** 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)
   * [oo::class%|%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]
   * [oo::copy%|%copy%|%] - Tcl 8.6
   * [coroutine] - Tcl 8.6
   * [oo::define%|%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?)
   * [oo::object%|%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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