MPE to UNIX Command Xref

Command Cross Reference from MPE to UNIX

MPE has one command interpreter, Ci.Pub.Sys, and a single set of commands. UNIX has many command interpreters, called shells , of which sh, csh and ksh are the most common. However, many UNIX commands are implemented as separate programs, so they are the same in every shell.

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MPE Command UNIX Command
< < file is input redirection
> > file is output redirection
> > > > file is append redirection
< < < < is a hereis document
option logon sh.profile
ksh.profile and file in ENV variable
csh .cshrc, .login, and logout
abort kill [-9]
abortio abortjobkill [-9]
altacct chmod, passwd
altgroup chmoc, passwd
altsec chmod
altuser passwd
build touch
bye exit
calc dc
chdir cd
comment .# at start of line
copy cp
do ksh $r, csh %!, sh none
deletespoolfile cancel, lprm
deletevar unsetenv, unset
dscopy ftp
echo echo
editor ed, vi
else see if
exit exit
file symbolic link is closest equivalent
god (mpex) su
hello login
help man
man ksh, man csh essential for finding if, while
help
whence, what
if csh if ... else ... endif
sh, ksh if condition then ... else ... fi
sh, ksh cmd1 || cmd2 do cmd2 if cmd1 fails
cmd1 && cmd2 do cmd2 if cmd1 succeeds
job & at the end of a command
linkedit ld
listf ls
listfile ls
listredo csh, ksh history, sh #fc -1
newacct mkdir
newdir mkdir
newgroup mkdir
newuser
print more
purge rm
purgedir rmdir
pwd pwd
redo ksh $r, csh %!, sh none
ksh ESC, then vi commands such as k (up), j (down), i (ins),
0 (home), $ (end), x (delchar), a (append), then Return.
csh !$ anywhere means last thing from last command
csh !:5* means argument 5 thru last of last cmd
csh !* is short for !:1*, all the arguments of last cmd
csh ^li^il replaces li with il in last command
rename mv
set msg off mesg n
setvar csh setenv NAME value
sh, ksh NAME=value; export NAME
showjob who, users
showme whoami, hostname, logname
showout lpstat, lpq
showproc ps
showq ps
showtime date
showvar printenv, env, %echo $NAME
=shutdown reboot -h
store cpio, tar fbackup (HP-UX)
stream at, batch
tell write
warn wall, rwall
while while ... do ... done

MPE Command	UNIX Command
<	< file is input redirection
>	> file is output redirection
> >	> > file is append redirection
< <	< < is a hereis document
option logon	sh.profile ksh.profile and file in ENV variable csh .cshrc, .login, and logout
abort	kill [-9]
abortio	abortjobkill [-9]
altacct	chmod, passwd
altgroup	chmoc, passwd
altsec	chmod
altuser	passwd
build	touch
bye	exit
calc	dc
chdir	cd
comment	.# at start of line
copy	cp
do	ksh $r, csh %!, sh none
deletespoolfile	cancel, lprm
deletevar	unsetenv, unset
dscopy	ftp
echo	echo
editor	ed, vi
else	see if
exit	exit
file	symbolic link is closest equivalent
god (mpex)	su
hello	login
help	man
man	ksh, man csh essential for finding if, while help whence, what
if	csh if ... else ... endif sh, ksh if condition then ... else ... fi sh, ksh cmd1 \|\| cmd2 do cmd2 if cmd1 fails cmd1 && cmd2 do cmd2 if cmd1 succeeds job & at the end of a command
linkedit	ld
listf	ls
listfile	ls
listredo	csh, ksh history, sh #fc -1
newacct	mkdir
newdir	mkdir
newgroup	mkdir
newuser
print	more
purge	rm
purgedir	rmdir
pwd	pwd
redo	ksh $r, csh %!, sh none ksh ESC, then vi commands such as k (up), j (down), i (ins), 0 (home), $ (end), x (delchar), a (append), then Return. csh !$ anywhere means last thing from last command csh !:5* means argument 5 thru last of last cmd csh !* is short for !:1, all the arguments of last cmd* csh ^li^il replaces li with il in last command
rename	mv
set msg off	mesg n
setvar	csh setenv NAME value
	sh, ksh NAME=value; export NAME
showjob	who, users
showme	whoami, hostname, logname
showout	lpstat, lpq
showproc	ps
showq	ps
showtime	date
showvar	printenv, env, %echo $NAME
=shutdown	reboot -h
store	cpio, tar fbackup (HP-UX)
stream	at, batch
tell	write
warn	wall, rwall
while	while ... do ... done