BUILTIN(1)

🎀 BUILTIN(1) 🎀

okay so welcome to BUILTIN(1) from the General Commands Manual, bestie — this is the manual page for builtin and keybinds, and it’s literally the index of FreeBSD shell built-in commands. 💅

🏷️ 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. I’m giving you every single row as a list — no skips, no cap. 💯

• ! — standalone: No; csh(1): No; sh(1): Yes
• % — standalone: No; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): No
• . — standalone: No; csh(1): No; sh(1): Yes
• : — standalone: No; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): Yes
• @ — standalone: No; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): No
• [ — standalone: Yes; csh(1): No; sh(1): Yes
• { — standalone: No; csh(1): No; sh(1): Yes
• } — standalone: No; csh(1): No; sh(1): Yes
• alias — standalone: No*; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): Yes
• alloc — standalone: No; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): No
• bg — standalone: No*; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): Yes
• bind — standalone: No; csh(1): No; sh(1): Yes
• bindkey — standalone: No; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): No
• break — standalone: No; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): Yes
• breaksw — standalone: No; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): No
• builtin — standalone: No; csh(1): No; sh(1): Yes
• builtins — standalone: No; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): No
• case — standalone: No; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): Yes
• cd — standalone: No*; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): Yes
• chdir — standalone: No; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): Yes
• command — standalone: No*; csh(1): No; sh(1): Yes
• complete — standalone: No; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): No
• continue — standalone: No; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): Yes
• default — standalone: No; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): No
• dirs — standalone: No; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): No
• do — standalone: No; csh(1): No; sh(1): Yes
• done — standalone: No; csh(1): No; sh(1): Yes
• echo — standalone: Yes; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): Yes
• echotc — standalone: No; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): No
• elif — standalone: No; csh(1): No; sh(1): Yes
• else — standalone: No; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): Yes
• end — standalone: No; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): No
• endif — standalone: No; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): No
• endsw — standalone: No; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): No
• esac — standalone: No; csh(1): No; sh(1): Yes
• eval — standalone: No; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): Yes
• exec — standalone: No; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): Yes
• exit — standalone: No; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): Yes
• export — standalone: No; csh(1): No; sh(1): Yes
• false — standalone: Yes; csh(1): No; sh(1): Yes
• fc — standalone: No*; csh(1): No; sh(1): Yes
• fg — standalone: No*; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): Yes
• fi — standalone: No; csh(1): No; sh(1): Yes
• filetest — standalone: No; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): No
• for — standalone: No; csh(1): No; sh(1): Yes
• foreach — standalone: No; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): No
• getopts — standalone: No*; csh(1): No; sh(1): Yes
• glob — standalone: No; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): No
• goto — standalone: No; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): No
• hash — standalone: No*; csh(1): No; sh(1): Yes
• hashstat — standalone: No; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): No
• history — standalone: No; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): No
• hup — standalone: No; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): No
• if — standalone: No; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): Yes
• jobid — standalone: No; csh(1): No; sh(1): Yes
• jobs — standalone: No*; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): Yes
• kill — standalone: Yes; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): Yes
• limit — standalone: No; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): No
• local — standalone: No; csh(1): No; sh(1): Yes
• log — standalone: No; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): No
• login — standalone: Yes; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): No
• logout — standalone: No; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): No
• ls-F — standalone: No; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): No
• nice — standalone: Yes; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): No
• nohup — standalone: Yes; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): No
• notify — standalone: No; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): No
• onintr — standalone: No; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): No
• popd — standalone: No; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): No
• printenv — standalone: Yes; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): No
• printf — standalone: Yes; csh(1): No; sh(1): Yes
• pushd — standalone: No; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): No
• pwd — standalone: Yes; csh(1): No; sh(1): Yes
• read — standalone: No*; csh(1): No; sh(1): Yes
• readonly — standalone: No; csh(1): No; sh(1): Yes
• rehash — standalone: No; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): No
• repeat — standalone: No; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): No
• return — standalone: No; csh(1): No; sh(1): Yes
• sched — standalone: No; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): No
• set — standalone: No; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): Yes
• setenv — standalone: No; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): No
• settc — standalone: No; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): No
• setty — standalone: No; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): No
• setvar — standalone: No; csh(1): No; sh(1): Yes
• shift — standalone: No; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): Yes
• source — standalone: No; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): No
• stop — standalone: No; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): No
• suspend — standalone: No; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): No
• switch — standalone: No; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): No
• telltc — standalone: No; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): No
• test — standalone: Yes; csh(1): No; sh(1): Yes
• then — standalone: No; csh(1): No; sh(1): Yes
• time — standalone: Yes; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): No
• times — standalone: No; csh(1): No; sh(1): Yes
• trap — standalone: No; csh(1): No; sh(1): Yes
• true — standalone: Yes; csh(1): No; sh(1): Yes
• type — standalone: No*; csh(1): No; sh(1): Yes
• ulimit — standalone: No*; csh(1): No; sh(1): Yes
• umask — standalone: No*; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): Yes
• unalias — standalone: No*; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): Yes
• uncomplete — standalone: No; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): No
• unhash — standalone: No; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): No
• unlimit — standalone: No; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): No
• unset — standalone: No; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): Yes
• unsetenv — standalone: No; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): No
• until — standalone: No; csh(1): No; sh(1): Yes
• wait — standalone: No*; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): Yes
• where — standalone: No; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): No
• which — standalone: Yes; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): No
• while — standalone: No; csh(1): Yes; sh(1): 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:

• Backspace — csh(1): ^H; sh(1): ^H
• Carriage Return — csh(1): ^M | ^J; sh(1): ^M | ^J
• Tab — csh(1): ^I; sh(1): ^I
• Beginning of Line — csh(1): ^A; sh(1): ^A
• End of Line — csh(1): ^E; sh(1): ^E
• Cursor Forward — csh(1): ^F; sh(1): ^F
• Cursor Backward — csh(1): ^B; sh(1): ^B
• Clear Screen — csh(1): ^L; sh(1): ^L
• Cut Line — csh(1): ^U; sh(1): ^U
• Cut Word Backwards — csh(1): ^W; sh(1): ^W
• Cut Rest of Line — csh(1): ^K; sh(1): ^K
• Paste Last Cut — csh(1): ^Y; sh(1): ^Y
• Typo — csh(1): ^T; sh(1): ^T
• End of File (EOF) — csh(1): ^D; sh(1): ^D
• Interupt (SIGINT) — csh(1): ^C; sh(1): ^C
• Process info (SIGINFO) — csh(1): ^T; sh(1): ^T
• Search History — csh(1): No; sh(1): ^R
• Exit Search History — csh(1): No; sh(1): ^G
• Previous Command — csh(1): ^P; sh(1): ^P
• Next Command — csh(1): ^N; sh(1): ^N
• Print Next Character — csh(1): ^V; sh(1): ^V
• Pause Job — csh(1): ^S; sh(1): ^S
• Resume Job — csh(1): ^Q; sh(1): ^Q
• Suspend Job (SIGTSTP) — csh(1): ^Z; sh(1): ^Z
• Scrollback Mode — csh(1): ScrLk*; sh(1): 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 ⚠️

So like, builtin commands may exist in more than one shell or standalone, but each one may be implemented differently. Don’t assume they’re clones, bestie. 😭

Standalone utilities and their manuals must be called by their path from a shell with a builtin command of the same name. That’s the rule — no vibing around it. 💅

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