Programming

Command

Action

ar

Create and update library files.

as

Generate object file.

bison

Generate parsing tables.

cpp

Preprocess C code.

flex

Lexical analyzer.

g++

GNU C++ compiler.

gcc

GNU C compiler.

ld

Link editor.

ldd

Print shared library dependencies.

m4

Macro processor.

make

Create programs.

ranlib

Regenerate archive symbol table.

rpcgen

Translate RPC to C code.

yacc

Generate parsing tables.

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