Version 28 of Tcl Commands

Updated 2013-08-18 14:20:57 by pooryorick

Description

A list of all the Tcl commands.

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See http://www.purl.org/tcl/home/man/tcl/TclCmd/Tcl.htm for the reference page on constructing calls to the commands with arguments, etc.

See Also

• BOOK TCL/TK Pocket Reference (also a community version available for download)
• Tcl syntax
• Tk syntax help
• Best Practices
• Official library of extensions
• Common Tcl Error Messages and Possible Explanations

Commands

• 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)
• class (new in 8.6)
• clock - ::tcl::clock:: [document the tcl::clock commands somewhere... perhaps on the clock page itself? ]
• close - ::tcl::chan::close
• concat
• continue
• copy - Tcl 8.6
• coroutine - Tcl 8.6
• define - Tcl 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
• my - Tcl 8.6 (should this be oo::my?)
• namespace
• next - Tcl 8.6 (should this be oo::next?)
• object - Tcl 8.6
• 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 Tcl 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 - Tcl 8.6
• tcl_endOfWord
• tcl_findLibrary
• tcl_startOfNextWord
• tcl_startOfPreviousWord
• tcl_wordBreakAfter
• tcl_wordBreakBefore
• ::tcl::pkgconfig
• ::tcl::tm::path
• ::tcl::tm::roots
• ::tcl::tommath
• tclLog
• tclPkgSetup
• tclPkgUnknown
• tell - ::tcl::chan::tell
• throw - Tcl 8.6
• time
• trace
• transchan - Tcl 8.6
• try - Tcl 8.6
• unknown
• unload (new in Tcl 8.5)
• unset
• update
• uplevel
• upvar
• variable
• vwait
• while
• yield - Tcl 8.6
• zlib - Tcl 8.6

Contingent Commands

• memory - specialty command not available by default

Auxiliary Information

• filename
• library
• packagens - man page name for the pkg::create command
• tcl::mathfunc (new in 8.5)
• tcl::mathop (new in Tcl 8.5) not a command, but information about a namespace containing math operator functions
• re_syntax - not a command, but information about regular expression syntax
• tclvars - describes Tcl variables

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 Tcl 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

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