bc (1) - An arbitrary precision calculator language
cawf, nroff (1) - C version of the nroff-like, Amazingly Workable (text) Formatter
ref (1) - Display a C function header
ctags (1) - Generates "tags" and (optionally) "refs" files
cc, pc, m2 (1) - Minix C, Pascal, and Modula-2 compilers
elvrec (1) - Recover the modified version of a file after a crash
elvis, ex, vi (1) - The editor
crontab (1) - User crontab manipulation
bsfilt, colcrt (1) - a colcrt-like backspace filter
acd (1) - a compiler driver
make (1) - a program for maintaining large programs
ash, sh, ., break, case, cd, command, continue, eval, exec, exit, export, for, getopts, hash, if, jobs, local, read, readonly, return, set, setvar, shift, trap, umask, unset, wait, while (1) - a shell
fmt (1) - adjust line-length for paragraphs of text
yacc (1) - an LALR(1) parser generator
yes (1) - an endless stream of the same word
patch (1) - apply a diff file to an original
ar, aal (1) - archivers
makewhatis (1) - build the whatis(5) database
passwd, chfn, chsh (1) - change a login password, full name or shell
chmod (1) - change access mode for files
chgrp (1) - change group
chmem (1) - change memory allocation
clear, clr (1) - clear the screen
cmp (1) - compare two files
compress, uncompress, zcat (1) - compress a file using modified Lempel-Ziv coding
sum (1) - compute the checksum and block count of a file
cat (1) - concatenate files and write them to stdout
xargs (1) - construct argument list(s) and execute utility.
cdiff (1) - context diff
M, U (1) - conveniently mount and unmount
dd (1) - convert and copy a file
unexpand (1) - convert spaces to tabs
expand (1) - convert tabs to spaces
lp, lpd (1) - copy a file to the line printer
cp, mv, rm, ln, cpdir, clone (1) - copy, move, remove, link
wc (1) - count characters, words, and lines in a file
mkproto (1) - create a MINIX prototype file
uud, uudecode (1) - decode a binary file encoded with uue
uniq (1) - delete consecutive identical lines in a file
cksum (1) - display file checksum and size
man (1) - display online manual pages
last, uptime (1) - display recent on-line session records, show uptime
tee (1) - divert stdin to a file
ed (1) - editor
eject (1) - eject removable media
uue, uuencode (1) - encode a binary file to ASCII (e.g., for mailing)
expr, test, [ (1) - evaluate expressions
which (1) - examine $PATH to see which file will be executed
whereis (1) - examine system directories for a given file
at (1) - execute commands at a later time
true, false (1) - exit with the value true or false
factor (1) - factor an integer less than 2**31
flexdoc (1) - fast lexical analyzer generator
flex, lex (1) - fast lexical analyzer generator
find (1) - find files meeting a given condition
look (1) - find lines in a sorted list
fgrep (1) - fixed grep
fold (1) - fold long lines
format (1) - format a PC floppy diskette
tget (1) - get termcap values
whatis, apropos (1) - give single line descriptions for manual pages
cgrep (1) - grep and display context
install (1) - install files
dhrystone (1) - integer benchmark
isodir (1) - list ISO9660 or High Sierra directories
isoinfo (1) - list an ISO9660 or High Sierra volume descriptor
dosdir (1) - list an MS-DOS directory [IBM]
ls (1) - list the contents of a directory
loadfont (1) - load a font into the video card
loadkeys (1) - load a keyboard map into the keyboard driver
login (1) - log into the computer
host (1) - look up host names using domain server
mt (1) - magnetic tape control
mkdir (1) - make a directory
mkfs (1) - make a file system
file (1) - make a guess as to a file's type based on contents
mkfifo (1) - make a named pipe
mixer (1) - manipulate mixer settings on a sound card
mount (1) - mount a file system
rget, rput (1) - network pipe
od (1) - octal dump
paste (1) - paste multiple files together
fsck, fsck1 (1) - perform file system consistency check
postmort (1) - perform post-mortem on PC Minix core files
mesg (1) - permit or deny messages
playwave (1) - play an audio file in MicroSoft PCM wave format
prep (1) - prepare a text file for statistical analysis
banner (1) - print a banner
cal (1) - print a calendar
pr (1) - print a file
fortune (1) - print a fortune
strings (1) - print all the strings in a binary file
spell (1) - print all words in a file not present in the dictionary
whoami (1) - print current user name
diff (1) - print differences between two files
du (1) - print disk usage
comm (1) - print lines common to two sorted files
who (1) - print list of currently logged in users
nm (1) - print name list
anm (1) - print name list
date (1) - print or set the date and time
size (1) - print text, data, and bss size of a program
crc (1) - print the checksum of the file data
termcap (1) - print the current termcap entry
tty (1) - print the device name of this tty
head (1) - print the first few lines of a file
tail (1) - print the last few lines of a file
id (1) - print the uid and gid
pwd (1) - print working directory
ps (1) - process status
echo (1) - produce message in a shell script
stat, lstat (1) - provide a shell interface to the stat(2) system call
readfs (1) - read a MINIX file system
readall (1) - read a device quickly to check for bad blocks
dosread (1) - read a file from an MS-DOS diskette [IBM]
isoread (1) - read a file in ISO9660 or High Sierra format
rz (1) - receive a file using the zmodem protocol
recwave (1) - record an audio file in MicroSoft PCM wave format
join (1) - relational database operator
calendar (1) - reminder service
rcp (1) - remote file copy
rlogin (1) - remote login
rsh (1) - remote shell
remsync (1) - remotely synchronize file trees
ifdef (1) - remove #ifdefs from a file
rmdir (1) - remove a directory
strip (1) - remove symbol table from executable file
time (1) - report how long a command takes
df (1) - report on free disk space
asize (1) - report the size of an object file
sysenv (1) - request system boot parameter
grep (1) - search a file for lines containing a given pattern
cut (1) - select out columns of a file
sz (1) - send a file using the zmodem protocol
write (1) - send a message to a logged-in user
kill (1) - send a signal to a process
mail (1) - send and receive electronic mail
env (1) - set environment for command
stty (1) - set terminal parameters
shar (1) - shell archiver
svc, ci, co, svclog (1) - shell version control system
hostaddr (1) - show ethernet address, IP address or hostname
sort (1) - sort a file of ASCII lines
split (1) - split a large file into several smaller files
vol (1) - split input on or combine output from several volumes
basename, dirname (1) - strip off file prefixes and suffixes
sleep (1) - suspend execution for a given number of seconds
modem (1) - switch the modem and getty state
synctree (1) - synchronize directory trees.
uname, arch (1) - system info
tar (1) - tape archiver
su (1) - temporarily log in as superuser or another user
sed (1) - the stream editor
tsort (1) - topological sort [IBM]
tr (1) - translate character codes
term (1) - turn PC into a dumb terminal [IBM]
umount (1) - unmount a mounted file system
touch (1) - update a file's time of last modification
finger (1) - user information lookup program
telnet (1) - user interface to the TELNET protocol
leave (1) - warn when it is time to go home
doswrite (1) - write a file onto an MS-DOS diskette [IBM]
yap, more (1) - yet another pager
chdir (2) - change current working directory
brk, sbrk (2) - change data segment size
chmod (2) - change mode of file
chown (2) - change owner and group of a file
chroot (2) - change root directory
rename (2) - change the name of a file
reboot (2) - close down the system or reboot
ioctl (2) - control device
creat (2) - create a new file
fork (2) - create a new process
pipe (2) - create an interprocess communication channel
setsid, getpgrp (2) - create process group, get process group id
close (2) - delete a descriptor
access (2) - determine accessibility of file
dup, dup2 (2) - duplicate a descriptor
execve (2) - execute a file
stat, lstat, fstat (2) - get file status
getgid, getegid (2) - get group identity
getpid, getppid (2) - get process identification
times (2) - get process times
uname (2) - get system info
getuid, geteuid (2) - get user identity
time, stime (2) - get/set date and time
intro, errno (2) - introduction to system calls and error numbers
mkdir (2) - make a directory file
link (2) - make a hard link to a file
mknod, mkfifo (2) - make a special file
sigaction, signal (2) - manage signal state and handlers
sigprocmask (2) - manipulate the signal mask
fcntl (2) - miscellaneous file descriptor control functions
mount, umount (2) - mount or umount a file system
lseek (2) - move read/write pointer
open (2) - open a file for reading or writing, or create a new file
ptrace (2) - process trace
read (2) - read input
rmdir (2) - remove a directory file
unlink (2) - remove directory entry
sigpending (2) - report pending signals
alarm (2) - schedule signal after specified time
kill (2) - send signal to a process
umask (2) - set file creation mode mask
utime (2) - set file times
setuid, setgid (2) - set user or group ID's
svrctl (2) - special server control functions
pause (2) - stop until signal
sigsuspend (2) - suspend until signalled
exit, _exit (2) - terminate a process
sync (2) - update super-block
wait, waitpid (2) - wait for process to terminate
write (2) - write output
int64, add64, add64u, add64ul, sub64, sub64u, sub64ul, diff64, cvu64, cvul64, cv64u, cv64ul, div64u, rem64u, mul64u, cmp64, cmp64u, cmp64ul, ex64lo, ex64hi, make64 (3) - 64 bit disk offset computations
servxcheck (3) - Internet service access check
oneC_sum (3) - One's complement internet checksum
setbuf, setvbuf (3) - assign buffering to a stream
random, srandom, initstate, setstate (3) - better random number generator; routines for changing generators
bstring, bcopy, bcmp, bzero, ffs (3) - bit and byte string operations
fread, fwrite (3) - buffered binary input/output
termios, tcgetattr, tcsetattr, cfgetispeed, cfgetospeed, cfsetispeed, cfsetospeed, tcsendbreak, tcdrain, tcflush, tcflow (3) - change terminal attributes
ctype, isalpha, isupper, islower, isdigit, isxdigit, isalnum, isspace, ispunct, isprint, isgraph, iscntrl, isascii, toupper, tolower, toascii (3) - character classification macros
fclose, fflush (3) - close or flush a stream
editline (3) - command-line editing library with history
atof, atoi, atol (3) - convert ASCII to numbers
ctime, localtime, gmtime, asctime, tzset (3) - convert date and time to ASCII
directory, opendir, readdir, rewinddir, closedir, telldir, seekdir (3) - directory routines
execl, execv, execle, execlp, execvp, exec, environ (3) - execute a file
ttyname (3) - file descriptor to terminal device name
scanf, fscanf, sscanf, vscanf, vfscanf, vsscanf (3) - formatted input conversion
printf, fprintf, sprintf, snprintf, vprintf, vfprintf, vsprintf, vsnprintf (3) - formatted output conversion
abort (3) - generate a fault
configfile, config_read, config_delete, config_renewed, config_length, config_issub, config_isatom, config_isstring (3) - generic configuration file functions
gets, fgets (3) - get a string from a stream
getc, getchar, fgetc, getw (3) - get character or word from stream
getcwd (3) - get current working directory pathname
getlogin (3) - get login name
g_h_b_n, gethostbyname, gethostbyaddr, gethostent, sethostent, endhostent, herror (3) - get network host entry
getopt (3) - get option letter from argv
getservent, getservbyport, getservbyname, setservent, endservent (3) - get service entry
getgrent, getgrnam, getgrgid, setgrent, endgrent, setgrfile (3) - group file routines
hton, htons, htonl, ntohs, ntohl (3) - host to network byte order conversion
popen, pclose (3) - initiate I/O to/from a process
abs (3) - integer absolute value
getttyent, getttynam, setttyent, endttyent (3) - interface to /etc/ttytab
system (3) - issue a shell command
end, etext, edata (3) - last locations in program
sigset, sigaddset, sigdelset, sigemptyset, sigfillset, sigismember (3) - manipulate signal sets
malloc, free, realloc, calloc, alloca (3) - memory allocator
crypt (3) - one-way password encryption function
fopen, freopen, fdopen (3) - open a stream
getpwent, getpwnam, getpwuid, setpwent, endpwent, setpwfile (3) - password file routines
assert (3) - program verification
ungetc (3) - push character back into input stream
puts, fputs (3) - put a string on a stream
putc, putchar, fputc, putw (3) - put character or word on a stream
qsort (3) - quicker sort
rand, srand (3) - random number generator
getpass (3) - read a password
regex, regcomp, regexec, regerror, regfree (3) - regular-expression library
fseek, ftell, rewind (3) - reposition a stream
resolver, res_query, res_search, res_mkquery, res_send, res_init, dn_comp, dn_expand (3) - resolver routines
rcmd, rresvport, ruserok (3) - routines for returning a stream to a remote command
curses (3) - screen/window management library
stdio (3) - standard buffered input/output package
ferror, feof, clearerr, fileno (3) - stream status inquiries
string, strcat, strncat, strcmp, strncmp, strcpy, strncpy, strlen, strchr, strrchr, strerror, memcmp, memcpy, memmove, memchr, memset, index, rindex (3) - string operations
sleep (3) - suspend execution for interval
termcap, tgetent, tgetnum, tgetflag, tgetstr, tgoto, tputs (3) - terminal independent operation routines
exit, atexit (3) - terminate a process after flushing any pending output
ttyslot, fttyslot (3) - utmp slot number
getenv (3) - value for environment name
stdarg (3) - variable argument list
ip, eth, psip, udp, tcp (4) - Internet Protocol server devices and definitions
controller, disk, tape, at, bios, esdi, aha1540, ncr810, dosfile, fatfile (4) - controllers, disks and tapes
dev (4) - device files in /dev
fd (4) - floppy disk
lp (4) - line printer
mtio (4) - magnetic tape commands
console, keyboard, log (4) - system console
tty, termios (4) - terminals
resolv.conf (5) - Domain Name System resolver configuration
serv.access (5) - Internet service access list
TZ (5) - Time zone environment variable
whatis (5) - database of online manual pages
dir (5) - directory layout
dhcp.conf (5) - dynamic host configuration protocol configuration
ethers (5) - ethernet address to hostname database
configfile (5) - generic configuration file format
hosts (5) - hostname to IP address database
keymap (5) - keyboard maps
fstab, mtab (5) - list of file systems to mount, mounted file system table.
utmp, wtmp (5) - logged in users, login and logout history
resolver (5) - resolver configuration file
crontab (5) - table of jobs to be performed by cron
ttytab (5) - table of login terminals
termcap (5) - terminal capability data base
rhosts, hosts.equiv (5) - trusted remote users or hosts
passwd, group, shadow (5) - user and group databases, shadow passwords
advent, adventure (6) - an exploration game
ttt (6) - tic tac toe
ACK (7) - Additional information on the Amsterdam Compiler Kit compilers
re_format (7) - POSIX 1003.2 regular expressions
hier (7) - file system hierarchy
man (7) - nroff macro package for manual pages
ascii (7) - the ASCII character set.
environ (7) - user environment
ftpd, in.ftpd, setup.anonftp (8) - DARPA Internet File Transfer Protocol server
elvprsv (8) - Preserve the the modified version of a file after a crash.
dosminix, mkfile (8) - Running Minix under DOS
serial-ip (8) - Serial IP (SLIP or PPP) setup
slip (8) - Serial Line IP
inet (8) - TCP/IP server
halt (8) - abruptly stop the system
adduser (8) - add a new user to the system
backup (8) - backup files
chown (8) - change owner
checkhier (8) - check the directory hierarchy
cleantmp (8) - clean out a tmp dir
cron (8) - clock daemon
srccrc (8) - compute CRC checksums of the entire source tree
add_route (8) - configure IP routing.
ifconfig (8) - configure a TCP/IP device
config (8) - configuring Minix tasks and servers
mknod (8) - create a special file
dhcpd (8) - dynamic host configuration protocol daemon
sync (8) - flush the cache to disk
boot (8) - from power on to the login prompt
shutdown (8) - graciously close the system down
init (8) - grandparent of all processes
usage (8) - installing and using MINIX
irdpd (8) - internet router discovery protocol daemon
repartition (8) - load a partition table
monitor, edparams (8) - load and start Minix, modify boot parameters
mkdist (8) - make a Minix distribution
installboot (8) - make a device bootable
partition (8) - make a partition table
MAKEDEV, DESCRIBE (8) - make/describe device files
nonamed (8) - not a name daemon, but acts like one
fdisk (8) - partition a hard disk [IBM]
part (8) - partition table editor
pwdauth (8) - password authentication program
update (8) - periodically write the buffer cache to disk
printroot (8) - print the name of the root device on standard output
badblocks (8) - put a list of bad blocks in a file
readclock (8) - read the AT's real time clock
reboot (8) - reboot the system immediately
rlogind, in.rld (8) - remote login server
rshd (8) - remote shell server
fingerd, in.fingerd (8) - remote user information server
rarpd (8) - reverse address resolution protocol daemon
intr (8) - run a command with interrupts enabled
rdate (8) - set time and date from a remote host
pr_routes (8) - show IP routing.
getty (8) - system login banner
screendump (8) - write current console screen to standard output
elle (9) - ELLE Looks Like Emacs
mined (9) - MINIX editor
as (9) - assembler
elvis (9) - clone of the Berkeley vi editor
dis88 (9) - disassembler [IBM]
de (9) - disk editor
m4 (9) - macro processor
awk (9) - pattern matching language
kermit (9) - transfer a file using the kermit protocol