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This contains list of 160 UNIX Utilities.



This is a list of Unix utilities as specified by IEEE Std 1003.1-2008, which is part of the Single UNIX Specification (SUS). These utilities can be found on Unix operating systems and most Unix-like operating systems.
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teeIEEE Std 1003.1-2008 utilities,,,,SNo,Name,Category,Description,First appeared1,admin,SCCS,Create and administer SCCS files,PWB UNIX2,alias,Misc,Define or display aliases,3,ar,Misc,Create and maintain library archives,Version 1 AT&T UNIX4,asa,Text processing,Interpret carriage-control characters,System V5,at,Process management,Execute commands at a later time,Version 7 AT&T UNIX6,awk,Text processing,Pattern scanning and processing language,Version 7 AT&T UNIX7,basename,Filesystem,Return non-directory portion of a pathname; see also dirname,Version 7 AT&T UNIX8,batch,Process management,Schedule commands to be executed in a batch queue,9,bc,Misc,Arbitrary-precision arithmetic language,Version 6 AT&T UNIX10,bg,Process management,Run jobs in the background,11,c99,C programming,Compile standard C programs,IEEE Std 1003.1-200112,cal,Misc,Print a calendar,Version 5 AT&T UNIX13,cat,Filesystem,Concatenate and print files,Version 1 AT&T UNIX14,cd,Filesystem,Change the working directory,Version 6 AT&T UNIX15,cflow,C programming,Generate a C-language flowgraph,System V16,chgrp,Filesystem,Change the file group ownership,PWB UNIX17,chmod,Filesystem,Change the file modes/attributes/permissions,Version 1 AT&T UNIX18,chown,Filesystem,Change the file ownership,Version 1 AT&T UNIX19,cksum,Filesystem,Write file checksums and sizes,4.4BSD20,cmp,Filesystem,Compare two files; see also diff,Version 1 AT&T UNIX21,comm,Text processing,Select or reject lines common to two files,Version 4 AT&T UNIX22,command,Shell programming,Execute a simple command,23,compress,Filesystem,Compress data,4.3BSD24,cp,Filesystem,Copy files,Version 1 AT&T UNIX25,crontab,Misc,Schedule periodic background work,System V26,csplit,Text processing,Split files based on context,PWB UNIX27,ctags,C programming,Create a tags file,3BSD28,cut,Text processing,Cut out selected fields of each line of a file,System III29,cxref,C programming,Generate a C-language program cross-reference table,System V30,date,Misc,Display the date and time,Version 1 AT&T UNIX31,dd,Filesystem,Convert and copy a file,Version 5 AT&T UNIX32,delta,SCCS,Make a delta (change) to an SCCS file,PWB UNIX33,df,Filesystem,Report free disk space,Version 1 AT&T UNIX34,diff,Text processing,Compare two files; see also cmp,Version 5 AT&T UNIX35,dirname,Filesystem,Return the directory portion of a pathname; see also basename,System III36,du,Filesystem,Estimate file space usage,Version 1 AT&T UNIX37,echo,Shell programming,Write arguments to standard output,Version 2 AT&T UNIX38,ed,Text processing,The standard text editor,Version 1 AT&T UNIX39,env,Misc,Set the environment for command invocation,System III40,ex,Text processing,Text editor,1BSD41,expand,Text processing,Convert tabs to spaces,3BSD42,expr,Shell programming,Evaluate arguments as an expression,Version 7 AT&T UNIX43,FALSE,Shell programming,Return false value,Version 7 AT&T UNIX44,fc,Misc,Process the command history list,45,fg,Process management,Run jobs in the foreground,46,file,Filesystem,Determine file type,Version 4 AT&T UNIX47,find,Filesystem,Find files,Version 1 AT&T UNIX48,fold,Text processing,Filter for folding lines,1BSD49,fort77,FORTRAN77 programming,FORTRAN compiler,XPG450,fuser,Process management,List process IDs of all processes that have one or more files open,System V51,gencat,Misc,Generate a formatted message catalog,52,get,SCCS,Get a version of an SCCS file,PWB UNIX53,getconf,Misc,Get configuration values,54,getopts,Shell programming,Parse utility options,55,grep,Misc,Search text for a pattern,Version 4 AT&T UNIX56,hash,Misc,hash database access method,57,head,Text processing,Copy the first part of files,PWB UNIX58,iconv,Text processing,Codeset conversion,HP-UX59,id,Misc,Return user identity,4.4BSD60,ipcrm,Misc,"Remove a message queue, semaphore set, or shared memory segment identifier",System V61,ipcs,Misc,Report interprocess communication facilities status,System V62,jobs,Process management,Display status of jobs in the current session,63,join,Text processing,Merges two sorted text files based on the presence of a common field,Version 7 AT&T UNIX64,kill,Process management,Terminate or signal processes,Version 4 AT&T UNIX65,lex,C programming,Generate programs for lexical tasks,Version 7 AT&T UNIX66,link,Filesystem,Create a hard link to a file,Version 1 AT&T UNIX67,ln,Filesystem,Link files,Version 1 AT&T UNIX68,locale,Misc,Get locale-specific information,69,localedef,Misc,Define locale environment,70,logger,Shell programming,Log messages,4.3BSD71,logname,Misc,Return the user's login name,4.4BSD72,lp,Text processing,Send files to a printer,System V73,ls,Filesystem,List directory contents,Version 1 AT&T UNIX74,m4,Misc,Macro processor,PWB UNIX75,mailx,Misc,Process messages,Version 1 AT&T UNIX76,make,Programming,"Maintain, update, and regenerate groups of programs",PWB UNIX77,man,Misc,Display system documentation,Version 2 AT&T UNIX78,mesg,Misc,Permit or deny messages,Version 1 AT&T UNIX79,mkdir,Filesystem,Make directories,Version 1 AT&T UNIX80,mkfifo,Filesystem,Make FIFO special files,4.4BSD81,more,Text processing,Display files on a page-by-page basis,3BSD82,mv,Filesystem,Move files,Version 1 AT&T UNIX83,newgrp,Misc,Change to a new group (functionaliy similar to sg),Version 6 AT&T UNIX84,nice,Process management,Invoke a utility with an altered nice value,Version 4 AT&T UNIX85,nl,Text processing,Line numbering filter,System III86,nm,C programming,Write the name list of an object file,Version 1 AT&T UNIX87,nohup,Process management,Invoke a utility immune to hangups,Version 4 AT&T UNIX88,od,Misc,Dump files in various formats,Version 1 AT&T UNIX89,paste,Text processing,Merge corresponding or subsequent lines of files,Version 32V AT&T UNIX90,patch,Text processing,Apply changes to files,4.3BSD91,pathchk,Filesystem,Check pathnames,92,pax,Misc,Portable archive interchange,4.4BSD93,pr,Text processing,Print files,Version 1 AT&T UNIX94,printf,Shell programming,Write formatted output,4.3BSD-Reno95,prs,SCCS,Print an SCCS file,PWB UNIX96,ps,Process management,Report process status,Version 4 AT&T UNIX97,pwd,Filesystem,print working directory - Return working directory name,Version 5 AT&T UNIX98,qalter,Batch utilities,Alter batch job,99,qdel,Batch utilities,Delete batch jobs,100,qhold,Batch utilities,Hold batch jobs,101,qmove,Batch utilities,Move batch jobs,102,qmsg,Batch utilities,Send message to batch jobs,103,qrerun,Batch utilities,Rerun batch jobs,104,qrls,Batch utilities,Release batch jobs,105,qselect,Batch utilities,Select batch jobs,106,qsig,Batch utilities,Signal batch jobs,107,qstat,Batch utilities,Show status of batch jobs,108,qsub,Batch utilities,Submit a script,109,read,Shell programming,Read a line from standard input,110,renice,Process management,Set nice values of running processes,4BSD111,rm,Filesystem,Remove directory entries,Version 1 AT&T UNIX112,rmdel,SCCS,Remove a delta from an SCCS file,PWB UNIX113,rmdir,Filesystem,Remove directories,Version 1 AT&T UNIX114,sact,SCCS,Print current SCCS file-editing activity,System III115,sccs,SCCS,Front end for the SCCS subsystem,4.3BSD116,sed,Text processing,Stream editor,Version 7 AT&T UNIX117,sh,Shell programming,"Shell, the standard command language interpreter","Version 7 AT&T UNIX (in earlier versions, sh was either the Thompson shell or the PWB shell)"118,sleep,Shell programming,Suspend execution for an interval,Version 4 AT&T UNIX119,sort,Text processing,"Sort, merge, or sequence check text files",Version 1 AT&T UNIX120,split,Misc,Split files into pieces,Version 3 AT&T UNIX121,strings,C programming,Find printable strings in files,2BSD122,strip,C programming,Remove unnecessary information from executable files,Version 1 AT&T UNIX123,stty,Misc,Set the options for a terminal,Version 2 AT&T UNIX124,tabs,Misc,Set terminal tabs,PWB UNIX125,tail,Text processing,Copy the last part of a file,PWB UNIX126,talk,Misc,Talk to another user,4.2BSD127,tee,Shell programming,Duplicate the standard output,Version 5 AT&T UNIX128,test,Shell programming,Evaluate expression,Version 7 AT&T UNIX129,time,Process management,Time a simple command,Version 3 AT&T UNIX130,touch,Filesystem,Change file access and modification times,Version 7 AT&T UNIX131,tput,Misc,Change terminal characteristics,System V132,tr,Text processing,Translate characters,Version 4 AT&T UNIX133,TRUE,Shell programming,Return true value,Version 7 AT&T UNIX134,tsort,Text processing,Topological sort,Version 7 AT&T UNIX135,tty,Misc,Return user's terminal name,Version 1 AT&T UNIX136,type,Misc,Displays how a name would be interpreted if used as a command,137,ulimit,Misc,Set or report file size limit,138,umask,Misc,Get or set the file mode creation mask,System III139,unalias,Misc,Remove alias definitions,140,uname,Misc,Return system name,PWB UNIX141,uncompress,Misc,Expand compressed data,4.3BSD142,unexpand,Text processing,Convert spaces to tabs,3BSD143,unget,SCCS,Undo a previous get of an SCCS file,System III144,uniq,Text processing,Report or filter out repeated lines in a file,Version 3 AT&T UNIX145,unlink,Filesystem,Call the unlink function,Version 1 AT&T UNIX146,uucp,Network,System-to-system copy,Version 7 AT&T UNIX147,uudecode,Network,Decode a binary file,4BSD148,uuencode,Network,Encode a binary file,4BSD149,uustat,Network,uucp status inquiry and job control,System III150,uux,Process management,Remote command execution,Version 7 AT&T UNIX151,val,SCCS,Validate SCCS files,System III152,vi,Text processing,Screen-oriented (visual) display editor,1BSD153,wait,Process management,Await process completion,Version 4 AT&T UNIX154,wc,Text processing,"Line, word and byte or character count",Version 1 AT&T UNIX155,what,SCCS,Identify SCCS files,PWB UNIX156,who,System administration,Display who is on the system,Version 1 AT&T UNIX157,write,Misc,Write to another user's terminal,Version 1 AT&T UNIX158,xargs,Shell programming,Construct argument lists and invoke utility,PWB UNIX159,yacc,C programming,Yet another compiler compiler,PWB UNIX160,zcat,Text processing,Expand and concatenate data,4.3BSD,,,,For other more formats kindly visit www.downloadexcelfiles.com,,,,,,,,Original source : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unix_utilities,,,,