<HEAD> <TITLE>plan 9 man section 1</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <B>[<A
HREF="/sys/man/index.html">manual index</A>]</B> <H2>Plan 9 from
Bell Labs - Section 1 - Commands</H2> <HR> <DL> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/0intro">0intro</A> - introduction to
Plan 9 <DD><TT> intro</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/2a">2a</A> - assemblers <DD><TT> 0a, 1a,
2a, 4a, 5a, 6a, 7a, 8a, 9a, ka, qa, va, xa</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/2c">2c</A> - C compilers <DD><TT> 0c,
1c, 2c, 4c, 5c, 6c, 7c, 8c, 9c, kc, qc, vc, xc</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/2l">2l</A> - loaders <DD><TT> 0l, 1l,
2l, 4l, 5l, 6l, 7l, 8l, 9l, kl, ql, vl, xl</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/acid">acid</A> - debugger <DD><TT>
acid</TT> </DT> <DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/1/acme">acme</A> -
interactive text windows <DD><TT> acme, win, awd</TT> </DT>
<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/1/ar">ar</A> - archive and library
maintainer <DD><TT> ar</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/ascii">ascii</A> - interpret ASCII,
Unicode characters <DD><TT> ascii, unicode</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/awk">awk</A> - pattern-directed scanning
and processing language <DD><TT> awk</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/basename">basename</A> - strip file name
affixes <DD><TT> basename</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/bc">bc</A> - arbitrary-precision
arithmetic language <DD><TT> bc</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/bind">bind</A> - change name space
<DD><TT> bind, mount, unmount</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/bitsyload">bitsyload</A> - bitsy-
specific utilities <DD><TT> bitsyload, light, pencal, keyboard,
params, prompter</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/bundle">bundle</A> - collect files for
distribution <DD><TT> bundle</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/cal">cal</A> - print calendar <DD><TT>
cal</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/calendar">calendar</A> - print upcoming
events <DD><TT> calendar</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/cat">cat</A> - catenate files <DD><TT>
cat, read</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/chgrp">chgrp</A> - change file group
<DD><TT> chgrp</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/chmod">chmod</A> - change mode <DD><TT>
chmod</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/cleanname">cleanname</A> - clean a path
name <DD><TT> cleanname</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/cmp">cmp</A> - compare two files
<DD><TT> cmp</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/colors">colors</A> - display color map
<DD><TT> getmap, colors</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/comm">comm</A> - select or reject lines
common to two sorted files <DD><TT> comm</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/compress">compress</A> - compress and
expand data <DD><TT> compress, uncompress, zcat</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/con">con</A> - remote login, execution,
and XMODEM file transfer <DD><TT> con, telnet, rx, xms, xmr</TT>
</DT> <DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/1/cp">cp</A> - copy, move
files <DD><TT> cp, mv</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/cpp">cpp</A> - C language preprocessor
<DD><TT> cpp</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/cpu">cpu</A> - connection to cpu server
<DD><TT> cpu</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/crop">crop</A> - frame, crop, and
convert image <DD><TT> crop, iconv</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/date">date</A> - date and time <DD><TT>
date, clock</TT> </DT> <DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/1/db">db</A>
- debugger <DD><TT> db</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/dc">dc</A> - desk calculator <DD><TT>
dc</TT> </DT> <DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/1/dd">dd</A> -
convert and copy a file <DD><TT> dd</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/deroff">deroff</A> - remove formatting
requests <DD><TT> deroff, delatex</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/diff">diff</A> - differential file
comparator <DD><TT> diff</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/doc2txt">doc2txt</A> - extract printable
strings from Microsoft Word documents <DD><TT> doc2txt, olefs,
mswordstrings</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/doctype">doctype</A> - intuit command
line for formatting a document <DD><TT> doctype</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/du">du</A> - disk usage <DD><TT> du</TT>
</DT> <DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/1/echo">echo</A> - print
arguments <DD><TT> echo</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/ed">ed</A> - text editor <DD><TT>
ed</TT> </DT> <DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/1/emacs">emacs</A> -
editor macros <DD><TT> emacs</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/eqn">eqn</A> - typeset mathematics
<DD><TT> eqn</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/faces">faces</A> - mailbox interface
<DD><TT> faces, seemail, vwhois</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/factor">factor</A> - factor a number,
generate large primes <DD><TT> factor, primes</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/file">file</A> - determine file type
<DD><TT> file</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/fmt">fmt</A> - ultra-simple text
formatter <DD><TT> fmt</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/fortune">fortune</A> - sample lines from
a file <DD><TT> fortune</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/freq">freq</A> - print histogram of
character frequencies <DD><TT> freq</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/grap">grap</A> - pic preprocessor for
drawing graphs <DD><TT> grap</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/graph">graph</A> - draw a graph <DD><TT>
graph</TT> </DT> <DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/1/grep">grep</A> -
search a file for a pattern <DD><TT> grep</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/gs">gs</A> - Aladdin Ghostscript
(PostScript and PDF language interpreter) <DD><TT> gs</TT> </DT>
<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/1/gzip">gzip</A> - compress and
expand data <DD><TT> gzip, gunzip, bzip2, bunzip2, zip,
unzip,</TT> </DT> <DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/1/hget">hget</A> -
retrieve a web page corresponding to a url <DD><TT> hget</TT>
</DT> <DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/1/history">history</A> -
print file names from the dump <DD><TT> history</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/hoc">hoc</A> - interactive floating
point language <DD><TT> hoc</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/join">join</A> - relational database
operator <DD><TT> join</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/jpg">jpg</A> - view and convert pictures
<DD><TT> jpg, gif, ppm, togif, toppm, topng</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/kill">kill</A> - print commands to kill
processes <DD><TT> kill, slay, broke</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/ktrace">ktrace</A> - interpret kernel
stack dumps <DD><TT> ktrace</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/leak">leak</A> - examine family of
processes for memory leaks <DD><TT> leak</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/lens">lens</A> - interactive screen
magnifier <DD><TT> lens</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/lex">lex</A> - generator of lexical
analysis programs <DD><TT> lex</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/look">look</A> - find lines in a sorted
list <DD><TT> look</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/lp">lp</A> - printer output <DD><TT>
lp</TT> </DT> <DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/1/ls">ls</A> - list
contents of directory <DD><TT> ls, lc</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/mail">mail</A> - mail commands <DD><TT>
mail, marshal, nedmail, send, aliasmail, smtp, smtpd, vwhois,
filter, fs, biff, pop3</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/man">man</A> - print or find pages of
this manual <DD><TT> man, lookman</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/mc">mc</A> - multicolumn print <DD><TT>
mc</TT> </DT> <DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/1/mk">mk</A> -
maintain (make) related files <DD><TT> mk, membername</TT> </DT>
<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/1/mkdir">mkdir</A> - make a
directory <DD><TT> mkdir</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/ms2html">ms2html</A> - convert between
troff's ms macros and html <DD><TT> ms2html, html2ms</TT> </DT>
<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/1/netstat">netstat</A> - summarize
network connections <DD><TT> netstat</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/news">news</A> - print news items
<DD><TT> news</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/nm">nm</A> - name list (symbol table)
<DD><TT> nm</TT> </DT> <DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/1/ns">ns</A>
- display name space <DD><TT> ns</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/p">p</A> - paginate <DD><TT> p</TT>
</DT> <DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/1/page">page</A> - view FAX,
image, graphic, PostScript, PDF, and typesetter output files
<DD><TT> page</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/passwd">passwd</A> - change user
password <DD><TT> passwd, netkey, iam</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/pcc">pcc</A> - APE C compiler driver
<DD><TT> pcc</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/pic">pic</A> - troff and tex
preprocessors for drawing pictures <DD><TT> pic, tpic</TT> </DT>
<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/1/pipefile">pipefile</A> - attach
filter to file in name space <DD><TT> pipefile</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/plot">plot</A> - graphics filter
<DD><TT> plot</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/plumb">plumb</A> - send message to
plumber <DD><TT> plumb</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/pr">pr</A> - print file <DD><TT> pr</TT>
</DT> <DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/1/prof">prof</A> - display
profiling data <DD><TT> prof, tprof, kprof</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/proof">proof</A> - troff output
interpreter <DD><TT> proof</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/ps">ps</A> - process status <DD><TT> ps,
psu</TT> </DT> <DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/1/pwd">pwd</A> -
working directory <DD><TT> pwd, pbd</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/rc">rc</A> - command language <DD><TT>
rc, cd, eval, exec, exit, flag, rfork, shift, wait, whatis, .,
~</TT> </DT> <DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/1/rio">rio</A> -
window system <DD><TT> rio, label, window, wloc</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/rm">rm</A> - remove files <DD><TT>
rm</TT> </DT> <DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/1/sam">sam</A> -
screen editor with structural regular expressions <DD><TT> sam,
B, sam.save</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/sed">sed</A> - stream editor <DD><TT>
sed</TT> </DT> <DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/1/seq">seq</A> -
print sequences of numbers <DD><TT> seq</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/size">size</A> - print size of
executable files <DD><TT> size</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/sleep">sleep</A> - suspend execution for
an interval <DD><TT> sleep</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/sort">sort</A> - sort and/or merge files
<DD><TT> sort</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/spell">spell</A> - find spelling errors
<DD><TT> spell, sprog</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/spin">spin</A> - verification tool for
concurrent systems <DD><TT> spin</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/split">split</A> - split a file into
pieces <DD><TT> split</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/src">src</A> - find source code for
executable <DD><TT> src</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/ssh">ssh</A> - secure login and file
copy from/to Unix or Plan 9 <DD><TT> ssh, sshserve, scp</TT>
</DT> <DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/1/stop">stop</A> - print
commands to stop and start processes <DD><TT> stop, start</TT>
</DT> <DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/1/strings">strings</A> -
extract printable strings <DD><TT> strings</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/strip">strip</A> - remove symbols from
binary files <DD><TT> strip</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/sum">sum</A> - sum and count blocks in a
file <DD><TT> sum, md5sum, sha1sum</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/syscall">syscall</A> - test a system
call <DD><TT> syscall</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/tail">tail</A> - deliver the last part
of a file <DD><TT> tail</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/tapefs">tapefs</A> - mount archival file
systems <DD><TT> 32vfs, cpiofs, tapfs, tarfs, tpfs, v6fs,
v10fs</TT> </DT> <DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/1/tar">tar</A> -
archiver <DD><TT> tar</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/tbl">tbl</A> - format tables for nroff
or troff <DD><TT> tbl</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/tcs">tcs</A> - translate character sets
<DD><TT> tcs</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/tee">tee</A> - pipe fitting <DD><TT>
tee</TT> </DT> <DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/1/tel">tel</A> -
look in phone book <DD><TT> tel, pq, iwhois</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/test">test</A> - set status according to
condition <DD><TT> test</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/time">time</A> - time a command <DD><TT>
time</TT> </DT> <DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/1/touch">touch</A> -
set modification date of a file <DD><TT> touch</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/tr">tr</A> - translate characters
<DD><TT> tr</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/troff">troff</A> - text formatting and
typesetting <DD><TT> troff, nroff</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/troff2html">troff2html</A> - convert
troff output into HTML <DD><TT> troff2html</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/tweak">tweak</A> - edit image files,
subfont files, face files, etc. <DD><TT> tweak</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/uniq">uniq</A> - report repeated lines
in a file <DD><TT> uniq</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/units">units</A> - conversion program
<DD><TT> units</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/unmime">unmime</A> - crack a mime mail
message <DD><TT> unmime</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/vi">vi</A> - instruction simulators
<DD><TT> 0i, 5i, 9i, ki, vi, xi</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/vncviewer">vncviewer</A> - remote frame
buffer viewer <DD><TT> vncviewer</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/vt">vt</A> - emulate a VT-100 or VT-220
terminal <DD><TT> vt</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/wc">wc</A> - word count <DD><TT> wc</TT>
</DT> <DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/1/who">who</A> - who is using
the machine <DD><TT> who, whois</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/xd">xd</A> - hex, octal, decimal, or
ASCII dump <DD><TT> xd</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/yacc">yacc</A> - yet another compiler-
compiler <DD><TT> yacc</TT> </DT> <DT><A
HREF="/magic/man2html/1/yesterday">yesterday</A> - print file
names from the dump <DD><TT> yesterday</TT> </DT> </DL>