Where can I get a list of available HP-UX commands?

[Shaun Aldrich]

Hello everyone,

I was told by an HP Engineer yesterday that there is a way to see all available HP-UX 10.20 commands on the system. He couldn't remember how to do it but I just wanted to check to see if anyone else know. I think this would be very helpful as I could then do a man on any command I was interested in on the list and find out more info.

Thanks
S Aldrich

[John Palmer · Accepted solution]

Hi,

One way is to 'ls /usr/bin' and 'ls /usr/sbin'

Regards,
John

[CHRIS_ANORUO]

To add to John's contribution, do a "man sh-posix" or "man sh" and read more on how to use the commands.

[Ken Scharpell]

ls /usr/man/man1.Z

or

swlist -l file | grep bin

That will list all commands in bin directories which should be a pretty comprehensive list.

[someone_4]

dont forget to do a more after that command ..

[someone_4]

swlist -l file | grep bin | more

[Richard Darling]

why not get a copy of the HP-UX Reference Manuals. They are easy to use, and are basically all the available commands.

[Tom Danzig]

If you're using the C shell, type space control d (hit the space bar and then type CTL-D). This will output ALL executables in the current path. Unfortunately, you can't output to a file.