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System User's Guide: Operating System and Devices

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Z

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.. (dot,dot) directories
. (dot) directories
~ (home) directory
/dev/rfd0 device (1), (2)
/dev/rmt0 device
- tape device
  - using (1), (2)
.env file
/etc/environment file (1), (2)
/etc/profile file (1), (2)
$HOME directory
.mwmrc file (1), (2)
.profile file (1), (2), (3)
.Xdefaults file (1), (2)
.xinitrc file (1), (2)

A

access control
- displaying information
- editing information
- extended permissions
- lists (1), (2)
- setting information
access modes
- base permissions
- controlling
- default
  - numeric representation for
  - symbolic representation for
- directories
- files
- group information
  - displaying
- representation of
  - numeric
  - symbolic
- user classes
acledit command
aclget command
aclput command
aixterm command
AIXwindows Desktop
- adding displays and terminals
  - ASCII terminal
  - character-display terminal
- customizing display devices
- modiying profiles
- removing
  - local display
- starting
  - desktop autostart
  - manually
- stopping
  - manually
alias command
alias substitution
- C shell
aliasing
- command
  - Korn or POSIX shell
append redirection operator (>>)
arguments
arithmetic evaluation
- Korn or POSIX shell
ASCII files
- printing on PostScript printer
ASCII to PostScript
- automating conversion
- converting files
at command (1), (2), (3), (4)
atq command

B

backend
- printer
background processes
- definition
backup
- command
- compressing files before
- guidelines
- how to
- purpose of
- tapes
  - advantages of
- using smit command
banner command
base permissions
bidirectional languages
Bourne shell
bsh command (1), (2)
built-in commands
- Bourne shell
- C shell
bytes
- counting number of

C

C shell
- alias substitution
- command substitution
- commands
  - built-in
  - using
- expressions
- file name substitution
- history substitution
- job control
- limitations
- operators
- predefined and environmental variables
- redirecting input and output
- signal handling
- starting
- variable substitution
capture command
cat command (1), (2)
cd command (1), (2)
CD-ROM file system (CDRFS)
CDRFS
chfont command
chmod command
chown command
chpq command
classes
- user
clear command
clearing your screen
colrm command
command aliasing
- Korn or POSIX shell
  - tilde substitution
command history
- Korn or POSIX shell
command list
- nice
command substitution
- Bourne shell
- C shell
- Korn or POSIX shell
commands
- alias
  - creating
- Bourne shell
- built-in
  - Bourne shell
  - C shell
- C shell
- case-sensitive
- command name
  - definition
- entering
- flags
  - using
- function
  - description
- history, editing
- information about
  - displaying
- Korn or POSIX shell
- long commands on multiple lines
  - entering
- multiple commands on one line
  - entering
- overview
- parameters
- repeating
- saving entered
- shortcut names
  - creating
- spaces between
- substituting strings
- syntax
- text-formatting
- usage statements
commands list (1), (2)
- |
- >
- >>
- <<<<
- acledit
- aclget
- aclput
- aixterm
- alias
- at (1), (2)
- atq
- backup
- banner
- bsh (1), (2)
- capture
- cat (1), (2)
- cd (1), (2)
- chfont
- chmod
- chown
- chpq
- clear
- colrm
- compress
- cp (1), (2)
- cpio -i
- cpio -o command
- csh (1), (2)
- cut
- del
- df
- diff
- dircmp
- dosdel
- dosdir
- dosread
- doswrite
- echo (1), (2)
- env
- exit
- export
- fc
- fdformat
- file
- find
- flcopy
- format
- fsck
- grep (1), (2)
- groups
- head
- history
- id
- kill
- ksh (1), (2)
  - regular built-in commands (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (14), (15), (16), (17), (18), (19), (20), (21)
  - special built-in commands (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (14), (15), (16), (17)
- ln
- lock
- login
- logname
- logout
- ls
- lscfg
- lscons
- lsdisp
- lsfont
- lsgroup
- lskbd
- lslpp
- man
- mkdir
- more
- mv
- mvdir
- mwm
- nice
- nl
- pack
- page
- passwd
- paste
- pg
- pr
- printenv
- ps
- psh (1), (2)
- pwd
- qcan
- qchk
- qhld
- qmov
- qpri
- qprt
- r
- renice (1), (2)
- restore
- rm (1), (2)
- rmdir
- rsh
- Rsh (1), (2)
- script
- sh
- shutdown
- smit (1), (2), (3)
- sort
- stty (1), (2)
- su
- tail
- tapechk
- tar
- tcopy
- tee
- touch
- tsh
- tty
- uname
- uncompress
- unpack
- wc
- whatis
- whereis
- who
- who am i
- whoami
- xlock
- zcat
comparing files
compress command
compressing files
concatenating text files
conditional substitution
- Bourne shell
console
- displaying name
control keys
- changing
- displaying settings
coprocess facility
- Korn or POSIX shell
copying
- files from tape or disk
- files to tape or disk
- to or from diskettes
- to or from tape
copying screen to file
cp command (1), (2)
cpio -i command
cpio -o command
csh command (1), (2)
customizing
- system environment
cut command
cutting sections

D

daemon process
- description
del command
deleting
- directories
- files
devices
- displaying information about
df command
diff command
dircmp command
directories
- abbreviations
- access modes
- changing
- changing ownership
- changing permissions
- comparing contents
- copying
- creating
- definition
- deleting
- displaying
  - contents
  - current
- home
- linking
- listing DOS files
- listing files
- moving
- naming conventions
- organization
- overview
- parent
- path names
- removing
- renaming
- root
  - definition
- specifying with abbreviations
- structure
- subdirectories
- types
- working
discarding output
diskettes
displaying
- access control information
- console name
- displays available
- file contents
- file directory
  - contents
  - current
- files
  - first lines
  - last lines
- fonts available
- login name
- software products
- system name
- terminal name
- text in large letters on screen
- user group information
- user ID
displays
- listing currently available on system
DOS files
dosdel command
dosdir command
dosread command
doswrite command

E

echo command (1), (2)
ed editor
editing
- inline
  - Korn or POSIX shell
editors (1), (2)
emacs editor
env command
environment
- displaying current
- setting
  - user
- system
environment file
environment variables
- displaying values
exit command
exit status
- Korn or POSIX shell
export command
expressions
- finding files with matching
extended permissions

F

fc command
fdformat command
file
- command
- descriptors
- permissions
- trees
file name substitution
file systems
- checking for consistency
- conducting interactive repairs
- definition
- example
  - illustration
- overview
- root
- space available
  - showing
- structure
- types
  - journaled file system (JFS) (1), (2)
  - network file system (NFS)
files
- access mode
  - setting
- access modes
- appending single line of text
- archiving
- ASCII
- backing up
- binary
- changing
  - from a linked file
  - ownership
  - permissions
- columns, removing
- comparing (1), (2)
- compressing
- concatenating
- copying
  - from DOS
  - from screen
  - from tape or disk
  - to DOS
- counting
  - bytes
  - lines
  - words
- creating with redirection from keyboard
- cutting selected fields from
- definition
- deleting
- deleting DOS
- displaying
  - contents
  - first lines
  - last lines
- environment
- executable
- expanding
- formatting
  - for display
  - for printing
- handling
- identifying type
- joining
- linked, removing
- linking (1), (2)
- locating sections
- matching expressions
  - finding
- merging the lines of several
- metacharacters
- moving
- naming conventions
- numbering lines
- overview
- ownership (1), (2)
- packing
- pasting text
- path names (1), (2)
- permissions
- regular expressions
- removing
- renaming
- restoring
  - using smit command
- restoring backed-up
- retrieving from storage
- searching for a string
- sorting text
- types
  - directory
  - regular
  - showing
  - special
- uncompressing
- unpacking
- wildcards
- writing to output
  - from specified point
filters
- definition
find command
flags
- in commands
flcopy command
font
- changing
fonts
- listing available for use
foreground processes
- definition
format command
formatting diskettes
fsck command

G

grep command (1), (2)
groups command

H

head command
here document (1), (2)
history
- command
- editing
- shell (1), (2)
- substitution
  - C shell

I

i-node number (1), (2), (3)
I/O redirection
id command
IDs
- user
index node reference number
inline editing
- Korn or POSIX shell
  - emacs mode
  - vi editing mode
inline input documents
input and output redirection
input redirection
input redirection operator (<<<<)
integer arithmetic
international character support
- text formatting

J

JFS (1), (2)
job control
- C shell
- Korn or POSIX shell
jobs
journaled file system (JFS) (1), (2)

K

keyboard maps
- listing currently available
kill command
Korn shell
Korn shell inline editing
- emacs mode
- vi editing mode
Korn shell or POSIX shell
- arithmetic evaluation
- built-in commands
- command aliasing
  - tilde substitution
- command history
- command substitution
- commands
  - built-in
  - compound
  - functions
  - using
- conditional expressions
- coprocess facility
- coprocesses
  - redirecting input and output from
- editing
- environment
- exit status
- field splitting
- file name substitution
- job control
- parameter substitution
- pattern matching
- quote removal
- quoting
- redirecting input and output
- reserved words
- signal handling
- starting
- variables
  - predefined
  - user-defined
ksh command (1), (2)
ksh93 shell

L

languages
- bidirectional
line of text
- appending to file
lines
- counting number of
linked files
- removing
links
- creating
- hard
- overview
- removing
- symbolic
- types
ln command
local printers
lock command
locking your terminal
login
- command
- how to
- messages
  - suppressing
- multiple on same system
- name
  - displaying
- remote
- user ID, as another
login files
- .env file
- /etc/environment file
- /etc/profile file
- .profile file (1), (2)
login messages, suppressing
login user ID
logname command
logout
- command
- how to
ls command
lscfg command
lscons command
lsdisp command
lsfont command
lsgroup command
lskbd command
lslpp command

M

man command
maps
- keyboard
messages
- displaying on screen
- sending to standard output
metacharacters
mkdir command
more command
multibyte character support
- text formatting
mv command
mvdir command
mwm command

N

names, displaying
- login
- operating system
naming conventions
- directories
- files
network
- displaying name
  - with uname command
network file system (NFS)
NFS
nice command
nl command

O

operating system
- displaying name
  - with uname command
- logging in
- logging out
options
- in commands
output
- discarding with /dev/null file
- redirecting to a file
output redirection operator (>)

P

pack command
page command
parameters
- in commands
- Korn or POSIX shell
passwd command
passwords
- changing or setting
- guidelines
- setting to null
paste command
path names
- absolute (1), (2)
- definition
- directory
paths
- directory
pattern matching
- Bourne shell
- Korn or POSIX shell
permissions
- base
- directory
- extended
- file
pg command
PID number
- description
pipelining
- definition (1), (2)
pipes
- definition
positional parameters
- Bourne shell
POSIX shell
PostScript files
- converting from ASCII
PostScript printer
- printing ASCII files
pr command
print file types
- overriding automatic determination
print jobs
- canceling
- definition
- displaying status
- formatting files for
- holding
- moving
- prioritizing
- releasing
- starting
print spooler
printenv command
printers
- backend
- canceling a job
- local
- qdaemon
- queue
- queue device
- real
- remote
- showing status of job
- spooler
- starting a job
- status conditions
- virtual
printing (1), (2)
- ASCII files on PostScript printer
- formatting files for
- holding print jobs
- moving print jobs
- releasing print jobs
process indentification number
processes
- background
- canceling
  - foreground process
- changing priority
- daemon
- description
- displaying all active
- displaying status
- foreground
- listing scheduled
- removing from schedule
- restarting stopped
- scheduling for later operation
- setting initial priority
- starting
- stopping
  - background process
- zombie
profile files
- using
program
- copying output into a file
prompt
- changing system
ps command
psh command (1), (2)
pwd command

Q

qcan command
qchk command
qdaemon
qhld command
qmov command
qpri command
qprt command
queue
- device
- print
quote removal
- Korn or POSIX shell
quoting characters
- Bourne shell
- Korn or POSIX shell

R

r (repeat) command
reading the three-digit display
real printers
redirecting
redirecting input and output
- from coprocesses
regular expressions
remote
- login
- printers
renaming
- directories
- files
renice command (1), (2)
reserved words
- Korn or POSIX shell
resource files
- modifying (1), (2)
resources
- description
restore command
restricted shell
- starting
rm command (1), (2)
rmdir command
root file
rsh command
Rsh command (1), (2)

S

screens
- clearing
- copying display to a file
- copying to file
- displaying text in large letters
- displaying text one screen at a time
script command
security
- file
- system
- threats
sh command
shell
- programs
- scripts
  - creating
  - specifying a shell
- variables
  - exporting
shells
- available
- Bourne
  - built-in commands (1), (2)
  - command substitution
  - conditional substitution
  - environment
  - file name substitution
  - positional parameters
  - predefined special variables
  - redirecting input and output
  - starting
  - user-defined variables
  - variable substitution
  - variables
- C
- features
- Korn or POSIX
  - arithmetic evaluation
  - built-in commands
  - command (1), (2), (3)
  - compound commands
  - conditional expressions
  - coprocess facility
  - environment
  - exit status
  - file name substitution
  - inline editing (1), (2), (3)
  - job control
  - parameters
  - quoting
  - redirecting input and output
  - reserved words
  - signal handling
  - starting
  - using commands
- restricted
  - starting
- scripts
  - specifying a shell
- shell scripts
  - creating
- terms
  - definitions
- trusted, starting
- types
- understanding
Shells
shortcut name for commands
- creating
shutdown command
signal handling
- Bourne shell
- C shell
- Korn or POSIX shell
SMIT
- printing
  - control of
smit command (1), (2), (3)
software products
- displaying information about
sort command
space
- showing available
special commands
- Bourne shell
standard error output
- redirecting
standard input
- copying to a file
- definition
- redirecting
standard output
- appending to a file
- definition
- redirecting
standard shell
- conditional expressions
starting
- Bourne shell
- C shell
- Korn or POSIX shell
- windows Window Manager
- X
startup
- controlling windows and applications at
startup files
- C shell
- system
strings
- finding in text files
stty command (1), (2)
su command
switches
- in commands
system
- customizing environment
- default variables
- displaying name
- environment
- management
  - file systems tasks
- powering on
- prompt
  - changing
- security
- shutdown
- startup files

T

tail command
tapechk command
tapes
- checking consistency
- copying to or from
tar command
tcopy command
tee command
terminal
- displaying name
- displaying settings
- locking
- reserving
  - using lock command
text
- appending to a file
- displaying in large letters
text files
- columns
  - removing
- concatenating
- creating from keyboard input
- finding strings
- lines
  - numbering
- sections
  - cutting
  - pasting
- sorting
text formatting
text-formatting commands
three-digit display
tilde substitution
- aliasing commands
  - Korn or POSIX shell
touch command
tsh command
tty command
types
- CD-ROM file system (CDRFS)

U

uname command
uncompress command
unpack command
- purpose of
usage statements
- for commands
user
- classes
- groups
  - definition
  - displaying information
- ID
  - changing to another
users
- displaying current system
- displaying system ID

V

variable substitution
variables
- Bourne shell
  - predefined special
  - user-defined
- C shell
  - predefined and environmental
- exporting shell
- Korn or POSIX shell
  - predefined
  - user-defined
vi editor
virtual printers

W

X

X Window System
- starting (1), (2)
xlock command

Z

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