[e69a59f] | 1 | <sect2><title>Contents of Util-linux-&util-linux-contversion;</title>
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| 3 | <sect3><title>Program Files</title>
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| 4 | <para>agetty, arch, blockdev, cal, cfdisk, chkdupexe, col, colcrt,
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| 5 | colrm, column, ctrlaltdel, cytune, ddate, dmesg, elvtune, fdformat, fdisk,
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| 6 | fsck.minix, getopt, hexdump, hwclock, ipcrm, ipcs, isosize
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| 7 | kill, line, logger, look, losetup, mcookie, mkfs, mkfs.bfs, mkfs.minix,
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| 8 | mkswap, more, mount, namei, pivot_root,
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| 9 | ramsize (link to rdev), raw, rdev, readprofile, rename, renice, rev,
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| 10 | rootflags (link to rdev), script, setfdprm, setsid, setterm, sfdisk,
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| 11 | swapoff (link to swapon), swapon, tunelp, ul, umount, vidmode, whereis
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| 12 | and write</para></sect3>
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| 13 |
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| 14 | <sect3><title>Descriptions</title>
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| 15 |
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| 16 | <sect4><title>agetty</title>
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[b822811] | 17 | <para>agetty opens a tty port, prompts for a login name and invokes the
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[bdc08c1] | 18 | /bin/login command.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 19 |
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[bdc08c1] | 20 | <sect4><title>arch</title>
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| 21 | <para>arch prints the machine architecture.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 22 |
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[bdc08c1] | 23 | <sect4><title>blockdev</title>
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[b822811] | 24 | <para>blockdev allows to call block device ioctls from the command
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[335838c] | 25 | line.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 26 |
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[bdc08c1] | 27 | <sect4><title>cal</title>
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| 28 | <para>cal displays a simple calender.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 29 |
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[bdc08c1] | 30 | <sect4><title>cfdisk</title>
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[e4ec472] | 31 | <para>cfdisk is a libncurses based disk partition table
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[bdc08c1] | 32 | manipulator.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 33 |
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[bdc08c1] | 34 | <sect4><title>chkdupexe</title>
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| 35 | <para>chkdupexe finds duplicate executables.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 36 |
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[bdc08c1] | 37 | <sect4><title>col</title>
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| 38 | <para>col filters reverse line feeds from input.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 39 |
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[bdc08c1] | 40 | <sect4><title>colcrt</title>
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| 41 | <para>colcrt filters nroff output for CRT previewing.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 42 |
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[bdc08c1] | 43 | <sect4><title>colrm</title>
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| 44 | <para>colrm removes columns from a file.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 45 |
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[bdc08c1] | 46 | <sect4><title>column</title>
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| 47 | <para>column columnates lists.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 48 |
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[bdc08c1] | 49 | <sect4><title>ctrlaltdel</title>
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[53ad30a] | 50 | <para>ctrlaltdel sets the function of the CTRL+ALT+DEL key combination (hard
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[bdc08c1] | 51 | or soft reset).</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 52 |
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[bdc08c1] | 53 | <sect4><title>cytune</title>
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[53ad30a] | 54 | <para>cytune queries and modifies the interruption threshold for the Cyclades
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[bdc08c1] | 55 | driver.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 56 |
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[bdc08c1] | 57 | <sect4><title>ddate</title>
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| 58 | <para>ddate converts Gregorian dates to Discordian dates.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 59 |
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[bdc08c1] | 60 | <sect4><title>dmesg</title>
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[53ad30a] | 61 | <para>dmesg is used to examine or control the kernel ring buffer (boot
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[bdc08c1] | 62 | messages from the kernel).</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 63 |
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[bdc08c1] | 64 | <sect4><title>elvtune</title>
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[53ad30a] | 65 | <para>elvtune allows to tune the I/O elevator per block device queue
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[bdc08c1] | 66 | basis.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 67 |
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[bdc08c1] | 68 | <sect4><title>fdformat</title>
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| 69 | <para>fdformat low-level formats a floppy disk.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 70 |
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[bdc08c1] | 71 | <sect4><title>fdisk</title>
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| 72 | <para>fdisk is a disk partition table manipulator.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 73 |
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[bdc08c1] | 74 | <sect4><title>fsck.minix</title>
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[b822811] | 75 | <para>fsck.minix performs a consistency check for the Linux MINIX
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[bdc08c1] | 76 | filesystem.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 77 |
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[bdc08c1] | 78 | <sect4><title>getopt</title>
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[53ad30a] | 79 | <para>getops parses command options the same way as the getopt C
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[bdc08c1] | 80 | command.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 81 |
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[bdc08c1] | 82 | <sect4><title>hexdump</title>
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[53ad30a] | 83 | <para>hexdump displays specified files, or standard input, in a user specified
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[bdc08c1] | 84 | format (ascii, decimal, hexadecimal, octal).</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 85 |
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[bdc08c1] | 86 | <sect4><title>hwclock</title>
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[b822811] | 87 | <para>hwclock queries and sets the hardware clock (Also called the RTC or BIOS
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[bdc08c1] | 88 | clock).</para></sect4>
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| 89 |
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| 90 | <sect4><title>ipcrm</title>
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| 91 | <para>ipcrm removes a specified resource.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 92 |
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[bdc08c1] | 93 | <sect4><title>ipcs</title>
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| 94 | <para>ipcs provides information on IPC facilities.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 95 |
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[bdc08c1] | 96 | <sect4><title>isosize</title>
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| 97 | <para>isosize outputs the length of a iso9660 file system.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 98 |
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[bdc08c1] | 99 | <sect4><title>kill</title>
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| 100 | <para>kill sends a specified signal to the specified process.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 101 |
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[bdc08c1] | 102 | <sect4><title>line</title>
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| 103 | <para>line copies one line (up to a newline) from standard input and writes it
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| 104 | to standard output.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 105 |
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[bdc08c1] | 106 | <sect4><title>logger</title>
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| 107 | <para>logger makes entries in the system log.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 108 |
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[bdc08c1] | 109 | <sect4><title>look</title>
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| 110 | <para>look displays lines beginning with a given string.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 111 |
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[bdc08c1] | 112 | <sect4><title>losetup</title>
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| 113 | <para>losetup sets up and controls loop devices.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 114 |
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[bdc08c1] | 115 | <sect4><title>mcookie</title>
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| 116 | <para>mcookie generates magic cookies for xauth.</para></sect4>
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| 117 |
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| 118 | <sect4><title>mkfs</title>
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[b822811] | 119 | <para>mkfs builds a Linux filesystem on a device, usually a harddisk
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[bdc08c1] | 120 | partition.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 121 |
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[bdc08c1] | 122 | <sect4><title>mkfs.bfs</title>
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[b822811] | 123 | <para>mkfs.bfs creates a SCO bfs file system on a device, usually a harddisk
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[bdc08c1] | 124 | partition.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 125 |
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[bdc08c1] | 126 | <sect4><title>mkfs.minix</title>
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[b822811] | 127 | <para>mkfs.minix creates a Linux MINIX filesystem on a device, usually a
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[bdc08c1] | 128 | harddisk partition.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 129 |
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[bdc08c1] | 130 | <sect4><title>mkswap</title>
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| 131 | <para>mkswap sets up a Linux swap area on a device or in a file.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 132 |
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[bdc08c1] | 133 | <sect4><title>more</title>
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[53ad30a] | 134 | <para>more is a filter for paging through text one screen full at a
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[bdc08c1] | 135 | time.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 136 |
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[bdc08c1] | 137 | <sect4><title>mount</title>
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[53ad30a] | 138 | <para>mount mounts a filesystem from a device to a directory (mount
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[bdc08c1] | 139 | point).</para></sect4>
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| 140 |
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| 141 | <sect4><title>namei</title>
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| 142 | <para>namei follows a pathname until a terminal point is found.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 143 |
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[bdc08c1] | 144 | <sect4><title>pivot_root</title>
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| 145 | <para>pivot_root moves the root file system of the current process.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 146 |
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[bdc08c1] | 147 | <sect4><title>ramsize</title>
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| 148 | <para>ramsize queries and sets RAM disk size.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 149 |
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[bdc08c1] | 150 | <sect4><title>raw</title>
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| 151 | <para>raw is used to bind a Linux raw character device to a block device.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 152 |
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[bdc08c1] | 153 | <sect4><title>rdev</title>
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[53ad30a] | 154 | <para>rdev queries and sets image root device, swap device, RAM disk size, or
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[bdc08c1] | 155 | video mode.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 156 |
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[bdc08c1] | 157 | <sect4><title>readprofile</title>
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| 158 | <para>readprofile reads kernel profiling information.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 159 |
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[bdc08c1] | 160 | <sect4><title>rename</title>
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| 161 | <para>rename renames files.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 162 |
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[bdc08c1] | 163 | <sect4><title>renice</title>
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| 164 | <para>renice alters priority of running processes.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 165 |
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[bdc08c1] | 166 | <sect4><title>rev</title>
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| 167 | <para>rev reverses lines of a file.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 168 |
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[bdc08c1] | 169 | <sect4><title>rootflags</title>
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[53ad30a] | 170 | <para>rootflags queries and sets extra information used when mounting
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[bdc08c1] | 171 | root.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 172 |
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[bdc08c1] | 173 | <sect4><title>script</title>
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| 174 | <para>script makes typescript of terminal session.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 175 |
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[bdc08c1] | 176 | <sect4><title>setfdprm</title>
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| 177 | <para>setfdprm sets user-provides floppy disk parameters.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 178 |
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[bdc08c1] | 179 | <sect4><title>setsid</title>
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| 180 | <para>setsid runs programs in a new session.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 181 |
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[bdc08c1] | 182 | <sect4><title>setterm</title>
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| 183 | <para>setterm sets terminal attributes.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 184 |
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[bdc08c1] | 185 | <sect4><title>sfdisk</title>
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| 186 | <para>sfdisk is a disk partition table manipulator.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 187 |
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[bdc08c1] | 188 | <sect4><title>swapoff</title>
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| 189 | <para>swapoff disables devices and files for paging and swapping.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 190 |
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[bdc08c1] | 191 | <sect4><title>swapon</title>
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| 192 | <para>swapon enables devices and files for paging and swapping.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 193 |
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[bdc08c1] | 194 | <sect4><title>tunelp</title>
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| 195 | <para>tunelp sets various parameters for the LP device.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 196 |
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[bdc08c1] | 197 | <sect4><title>ul</title>
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[b822811] | 198 | <para>ul reads a file and translates occurrences of underscores to the sequence
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[bdc08c1] | 199 | which indicates underlining for the terminal in use.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 200 |
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[bdc08c1] | 201 | <sect4><title>umount</title>
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| 202 | <para>umount unmounts a mounted filesystem.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 203 |
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[bdc08c1] | 204 | <sect4><title>vidmode</title>
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| 205 | <para>vidmode queries and sets the video mode.</para></sect4>
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| 206 |
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| 207 | <sect4><title>whereis</title>
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[53ad30a] | 208 | <para>whereis locates a binary, source and manual page for a
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[bdc08c1] | 209 | command.</para></sect4>
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| 210 |
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| 211 | <sect4><title>write</title>
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| 212 | <para>write sends a message to another user.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 213 |
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[bdc08c1] | 214 | </sect3>
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[6370fa6] | 215 |
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| 216 | </sect2>
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| 217 |
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