allocate - Allocate a device, i.e., magtape drive mta, mtb, ... concatenate - Concatenate a list of files chkupdate - Check for an available IRAF update copy - Copy a file or files (use IMCOPY for imagefiles) count - Count the number of lines, words, characters in a text file deallocate - Deallocate a previously allocated device delete - Delete a file or files (use IMDELETE to delete imagefiles) devices - Print information on the locally available devices devstatus - Print the status of a device (mta, mtb, ...) directory - List the files in a directory diskspace - Show how much diskspace is available fcache - List, clean or manipulate the file cache files - Expand a file template into a list of files gripes - Send suggestions, complaints, etc. to the system head - Print the first few lines of a text file help - Print online documentation lprint - Print a file on the line printer device match - Print all lines in a file that match a pattern mkdir - Create a new directory mkscript - Make a command script movefiles - Move files to a directory netstatus - Print the status of the local network news - Page through the system news file page - Page through a file pathnames - Expand a file template into a list of OS pathnames phelp - Paged HELP: collects and pages the output of HELP protect - Protect a file from deletion references - Find all help database references for a given topic rename - Rename a file rewind - Rewind a device (magtape) sort - Sort a text file spy - Show processor status system - Simple benchmarking tool tail - Print the last few lines of a file tee - Tee the standard output into a file touch - Change file access and modification times type - Type a text file on the standard output urlget - Get a (http) URL to a named file unprotect - Remove delete protection from a file