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BUILTIN(1) General Commands Manual BUILTIN(1) NAME builtin, keybinds -- index of FreeBSD shell built-in commands SYNOPSIS See the manual for your shell for operation details. DESCRIPTION This page provides an index of builtin commands, keywords, and keyboard bindings provided by csh(1) and sh(1), the command line interpreters which comprise the BSD user environment. Commands Below is a table which lists builtin commands and keywords, whether they exist as standalone utilities, and the standard shells that pro- vide them. Command Standalone csh(1) sh(1) ! No No Yes % No Yes No . No No Yes : No Yes Yes @ No Yes No [ Yes No Yes { No No Yes } No No Yes alias No* Yes Yes alloc No Yes No bg No* Yes Yes bind No No Yes bindkey No Yes No break No Yes Yes breaksw No Yes No builtin No No Yes builtins No Yes No case No Yes Yes cd No* Yes Yes chdir No Yes Yes command No* No Yes complete No Yes No continue No Yes Yes default No Yes No dirs No Yes No do No No Yes done No No Yes echo Yes Yes Yes echotc No Yes No elif No No Yes else No Yes Yes end No Yes No endif No Yes No endsw No Yes No esac No No Yes eval No Yes Yes exec No Yes Yes exit No Yes Yes export No No Yes false Yes No Yes fc No* No Yes fg No* Yes Yes filetest No Yes No fi No No Yes for No No Yes foreach No Yes No getopts No* No Yes glob No Yes No goto No Yes No hash No* No Yes hashstat No Yes No history No Yes No hup No Yes No if No Yes Yes jobid No No Yes jobs No* Yes Yes kill Yes Yes Yes limit No Yes No local No No Yes log No Yes No login Yes Yes No logout No Yes No ls-F No Yes No nice Yes Yes No nohup Yes Yes No notify No Yes No onintr No Yes No popd No Yes No printenv Yes Yes No printf Yes No Yes pushd No Yes No pwd Yes No Yes read No* No Yes readonly No No Yes rehash No Yes No repeat No Yes No return No No Yes sched No Yes No set No Yes Yes setenv No Yes No settc No Yes No setty No Yes No setvar No No Yes shift No Yes Yes source No Yes No stop No Yes No suspend No Yes No switch No Yes No telltc No Yes No test Yes No Yes then No No Yes time Yes Yes No times No No Yes trap No No Yes true Yes No Yes type No* No Yes ulimit No* No Yes umask No* Yes Yes unalias No* Yes Yes uncomplete No Yes No unhash No Yes No unlimit No Yes No unset No Yes Yes unsetenv No Yes No until No No Yes wait No* Yes Yes where No Yes No which Yes Yes No while No Yes Yes No*: Commands marked `No*' exist externally, but are implemented as scripts using a builtin command of the same name. Keybinds The command line environment also provides the following default key- board bindings: Signal csh(1) sh(1) Backspace ^H ^H Carriage Return ^M | ^J ^M | ^J Tab ^I ^I Beginning of Line ^A ^A End of Line ^E ^E Cursor Forward ^F ^F Cursor Backward ^B ^B Clear Screen ^L ^L Cut Line ^U ^U Cut Word Backwards ^W ^W Cut Rest of Line ^K ^K Paste Last Cut ^Y ^Y Typo ^T ^T End of File (EOF) ^D ^D Interupt (SIGINT) ^C ^C Process info (SIGINFO) ^T ^T Search History No ^R Exit Search History No ^G Previous Command ^P ^P Next Command ^N ^N Print Next Character ^V ^V Pause Job ^S ^S Resume Job ^Q ^Q Suspend Job (SIGTSTP) ^Z ^Z Scrollback Mode ScrLk* ScrLk* *: Bindings marked `*' are provided by vt(4), the console driver. SEE ALSO csh(1), echo(1), false(1), kill(1), login(1), nice(1), nohup(1), printenv(1), printf(1), pwd(1), sh(1), test(1), time(1), true(1), which(1) HISTORY The builtin manual page first appeared in FreeBSD 3.4. AUTHORS This manual page was written by Alexander Ziaee <ziaee@FreeBSD.org> from an earlier version by Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org>. CAVEATS While builtin commands may exist in more than one shell or standalone, each may be implemented differently. Standalone utilities and their manuals must be called by their path from a shell with a builtin command of the same name. FreeBSD 16.0-CURRENT March 29, 2025 BUILTIN(1)
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