Manual pages
Every manual page of the current release, with the same text as the system's own man: the
commands, files and drivers of the original Amiga UNIX 2.1, and of everything added since.
Know the command? Add its name to the address: /man/tar.
Common tasks
Files
- list files
ls - copy files
cp - move or rename files
mv - delete files
rm - make a directory
mkdir - show a file
cat - read a file a page at a time
more - find files
find - search inside files
grep - change who may read or write a file
chmod - link files
ln
Editing
Archives
- make or unpack tar archives
heirloom-tar - make or unpack cpio archives
cpio - compress files
compress - make zip archives
zip - unpack zip archives
unzip
Disks
- see free disk space
df - see what uses the disk
du - mount a disk
mount - check a file system
fsck
Programs
- see running programs
ps - stop a program
kill - run programs on a schedule
crontab - run a program later
at - show or set the date
date
Users
- change a password
passwd - become another user
su - add a user
useradd - remove a user
userdel - see who is logged in
who
Network
- bring a network card up or down
ifup - see a network card's settings
ifconfig - get an address by DHCP
dhcpc - see network connections
netstat - check another machine answers
ping - log in to another machine
ssh - copy files to another machine
scp - log in with telnet
telnet - transfer files by FTP
ftp - set the clock from the network
ntpsync
Packages
- install and update packages
apkg - install a package file
pkgadd - remove a package
pkgrm - list installed packages
pkginfo
Kernel and drivers
- see the loaded drivers and modules
modadmin - the kernels and boot recovery
kbootset
X
- start X
xstart - open a terminal window
xterm - the window manager
twm
Stopping safely
- stop the machine safely
- shut down
shutdown
Sound
Help
- read a manual page
man - find a page by keyword
apropos
All pages A–Z
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Every page on one page, with its description, for your browser's Find.
By kind
Commands
- General commands (1): 482 pages
- Amiga-specific commands (1A): 25 pages
- BSD versions of commands (1B): 71 pages
- Connecting to other systems (UUCP) (1C): 8 pages
- Commands for forms and menus (FMLI) (1F): 19 pages
- Extra programs: news, mail, languages, tools (1L): 84 pages
- X Window System programs (1X): 174 pages
System administration
- System administration commands (1M): 316 pages
- System maintenance and boot (8): 7 pages
- Administering the extra programs (8L): 13 pages
Files and formats
- File formats and configuration files (4): 95 pages
- BSD version of a file format (4B): 1 page
- XENIX version of a file format (4Z): 1 page
- Character sets, environment, package files (5): 35 pages
- Amiga-specific data formats (5A): 3 pages
- File formats of the extra programs (5L): 6 pages
- Document macros (7B): 4 pages
Devices and drivers
- Devices and drivers (7): 37 pages
- Amiga-specific devices (7A): 13 pages
Programming
- System calls (2): 99 pages
- XENIX system calls (2Z): 16 pages
- Libraries: curses, OPEN LOOK and others (3): 59 pages
- Amiga-specific libraries (3A): 3 pages
- BSD C library (3B): 56 pages
- C library (3C): 105 pages
- ELF library (3E): 24 pages
- General-purpose library (3G): 14 pages
- Math library (3M): 10 pages
- Network library (3N): 75 pages
- Standard input and output (3S): 21 pages
- OPEN LOOK widgets (3W): 21 pages
- X Window and screen libraries (3X): 250 pages
Games
- Games and demos (6): 9 pages