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sa

Summarizes accounting records.

sa1

Collects and stores binary data in the /var/adm/su/sa dd file.

sa2

Writes a daily report in the file /var/adm/su/sa dd file.

sact

Displays current SCCS file-editing status.

sadc

Provides a system activity report package.

sar

Collects, reports, or saves system activity information.

savebase

Saves information about base-customized devices in the Device Configuration database onto the boot device.

savecore

Saves a core dump of the operating system.

savevg

Finds and backs up all file belonging to a specified volume group.

scan

Produces a one line per message scan listing.

sccs

Administration program for SCCS commands.

sccsdiff

Compares two versions of a SCCS file.

sccshelp

Provides information about a SCCS message or command.

scls

Produces a list of module and driver names.

script

Makes a typescript of a terminal session.

sdiff

Compares two files and displays the differences in a side-by-side format.

securetcpip

Enables the operating system network security feature.

sed

Provides a stream editor.

send

Sends a message.

sendbug

Mails a system bug report to a specified address.

sendmail

Routes mail for local or network delivery.

setclock

Sets the time and date for a host on a network.

setgroups

Resets the supplimentary group ID for the session.

setmaps

Sets terminal maps or code set maps.

setsenv

Resets the protected state environment of a user.

sh

Invokes the default shell.

shell

Executes a shell with the user's default credentials and environment.

show

Shows messages.

showmount

Displays a list of all clients that have remotely mounted file systems.

shutacct

Turns off processing accounting.

shutdown

Ends system operation.

size

Displays the section sizes of the Extended Common Object File Format (XCOFF) object files.

skulker

Cleans up file systems by removing unwanted files.

slattach

Attaches serial lines as network interfaces.

sleep

Suspends execution for an interval.

slibclean

Removes any currently unused modules in kernel and library memory.

sliplogin

Configures a standard-input terminal line as a Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP) link to a remote host.

slocal

Processes incoming mail.

smdemon.cleanu

Cleans up the sendmail queue for periodic housekeeping.

smit

Performs system management.

snap

Gathers system configuration information.

snmpd

Starts the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) agent daemon as a background process.

snmpinfo

Requests or Modifies values of Management Information Base (MIB) variables managed by a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) agent.

sno

Provides a SNOBOL interpreter.

soelim

Processes .so requests in nroff command files.

sort

Sorts files, merges files that are already sorted, and checks files to determine if they have been sorted.

sortbib

Sorts a bibliographic database.

sortm

Sorts messages.

spell

Finds English-language spelling errors.

spellin

Creates a spelling list.

spellout

Verifies that a word is not in the spelling list.

split

Splits a file into pieces.

splitlvcopy

Splits copies from one logical volume and creates a new logical volume from them.

splp

Changes or displays printer driver settings.

spost

Routes a message.

spray

Sends a specified number of packets to host and reports performance statistics.

sprayd

Receives packets sent by the spray command.

srcmstr

Starts the System Resource Controller.

srex

Starts the sequential daemon for DSMIT.

startsrc

Starts a subsystem, a group of subsystems, or a subserver.

startup

Turns on the accounting functions at system startup.

startx

Initializes an X session.

statd

Provides crash and recovery functions for the locking services on NFS.

stem

Allows insertion of instrumentation code at the entry and exit points of existing program and library subroutines.

stopsrc

Stops a subsystem, a group of subsystems, or a subserver.

strace

Prints STREAMS trace messages.

strchg

Changes stream configuration.

strclean

Cleans up the STREAMS error logger.

strconf

Queries stream configuration.

strerr

Receives error log messages from the STREAMS log driver.

strinfo

Displays administrative information about STREAMS activity.

strings

Finds the printable strings in an object or binary file.

strip

Reduces the size of an Extended Common Object File Format (XCOFF) object file by removing information used by the binder and symbolic debug program.

stripnm

Displays the symbol information of a specified object file.

strload

Loads and configures Portable Streams Environment (PSE).

strreset

Resets a stream. This command applies to AIX Version 4.2 or later.

struct

Translates a FORTRAN program into a RATFOR program.

stty

Sets, resets, or reports workstation operating parameters.

stty-cxma

Sends and reports the terminal options for 128-port asynchronous controllers.

style

Analyze surface characteristics of a document.

su

Changes the user ID associated with a session.

subj

Generates a list of subjects from a document.

sum

Displays the checksum and block count of a file.

survd

Controls the surveillance daemon.

svmon

Captures and analyzes a snapshot of virtual memory.

swapon

Specifies additional device for paging and swapping.

swcons

Redirects, temporarily, the system console output to a specified device or file.

sync

Updates the i-node table and writes buffered files to the hard disk.

synclvodm

Synchronizes or rebuilds the logical volume control block, the device configuration database, and the volume group descriptor areas on the physical volumes.

syncvg

Synchronizes logical volume copies that are not current.

syscall

Performs a specified subroutine call.

syscalls

Provides system call tracing and counting for specific processes and the system.

sysck

Checks the inventory information during installations and updates procedures.

sysdumpdev

Changes the primary or secondary dump device designation in a running system.

sysdumpstart

Provides a command line interface to start a kernel dump to the primary or secondary dump device.

sysline

Displays system status on the status line of a terminal.

syslogd

Logs system messages.

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