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pac Prepares printer/plotter accounting records.
pack Compresses files.
packf Compresses the contents of a folder into a file.
page Displays continuous text one screen at a time on a display screen.
pagesize Displays the system page size.
panel20 Diagnoses activity between an HIA and the 5080 Control Unit.
passwd Changes a user's password.
paste Merges the lines of several files or subsequent lines in one file.
patch Applies changes to files.
pathchk Check pathnames.
pax Extracts, writes, and lists members of archive files; copies files and directory hierarchies.
pcat Unpacks files and writes them to standard output.
pclient Opens the connection to an Xstation for a specified period of time.
pcmciastat Displays the current sockets' status and defined PCMCIA devices.
pdelay Enables or reports the availability of delayed login ports.
pdisable Disables login ports.
penable Enables or reports the availability of login ports.
pg Formats files to the display.
phold Disables or reports the availability of login ports on hold.
pic Preprocesses troff command imput for the purpose of drawing pictures.
pick Selects messages by content and creates and modifies sequences.
ping Sends an echo request to a network host.
pioattred Provides a way to format and edit attributes in a virtual printer.
piobe Print job manager for the printer backend.
pioburst Generates burst pages (header and trailer pages) for printer output.
piocnvt Expands or contracts a predefined definition or virtual printer definition.
piodigest Digests attribute values for a virtual printer definition into a memory image and stores the memory image in a file.
piodmgr Compacts the Object Data Manager (ODM) database in the /var/spool/lpd/pio/@local/smit directory.
piofontin Copies fonts from a multilingual font diskette.
pioformat Drives a printer formatter.
piofquote Converts certain control characters destined for PostScript printers.
piolpx Provides printer backend support for Xstation attached printers.
piolsvp Lists virtual printers on a system.
piomgpdev Manages printer pseudo-devices.
piomkapqd Builds a SMIT dialog to create print queues and printers.
piomkpq Creates a printer queue.
piomsg Sends a printer backend message to the user.
pioout Printer backend's device driver interface program.
piopredef Creates a predefined printer data stream definition.
plotgbe Plots HP-GL files to a plotter device.
plotlbe Plots HP-GL files to a plotter device
pmctrl Controls or queries Power Management information.
pop3d Starts the Post Office Protocol Version 3 (POP3) server process. This command only applies to AIX Version 4.2.1 or later.
portmap Converts RPC program numbers into Internet port numbers.
portmir Allows one TTY stream (monitor) to attach to another TTY stream (target) and monitor the user session that is taking place on that stream. This command only applies to AIX Version 4.2.1 and later.
post Routes a message.
pppattachd Attaches an asynchronous device stream to the PPP (Point to Point Protocol) subsystem. Can be envoked as a daemon or a normal process.
pppcontrold Controls startup and management of the PPP (Point to Point Protocol) subsystem.
pppdial Establish a asynchronous connection with a remote system for use by the PPP (Point to Point Protocol) subsystem.
pppstat Extracts and displays the RAS (Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability) information of the the PPP (Point to Point Protocol) subsystem. This command only applies to AIX Version 4.1.5.
pr Writes a file to standard output.
prctmp Displays the session record file created by the acctcon1 command.
prdaily Formats an ASCII report of the previous day's accounting data.
prev Shows the previous message.
printenv Displays the values of environment variables.
printf Writes formatted output.
prof Displays object file profile data.
proff Formats text for printers with personal printer data streams.
prompter Invokes a prompting editor.
proto Constructs a prototype file for a file system.
prs Displays a Source Code Control System (SCCS) file.
prtacct Formats and displays any total accounting file.
prtty Prints to the printer port of the terminal.
ps Shows current status of processes.
ps4014 Converts a Tektronix 4014 file to postscript format.
ps630 Converts Diablo 630 print files to PostScript format.
psc Converts troff intermediate format to PostScript format.
psdit Converts troff intermediate format to PostScript format.
pshare Enables or reports the availability of login ports.
psplot Converts files in plot format to PostScript format.
psrev Reverses the page order of a PostScript file and selects a page range for printing.
psroff Converts files from troff format to PostScript format.
pstart Enables or reports the availability of login ports (normal, shared, and delayed).
pstat Interprets the contents of the various system tables and writes it to standard output.
ptx Generates a permuted index.
pwd Displays the pathname of the working directory.
pwdadm Administers user's passwords.
pwdck Verifies the correctness of local authentication information.

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