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ranlib
Converts archive libraries to random libraries.
rc
Performs normal startup initialization.
rc.powerfail
Shuts down a system when a power failure is detected.
rcp
Transfers files between a local and a remote host or between two remote hosts.
rcvdist
Sends a copy of incoming messages to additional recipients.
rcvpack
Saves incoming messages in a packed file.
rcvstore
Incorporates new mail from standard input into a folder.
rcvtty
Notifies the user of incoming messages.
rdist
Maintains identical copies of files on multiple hosts.
rdump
Backs up files onto a remote machines' device.
read
Reads one line from standard input.
readfile
Displays the text of INed structured files.
readlvcopy
Reads a specific mirror copy of a logical volume.
reboot
Restarts the system.
red
Edits text by line.
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.
refer
Finds and inserts literature references in documents.
refile
Moves files between folders.
refresh
Requests a refresh of a subsystem or group of subsystems.
regcmp
Compiles patterns into C language char declarations.
rembak
Sends a print job to a queue on a remote server.
remove
Deletes files from var/adm/acct subdirectories.
remsh
Executes the specified command at the remote host or logs into the remote host.
renice
Alters priority of running processes.
reorgvg
Reorganizes the physical partition allocation for a volume group.
repl
Replies to a message.
repquota
Summarizes quotas for a file system.
reset
Initializes terminals.
resize
Sets the TERMCAP environment variable and terminal settings to the current window size.
restbase
Reads the base-customized information from the boot image and restores it into the Device Configuration database used during system boot phase 1.
restore
Copies previously backed-up file systems or files, created by the backup command, from a local device.
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.
rev
Reverse characters in each line of a file.
revnetgroup
Reverses the listing of users and hosts in network group files in NIS maps.
rexd
Executes program for remote machines.
rexec
Executes commands one at a time on a remote host.
rexecd
Provides the server function for the rexec command.
rgb
Creates the database used by the X-Window system server for colors.
rlogin
Connects the local host with a remote host.
rlogind
Provides the server function for the rlogin command.
rm
Removes (unlinks) files or directories.
rmail
Handles remote mail received through Basic Networking Utilities (BNU).
rmdel
Removes a delta from a SCCS file.
rmdev
Removes a device from the system.
rmdir
Removes a directory.
rmdsmitd
Removes a domain from the member list in DSMIT.
rmf
Removes folders and the messages they contain.
rmfilt
Removes a filter rule.
rmfs
Removes a file system.
rmgroup
Removes a group.
rmhist
Removes the history information from INed structured files.
rmitab
Removes records in the /etc/inittab file.
rmkeyserv
Stops the keyserv daemon and comments the entry in the /etc/rc.nfs file.
rmlv
Removes logical volumes from a volume group.
rmlvcopy
Removes copies from a logical volume.
rmm
Removes messages from active status.
rmnamsv
Unconfigures TCP/IP-based name service on a host.
rmnfs
Changes the configuration of the system to stop running NFS daemons.
rmnfsexp
Unexports a directory from NFS clients.
rmnfsmnt
Removes an NFS mount.
rmnotify
Removes a notify method definition from the Notify object class.
rmprtsv
Unconfigures a print service on a client or server machine.
rmps
Remove a paging space from the system along with any logical volume on which it resides.
rmque
Removes a printer queue from the system.
rmquedev
Removes a printer or plotter queue device from the system.
rmserver
Removes a subserver definition from the Subserver Type object class.
rmss
Simulates a system with various sizes of memory for performance testing of applications.
rmssys
Removes a subsystem definition from the subsystem object class.
rmt
Allows remote access to magnetic tape devices.
rmtun
Deactivates operational tunnel(s) and optionally removes tunnel definition(s).
rmuser
Removes a user account.
rmvfs
Removes entries in the /etc/vfs file.
rmvirprt
Removes a virtual printer.
rmyp
Removes the configuration for NIS.
roffbib
Prints a bibliographic database.
route
Manually manipulates the routing tables.
routed
Manages network routing tables.
rpc.pcnfsd
Handles service requests from PC-NFS (Personal Computers Network File System) clients.
rpcgen
Generates C code to implement an RPC protocol.
rpcinfo
Reports the status of Remote Procedure Call (RPC) servers.
rpl
Replaces all occurrences of a string in a file.
rrestore
Copies previously backed file systems from a remote machine's device to the local machine.
Rsh
Invokes a restricted version of the Bourne shell.
rsh
Executes the specified command at the remote host or logs into the remote host.
rshd
Provides the server function for remote command execution.
rstatd
Returns performance statistics obtained from the kernel.
rtl_enable
Relinks shared objects to enable the runtime linker to use them. This command applies to AIX Version 4.2 or later.
runacct
Runs daily accounting.
runcat
Pipes output data from the mkcatdefs command to the gencat command.
rup
Shows the status of a remote host on the local network.
ruptime
Shows the status of each host on a network.
ruser
Directly manipulates entries in three separate system databases that control foreign host access to programs
rusers
Reports a list of users logged on to remote machines.
rusersd
Responds to queries from the rusers command.
rwall
Sends messages to all users on the network.
rwalld
Handles requests from the rwall command.
rwho
Shows which users are logged in to hosts on the local network.
rwhod
Provides the server function for the rwho and ruptime commands.

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