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cawf, nroff (1): C version of the nroff-like, Amazingly Workable (text) Formatter
ref (1): Display a C function header
easypack (1): Fetch and install a package
ctags (1): Generates "tags" and (optionally) "refs" files
cc, pc, m2 (1): MINIX 3 C, Pascal, and Modula-2 compilers
mdb (1): MINIX 3 debugger
profile (1): MINIX system profiling control command
osstest (1): Open Sound System audio self test applet.
ossmix (1): Open Sound System command-line mixer program.
ossinfo (1): Open Sound System information/status program
ossplay (1): Open Sound System playback program.
ossrecord (1): Open Sound System recording program.
elvrec (1): Recover the modified version of a file after a crash
soundon (1): Start Open Sound System
soundoff (1): Stop Open Sound System
elvis, ex, vi (1): The editor
crontab (1): User crontab manipulation
ftp (1): a File Transfer Protocol client for Minix
bzip2, bunzip2 (1): a block-sorting file compressor, v1.0.3
template, blueprint (1): a blueprint for making manual pages
bsfilt, colcrt (1): a colcrt-like backspace filter
acd (1): a compiler driver
make (1): a program for maintaining large programs
ash, sh, bigsh, ., break, case, cd, command, continue, eval, exec, exit, export, for, getopts, hash, if, jobs, local, read, readonly, return, set, setvar, shift, trap, umask, unset, wait, while (1): a shell
fmt (1): adjust line-length for paragraphs of text
yacc (1): an LALR(1) parser generator
yes (1): an endless stream of the same word
patch (1): apply a diff file to an original
ar, aal (1): archivers
makewhatis (1): build the whatis(5) database
passwd, chfn, chsh (1): change a login password, full name or shell
chmod (1): change access mode for files
touch (1): change file access and modification times
chgrp (1): change group
chmem (1): change memory allocation
clear, clr (1): clear the screen
bzcmp, bzdiff (1): compare bzip2 compressed files
cmp (1): compare two files
compress, uncompress, zcat (1): compress a file using modified Lempel-Ziv coding
sum (1): compute the checksum and block count of a file
cat (1): concatenate files and write them to stdout
xargs (1): construct argument list(s) and execute utility.
cdiff (1): context diff
M, U (1): conveniently mount and unmount
dd (1): convert and copy a file
unexpand (1): convert spaces to tabs
expand (1): convert tabs to spaces
lp, lpd (1): copy a file to the line printer
cp, mv, rm, ln, cpdir, clone (1): copy, move, remove, link
wc (1): count characters, words, and lines in a file
mkproto (1): create a MINIX 3 prototype file
uud, uudecode (1): decode a binary file encoded with uue
bzcat (1): decompresses files to stdout
uniq (1): delete consecutive identical lines in a file
cksum (1): display file checksum and size
man (1): display online manual pages
last, uptime (1): display recent on-line session records, show uptime
tee (1): divert stdin to a file
ed (1): editor
eject (1): eject removable media
uue, uuencode (1): encode a binary file to ASCII (e.g., for mailing)
expr, test, [ (1): evaluate expressions
which (1): examine $PATH to see which file will be executed
whereis (1): examine system directories for a given file
at (1): execute commands at a later time
true, false (1): exit with the value true or false
factor (1): factor an integer less than 2**31
flexdoc (1): fast lexical analyzer generator
flex, lex (1): fast lexical analyzer generator
bzmore, bzless (1): file perusal filter for crt viewing of bzip2 compressed text
find (1): find files meeting a given condition
look (1): find lines in a sorted list
fgrep (1): fixed grep
fold (1): fold long lines
format (1): format a PC floppy diskette
dumpcore (1): generate core file of running process
tget (1): get termcap values
whatis, apropos (1): give single line descriptions for manual pages
cgrep (1): grep and display context
nohup (1): ignore hangup signal
install (1): install files
dhrystone (1): integer benchmark
nice (1): invoke command with higher or lower scheduling priority
isodir (1): list ISO9660 or High Sierra directories
isoinfo (1): list an ISO9660 or High Sierra volume descriptor
dosdir (1): list an MS-DOS directory [IBM]
ls (1): list the contents of a directory
loadfont (1): load a font into the video card
loadkeys (1): load a keyboard map into the keyboard driver
login (1): log into the computer
host (1): look up host names using domain server
mt (1): magnetic tape control
mkdir (1): make a directory
mkfs (1): make a file system
file (1): make a guess as to a file's type based on contents
mkfifo (1): make a named pipe
logger (1): make entries in the system log
mixer (1): manipulate mixer settings on a sound card
mount (1): mount a file system
rget, rput (1): network pipe
dev2name (1): obtain device name given its number
od (1): octal dump
paste (1): paste multiple files together
fsck, fsck1 (1): perform file system consistency check
postmort (1): perform post-mortem on PC MINIX 3 core files
mesg (1): permit or deny messages
playwave (1): play an audio file in MicroSoft PCM wave format
prep (1): prepare a text file for statistical analysis
banner (1): print a banner
cal (1): print a calendar
pr (1): print a file
fortune (1): print a fortune
strings (1): print all the strings in a binary file
spell (1): print all words in a file not present in the dictionary
whoami (1): print current user name
diff (1): print differences between two files
du (1): print disk usage
comm (1): print lines common to two sorted files
who (1): print list of currently logged in users
nm (1): print name list
anm (1): print name list
lspci (1): print table of PCI devices
size (1): print text, data, and bss size of a program
crc (1): print the checksum of the file data
termcap (1): print the current termcap entry
tty (1): print the device name of this tty
head (1): print the first few lines of a file
tail (1): print the last few lines of a file
id (1): print the uid and gid
pwd (1): print working directory
ps (1): process status
echo (1): produce message in a shell script
stat, lstat, readlink (1): provide a shell interface to the stat(2) system call
readfs (1): read a MINIX 3 file system
readall (1): read a device quickly to check for bad blocks
dosread (1): read a file from an MS-DOS diskette [IBM]
isoread (1): read a file in ISO9660 or High Sierra format
rz (1): receive a file using the zmodem protocol
recwave (1): record an audio file in MicroSoft PCM wave format
bzip2recover (1): recovers data from damaged bzip2 files
join (1): relational database operator
calendar (1): reminder service
rcp (1): remote file copy
rlogin (1): remote login
rsh (1): remote shell
remsync (1): remotely synchronize file trees
ifdef (1): remove #ifdefs from a file
rmdir (1): remove a directory
strip (1): remove symbol table from executable file
time (1): report how long a command takes
df (1): report on free disk space
asize (1): report the size of an object file
sysenv (1): request system boot parameter
urlget, ftpget, httpget (1): retrieve a file from the internet to stdout
grep (1): search a file for lines containing a given pattern
bzgrep, bzfgrep, bzegrep (1): search possibly bzip2 compressed files for a regular expression
cut (1): select out columns of a file
sz (1): send a file using the zmodem protocol
write (1): send a message to a logged-in user
kill (1): send a signal to a process
mail (1): send and receive electronic mail
env (1): set environment for command
stty (1): set terminal parameters
shar (1): shell archiver
svc, ci, co, svclog (1): shell version control system
date (1): show and set date and time
hostaddr (1): show ethernet address, IP address or hostname
top (1): show processes sorted by CPU usage
sort (1): sort a file of ASCII lines
split (1): split a large file into several smaller files
vol (1): split input on or combine output from several volumes
basename, dirname (1): strip off file prefixes and suffixes
sleep (1): suspend execution for a given number of seconds
modem (1): switch the modem and getty state
synctree (1): synchronize directory trees.
uname, arch (1): system info
tar (1): tape archiver
su (1): temporary become superuser or another user
sed (1): the stream editor
tsort (1): topological sort [IBM]
tr (1): translate character codes
truncate (1): truncate or extend the length of files
term (1): turn PC into a dumb terminal [IBM]
umount (1): unmount a mounted file system
finger (1): user information lookup program
telnet (1): user interface to the TELNET protocol
leave (1): warn when it is time to go home
doswrite (1): write a file onto an MS-DOS diskette [IBM]
yap, more (1): yet another pager
oss_solo (7): ESS Solo-1 audio driver