banner(1) - print strings in large letters {oss}

strings(1) - find printable strings in a file {oss}

tail(1) - display the last part of a file {oss}

od(1) - octal, decimal, hex, ascii dump {oss}

hexdump(1) - ascii, decimal, hexadecimal, octal dump {oss}

fmt(1) - simple text formatter {oss}

head(1) - give first few lines {oss}

fold(1) - fold long lines for finite width output device {oss}

look(1) - display lines beginning with a given string {oss}

grep egrep fgrep(1) - print lines matching a pattern {oss}

colcrt(1) - filter nroff output for CRT previewing {oss}

lesskey(1) - specify key bindings for less {oss}

less more(1) - view files on a crt {oss}

man(1) - display the on-line manual pages {oss}

unvis(1) - revert a visual representation of data back to original form {oss}

Applications and Utilities

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See also: File System Information - Obtaining information of the filesystem as a whole. Status of disk subsystems, capacity, etc.

See also: File Access Limits - Limiting access to files (permissions, locking, et al)

See also: File Access - Operations affecting a file as a whole. (delete files, rename, truncate, etc.)

See also: File Information - Obtaining file information (status, configuration, et al)

See also: File filtering and processing - Methods of filtering and processing files. (character translation, comparison, search, word counts, etc.)

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