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| 7 | 
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| 8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-util-linux" role="wrap">
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| 9 |   <?dbhtml filename="util-linux.html"?>
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| 10 | 
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| 11 |   <title>Util-linux-&util-linux-version;</title>
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| 12 | 
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| 13 |   <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux">
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| 14 |     <primary sortas="a-Util-linux">Util-linux</primary>
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| 15 |   </indexterm>
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| 16 | 
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| 17 |   <sect2 role="package">
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| 18 |     <title/>
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| 19 | 
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| 20 |     <para>The Util-linux package contains miscellaneous utility programs.
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| 21 |     Among them are utilities for handling file systems, consoles, partitions,
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| 22 |     and messages.</para>
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| 23 | 
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| 24 |   </sect2>
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| 25 | 
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| 26 |   <sect2 id="fhs-util-linux" role="installation">
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| 27 |     <title>FHS compliance notes</title>
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| 28 | 
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| 29 |     <para>The FHS recommends using the <filename
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| 30 |     class="directory">/var/lib/hwclock</filename> directory instead of the
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| 31 |     usual <filename class="directory">/etc</filename> directory as the
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| 32 |     location for the <filename>adjtime</filename> file. To make the
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| 33 |     <command>hwclock</command> program FHS-compliant, run the following:</para>
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| 34 | 
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| 35 | <screen><userinput>mkdir -pv /var/lib/hwclock</userinput></screen>
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| 36 | 
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| 37 |   </sect2>
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| 38 | 
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| 39 |   <sect2 role="installation">
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| 40 |     <title>Installation of Util-linux</title>
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| 41 | 
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| 42 |     <para os="a">Prepare Util-linux for compilation:</para>
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| 43 | 
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| 44 | <screen os="b"><userinput>./configure ADJTIME_PATH=/var/lib/hwclock/adjtime \
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| 45 |     --enable-write --docdir=/usr/share/doc/util-linux-&util-linux-version;</userinput></screen>
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| 46 | 
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| 47 |     <variablelist os="c">
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| 48 |       <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
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| 49 | 
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| 50 |       <varlistentry>
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| 51 |         <term><parameter>--enable-write</parameter></term>
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| 52 |         <listitem>
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| 53 |           <para>This option allows the <command>write</command> program to be
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| 54 |           installed.</para>
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| 55 |         </listitem>
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| 56 |       </varlistentry>
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| 57 | 
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| 58 |     </variablelist>
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| 59 | 
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| 60 |     <para os="d">Compile the package:</para>
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| 61 | 
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| 62 | <screen os="e"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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| 63 | 
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| 64 |     <para os="f">To test the results, issue:</para>
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| 65 | 
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| 66 | <screen os="f2"><userinput remap="test">chown -Rv nobody . &&
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| 67 | su nobody -s /bin/bash -c "PATH=$PATH make -k check"</userinput></screen>
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| 68 | 
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| 69 |     <para os="g">Install the package:</para>
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| 70 | 
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| 71 | <screen os="h"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 72 | 
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| 73 |     <para os="i">Move the <command>logger</command> binary to
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| 74 |     <filename class="directory">/bin</filename> as it is needed by the
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| 75 |     CLFS Bootscripts package:</para>
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| 76 | 
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| 77 | <screen os="j"><userinput>mv -v /usr/bin/logger /bin</userinput></screen>
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| 78 | 
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| 79 |   </sect2>
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| 80 | 
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| 81 |   <sect2 id="contents-util-linux" role="content">
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| 82 |     <title>Contents of Util-linux</title>
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| 83 | 
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| 84 |     <segmentedlist>
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| 85 |       <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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| 86 |       <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
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| 87 |       <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>
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| 88 | 
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| 89 |       <seglistitem>
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| 90 |         <seg>addpart, agetty, blkdiscard, blkid, blockdev, cal, cfdisk, chcpu,
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| 91 |         chrt, col, colcrt, colrm, column, ctrlaltdel, cytune, delpart,
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| 92 |         dmesg, eject, fallocate, fdformat, fdisk, findfs, findmnt, flock,
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| 93 |         fsck, fsck.cramfs, fsck.minix, fsfreeze, fstrim, getopt, hexdump,
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| 94 |         hwclock, ionice, ipcmk, ipcrm, ipcs, isosize, kill, last, lastb (link
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| 95 |         to last), ldattach, logger, look, losetup, lsblk, lscpu, lslocks,
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| 96 |         mcookie, mesg, mkfs, mkfs.bfs, mkfs.cramfs, mkfs.minix, mkswap, more,
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| 97 |         mount, mountpoint,  namei, nologin, nsenter, partx, pg, pivot_root, prlimit,
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| 98 |         raw, readprofile, rename, renice, resizepart, rev, rtcwake, script,
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| 99 |         scriptreplay, setarch, setsid, setterm, sfdisk, sulogin, swaplabel,
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| 100 |         swapoff, swapon, switch_root, tailf, taskset, ul, umount, unshare,
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| 101 |         utmpdump, uuidd, uuidgen, wall, wdctl, whereis, wipefs, write</seg>
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| 102 |         <seg>libblkid.[a,so], libmount.[a,so], libuuid.[a,so]</seg>
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| 103 |         <seg>/usr/include/blkid, /usr/include/libmount, /usr/include/uuid,
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| 104 |         /usr/share/bash-completion,
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| 105 |         /usr/share/doc/util-linux-&util-linux-version;/getopt,
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| 106 |         /var/lib/hwclock</seg>
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| 107 |       </seglistitem>
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| 108 |     </segmentedlist>
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| 109 | 
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| 110 |     <variablelist>
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| 111 |       <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 112 |       <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 113 |       <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 114 | 
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| 115 |       <varlistentry id="addpart">
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| 116 |         <term><command>addpart</command></term>
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| 117 |         <listitem>
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| 118 |           <para>Informs the kernel of a new partition</para>
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| 119 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux addpart">
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| 120 |             <primary sortas="b-addpart">addpart</primary>
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| 121 |           </indexterm>
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| 122 |         </listitem>
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| 123 |       </varlistentry>
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| 124 | 
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| 125 |       <varlistentry id="agetty">
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| 126 |         <term><command>agetty</command></term>
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| 127 |         <listitem>
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| 128 |           <para>Opens a tty port, prompts for a login name,
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| 129 |           and then invokes the <command>login</command> program</para>
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| 130 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux agetty">
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| 131 |             <primary sortas="b-agetty">agetty</primary>
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| 132 |           </indexterm>
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| 133 |         </listitem>
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| 134 |       </varlistentry>
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| 135 | 
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| 136 |       <varlistentry id="blkdiscard">
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| 137 |         <term><command>blkdiscard</command></term>
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| 138 |         <listitem>
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| 139 |           <para>Discards sectors on a device</para>
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| 140 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux blkdiscard">
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| 141 |             <primary sortas="b-blkdiscard">blkdiscard</primary>
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| 142 |           </indexterm>
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| 143 |         </listitem>
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| 144 |       </varlistentry>
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| 145 | 
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| 146 |       <varlistentry id="blkid">
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| 147 |         <term><command>blkid</command></term>
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| 148 |         <listitem>
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| 149 |           <para>A command line utility to locate and print block device
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| 150 |           attributes</para>
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| 151 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux blkid">
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| 152 |             <primary sortas="b-blkid">blkid</primary>
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| 153 |           </indexterm>
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| 154 |         </listitem>
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| 155 |       </varlistentry>
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| 156 | 
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| 157 |       <varlistentry id="blockdev">
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| 158 |         <term><command>blockdev</command></term>
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| 159 |         <listitem>
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| 160 |           <para>Allows users to call block device ioctls from the command
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| 161 |           line</para>
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| 162 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux blockdev">
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| 163 |             <primary sortas="b-blockdev">blockdev</primary>
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| 164 |           </indexterm>
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| 165 |         </listitem>
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| 166 |       </varlistentry>
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| 167 | 
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| 168 |       <varlistentry id="cal">
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| 169 |         <term><command>cal</command></term>
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| 170 |         <listitem>
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| 171 |           <para>Displays a simple calendar</para>
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| 172 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux cal">
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| 173 |             <primary sortas="b-cal">cal</primary>
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| 174 |           </indexterm>
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| 175 |         </listitem>
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| 176 |       </varlistentry>
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| 177 | 
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| 178 |       <varlistentry id="cfdisk">
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| 179 |         <term><command>cfdisk</command></term>
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| 180 |         <listitem>
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| 181 |           <para>Manipulates the partition table of the given device</para>
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| 182 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux cfdisk">
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| 183 |             <primary sortas="b-cfdisk">cfdisk</primary>
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| 184 |           </indexterm>
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| 185 |         </listitem>
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| 186 |       </varlistentry>
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| 187 | 
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| 188 |       <varlistentry id="chcpu">
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| 189 |         <term><command>chcpu</command></term>
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| 190 |         <listitem>
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| 191 |           <para>Utility to configure CPUs</para>
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| 192 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux chcpu">
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| 193 |             <primary sortas="b-chcpu">chcpu</primary>
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| 194 |           </indexterm>
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| 195 |         </listitem>
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| 196 |       </varlistentry>
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| 197 | 
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| 198 |       <varlistentry id="chrt">
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| 199 |         <term><command>chrt</command></term>
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| 200 |         <listitem>
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| 201 |           <para>Manipulates real-time attributes of a process</para>
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| 202 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux chrt">
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| 203 |             <primary sortas="b-chrt">chrt</primary>
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| 204 |           </indexterm>
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| 205 |         </listitem>
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| 206 |       </varlistentry>
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| 207 | 
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| 208 |       <varlistentry id="col">
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| 209 |         <term><command>col</command></term>
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| 210 |         <listitem>
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| 211 |           <para>Filters out reverse line feeds</para>
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| 212 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux col">
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| 213 |             <primary sortas="b-col">col</primary>
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| 214 |           </indexterm>
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| 215 |         </listitem>
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| 216 |       </varlistentry>
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| 217 | 
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| 218 |       <varlistentry id="colcrt">
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| 219 |         <term><command>colcrt</command></term>
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| 220 |         <listitem>
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| 221 |           <para>Filters <command>nroff</command> output for terminals
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| 222 |           that lack some capabilities, such as overstriking and half-lines</para>
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| 223 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux colcrt">
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| 224 |             <primary sortas="b-colcrt">colcrt</primary>
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| 225 |           </indexterm>
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| 226 |         </listitem>
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| 227 |       </varlistentry>
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| 228 | 
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| 229 |       <varlistentry id="colrm">
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| 230 |         <term><command>colrm</command></term>
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| 231 |         <listitem>
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| 232 |           <para>Filters out the given columns</para>
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| 233 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux colrm">
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| 234 |             <primary sortas="b-colrm">colrm</primary>
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| 235 |           </indexterm>
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| 236 |         </listitem>
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| 237 |       </varlistentry>
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| 238 | 
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| 239 |       <varlistentry id="column">
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| 240 |         <term><command>column</command></term>
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| 241 |         <listitem>
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| 242 |           <para>Formats a given file into multiple columns</para>
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| 243 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux column">
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| 244 |             <primary sortas="b-column">column</primary>
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| 245 |           </indexterm>
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| 246 |         </listitem>
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| 247 |       </varlistentry>
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| 248 | 
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| 249 |       <varlistentry id="ctrlaltdel">
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| 250 |         <term><command>ctrlaltdel</command></term>
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| 251 |         <listitem>
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| 252 |           <para>Sets the function of the Ctrl+Alt+Del key combination to a
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| 253 |           hard or a soft reset</para>
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| 254 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ctrlaltdel">
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| 255 |             <primary sortas="b-ctrlaltdel">ctrlaltdel</primary>
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| 256 |           </indexterm>
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| 257 |         </listitem>
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| 258 |       </varlistentry>
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| 259 | 
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| 260 |       <varlistentry id="cytune">
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| 261 |         <term><command>cytune</command></term>
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| 262 |         <listitem>
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| 263 |           <para>Tunes the parameters of the serial line drivers for
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| 264 |           Cyclades cards</para>
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| 265 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux cytune">
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| 266 |             <primary sortas="b-cytune">cytune</primary>
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| 267 |           </indexterm>
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| 268 |         </listitem>
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| 269 |       </varlistentry>
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| 270 | 
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| 271 |       <varlistentry id="delpart">
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| 272 |         <term><command>delpart</command></term>
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| 273 |         <listitem>
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| 274 |           <para>Asks the kernel to remove a partition</para>
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| 275 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux delpart">
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| 276 |             <primary sortas="b-delpart">delpart</primary>
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| 277 |           </indexterm>
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| 278 |         </listitem>
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| 279 |       </varlistentry>
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| 280 | 
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| 281 |       <varlistentry id="dmesg">
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| 282 |         <term><command>dmesg</command></term>
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| 283 |         <listitem>
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| 284 |           <para>Dumps the kernel boot messages</para>
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| 285 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux dmesg">
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| 286 |             <primary sortas="b-dmesg">dmesg</primary>
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| 287 |           </indexterm>
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| 288 |         </listitem>
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| 289 |       </varlistentry>
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| 290 | 
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| 291 |       <varlistentry id="eject">
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| 292 |         <term><command>eject</command></term>
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| 293 |         <listitem>
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| 294 |           <para>Eject removable media</para>
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| 295 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux eject">
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| 296 |             <primary sortas="b-dmesg">eject</primary>
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| 297 |           </indexterm>
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| 298 |         </listitem>
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| 299 |       </varlistentry>
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| 300 | 
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| 301 |       <varlistentry id="fallocate">
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| 302 |         <term><command>fallocate</command></term>
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| 303 |         <listitem>
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| 304 |           <para>Preallocates space to a file</para>
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| 305 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fallocate">
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| 306 |             <primary sortas="b-fallocate">fallocate</primary>
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| 307 |           </indexterm>
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| 308 |         </listitem>
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| 309 |       </varlistentry>
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| 310 | 
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| 311 |       <varlistentry id="fdformat">
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| 312 |         <term><command>fdformat</command></term>
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| 313 |         <listitem>
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| 314 |           <para>Low-level formats a floppy disk</para>
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| 315 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fdformat">
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| 316 |             <primary sortas="b-fdformat">fdformat</primary>
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| 317 |           </indexterm>
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| 318 |         </listitem>
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| 319 |       </varlistentry>
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| 320 | 
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| 321 |       <varlistentry id="fdisk">
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| 322 |         <term><command>fdisk</command></term>
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| 323 |         <listitem>
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| 324 |           <para>Manipulates the partition table of the given device</para>
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| 325 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fdisk">
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| 326 |             <primary sortas="b-fdisk">fdisk</primary>
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| 327 |           </indexterm>
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| 328 |         </listitem>
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| 329 |       </varlistentry>
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| 330 | 
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| 331 |       <varlistentry id="findfs">
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| 332 |         <term><command>findfs</command></term>
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| 333 |         <listitem>
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| 334 |           <para>Finds a file system by label or Universally Unique Identifier
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| 335 |           (UUID)</para>
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| 336 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux findfs">
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| 337 |             <primary sortas="b-findfs">findfs</primary>
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| 338 |           </indexterm>
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| 339 |         </listitem>
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| 340 |       </varlistentry>
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| 341 | 
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| 342 |       <varlistentry id="findmnt">
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| 343 |         <term><command>findmnt</command></term>
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| 344 |         <listitem>
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| 345 |           <para>Lists mounted filesystems or searches for a filesystem</para>
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| 346 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux findmnt">
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| 347 |             <primary sortas="b-findmnt">findmnt</primary>
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| 348 |           </indexterm>
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| 349 |         </listitem>
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| 350 |       </varlistentry>
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| 351 | 
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| 352 |       <varlistentry id="flock">
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| 353 |         <term><command>flock</command></term>
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| 354 |         <listitem>
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| 355 |           <para>Acquires a file lock and then executes a command with the lock
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| 356 |           held</para>
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| 357 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux flock">
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| 358 |             <primary sortas="b-flock">flock</primary>
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| 359 |           </indexterm>
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| 360 |         </listitem>
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| 361 |       </varlistentry>
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| 362 | 
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| 363 |       <varlistentry id="fsck">
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| 364 |         <term><command>fsck</command></term>
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| 365 |         <listitem>
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| 366 |           <para>Is used to check, and optionally repair, file systems</para>
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| 367 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fsck">
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| 368 |             <primary sortas="b-fsck">fsck</primary>
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| 369 |           </indexterm>
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| 370 |         </listitem>
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| 371 |       </varlistentry>
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| 372 | 
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| 373 |       <varlistentry id="fsck.cramfs">
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| 374 |         <term><command>fsck.cramfs</command></term>
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| 375 |         <listitem>
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| 376 |           <para>Performs a consistency check on the Cramfs file system on the
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| 377 |           given device</para>
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| 378 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fsck.cramfs">
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| 379 |             <primary sortas="b-fsck.cramfs">fsck.cramfs</primary>
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| 380 |           </indexterm>
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| 381 |         </listitem>
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| 382 |       </varlistentry>
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| 383 | 
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| 384 |       <varlistentry id="fsck.minix">
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| 385 |         <term><command>fsck.minix</command></term>
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| 386 |         <listitem>
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| 387 |           <para>Performs a consistency check on the Minix file system on the
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| 388 |           given device</para>
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| 389 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fsck.minix">
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| 390 |             <primary sortas="b-fsck.minix">fsck.minix</primary>
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| 391 |           </indexterm>
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| 392 |         </listitem>
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| 393 |       </varlistentry>
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| 394 | 
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| 395 |       <varlistentry id="fsfreeze">
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| 396 |         <term><command>fsfreeze</command></term>
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| 397 |         <listitem>
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| 398 |           <para>Suspends and resumes access to a filesystem</para>
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| 399 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fsfreeze">
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| 400 |             <primary sortas="b-fsfreeze">fsfreeze</primary>
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| 401 |           </indexterm>
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| 402 |         </listitem>
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| 403 |       </varlistentry>
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| 404 | 
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| 405 |       <varlistentry id="fstrim">
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| 406 |         <term><command>fstrim</command></term>
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| 407 |         <listitem>
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| 408 |           <para>Discards unused blocks on a mounted filesystem</para>
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| 409 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fstrim">
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| 410 |             <primary sortas="b-fstrim">fstrim</primary>
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| 411 |           </indexterm>
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| 412 |         </listitem>
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| 413 |       </varlistentry>
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| 414 | 
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| 415 |       <varlistentry id="getopt">
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| 416 |         <term><command>getopt</command></term>
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| 417 |         <listitem>
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| 418 |           <para>Parses options in the given command line</para>
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| 419 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux getopt">
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| 420 |             <primary sortas="b-getopt">getopt</primary>
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| 421 |           </indexterm>
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| 422 |         </listitem>
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| 423 |       </varlistentry>
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| 424 | 
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| 425 |       <varlistentry id="hexdump">
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| 426 |         <term><command>hexdump</command></term>
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| 427 |         <listitem>
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| 428 |           <para>Dumps the given file in hexadecimal or in another given
 | 
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| 429 |           format</para>
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| 430 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux hexdump">
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| 431 |             <primary sortas="b-hexdump">hexdump</primary>
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| 432 |           </indexterm>
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| 433 |         </listitem>
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| 434 |       </varlistentry>
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| 435 | 
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| 436 |       <varlistentry id="hwclock">
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| 437 |         <term><command>hwclock</command></term>
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| 438 |         <listitem>
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| 439 |           <para>Reads or sets the system's hardware clock, also called
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| 440 |           the Real-Time Clock (RTC) or Basic Input-Output System (BIOS)
 | 
|---|
| 441 |           clock</para>
 | 
|---|
| 442 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux hwclock">
 | 
|---|
| 443 |             <primary sortas="b-hwclock">hwclock</primary>
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| 444 |           </indexterm>
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|---|
| 445 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 446 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 447 | 
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| 448 |       <varlistentry id="ionice">
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| 449 |         <term><command>ionice</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 450 |         <listitem>
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|---|
| 451 |           <para>Gives and sets program I/O scheduling class and priority</para>
 | 
|---|
| 452 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ionice">
 | 
|---|
| 453 |             <primary sortas="b-ionice">ionice</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 454 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 455 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 456 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 457 | 
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| 458 |       <varlistentry id="ipcmk">
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|---|
| 459 |         <term><command>ipcmk</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 460 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 461 |           <para>Creates various IPC resources</para>
 | 
|---|
| 462 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ipcmk">
 | 
|---|
| 463 |             <primary sortas="b-ipcmk">ipcmk</primary>
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|---|
| 464 |           </indexterm>
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|---|
| 465 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 466 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 467 | 
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|---|
| 468 |       <varlistentry id="ipcrm">
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|---|
| 469 |         <term><command>ipcrm</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 470 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 471 |           <para>Removes the given Inter-Process Communication (IPC) resource</para>
 | 
|---|
| 472 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ipcrm">
 | 
|---|
| 473 |             <primary sortas="b-ipcrm">ipcrm</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 474 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 475 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 476 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 477 | 
 | 
|---|
| 478 |       <varlistentry id="ipcs">
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|---|
| 479 |         <term><command>ipcs</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 480 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 481 |           <para>Provides IPC status information</para>
 | 
|---|
| 482 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ipcs">
 | 
|---|
| 483 |             <primary sortas="b-ipcs">ipcs</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 484 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 485 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 486 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 487 | 
 | 
|---|
| 488 |       <varlistentry id="isosize">
 | 
|---|
| 489 |         <term><command>isosize</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 490 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 491 |           <para>Reports the size of an iso9660 file system</para>
 | 
|---|
| 492 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux isosize">
 | 
|---|
| 493 |             <primary sortas="b-isosize">isosize</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 494 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 495 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 496 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 497 | 
 | 
|---|
| 498 |       <varlistentry id="kill">
 | 
|---|
| 499 |         <term><command>kill</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 500 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 501 |           <para>Send a signal to a process</para>
 | 
|---|
| 502 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux kill">
 | 
|---|
| 503 |             <primary sortas="b-kill">kill</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 504 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 505 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 506 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 507 | 
 | 
|---|
| 508 |       <varlistentry id="last">
 | 
|---|
| 509 |         <term><command>last</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 510 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 511 |           <para>Shows which users last logged in (and out), searching back
 | 
|---|
| 512 |           through the <filename>/var/log/wtmp</filename> file; it also shows
 | 
|---|
| 513 |           system boots, shutdowns, and run-level changes</para>
 | 
|---|
| 514 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux last">
 | 
|---|
| 515 |             <primary sortas="b-last">last</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 516 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 517 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 518 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 519 | 
 | 
|---|
| 520 |       <varlistentry id="lastb">
 | 
|---|
| 521 |         <term><command>lastb</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 522 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 523 |           <para>Shows the failed login attempts, as logged in
 | 
|---|
| 524 |           <filename>/var/log/btmp</filename></para>
 | 
|---|
| 525 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lastb">
 | 
|---|
| 526 |             <primary sortas="b-lastb">lastb</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 527 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 528 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 529 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 530 | 
 | 
|---|
| 531 |       <varlistentry id="ldattach">
 | 
|---|
| 532 |         <term><command>ldattach</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 533 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 534 |           <para>Attaches a line discipline to a serial line</para>
 | 
|---|
| 535 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ldattach">
 | 
|---|
| 536 |             <primary sortas="b-ldattach">ldattach</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 537 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 538 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 539 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 540 | 
 | 
|---|
| 541 |       <varlistentry id="logger">
 | 
|---|
| 542 |         <term><command>logger</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 543 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 544 |           <para>Enters the given message into the system log</para>
 | 
|---|
| 545 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux logger">
 | 
|---|
| 546 |             <primary sortas="b-logger">logger</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 547 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 548 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 549 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 550 | 
 | 
|---|
| 551 |       <varlistentry id="look">
 | 
|---|
| 552 |         <term><command>look</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 553 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 554 |           <para>Displays lines that begin with the given string</para>
 | 
|---|
| 555 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux look">
 | 
|---|
| 556 |             <primary sortas="b-look">look</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 557 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 558 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 559 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 560 | 
 | 
|---|
| 561 |       <varlistentry id="losetup">
 | 
|---|
| 562 |         <term><command>losetup</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 563 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 564 |           <para>Sets up and controls loop devices</para>
 | 
|---|
| 565 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux losetup">
 | 
|---|
| 566 |             <primary sortas="b-losetup">losetup</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 567 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 568 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 569 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 570 | 
 | 
|---|
| 571 |       <varlistentry id="lsblk">
 | 
|---|
| 572 |         <term><command>lsblk</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 573 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 574 |           <para>Prints information about block devices</para>
 | 
|---|
| 575 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lsblk">
 | 
|---|
| 576 |             <primary sortas="b-lsblk">lsblk</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 577 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 578 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 579 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 580 | 
 | 
|---|
| 581 |       <varlistentry id="lscpu">
 | 
|---|
| 582 |         <term><command>lscpu</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 583 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 584 |           <para>Prints CPU architecture information</para>
 | 
|---|
| 585 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lscpu">
 | 
|---|
| 586 |             <primary sortas="b-lscpu">lscpu</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 587 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 588 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 589 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 590 | 
 | 
|---|
| 591 |       <varlistentry id="lslocks">
 | 
|---|
| 592 |         <term><command>lslocks</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 593 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 594 |           <para>Lists local system locks</para>
 | 
|---|
| 595 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lslocks">
 | 
|---|
| 596 |             <primary sortas="b-lslocks">lslocks</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 597 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 598 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 599 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 600 | 
 | 
|---|
| 601 |       <varlistentry id="mcookie">
 | 
|---|
| 602 |         <term><command>mcookie</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 603 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 604 |           <para>Generates magic cookies (128-bit random hexadecimal numbers) for
 | 
|---|
| 605 |           <command>xauth</command></para>
 | 
|---|
| 606 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mcookie">
 | 
|---|
| 607 |             <primary sortas="b-mcookie">mcookie</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 608 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 609 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 610 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 611 | 
 | 
|---|
| 612 |       <varlistentry id="mesg">
 | 
|---|
| 613 |         <term><command>mesg</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 614 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 615 |           <para>Controls whether other users can send messages to the current
 | 
|---|
| 616 |           user's terminal</para>
 | 
|---|
| 617 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mesg">
 | 
|---|
| 618 |             <primary sortas="b-mesg">mesg</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 619 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 620 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 621 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 622 | 
 | 
|---|
| 623 |       <varlistentry id="mkfs">
 | 
|---|
| 624 |         <term><command>mkfs</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 625 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 626 |           <para>Builds a file system on a device (usually a hard disk
 | 
|---|
| 627 |           partition)</para>
 | 
|---|
| 628 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs">
 | 
|---|
| 629 |             <primary sortas="b-mkfs">mkfs</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 630 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 631 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 632 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 633 | 
 | 
|---|
| 634 |       <varlistentry id="mkfs.bfs">
 | 
|---|
| 635 |         <term><command>mkfs.bfs</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 636 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 637 |           <para>Creates a Santa Cruz Operations (SCO) bfs file system</para>
 | 
|---|
| 638 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs.bfs">
 | 
|---|
| 639 |             <primary sortas="b-mkfs.bfs">mkfs.bfs</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 640 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 641 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 642 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 643 | 
 | 
|---|
| 644 |       <varlistentry id="mkfs.cramfs">
 | 
|---|
| 645 |         <term><command>mkfs.cramfs</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 646 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 647 |           <para>Creates a cramfs file system</para>
 | 
|---|
| 648 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs.cramfs">
 | 
|---|
| 649 |             <primary sortas="b-mkfs.cramfs">mkfs.cramfs</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 650 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 651 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 652 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 653 | 
 | 
|---|
| 654 |       <varlistentry id="mkfs.minix">
 | 
|---|
| 655 |         <term><command>mkfs.minix</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 656 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 657 |           <para>Creates a Minix file system</para>
 | 
|---|
| 658 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs.minix">
 | 
|---|
| 659 |             <primary sortas="b-mkfs.minix">mkfs.minix</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 660 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 661 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 662 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 663 | 
 | 
|---|
| 664 |       <varlistentry id="mkswap">
 | 
|---|
| 665 |         <term><command>mkswap</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 666 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 667 |           <para>Initializes the given device or file to be used as a swap
 | 
|---|
| 668 |           area</para>
 | 
|---|
| 669 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkswap">
 | 
|---|
| 670 |             <primary sortas="b-mkswap">mkswap</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 671 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 672 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 673 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 674 | 
 | 
|---|
| 675 |       <varlistentry id="more">
 | 
|---|
| 676 |         <term><command>more</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 677 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 678 |           <para>A filter for paging through text one screen at a time</para>
 | 
|---|
| 679 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux more">
 | 
|---|
| 680 |             <primary sortas="b-more">more</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 681 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 682 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 683 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 684 | 
 | 
|---|
| 685 |       <varlistentry id="mount">
 | 
|---|
| 686 |         <term><command>mount</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 687 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 688 |           <para>Attaches the file system on the given device to a specified
 | 
|---|
| 689 |           directory in the file-system tree</para>
 | 
|---|
| 690 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mount">
 | 
|---|
| 691 |             <primary sortas="b-mount">mount</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 692 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 693 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 694 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 695 | 
 | 
|---|
| 696 |       <varlistentry id="mountpoint">
 | 
|---|
| 697 |         <term><command>mountpoint</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 698 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 699 |           <para>Tells you whether or not a directory is a mount point.</para>
 | 
|---|
| 700 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mountpoint">
 | 
|---|
| 701 |             <primary sortas="b-mountpoint">mountpoint</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 702 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 703 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 704 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 705 | 
 | 
|---|
| 706 |       <varlistentry id="namei">
 | 
|---|
| 707 |         <term><command>namei</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 708 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 709 |           <para>Shows the symbolic links in the given pathnames</para>
 | 
|---|
| 710 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux namei">
 | 
|---|
| 711 |             <primary sortas="b-namei">namei</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 712 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 713 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 714 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 715 | 
 | 
|---|
| 716 |       <varlistentry id="nologin">
 | 
|---|
| 717 |         <term><command>nologin</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 718 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 719 |           <para>Displays a message that an account is not available. Designed
 | 
|---|
| 720 |           to be used as the default shell for accounts that have been
 | 
|---|
| 721 |           disabled</para>
 | 
|---|
| 722 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux nologin">
 | 
|---|
| 723 |             <primary sortas="b-nologin">nologin</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 724 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 725 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 726 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 727 | 
 | 
|---|
| 728 |       <varlistentry id="nsenter">
 | 
|---|
| 729 |         <term><command>nsenter</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 730 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 731 |           <para>Runs a program with namespaces of other processes</para>
 | 
|---|
| 732 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux nsenter">
 | 
|---|
| 733 |             <primary sortas="b-nsenter">nsenter</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 734 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 735 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 736 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 737 | 
 | 
|---|
| 738 |       <varlistentry id="partx">
 | 
|---|
| 739 |         <term><command>partx</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 740 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 741 |           <para>Tells the kernel about the presence and numbering of on-disk
 | 
|---|
| 742 |           partitions</para>
 | 
|---|
| 743 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux partx">
 | 
|---|
| 744 |             <primary sortas="b-partx">partx</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 745 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 746 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 747 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 748 | 
 | 
|---|
| 749 |       <varlistentry id="pg">
 | 
|---|
| 750 |         <term><command>pg</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 751 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 752 |           <para>Displays a text file one screen full at a time</para>
 | 
|---|
| 753 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux pg">
 | 
|---|
| 754 |             <primary sortas="b-pg">pg</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 755 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 756 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 757 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 758 | 
 | 
|---|
| 759 |       <varlistentry id="pivot_root">
 | 
|---|
| 760 |         <term><command>pivot_root</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 761 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 762 |           <para>Makes the given file system the new root file system of the
 | 
|---|
| 763 |           current process</para>
 | 
|---|
| 764 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux pivot_root">
 | 
|---|
| 765 |             <primary sortas="b-pivot_root">pivot_root</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 766 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 767 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 768 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 769 | 
 | 
|---|
| 770 |       <varlistentry id="prlimit">
 | 
|---|
| 771 |         <term><command>prlimit</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 772 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 773 |           <para>Gets and sets a process' resource limits</para>
 | 
|---|
| 774 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux prlimit">
 | 
|---|
| 775 |             <primary sortas="b-prlimit">prlimit</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 776 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 777 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 778 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 779 | 
 | 
|---|
| 780 |       <varlistentry id="raw">
 | 
|---|
| 781 |         <term><command>raw</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 782 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 783 |           <para>Binds a Linux raw character device to a block device</para>
 | 
|---|
| 784 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux raw">
 | 
|---|
| 785 |             <primary sortas="b-raw">raw</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 786 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 787 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 788 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 789 | 
 | 
|---|
| 790 |       <varlistentry id="readprofile">
 | 
|---|
| 791 |         <term><command>readprofile</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 792 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 793 |           <para>Reads kernel profiling information</para>
 | 
|---|
| 794 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux readprofile">
 | 
|---|
| 795 |             <primary sortas="b-readprofile">readprofile</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 796 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 797 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 798 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 799 | 
 | 
|---|
| 800 |       <varlistentry id="rename">
 | 
|---|
| 801 |         <term><command>rename</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 802 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 803 |           <para>Renames the given files, replacing a given string with
 | 
|---|
| 804 |           another</para>
 | 
|---|
| 805 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux rename">
 | 
|---|
| 806 |             <primary sortas="b-rename">rename</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 807 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 808 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 809 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 810 | 
 | 
|---|
| 811 |       <varlistentry id="renice">
 | 
|---|
| 812 |         <term><command>renice</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 813 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 814 |           <para>Alters the priority of running processes</para>
 | 
|---|
| 815 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux renice">
 | 
|---|
| 816 |             <primary sortas="b-renice">renice</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 817 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 818 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 819 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 820 | 
 | 
|---|
| 821 |       <varlistentry id="resizepart">
 | 
|---|
| 822 |         <term><command>resizepart</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 823 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 824 |           <para>Asks the Linux kernel to resize a partition</para>
 | 
|---|
| 825 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux resizepart">
 | 
|---|
| 826 |             <primary sortas="b-resizepart">resizepart</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 827 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 828 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 829 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 830 | 
 | 
|---|
| 831 |       <varlistentry id="rev">
 | 
|---|
| 832 |         <term><command>rev</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 833 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 834 |           <para>Reverses the lines of a given file</para>
 | 
|---|
| 835 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux rev">
 | 
|---|
| 836 |             <primary sortas="b-rev">rev</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 837 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 838 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 839 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 840 | 
 | 
|---|
| 841 |       <varlistentry id="rtcwake">
 | 
|---|
| 842 |         <term><command>rtcwake</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 843 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 844 |           <para>Enters a system sleep state until a specified wakeup time</para>
 | 
|---|
| 845 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux rtcwake">
 | 
|---|
| 846 |             <primary sortas="b-rtcwake">rtcwake</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 847 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 848 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 849 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 850 | 
 | 
|---|
| 851 |       <varlistentry id="script">
 | 
|---|
| 852 |         <term><command>script</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 853 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 854 |           <para>Makes a typescript of a terminal session</para>
 | 
|---|
| 855 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux script">
 | 
|---|
| 856 |             <primary sortas="b-script">script</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 857 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 858 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 859 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 860 | 
 | 
|---|
| 861 |       <varlistentry id="scriptreplay">
 | 
|---|
| 862 |         <term><command>scriptreplay</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 863 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 864 |           <para>Plays back typescripts created by <command>script</command></para>
 | 
|---|
| 865 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux scriptreplay">
 | 
|---|
| 866 |             <primary sortas="b-scriptreplay">scriptreplay</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 867 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 868 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 869 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 870 | 
 | 
|---|
| 871 |       <varlistentry id="setarch">
 | 
|---|
| 872 |         <term><command>setarch</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 873 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 874 |           <para>Changes reported architecture in new program environment and
 | 
|---|
| 875 |           sets personality flags</para>
 | 
|---|
| 876 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux setarch">
 | 
|---|
| 877 |             <primary sortas="b-setarch">setarch</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 878 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 879 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 880 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 881 | 
 | 
|---|
| 882 |       <varlistentry id="setsid">
 | 
|---|
| 883 |         <term><command>setsid</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 884 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 885 |           <para>Runs the given program in a new session</para>
 | 
|---|
| 886 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux setsid">
 | 
|---|
| 887 |             <primary sortas="b-setsid">setsid</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 888 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 889 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 890 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 891 | 
 | 
|---|
| 892 |       <varlistentry id="setterm">
 | 
|---|
| 893 |         <term><command>setterm</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 894 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 895 |           <para>Sets terminal attributes</para>
 | 
|---|
| 896 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux setterm">
 | 
|---|
| 897 |             <primary sortas="b-setterm">setterm</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 898 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 899 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 900 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 901 | 
 | 
|---|
| 902 |       <varlistentry id="sfdisk">
 | 
|---|
| 903 |         <term><command>sfdisk</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 904 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 905 |           <para>A disk partition table manipulator</para>
 | 
|---|
| 906 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux sfdisk">
 | 
|---|
| 907 |             <primary sortas="b-sfdisk">sfdisk</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 908 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 909 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 910 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 911 | 
 | 
|---|
| 912 |       <varlistentry id="sulogin">
 | 
|---|
| 913 |         <term><command>sulogin</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 914 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 915 |           <para>Allows <emphasis>root</emphasis> to log in; it is normally
 | 
|---|
| 916 |           invoked by <command>init</command> when the system goes into single
 | 
|---|
| 917 |           user mode</para>
 | 
|---|
| 918 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux sulogin">
 | 
|---|
| 919 |             <primary sortas="b-sulogin">sulogin</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 920 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 921 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 922 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 923 | 
 | 
|---|
| 924 |       <varlistentry id="swaplabel">
 | 
|---|
| 925 |         <term><command>swaplabel</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 926 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 927 |           <para>Prints or changes the label or UUID of a swap area</para>
 | 
|---|
| 928 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux swaplabel">
 | 
|---|
| 929 |             <primary sortas="b-swaplabel">swaplabel</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 930 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 931 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 932 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 933 | 
 | 
|---|
| 934 |       <varlistentry id="swapoff">
 | 
|---|
| 935 |         <term><command>swapoff</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 936 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 937 |           <para>Disables devices and files for paging and swapping</para>
 | 
|---|
| 938 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux swapoff">
 | 
|---|
| 939 |             <primary sortas="b-swapoff">swapoff</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 940 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 941 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 942 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 943 | 
 | 
|---|
| 944 |       <varlistentry id="swapon">
 | 
|---|
| 945 |         <term><command>swapon</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 946 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 947 |           <para>Enables devices and files for paging and swapping and
 | 
|---|
| 948 |           lists the devices and files currently in use</para>
 | 
|---|
| 949 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux swapon">
 | 
|---|
| 950 |             <primary sortas="b-swapon">swapon</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 951 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 952 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 953 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 954 | 
 | 
|---|
| 955 |       <varlistentry id="switch_root">
 | 
|---|
| 956 |         <term><command>switch_root</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 957 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 958 |           <para>Switches to another filesystem as the root of the mount tree</para>
 | 
|---|
| 959 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux switch_root">
 | 
|---|
| 960 |             <primary sortas="b-switch_root">switch_root</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 961 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 962 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 963 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 964 | 
 | 
|---|
| 965 |       <varlistentry id="tailf">
 | 
|---|
| 966 |         <term><command>tailf</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 967 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 968 |           <para>Tracks the growth of a log file. Displays the last 10 lines
 | 
|---|
| 969 |           of a log file, then continues displaying any new entries in the
 | 
|---|
| 970 |           log file as they are created</para>
 | 
|---|
| 971 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux tailf">
 | 
|---|
| 972 |             <primary sortas="b-tailf">tailf</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 973 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 974 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 975 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 976 | 
 | 
|---|
| 977 |       <varlistentry id="taskset">
 | 
|---|
| 978 |         <term><command>taskset</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 979 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 980 |           <para>Retrieves or sets a process's CPU affinity</para>
 | 
|---|
| 981 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux taskset">
 | 
|---|
| 982 |             <primary sortas="b-taskset">taskset</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 983 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 984 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 985 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 986 | 
 | 
|---|
| 987 |       <varlistentry id="ul">
 | 
|---|
| 988 |         <term><command>ul</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 989 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 990 |           <para>A filter for translating underscores into escape sequences
 | 
|---|
| 991 |           indicating underlining for the terminal in use</para>
 | 
|---|
| 992 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ul">
 | 
|---|
| 993 |             <primary sortas="b-ul">ul</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 994 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 995 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 996 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 997 | 
 | 
|---|
| 998 |       <varlistentry id="umount">
 | 
|---|
| 999 |         <term><command>umount</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 1000 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 1001 |           <para>Disconnects a file system from the system's file tree</para>
 | 
|---|
| 1002 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux umount">
 | 
|---|
| 1003 |             <primary sortas="b-umount">umount</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 1004 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 1005 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 1006 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 1007 | 
 | 
|---|
| 1008 |       <varlistentry id="unshare">
 | 
|---|
| 1009 |         <term><command>unshare</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 1010 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 1011 |           <para>Runs a program with some namespaces unshared from parent</para>
 | 
|---|
| 1012 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux unshare">
 | 
|---|
| 1013 |             <primary sortas="b-unshare">unshare</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 1014 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 1015 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 1016 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 1017 | 
 | 
|---|
| 1018 |       <varlistentry id="utmpdump">
 | 
|---|
| 1019 |         <term><command>utmpdump</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 1020 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 1021 |           <para>Displays the content of the given login file in a more
 | 
|---|
| 1022 |           user-friendly format</para>
 | 
|---|
| 1023 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux utmpdump">
 | 
|---|
| 1024 |             <primary sortas="b-utmpdump">utmpdump</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 1025 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 1026 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 1027 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 1028 | 
 | 
|---|
| 1029 |       <varlistentry id="uuidd">
 | 
|---|
| 1030 |         <term><command>uuidd</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 1031 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 1032 |           <para>A daemon used by the UUID library to generate time-based
 | 
|---|
| 1033 |           UUIDs in a secure and guranteed-unique fashion.</para>
 | 
|---|
| 1034 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux uuidd">
 | 
|---|
| 1035 |             <primary sortas="b-uuidd">uuidd</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 1036 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 1037 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 1038 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 1039 | 
 | 
|---|
| 1040 |       <varlistentry id="uuidgen">
 | 
|---|
| 1041 |         <term><command>uuidgen</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 1042 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 1043 |           <para>Creates new UUIDs. Each new UUID can reasonably be considered
 | 
|---|
| 1044 |           unique among all UUIDs created, on the local system and on other
 | 
|---|
| 1045 |           systems, in the past and in the future</para>
 | 
|---|
| 1046 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux uuidgen">
 | 
|---|
| 1047 |             <primary sortas="b-uuidgen">uuidgen</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 1048 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 1049 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 1050 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 1051 | 
 | 
|---|
| 1052 |       <varlistentry id="wall">
 | 
|---|
| 1053 |         <term><command>wall</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 1054 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 1055 |           <para>Writes a message to all logged-in users</para>
 | 
|---|
| 1056 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux wall">
 | 
|---|
| 1057 |             <primary sortas="b-wall">wall</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 1058 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 1059 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 1060 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 1061 | 
 | 
|---|
| 1062 |       <varlistentry id="wdctl">
 | 
|---|
| 1063 |         <term><command>wdctl</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 1064 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 1065 |           <para>Show hardware watchdog status</para>
 | 
|---|
| 1066 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux wdctl">
 | 
|---|
| 1067 |             <primary sortas="b-uuidgen">wdctl</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 1068 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 1069 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 1070 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 1071 | 
 | 
|---|
| 1072 |       <varlistentry id="whereis">
 | 
|---|
| 1073 |         <term><command>whereis</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 1074 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 1075 |           <para>Reports the location of the binary, source, and man page
 | 
|---|
| 1076 |           for the given command</para>
 | 
|---|
| 1077 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux whereis">
 | 
|---|
| 1078 |             <primary sortas="b-whereis">whereis</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 1079 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 1080 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 1081 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 1082 | 
 | 
|---|
| 1083 |       <varlistentry id="wipefs">
 | 
|---|
| 1084 |         <term><command>wipefs</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 1085 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 1086 |           <para>Wipes a filesystem signature from a device</para>
 | 
|---|
| 1087 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux wipefs">
 | 
|---|
| 1088 |             <primary sortas="b-wipefs">wipefs</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 1089 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 1090 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 1091 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 1092 | 
 | 
|---|
| 1093 |       <varlistentry id="write">
 | 
|---|
| 1094 |         <term><command>write</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 1095 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 1096 |           <para>Sends a message to the given user <emphasis>if</emphasis> that
 | 
|---|
| 1097 |           user has not disabled receipt of such messages</para>
 | 
|---|
| 1098 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux write">
 | 
|---|
| 1099 |             <primary sortas="b-write">write</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 1100 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 1101 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 1102 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
|---|
| 1103 | 
 | 
|---|
| 1104 |       <varlistentry id="libblkid">
 | 
|---|
| 1105 |         <term><filename class="libraryfile">libblkid</filename></term>
 | 
|---|
| 1106 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 1107 |           <para>Contains routines for device identification and token
 | 
|---|
| 1108 |           extraction</para>
 | 
|---|
| 1109 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux libblkid">
 | 
|---|
| 1110 |             <primary sortas="c-libblkid">libblkid</primary>
 | 
|---|
| 1111 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 1112 |         </listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 1113 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
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| 1114 | 
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| 1115 |       <varlistentry id="libmount">
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| 1116 |         <term><filename class="libraryfile">libmount</filename></term>
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| 1117 |         <listitem>
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| 1118 |           <para>Contains routines for parsing the
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| 1119 |           <filename>/etc/fstab</filename>, <filename>/etc/mtab</filename>,
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| 1120 |           and <filename>/proc/self/mountinfo</filename> files, managing
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| 1121 |           <filename>/etc/mtab</filename>, and configuring various mount
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| 1122 |           options</para>
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| 1123 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux libmount">
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| 1124 |             <primary sortas="c-libmount">libmount</primary>
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| 1125 |           </indexterm>
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| 1126 |         </listitem>
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| 1127 |       </varlistentry>
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| 1128 | 
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| 1129 |       <varlistentry id="libuuid">
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| 1130 |         <term><filename class="libraryfile">libuuid</filename></term>
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| 1131 |         <listitem>
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| 1132 |           <para>Contains routines for generating unique identifiers for objects
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| 1133 |           that may be accessible beyond the local system</para>
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| 1134 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux libuuid">
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| 1135 |             <primary sortas="c-libuuid">libuuid</primary>
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| 1136 |           </indexterm>
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| 1137 |         </listitem>
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| 1138 |       </varlistentry>
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| 1139 | 
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| 1140 |     </variablelist>
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| 1141 | 
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| 1142 |   </sect2>
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| 1143 | 
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| 1144 | </sect1>
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