BUILTIN(1) FreeBSD General Commands Manual BUILTIN(1)
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.
Command Standalone csh(1) sh(1)
! No No Yes
% No Yes No
. No No Yes
: No Yes Yes
@ No Yes No
[ Yes No Yes
{ No No Yes
} No No Yes
alias No* Yes Yes
alloc No Yes No
bg No* Yes Yes
bind No No Yes
bindkey No Yes No
break No Yes Yes
breaksw No Yes No
builtin No No Yes
builtins No Yes No
case No Yes Yes
cd No* Yes Yes
chdir No Yes Yes
command No* No Yes
complete No Yes No
continue No Yes Yes
default No Yes No
dirs No Yes No
do No No Yes
done No No Yes
echo Yes Yes Yes
echotc No Yes No
elif No No Yes
else No Yes Yes
end No Yes No
endif No Yes No
endsw No Yes No
esac No No Yes
eval No Yes Yes
exec No Yes Yes
exit No Yes Yes
export No No Yes
false Yes No Yes
fc No* No Yes
fg No* Yes Yes
fi No No Yes
filetest No Yes No
for No No Yes
foreach No Yes No
getopts No* No Yes
glob No Yes No
goto No Yes No
hash No* No Yes
hashstat No Yes No
history No Yes No
hup No Yes No
if No Yes Yes
jobid No No Yes
jobs No* Yes Yes
kill Yes Yes Yes
limit No Yes No
local No No Yes
log No Yes No
login Yes Yes No
logout No Yes No
ls-F No Yes No
nice Yes Yes No
nohup Yes Yes No
notify No Yes No
onintr No Yes No
popd No Yes No
printenv Yes Yes No
printf Yes No Yes
pushd No Yes No
pwd Yes No Yes
read No* No Yes
readonly No No Yes
rehash No Yes No
repeat No Yes No
return No No Yes
sched No Yes No
set No Yes Yes
setenv No Yes No
settc No Yes No
setty No Yes No
setvar No No Yes
shift No Yes Yes
source No Yes No
stop No Yes No
suspend No Yes No
switch No Yes No
telltc No Yes No
test Yes No Yes
then No No Yes
time Yes Yes No
times No No Yes
trap No No Yes
true Yes No Yes
type No* No Yes
ulimit No* No Yes
umask No* Yes Yes
unalias No* Yes Yes
uncomplete No Yes No
unhash No Yes No
unlimit No Yes No
unset No Yes Yes
unsetenv No Yes No
until No No Yes
wait No* Yes Yes
where No Yes No
which Yes Yes No
while No Yes 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:
Signal csh(1) sh(1)
Backspace ^H ^H
Carriage Return ^M | ^J ^M | ^J
Tab ^I ^I
Beginning of Line ^A ^A
End of Line ^E ^E
Cursor Forward ^F ^F
Cursor Backward ^B ^B
Clear Screen ^L ^L
Cut Line ^U ^U
Cut Word Backwards ^W ^W
Cut Rest of Line ^K ^K
Paste Last Cut ^Y ^Y
Typo ^T ^T
End of File (EOF) ^D ^D
Interupt (SIGINT) ^C ^C
Process info (SIGINFO) ^T ^T
Search History No ^R
Exit Search History No ^G
Previous Command ^P ^P
Next Command ^N ^N
Print Next Character ^V ^V
Pause Job ^S ^S
Resume Job ^Q ^Q
Suspend Job (SIGTSTP) ^Z ^Z
Scrollback Mode ScrLk* 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
While builtin commands may exist in more than one shell or standalone,
each may be implemented differently.
Standalone utilities and their manuals must be called by their path from
a shell with a builtin command of the same name.
FreeBSD 15.1-STABLE-HBSD March 29, 2025 BUILTIN(1)