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List of two letter *nix applications

Two letter applications

A large number of unix utilities have two letter names, like rm, mv, cp etc. You may have wandered which have already been used. There is a very high chance that all 676 possible ones have been used by someone, but here is a list of the ones found in the Arch repos.

Generated on 2024-01-10. 139 valid two letter commands were found. Code for generating this document is included as a comment at the end.

  • ab:
    • extra/apache
  • ag:
    • extra/the_silver_searcher
  • al:
    • extra/mono
  • ar:
    • core/binutils
    • extra/aarch64-linux-gnu-binutils
    • extra/arm-none-eabi-binutils
    • extra/lm32-elf-binutils
    • extra/mingw-w64-binutils
    • extra/mingw-w64-binutils
    • extra/nds32le-elf-binutils
    • extra/or1k-elf-binutils
    • extra/ppc64le-elf-binutils
    • extra/riscv32-elf-binutils
    • extra/riscv64-elf-binutils
    • extra/riscv64-linux-gnu-binutils
    • extra/sh2-elf-binutils
    • extra/sh4-elf-binutils
  • as:
    • core/binutils
    • extra/aarch64-linux-gnu-binutils
    • extra/arm-none-eabi-binutils
    • extra/lm32-elf-binutils
    • extra/mingw-w64-binutils
    • extra/mingw-w64-binutils
    • extra/nds32le-elf-binutils
    • extra/or1k-elf-binutils
    • extra/ppc64le-elf-binutils
    • extra/riscv32-elf-binutils
    • extra/riscv64-elf-binutils
    • extra/riscv64-linux-gnu-binutils
    • extra/sh2-elf-binutils
    • extra/sh4-elf-binutils
  • at:
    • extra/at
  • bc:
    • extra/9base
    • extra/bc
    • extra/plan9port
  • bf:
    • extra/haskell-brainfuck
  • bw:
    • extra/bitwarden-cli
  • cb:
    • extra/plan9port
  • cc:
    • core/gcc
    • extra/ccache
    • extra/colorgcc
    • extra/distcc
  • ci:
    • extra/rcs
  • cl:
    • extra/cliquer
  • cm:
    • extra/proxmark3
  • co:
    • extra/rcs
  • cp:
    • core/coreutils
  • cs:
    • extra/csound
  • ct:
    • extra/ct
  • cu:
    • extra/uucp
  • db:
    • extra/plan9port
  • dc:
    • extra/9base
    • extra/bc
    • extra/plan9port
  • dd:
    • core/coreutils
    • extra/9base
    • extra/plan9port
  • df:
    • core/coreutils
  • dp:
    • extra/festival
  • du:
    • core/coreutils
    • extra/9base
    • extra/plan9port
  • ec:
    • extra/editorconfig-checker
  • ed:
    • core/ed
    • extra/9base
    • extra/plan9port
  • eg:
    • extra/go-tools
  • ex:
    • core/vi
  • fb:
    • extra/fb-client
  • fd:
    • extra/fd
  • fn:
    • extra/findnewest
  • fp:
    • extra/fpc
  • fq:
    • extra/fq
  • fx:
    • extra/fx
  • gc:
    • extra/graphviz
  • gh:
    • extra/github-cli
  • gm:
    • extra/graphicsmagick
  • gn:
    • extra/gn
  • go:
    • core/gcc-go
    • extra/go
    • extra/go
  • gp:
    • extra/pari
  • gs:
    • extra/ghostscript
  • gv:
    • extra/gv
  • he:
    • extra/ansible-language-server
    • extra/hedgedoc
    • extra/matrix-appservice-irc
    • extra/opensearch-dashboards-observability-plugin
    • extra/s3rver
    • extra/vscode-markdown-languageserver
    • extra/vue-language-server
  • hg:
    • extra/mercurial
  • hq:
    • extra/hq
  • ht:
    • extra/texlive-plaingeneric
  • hx:
    • extra/hex
  • hy:
    • extra/hy
  • ia:
    • extra/python-internetarchive
  • id:
    • core/coreutils
  • ig:
    • extra/igrep
  • io:
    • extra/io
  • ip:
    • core/iproute2
  • iv:
    • extra/openimageio
  • iw:
    • core/iw
  • jc:
    • extra/jc
  • jo:
    • extra/jo
  • jq:
    • extra/jq
  • jw:
    • extra/docbook-utils
  • kn:
    • extra/knative-client
  • ko:
    • extra/ko
  • lc:
    • extra/mono
    • extra/plan9port
  • ld:
    • core/binutils
    • extra/aarch64-linux-gnu-binutils
    • extra/arm-none-eabi-binutils
    • extra/lm32-elf-binutils
    • extra/mingw-w64-binutils
    • extra/mingw-w64-binutils
    • extra/nds32le-elf-binutils
    • extra/or1k-elf-binutils
    • extra/ppc64le-elf-binutils
    • extra/riscv32-elf-binutils
    • extra/riscv64-elf-binutils
    • extra/riscv64-linux-gnu-binutils
    • extra/sh2-elf-binutils
    • extra/sh4-elf-binutils
  • lf:
    • extra/lf
  • li:
    • extra/orbiton
  • ln:
    • core/coreutils
  • lp:
    • extra/cups
  • ls:
    • core/coreutils
    • extra/9base
    • extra/plan9port
  • ly:
    • extra/python-ly
  • lz:
    • extra/mtools
  • mc:
    • extra/mc
    • extra/plan9port
  • mf:
    • extra/texlive-bin
  • mg:
    • extra/mg
  • mk:
    • extra/9base
    • extra/plan9port
  • mr:
    • extra/myrepos
  • mv:
    • core/coreutils
  • nc:
    • extra/gnu-netcat
    • extra/openbsd-netcat
  • nl:
    • core/coreutils
  • nm:
    • core/binutils
    • extra/aarch64-linux-gnu-binutils
    • extra/arm-none-eabi-binutils
    • extra/lm32-elf-binutils
    • extra/mingw-w64-binutils
    • extra/mingw-w64-binutils
    • extra/nds32le-elf-binutils
    • extra/or1k-elf-binutils
    • extra/ppc64le-elf-binutils
    • extra/riscv32-elf-binutils
    • extra/riscv64-elf-binutils
    • extra/riscv64-linux-gnu-binutils
    • extra/sh2-elf-binutils
    • extra/sh4-elf-binutils
  • nu:
    • extra/nushell
  • od:
    • core/coreutils
  • og:
    • extra/orbiton-gtk3
  • ol:
    • extra/owl-lisp
  • pc:
    • extra/profile-cleaner
  • pd:
    • extra/pd
    • extra/pd
  • pg:
    • core/util-linux
  • pi:
    • extra/cln
  • pl:
    • extra/gnustep-base
  • pm:
    • extra/festival
  • pr:
    • core/coreutils
    • extra/plan9port
  • ps:
    • core/procps-ng
    • extra/plan9port
  • pv:
    • extra/pv
  • qr:
    • extra/python-qrcode
  • rc:
    • extra/9base
    • extra/plan9port
  • rg:
    • extra/code
    • extra/ripgrep
  • ri:
    • extra/jruby
    • extra/ruby-rdoc
  • rm:
    • core/coreutils
    • extra/plan9port
  • rp:
    • extra/rosenpass
  • rq:
    • extra/rq
  • rw:
    • extra/rankwidth
  • sc:
    • extra/sc
  • sd:
    • extra/sd
  • sg:
    • core/shadow
  • sh:
    • core/bash
  • sk:
    • extra/skim
  • sl:
    • extra/sl
  • sm:
    • extra/inn
    • extra/proxmark3
  • sn:
    • extra/mono
  • sq:
    • extra/sequoia-sq
  • sr:
    • extra/surfraw
  • ss:
    • core/iproute2
  • su:
    • core/util-linux
  • sw:
    • extra/orbiton
  • sx:
    • extra/sx
  • sz:
    • extra/sz
  • tc:
    • core/iproute2
  • tk:
    • extra/tanka
  • tr:
    • core/coreutils
    • extra/9base
    • extra/plan9port
  • ts:
    • extra/moreutils
  • tt:
    • extra/ruby-treetop
    • extra/ruby-treetop
  • ug:
    • extra/ugrep
  • ul:
    • core/util-linux
  • up:
    • extra/up
  • uz:
    • extra/mtools
  • vd:
    • extra/visidata
  • vg:
    • extra/orbiton-gtk3
  • vi:
    • core/vi
  • vs:
    • extra/orbiton
  • wc:
    • core/coreutils
    • extra/plan9port
  • wg:
    • extra/wireguard-tools
  • wp:
    • extra/wp-cli
  • xa:
    • extra/xa
  • xd:
    • extra/plan9port
  • xh:
    • extra/xh
  • xq:
    • extra/yq
  • xz:
    • core/xz
  • yq:
    • extra/go-yq
    • extra/yq
  • zk:
    • extra/zk
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