10.21.3. Contents of Util-linux
Short Descriptions
Informs the kernel of a new partition | |
Opens a tty port, prompts for a login name, and then invokes the login program | |
Reports the machine's architecture | |
A command line utility to locate and print block device attributes | |
Allows users to call block device ioctls from the command line | |
Displays a simple calendar | |
Manipulates the partition table of the given device | |
Finds duplicate executables | |
Manipulates real-time attributes of a process | |
Filters out reverse line feeds | |
Filters nroff output for terminals that lack some capabilities, such as overstriking and half-lines | |
Filters out the given columns | |
Formats a given file into multiple columns | |
Sets the function of the Ctrl+Alt+Del key combination to a hard or a soft reset | |
Tunes the parameters of the serial line drivers for Cyclades cards | |
Gives the Discordian date or converts the given Gregorian date to a Discordian one | |
Asks the kernel to remove a partition | |
Dumps the kernel boot messages | |
Low-level formats a floppy disk | |
Manipulates the partition table of the given device | |
Finds a file system by label or Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) | |
Acquires a file lock and then executes a command with the lock held | |
Is used to check, and optionally repair, file systems | |
Performs a consistency check on the Cramfs file system on the given device | |
Performs a consistency check on the Minix file system on the given device | |
Parses options in the given command line | |
Dumps the given file in hexadecimal or in another given format | |
Reads or sets the system's hardware clock, also called the Real-Time Clock (RTC) or Basic Input-Output System (BIOS) clock | |
Gives and sets program I/O scheduling class and priority | |
Creates various IPC resources | |
Removes the given Inter-Process Communication (IPC) resource | |
Provides IPC status information | |
Reports the size of an iso9660 file system | |
Attaches a line discipline to a serial line | |
Copies a single line | |
Enters the given message into the system log | |
Displays lines that begin with the given string | |
Sets up and controls loop devices | |
Prints CPU architechture information | |
Generates magic cookies (128-bit random hexadecimal numbers) for xauth | |
Builds a file system on a device (usually a hard disk partition) | |
Creates a Santa Cruz Operations (SCO) bfs file system | |
Creates a cramfs file system | |
Creates a Minix file system | |
Initializes the given device or file to be used as a swap area | |
A filter for paging through text one screen at a time | |
Attaches the file system on the given device to a specified directory in the file-system tree | |
Shows the symbolic links in the given pathnames | |
Tells the kernel about the presence and numbering of on-disk partitions | |
Displays a text file one screen full at a time | |
Makes the given file system the new root file system of the current process | |
Reads kernel profiling information | |
Renames the given files, replacing a given string with another | |
Alters the priority of running processes | |
Reverses the lines of a given file | |
Enters a system sleep state until a specified wakeup time | |
Makes a typescript of a terminal session | |
Plays back typescripts created by script | |
Changes reported architecture in new program environment and sets personality flags | |
Runs the given program in a new session | |
Sets terminal attributes | |
A disk partition table manipulator | |
Disables devices and files for paging and swapping | |
Enables devices and files for paging and swapping and lists the devices and files currently in use | |
Switches to another filesystem as the root of the mount tree | |
Tracks the growth of a log file. Displays the last 10 lines of a log file, then continues displaying any new entries in the log file as they are created | |
Retrieves or sets a process's CPU affinity | |
Tunes the parameters of the line printer | |
A filter for translating underscores into escape sequences indicating underlining for the terminal in use | |
Disconnects a file system from the system's file tree | |
A daemon used by the UUID library to generate time-based UUIDs in a secure and guranteed-unique fashion. | |
Creates new UUIDs. Each new UUID can reasonably be considered unique among all UUIDs created, on the local system and on other systems, in the past and in the future | |
Reports the location of the binary, source, and man page for the given command | |
Sends a message to the given user if that user has not disabled receipt of such messages | |
Contains routines for device identification and token extraction | |
Contains routines for generating unique identifiers for objects that may be accessible beyond the local system |