The contents of /bin

(from “The UNIX Programming Environment”)


command page notes status
date 3 needs to include the endless september date format written
who 3 written
mail 3
stty 5
tabs 5 sets tabs on soft-tab terminals
write 9
man 11
learn 11 not likely to actually have this, because of licensing issues
ed 12
ls 13 written
cat 14
pr 14
lpr 16
mv 16
cp 16
rm 16
wc 18
grep 18
sort 19
tail 19
cmp 20
diff 20
pwd 22
mkdir 25 needs the ‘’‘-p’‘’ option
wait 34
kill 34
ps 34
nohup 35 bundled with daemon & go
nice 35
at 35
bc 39
chmod 56
od 59 bundled with hexdump (== dump?)
ln 59
mount 66 in /bin to enable user mounts
mesg 68
crypt 68
news 69
time 69
sleep 73
fgrep 103
egrep 103
uniq 106
comm 107
tr 107
dd 107
sed 108
awk 114 Use the One True awk
cal 133
which 138 An example shell program here, but still very useful
cc 174 gcc or pcc?
zap 190 example program like linux ‘’‘killall’'
hoc 234 example desk calculator to go alongside bc/dc
yacc 235 not the FSF one
make 241 the Berkeley one; the FSF one will be installed as /usr/bin/gmake
lex 256 is flex released under a BSD license?
bas 284 if the source to the UNIX bas is available,otherwise no
troff 289 also nroff (FSF groff or other?)
tbl 302 folded into troff, or split out?
eqn 304 folded into troff, or split out?
refer 313 folded into troff, or split out?
pic 313 folded into troff, or split out?
ideal 313 folded into troff, or split out?
spell 313 ispell?