[04a3351] | 1 | <sect2><title>Short descriptions</title>
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[978d0bf] | 3 | <para><command>agetty</command> opens a tty port, prompts for a login name,
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| 4 | and then invokes the login program.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 5 |
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[978d0bf] | 6 | <para><command>arch</command> reports the machine's architecture.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 7 |
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[978d0bf] | 8 | <para><command>blockdev</command> allows you to call block device ioctls
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| 9 | from the command line.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 10 |
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[978d0bf] | 11 | <para><command>cal</command> displays a simple calender.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 12 |
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[978d0bf] | 13 | <para><command>cfdisk</command> is used to manipulate the partition table
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| 14 | of the given device.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 15 |
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[978d0bf] | 16 | <para><command>chkdupexe</command> finds duplicate executables.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 17 |
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[978d0bf] | 18 | <para><command>col</command> filters out reverse line feeds.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 19 |
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[978d0bf] | 20 | <para><command>colcrt</command> is used to filter nroff output for terminals
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| 21 | that lack some capabilities such as overstriking and half-lines.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 22 |
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[978d0bf] | 23 | <para><command>colrm</command> filters out the given columns.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 24 |
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[978d0bf] | 25 | <para><command>column</command> formats a given file into multiple
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| 26 | columns.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 27 |
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[978d0bf] | 28 | <para><command>ctrlaltdel</command> sets the function of the Ctrl+Alt+Del
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| 29 | key combination, to a hard or a soft reset.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 30 |
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[978d0bf] | 31 | <para><command>cytune</command> was used to tune the parameters of the
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| 32 | serial line drivers for Cyclades cards.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 33 |
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[978d0bf] | 34 | <para><command>ddate</command> gives the Discordian date, or converts the
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| 35 | given Gregorian date to a Discordian one.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 36 |
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[978d0bf] | 37 | <para><command>dmesg</command> dumps the kernel boot messages.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 38 |
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[978d0bf] | 39 | <para><command>elvtune</command> can be used to tune the performance
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| 40 | and interactiveness of a block device.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 41 |
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[978d0bf] | 42 | <para><command>fdformat</command> low-level formats a floppy disk.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 43 |
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[978d0bf] | 44 | <para><command>fdisk</command> could be used to manipulate the partition
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| 45 | table of the given device.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 46 |
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[f046b9b] | 47 | <para><command>fsck.cramfs</command> performs a consistency check on the
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| 48 | Cramfs filesystem on the given device.</para>
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[fde5bc7] | 49 |
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[978d0bf] | 50 | <para><command>fsck.minix</command> performs a consistency check on the
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| 51 | Minix filesystem on the given device.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 52 |
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[978d0bf] | 53 | <para><command>getopt</command> parses options in the given command line.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 54 |
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[978d0bf] | 55 | <para><command>hexdump</command> dumps the given file in hexadecimal, or
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| 56 | in another given format.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 57 |
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[978d0bf] | 58 | <para><command>hwclock</command> is used to read or set the system's
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| 59 | hardware clock (also called the RTC or BIOS clock).</para>
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[bdc08c1] | 60 |
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[978d0bf] | 61 | <para><command>ipcrm</command> removes the given IPC resource.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 62 |
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[978d0bf] | 63 | <para><command>ipcs</command> provides IPC status information.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 64 |
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[978d0bf] | 65 | <para><command>isosize</command> reports the size of an iso9660
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| 66 | filesystem.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 67 |
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[978d0bf] | 68 | <para><command>line</command> copies a single line.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 69 |
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[978d0bf] | 70 | <para><command>logger</command> enters the given message into the system
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| 71 | log.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 72 |
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[978d0bf] | 73 | <para><command>look</command> displays lines that begin with the given
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| 74 | string.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 75 |
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[978d0bf] | 76 | <para><command>losetup</command> is used to set up and control loop devices.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 77 |
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[978d0bf] | 78 | <para><command>mcookie</command> generates magic cookies, 128-bit random
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| 79 | hexadecimal numbers, for xauth.</para>
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[978d0bf] | 81 | <para><command>mkfs</command> is used to build a filesystem on a device
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| 82 | (usually a harddisk partition).</para>
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[6370fa6] | 83 |
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[978d0bf] | 84 | <para><command>mkfs.bfs</command> creates an SCO bfs filesystem.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 85 |
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[f046b9b] | 86 | <para><command>mkfs.cramfs</command> creates a cramfs filesystem.</para>
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[fde5bc7] | 87 |
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[978d0bf] | 88 | <para><command>mkfs.minix</command> creates a Minix filesystem.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 89 |
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[978d0bf] | 90 | <para><command>mkswap</command> initializes the given device or file to be
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| 91 | used as a swap area.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 92 |
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[978d0bf] | 93 | <para><command>more</command> is a filter for paging through text one
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| 94 | screenful at a time. But less is much better.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 95 |
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[978d0bf] | 96 | <para><command>mount</command> attaches the filesystem on the given device
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| 97 | to the given directory in the system's file tree.</para>
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[bdc08c1] | 98 |
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[978d0bf] | 99 | <para><command>namei</command> shows the symbolic links in the given
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| 100 | pathnames.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 101 |
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[f046b9b] | 102 | <para><command>pg</command> displays a text file one screenful at a
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| 103 | time.</para>
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[978d0bf] | 105 | <para><command>pivot_root</command> makes the given filesystem the new
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| 106 | root filesystem of the current process.</para>
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[978d0bf] | 108 | <para><command>ramsize</command> could be used to set the size of the
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| 109 | RAM disk in a bootable image.</para>
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[978d0bf] | 111 | <para><command>rdev</command> could be used to query and set the root
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| 112 | device and other things in a bootable image.</para>
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[978d0bf] | 114 | <para><command>readprofile</command> reads kernel profiling information.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 115 |
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[978d0bf] | 116 | <para><command>rename</command> renames the given files, replacing a given
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| 117 | string with another.</para>
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[978d0bf] | 119 | <para><command>renice</command> is used to alter the priority of running
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| 120 | processes.</para>
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[978d0bf] | 122 | <para><command>rev</command> reverses the lines of a given file.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 123 |
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[978d0bf] | 124 | <para><command>rootflags</command> could be used to set the rootflags
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| 125 | in a bootable image.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 126 |
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[978d0bf] | 127 | <para><command>script</command> makes a typescript of a terminal
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| 128 | session, of everything printed to the terminal.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 129 |
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[978d0bf] | 130 | <para><command>setfdprm</command> sets user-provided floppy disk
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| 131 | parameters.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 132 |
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[978d0bf] | 133 | <para><command>setsid</command> runs the given program in a new session.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 134 |
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[978d0bf] | 135 | <para><command>setterm</command> is used to set terminal attributes.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 136 |
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[978d0bf] | 137 | <para><command>sfdisk</command> is a disk partition table manipulator.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 138 |
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[978d0bf] | 139 | <para><command>swapdev</command> could be used to set the swap device
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| 140 | in a bootable image.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 141 |
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[978d0bf] | 142 | <para><command>swapoff</command> disables devices and files for paging
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| 143 | and swapping.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 144 |
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[978d0bf] | 145 | <para><command>swapon</command> enables devices and files for paging
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| 146 | and swapping.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 147 |
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[978d0bf] | 148 | <para><command>tunelp</command> is used to tune the parameters of the
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| 149 | line printer.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 150 |
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[978d0bf] | 151 | <para><command>ul</command> is a filter for translating underscores into
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| 152 | escape sequences indicating underlining for the terminal in use.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 153 |
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[978d0bf] | 154 | <para><command>umount</command> disconnects a filesystem from the
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| 155 | system's file tree.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 156 |
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[978d0bf] | 157 | <para><command>vidmode</command> could be used to set the video mode
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| 158 | in a bootable image.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 159 |
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[978d0bf] | 160 | <para><command>whereis</command> reports the location of binary, the
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| 161 | source, and the manual page for the given command.</para>
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[978d0bf] | 163 | <para><command>write</command> sends a message to the given user. That is,
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| 164 | if that user has not disabled such messages.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 165 |
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| 166 | </sect2>
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| 167 |
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