util-linux
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util-linux is a standard package of the Linux operating system. A fork, util-linux-ng—with ng meaning "next generation"—was created when development stalled,[2] but as of January 2011[update] has been renamed back to util-linux, and is the official version of the package.[3]
Contents
Contents
It includes the following utilities:
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- addpart
- agetty
- blkid
- blockdev
- cal
- cfdisk
- chcpu
- chfn
- chrt
- chsh
- col (legacy)[4]
- colcrt
- colrm
- column
- ctrlaltdel
- delpart
- dmesg
- eject
- fallocate
- fdformat
- fdisk
- findfs
- findmnt
- flock
- fsck
- fsck.cramfs
- fsck.minix
- fsfreeze
- fstab
- fstrim
- getopt
- hexdump
- hwclock (query and set the hardware clock (RTC))
- ionice
- ipcmk
- ipcrm
- ipcs
- isosize
- kill
- last
- ldattach
- line (legacy)[4]
- logger
- login
- look
- losetup
- lsblk
- lscpu [5]
- lslocks
- lslogins
- mcookie
- mesg
- mkfs (legacy)[4]
- mkfs.bfs
- mkfs.cramfs
- mkfs.minix
- mkswap
- more
- mount
- mountpoint
- namei
- newgrp
- nologin
- nsenter
- partx
- pg (legacy)[4]
- pivot_root
- prlimit[6]
- raw
- readprofile
- rename
- renice
- reset (legacy)[4]
- resizepart
- rev
- rtcwake
- runuser
- script
- scriptreplay
- setarch (including architecture symlinks such as i386, linux32, linux64, x86_64, etc.)
- setpriv
- setsid
- setterm
- sfdisk
- su
- sulogin
- swaplabel
- swapoff
- swapon
- switch_root
- tailf (legacy)[4]
- taskset
- tunelp (deprecated)[7]
- ul
- umount
- unshare
- utmpdump
- uuidd
- uuidgen
- vipw (including symlink to vigr)
- wall
- wdctl
- whereis
- wipefs
- write
- zramctl
Utilities formerly included, but removed as of 1 July 2015[update]:
- arch[8]
- chkdupexe[9]
- clock[10]
- cytune[11]
- ddate (removed from default build[12] before being removed[13] altogether)
- elvtune[14]
- fastboot[15]
- fasthalt[15]
- halt[15]
- initctl[15]
- ramsize (formerly a symlink to rdev)[16]
- rdev[16]
- reboot[15]
- rootflags (formerly a symlink to rdev)[16]
- shutdown[15]
- simpleinit[15]
- vidmode (formerly a symlink to rdev)[16]
See also
References
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<references />, or <references group="..." />External links
- The util-linux code repository.
- pub/linux/utils/util-linux on Kernel.org
- util-linux development discussion and bug reporting mailing list
- Karel Zak's blog, the current maintainer.
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