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 provide 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
`fi`	No	No	Yes
`filetest`	No	Yes	No
`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 keyboard 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.

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.