Database Reference
In-Depth Information
APPENDIX A
List of Command-Line Tools
This is an overview of all the command-line tools discussed in this topic. This
includes binary executables, interpreted scripts, and Bash builtins and keywords. For
each command-line tool, the following information, when available and appropriate,
is provided:
• The actual command to type at the commandline
• A description
• The name of the package it belongs to
• The version used in the topic
• The year that version was released
• The primary author(s)
• A website to find more information
• How to install it
• How to obtain help
• An example usage
All command-line tools listed here are included in the Data Science Toolbox for
Data
Science at the Command Line
. See
Chapter 2
for instructions on how to set it up. The
install commands assume that you're running Ubuntu 14.04. Please note that citing
open source software is not trivial, and that some information may be missing or
incorrect.
alias
Define or display aliases. Alias is a Bash builtin.
