A2osX Command Guide
This Guide provides information on all the A2osX commands and utilities. This Guide helps you not only learn the purpose of each command but also what options a command supports and what arguments it either supports or requires.
A2osX comes with a nice variety of system, file, network and data utilities or what we refer to as external commands. This just means that each of the following commands or utilities is built as a separate BIN or executable file that runs under A2osX. The source for all of these external commands is readily available, so you can make your own as your needs dictate. Note, that there are some internal commands that are build into the shell (the interactive prompt) such CD (change directory) or PWD (print working directory). Those commands are discussed in-depth in the Shell Developers Guide.
System Commands
You will usually not use these commands, they are more commonly found in A2osX system scripts such as ./ETC/INIT or they are launched by the A2osX Kernel itself. All of these commands are found in ./SBIN/ letting you know they are special system commands.
GETTY
| Command |
Options |
| GETTY |
-E : Exit upon disconnect |
INSDRV
KCONFIG
Kernel Configuration Utility writes to ${ROOT}/A2OSX.KCONFIG.
LOGIN
SH
INITD
BIN,External Shell commands:
CAT
| Command |
Options |
| CAT |
-A : Show All non printable caracters
-N : Number all output lines
-S : Suppress repeated empty output lines |
The CAT command is used to display the contents of files stored on any ProDOS volume. While the primary use of this tool is to display the contents of TEXT or TXT files, it can be used to display the contents of other files by using the -A option, which will substitute non-printable characters with readable and displayable values such as [EOF] for End of File (Hex x04) or [LF] for Line Feed (Hex x0A).
CUT
| Command |
Options |
| CUT |
CUT <opt> "line" or CMD|CUT <opt>
-H : This help screen
-F nn : Output field nn
-M nn : Output starting at nn
-N nn : Output Ending at nn
-S ch : Change default SPACE separator to 'ch' |
CHGRP
| Command |
Options |
| CHGRP |
In Progress |
CHMOD
| Command |
Options |
| CHMOD |
In Progress |
CHOWN
| Command |
Options |
| CHOWN |
In Progress |
CHTYP
| Command |
Options |
| CHTYP |
Working |
CP
| Command |
Options |
| CP |
Working |
EDIT
| Command |
Options |
| EDIT |
Working |
FORMAT
| Command |
Options |
| FORMAT |
In Progress |
GREP
| Command |
Options |
| GREP |
Working |
KILL
| Command |
Options |
| KILL |
Working |
LS
| Command |
Options |
LS -A : Print . & ..
-C : Single column listing
-F : Single column, includes full path
-L : long listing with size/date...
-R : Recurse subdirectories |
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LSDEV
| Command |
Options |
| LSDEV |
Working |
LSOF
| Command |
Options |
| LSOF |
Working |
MD5
| Command |
Options |
| MD5 |
Working |
MEM
| Command |
Options |
| MEM |
Working |
MKDIR
| Command |
Options |
| MKDIR |
Working |
MORE
| Command |
Options |
| MORE |
Working |
NSCUTIL
| Command |
Options |
| NSCUTIL |
Working |
MV
| Command |
Options |
| MV |
Working |
PS
| Command |
Options |
| PS |
Working |
RM
| Command |
Options |
| RM |
Working |
Network Tools
###ARP
Dump ARP cache, setup a static ARP entry
DNSINFO
| Command |
| DNSINFO -a option to add host???? |
dump DNS cache, setup a static DNS entry
HTTPGET
| Command |
Options |
| HTTPGET <ip|host> [port] |
-U Url
-F UrlFile |
IPCONFIG
| Command |
Options |
| IPCONFIG |
-D : Try to get IP address from DHCP
-E : Read ETC files
-S : Set/Reset TCPIP configuration (-E, then -D if required) |
NETSTAT
Display socket status
PING
| Command |
PING <ip|host>
-1..9 : Ping Count |
TELNET
| Command |
| TELNET <ip|host> [port] |
DHCPCLNT
HTTPD
TCPIPD
ARP,IP,ICMP,UDP & TCP ok
TELNETD
| Command |
| TELNETD -d [port]??? |
Developer Tools
While almost every command and program that comes with A2osX can be considered a developer tool, there are a few that are very specifically created to be used for developer. This section discusses those tools.
ASM
S-C MASM based multi CPU assembler
MEMDUMP
Tool to track memory leak
RPCDUMP
| Command |
| RPCDUMP |
Tool based on UDP socket API, renamed from RPCINFO
RPCDUMP <ip|host> |
