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Local Man Page Command Classification

Grouping commands into handler-style families.

Claude Code Knowledge Pack7/10/2026

Overview

Local Man Page Command Classification

Grouping commands into handler-style families.

Families:

  • safe: No handler needed, SIMPLE_SAFE material
  • done: Already handled (SIMPLE_SAFE, WRAPPER_COMMANDS, or has handler)
  • n/a: Not applicable
  • delegate: Wraps/executes other commands, extract inner command
  • subcommand: Multi-level CLI, check subcommand against safe/unsafe lists
  • flag-check: Safe by default, specific flags make it unsafe
  • arg-count: Safety depends on argument count
  • ask: Always requires confirmation, no safe mode
CommandFamilyOSNotes
bannerdonemacAlready in SIMPLE_SAFE
aproposdonemacAlready in SIMPLE_SAFE
whatisdonemacAlready in SIMPLE_SAFE
archdonemacHas handler (delegate)
getoptdonemacAlready in SIMPLE_SAFE
lognamedonemacAlready in SIMPLE_SAFE
ioregdonemacAlready in SIMPLE_SAFE
saydonemacHas handler (flag-check: -o writes)
getoptsdonemacAlready in SIMPLE_SAFE
printenvdonemacAlready in SIMPLE_SAFE
yesdonemacAlready in SIMPLE_SAFE
pathchkdonemacAlready in SIMPLE_SAFE
nohupdonemacAlready in WRAPPER_COMMANDS
envdonemacHas handler (delegate)
xargsdonemacHas handler (delegate)
testdonemacAlready in SIMPLE_SAFE
[n/amacHandled as AST visitation
mktempdonemacHas handler (flag-check: -u dry run)
dirnamedonemacAlready in SIMPLE_SAFE
basenamedonemacAlready in SIMPLE_SAFE
loggerdonemacDefaults to ask (writes to system log)
uuidgendonemacAlready in SIMPLE_SAFE
csplitdonemacDefaults to ask (creates output files)
tabsdonemacAlready in SIMPLE_SAFE
localedonemacAlready in SIMPLE_SAFE
plutildonemacHas handler (flag-check: -convert writes)
defaultsdonemacHas handler (subcommand)
pbcopydonemacDefaults to ask (modifies clipboard)
pbpastedonemacAlready in SIMPLE_SAFE
opendonemacHas handler (flag-check: -R safe)
sw_versdonemacAlready in SIMPLE_SAFE
xxddonemacHas handler (flag-check: -r writes)
lipodonemacHas handler (flag-check: -create writes)
pstreen/amacNot available on macOS
osascriptdonemacDefaults to ask (executes scripts)
textutildonemacHas handler (flag-check: -convert writes)
dscldonemacHas handler (subcommand)
scutildonemacHas handler (subcommand)
dittodonemacDefaults to ask (copies/archives)
getconfdonemacAlready in SIMPLE_SAFE
afplaydonemacAlready in SIMPLE_SAFE
fmtdonemacAlready in SIMPLE_SAFE
xattrdonemacHas handler (flag-check: -w/-d/-c modify)
revdonemacAlready in SIMPLE_SAFE
tacdonemacAlready in SIMPLE_SAFE
codesigndonemacHas handler (flag-check: -s signs)
spctldonemacHas handler (subcommand)
caffeinatedonemacHas handler (delegate)
sqlite3subcommandmacQuery safe, .dump/.import varies
qlmanagedonemacHas handler (flag-check: -r resets)
mdimportdonemacHas handler (flag-check: -t/-L/-A/-X)
diskutildonemacHas handler (subcommand)
hdiutildonemacHas handler (subcommand)
sipsdonemacHas handler (flag-check: -s/-o modify)
networksetupdonemacHas handler (subcommand)
ifconfigdonemacHas handler (arg-count)
openssldonemacHas handler (subcommand)
otooldonemacAlready in SIMPLE_SAFE
launchctldonemacHas handler (subcommand)
securitydonemacHas handler (subcommand)
tmutildonemacHas handler (subcommand)
osacompiledonemacDefaults to ask (creates output files)
pkgutildonemacHas handler (subcommand: --forget unsafe)
lsbomdonemacAlready in SIMPLE_SAFE
fuserdonemacAlready in SIMPLE_SAFE
bcdonemacAlready in SIMPLE_SAFE
asrdonemacDefaults to ask (restores/copies)
sysctldonemacHas handler (arg-count)
system_profilerdonemacAlready in SIMPLE_SAFE
mdfinddonemacAlready in SIMPLE_SAFE
mdlsdonemacAlready in SIMPLE_SAFE
profilesdonemacHas handler (subcommand)
unitsdonemacAlready in SIMPLE_SAFE
columndonemacAlready in SIMPLE_SAFE
caldonemacAlready in SIMPLE_SAFE
ncaldonemacAlready in SIMPLE_SAFE
lookdonemacAlready in SIMPLE_SAFE
rsdonemacAlready in SIMPLE_SAFE
visdonemacAlready in SIMPLE_SAFE
dwarfdumpdonemacAlready in SIMPLE_SAFE
nmdonemacAlready in SIMPLE_SAFE
stringsdonemacAlready in SIMPLE_SAFE
unvisdonemacAlready in SIMPLE_SAFE
colrmdonemacAlready in SIMPLE_SAFE
sizedonemacAlready in SIMPLE_SAFE
osalangdonemacAlready in SIMPLE_SAFE
compression_tooldonemacHas handler (flag-check: -o writes)
leaksdonemacAlready in SIMPLE_SAFE
heapdonemacAlready in SIMPLE_SAFE
atosdonemacAlready in SIMPLE_SAFE
hexdumpdonemacAlready in SIMPLE_SAFE
binhexdonemacHas handler (flag-check: encode/decode)
sampledonemacHas handler (flag-check: -file writes)
vmmapdonemacAlready in SIMPLE_SAFE
symbolsdonemacHas handler (flag-check: -saveSignature)
pagestuffdonemacAlready in SIMPLE_SAFE
machinedonemacAlready in SIMPLE_SAFE
awkdonemacHas handler (flag-check: > redirections)
seddonemacHas handler (flag-check: -i modifies)
oddonemacAlready in SIMPLE_SAFE