal

calendar - print upcoming events

calendar

camv - USB camera display

camv

cat - catenate files

cat, read

cb - C program beautifier

cb

chdev - change kernel driver access

chdev

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

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

derp - directory-examining recursive compare

derp

dial - connect to a remote service

dial

diff - differential file comparisons

diff, merge3

dmid - MIDI to OPL3 converter using GENMIDI-type instrument banks

dmid

doc2txt - extract printable text from Microsoft documents

doc2txt, doc2ps, wdoc2txt, xls2txt, olefs, mswordstrings, msexceltables

doctype - intuit command line for formatting a document

doctype

dpic - Doom picture decoder and encoder

dpic, todpic

dtracy - dynamic tracing language

dtracy

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

evdump - dump input and window events

evdump

expect - dialer scripting tools

at, drain, expect, pass

faces - mailbox interface

faces, seemail, vwhois

factor - factor a number, generate large primes

factor, primes

file - determine file type

file

filter - filtering mail

filter, list, deliver, token, vf

fmt - simple text formatters

fmt, htmlfmt

fontsel - a font selector program

fontsel

forp - formula prover

forp

fortune - sample lines from a file

fortune, theo, troll

fplot - plot elementary function

fplot

freq - print histogram of character frequencies

freq

fstype - determine file system type

fstype

galaxy - galactic n-body simulator

galaxy, mkgalaxy

git - Manage git repositories.

git, git/conf, git/query, git/walk, git/clone, git/branch, git/commit, git/diff, git/init, git/log, git/merge, git/push, git/pull, git/rm, git/serve

grap - pic preprocessor for drawing graphs

grap

graph - draw a graph

graph

grep - search a file for a pattern

grep, g

gs - Aladdin Ghostscript (PostScript and PDF language interpreter)

gs

gview - interactive graph viewer

gview

gzip - compress and expand data

gzip, gunzip, bzip2, bunzip2, compress, uncompress, zip, unzip

hget - retrieve, post to a web page corresponding to a url

hget, hpost, webpaste, urlencode

history - print file names from the dump

history

hoc - interactive floating point language

hoc

hold - simple text editor

hold

htmlroff - HTML formatting and typesetting

htmlroff

idiff - interactive diff

idiff

io - access PC I/O registers

io

ircrc - internet relay chat client

ircrc

join - relational database operator

join

joy - joystick input for games

joy

jpg - view and convert pictures

jpg, gif, png, tif, ppm, bmp, v210, yuv, ico, tga, tojpg, togeordi, togif, toppm, topng, totif, toico

kbmap - show a list of available keyboard maps and switch between them.

kbmap, kbremap

kill - print commands to kill processes

kill, slay, broke, dontkill

ktrace - interpret kernel stack dumps

ktrace

ktrans - language transliterator

ktrans

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

mines - minesweeper

mines

mix - MIX assembler and emulator

mix

mk - maintain (make) related files

mk, membername

mkdir - make a directory

mkdir

mlmgr - unmoderated mailing lists

ml, mlmgr, mlowner

mothra - retrieve and display World-Wide Web files

mothra

mpc - extended precision arithmetic code generator

mpc

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

mus - MUS to MIDI converter and DMX decoder

mus, dmxdec

nedmail - reading mail

nedmail

netstat - summarize network connections

netstat

news - print news items

news

newt - network news transport protocol (NNTP) client

newt

nietzsche - print out Nietzsche quote

nietzsche

nintendo - emulators

gb, gba, nes, snes

nm - name list (symbol table)

nm

ns - display name space

ns

opl3 - OPL3 chip emulator

opl3

orca - an esoteric programming language designed to quickly create procedural sequencers

orca

os - interface to host OS commands (drawterm only)

os

p - paginate

p

page - view FAX, image, graphic, PostScript, PDF, and typesetter output files

page

paint - create image files by drawing with a mouse or other pointing device

paint

passwd - change or verify user password

passwd, netkey

patch - apply patches

patch

pc - programmer's calculator

pc

pcc - APE C compiler driver

pcc

pic - troff preprocessor for drawing pictures

pic

pipefile - attach filter to file in name space

pipefile

play - simple audio player

play

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, pstree

ps2pdf - convert between PostScript and PDF

ps2pdf, pdf2ps

pump - copy asynchronously via a large circular buffer

pump

pwd - working directory

pwd, pbd

qr - generate QR code

qr

ratrace - trace process system calls

ratrace

rc - command language

rc, cd, eval, exec, exit, flag, rfork, shift, wait, whatis, ., ~

rcpu - connection to CPU server

rcpu, rimport, rexport, rconnect

reform - MNT Reform 2 support utilities

audio, pm, shortcuts

replica - client-server replica management

changes, pull, push, scan

resample - resample a picture

resample, resize

rio - window system

rio, label, window, wloc

riow - keyboard-controller for rio(1)

riow

rm - remove files

rm

rotate - rotate or mirror a picture

rotate

rwd - maintain remote working directory

rwd, conswdir

sam - screen editor with structural regular expressions

sam, B, sam.save, samterm

scream - multicast audio protocol

screamsend, screamrecv, screamenc, screamdec

seconds - convert human-readable date (and time) to seconds since epoch

seconds

secstore - secstore commands

aescbc, ipso, secstore

sed - stream editor

sed

seg - access a named segment

seg

sega - emulator

md

seq - print sequences of numbers

seq

size - print size of executable files

size

sleep - suspend execution for an interval

sleep

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

spred - sprite editor

spred

src - find source code for executable

src, Bfn

ssam - stream interface to sam

ssam

ssh - secure shell remote login client

ssh

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

sysinfo - report information about, update the system

sysinfo, sysupdate

tail - deliver the last part of a file

tail

tap - follow the pipes of a process

tap

tar - archiver

tar, dircp

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

timepic - troff preprocessor for drawing timing diagrams

timepic

timmy - physics sandbox

timmy

tinyurl - shrink a URL

tinyurl

torrent - bittorrent client

torrent

touch - set modification date of a file

touch

tput - measure read throughput

tput

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

troff2png - miscellaneous text processing tools

troff2png, troff2gif

tweak - edit image files, subfont files, face files, etc.

tweak

uhtml - convert foreign character set HTML file to unicode

uhtml

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

vdiff - a visual diff viewer

vdiff

venti - simple Venti clients

read, write, copy

vi - instruction simulators

5i, ki, vi, qi

vmx - virtual PC

vmx

vnc - remote frame buffer server and viewer for Virtual Network Computing (VNC)

vncs, vncv

vocdec - decode and encode VOC files

vocdec, vocenc

vt - emulate a VT-100 or VT-220 terminal

vt

walk - walk a path

walk

wc - word count

wc

who - who is using the machine

who, whois

winwatch - monitor rio windows

winwatch

xargs - construct argument list and execute

xargs

xd - hex, octal, decimal, or ASCII dump

xd

yacc - yet another compiler-compiler

yacc

yesterday - print file names from the dump

yesterday, diffy

zuke - graphical music player

mkplist, zuke