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ranlib

Converts archive libraries to random libraries.

rc

Performs normal startup initialization.

rc.powerfail

Shuts down a system when a power failure is detected.

rcp

Transfers files between a local and a remote host or between two remote hosts.

rcvdist

Sends a copy of incoming messages to additional recipients.

rcvpack

Saves incoming messages in a packed file.

rcvstore

Incorporates new mail from standard input into a folder.

rcvtty

Notifies the user of incoming messages.

rdist

Maintains identical copies of files on multiple hosts.

rdump

Backs up files onto a remote machines' device.

read

Reads one line from standard input.

readfile

Displays the text of INed structured files.

readlvcopy

Reads a specific mirror copy of a logical volume.

reboot

Restarts the system.

red

Edits text by line.

redefinevg

Redefines the set of physical volumes of the given volume group in the device configuration database.

reducevg

Removes physical volumes from a volume group.

refer

Finds and inserts literature references in documents.

refile

Moves files between folders.

refresh

Requests a refresh of a subsystem or group of subsystems.

regcmp

Compiles patterns into C language char declarations.

rembak

Sends a print job to a queue on a remote server.

remove

Deletes files from var/adm/acct subdirectories.

remsh

Executes the specified command at the remote host or logs into the remote host.

renice

Alters priority of running processes.

reorgvg

Reorganizes the physical partition allocation for a volume group.

repl

Replies to a message.

repquota

Summarizes quotas for a file system.

reset

Initializes terminals.

resize

Sets the TERMCAP environment variable and terminal settings to the current window size.

restbase

Reads the base-customized information from the boot image and restores it into the Device Configuration database used during system boot phase 1.

restore

Copies previously backed-up file systems or files, created by the backup command, from a local device.

restvg

Restores the user volume group and all it containers and files, as specified in the /tmp/vgdata/vgname/vgname.data file contained within the backup image created by the savevg command.

rev

Reverse characters in each line of a file.

revnetgroup

Reverses the listing of users and hosts in network group files in NIS maps.

rexd

Executes program for remote machines.

rexec

Executes commands one at a time on a remote host.

rexecd

Provides the server function for the rexec command.

rgb

Creates the database used by the X-Window system server for colors.

rlogin

Connects the local host with a remote host.

rlogind

Provides the server function for the rlogin command.

rm

Removes (unlinks) files or directories.

rmail

Handles remote mail received through Basic Networking Utilities (BNU).

rmdel

Removes a delta from a SCCS file.

rmdev

Removes a device from the system.

rmdir

Removes a directory.

rmdsmitd

Removes a domain from the member list in DSMIT.

rmf

Removes folders and the messages they contain.

rmfilt

Removes a filter rule.

rmfs

Removes a file system.

rmgroup

Removes a group.

rmhist

Removes the history information from INed structured files.

rmitab

Removes records in the /etc/inittab file.

rmkeyserv

Stops the keyserv daemon and comments the entry in the /etc/rc.nfs file.

rmlv

Removes logical volumes from a volume group.

rmlvcopy

Removes copies from a logical volume.

rmm

Removes messages from active status.

rmnamsv

Unconfigures TCP/IP-based name service on a host.

rmnfs

Changes the configuration of the system to stop running NFS daemons.

rmnfsexp

Unexports a directory from NFS clients.

rmnfsmnt

Removes an NFS mount.

rmnotify

Removes a notify method definition from the Notify object class.

rmprtsv

Unconfigures a print service on a client or server machine.

rmps

Remove a paging space from the system along with any logical volume on which it resides.

rmque

Removes a printer queue from the system.

rmquedev

Removes a printer or plotter queue device from the system.

rmserver

Removes a subserver definition from the Subserver Type object class.

rmss

Simulates a system with various sizes of memory for performance testing of applications.

rmssys

Removes a subsystem definition from the subsystem object class.

rmt

Allows remote access to magnetic tape devices.

rmtun

Deactivates operational tunnel(s) and optionally removes tunnel definition(s).

rmuser

Removes a user account.

rmvfs

Removes entries in the /etc/vfs file.

rmvirprt

Removes a virtual printer.

rmyp

Removes the configuration for NIS.

roffbib

Prints a bibliographic database.

route

Manually manipulates the routing tables.

routed

Manages network routing tables.

rpc.pcnfsd

Handles service requests from PC-NFS (Personal Computers Network File System) clients.

rpcgen

Generates C code to implement an RPC protocol.

rpcinfo

Reports the status of Remote Procedure Call (RPC) servers.

rpl

Replaces all occurrences of a string in a file.

rrestore

Copies previously backed file systems from a remote machine's device to the local machine.

Rsh

Invokes a restricted version of the Bourne shell.

rsh

Executes the specified command at the remote host or logs into the remote host.

rshd

Provides the server function for remote command execution.

rstatd

Returns performance statistics obtained from the kernel.

rtl_enable

Relinks shared objects to enable the runtime linker to use them. This command applies to AIX Version 4.2 or later.

runacct

Runs daily accounting.

runcat

Pipes output data from the mkcatdefs command to the gencat command.

rup

Shows the status of a remote host on the local network.

ruptime

Shows the status of each host on a network.

ruser

Directly manipulates entries in three separate system databases that control foreign host access to programs

rusers

Reports a list of users logged on to remote machines.

rusersd

Responds to queries from the rusers command.

rwall

Sends messages to all users on the network.

rwalld

Handles requests from the rwall command.

rwho

Shows which users are logged in to hosts on the local network.

rwhod

Provides the server function for the rwho and ruptime commands.

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