HP NonStop G-Series - Manual (Page 82)

Table 13 Guardian Equivalents to OSS Commands (continued)
Guardian Equivalent Description OSS Command
None Generates a formatted message
catalog. gencat
None Gets configuration values. getconf
None Parses utility options. getopts
LOCATE Searches a file for a pattern. grep
FUP COPY FIRST Copies the first part of files. head
None Provides codeset conversion. iconv
WHO, #username, #userid Returns the user identity. id
None Provides a relational database
operator. join
STOP Terminates or signals processes. kill
None Generates programs for lexical tasks. lex
ASSIGN Links files. ln
None Gets locale-specific information. locale
None Defines a locale environment. localedef
None Logs messages. logger
WHO, USERS Returns the user’s login name. logname
FUP COPY Sends files to a printer. lp
PERUSE, SPOOLCOM Reports line printer status information. lpstat
FILES, FILEINFO, FILENAMES Lists directory contents. ls
None Maintains, updates, and regenerates
groups of programs. make
command help, HELP Displays system documentation. man
VOLUME Makes directories. mkdir
None Makes FIFO special files. mkfifo
MORE Displays files on a page-by-page basis. more
FUP DUP, FUP RENAME, PURGE Moves files. mv
CROSSREF Writes the name list of an object file. nm
/NOWAIT/ option Invokes a utility immune to hangups. nohup
FUP COPY Dumps files in various formats. od
None Merges corresponding or subsequent
lines of files. paste
None Checks pathnames. pathchk
BACKUP and RESTORE Provides portable archive interchange. pax
FUP COPY Prints files. pr
#output Writes formatted output. printf
STATUS, PPD Prints process status. ps
#defaults Returns the working directory name. pwd
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