(TCL) - SCO Visual Tcl commands

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alarm: send SIGALARM in specified number of seconds
append: append to variable
apropos: search help descriptions for matching pattern
array: manipulate array variables
auto_commands: list names of all loadable procedures and commands
auto_load: attempt to load the specified command from a loadable library
auto_load_file: source a file, using auto_path as search parameter
auto_packages: return list of names of all defined packages
break: abort looping command
bsearch: search open file for match
buildpackageindex: build index files for package libraries
case: evaluate one of several scripts, depending on a given value
catch: evaluate script and trap exceptional returns
catclose: close message catalog cathandle
catgets: retrieve message from message catalog
catopen: open message catalog catname
cd: change working directory
cequal: compare two strings for equality
cexpand: expand backslash characters in string to actual characters
chgrp: set group ID for files in specified list
chmod: set permissions of files in specified list
chown: set owner of files in specified list
chroot: change root directory to specified name
cindex: return character indexed by given expression from string
clength: return length of string in characters
close: close an open file
cmdtrace: print trace statement for executing commands
commandloop: create interactive command loop for Tcl interpreter
concat: join lists together
continue: skip to the next iteration of a loop
convertclock: convert date string to integer value
convert_lib: convert a Ousterhout style index file and source files into a package library
copyfile: copy remainder of file1 to file2
crange: return a range of characters from string
csubstr: return a substring of characters from string
ctoken: parse a token out of a character string
ctype: test whether characters in a string are of a given class
dirs: list directories in directory stack
dup: duplicate an open file
echo: write to standard input, followed by newline
edprocs: write named procedures to temporary file, call editor
eof: check for end-of-file condition on open file
error: generate an error
eval: evaluate a Tcl script
exec: invoke subprocess(es)
execl: replace current program with another, passing arguments in list
exit: end the application
expr: evaluate an expression
fcntl: set or clear a file option or return its current value
file: manipulate file names and attributes
flock: set, clear, or return file options
flush: flush buffered output for a file
fmtclock: convert time integer to readable clock format
for: a looping command
for_array_keys: perform foreach for each key in named array
foreach: iterate over all elements in a list
for_file: implement loop over contents of a file
fork: fork the current Tcl process
format: format a string in the style of sprintf
for_recursive_glob: perform foreach loop over recursively matched files
frename: rename old path to new path
fstat: obtain status information on open file
funlock: remove lock created by flock
getclock: return current date and time as integer
gets: read a line from a file
glob: return names of files that match patterns
global: access global variables
help: provide lists of all available help subjects and pages
helpcd: change the current help subject
helppwd: display the current help subject
history: manipulate the history list
id: get, set, convert user, group, process IDs
if: execute scripts conditionally
incr: increment the value of a variable
info: return information about the state of the Tcl interpreter
infox: return info on application or extended Tcl
intersect: return the logical intersection of two lists
intersect3: return the logical intersection of two lists and exceptions
join: create a string by joining together list elements
keyldel: delete key and value from keyed list
keylget: return value associated with key from the keyed list in the variable listvar
keylkeys: return the list of keys in the keyed list in the variable listvar
keylset: set the value of key in the keyed list contained in the variable listvar
kill: signal processes found in list
lappend: append list elements onto a variable
lassign: assign successive elements of a list to specified variables
lempty: determine if specified list is empty
lgets: read next Tcl list from file and discard terminating newline
library: standard library of Tcl procedures
lindex: retrieve an element from a list
link: create hard or symbolic link between files
linsert: insert elements into a list
list: create a list
llength: count the number of elements in a list
lmatch: return list entries matching specified pattern
loadlibindex: load the package library index of a .tlib library file
loop: high performance loop command for fixed increments
lrange: return one or more adjacent elements from a list
lreplace: replace elements in a list with new elements
lrmdups: remove duplicate list entries and re-sort
lsearch: see if a list contains a particular element
lsort: sort the elements of a list
lvarcat: concatenate string to end of specified list
lvarpop: delete list element indexed by specified variable
lvarpush: insert string to specified list
max: return argument with highest numeric value
min: return argument with lowest numeric value
mkdir: create specified directories
nice: change or return process priority
open: open a file
pid: retrieve process id(s)
pipe: create a pipe
popd: pop top directory from directory stack to current directory
proc: create a Tcl procedure
profile: collect performance profile of a Tcl script
profrep: generates a report from data collected by profile(TCL)
pushd: push current directory onto directory stack and cd to specified directory
puts: write to a file
pwd: return the current working directory
random: return pseudo-random positive integer
read: read from a file
readdir: list contents of specified directory
read_file: read file and return contents as string
recursive_glob: return list of recursively-matched files
regexp: match a regular expression against a string
regsub: perform substitutions based on regular expression pattern matching
rename: rename or delete a command
replicate: replicate string n times
return: return from a procedure
rmdir: remove specified directories
saveprocs: save definition of named or defined procedures to named file
scan: parse string using conversion specifiers in the style of sscanf
scancontext: set scan file context
scanfile: scan open file starting from current position
scanmatch: specify Tcl commands to be evaluated when regexp(TCL) is matched by a scanfile
searchpath: search all directories in the specified path
seek: change the access position for an open file
select: wait for files to come available or satisfy conditions
server_info: obtain information about a TCP/IP server
server_open: open TCP/IP connection to server on specified port
set: read and write variables
showproc: list definitions of named procedures
signal: specify action to take when Tcl is signalled by UNIX
sleep: sleep for specified time in seconds
source: evaluate a file as a Tcl script
split: split a string into a proper Tcl list
string: manipulate strings
switch: evaluate one of several scripts, depending on a given value
sync: flush all pending disk output
system: execute command via system(S) call
tclsh: simple shell containing Tcl interpreter
tclvars: variables used by Tcl
tell: return current access position for an open file
time: time the execution of a script
times: list process and child execution times
trace: monitor variable accesses
translit: change characters in inrange to outrange
umask: set file creation mode
union: return logical unique union of two lists
unknown: handle attempts to use non-existent commands
unlink: delete (unlink) listed files
unset: delete variables
uplevel: execute a script in a different stack frame
upvar: create link to variable in a different stack frame
wait: wait for process created by execl to terminate
while: execute script repeatedly as long as a condition is met
write_file: write strings to specified file