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pac

Prepares printer/plotter accounting records.

pack

Compresses files.

packf

Compresses the contents of a folder into a file.

page

Displays continuous text one screen at a time on a display screen.

pagesize

Displays the system page size.

panel20

Diagnoses activity between an HIA and the 5080 Control Unit.

passwd

Changes a user's password.

paste

Merges the lines of several files or subsequent lines in one file.

patch

Applies changes to files.

pathchk

Check pathnames.

pax

Extracts, writes, and lists members of archive files; copies files and directory hierarchies.

pcat

Unpacks files and writes them to standard output.

pclient

Opens the connection to an Xstation for a specified period of time.

pcmciastat

Displays the current sockets' status and defined PCMCIA devices.

pdelay

Enables or reports the availability of delayed login ports.

pdisable

Disables login ports.

penable

Enables or reports the availability of login ports.

pg

Formats files to the display.

phold

Disables or reports the availability of login ports on hold.

pic

Preprocesses troff command imput for the purpose of drawing pictures.

pick

Selects messages by content and creates and modifies sequences.

ping

Sends an echo request to a network host.

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 a memory image and stores the memory image in a file.

piodmgr

Compacts the Object Data Manager (ODM) database in the /var/spool/lpd/pio/@local/smit directory.

piofontin

Copies fonts from a multilingual font diskette.

pioformat

Drives a printer formatter.

piofquote

Converts certain control characters destined for PostScript printers.

piolpx

Provides printer backend support for Xstation attached printers.

piolsvp

Lists virtual printers on a system.

piomgpdev

Manages printer pseudo-devices.

piomkapqd

Builds a SMIT dialog to create print queues and printers.

piomkpq

Creates a printer queue.

piomsg

Sends a printer backend message to the user.

pioout

Printer backend's device driver interface program.

piopredef

Creates a predefined printer data stream definition.

plotgbe

Plots HP-GL files to a plotter device.

plotlbe

Plots HP-GL files to a plotter device

pmctrl

Controls or queries Power Management information.

portmap

Converts RPC program numbers into Internet port numbers.

post

Routes a message.

pppattachd

Attaches an asynchronous device stream to the PPP (Point to Point Protocol) subsystem. Can be envoked as a daemon or a normal process.

pppcontrold

Controls startup and management of the PPP (Point to Point Protocol) subsystem.

pppdial

Establish a asynchronous connection with a remote system for use by the PPP (Point to Point Protocol) subsystem.

pppstat

Extracts and displays the RAS (Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability) information of the the PPP (Point to Point Protocol) subsystem. This command only applies to AIX Version 4.1.5.

pr

Writes a file to standard output.

prctmp

Displays the session record file created by the acctcon1 command.

prdaily

Formats an ASCII report of the previous day's accounting data.

prev

Shows the previous message.

printenv

Displays the values of environment variables.

printf

Writes formatted output.

prof

Displays object file profile data.

proff

Formats text for printers with personal printer data streams.

prompter

Invokes a prompting editor.

proto

Constructs a prototype file for a file system.

prs

Displays a Source Code Control System (SCCS) file.

prtacct

Formats and displays any total accounting file.

prtty

Prints to the printer port of the terminal.

ps

Shows current status of processes.

ps4014

Converts a Tektronix 4014 file to postscript format.

ps630

Converts Diablo 630 print files to PostScript format.

psc

Converts troff intermediate format to PostScript format.

psdit

Converts troff intermediate format to PostScript format.

pshare

Enables or reports the availability of login ports.

psplot

Converts files in plot format to PostScript format.

psrev

Reverses the page order of a PostScript file and selects a page range for printing.

psroff

Converts files from troff format to PostScript format.

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.

ptx

Generates a permuted index.

pwd

Displays the pathname of the working directory.

pwdadm

Administers user's passwords.

pwdck

Verifies the correctness of local authentication information.

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