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Mac OS X Manual Pages

Manual pages provide reference for a number of BSD and POSIX functions and tools. This document is organized by manual page section.

These manual pages include both Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server manual pages, along with manual pages for the Developer Tools and CHUD. Not all of these commands are installed on a stock Mac OS X (client) installation. Pages from outside sources are noted on the individual pages.

For more information on manual pages, their organization, style, and purpose, see the manual page for manpages.

Man Pages

Section 1 | Section 1m | Section 1ssl | Section 1tcl | Section 2 | Section 3 | Section 3cc | Section 3pm | Section 3ssl | Section 3tcl | Section 3x | Section 4 | Section 5 | Section 5ssl | Section 6 | Section 7 | Section 7ssl | Section 8 | Section 9 | Section n | Section ntcl | Section plist | Section x | Alphabetic Index

Section 1

Section 1 of the manual contains documentation on general user commands. Most of these commands are installed in /bin or /usr/bin.

For a detailed introduction, see intro(1).

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a2p(1)
acid(1)
aclocal(1)

aclocal-1.10(1)
addftinfo(1)
afconvert(1)

afinfo(1)
afmtodit(1)
afplay(1)

alias(1)
alloc(1)
amber(1)

amlint(1)
ant(1)
AppleFileServer(1)

appleping(1)
applesingle(1)
appletviewer(1)

apply(1)
apropos(1)
apt(1)

ar(1)
arch(1)
as(1)

asa(1)
at(1)
atlookup(1)

atos(1)
atprint(1)
atq(1)

atrm(1)
atstatus(1)
authopen(1)

autoconf(1)
autoheader(1)
autom4te(1)

automake(1)
automake-1.10(1)
automator(1)

autoreconf(1)
autoscan(1)
autoupdate(1)

auval(1)
auvaltool(1)
awk(1)

basename(1)
bash(1)
bashbug(1)

batch(1)
bc(1)
bg(1)

biff(1)
bind(1)
bindkey(1)

binhex(1)
bison(1)
bpwhoami(1)

break(1)
breaksw(1)
broadcasterctl(1)

bsdmake(1)
bspatch(1)
BuildStrings(1)

builtin(1)
builtins(1)
bunzip2(1)

bzcat(1)
bzcmp(1)
bzdiff(1)

bzegrep(1)
bzfgrep(1)
bzgrep(1)

bzip2(1)
bzip2recover(1)
bzless(1)

bzmore(1)
c++(1)
c++-3.3(1)

c++-4.0(1)
c++filt(1)
c2ph(1)

c89(1)
c99(1)
cal(1)

calendar(1)
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capify(1)
cap_mkdb(1)
case(1)

cat(1)
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cd(1)

certtool(1)
chdir(1)
checkgid(1)

checkgid-1.3(1)
checknr(1)
chflags(1)

chfn(1)
chgrp(1)
chmod(1)

chpass(1)
chsh(1)
chudRemoteCtrl(1)

chumAddRights(1)
ci(1)
cksum(1)

clamdscan(1)
clamscan(1)
clear(1)

cmp(1)
cmpdylib(1)
co(1)

codesign(1)
codesign_allocate(1)
col(1)

colcrt(1)
colldef(1)
colrm(1)

column(1)
comm(1)
command(1)

compileHelp(1)
compile_et(1)
complete(1)

compress(1)
comp_err(1)
config.guess(1)

config.sub(1)
configureLocalKDC(1)
config_data(1)

continue(1)
cp(1)
cpan(1)

cpio(1)
CPlusTestRig(1)
CpMac(1)

cpp(1)
cpp-3.3(1)
cpp-4.0(1)

CreateGroupFolder(1)
createhomedir(1)
crlrefresh(1)

crontab(1)
cscope(1)
csh(1)

csplit(1)
csreq(1)
ctags(1)

cu(1)
cups-config(1)
cupstestdsc(1)

cupstestppd(1)
curl(1)
curl-config(1)

cut(1)
cvs(1)
cyradm(1)

date(1)
dbiprof(1)
dbiproxy(1)

dbmmanage(1)
dbmmanage-1.3(1)
db_archive(1)

db_checkpoint(1)
db_deadlock(1)
db_dump(1)

db_load(1)
db_printlog(1)
db_recover(1)

db_stat(1)
db_upgrade(1)
db_verify(1)

dc(1)
dd(1)
default(1)

defaults(1)
DeRez(1)
desdp(1)

df(1)
diff(1)
diff3(1)

diffpp(1)
diffstat(1)
dig(1)

dirname(1)
dirs(1)
dirt(1)

distcc(1)
distccd(1)
distccmon-text(1)

ditto(1)
dns-sd(1)
do(1)

domainname(1)
done(1)
dot_clean(1)

dprofpp(1)
drutil(1)
dscacheutil(1)

dscl(1)
dsconfigldap(1)
dsexport(1)

dsimport(1)
dsmemberutil(1)
dsperfmonitor(1)

dsymutil(1)
dtrace(1)
du(1)

dwarfdump(1)
dyld(1)
dylibprof(1)

echo(1)
echotc(1)
ed(1)

efax(1)
efix(1)
egrep(1)

elif(1)
else(1)
emacs(1)

emacsclient(1)
enc2xs(1)
encode_keychange(1)

end(1)
endif(1)
endsw(1)

enscript(1)
env(1)
eqn(1)

eqn2graph(1)
erb(1)
error(1)

esac(1)
escputil(1)
etags(1)

eval(1)
evim(1)
ex(1)

exec(1)
exit(1)
expand(1)

expect(1)
export(1)
expr(1)

extcheck(1)
false(1)
fax(1)

fc(1)
fetchmail(1)
fetchmailconf(1)

fg(1)
fgrep(1)
fi(1)

file(1)
filetest(1)
find(1)

find2perl(1)
findsmb(1)
finger(1)

fixproc(1)
FixupResourceForks(1)
flex(1)

flex++(1)
fmt(1)
fold(1)

for(1)
foreach(1)
formail(1)

freshclam(1)
from(1)
fsaclctl(1)

fs_usage(1)
ftp(1)
ftpcount(1)

ftpwho(1)
full2tt6e(1)
fulldump(1)

funzip(1)
fuser(1)
fwkpfv(1)

g++(1)
g++-3.3(1)
g++-4.0(1)

gatherheaderdoc(1)
gcc(1)
gcc-3.3(1)

gcc-4.0(1)
gcov(1)
gcov-3.3(1)

gcov-4.0(1)
gdb(1)
gdiffmk(1)

gem(1)
gemlock(1)
gemri(1)

gemwhich(1)
gem_mirror(1)
gem_server(1)

gencat(1)
genstrings(1)
gen_bridge_metadata(1)

getconf(1)
GetFileInfo(1)
getNAME(1)

getopt(1)
getopts(1)
glibtool(1)

glibtoolize(1)
glob(1)
gm4(1)

gnuattach(1)
gnuclient(1)
gnudoit(1)

gnumake(1)
gnuserv(1)
gnutar(1)

goto(1)
gperf(1)
gpgen(1)

gprof(1)
grap2graph(1)
grep(1)

grn(1)
grodvi(1)
groff(1)

groffer(1)
grog(1)
grohtml(1)

grolbp(1)
grolj4(1)
grops(1)

grotty(1)
groups(1)
gunzip(1)

gzcat(1)
gzexe(1)
gzip(1)

h2ph(1)
h2xs(1)
hash(1)

hashstat(1)
hdiutil(1)
hdxml2manxml(1)

head(1)
headerdoc(1)
headerdoc2html(1)

heap(1)
heap64(1)
hexdump(1)

history(1)
host(1)
hostname(1)

hpftodit(1)
htdbm(1)
htdigest(1)

htdigest-1.3(1)
htpasswd(1)
htpasswd-1.3(1)

hup(1)
hwprefs(1)
i686-apple-darwin9-g++-4.0.1(1)

i686-apple-darwin9-gcc-4.0.1(1)
ibtool(1)
iconv(1)

id(1)
ident(1)
idlj(1)

if(1)
ifnames(1)
ImageUnitAnalyzer(1)

imtest(1)
indent(1)
index_gem_repository.rb(1)

indxbib(1)
info(1)
infokey(1)

innochecksum(1)
install(1)
install-info(1)

installsieve(1)
install_name_tool(1)
instmodsh(1)

instruments(1)
intro(1)
iodbc-config(1)

iodbctest(1)
iodbctestw(1)
ipcrm(1)

ipcs(1)
ipmitool(1)
irb(1)

jar(1)
jarsigner(1)
java(1)

javac(1)
javaconfig(1)
javadoc(1)

javah(1)
javap(1)
javatool(1)

javaws(1)
jconsole(1)
jdb(1)

jhat(1)
jinfo(1)
jmap(1)

jobid(1)
jobs(1)
join(1)

jot(1)
jps(1)
jrunscript(1)

jsadebugd(1)
jstack(1)
jstat(1)

jstatd(1)
kdestroy(1)
kerberos(1)

keytool(1)
kill(1)
killall(1)

kinit(1)
klist(1)
kpasswd(1)

krb5-config(1)
ksh(1)
kswitch(1)

kvno(1)
lam(1)
languagesetup(1)

last(1)
lastcomm(1)
latency(1)

LaunchCFMApp(1)
launchctl(1)
ld(1)

ld64(1)
ldapadd(1)
ldapcompare(1)

ldapdelete(1)
ldapmodify(1)
ldapmodrdn(1)

ldappasswd(1)
ldapsearch(1)
ldapwhoami(1)

ld_classic(1)
leaks(1)
leaks64(1)

leave(1)
less(1)
lessecho(1)

lesskey(1)
lex(1)
libnetcfg(1)

libtool(1)
limit(1)
link(1)

lipo(1)
lkbib(1)
lmtptest(1)

ln(1)
locale(1)
localedef(1)

locate(1)
lockfile(1)
log(1)

logger(1)
login(1)
logname(1)

logout(1)
look(1)
lookbib(1)

lookupd(1)
lorder(1)
lp(1)

lpoptions(1)
lppasswd(1)
lpq(1)

lpquota(1)
lpr(1)
lprm(1)

lpstat(1)
ls(1)
ls-F(1)

lsm(1)
lsvfs(1)
lwp-download(1)

lwp-mirror(1)
lwp-request(1)
lwp-rget(1)

m4(1)
macbinary(1)
macerror(1)

machine(1)
mail(1)
mailq(1)

mailstat(1)
mailx(1)
make(1)

makeinfo(1)
make_win_bin_dist(1)
make_win_src_distribution(1)

malloc_history(1)
man(1)
manpath(1)

mcxalr(1)
mcxquery(1)
md(1)

md5(1)
mdcheckschema(1)
mdfind(1)

mdimport(1)
mdls(1)
mDNS(1)

mdutil(1)
mecab(1)
memberd(1)

merge(1)
MergePef(1)
mesg(1)

mib2c(1)
mib2c-update(1)
mkafmmap(1)

mkdep(1)
mkdir(1)
mkfifo(1)

mklocale(1)
mktemp(1)
mmroff(1)

mnthome(1)
mongrel_rails(1)
mongrel_rails_persist(1)

more(1)
MP3Broadcaster(1)
mpgl(1)

mpic++(1)
mpicc(1)
mpicxx(1)

mpiexec(1)
mpif77(1)
mpif90(1)

mpirun(1)
msgs(1)
msql2mysql(1)

mupdatetest(1)
mv(1)
MvMac(1)

mvn(1)
myisamchk(1)
myisamlog(1)

myisampack(1)
myisam_ftdump(1)
mysql(1)

mysql-stress-test.pl(1)
mysql-test-run.pl(1)
mysql.server(1)

mysqlaccess(1)
mysqladmin(1)
mysqlbinlog(1)

mysqlbug(1)
mysqlcheck(1)
mysqldump(1)

mysqldumpslow(1)
mysqld_multi(1)
mysqld_safe(1)

mysqlhotcopy(1)
mysqlimport(1)
mysqlman(1)

mysqlmanager-pwgen(1)
mysqlmanagerc(1)
mysqlshow(1)

mysqltest(1)
mysqltestmanager(1)
mysqltestmanager-pwgen(1)

mysqltestmanagerc(1)
mysql_client_test(1)
mysql_config(1)

mysql_convert_table_format(1)
mysql_create_system_tables(1)
mysql_explain_log(1)

mysql_find_rows(1)
mysql_fix_extensions(1)
mysql_fix_privilege_tables(1)

mysql_install_db(1)
mysql_secure_installation(1)
mysql_setpermission(1)

mysql_tableinfo(1)
mysql_tzinfo_to_sql(1)
mysql_upgrade(1)

mysql_upgrade_shell(1)
mysql_waitpid(1)
mysql_zap(1)

my_print_defaults(1)
nano(1)
nasm(1)

native2ascii(1)
nc(1)
ndisasm(1)

neqn(1)
net-snmp-config(1)
netstat(1)

newaliases(1)
newgrp(1)
nfsstat(1)

nice(1)
nl(1)
nm(1)

nmblookup(1)
nmedit(1)
nntptest(1)

nohup(1)
notify(1)
notifyutil(1)

nroff(1)
nslookup(1)
ntlm_auth(1)

ocs(1)
ocspd(1)
od(1)

onintr(1)
open(1)
opendiff(1)

openssl_fips_fingerprint(1)
orbd(1)
orterun(1)

osacompile(1)
osadecompile(1)
osalang(1)

osascript(1)
otest(1)
otool(1)

over(1)
pack200(1)
packagemaker(1)

pagesize(1)
pagestuff(1)
passwd(1)

paste(1)
patch(1)
pathchk(1)

pax(1)
pbcopy(1)
pbpaste(1)

pcast(1)
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pcastagentd2(1)

pcastconfig(1)
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perl(1)

perl5.8.8(1)
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perl561delta(1)
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perl570delta(1)

perl571delta(1)
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perl573delta(1)

perl581delta(1)
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perl584delta(1)
perl585delta(1)
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perl587delta(1)
perl588delta(1)
perl58delta(1)

perlaix(1)
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perlapi(1)

perlapio(1)
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perlcheat(1)
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perlfaq5(1)
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perlfaq8(1)
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perlintro(1)
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perlipc(1)

perlirix(1)
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perljp(1)

perlko(1)
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perllinux(1)

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perlmod(1)
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perlqnx(1)
perlre(1)
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perltw(1)
perlunicode(1)
perluniintro(1)

perlutil(1)
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perlvar(1)

perlvmesa(1)
perlvms(1)
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perlwin32(1)
perlxs(1)
perlxstut(1)

perror(1)
pfbtops(1)
php(1)

php-config(1)
phpize(1)
pic(1)

pic2graph(1)
pico(1)