system

vb system COMMAND ARGS...

Description

Often abbreviated as just vb sys, this command provides primative, low-level unix-like commands for use on systems that lack those commands natively.

Type vb sys help for a list of available commands.

Type vb sys help COMMAND for detailed help on a particular command.

Command List

command

description

vb sys cat

Concatenate FILE(s) to standard output. If no FILE is given or FILE is -, read standard input.

vb sys cp

Copy SOURCE to DEST, or multiple SOURCE(s) to DEST directory.

vb sys date

Show the current system time and date

vb sys echo

Display a line of text.

vb sys ls

List files ls

vb sys mkdir

Create the DIRECTORY(ies), if they do not already exist.

vb sys mv

Move (rename) SOURCE to DEST, or multiple SOURCE(s) to DEST directory.

vb sys pwd

Show the Present Working Directory name

vb sys rm

Remove (unlink) FILE(s).

vb sys rmdir

Remove empty DIRECTORY(ies).

vb sys touch

Update the access and modification times of each FILE to the current time.

vb sys uchardet

Guess the character encoding of each FILE using uchardet.

vb sys which

Show the location on PATH of executables EXE

Examples