| SunOS 4.1 | SunOS 5.4 | Notes |
| batch | (changed) | -c, -s, and -m options not available
no queuename specified by default |
| cat | (changed) | -t and -e options require -v
FORMFEED characters displayed with -t, not -v |
| chfn | (missing) | no alternatives! 'passwd -f' doesn't work, either |
| chgrp | (changed) | doesn't change the ownership of a symbolic link itself (to do that, use the option -h), but follows the link |
| chmod | (changed) | -R option changes the mode of the target when it's a symbolic link |
| chsh | (missing) | no alternatives! 'passwd -s' doesn't work, either |
| cp | (changed) | -R option is replaced by -r |
| df | (changed) | use -k option or use the version in /usr/ucb |
| dff | (missing) | temporary? |
| diff | (changed) | -c[#] becomes -C #, -S# becomes -S # (i.e. you need a space) |
| du | (changed) | use 'du -k' to get the same result (usage in kilobytes) |
| ff | (changed) | -f and -p options not available
ff now matches substrings, not whole filenames or beginnings (because it's actually just an alias for a new command, locate). Use ff '/<string>' to find
just file/directory names beginning with the string.
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| file | (changed) | -L option not available |
| find | (changed) | -n option not available |
| join | (changed) | the value of argument of the -a option can only be 1 or 2
there is no restriction on the argument of the -j option |
| leave | (missing) | the cron and at commands provide similar functionality |
| ln | (changed) | removes the target (if it already exists), given proper permissions |
| load | (missing) | not available |
| man | (changed) | the organization of the man pages has changed (see
'man intro')
it is now possible to specify a default order of directories for man to search there are two new options, -a and -l |
| mv | (changed) | use -- instead of - to mark the end of the options in order to recognize a filename beginning with - |
| nice | (changed) | now defaults to 10 |
| nohup | (changed) | (doesn't say in what way) |
| passwd | (changed) | the -f and -s options have different meaning, i.e. they can no longer be used to change the full name and the login shell, respectively |
| pr | (changed) | (doesn't say in what way), man pages look very different |
| ps | (changed) | options -C, -k, -n, -r, -S, -U, -v, -w, and -x are not
available
-c and -e options have different meaning the familiar version is available in /usr/ucb |
| reset | (different) | is a completely different command |
| rlogin | (changed) | the ~dsusp escape sequence is not available
a space is needed after the -e option |
| rm | (changed) | use -- instead of - to mark the end of the options in order to recognize a filename beginning with - |
| sed | (changed) | does not strip initial SPACE and TAB characters from text lines |
| sort | (changed) | (doesn't say in what way) man pages look quite different |
| spell | (changed) | -h spellhist option isn't available |
| stty | (changed) | the following options are not available: decctlq, tandem, cbreak, ctlecho, prterase, crtkill, cols, tab3, crt, dec, term |
| su | (changed) | -f option not available |
| sum | (changed) | (doesn't say in what way) |
| test | (changed) | (doesn't say in what way)
the familiar version is available in /usr/ucb |
| time | (changed) | different output format |
| touch | (changed) | -f option not available |
| tr | (changed) | (doesn't say in what way)
the familiar version is available in /usr/ucb |
| trace | (missing) | truss has similar functionality |
| tset | (changed) | -S option not available |
| whatis | (changed) | (doesn't say in what way)
I suspect it's just the different results due to the new structure of man pages |