Unified commands

Unified commands are available everywhere!

Unified commands are a fixed set of commands that are available in every shell, and are usually not tied to any specific function or component of an application. For example, unified commands like exit, fork, alias, and presets provide useful functions and scripting commands to make your shells more flexible and usable.

Most of the unified commands are hidden, and you can show them using the -hidden switch in the help command. You can learn more about hidden commands here.

Consult the unified commands table below to get the full list of unified commands below:

Command	Usage	Description	Flags
addprefix	[-set=value] [-check] [-verbose] <text> <prefix>	Adds prefix to the string	Hidden
addsuffix	[-set=value] [-check] [-verbose] <text> <suffix>	Adds suffix to the string	Hidden
alias	add <shell> <alias> <cmd>	Adds aliases to commands	None
	rem <shell> <alias>
bgcolor	[-set=value] [-plain] [-truevt] [-verbose] <specifier>	Returns a background color sequence	Hidden
chkprefix	[-set=value] [-verbose] <text> <prefix>	Checks the prefix in the string	Hidden
chksuffix	[-set=value] [-verbose] <text> <suffix>	Checks the suffix in the string	Hidden
choice	[-set=value] [-o|-t|-m] [-single|-multiple] <answers> <input> [answertitle1] [answertitle2] ...	Makes user choices	None
cls		Clears the screen	None
consoledimensions	[-set=value]	Returns console dimensions	Hidden
containsallchars	[-set=value] [-verbose] <text> <charseq>	Checks whether the string contains all of characters	Hidden
containsallstrs	[-set=value] [-verbose] <text> <strseq> ...	Checks whether the string contains all of substrings	Hidden
containsanychars	[-set=value] [-verbose] <text> <charseq>	Checks whether the string contains any of characters	Hidden
containsanystrs	[-set=value] [-verbose] <text> <strseq> ...	Checks whether the string contains any of substrings	Hidden
contains	[-ignorecase] [-verbose] <text> <substr>	Checks whether the string contains a substring	Hidden
degrees	[-verbose] <radians:int>	Converts angle in degrees to radians	None
decodebase64	<encoded>	Decodes the text from the BASE64 representation	Hidden
dpi	[-verbose] <pixels:int> <lengthinches:int>	Gets the DPI from pixels	None
pixels	[-verbose] <width:int> <height:int>	Gets the total amount of pixels	None
echo	[-set=value] [-noparse] <text>	Writes text into the console	6
encodebase64	<string>	Encodes the text to a BASE64 representation	Hidden
endswithallchars	[-set=value] [-verbose] <text> <charseq>	Checks whether a string ends with all of characters	Hidden
endswithallstrs	[-set=value] [-verbose] <text> <strseq>	Checks whether a string ends with all of strings	Hidden
endswithanychars	[-set=value] [-verbose] <text> <charseq>	Checks whether a string ends with any of characters	Hidden
endswithanystrs	[-set=value] [-verbose] <text> <strseq>	Checks whether a string ends with any of strings	Hidden
endswith	[-ignorecase] [-verbose] <text> <substr>	Checks whether a string ends with a substring	Hidden
equals	[-ignorecase] [-verbose] <text> <targetstr>	Checks whether a string is equal to another string	Hidden
exec	[-forked] <process> [args]	Executes an external process	None
exit		Exits the shell if running on subshell	None
fgcolor	[-set=value] [-plain] [-truevt] [-verbose] <specifier>	Returns a foreground color sequence	Hidden
findcmds	<search>	Finds the available commands in the current shell type	None
firstnames	[-set=value] [-t] [-male|-female|-both] [term] [nameprefix] [namesuffix]	First name finder	14
genfirstnames	[-set=value] [-male|-female|-both] <firstnamescount:int> [nameprefix] [namesuffix]	Generates first names	14
genlastnames	[-set=value] <surnamescount:int> [surnameprefix] [surnamesuffix]	Generates last names	14
gennames	[-set=value] [-t] [-male|-female|-both] <namescount:int> [nameprefix] [namesuffix] [surnameprefix] [surnamesuffix]	Name and surname generator	14
fork		Forks the MESH shell to create another instance	None
help	[-general] [-alias] [-unified] [-extra] [-all] [-simplified] [-hidden] [-count] [-markdown] [command]	Help page	Wrappable
history	[-set=value]	Returns a list of recent commands	Hidden
if	<MESHExpression> <command>	Executes commands once the MESH expressions are satisfied	None
input	[-set=value] <question>	Allows user to enter input	None
inputpass	[-set=value] <question>	Allows user to enter input as password	None
lastnames	[-set=value] [term] [surnameprefix] [surnamesuffix]	Surname finder	14
lintscript	[-set=value] <script>	Checks a UESH script for syntax errors	None
loadhistories		Loads shell histories	None
lowercase	[-whole|-first] [-verbose] <text>	Lowercases a string	Hidden
lsvars		Lists available UESH variables	6
now	[-set=value] [-date|-time|-full] [-utc]	Shows date and time	RedirectionSupported
pipe	[-set=value] [-quoted[=value]] <sourceCommand> <targetCommand>	Pipes the command output to another command as parameters	None
presets		Opens the shell preset library	None
radians	[-verbose] <degrees:int>	Converts angle in radians to degrees	None
remprefix	[-verbose] <text> <prefix>	Removes a prefix from a string	Hidden
remsuffix	[-verbose] <text> <suffix>	Removes a suffix from a string	Hidden
repeat	<times:int> [command]	Repeats the last action or the specified command	None
charwidth	[-set=value] [-verbose] <char>	Gets the character width (how many cells are needed)	Hidden
strwidth	[-set=value] [-verbose] <text>	Gets the string width (how many cells are needed)	Hidden
wrapsentences	[-set=value] [-charwise] [-verbose] <text> <width:int>	Wraps a long string to a group of sentences	Hidden
palindrome	[-set=value] [-ignorecase] [-verbose] <text>	Checks whether a string is a palindrome	Hidden
numeric	[-set=value] [-verbose] <text>	Checks whether a string is numeric	Hidden
printf	[-set=value] <text> [parameters] ...	Prints a string with format support	Hidden
replace	[-set=value] [-regex] [-verbose] <text> <toreplace> <replacewith>	Replaces a substring in a string with another substring	Hidden
replaceall	[-set=value] [-verbose] <text> <replacewith> <toreplace> ...	Replaces all substrings in a string with another substring	Hidden
replaceallrange	[-set=value] [-verbose] <text> <toreplace> <strings> ...	Replaces all substrings in a string with a range of substrings	Hidden
replacechar	[-set=value] [-verbose] <text> <charIdx:int> <toreplace>	Replaces a character in a string with another character	Hidden
replacelastocc	[-set=value] [-verbose] <text> <toreplace> <replacewith>	Replaces last occurrence of a substring in a string with another substring	Hidden
replaceocc	[-set=value] [-verbose] <text> <toreplace> <replacewith> <occurrencenum:int>	Replaces a specified occurrence of a substring in a string with another substring	Hidden
reverse	[-set=value] [-verbose] <text>	Reverses a sequence of characters in a string	Hidden
shift	[-set=value] [-verbose] <text> <shift:int>	Shifts characters in a string	Hidden
split	[-set=value] [-verbose] <text> [delimiter]	Splits a string with a delimiter	Hidden
splitnewlines	[-set=value] [-verbose] <text>	Splits a string with a new line	Hidden
splitdq	[-set=value] [-verbose] <text> [delimiter]	Splits a string with a delimiter (double quotes support)	Hidden
truncate	[-set=value] [-noellipsis] [-verbose] <text> <threshold:int>	Truncates a long string	Hidden
escapestr	[-set=value] [-verbose] <text>	Escapes a sequence of special characters in a string	Hidden
unescapestr	[-set=value] [-verbose] <text>	Unescapes a sequence of special characters in a string	Hidden
tobraille	[-set=value] [-quiet] <text>	Converts a string to a Braille sequence	Hidden
tofiglet	[-set=value] [-quiet] <text> [font] [width:int]	Converts a string to a rendered Figlet text	Hidden
figletmetrics	[-set=value] [-detailed] [-verbose] <text> [font] [width:int]	Shows figlet metrics	Hidden
reversertl	[-set=value] [-verbose] <text>	Reverses a sequence of characters for RTL	Hidden
randomword	[-set=value] [-quiet]	Returns a random word	Hidden
randomwordcond	[-set=value] [-quiet] [maxLength:int] [startsWith] [endsWith] [exactLength:int]	Returns a random word (conditional)	Hidden
findprofanity	[-set=value] [-quiet] <text> [profanitytype]	Finds profanity in a string	Hidden
filterprofanity	[-set=value] [-quiet] <text> [profanitytype]	Filters profanity in a string	Hidden
normalizespaces	[-set=value] [-simple|-analytical] [-verbose] <text>	Normalizes the spaces in a string	Hidden
savehistories		Saves shell histories	None
select	[-set=value] <answers> <input> [answertitle1] [answertitle2] ...	Provides a selection choice	None
set	[-set=value] <value>	Sets a variable to a value in a script	None
setrange	[-set=value] <value> [value2] [value3] ...	Creates a variable array with the provided values	None
sleep	<ms>	Sleeps for specified milliseconds	None
startswithallchars	[-set=value] [-verbose] <text> <charseq>	Checks whether a string starts with all of characters	Hidden
startswithallstrs	[-set=value] [-verbose] <text> <strseq>	Checks whether a string starts with all of strings	Hidden
startswithanychars	[-set=value] [-verbose] <text> <charseq>	Checks whether a string starts with any of characters	Hidden
startswithanystrs	[-set=value] [-verbose] <text> <strseq>	Checks whether a string starts with any of strings	Hidden
startswith	[-ignorecase] [-verbose] <text> <substr>	Checks whether a string starts with a substring	Hidden
titlecase	[-verbose] <text>	Titlecases a string	Hidden
unset	[-justwipe] <$variable>	Removes a variable from the MESH variable list	None
uppercase	[-whole|-first] [-verbose] <text>	Uppercases a string	Hidden
wrap	<command>	Wraps the console output	None