(TCLX) - Extended Tcl commands

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alarm: send SIGALARM in specified number of seconds
apropos: search help descriptions for matching pattern
auto_commands: list names of all loadable procedures and commands
auto_load: attempt to load the specified command from a loadable library
auto_load_file: source a file, using auto_path as search parameter
auto_packages: return list of names of all defined packages
bsearch: search open file for match
buildpackageindex: build index files for package libraries
catclose: close message catalog cathandle
catgets: retrieve message from message catalog
catopen: open message catalog catname
cequal: compare two strings for equality
cexpand: expand backslash characters in string to actual characters
chgrp: set group ID for files in specified list
chmod: set permissions of files in specified list
chown: set owner of files in specified list
chroot: change root directory to specified name
cindex: return character indexed by given expression from string
clength: return length of string in characters
cmdtrace: print trace statement for executing commands
commandloop: create interactive command loop for Tcl interpreter
convertclock: convert date string to integer value
convert_lib: convert a Ousterhout style index file and source files into a package library
copyfile: copy remainder of file1 to file2
crange: return a range of characters from string
csubstr: return a substring of characters from string
ctoken: parse a token out of a character string
ctype: test whether characters in a string are of a given class
dirs: list directories in directory stack
dup: duplicate an open file
echo: write to standard input, followed by newline
edprocs: write named procedures to temporary file, call editor
execl: replace current program with another, passing arguments in list
fcntl: set or clear a file option or return its current value
flock: set, clear, or return file options
fmtclock: convert time integer to readable clock format
for_array_keys: perform foreach for each key in named array
for_file: implement loop over contents of a file
fork: fork the current Tcl process
for_recursive_glob: perform foreach loop over recursively matched files
frename: rename old path to new path
fstat: obtain status information on open file
funlock: remove lock created by flock
getclock: return current date and time as integer
help: provide lists of all available help subjects and pages
helpcd: change the current help subject
helppwd: display the current help subject
id: get, set, convert user, group, process IDs
infox: return info on application or extended Tcl
intersect: return the logical intersection of two lists
intersect3: return the logical intersection of two lists and exceptions
keyldel: delete key and value from keyed list
keylget: return value associated with key from the keyed list in the variable listvar
keylkeys: return the list of keys in the keyed list in the variable listvar
keylset: set the value of key in the keyed list contained in the variable listvar
kill: signal processes found in list
lassign: assign successive elements of a list to specified variables
lempty: determine if specified list is empty
lgets: read next Tcl list from file and discard terminating newline
link: create hard or symbolic link between files
lmatch: return list entries matching specified pattern
loadlibindex: load the package library index of a .tlib library file
loop: high performance loop command for fixed increments
lrmdups: remove duplicate list entries and re-sort
lvarcat: concatenate string to end of specified list
lvarpop: delete list element indexed by specified variable
lvarpush: insert string to specified list
max: return argument with highest numeric value
min: return argument with lowest numeric value
mkdir: create specified directories
nice: change or return process priority
pipe: create a pipe
popd: pop top directory from directory stack to current directory
profile: collect performance profile of a Tcl script
profrep: generates a report from data collected by profile(TCLX)
pushd: push current directory onto directory stack and cd to specified directory
random: return pseudo-random positive integer
readdir: list contents of specified directory
read_file: read file and return contents as string
recursive_glob: return list of recursively-matched files
replicate: replicate string n times
rmdir: remove specified directories
saveprocs: save definition of named or defined procedures to named file
scancontext: set scan file context
scanfile: scan open file starting from current position
scanmatch: specify Tcl commands to be evaluated when regexp(TCL) is matched by a scanfile
searchpath: search all directories in the specified path
select: wait for files to come available or satisfy conditions
server_info: obtain information about a TCP/IP server
server_open: open TCP/IP connection to server on specified port
showproc: list definitions of named procedures
signal: specify action to take when Tcl is signalled by UNIX
sleep: sleep for specified time in seconds
sync: flush all pending disk output
system: execute command via system(S) call
times: list process and child execution times
translit: change characters in inrange to outrange
umask: set file creation mode
union: return logical unique union of two lists
unlink: delete (unlink) listed files
wait: wait for process created by execl to terminate
write_file: write strings to specified file