Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Obsolete/SystemBinCommands


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Dec 3, 2010, 5:23:55 AM (13 years ago)
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scottmc
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Initial import of system commands, this was researched by Daniel Marth as a GCI task.

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     1|| Command || Function || Version || Part of package? ||
     2|| CortexAddOnHost || Starts service to monitor audio and video media add-ons in use. ||  ||
     3|| ReadOnlyBootPrompt || Language setup. ||  ||
     4|| [ || Check file types and compare values. ||  ||
     5|| addattr || Writes an attribute to a node, taking the type into account and converting the values accordingly. ||  ||
     6|| alert || Show a message box. ||  ||
     7|| arp || Manipulate the system ARP cache. ||  ||
     8|| awk || See gawk.3.1.3 ||  ||
     9|| base64 || Base64 encode or decode to standard output. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     10|| basename || Strip directory and optionally suffix from filenames. || 8.4 ||  GNU coreutils
     11|| bash || Bourne-Again Shell || 4.0.35 ||
     12|| bc || An arbitrary precision calculator language. || 1.06 ||
     13|| beep || Ring a bell. ||  ||
     14|| bootman || Install or uninstall boot-menu. ||  ||
     15|| bunzip2 || See bzip2. || 1.05 ||
     16|| bzip2 || Block-sorting file compressor. || 1.05 ||  ||
     17|| c++ || C++-Compiler || 2.95.3 ||
     18|| cal || Display a calendar. ||  ||
     19|| cat || Concatenate files and print on the standard output. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     20|| catattr || Show attributes of a node. ||  ||
     21|| cc || C-Compiler || 2.95.3 ||
     22|| checkfs || Check file system. ||  ||
     23|| checkitout || Wraps URL mime types around command line applications or other apps that don't handle them directly. ||  ||
     24|| chgrp || Change group of files. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     25|| chmod || Change file mode bits. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     26|| chop || Split file into smaller files. ||  ||
     27|| chown || Change the owner and group of files. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     28|| chroot || Run commands within specified root directory. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     29|| cksum || Print CRC checksum and byte counts of files. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     30|| clear || Clear the terminal window. ||  ||
     31|| clockconfig || Configure clock. ||  ||
     32|| cmp || Compare files byte by byte. || 2.8.1 || GNU diffutils
     33|| collectcatkeys ||  ||  ||
     34|| comm || Compare sorted files line by line. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     35|| compress || Data compression program. || 4.0 ||
     36|| consoled || Console daemon ||  ||
     37|| copyattr || Copies attributes from one or more files or directories, with all or a specified subset of their attributes, to another || location. ||  ||
     38|| cp || Copy files and directories. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     39|| csplit || Output pieces of files separated by patterns to files and output byte counts of each piece to standard output. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils ||
     40|| ctags || Generate an index file for a variety of lanugage objects found in files || 5.7 ||
     41|| cut || Remove sections from each line of files. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     42|| date || Display the current time in the given format or set the system date. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     43|| dc || Desk Calculator language. || 1.3 || GNU bc
     44|| dd || Copy a file, converting and formatting according operands. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     45|| desklink || Link items in deskbar. ||  ||
     46|| df || Report file system disk space usage. ||  ||
     47|| diff || Compare files line by line. || 2.8.1 || GNU diffutils
     48|| diff3 || Compare 3 files line by line. || 2.8.1 || GNU diffutils
     49|| dircolors || Color setup for ls. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     50|| dirname || Print path with its trailing component removed. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     51|| draggers || Show/set draggers state. ||  ||
     52|| driveinfo || Show hardware information. ||  ||
     53|| dstcheck || Daylight Saving Time check. ||  ||
     54|| du || Summarize disk usage of each file, recursively for directories. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     55|| dumpcatalog || [Leftover from the move of locale-kit.] ||  ||
     56|| echo || Display a line of text.
     57|| egrep || See grep. || 2.5.1 || GNU grep
     58|| eject || Eject removable media. ||  ||
     59|| env || Run a program in a modified environment. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     60|| error || Prints clear text error messages for given error numbers. ||  ||
     61|| expand || Convert tabs in each file to spaces, writing to standard output. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     62|| expr || Print value of expression to standard output. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     63|| factor || Print the prime factors of each specified integer number. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     64|| false || Do nothing, unsuccessfully. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     65|| fdinfo || Shows info about the used file descriptors in the system. ||  ||
     66|| ffm || Set if focus follows mouse. ||  ||
     67|| fgrep || See grep. || 2.5.1 || GNU grep
     68|| filepanel || Display a load/save file panel. ||  ||
     69|| find || Search for files in a directory hierarchy. || 4.2.33 ||
     70|| finddir || Find directory using a constant. ||  ||
     71|| fmt || Reformat each paragraph in the listed files, wiritng to standard output. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     72|| fold || Wrap input lines in each file, writing to standard output. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     73|| fortune || Print a random, hopefully interesting, adage. ||  ||
     74|| frcode || Called by updatedb to compress the list of file names using front-compression. || 4.2.33 ||
     75|| freetype-config || Get FreeType compilation and linking information. || 9.20.3 ||
     76|| ftp || Internet file transfer program. ||  ||
     77|| ftpd || FTP daemon. ||  ||
     78|| funzip || Extracts to stdout the gzip file or first zip entry of stdin or the given file. || 3.94 ||
     79|| fwcontrol || FireWire control program. ||  ||
     80|| gawk || Pattern scanning and processing language. || 3.1.3 ||
     81|| gdb || GNU debugger. || 6.3 ||
     82|| getlimits || Output platform dependent limits in a format useful for shell scripts. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     83|| grep || Search for pattern. || 2.5.1 || GNU grep
     84|| groups || Print group memberships for each username. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     85|| gunzip || See gzip. || 1.2.4 ||
     86|| gzexe || Compress and decompress executeables. ||  ||
     87|| gzip || Compress files. || 1.2.4 ||
     88|| hd || Hexdump. ||  ||
     89|| head || Print the first 10 lines of each file to standard output. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     90|| hey || A small scripting utility. || 1.2.8 ||
     91|| hostname || Print or set the hostname of the current system. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     92|| id || Print user and group information. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     93|| ident || Identify RCS keyword in files. ||  ||
     94|| ifconfig || Configure a network interface. ||  ||
     95|| install || Copy files into destination locations. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     96|| install-wifi-firmwares.sh || Install firmware for various wireless network cards. ||  ||
     97|| installoptionalpackage || Temporary solution for installing optional packages. ||  ||
     98|| installsound || Install a new named sound event in the sounds preferences panel. ||  ||
     99|| iroster || List input devices. ||  ||
     100|| isvolume || Get volume information. ||  ||
     101|| join || For each pair of input lines with identical jon fields, write a line to standard output. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     102|| kernel_debugger || Enters the kernel debugger with the optional message. ||  ||
     103|| keymap || Show and edit keymap. ||  ||
     104|| kill || Send a signal to a process. ||  ||
     105|| less || Show file with backward and forward movement. ||  ||
     106|| lessecho || Echos its arguments on standard output. But any argument containing spaces is enclosed in quotes. ||  ||
     107|| lesskey || Specify key binding for less. ||  ||
     108|| link || Create a link to a file. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     109|| linkcatkeys || [Leftover from the move of locale-kit.] ||  ||
     110|| listarea || Lists area info for all currently running teams. ||  ||
     111|| listattr || List file attributes. ||  ||
     112|| listdev || Display devices in a user friendly way. ||  ||
     113|| listimage || Lists image info for all currently running teams. ||  ||
     114|| listport || Lists all open ports in the system organized by team. ||  ||
     115|| listres || LIst resources of files. ||  ||
     116|| listsem || List the semaphores allocated by the specified team. ||  ||
     117|| listusb || List USB devices. ||  ||
     118|| ln || Make links between files.. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     119|| locate || Locate a file. || 4.2.33 ||
     120|| logger || Send a message to the system logging facility. ||  ||
     121|| login || Begin session on the system. ||  ||
     122|| logname || Print the name of the current user. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     123|| ls || List directory content. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     124|| lsindex || Display the indexed attributes on the current volume/partition. ||  ||
     125|| mail2mbox ||  || Convert BeOS e-mail files into Unix mailbox files. ||  ||
     126|| make || GNU make utility to maintain groups of programs. || 3.81 ||
     127|| makebootable || Makes the specified BFS partitions/devices bootable by writing boot code into the first two sectors. ||  ||
     128|| mbox2mail || Convert Unix mailbox files into e-mail files for use with BeOS.. ||  ||
     129|| md5sum || Print or check MD5 checksums. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     130|| merge || Three-way file merge. ||  ||
     131|| message || Print a message. ||  ||
     132|| mimeset || Set mimetype of a file. ||  ||
     133|| mkdepend || Makefile Dependency Generator. || 1.7 ||
     134|| mkdir || Create directory. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     135|| mkdos || Initialize FAT16 or FAT32 partitions. ||  ||
     136|| mkfifo || Create named pipes with the given names. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     137|| mkfs || Build a file system. ||  ||
     138|| mkindex || Create a new index of the specified attribute. ||  ||
     139|| mktemp || Create a temporary file or directory, safely and print its name. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     140|| modifiers || Asserts (un)pressed modifier keys. ||  ||
     141|| more || See less. ||  ||
     142|| mount || Mount a file system. ||  ||
     143|| mount_nfs || Mount NFS partition. ||  ||
     144|| mountvolume || Mounts a volume if given. Lists info about mounted and mountable volumes and mounts/unnmounts volumes. ||  ||
     145|| mv || Move file. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     146|| netcat || Utility to do anyithing involving TCP or UDP.. ||  ||
     147|| netstat || Print network connections, routing tables, interface statistics, masquerade connections and multicast memberships. ||  ||
     148|| nl || Write each file to standard output with line numbers added. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     149|| nohup || Run command ignoring hangup signals. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     150|| nproc || Print the number of processing units available to the current process which may be less than the number of online processors. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils ||
     151|| od || Write an unambiguous representation, octal bytes per default of files to standard output. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     152|| open || Launches an application/document from the shell. ||  ||
     153|| passwd || Change user password. ||  ||
     154|| paste || Write lines consisting of the sequentially corresponding lines from each file, separated by tabs to standard output. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     155|| patch || Apply a diff file to an orignal. ||  ||
     156|| pathchk || Diagnose invalid or unportable file names. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     157|| pc || Programmer's calculator. ||  ||
     158|| ping || Send ICMP-echo-request to network host. ||  ||
     159|| play || Play tracks from device. ||  ||
     160|| playfile || Play tracks from a file. ||  ||
     161|| playsound || Play a sound. ||  ||
     162|| playwav || Play wav-file. ||  ||
     163|| pr || Paginate or columnate files for printing. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     164|| printenv || Print the values of the specified environment variables. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     165|| printf || Format and print data. ||  ||
     166|| prio || Change priority of a process. ||  ||
     167|| profile || Profiles threads. ||  ||
     168|| ps || List running processes. ||  ||
     169|| ptx || Output a permuted index, including context, of the words in the input files. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     170|| pwd || Print current directory. ||  ||
     171|| query || A shell utility for somewhat emulating the Tracker's "Find By Formula" functionality. ||  ||
     172|| quit || Quit application. ||  ||
     173|| rc || Resource compiler. || 1.1 ||
     174|| readlink || Print value of a symbolic link or canonical file name. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     175|| reindex || Put the attributes of existing files into newly created index of a volume/partition. ||  ||
     176|| release || Release a semaphore. ||  ||
     177|| renice || Alter priority of running process. ||  ||
     178|| rlog ||  || Print log messages and other information about RCS files. ||
     179|| rm || Remove files  and directories. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     180|| rmattr || Remove an attribute from a file. ||  ||
     181|| rmdir || Remove directory. || 8.4 || GNU. coreutils
     182|| rmindex || Remove an attribute from the index of a volume/partition. ||  ||
     183|| roster || Print information about teams. ||  ||
     184|| route || List and manipulate network routes. ||  ||
     185|| safemode || Print if running in safemode. ||  ||
     186|| screen_blanker || Blank screen. ||  ||
     187|| screenmode || Sets the specified screen mode. ||  ||
     188|| sdiff || Side-by-side merge of file differences || 2.8.1 || GNU diffutils
     189|| seq || Print numbers from FIRST to LAST, in steps of INCREMENT. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     190|| setdecor || List and change decor. ||  ||
     191|| setgcc || Prints or sets the current gcc version. ||  ||
     192|| settype || Sets the MIME type, signature, and/or preferred application of one or more files. ||  ||
     193|| setversion || Show version of file. ||  ||
     194|| setvolume || Set the volume. ||  ||
     195|| setwep || Provides WEP encryption. ||  ||
     196|| sh || See bash. || 4.0.35 ||
     197|| sha1sum || Print or check SHA1 checksums. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     198|| shar || Makes so-called shell archives out of many files. || 4.2.1 || GNU sharutils
     199|| shred || Overwrite the specified files repeatedly. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     200|| shuf || Write a random permutation of the input lines to standard output. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     201|| shutdown || Shutdown the computer. ||  ||
     202|| sleep || Pause for a specified number of seconds. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     203|| sort || Write sorted concatenation of all files to standard output. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     204|| spamdbm || Classif e-mail messages as spam and regular genuine messages. ||  ||
     205|| split || Output fixed-size pieces of input files to files with prefixes. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     206|| stat || Display file or file system status. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     207|| strace || Traces the syscalls of a thread or a team. ||  ||
     208|| stty || Print or change terminal characteristics. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     209|| su || Change the effective user id and group. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     210|| sum || Print checksum and block counts for each file. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     211|| sync || Force changed blocks to disk, update the super block. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     212|| sysinfo || Show system info. ||  ||
     213|| tac || Write each file to standard output, last line first. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     214|| tail || Print the last 10 lines of each file to standard output. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     215|| tcpdump || Dump traffic on a network. || 3.9.5 ||
     216|| tcptester || [deprecated] ||  ||
     217|| tee || Copy standard input to each file and also to standard output. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     218|| telnet || User interface to the telnet protocol. ||  ||
     219|| telnetd || Telnet daemon. ||  ||
     220|| test || Check file types and compare values. ||  ||
     221|| timeout || Start command and kill it if still running after a specified number of seconds. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     222|| top || Display tasks. ||  ||
     223|| touch || Change file timestamps. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     224|| tput || Initialize a terminal or query terminfo database. ||  ||
     225|| tr || Translate, squeeze and/or delete characters from the standard input, writing to standard output || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     226|| traceroute || Print the route packets trace to network host. || 1.4a12 ||
     227|| translate || Translate app. ||  ||
     228|| trash || Send files to trash or restore them. ||  ||
     229|| true || Do nothing, successfully. ||  ||
     230|| truncate || Shrink or extend the size of each file to the specified size. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     231|| tsort || Write totally ordered list consistent with the  partial ordering in file. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     232|| tty || Print the file name of the terminal connected to the standard output || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     233|| uname || Print certain system information. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     234|| unchop || Recreate a file previously split with chop. ||  ||
     235|| unexpand || Convert blanks in each file to tabs, writing to standard output. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     236|| uniq || Filter adjacent matching lines from input writing to output. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     237|| unlink || Call the unlink function to remove the specified file. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     238|| unmount || Unmount partition. ||  ||
     239|| unrar || Unrar file. ||  ||
     240|| unshar || Unshar file. ||  ||
     241|| untrash || See trash. ||  ||
     242|| unzip || Unzip file. ||  ||
     243|| unzipsfx || Extract files in list, except those specified. || 5.50 ||
     244|| updatedb || Update a database for locate. ||  ||
     245|| uptime || Prints the current date and time, as well as the time elapsed since the system was started. ||  ||
     246|| urlwrapper || Wrap URL mime types around command line or other apps that don't handle them directly. ||  ||
     247|| useradd || Create new user. ||  ||
     248|| uudecode || Create the specified file, decoding as you go. ||  ||
     249|| uuencode || Encode a file so it can be mailed to a remote system. ||  ||
     250|| vdir || List information about files. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     251|| version || Returns the version of a file. ||  ||
     252|| vmstat || Print system info. ||  ||
     253|| waitfor || Wait for process events. ||  ||
     254|| watch || Execute a program periodically. ||  ||
     255|| wc || Print newline, word and byte counts for each file. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     256|| wget || The non-interactive network downloader. || 1.12 ||
     257|| which || Locate a command. ||  ||
     258|| whoami || Print user name associated with the current effective user ID. || 8.4 || GNU coreutils
     259|| xargs || Build and execute command lines from standard input. || 4.2.33 ||
     260|| xres || List and mainpulate resources. ||  ||
     261|| yes || Output a string repeatedly until killed. ||  ||
     262|| zcat || See gzip. || 1.2.4 ||
     263|| zcmp || See zdiff. ||  ||
     264|| zdiff || Compare compressed files. ||  ||
     265|| zforce || Force a '.gz' extension on all gzip files. ||  ||
     266|| zgrep || Search possibly compressed files for a regular expression. ||  ||
     267|| zip || Add or replace zipfile entries from list. || 2.32 ||
     268|| zipcloak || Encrypt all unencrypted entries in a zip file. || 2.32 ||
     269|| zipgrep || Searches the given zip members for a string or pattern. ||  ||
     270|| zipinfo || See unzip. || 2.40 ||
     271|| zipnote || Write the comments in zipfile to stdout. || 2.32 ||
     272|| zipsplit || Split a zip file into smaller pieces. || 2.32 ||
     273|| zmore || Like 'more' but operate on the uncompressed contents of any compressed files. ||  ||