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Table 13 Guardian Equivalents to OSS Commands (continued)
Guardian EquivalentDescriptionOSS Command
NoneGenerates a formatted message
catalog.
gencat
NoneGets configuration values.getconf
NoneParses utility options.getopts
LOCATESearches a file for a pattern.grep
FUP COPY FIRSTCopies the first part of files.head
NoneProvides codeset conversion.iconv
WHO, #username, #useridReturns the user identity.id
NoneProvides a relational database
operator.
join
STOPTerminates or signals processes.kill
NoneGenerates programs for lexical tasks.lex
ASSIGNLinks files.ln
NoneGets locale-specific information.locale
NoneDefines a locale environment.localedef
NoneLogs messages.logger
WHO, USERSReturns the user’s login name.logname
FUP COPYSends files to a printer.lp
PERUSE, SPOOLCOMReports line printer status information.lpstat
FILES, FILEINFO, FILENAMESLists directory contents.ls
NoneMaintains, updates, and regenerates
groups of programs.
make
command help, HELPDisplays system documentation.man
VOLUMEMakes directories.mkdir
NoneMakes FIFO special files.mkfifo
MOREDisplays files on a page-by-page basis.more
FUP DUP, FUP RENAME, PURGEMoves files.mv
CROSSREFWrites the name list of an object file.nm
/NOWAIT/ optionInvokes a utility immune to hangups.nohup
FUP COPYDumps files in various formats.od
NoneMerges corresponding or subsequent
lines of files.
paste
NoneChecks pathnames.pathchk
BACKUP and RESTOREProvides portable archive interchange.pax
FUP COPYPrints files.pr
#outputWrites formatted output.printf
STATUS, PPDPrints process status.ps
#defaultsReturns the working directory name.pwd
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