SIRTX for UNIX users
Information and quick reference for UNIX users on SIRTX
SIRTX is very different from UNIX and POSIX systems. This page should provide a short help for UNIX and POSIX users. It lists roughly equivalent commands on both types of systems.
| On UNIX | On SIRTX | Notes |
|---|---|---|
ls |
dir |
Show content of current directory/tag |
ls dir/ |
dir @tag |
Show content of a specific directory/tag |
cd dir/ or pushd dir/ |
go tag |
Change current directory/tag |
popd |
back |
Change back to previous directory/tag |
exit |
quit |
Exit shell/session |
man ls |
help dir |
Show help text |
No strict equivalent available. Property dialogs in GUIs mostly. |
show [tag] |
Show information about the current or a specific tag |
view file or xdg-open file |
render [tag] |
Displays a rendered form of a file/tag |
clear |
cls |
Clear screen |
hexdump file or xxd file |
hexdump <tag |
Print hexdump of file/tag content |
cat file |
transfer <tag &stdout |
Prints the content of a file/tag to standard output |
var=value |
set &var value |
Set a variable. Note that variables need to be declared first. Also, any access mode is kept. So it should be given when opening the value as needed. |
env |
context |
Show variables |