[8fcc2c0] | 1 | <sect2><title>Contents of Util-linux</title>
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| 3 | <para>Last checked against version &util-linux-contversion;.</para>
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[bdc08c1] | 4 |
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| 5 | <sect3><title>Program Files</title>
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[96df9055] | 6 | <para>agetty, arch, blockdev, cal, cfdisk, chkdupexe, col, colcrt,
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[bdc08c1] | 7 | colrm, column, ctrlaltdel, cytune, ddate, dmesg, elvtune, fdformat, fdisk,
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[fde5bc7] | 8 | fsck.cramfs, fsck.minix, getopt, hexdump, hwclock, ipcrm, ipcs, isosize, line, logger,
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| 9 | look, losetup, mcookie, mkfs, mkfs.bfs, mkfs.cramfs, mkfs.minix, mkswap, more, mount,
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| 10 | namei, parse.bash, parse.tcsh, pg, pivot_root, ramsize (link to rdev),
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[96df9055] | 11 | raw, rdev, readprofile, rename, renice, rev, rootflags (link to rdev),
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| 12 | script, setfdprm, setsid, setterm, sfdisk, swapoff (link to swapon), swapon,
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| 13 | test.bash, test.tcsh, tunelp, ul, umount, vidmode (link to rdev), whereis
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[bdc08c1] | 14 | and write</para></sect3>
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| 15 |
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| 16 | <sect3><title>Descriptions</title>
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| 17 |
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| 18 | <sect4><title>agetty</title>
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[b822811] | 19 | <para>agetty opens a tty port, prompts for a login name and invokes the
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[bdc08c1] | 20 | /bin/login command.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 21 |
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[bdc08c1] | 22 | <sect4><title>arch</title>
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| 23 | <para>arch prints the machine architecture.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 24 |
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[bdc08c1] | 25 | <sect4><title>blockdev</title>
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[b822811] | 26 | <para>blockdev allows to call block device ioctls from the command
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[335838c] | 27 | line.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 28 |
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[bdc08c1] | 29 | <sect4><title>cal</title>
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| 30 | <para>cal displays a simple calender.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 31 |
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[bdc08c1] | 32 | <sect4><title>cfdisk</title>
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[e4ec472] | 33 | <para>cfdisk is a libncurses based disk partition table
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[bdc08c1] | 34 | manipulator.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 35 |
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[bdc08c1] | 36 | <sect4><title>chkdupexe</title>
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| 37 | <para>chkdupexe finds duplicate executables.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 38 |
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[bdc08c1] | 39 | <sect4><title>col</title>
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| 40 | <para>col filters reverse line feeds from input.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 41 |
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[bdc08c1] | 42 | <sect4><title>colcrt</title>
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| 43 | <para>colcrt filters nroff output for CRT previewing.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 44 |
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[bdc08c1] | 45 | <sect4><title>colrm</title>
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| 46 | <para>colrm removes columns from a file.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 47 |
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[bdc08c1] | 48 | <sect4><title>column</title>
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| 49 | <para>column columnates lists.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 50 |
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[bdc08c1] | 51 | <sect4><title>ctrlaltdel</title>
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[53ad30a] | 52 | <para>ctrlaltdel sets the function of the CTRL+ALT+DEL key combination (hard
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[bdc08c1] | 53 | or soft reset).</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 54 |
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[bdc08c1] | 55 | <sect4><title>cytune</title>
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[53ad30a] | 56 | <para>cytune queries and modifies the interruption threshold for the Cyclades
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[bdc08c1] | 57 | driver.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 58 |
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[bdc08c1] | 59 | <sect4><title>ddate</title>
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| 60 | <para>ddate converts Gregorian dates to Discordian dates.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 61 |
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[bdc08c1] | 62 | <sect4><title>dmesg</title>
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[53ad30a] | 63 | <para>dmesg is used to examine or control the kernel ring buffer (boot
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[bdc08c1] | 64 | messages from the kernel).</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 65 |
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[bdc08c1] | 66 | <sect4><title>elvtune</title>
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[53ad30a] | 67 | <para>elvtune allows to tune the I/O elevator per block device queue
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[bdc08c1] | 68 | basis.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 69 |
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[bdc08c1] | 70 | <sect4><title>fdformat</title>
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| 71 | <para>fdformat low-level formats a floppy disk.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 72 |
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[bdc08c1] | 73 | <sect4><title>fdisk</title>
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| 74 | <para>fdisk is a disk partition table manipulator.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 75 |
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[fde5bc7] | 76 | <sect4><title>fsck.cramfs</title>
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| 77 | <para>No description is currently available.</para></sect4>
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| 78 |
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[bdc08c1] | 79 | <sect4><title>fsck.minix</title>
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[b822811] | 80 | <para>fsck.minix performs a consistency check for the Linux MINIX
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[bdc08c1] | 81 | filesystem.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 82 |
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[bdc08c1] | 83 | <sect4><title>getopt</title>
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[53ad30a] | 84 | <para>getops parses command options the same way as the getopt C
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[bdc08c1] | 85 | command.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 86 |
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[bdc08c1] | 87 | <sect4><title>hexdump</title>
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[53ad30a] | 88 | <para>hexdump displays specified files, or standard input, in a user specified
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[bdc08c1] | 89 | format (ascii, decimal, hexadecimal, octal).</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 90 |
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[bdc08c1] | 91 | <sect4><title>hwclock</title>
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[b822811] | 92 | <para>hwclock queries and sets the hardware clock (Also called the RTC or BIOS
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[bdc08c1] | 93 | clock).</para></sect4>
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| 94 |
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| 95 | <sect4><title>ipcrm</title>
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| 96 | <para>ipcrm removes a specified resource.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 97 |
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[bdc08c1] | 98 | <sect4><title>ipcs</title>
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| 99 | <para>ipcs provides information on IPC facilities.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 100 |
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[bdc08c1] | 101 | <sect4><title>isosize</title>
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| 102 | <para>isosize outputs the length of a iso9660 file system.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 103 |
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[bdc08c1] | 104 | <sect4><title>line</title>
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| 105 | <para>line copies one line (up to a newline) from standard input and writes it
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| 106 | to standard output.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 107 |
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[bdc08c1] | 108 | <sect4><title>logger</title>
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| 109 | <para>logger makes entries in the system log.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 110 |
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[bdc08c1] | 111 | <sect4><title>look</title>
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| 112 | <para>look displays lines beginning with a given string.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 113 |
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[bdc08c1] | 114 | <sect4><title>losetup</title>
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| 115 | <para>losetup sets up and controls loop devices.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 116 |
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[bdc08c1] | 117 | <sect4><title>mcookie</title>
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| 118 | <para>mcookie generates magic cookies for xauth.</para></sect4>
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| 119 |
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| 120 | <sect4><title>mkfs</title>
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[b822811] | 121 | <para>mkfs builds a Linux filesystem on a device, usually a harddisk
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[bdc08c1] | 122 | partition.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 123 |
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[bdc08c1] | 124 | <sect4><title>mkfs.bfs</title>
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[b822811] | 125 | <para>mkfs.bfs creates a SCO bfs file system on a device, usually a harddisk
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[bdc08c1] | 126 | partition.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 127 |
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[fde5bc7] | 128 | <sect4><title>mkfs.cramfs</title>
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| 129 | <para>No description is currently available.</para></sect4>
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| 130 |
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[bdc08c1] | 131 | <sect4><title>mkfs.minix</title>
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[b822811] | 132 | <para>mkfs.minix creates a Linux MINIX filesystem on a device, usually a
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[bdc08c1] | 133 | harddisk partition.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 134 |
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[bdc08c1] | 135 | <sect4><title>mkswap</title>
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| 136 | <para>mkswap sets up a Linux swap area on a device or in a file.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 137 |
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[bdc08c1] | 138 | <sect4><title>more</title>
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[53ad30a] | 139 | <para>more is a filter for paging through text one screen full at a
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[bdc08c1] | 140 | time.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 141 |
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[bdc08c1] | 142 | <sect4><title>mount</title>
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[53ad30a] | 143 | <para>mount mounts a filesystem from a device to a directory (mount
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[bdc08c1] | 144 | point).</para></sect4>
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| 145 |
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| 146 | <sect4><title>namei</title>
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| 147 | <para>namei follows a pathname until a terminal point is found.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 148 |
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[96df9055] | 149 | <sect4><title>parse.bash, parse.tcsh, test.bash, test.tcsh</title>
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| 150 | <para>These are example scripts for using the getopt program with either
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| 151 | BASH or TCSH.</para></sect4>
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| 152 |
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[fde5bc7] | 153 | <sect4><title>pg</title>
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| 154 | <para>No description is currently available.</para></sect4>
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| 155 |
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[bdc08c1] | 156 | <sect4><title>pivot_root</title>
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| 157 | <para>pivot_root moves the root file system of the current process.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 158 |
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[bdc08c1] | 159 | <sect4><title>ramsize</title>
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| 160 | <para>ramsize queries and sets RAM disk size.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 161 |
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[bdc08c1] | 162 | <sect4><title>raw</title>
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| 163 | <para>raw is used to bind a Linux raw character device to a block device.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 164 |
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[bdc08c1] | 165 | <sect4><title>rdev</title>
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[53ad30a] | 166 | <para>rdev queries and sets image root device, swap device, RAM disk size, or
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[bdc08c1] | 167 | video mode.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 168 |
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[bdc08c1] | 169 | <sect4><title>readprofile</title>
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| 170 | <para>readprofile reads kernel profiling information.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 171 |
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[bdc08c1] | 172 | <sect4><title>rename</title>
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| 173 | <para>rename renames files.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 174 |
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[bdc08c1] | 175 | <sect4><title>renice</title>
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| 176 | <para>renice alters priority of running processes.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 177 |
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[bdc08c1] | 178 | <sect4><title>rev</title>
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| 179 | <para>rev reverses lines of a file.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 180 |
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[bdc08c1] | 181 | <sect4><title>rootflags</title>
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[53ad30a] | 182 | <para>rootflags queries and sets extra information used when mounting
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[bdc08c1] | 183 | root.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 184 |
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[bdc08c1] | 185 | <sect4><title>script</title>
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| 186 | <para>script makes typescript of terminal session.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 187 |
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[bdc08c1] | 188 | <sect4><title>setfdprm</title>
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| 189 | <para>setfdprm sets user-provides floppy disk parameters.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 190 |
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[bdc08c1] | 191 | <sect4><title>setsid</title>
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| 192 | <para>setsid runs programs in a new session.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 193 |
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[bdc08c1] | 194 | <sect4><title>setterm</title>
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| 195 | <para>setterm sets terminal attributes.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 196 |
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[bdc08c1] | 197 | <sect4><title>sfdisk</title>
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| 198 | <para>sfdisk is a disk partition table manipulator.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 199 |
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[bdc08c1] | 200 | <sect4><title>swapoff</title>
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| 201 | <para>swapoff disables devices and files for paging and swapping.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 202 |
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[bdc08c1] | 203 | <sect4><title>swapon</title>
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| 204 | <para>swapon enables devices and files for paging and swapping.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 205 |
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[bdc08c1] | 206 | <sect4><title>tunelp</title>
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| 207 | <para>tunelp sets various parameters for the LP device.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 208 |
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[bdc08c1] | 209 | <sect4><title>ul</title>
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[b822811] | 210 | <para>ul reads a file and translates occurrences of underscores to the sequence
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[bdc08c1] | 211 | which indicates underlining for the terminal in use.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 212 |
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[bdc08c1] | 213 | <sect4><title>umount</title>
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| 214 | <para>umount unmounts a mounted filesystem.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 215 |
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[bdc08c1] | 216 | <sect4><title>vidmode</title>
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| 217 | <para>vidmode queries and sets the video mode.</para></sect4>
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| 218 |
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| 219 | <sect4><title>whereis</title>
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[53ad30a] | 220 | <para>whereis locates a binary, source and manual page for a
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[bdc08c1] | 221 | command.</para></sect4>
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| 222 |
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| 223 | <sect4><title>write</title>
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| 224 | <para>write sends a message to another user.</para></sect4>
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[6370fa6] | 225 |
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[bdc08c1] | 226 | </sect3>
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[6370fa6] | 227 |
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| 228 | </sect2>
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| 229 |
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