Some handy Solaris commands - just a reference to useful options and commands.

set path to something like
PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/platform/`uname -i`/sbin:/usr/proc/bin:/usr/ucb/:/usr/dt/bin:/usr/openwin/bin:/usr/local/bin:$HOME/bin

df -n (or fstyp device)	show type of file system (ufs/vxfs)
fuser and pfiles	open files
prtconf -V	OBP level
pgrep, pkill, prstat -a	process info and manipulation
logins -p|-d	local users without passwords | duplicate uids
mpstat, prtdiag, psrinfo -v	processor information and more
traceroute	since Solaris 7
troff -man man.1 | dpost | lp	print old style man pages
sgml2roff lpfilter.1m | troff -man | dpost | lp	print sgml (new) man pages
fstyp -v	list superblock including minfree %
tput	nice screen output
what, ldd, strings	information about binaries
ctrl-V in vi	insert control character
ftp> get README | more
ufsdump 0f - /filesystem | (cd /mnt; ufsrestore rf -); rm /mnt/restoresymtable	dump restore pipe
echo 007	get bell to ring
comm	common (non-common) lines from two files
pkgchk -lp /usr/bin/ls	which package does ls belong to?
df -oi -F ufs	free inodes
icheck -b blockno filesystem	block to file mapping
dircmp, rsync, filesync	compare directories, sync utilities
nohup /var/tmp/myscript.ksh > /var/tmp/myscript.out &	for things which have to complete (no risk of terminal being logged out)
netstat -pn	arp like output when name services are down
pwdx, pldd, ptree	and more in /usr/proc/bin
uname -X	basic system information - one item on each line (useful for scripts)
read	read a line
listusers	another way of listing users
tcopy	copy tape
nfsstat -m (or check /etc/rmtab)	current nfs mount
clear_locks	clear nfs locks
df -h, du -h, ls -lh	since Solaris 9 - output in powers of 1024