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2 | <title>Contents</title>
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3 |
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4 | <para>
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5 | The Fileutils package contains the chgrp, chmod, chown, cp, dd, df, dir,
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6 | dircolors, du, install, ln, ls, mkdir, mkfifo, mknod, mv, rm, rmdir,
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7 | sync, touch and vdir programs.
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8 | </para>
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9 |
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10 | </sect2>
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11 |
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12 | <sect2><title>Description</title>
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13 |
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14 | <sect3><title>chgrp</title>
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15 |
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16 | <para>
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17 | chgrp changes the group ownership of each given file to the named group,
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18 | which can be either a group name or a numeric group ID.
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19 | </para>
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20 |
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21 | </sect3>
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22 |
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23 | <sect3><title>chmod</title>
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24 |
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25 | <para>
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26 | chmod changes the permissions of each given file according to mode, which
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27 | can be either a symbolic representation of changes to make, or an octal
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28 | number representing the bit pattern for the new permissions.
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29 | </para>
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30 |
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31 | </sect3>
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32 |
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33 | <sect3><title>chown</title>
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34 |
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35 | <para>
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36 | chown changes the user and/or group ownership of each given file.
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37 | </para>
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38 |
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39 | </sect3>
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40 |
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41 | <sect3><title>cp</title>
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42 |
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43 | <para>
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44 | cp copies files from one place to another.
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45 | </para>
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46 |
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47 | </sect3>
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48 |
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49 | <sect3><title>dd</title>
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50 |
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51 | <para>
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52 | dd copies a file (from the standard input to the standard output, by default)
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53 | with a user-selectable blocksize, while optionally performing conversions
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54 | on it.
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55 | </para>
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56 |
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57 | </sect3>
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58 |
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59 | <sect3><title>df</title>
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60 |
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61 | <para>
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62 | df displays the amount of disk space available on the filesystem
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63 | containing each file name argument. If no file name is given, the space
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64 | available on all currently mounted filesystems is shown.
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65 | </para>
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66 |
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67 | </sect3>
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68 |
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69 | <sect3><title>ls, dir and vdir</title>
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70 |
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71 | <para>
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72 | dir and vdir are versions of ls with different default output formats.
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73 | These programs list each given file or directory name. Directory contents
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74 | are sorted alphabetically. For ls, files are by default listed in columns,
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75 | sorted vertically, if the standard output is a terminal; otherwise they
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76 | are listed one per line. For dir, files are by default listed in columns,
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77 | sorted vertically. For vdir, files are by default listed in long format.
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78 | </para>
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79 |
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80 | </sect3>
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81 |
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82 | <sect3><title>dircolors</title>
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83 |
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84 | <para>
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85 | dircolors outputs commands to set the LS_COLOR environment variable.
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86 | The LS_COLOR variable is use to change the default color scheme used by
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87 | ls and related utilities.
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88 | </para>
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89 |
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90 | </sect3>
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91 |
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92 | <sect3><title>du</title>
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93 |
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94 | <para>
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95 | du displays the amount of disk space used by each argument and for each
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96 | subdirectory of directory arguments.
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97 | </para>
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98 |
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99 | </sect3>
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100 |
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101 | <sect3><title>install</title>
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102 |
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103 | <para>
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104 | install copies files and sets their permission modes and, if possible,
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105 | their owner and group.
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106 | </para>
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107 |
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108 | </sect3>
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109 |
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110 | <sect3><title>ln</title>
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111 |
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112 | <para>
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113 | ln makes hard or soft (symbolic) links between files.
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114 | </para>
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115 |
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116 | </sect3>
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117 |
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118 | <sect3><title>mkdir</title>
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119 |
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120 | <para>
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121 | mkdir creates directories with a given name.
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122 | </para>
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123 |
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124 | </sect3>
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125 |
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126 | <sect3><title>mkfifo</title>
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127 |
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128 | <para>
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129 | mkfifo creates a FIFO with each given name.
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130 | </para>
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131 |
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132 | </sect3>
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133 |
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134 | <sect3><title>mknod</title>
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135 |
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136 | <para>
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137 | mknod creates a FIFO, character special file, or block special file with the
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138 | given file name.
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139 | </para>
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140 |
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141 | </sect3>
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142 |
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143 | <sect3><title>mv</title>
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144 |
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145 | <para>
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146 | mv moves files from one directory to another or renames files, depending
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147 | on the arguments given to mv.
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148 | </para>
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149 |
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150 | </sect3>
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151 |
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152 | <sect3><title>rm</title>
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153 |
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154 | <para>
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155 | rm removes files or directories.
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156 | </para>
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157 |
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158 | </sect3>
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159 |
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160 | <sect3><title>rmdir</title>
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161 |
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162 | <para>
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163 | rmdir removes directories, if they are empty.
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164 | </para>
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165 |
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166 | </sect3>
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167 |
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168 | <sect3><title>shred</title>
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169 |
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170 | <para>
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171 | shred deletes a file securely, overwriting it first so that its contents can't
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172 | be recovered.
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173 | </para>
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174 |
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175 | </sect3>
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176 |
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177 | <sect3><title>sync</title>
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178 |
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179 | <para>
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180 | sync forces changed blocks to disk and updates the super block.
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181 | </para>
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182 |
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183 | </sect3>
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184 |
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185 | <sect3><title>touch</title>
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186 |
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187 | <para>
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188 | touch changes the access and modification times of each given file to the
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189 | current time. Files that do not exist are created empty.
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190 | </para>
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191 |
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192 | </sect3>
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193 |
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194 | </sect2>
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195 |
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