Hamilton C shell External Utilities


Command
Function
binedit Binary edit.
cat Concatenate files.
chgrp Change the group for files or directories. (NT only.)
chmod Change mode bits of file.
chown Change the ownership of files or directories. (NT only.)
cmp Binary compare two files or directories.
cp Copy files or directories.
cron Run commands at specified times.
cut Cut out selected fields of each line of text.
des Encrypt or decrypt data using the Data Encryption Standard (DES). Due to U.S. Federal Law, this utility cannot be exported outside the U.S. or Canada.
date Display the date and time.
diff Compare files or directories.
dim Discard any ansi escape sequences in the input stream.
dskread Read raw sectors from a disk.
dskwrite Write raw sectors to a disk.
du Display disk usage.
env Execute a command with a new environment.
fgrep Fast string search (fast grep) of text files.
getopt Parse command-line options.
grep Regular expression pattern search of text files.
head Copy the first few lines or bytes of a file to stdout.
label Read/Write the volume label.
ls List directory contents.
markexe Mark an .exe file to indicate what sort of application it is. (OS/2 only.)
mkdir Make a new directory.
more A better more utility. (Able to search forward or backward or to a specific line.)
moreh A large model version of more. (OS/2 only.)
mt Manipulate the tape device. (NT only.)
mv Move files or directories.
newer Test whether first file is newer than the others.
older Test whether first file is older than the others.
open Open a file using the associated application. (Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 95 only.)
paste Merge corresponding or subsequent lines.
patchlnk A (very) special-purpose utility to patch a bug in the Microsoft linker on OS/2.
pwd Print the working directories.
rm Remove files or directories.
rmdir Remove directories.
sed Stream editor.
setrows Set or report the number of rows in the display window.
sort Sort and/or merge files.
split Split a large file into equal-sized chunks.
startwin Start Win3.x applications under OS/2 2.x.
strings Extract ASCII strings from a file.
su Run a command as another user. (NT only.)
sum Checksum the contents of a file.
tabs Expand/Unexpand tabs.
tail Copy the last few lines or bytes of a file to stdout.
tar Read/Write UNIX TAR and CPIO format files and tapes. (Tapes supported only under Windows NT.)
tee Pipe fitting.
touch Update the time-stamp on a file.
tr Translate characters.
uniq Report unique lines in text files.
uudecode Uudecode binary data.
uuencode Uuencode binary data for email transmission.
ver Display the current system and Hamilton C shell version numbers.
vol Display the disk volume label.
wc Count lines, words and characters.
whereis Tell which PATH directory a given executable is in.
whoami Print the current domain and user names. (NT only.)
xargs Construct argument list(s) and invoke utility.
xd Hex dump a file to stdout.

All external utilities except whereis self-document with the -h option. Any external utility may be renamed simply by renaming the executable file.



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