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A List of Terminal Commands

This is a list obtained using man -k . | less in terminal. Thanks to sideways on this thread

.ldaprc (5) [ldap.conf] - ldap configuration file
/etc/adduser.conf (5) [adduser.conf] - configuration file for adduser(8) and addgroup(8) .
/etc/deluser.conf (5) [deluser.conf] - configuration file for deluser(8) and delgroup(8) .
/etc/hosts.equiv (5) [hosts.equiv] - list of hosts and users that are granted "trusted"r command access to your system
/etc/modules (5) [modules] - kernel modules to load at boot time
/etc/network/interfaces (5) [interfaces] - network interface configuration for ifup and ifdown
/proc/slabinfo (5) [slabinfo] - Kernel slab allocator statistics
GnuPG (7) [gnupg]    - The GNU Privacy Guard suite of programs
Standards (7) [standards] - C and UNIX Standards
UTF-8 (7) [utf8]     - an ASCII compatible multi-byte Unicode encoding
Unicode (7) [unicode] - the Universal Character Set
Wget (1) [wget]      - The non-interactive network downloader.
[ (1)                - check file types and compare values
_syscall (2) [intro] - Introduction to system calls
accessdb (8)         - dumps the content of a man-db database in a human readable format.
acct (5)             - execution accounting file
add-shell (8)        - add shells to the list of valid login shells
addgroup (8)         - add a user or group to the system
adduser (8)          - add a user or group to the system
adduser.conf (5)     - configuration file for adduser(8) and addgroup(8) .
AF_LOCAL (7)         - Sockets for local interprocess communication
AF_UNIX (7)          - Sockets for local interprocess communication
apropos (1)          - search the manual page names and descriptions
apt (8)              - Advanced Package Tool
apt-cache (8)        - APT package handling utility - - cache manipulator
apt-cdrom (8)        - APT CDROM management utility
apt-config (8)       - APT Configuration Query program
apt-extracttemplates (1) - Utility to extract DebConf config and templates from Debian packages
apt-ftparchive (1)   - Utility to generate index files
apt-get (8)          - APT package handling utility - - command-line interface
apt-key (8)          - APT key management utility
apt-secure (8)       - Archive authentication support for APT
apt-sortpkgs (1)     - Utility to sort package index files
apt.conf (5)         - Configuration file for APT
apt_preferences (5)  - Preference control file for APT
aptitude (8)         - high-level interface to the package manager
arch (1)             - print machine architecture
arp (7)              - Linux ARP kernel module.
arp (8)              - manipulate the system ARP cache
ascii (7)            - the ASCII character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
awk (1)              - pattern scanning and text processing language
badblocks (8)        - search a device for bad blocks
banner (6)           - print large banner on printer
basename (1)         - strip directory and suffix from filenames
bash (1)             - GNU Bourne-Again SHell
bash-builtins (7)    - bash built-in commands, see bash(1)
biosdecode (8)       - BIOS information decoder
blkid (8)            - command-line utility to locate/print block device attributes
blockdev (8)         - call block device ioctls from the command line
boot (7)             - General description of boot sequence
boot-scripts (7) [boot] - General description of boot sequence
bootlogd (8)         - record boot messages
bootparam (7)        - Introduction to boot time parameters of the Linux kernel
bsd-write (1)        - send a message to another user
builtins (7)         - bash built-in commands, see bash(1)
C operator (7) [operator] - C operator precedence and order of evaluation
cal (1)              - displays a calendar and the date of easter
calendar (1)         - reminder service
capabilities (7)     - overview of Linux capabilities
captoinfo (1)        - convert a termcap description into a terminfo description
cat (1)              - concatenate files and print on the standard output
catchsegv (1)        - Catch segmentation faults in programs
catman (8)           - create or update the pre-formatted manual pages
cfdisk (8)           - Curses based disk partition table manipulator for Linux
chage (1)            - change user password expiry information
charmap (5)          - character symbols to define character encodings
charsets (7)         - programmer's view of character sets and internationalization
chattr (1)           - change file attributes on a Linux second extended file system
chcon (1)            - change file security context
chfn (1)             - change real user name and information
chgpasswd (8)        - update group passwords in batch mode
chgrp (1)            - change group ownership
chkdupexe (1)        - find duplicate executables
chmod (1)            - change file access permissions
chown (1)            - change file owner and group
chpasswd (8)         - update passwords in batch mode
chroot (8)           - run command or interactive shell with special root directory
chsh (1)             - change login shell
cksum (1)            - checksum and count the bytes in a file
cleanup-info (8)     - clean up the mess that bogus install-info may have done
clear (1)            - clear the terminal screen
clear_console (1)    - clear the console
clock (8)            - query and set the hardware clock (RTC)
cmp (1)              - compare two files byte by byte
col (1)              - filter reverse line feeds from input
colcrt (1)           - filter nroff output for CRT previewing
colrm (1)            - remove columns from a file
column (1)           - columnate lists
comm (1)             - compare two sorted files line by line
complex (5)          - basics of complex mathematics
complex (7)          - basics of complex mathematics
console ioctl (4) [console_ioctl] - ioctl's for console terminal and virtual consoles
console_codes (4)    - Linux console escape and control sequences
console_ioctl (4)    - ioctl's for console terminal and virtual consoles
core (5)             - core dump file
cp (1)               - copy files and directories
cpgr (8)             - copy with locking the given file to the password or group file
cpio (1)             - copy files to and from archives
cppw (8)             - copy with locking the given file to the password or group file
cron (8)             - daemon to execute scheduled commands (Vixie Cron)
crontab (1)          - maintain crontab files for individual users (V3)
crontab (5)          - tables for driving cron
csplit (1)           - split a file into sections determined by context lines
cut (1)              - remove sections from each line of files
cytune (8)           - Tune Cyclades driver parameters
date (1)             - print or set the system date and time
dd (1)               - convert and copy a file
ddate (1)            - converts Gregorian dates to Discordian dates
ddp (7)              - Linux AppleTalk protocol implementation
debconf (1)          - run a debconf-using program
debconf-apt-progress (1) - install packages using debconf to display a progress bar
debconf-communicate (1) - communicate with debconf
debconf-copydb (1)   - copy a debconf database
debconf-escape (1)   - helper when working with debconf's escape capability
debconf-set-selections (1) - insert new default values into the debconf database
debconf-show (1)     - query the debconf database
DebianNet (3pm)      - create, remove, enable or disable entry in /etc/inetd.conf
DebianNet.pm (3pm) [DebianNet] - create, remove, enable or disable entry in /etc/inetd.conf
debugfs (8)          - ext2/ext3 file system debugger
delgroup (8)         - remove a user or group from the system
deluser (8)          - remove a user or group from the system
deluser.conf (5)     - configuration file for deluser(8) and delgroup(8) .
depmod (8)           - program to generate modules.dep and map files.
depmod.conf (5)      - Configuration file/directory for depmod
depmod.d (5) [depmod.conf] - Configuration file/directory for depmod
df (1)               - report file system disk space usage
dhclient (8)         - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Client
dhclient-script (8)  - DHCP client network configuration script
dhclient.conf (5)    - DHCP client configuration file
dhclient.leases (5)  - DHCP client lease database
dhclient3 (8)        - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Client
dhcp-eval (5)        - ISC DHCP conditional evaluation
dhcp-options (5)     - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol options
diff (1)             - compare files line by line
diff3 (1)            - compare three files line by line
dir (1)              - list directory contents
dir_colors (5)       - configuration file for dircolors(1)
dircolors (1)        - color setup for ls
dirname (1)          - strip non-directory suffix from file name
dmesg (8)            - print or control the kernel ring buffer
dmidecode (8)        - DMI table decoder
dnsdomainname (1)    - show the system's DNS domain name
dpkg (1)             - package manager for Debian
dpkg-deb (1)         - Debian package archive (.deb) manipulation tool
dpkg-divert (8)      - override a package's version of a file
dpkg-preconfigure (8) - let packages ask questions prior to their installation
dpkg-query (1)       - a tool to query the dpkg database
dpkg-reconfigure (8) - reconfigure an already installed package
dpkg-split (1)       - Debian package archive split/join tool
dpkg-statoverride (8) - override ownership and mode of files
dpkg.cfg (5)         - dpkg configuration file
dselect (1)          - Debian package management frontend
dselect.cfg (5)      - dselect configuration file
dsp56k (4)           - DSP56001 interface device
du (1)               - estimate file space usage
dumpe2fs (8)         - dump ext2/ext3 filesystem information
e2fsck (8)           - check a Linux ext2/ext3 file system
e2fsck.conf (5)      - Configuration file for e2fsck
e2image (8)          - Save critical ext2/ext3 filesystem metadata to a file
e2label (8)          - Change the label on an ext2/ext3 filesystem
echo (1)             - display a line of text
ed (1)               - text editor
editor (1)           - Nano's ANOther editor, an enhanced free Pico clone
egrep (1)            - print lines matching a pattern
elf (5)              - format of Executable and Linking Format (ELF) files
elvtune (8)          - I/O elevator tuner
env (1)              - run a program in a modified environment
environ (7)          - user environment
epoll (4)            - I/O event notification facility
epoll (7)            - I/O event notification facility
eqn (1)              - format equations for troff
ethers (5)           - Ethernet address to IP number database
ex (1)               - Vi IMproved, a programmers text editor
expand (1)           - convert tabs to spaces
expiry (1)           - check and enforce password expiration policy
expr (1)             - evaluate expressions
factor (1)           - factor numbers
faillog (5)          - login failure logging file
faillog (8)          - display faillog records or set login failure limits
false (1)            - do nothing, unsuccessfully
fdformat (8)         - Low-level formats a floppy disk
fdisk (8)            - Partition table manipulator for Linux
feature_test_macros (7) - feature test macros
fgrep (1)            - print lines matching a pattern
fifo (4)             - first-in first-out special file, named pipe
fifo (7)             - first-in first-out special file, named pipe
filefrag (8)         - report on file fragmentation
filesystems (5) [fs] - Linux filesystem types: minix, ext, ext2, ext3, xia, msdos, umsdos, vfat, proc, nfs, iso9660, hpfs, sysv, smb, ncpfs
find (1)             - search for files in a directory hierarchy
findfs (8)           - Find a filesystem by label or UUID
fmt (1)              - simple optimal text formatter
fold (1)             - wrap each input line to fit in specified width
free (1)             - Display amount of free and used memory in the system
from (1)             - print names of those who have sent mail
fs (5)               - Linux filesystem types: minix, ext, ext2, ext3, xia, msdos, umsdos, vfat, proc, nfs, iso9660, hpfs, sysv, smb, ncpfs
fsck (8)             - check and repair a Linux file system
fsck.ext2 (8)        - check a Linux ext2/ext3 file system
fsck.ext3 (8)        - check a Linux ext2/ext3 file system
fsck.minix (8)       - a file system consistency checker for Linux
fsck.nfs (8)         - Dummy fsck.nfs script that always returns success.
fstab (5)            - static information about the filesystems
ftm (7)              - feature test macros
full (4)             - always full device
futex (4)            - Fast Userspace Locking
futex (7)            - Fast Userspace Locking
geqn (1)             - format equations for troff
getconf (1)          - Query system configuration variables
getent (1)           - get entries from administrative database
getopt (1)           - parse command options (enhanced)
getty (8)            - alternative Linux getty
gibi (7) [units]     - decimal and binary prefixes
giga (7) [units]     - decimal and binary prefixes
glob (7)             - Globbing pathnames
gnupg (7)            - The GNU Privacy Guard suite of programs
gpasswd (1)          - administer the /etc/group file
gpg (1)              - OpenPGP encryption and signing tool
gpg-convert-from-106 (1) - converts your public keyring and trustdb from GnuPG 1.0.6 to later formats.
gpgsplit (1)         - Split an OpenPGP message into packets
gpgv (1)             - Verify OpenPGP signatures
gpic (1)             - compile pictures for troff or TeX
grep (1)             - print lines matching a pattern
groff (1)            - front-end for the groff document formatting system
grog (1)             - guess options for groff command
grops (1)            - PostScript driver for groff
grotty (1)           - groff driver for typewriter-like devices
group (5)            - user group file
groupadd (8)         - create a new group
groupdel (8)         - delete a group
groupmod (8)         - modify a group definition on the system
groups (1)           - print the groups a user is in
grpck (8)            - verify integrity of group files
grpconv (8)          - convert to and from shadow passwords and groups
grpunconv (8)        - convert to and from shadow passwords and groups
gshadow (5)          - shadowed group file
gtbl (1)             - format tables for troff
gunzip (1)           - compress or expand files
gzexe (1)            - compress executable files in place
gzip (1)             - compress or expand files
halt (8)             - stop the system.
hd (1)               - ASCII, decimal, hexadecimal, octal dump
hd (4)               - MFM/IDE hard disk devices
head (1)             - output the first part of files
helpztags (1)        - generate the help tags file for directory
hexdump (1)          - ASCII, decimal, hexadecimal, octal dump
hier (7)             - Description of the file system hierarchy
history (3readline)  - GNU History Library
host.conf (5)        - resolver configuration file
hostid (1)           - print the numeric identifier for the current host
hostname (1)         - show or set the system's host name
hosts (5)            - The static table lookup for host names
hosts.allow (5)      - format of host access control files
hosts.deny (5)       - format of host access control files
hosts.equiv (5)      - list of hosts and users that are granted "trusted"r command access to your system
hosts_access (5)     - format of host access control files
hosts_options (5)    - host access control language extensions
hwclock (8)          - query and set the hardware clock (RTC)
icmp (7)             - Linux IPv4 ICMP kernel module.
iconv (1)            - Convert encoding of given files from one encoding to another
iconvconfig (8)      - Create fastloading iconv module configuration file
id (1)               - print user identity
ifconfig (8)         - configure a network interface
ifdown (8)           - take a network interface down
ifup (8)             - bring a network interface up
inetd (5) [inetd.conf] - internet super-server
inetd (8)            - internet super-server
inetd.conf (5)       - internet super-server
info (1)             - read Info documents
info (5)             - readable online documentation
infobrowser (1)      - read Info documents
infocmp (1)          - compare or print out terminfo descriptions
infokey (1)          - compile customizations for Info
infotocap (1)        - convert a terminfo description into a termcap description
init (8)             - process control initialization
initrd (4)           - boot loader initialized RAM disk
initscript (5)       - script that executes inittab commands.
inittab (5)          - format of the inittab file used by the sysv-compatible init process
inotify (7)          - monitoring file system events
insmod (8)           - simple program to insert a module into the Linux Kernel
install (1)          - copy files and set attributes
install-info (8)     - create or update entry in Info directory
installkernel (8)    - install a new kernel image
interfaces (5)       - network interface configuration for ifup and ifdown
intro (1)            - Introduction to user commands
intro (2)            - Introduction to system calls
intro (3)            - Introduction to library functions
intro (4)            - Introduction to special files
intro (5)            - Introduction to file formats
intro (6)            - Introduction to games
intro (7)            - Introduction to overview, conventions, and miscellany section
intro (8)            - Introduction to administration and privileged commands
invoke-rc.d (8)      - executes System-V style init script actions
ip (7)               - Linux IPv4 protocol implementation
ip6tables (8)        - IPv6 packet filter administration
ip6tables-restore (8) - Restore IPv6 Tables
ip6tables-save (8)   - Save IPv6 Tables
ipc (5)              - System V interprocess communication mechanisms
ipcrm (8)            - remove a message queue, semaphore set or shared memory id
ipcs (8)             - provide information on ipc facilities
IPPROTO_ICMP (7)     - Linux IPv4 ICMP kernel module.
iptables (8)         - administration tool for IPv4 packet filtering and NAT
iptables-restore (8) - Restore IP Tables
iptables-save (8)    - Save IP Tables
ipv6 (7)             - Linux IPv6 protocol implementation
iso-8859-1 (7)       - the ISO 8859-1 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
iso-8859-15 (7)      - the ISO 8859-15 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
iso-8859-16 (7)      - the ISO 8859-16 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
iso-8859-2 (7)       - the ISO 8859-2 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
iso-8859-7 (7)       - the ISO 8859-7 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
iso-8859-9 (7)       - the ISO 8859-9 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
iso_8859-1 (7)       - the ISO 8859-1 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
iso_8859-15 (7)      - the ISO 8859-15 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
iso_8859-16 (7)      - the ISO 8859-16 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
iso_8859-2 (7)       - the ISO 8859-2 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
iso_8859-7 (7)       - the ISO 8859-7 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
iso_8859-9 (7)       - the ISO 8859-9 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
iso_8859_1 (7)       - the ISO 8859-1 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
iso_8859_15 (7)      - the ISO 8859-15 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
iso_8859_16 (7)      - the ISO 8859-16 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
iso_8859_2 (7)       - the ISO 8859-2 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
iso_8859_7 (7)       - the ISO 8859-7 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
iso_8859_9 (7)       - the ISO 8859-9 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
isosize (8)          - outputs the length of a iso9660 file system
issue (5)            - pre-login message and identification file
join (1)             - join lines of two files on a common field
kibi (7) [units]     - decimal and binary prefixes
kill (1)             - send a signal to a process
killall5 (8)         - send a signal to all processes.
kilo (7) [units]     - decimal and binary prefixes
klogd (8)            - Kernel Log Daemon
kmem (4)             - system memory, kernel memory and system ports
koi8-r (7)           - Russian Net Character Set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
ksoftirqd (9)        - Softirq daemon
last (1)             - show listing of last logged in users
lastb (1)            - show listing of last logged in users
lastlog (8)          - reports the most recent login of all users or of a given user
latin1 (7)           - the ISO 8859-1 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
latin10 (7)          - the ISO 8859-16 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
latin2 (7)           - the ISO 8859-2 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
latin5 (7)           - the ISO 8859-9 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
latin9 (7)           - the ISO 8859-15 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
ld-linux (8)         - dynamic linker/loader
ld-linux.so (8)      - dynamic linker/loader
ld.so (8)            - dynamic linker/loader
ld.so/ld-linux.so (8) [ld-linux] - dynamic linker/loader
ldap.conf (5)        - ldap configuration file
ldconfig (8)         - configure dynamic linker run-time bindings
ldd (1)              - print shared library dependencies
LDP (7)              - Intro to the Linux Documentation Project, with help, guides and documents
lexgrog (1)          - parse header information in man pages
line (1)             - read one line
link (1)             - call the link function to create a link to a file
Linux-PAM (7) [pam]  - Pluggable Authentication Modules for Linux
ln (1)               - make links between files
locale (1)           - Get locale-specific information.
locale (5)           - Describes a locale definition file
locale (7)           - Description of multi-language support
Locale::gettext (3pm) - message handling functions
localedef (1)        - compile locale definition files
locate (1)           - list files in databases that match a pattern
locatedb (5)         - front-compressed file name database
logger (1)           - a shell command interface to the syslog(3) system log module
login (1)            - begin session on the system
login.defs (5)       - shadow password suite configuration
logname (1)          - print user's login name
logrotate (8)        - rotates, compresses, and mails system logs
logsave (8)          - save the output of a command in a logfile
look (1)             - display lines beginning with a given string
lorder (1)           - list dependencies for object files
losetup (8)          - set up and control loop devices
lp (4)               - line printer devices
ls (1)               - list directory contents
lsattr (1)           - list file attributes on a Linux second extended file system
lsmod (8)            - program to show the status of modules in the Linux Kernel
lspgpot (1)          - extracts the ownertrust values from PGP keyrings and list them in GnuPG ownertrust format.
mailaddr (7)         - mail addressing description
mailname (5)         - the visible mail name of the system
MAKEDEV (8)          - create devices
man (1)              - an interface to the on-line reference manuals
man (7)              - macros to format man pages
mandb (8)            - create or update the manual page index caches
manpath (1)          - determine search path for manual pages
manpath (5)          - format of the /etc/manpath.config file
mawk (1)             - pattern scanning and text processing language
mcookie (1)          - generate magic cookies for xauth
md5sum (1)           - compute and check MD5 message digest
md5sum.textutils (1) - compute and check MD5 message digest
mdoc (7)             - quick reference guide for the -mdoc macro package
mebi (7) [units]     - decimal and binary prefixes
mega (7) [units]     - decimal and binary prefixes
mem (4)              - system memory, kernel memory and system ports
mesg (1)             - control write access to your terminal
mii-tool (8)         - view, manipulate media-independent interface status
missing (7)          - missing manual pages
mkboot (8)           - makes a bootdisk
mkdir (1)            - make directories
mke2fs (8)           - create an ext2/ext3 filesystem
mke2fs.conf (5)      - Configuration file for mke2fs
mkfifo (1)           - make FIFOs (named pipes)
mkfs (8)             - build a Linux file system
mkfs.ext2 (8)        - create an ext2/ext3 filesystem
mkfs.ext3 (8)        - create an ext2/ext3 filesystem
mkfs.minix (8)       - make a Linux MINIX filesystem
mklost+found (8)     - create a lost+found directory on a mounted Linux second extended file system
mknod (1)            - make block or character special files
mkswap (8)           - set up a Linux swap area
mktemp (1)           - make temporary filename (unique)
modinfo (8)          - program to show information about a Linux Kernel module
modprobe (8)         - program to add and remove modules from the Linux Kernel
modprobe.conf (5)    - Configuration file/directory for modprobe
modprobe.d (5) [modprobe.conf] - Configuration file/directory for modprobe
modules (5)          - kernel modules to load at boot time
modules.dep (5)      - List of module dependencies
more (1)             - file perusal filter for crt viewing
motd (5)             - message of the day
mount (8)            - mount a file system
mountpoint (1)       - see if a directory is a mountpoint
mouse (4)            - serial mouse interface
mq_overview (7)      - Overview of POSIX message queues
mt (1)               - control magnetic tape drive operation
mt-gnu (1)           - control magnetic tape drive operation
mv (1)               - move (rename) files
namei (1)            - follow a pathname until a terminal point is found
nameif (8)           - name network interfaces based on MAC addresses
nano (1)             - Nano's ANOther editor, an enhanced free Pico clone
nanorc (5)           - GNU nano's rcfile
nawk (1)             - pattern scanning and text processing language
nc (1)               - TCP/IP swiss army knife
ncal (1)             - displays a calendar and the date of easter
neqn (1)             - format equations for ascii output
netcat (1)           - TCP/IP swiss army knife
netdevice (7)        - Low level access to Linux network devices
netlink (7)          - Communication between kernel and userspace (PF_NETLINK)
NETLINK_ROUTE (7)    - Linux IPv4 routing socket
netstat (8)          - Print network connections, routing tables, interface statistics, masquerade connections, and multicast memberships
networks (5)         - network name information
newgrp (1)           - log in to a new group
newusers (8)         - update and create new users in batch
nfs (5)              - nfs and nfs4 fstab format and options
nice (1)             - run a program with modified scheduling priority
nl (1)               - number lines of files
nohup (1)            - run a command immune to hangups, with output to a non-tty
nologin (5)          - prevent non-root users from logging into the system
nologin (8)          - politely refuse a login
nroff (1)            - emulate nroff command with groff
nsswitch.conf (5)    - System Databases and Name Service Switch configuration file
null (4)             - data sink
od (1)               - dump files in octal and other formats
omshell (1)          - OMAPI Command Shell
operator (7)         - C operator precedence and order of evaluation
ownership (8)        - Compaq ownership tag retriever
packet (7)           - packet interface on device level.
pager (1)            - file perusal filter for crt viewing
pam (7)              - Pluggable Authentication Modules for Linux
pam_getenv (8)       - get environment variables from /etc/environment
passwd (1)           - change user password
passwd (5)           - the password file
paste (1)            - merge lines of files
pathchk (1)          - check whether file names are valid or portable
perl (1)             - Practical Extraction and Report Language
PF_INET6 (7)         - Linux IPv6 protocol implementation
PF_LOCAL (7)         - Sockets for local interprocess communication
PF_NETLINK (7)       - Communication between kernel and userspace (PF_NETLINK)
PF_PACKET (7)        - packet interface on device level.
PF_UNIX (7)          - Sockets for local interprocess communication
PF_X25 (7)           - ITU-T X.25 / ISO-8208 protocol interface.
pg (1)               - browse pagewise through text files
pgrep (1)            - look up or signal processes based on name and other attributes
pic (1)              - compile pictures for troff or TeX
pico (1)             - Nano's ANOther editor, an enhanced free Pico clone
pidof (8)            - find the process ID of a running program.
ping (8)             - send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network hosts
ping6 (8)            - send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network hosts
pinky (1)            - lightweight finger
pipe (7)             - overview of pipes and FIFOs
pivot_root (8)       - change the root file system
pkill (1)            - look up or signal processes based on name and other attributes
plipconfig (8)       - fine tune PLIP device parameters
pmap (1)             - report memory map of a process
port (4)             - system memory, kernel memory and system ports
posixoptions (7)     - optional parts of the POSIX standard
poweroff (8)         - stop the system.
pr (1)               - convert text files for printing
printenv (1)         - print all or part of environment
printf (1)           - format and print data
proc (5)             - process information pseudo-filesystem
protocols (5)        - the protocols definition file
ps (1)               - report a snapshot of the current processes.
pthreads (7)         - POSIX threads
ptmx (4)             - pseudo-terminal master and slave
ptmx and pts (4) [ptmx] - pseudo-terminal master and slave
pts (4)              - pseudo-terminal master and slave
ptx (1)              - produce a permuted index of file contents
pty (7)              - pseudo-terminal interfaces
pwck (8)             - verify integrity of password files
pwconv (8)           - convert to and from shadow passwords and groups
pwd (1)              - print name of current/working directory
pwdx (1)             - report current working directory of a process
pwunconv (8)         - convert to and from shadow passwords and groups
ram (4)              - ram disk device
ramsize (8)          - query/set image root device, RAM disk size, or video mode
random (4)           - kernel random number source devices
rarp (8)             - manipulate the system RARP table
raw (7)              - Linux IPv4 raw sockets
raw (8)              - bind a Linux raw character device
rbash (1)            - restricted bash, see bash(1)
rcS (5)              - variables that affect the behavior of boot scripts
rdev (8)             - query/set image root device, RAM disk size, or video mode
re_format (7)        - POSIX.2 regular expressions
readline (3readline) - get a line from a user with editing
readlink (1)         - display value of a symbolic link
readprofile (1)      - a tool to read kernel profiling information
reboot (8)           - stop the system.
red (1)              - text editor
regex (7)            - POSIX.2 regular expressions
remove-shell (8)     - remove shells from the list of valid login shells
renice (1)           - alter priority of running processes
reset (1)            - terminal initialization
resize2fs (8)        - ext2/ext3 file system resizer
resolv.conf (5)      - resolver configuration file
resolver (5)         - resolver configuration file
rev (1)              - reverse lines of a file
rgrep (1)            - print lines matching a pattern
rm (1)               - remove files or directories
rmdir (1)            - remove empty directories
rmmod (8)            - simple program to remove a module from the Linux Kernel
rmt (8)              - remote magtape protocol module
rmt-tar (8)          - remote magtape protocol module
rnano (1)            - Restricted mode for Nano's ANOther editor, an enhanced free Pico clone
rootflags (8)        - query/set image root device, RAM disk size, or video mode
route (8)            - show / manipulate the IP routing table
rpc (5)              - rpc program number data base
rpcinfo (8)          - report RPC information
rtc (4)              - real-time clock
rtnetlink (7)        - Linux IPv4 routing socket
run-parts (8)        - run scripts or programs in a directory
runcon (1)           - run command with specified security context
runlevel (8)         - find the previous and current system runlevel.
rview (1)            - Vi IMproved, a programmers text editor
rvim (1)             - Vi IMproved, a programmers text editor
safe_finger (8)      - finger client wrapper that protects against nasty stuff from finger servers
savelog (8)          - save a log file
script (1)           - make typescript of terminal session
scriptreplay (1)     - play back typescripts, using timing information
sd (4)               - Driver for SCSI Disk Drives
sdiff (1)            - side-by-side merge of file differences
securetty (5)        - file which lists ttys from which root can log in
sed (1)              - stream editor for filtering and transforming text
sem_overview (7)     - Overview of POSIX semaphores
sensible-browser (1) - sensible editing, paging, and web browsing
sensible-editor (1)  - sensible editing, paging, and web browsing
sensible-pager (1)   - sensible editing, paging, and web browsing
seq (1)              - print a sequence of numbers
services (5)         - Internet network services list
setsid (8)           - run a program in a new session
setterm (1)          - set terminal attributes
sfdisk (8)           - Partition table manipulator for Linux
sg (1)               - execute command as different group ID
sh (1)               - GNU Bourne-Again SHell
sha1sum (1)          - compute and check SHA1 message digest
sha224sum (1)        - compute and check SHA224 message digest
sha256sum (1)        - compute and check SHA256 message digest
sha384sum (1)        - compute and check SHA384 message digest
sha512sum (1)        - compute and check SHA512 message digest
shadow (5)           - encrypted password file
shadowconfig (8)     - toggle shadow passwords on and off
shells (5)           - pathnames of valid login shells
shred (1)            - overwrite a file to hide its contents, and optionally delete it
shutdown (8)         - bring the system down
signal (7)           - list of available signals
sk98lin (4)          - Marvell/SysKonnect Gigabit Ethernet driver v6.21
skill (1)            - send a signal or report process status
slabinfo (5)         - Kernel slab allocator statistics
slabtop (1)          - display kernel slab cache information in real time
slattach (8)         - attach a network interface to a serial line
sleep (1)            - delay for a specified amount of time
snice (1)            - send a signal or report process status
SOCK_RAW (7)         - Linux IPv4 raw sockets
socket (7)           - Linux socket interface
soelim (1)           - interpret .so requests in groff input
sort (1)             - sort lines of text files
sources.list (5)     - Package resource list for APT
split (1)            - split a file into pieces
st (4)               - SCSI tape device
standards (7)        - C and UNIX Standards
start-stop-daemon (8) - start and stop system daemon programs
startpar (8)         - start runlevel scripts in parallel
stat (1)             - display file or file system status
stty (1)             - change and print terminal line settings
su (1)               - change user ID or become super-user
suffixes (7)         - list of file suffixes
sulogin (8)          - Single-user login
sum (1)              - checksum and count the blocks in a file
svipc (5) [ipc]      - System V interprocess communication mechanisms
svipc (7)            - System V interprocess communication mechanisms
swapoff (8)          - enable/disable devices and files for paging and swapping
swapon (8)           - enable/disable devices and files for paging and swapping
sync (1)             - flush file system buffers
sync (8)             - synchronize data on disk with memory
sysctl (8)           - configure kernel parameters at runtime
sysctl.conf (5)      - sysctl(8) preload/configuration file
sysklogd (8)         - Linux system logging utilities.
syslog-facility (8)  - Setup and remove LOCALx facility for sysklogd
syslog.conf (5)      - syslogd(8) configuration file
syslogd (8)          - Linux system logging utilities.
syslogd-listfiles (8) - list system logfiles
tac (1)              - concatenate and print files in reverse
tack (1)             - terminfo action checker
tail (1)             - output the last part of files
tar (1)              - The GNU version of the tar archiving utility
tasksel (8)          - a user interface for installing tasks
tbl (1)              - format tables for troff
tcp (7)              - TCP protocol
tcpd (8)             - access control facility for internet services
tcpdchk (8)          - tcp wrapper configuration checker
tcpdmatch (8)        - tcp wrapper oracle
tee (1)              - read from standard input and write to standard output and files
telinit (8)          - process control initialization
tempfile (1)         - create a temporary file in a safe manner
term (5)             - format of compiled term file.
term (7)             - conventions for naming terminal types
termcap (5)          - terminal capability database
terminfo (5)         - terminal capability data base
test (1)             - check file types and compare values
Text::CharWidth (3pm) - Get number of occupied columns of a string on terminal
Text::Iconv (3pm)    - Perl interface to iconv() codeset conversion function
Text::WrapI18N (3pm) - Line wrapping module with support for multibyte, fullwidth, and combining characters and languages without whitespaces between words
tic (1)              - the terminfo entry-description compiler
time (7)             - overview of time
tload (1)            - graphic representation of system load average
toe (1)              - table of (terminfo) entries
top (1)              - display Linux tasks
touch (1)            - change file timestamps
tput (1)             - initialize a terminal or query terminfo database
tr (1)               - translate or delete characters
traceroute (8)       - print the route packets take to network host
traceroute.lbl (8)   - print the route packets take to network host
troff (1)            - the troff processor of the groff text formatting system
true (1)             - do nothing, successfully
try-from (8)         - test program for the tcp_wrapper
tset (1)             - terminal initialization
tsort (1)            - perform topological sort
tty (1)              - print the file name of the terminal connected to standard input
tty (4)              - controlling terminal
tty ioctl (4) [tty_ioctl] - ioctls for terminals and serial lines
ttyS (4)             - serial terminal lines
tty_ioctl (4)        - ioctls for terminals and serial lines
ttys (4)             - serial terminal lines
tune2fs (8)          - adjust tunable filesystem parameters on ext2/ext3 filesystems
tunelp (8)           - set various parameters for the lp device
tzconfig (8)         - set the local timezone
tzfile (5)           - time zone information
tzselect (1)         - view timezones
tzselect (8)         - select a time zone
udp (7)              - User Datagram Protocol for IPv4
ul (1)               - do underlining
umount (8)           - unmount file systems
uname (1)            - print system information
uncompress (1)       - compress or expand files
undocumented (7)     - No manpage for this program, utility or function.
unexpand (1)         - convert spaces to tabs
unicode (7)          - the Universal Character Set
uniq (1)             - report or omit repeated lines
units (7)            - decimal and binary prefixes
unix (7)             - Sockets for local interprocess communication
unix_chkpwd (8)      - check the password of the invoking user
unlink (1)           - call the unlink function to remove the specified file
update-alternatives (8) - maintain symbolic links determining default commands
update-inetd (8)     - create, remove, enable or disable entry in /etc/inetd.conf
update-modules (8)   - obsolete command
update-passwd (8)    - safely update /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow and /etc/group
update-rc.d (8)      - install and remove System-V style init script links
updatedb (1)         - update a file name database
uptime (1)           - Tell how long the system has been running.
urandom (4)          - kernel random number source devices
uri (7)              - uniform resource identifier (URI), including a URL or URN
url (7)              - uniform resource identifier (URI), including a URL or URN
urn (7)              - uniform resource identifier (URI), including a URL or URN
useradd (8)          - create a new user or update default new user information
userdel (8)          - delete a user account and related files
usermod (8)          - modify a user account
users (1)            - print the user names of users currently logged in to the current host
utf-8 (7)            - an ASCII compatible multi-byte Unicode encoding
utf8 (7)             - an ASCII compatible multi-byte Unicode encoding
utmp (5)             - login records
uuidgen (1)          - command-line utility to create a new UUID value
vcs (4)              - virtual console memory
vcsa (4)             - virtual console memory
vdir (1)             - list directory contents
vi (1)               - Vi IMproved, a programmers text editor
vidmode (8)          - query/set image root device, RAM disk size, or video mode
view (1)             - Vi IMproved, a programmers text editor
vigr (8)             - edit the password, group, shadow-password or shadow-group file
vim (1)              - Vi IMproved, a programmers text editor
vimdiff (1)          - edit two or three versions of a file with Vim and show differences
vipw (8)             - edit the password, group, shadow-password or shadow-group file
vmstat (8)           - Report virtual memory statistics
vpddecode (8)        - VPD structure decoder
w (1)                - Show who is logged on and what they are doing.
w.procps (1)         - Show who is logged on and what they are doing.
wall (1)             - write a message to users
watch (1)            - execute a program periodically, showing output fullscreen
wavelan (4)          - AT&T GIS WaveLAN ISA device driver
wc (1)               - print the number of newlines, words, and bytes in files
wget (1)             - The non-interactive network downloader.
whatis (1)           - display manual page descriptions
whereis (1)          - locate the binary, source, and manual page files for a command
which (1)            - locate a command
whiptail (1)         - display dialog boxes from shell scripts
who (1)              - show who is logged on
whoami (1)           - print effective userid
write (1)            - send a message to another user
wtmp (5)             - login records
x25 (7)              - ITU-T X.25 / ISO-8208 protocol interface.
xargs (1)            - build and execute command lines from standard input
xxd (1)              - make a hexdump or do the reverse.
yes (1)              - output a string repeatedly until killed
zcat (1)             - compress or expand files
zcmp (1)             - compare compressed files
zdiff (1)            - compare compressed files
zdump (1)            - time zone dumper
zegrep (1)           - search possibly compressed files for a regular expression
zero (4)             - data sink
zfgrep (1)           - search possibly compressed files for a regular expression
zforce (1)           - force a '.gz' extension on all gzip files
zgrep (1)            - search possibly compressed files for a regular expression
zic (8)              - time zone compiler
zless (1)            - file perusal filter for crt viewing of compressed text
zmore (1)            - file perusal filter for crt viewing of compressed text
znew (1)             - recompress .Z files to .gz files
zsoelim (1)          - satisfy .so requests in roff input
list/terminal_commands.txt · Last modified: 2008/04/08 22:34 by niel1952