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| date | Displays or sets the date or time. |
| dbx | Provides an environment to debug and run programs under the AIX system. |
| dc | Provides an interactive desk calculator for doing arbitrary-precision integer arithmetic. |
| dd | Converts and copies a file. |
| defaultbrowser | Launches the default web browser and optionally loads a specified URL. |
| defif | Defines a network interface in the configuration database. |
| definet | Defines an inet instance in the system configuration database. |
| defragfs | Increases a file system's contiguous free space. |
| del | Deletes files if the request is confirmed. |
| delete | Removes (unlinks) files or directories. |
| deleteX11input | Deletes an X11 input extension record from the ODM database. |
| delta | Creates a delta in a SCCS file. |
| deroff | Removes nroff, troff, tbl, and eqn command constructs from files. |
| devinstall | Installs software support for devices. |
| devnm | Names a device. |
| df | Reports information about space on file systems. |
| dfsck | Checks and repairs two file systems simultaneously on different drives. |
| dhcpaction | Provides a script that runs every time a client updates its lease. |
| dhcpcd | Implements a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) client. Serves addresses and configuration information to DHCP server. |
| dhcprd | Forwards BOOTP and DHCP packets off the local network. |
| dhcpsconf | Simplifies DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server configuration through a Graphical User Interface. |
| dhcpsd | Implements a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server. Serves addresses and configuration information to DHCP clients. |
| di | Lists the contents of a directory. |
| diag | Performs hardware problem determination. |
| diction | Highlights unclear or wordy sentences. |
| diff | Compares text files. |
| diff3 | Compares three files. |
| diffmk | Marks differences between files. |
| digest | Converts the ASCII form of the /etc/qconfig file into the /etc/qconfig.bin file, a binary version of the queue configuration used by the qdaemon command. |
| dircmp | Compares two directories and the contents of their common files. |
| dirname | Writes to standard output all but the last part of a specified path. |
| disable | Disables a printer queue devices. |
| diskusg | Generates disk accounting data by user ID. |
| dist | Redistributes a message to additional addresses. |
| docsearch | Launches the AIX Documentation Search Service global search form. |
| dodisk | Initiates disk-usage accounting. |
| domainname | Displays or sets the name of the current NIS domain. |
| dosdel | Deletes DOS Files. |
| dosdir | Lists the directory for DOS files. |
| dosformat | Formats a DOS diskette. |
| dosread | Copies DOS files to AIX files. |
| doswrite | Copies AIX files to DOS files. |
| dp | Parses and reformats dates. |
| drm_admin | Administers servers based on the Data Replication Manager (DRM), such as glbd, the replicated version of the global location broker (GLB). |
| dscreen | Starts the Dynamic Screen utility. |
| dsmit | Invokes the Distributed Management Interface Tool (DSMIT). |
| dsmit-addkey | Installs the DSMIT principal key in the local keytab file. |
| dsmit-dec | Decrements or resets /usr/share/DSMIT/security/dslock.ctr file. |
| dsmit-rmkey | Removes the DSMIT principal key from the local keytab file. |
| dsmit-unlock | Clears the locks on the DSMIT configuration file server. |
| dspcat | Displays all or part of a message catalog. |
| dspmsg | Displays a selected message from a message catalog. |
| dtappintegrate | The Common Desktop Environment application integration tool. |
| dtscript | Builds simple dialogs used in the X Window System environment. |
| du | Summarizes disk usage. |
| dump | Dumps selected parts of an object file. |
| dumpfs | Dumps file system information. |
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