HP NonStop G-Series - Manual (Page 4)

OSS Filesets...........................................................................................................................30
Specifying Names With Pattern-Matching Characters .................................................................30
3 The OSS Shell..........................................................................................31
OSS Shell Features.................................................................................................................31
Metacharacters .....................................................................................................................32
Shell Built-In Commands..........................................................................................................33
Command-Entry Aids..............................................................................................................35
Using Multiple Commands and Command Lists .....................................................................35
Running Commands in Sequence With a Semicolon (;) .....................................................35
Running Commands Conditionally With the || and && Operators .....................................35
Using Pipes and Filters .......................................................................................................36
Grouping Commands.........................................................................................................37
Using Parentheses ( ) .....................................................................................................37
Using Braces { } ...........................................................................................................37
Quoting............................................................................................................................38
Using the Backslash ( \ )................................................................................................38
Using Single Quotes (' ') ...............................................................................................38
Using Double Quotes ( " " )............................................................................................38
Filename Completion..............................................................................................................38
Aliases..................................................................................................................................39
Exporting Aliases...............................................................................................................40
Aliases and the .profile File.................................................................................................40
Reexecuting the .profile File.................................................................................................40
Displaying Aliases.............................................................................................................40
Command History...................................................................................................................40
Command-Line Editing.............................................................................................................41
Displaying Command Lines in the Command History Buffer.....................................................42
Editing and Executing Command Lines .................................................................................43
Replacing and Reexecuting Command Lines .........................................................................43
The Shell Environment.............................................................................................................43
Environment Variables.............................................................................................................45
Setting Environment Variables..............................................................................................46
Setting Variables on the Command Line...........................................................................47
Setting Variables in Your .profile File................................................................................47
Displaying the Values of Variables.......................................................................................48
Clearing the Values of Variables..........................................................................................48
Example .profile File...............................................................................................................48
How the Shell Finds Commands...............................................................................................50
Shell Procedures.....................................................................................................................51
Writing and Running Shell Procedures..................................................................................51
4 OSS Commands and Utilities.....................................................................53
Command Usage ..................................................................................................................53
Online Reference Pages...........................................................................................................53
The man Command............................................................................................................54
The whatis Command.........................................................................................................54
The apropos Command......................................................................................................54
Command Syntax...................................................................................................................55
OSS User Commands and Utilities............................................................................................55
Commands and Utilities by User Function..................................................................................60
Application Development ...................................................................................................60
Archiving..........................................................................................................................61
Displaying Files ................................................................................................................61
Files and Directories ..........................................................................................................61
Commands Providing Interoperability....................................................................................62
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