Program name What it does
1st2chr prints the first 2 characters of the input
1stchr prints the first character of the input
2dig gets a 2 digit number from the user
IPaddr Get an IP address from the user
YORN Get a Y or N from the user
a2p Awk to Perl translator
afmtodit create font files for use with groff -Tps
animate display a sequence of images
ar create, modify, and extract from archives
as Assembler
as86 x86 Assembler
atoi Alphanumeric to integer converter (atoi a -> 97)
atoo Alphanumeric to octal converter (atoo a -> d=97 o=141 h=61)
basename Find the base name for a pathname
bdftops Convert to postscript
bison A compiler compiler
cdda2wav Convert cdda format to wave format
col Filter reverse line feeds from input
colcrt Filter nroff output for CRT previewing
colrm Remove columns from a file
column Columnate lists
convert Convert between image formats
crlf Change files to CRLF output from whatever they used to be
csplit Split files into sections determined by context lines
cut Remove sections from each line of files
dad Date addition
dayadd Date addition
dayadd Date addition
ddate Converts Gregorian dates to Discordian dates
digits Input a series of N digits (i.e., digits 3)
dollars Input a dollars and cents amount
dsub Substract integers
dtoo Decimal to octal conversion
dvipdf Convert DVI files to PDF format
eps2eps Convert eps printer files to Postscript
expand Convert tabs to spaces
fadd Add floating point
fix_bs_and_del Fix backspace and delete characters
fixmswrd.pl Fix MS Word files
fmt Simple optimal text formatter
fname Input a filename
fold Wrap each input line to fit in specified width
gettext Get text from the user
grep Print lines matching a pattern
grn Groff preprocessor for gremlin files
groff Front end for the groff document formatting system
grpconv Convert to and from shadow passwords and groups
grpunconv Convert to and from shadow passwords and groups
gs Ghostscript (postscript interpreter and previewer)
gslj Ghostscript to Laserjet converter
gslp Ghostscript to line printer converter
hexdump Ascii, decimal, hexadecimal, octal dump
hpftodit Create font description files for groff -Tlj4
iconv Convert between file codings
identify Describe format and characteristics of image file(s)
igawk Gawk with include files
info Read Info documents
integer Input an integer from the user
integers Input multiple integers from, the user
ipcalc IP calculator
itoa Convert integer value to ASCII character
join Join lines of two files on a common field
less Show files page-by-page and allow search
lineup Line up lines in a file into columns
look Display lines beginning with a given string
m4 Macro preprocessor
man Manual entries for most of the programs listed here
math Do aritmetic functions
mawk Pattern scanning and text processing language
md5sum MD5 cryptographic checksum generator
me Micro Emacs editor
mmroff MROFF reference preprocessor
mogrify Transform an image or sequence of images
montage Create a composite image by combining separate images
more Show a file a page at a time (like less)
ndisasm Netwide Disassembler - 80x86 binary file disassembler
netadd Get a full hostname from the user
nl Number lines of files
nm List symbols from object files.
nocr Remove CR from files (changes CRLF to LF only)
noctrl Remove control characters from files
nohup Run a process ignoring Hangup (HUP) signals
nolf Remove linefeeds from files
nonull Remove null (0) characters from files
noparity Remove parity bits from filess
noquote Input a line without shell quote characters
noreps.pl Remove repetitive lines from a file
number Input a real number from the user
o# Octal multiplication
o+ Octal addition
objcopy Copy and translate object files
objdump Display information from object files
od Octal to decminal conversion
oddparity Set the first bit on all bytes
ok Ask for an 'ok' confirmation
oneofeach Get a list of different things
onum Get an octal number from the user
otod Convert octal to decimal
paste Merge lines of files
pic Compile pictures for troff or TeX
pico GUI text editor
pl2pm Rough tool translates Perl4 .pl files to Perl5 .pm modules
pod2html Convert POD files to html
pod2latex Convert POD files to latex
pod2man Convert POD files to man files
pod2text Convert POD files to text files
pod2usage Convert POD files to usage files
pppdump Convert PPP record file to readable format
pr Convert files for the line printer
printf Format and print data
ps2ascii Convert postscript to ascii
ps2epsi Convert postscript to EPS printer format
ps2pdf Convert postscript to PDF format
ptx Produce a permuted index of file contents
pwconv convert to and from shadow password files
pwunconv Convert to and from shadow password files
refer Preprocess bibliographic references for groff
relf Relinefeed a file
relf2 Relinefeed a file another way
relflab Relinefeed a file for label printing
reline Reline a file to 80 columns wide
rev Reverse lines of a file
s2p Sed to Perl translator
sdiff Find and merge differences between files interactively
sed Stream editor
seq Like count
sort Sort files
split Split a file into parts
strings Extract strings from a file
strip Remove unnecessary text from executables
sum Add up a column of numbers
tac Concatenate and print files in reverse
tail Show the end of a file
tar Tape Archiver
tbl Format tables for troff
texi2dvi Convert text to DVi format
tolower Convert to lower case
toupper Convert to upper case
tr Translate or delete characters
tsort Perform topological sort
ul Do underlining
unexpand Convert spaces to tabs
unscape Convert netscape converted input strings to real strings
utodos Convert unix to DOS file content
uudecode Unix to Unix trnasport decode
uuencode Unix to Unix trnasport encode
vim Visual editor
vimtutor Visual editor tutor
vipw Edit the password or group files
wc Word count
word Get a word from the user
words Get multiple words from the user
yes Send 'y' as output forever
yorn Get a 'y' or 'n' from the user