HACTRN Survival Guide
HACTRN (pronounced “hack tran”) is the DDT debugger and also login shell. Here a summary of useful commands for HACTRN in comparison with common UNIX commands. Note that to get a HACTRN on an idle terminal, you first have to type CTRL-Z.
Everywhere $ is written, it means typing Escape.
| UNIX | DDT | Colon command |
|---|---|---|
| login: user | user$u | :login user |
| logout | $$u | :logout |
| TERM=vt52 | :tctyp vt52 | |
| TERM=vt100 | :crtsty vt100 | |
| ls | CTRL-F | :listf |
| ls dir | dirCTRL-F | :listf dir |
| ls / | CTRL-R m.f.d. (file) | :print m.f.d. (file) |
| ls *.foo | CTRL-R dir: second foo | :print dir: second foo |
| more file | CTRL-R file | :print file |
| mkdir dir | CTRL-R dir;..new. (udir) | :print dir;..new. (udir) |
| cd dir | dir$$CTRL-S | :cwd dir |
| cp f1 f2 | $CTRL-R f1,f2 | :copy f1,f2 |
| rm file | CTRL-O file | :delete file |
| ln f1 f2 | $CTRL-O f1,f2 | :link f1,f2 |
| mv f1 f2 | $$CTRL-O f1,f2 | :rename f1,f2 |
| mv file dir | :move file,dir | |
| emacs | emacsCTRL-K | :emacs |
| ps | $$v | :listj |
| kill pid | pid$CTRL-X | :job pid :kill |
| sudo -u u cmd | u$CTRL-S cmd | |
| top | peekCTRL-H | :peek |
CTRL-U | CTRL-D | |
CTRL-C | CTRL-G | |
CTRL-Z | CTRL-Z | |
CTRL-D | CTRL-C | |
| fg | $P | :continue |
| bg | CTRL-P | :proceed |