Tcl Commands

Tcl Commands enumerates the built-in Tcl commands.

See Also

official reference

constructing calls to the commands with arguments, etc.

documentation

Commands in the global namespace

after

append

apply

new in 8.5

array

auto_execok

auto_import

auto_load

auto_load_index

auto_mkindex

auto_mkindex_old

auto_qualify

auto_reset

bgerror

binary

break

case

catch

cd

chan

new in 8.5

clock

::tcl::clock:: [document the tcl::clock commands somewhere... perhaps on the clock page itself? ]

close

::tcl::chan::close

concat

continue

coroutine

new in 8.6

dict

encoding

eof

::tcl::chan::eof

error

eval

exec

exit

expr

::tcl::mathfunc, ::tcl::mathop

fblocked

::tcl::chan::blocked

fconfigure

::tcl::chan::configure

fcopy

::tcl::chan::copy

file

fileevent

::tcl::chan::event

flush

::tcl::chan::flush

for

foreach

format

gets

::tcl::chan::gets

glob

global

history

if

incr

info

::tcl::info

interp

join

lappend

lassign

new in 8.5

lindex

linsert

list

llength

load

lrange

lrepeat

new in 8.5

lreplace

lreverse

new in 8.5

lsearch

lset

lsort

memory

msgcat

package for internationalization of dialogs

namespace

open

package

parray

pid

pkg::create

pkg_mkIndex

prefix

Tcl 8.6

proc

puts

::tcl::chan::puts

pwd

read

::tcl::chan::read

refchan

new in 8.5

regexp

regsub

rename

resource

Macintosh specific command

return

safe

scan

seek

::tcl::chan::seek

self

Tcl 8.6

set

socket

source

split

string

subst

switch

tailcall

new in 8.6

tcl_endOfWord

tcl_findLibrary

tcl_startOfNextWord

tcl_startOfPreviousWord

tcl_wordBreakAfter

tcl_wordBreakBefore

tclLog

tclPkgSetup

tclPkgUnknown

tell

::tcl::chan::tell

throw

new in 8.6

time

trace

transchan

new in 8.6

try

new in 8.6

unknown

unload

new in 8.5

unset

update

uplevel

upvar

variable

vwait

while

yield

new in 8.6

yieldto

new in 8.6

zlib

new in 8.6

Contingent Commands

memory

specialty command not available by default

Other Namespaces

::oo

::pkg

pkg::create

::tcl::mathfunc

New in 8.5. Contains commands that implement the math functions available in expr.

::tcl::mathop

New in 8.5. Contains commands that implement the math operators available in expr. As commands, some of them have additional functionality beyond their constrained use as unary or binary operators in an expr expression.

::tcl::pkgconfig

::tcl::tm::path

::tcl::tm::roots

::tcl::tommath

::tcl::unsupported

Packages in the Tcl core distribution

dde

http

opt

package for parsing command line arguments

platform

new in 8.5. a package for determining platform specific information package

platform_shell

new in 8.5. a package for determining platform specific information

platform::shell

registry

TclOO

tcltest

a package used for test suites

tm

new in 8.5. information on the Tcl Modules package

::tcl::chan::Truncate

::tcl::chan::rCreate

::tcl::chan::rPostevent

::tcl::chan::Pending

::tcl::Bgerror

::tcl::dtrace

::tcl::CopyDirectory