Command Line Utilities Overview

Namespace Operations

bind, mount, unmount - change name space

nsbuild - build Inferno name space

Process Status, Control

kill - terminate process(es)

ps - thread status

shutdown - shut down system/emulator

slayer - remove broken threads

sleep - suspend execution for an interval

stack - examine call stack

File and Directory Operations

cat - concatenate files

cd - change working directory

chmod - change file mode (permissions)

cmp - compare files

cp - copy files

diff - differential file comparator

ls - list contents of directory

mkdir - make a directory

mv - rename/move files

pwd - print working directory

rm - remove file(s)

tail - show last part of a file

Network Status, Control

rcb - remote call back

netstat - summarize network connections

Compiler

limbo - Limbo compiler

Daemons

cs - start connection server daemon

srv - start server daemons

Command Execution, Control

os - interface OS commands (hosted Inferno only)

rcmd - remote command execution

sh - command line interface to the Inferno system

Utilities

date - print the date

du - disk usage

echo - print arguments

gettar, lstar, puttar - tar archive utilities

grep - search file(s) for a pattern

mathcalc - interface to a TclLib calculator module

p - paginate

setupsigner, setupuser, startclient, startserver - quick setup network utilities

time - time command execution

unicode - interpret Unicode characters

wc - count lines, words, and characters

wish - interface to the Tk graphics toolkit