General Operations

Commands List: Devices and Terminals

adfutil
      Provides the capability to merge Micro Channel information through AIX® 5.1 only for PS/2 adapters with the Configuration Database.
bterm
      Emulates terminals in bidirectional bus (BIDI) mode.
cancel
      Cancels requests to a line printer.
captoinfo
      Converts a termcap file to a terminfo descriptor file.
cfgmgr
      Configures devices by running the programs specified in the Configuration Rules object class.
chcons
      Redirects the system console to a specified device or file to be effective on the next start of the system.
chdev
      Changes the characteristics of a device.
chdisp
      Changes the display used by the low function terminal (LFT) subsystem .
chfont
      Changes the default font for a display.
chkbd
      Changes the default keyboard map used by the high function terminal Subsystem at system startup.
clear
      Clears the terminal screen.
devnm
      Names a device.
diag
      Performs hardware problem determination.
digest
      Converts the ASCII form of the /etc/qconfig file into the /etc/qconfig.bin file, a binary version of the queue configuration used by the qdaemon command.
dscreen
      Starts the Dynamic Screen utility.
enable
      Enables a printer queue
fdformat
      Formats diskettes.
flcopy
      Copies to and from diskettes.
fold
      Folds long lines for finite-width output device.
format
      Formats diskettes.
getty
      Sets the characteristics of ports.
hplj
      Post-processes the troff command output for the HP LaserJet Series printers.
ibm3812
      Post-processes the troff command output for the 3816 Pageprinter and the 3812 Model 2 Pageprinter.
ibm3816
      Post-processes the troff command output for the 3816 Pageprinter and the 3812 Model 2 Pageprinter.
ibm5587G
      Post-processes troff command output for the 5587G printer with the (32x32/24x24) cartridge installed.
iconv
      Converts the encoding of characters from one code page encoding scheme to another.
infocmp
      Manages terminfo descriptions.
iostat
      Reports Central Processing Unit (CPU) statistics and input/output statistics for tty, disks, and CD-ROMs.
keycomp
      Compiles a keyboard mapping file into an input method keymap file.
lp
      Sends requests to a line printer.
lpr
      Enqueues print jobs.
lpstat
      Displays line printer status information.
lptest
      Generates the line printer ripple pattern.
lsattr
      Displays attribute characteristics and possible values of attributes for devices in the system.
lscfg
      Displays diagnostic information about a device.
lsconn
      Displays the connections a given device, or kind of device, can accept.
lscons
      Writes the name of the console device to standard output.
lsdev
      Displays devices in the system and their characteristics.
lsdisp
      Lists the displays currently available on the system.
lsfont
      Lists the fonts available for use by the display.
lskbd
      Lists the keyboard maps currently available to the Low Function Terminal (LFT) subsystem.
lsparent
      Displays the possible parent devices that accept a specified connection type or device.
mkdev
      Adds a device to the system.
mkfont
      Adds the font code associated with a display to the system.
mknod
      Creates a special file.
mt (BSD)
      Gives subcommands to streaming tape device.
panel20
      Diagnoses activity between an HIA and the 5080 Control Unit.
pdelay
      Enables or reports the availability of delayed login ports.
pdisable
      Disables login ports.
penable
      Enables or reports the availability of login ports.
phold
      Disables or reports the availability of login ports on hold.
pioattred
      Provides a way to format and edit attributes in a virtual printer.
piobe
      Print job manager for the printer backend.
pioburst
      Generates burst pages (header and trailer pages) for printer output.
piocnvt
      Expands or contracts a predefined definition or virtual printer definition.
piodigest
      Digests attribute values for a virtual printer definition into memory image and stores the memory image in a file.
piofontin
      Copies fonts from a multilingual font diskette.
pioformat
      Drives a printer formatter.
piofquote
      Converts certain control characters destined for PostScript® printers.
pioout
      Printer backend's device driver interface program.
piopredef
      Creates a predefined printer data stream definition.
portmir
      Allows one TTY stream (monitor) to attach to another TTY stream (target) and monitor the user session that is taking place on that stream.
pr
      Writes a file to standard output.
pshare
      Enables or reports the availability of shared login ports.
pstart
      Enables or reports the availability of login ports (normal, shared, and delayed).
pstat
      Interprets the contents of the various system tables and writes it to standard output.
reset
      Initializes terminals.
rmdev
      Removes a device from the system.
rmt
      Allows remote access to magnetic tape devices.
script
      Makes a typescript of a terminal session.
setmaps
      Sets terminal maps or code setmaps.
splp
      Changes or displays printer driver settings.
stty
      Sets, resets, and reports workstation operating parameters.
stty-cxma
      Sends and reports the terminal options for 128-port asynchronous controllers.
swapon
      Specifies additional devices for paging and swapping.
swcons
      Redirects, temporarily, the system console output to a specified device or file.
sysdumpdev
      Changes the primary or secondary dump device designation in a running system.
tabs
      Sets tab stops on terminals.
tapechk
      Performs consistency checking of the streaming tape device.
tcopy
      Copies a magnetic tape.
tctl
      Gives commands to a streaming tape device.
termdef
      Queries terminal characteristics.
tput
      Queries the terminal descriptor files in the terminfo database.
tset
      Initializes terminals.
tsm
      Provides terminal state management.
tty
      Writes to standard output the full pathname of your terminal.

Commands List: Documentation and Education

apropos
      Locates commands by keyword lookup.
catman
      Creates the cat files for the manual.
explain
      Provides an interactive thesaurus.
help
      Provides information for new users.
learn
      Provides computer-aided instruction courses and practice for using files, editors, macros, and other features.
man
      Displays manual entries online.

Commands List: File Systems

automount
      Mounts NFS file systems automatically.
chfs
      Changes attributes of a file system.
chps
      Changes attributes of a paging space.
chvfs
      Changes entries in the /etc/vfs file.
crfs
      Adds a file system.
crvfs
      Creates entries in the /etc/vfs file.
defragfs
      Increases a file system's contiguous free space.
df
      Reports information about space on file systems.
dfsck
      Checks file system consistency and interactively repairs the file system.
dosformat
      Formats a DOS diskette.
dumpfs
      Dumps file system information.
ff
      Lists the file names and statistics for a file system.
fsck
      Checks file system consistency and interactively repairs the file system.
fsdb
      Debugs file systems.
istat
      Examines i-node numbers.
lsfs
      Displays the characteristics of file systems.
mkfs
      Makes a file system.
mklost+found
      Creates a lost and found directory for the fsck command.
mkproto
      Constructs a prototype file system.
mount
      Makes a file system available for use.
ncheck
      Generates path names from i-node numbers.
proto
      Constructs a prototype file for a file system.
rmfs
      Removes a file system, any logical volume on which it resides, and the associated stanza in the /etc/filesystems file.
rrestore
      Copies previously backed up file systems from a remote machine's device to the local machine.
skulker
      Cleans up file systems by removing unwanted files.
umount
      Unmounts a previously mounted file system, directory, or file.
unmount
      Unmounts a previously mounted file system, directory, or file.
update
      Periodically updates the super block.

Commands List: Games

arithmetic
      Tests arithmetic skills.
bj
      Starts the blackjack game.
craps
      Starts the craps game.
fish
      Plays the go fish card game.
fortune
      Displays a random fortune from a database of fortunes.
hangman
      Starts the hangman word-guessing game.
moo
      Starts the number-guessing game.
number
      Displays the written form of a number.
quiz
      Tests your knowledge.
ttt
      Starts the tic-tac-toe game.
turnoff
      Sets the permission codes off for files in the /usr/games directory.
turnon
      Sets the permission codes on for the files in the /usr/games directory.
wump Starts the hunt the wumpus game.

Commands List: License Use Management

drm_admin
      Administers servers based on the Data Replication Manager (DRM), such as glbd, the replicated version of the global location broker (GLB).
glbd
      Manages the global location broker database.
lb_admin
      Monitors and administers Location Broker registrations.
lb_find
      Gets a list of global location broker (GLB) server daemons and their attributes.
llbd
      Manages the information in the Local Location Broker database.
monitord
      Communicates with the License Use Management server and requests an AIX® Version 4 concurrent-use license for each countable login.
nrglbd
      Manages the Global Location Broker database.

Commands List: Logical Volumes

chlv
      Changes only the characteristics of a logical volume.
chpv
      Changes the characteristics of a physical volume in a volume group.
chvg
      Sets the characteristics of a volume group.
cplv
      Copies the contents of a logical volume to a new logical volume.
exportvg
      Exports the definition of a volume group from a set of physical volumes.
extendlv
      Increases the size of a logical volume by adding unallocated physical partitions from within the volume group.
extendvg
      Adds physical volumes to a volume group.
importvg
      Imports a new volume group definition from a set of physical volumes.
lslv
      Displays information about a logical volume.
lspv
      Displays information about a physical volume within a volume group.
lsvg
      Displays information about volume groups.
migratepv
      Moves allocated physical partitions from one physical volume to one or more other physical volumes.
mirrorvg
      Mirrors all the logical volumes that exist on a given volume group.
mklv
      Creates a logical volume.
mklvcopy
      Provides copies of data within the logical volume.
mkvg
      Creates a volume group.
mkvgdata
      Creates a file containing information about a volume group for use by the savevg and restvg commands.
redefinevg
      Redefines the set of physical volumes of the given volume group in the device configuration database.
reducevg
      Removes physical volumes from a volume group.
reorgvg
      Reorganizes the physical partition allocation for a volume group.
restvg
      Restores the user volume group and all it containers and files, as specified in the /tmp/vgdata/vgname/vgname.data file contained within the backup image created by the savevg command.
rmlv
      Removes logical volumes from a volume group.
rmlvcopy
      Removes copies from a logical volume.
savevg
      Finds and backs up all file belonging to a specified volume group.
synclvodm
      Synchronizes or rebuilds the logical volume control block, the device configuration database, and the volume group descriptor areas on the physical volumes.
syncvg
      Synchronizes logical volume copies that are not current.
unmirrorvg
      Removes the mirrors that exist on volume groups or specified disks.
varyoffvg
      Deactivates a volume group.
varyonvg
      Activates a volume group.

Commands List: Network Installation Management (NIM)

lsnim
      Displays information about the Network Installation Management (NIM) environment.
nim
      Performs operations on Network Installation Management (NIM) objects.
nimclient
      Allows Network Installation Management (NIM) operations to be performed from a NIM client.
nimconfig
      Initializes the Network Installation Management (NIM) client package.
niminit
      Displays information about the Network Installation Management (NIM) environment.
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