influenced by http://ss64.com/bash/alias.html

I  made the command descriptions more direct and immediate

"Creates an alias"

becomes the more active

"Create an alias"

Let me know if these are improvements over the existing version.

alias               Create an alias, aliases allow a string to be substituted for a word when it is used as the first word of a simple command
ask                 Allows typing a value directly into a variable
autocommit          Control the current connection's autocommit mode
cat                 Concatenate and print files
cd                  Change the current working directory
change              Change the current connection database or schema
clear               Clear the terminal screen
cli                 Command line interface configuration tool
commit              End the current transaction and make permanent all changes performed in the transaction
compare             Compare files
connect             Establish a connection to a database
cp                  Copy files
declare             Declare variables and/or give them attributes
describe            Display information about the columns as well as access privileges in an OBJECT which can be either a table or a view
disconnect          Disconnect the current connection
echo                Write arguments to the standard output
exec                Execute a command
export              Set the export attribute for the shell variables specified by NAMEs
fluidshell          Open a new fluidshell tab
go                  Send the contents of the Work Buffer to the database
grep                Search file(s) for specific text
gunzip              Decompress named files using the GZIP algorithm
gzip                Compress named files using the GZIP algorithm
help                Display helpful information about commands
history             Command Line history
list                Display the currently connected database or displays the list of databases, schemas, tables or views defined in the connected RDBMS server
ls                  List information about files
mkdir               Create named directories, if they do not already exist
more                Display output one screen at a time
mv                  Move or rename files or directories
open                Open a file in its default application
pwd                 Print the working directory
reconnect           Force a reconnection to the database using a new database, username, or password
rename              Rename a file or a directory
rm                  Remove named files and directories
rmdir               Remove named directories, if they are empty
rollback            Rolls back the current transaction to the beginning of that transaction
run                 Executes an OS Command
scp                 Secure copy
sendmail            Send a message to one or more recipients
sleep               Delay for a specified time, pause for an amount of time specified by the sum of the values of the command line arguments
source              Execute a script from a file
sqlbuffer           Work with the local shell's sql buffer
sqlexport           Retreive data from the named Table(s) and writes the result to the Destination file
sqlhistory          Display the SQL statement history table
sqlimport           Import data stored in FILE into TABLE
ssh                 Open an SSH terminal tab
syncdir             Synchronize the DESTINATION directory with files and sub-directories as defined in the SOURCE directory
tail                Print the last 10 lines of each FILE; with more than one FILE, precedes each with a header giving the file name
tar                 Store, list or extract files in an archive
tee                 Redirect output to multiple files, copies standard input to standard output and also to any files given as arguments
touch               Update the last-modified time of each named FILE to the current time
unalias             Remove NAME alias
unset               Destroy one or more variables
unzip               Extract files from a ZIP archive to the named directory, or current directory if no directory specified
zip                 Compressand pack FILE(s) into a single ZIP archive that is compatible with PKZIP

example of man pages syntax conventions...  We currently don't have standards for this, but we should come up with some.

Perhaps we should follow UNIX man page layout and add the following sections:
  NAME
  SYNOPSIS
The short description from the NAME section can be used by 'help -d', extract the first sentence from the DESCRIPTION section deos not sound right.

Added NAME and SYNOPSIS sections to all of fluid man pages.  'help -d' now displays the short description from the NAME section.  Output of 'help -d' is listed below FYI:

alias          : define or print aliases
ask            : define a variable interactively
autocommit     : set or print the current connection's autocommit mode
cat            : concatenate files and print on the standard output
cd             : change the current working directory
change         : change or print current connection's database or schema
clear          : clear the terminal screen
cli            : configure command line interface
commit         : make database changes permanent
compare        : compare files line by line
connect        : establish a database connection
cp             : copy files and directories
declare        : define or print variables
describe       : provide information about database objects
disconnect     : close the current database connection
echo           : display a line of text
exec           : execute an OS command
export         : export variables to the environment of subsequently executed commands
fluidshell     : open a new fluidshell tab
go             : execute database statements
grep           : print lines matching a pattern
gunzip         : uncompress files
gzip           : compress files
help           : an interface to the on-line reference manuals
history        : display the command history list
list           : display databases, schemas, tables or views defined in a database server
ls             : list directory contents
mkdir          : make directories
more           : file perusal filter for viewing
mv             : move (rename) files
open           : open files
pwd            : print the current working directory
reconnect      : reestablish a database connection
rename         : rename a file or a directory
rm             : remove files or directories
rmdir          : remove empty directories
rollback       : undo database changes
run            : execute an OS command asynchronously
scp            : secure copy
sendmail       : send a message to one or more recipients
sleep          : delay for a specified amount of time
source         : execute commands or SQL statements from a file
sqlbuffer      : manage shell's SQL buffer
sqlexport      : export data from database tables into files
sqlhistory     : display the SQL statement history table
sqlimport      : import data from a file into a database table
ssh            : run SSH client in a new tab
syncdir        : synchronize directories
tail           : output the last part of files
tar            : a simple version of the tar archiving utility
tee            : read from standard input and write to standard output and file
touch          : change file timestamps
unalias        : remove aliases
unset          : remove variables
unzip          : extract compressed files in a ZIP archive
zip            : package and compress files into a ZIP archive
 

Went through the command descriptions from above, I would add a 'the' article for the following cases:
* cli            : configure the command line interface
* ssh            : run the SSH client in a new tab
as they refer to something specific.

This would be similar with the cases from:
* clear          : clear the terminal screen
* sqlhistory     : display the SQL statement history table

Otherwise they look great respecting the same format, with minor exceptions for \help, \more, and \tar.

>> Went through the command descriptions from above, I would add a 'the' article for the following cases:
>> * cli : configure the command line interface
>> * ssh : run the SSH client in a new tab
>> as they refer to something specific.
Done.

Verified in ADS 12.0.0-alpha-26