[manual index]

## Plan 9 from Bell Labs - Section 1 - Commands

0intro - introduction to Plan 9
  `intro`
2a - assemblers
  `0a, 1a, 2a, 5a, 6a, 7a, 8a, ka, qa, va`
2c - C compilers
  `0c, 1c, 2c, 5c, 6c, 7c, 8c, kc, qc, vc`
2l - loaders
  `0l, 1l, 2l, 5l, 6l, 7l, 8l, 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`
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`
bitsyload - bitsy-specific utilities
  `bitsyload, light, pencal, keyboard, params, prompter`
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 - 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, 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`
pump - copy asynchronously via a large circular buffer
  `pump`
pwd - working directory
  `pwd, pbd`
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`
ssh - secure login and file copy from/to Unix or Plan 9
  `ssh, sshnet, scp, sshserve`
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`
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`
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`