GNU sh-utils

A set of shell utilities

for version 1.16, 30 November 1996

• Introduction
• Common options
• Date input formats
  • General date syntax
  • Calendar date item
  • Time of day item
  • Timezone item
  • Day of week item
  • Relative item in date strings
  • Pure numbers in date strings
  • Authors of getdate
• Printing text
  • echo: Print a line of text
  • printf: Format and print data
  • yes: Print a string until interrupted
• Conditions
  • false: Do nothing, unsuccessfully
  • true: Do nothing, successfully
  • test: Check file types and compare values
    • File type tests
    • Access permission tests
    • File characteristics tests
    • String tests
    • Numeric tests
    • Connectives for test
  • expr: Evaluate expressions
    • Relations for expr
    • Numeric expressions
    • String expressions
    • Examples of expr
• Redirection
  • tee: Redirect output to multiple files
• File name manipulation
  • basename: Strip directory and suffix from a file name
  • dirname: Strip non-directory suffix from a file name
  • pathchk: Check file name portability
• Working context
  • pwd: Print working directory
  • stty: Print or change terminal characteristics
    • Control settings
    • Input settings
    • Output settings
    • Local settings
    • Combination settings
    • Special characters
    • Special settings
  • printenv: Print all or some environment variables
  • tty: Print file name of terminal on standard input
• User information
  • id: Print real and effective uid and gid
  • logname: Print current login name
  • whoami: Print effective user id
  • groups: Print group names a user is in
  • users: Print login names of users currently logged in
  • who: Print who is currently logged in
• System context
  • date: Print or set system date and time
    • Time directives
    • Date directives
    • Literal directives
    • Padding
    • Setting the time
    • Options for date
    • Examples of date
  • uname: Print system information
  • hostname: Print or set system name
• Modified command invocation
  • chroot: Run a command with a different root directory
  • env: Run a command in a modified environment
  • nice: Run a command with modified scheduling priority
  • nohup: Run a command immune to hangups
  • su: Run a command with substitute user and group id
• Delaying
  • sleep: Delay for a specified time
• Numeric operations
  • factor: Print prime factors
  • seq: Print numeric sequences
• Index

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