[da72ce8] | 1 | <sect2><title> </title><para> </para></sect2>
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| 3 | <sect2><title>Descriptions</title>
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[8fcc2c0] | 4 |
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[087e584] | 5 | <para>(Last checked against version &util-linux-contversion;.)</para>
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[bdc08c1] | 6 |
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[da72ce8] | 7 | <sect3><title>Program file descriptions</title>
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[bdc08c1] | 8 |
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[978d0bf] | 9 | <para><command>agetty</command> opens a tty port, prompts for a login name,
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| 10 | and then invokes the login program.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 11 |
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[978d0bf] | 12 | <para><command>arch</command> reports the machine's architecture.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 13 |
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[978d0bf] | 14 | <para><command>blockdev</command> allows you to call block device ioctls
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| 15 | from the command line.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 16 |
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[978d0bf] | 17 | <para><command>cal</command> displays a simple calender.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 18 |
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[978d0bf] | 19 | <para><command>cfdisk</command> is used to manipulate the partition table
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| 20 | of the given device.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 21 |
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[978d0bf] | 22 | <para><command>chkdupexe</command> finds duplicate executables.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 23 |
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[978d0bf] | 24 | <para><command>col</command> filters out reverse line feeds.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 25 |
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[978d0bf] | 26 | <para><command>colcrt</command> is used to filter nroff output for terminals
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| 27 | that lack some capabilities such as overstriking and half-lines.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 28 |
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[978d0bf] | 29 | <para><command>colrm</command> filters out the given columns.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 30 |
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[978d0bf] | 31 | <para><command>column</command> formats a given file into multiple
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| 32 | columns.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 33 |
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[978d0bf] | 34 | <para><command>ctrlaltdel</command> sets the function of the Ctrl+Alt+Del
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| 35 | key combination, to a hard or a soft reset.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 36 |
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[978d0bf] | 37 | <para><command>cytune</command> was used to tune the parameters of the
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| 38 | serial line drivers for Cyclades cards.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 39 |
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[978d0bf] | 40 | <para><command>ddate</command> gives the Discordian date, or converts the
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| 41 | given Gregorian date to a Discordian one.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 42 |
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[978d0bf] | 43 | <para><command>dmesg</command> dumps the kernel boot messages.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 44 |
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[978d0bf] | 45 | <para><command>elvtune</command> can be used to tune the performance
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| 46 | and interactiveness of a block device.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 47 |
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[978d0bf] | 48 | <para><command>fdformat</command> low-level formats a floppy disk.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 49 |
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[978d0bf] | 50 | <para><command>fdisk</command> could be used to manipulate the partition
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| 51 | table of the given device.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 52 |
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[978d0bf] | 53 | <para><command>fsck.cramfs</command>...</para>
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[fde5bc7] | 54 |
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[978d0bf] | 55 | <para><command>fsck.minix</command> performs a consistency check on the
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| 56 | Minix filesystem on the given device.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 57 |
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[978d0bf] | 58 | <para><command>getopt</command> parses options in the given command line.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 59 |
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[978d0bf] | 60 | <para><command>hexdump</command> dumps the given file in hexadecimal, or
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| 61 | in another given format.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 62 |
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[978d0bf] | 63 | <para><command>hwclock</command> is used to read or set the system's
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| 64 | hardware clock (also called the RTC or BIOS clock).</para>
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[bdc08c1] | 65 |
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[978d0bf] | 66 | <para><command>ipcrm</command> removes the given IPC resource.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 67 |
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[978d0bf] | 68 | <para><command>ipcs</command> provides IPC status information.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 69 |
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[978d0bf] | 70 | <para><command>isosize</command> reports the size of an iso9660
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| 71 | filesystem.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 72 |
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[978d0bf] | 73 | <para><command>line</command> copies a single line.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 74 |
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[978d0bf] | 75 | <para><command>logger</command> enters the given message into the system
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| 76 | log.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 77 |
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[978d0bf] | 78 | <para><command>look</command> displays lines that begin with the given
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| 79 | string.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 80 |
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[978d0bf] | 81 | <para><command>losetup</command> is used to set up and control loop devices.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 82 |
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[978d0bf] | 83 | <para><command>mcookie</command> generates magic cookies, 128-bit random
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| 84 | hexadecimal numbers, for xauth.</para>
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[bdc08c1] | 85 |
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[978d0bf] | 86 | <para><command>mkfs</command> is used to build a filesystem on a device
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| 87 | (usually a harddisk partition).</para>
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[6370fa6] | 88 |
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[978d0bf] | 89 | <para><command>mkfs.bfs</command> creates an SCO bfs filesystem.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 90 |
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[978d0bf] | 91 | <para><command>mkfs.cramfs</command>...</para>
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[fde5bc7] | 92 |
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[978d0bf] | 93 | <para><command>mkfs.minix</command> creates a Minix filesystem.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 94 |
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[978d0bf] | 95 | <para><command>mkswap</command> initializes the given device or file to be
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| 96 | used as a swap area.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 97 |
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[978d0bf] | 98 | <para><command>more</command> is a filter for paging through text one
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| 99 | screenful at a time. But less is much better.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 100 |
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[978d0bf] | 101 | <para><command>mount</command> attaches the filesystem on the given device
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| 102 | to the given directory in the system's file tree.</para>
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[bdc08c1] | 103 |
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[978d0bf] | 104 | <para><command>namei</command> shows the symbolic links in the given
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| 105 | pathnames.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 106 |
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[978d0bf] | 107 | <para><command>pg</command>...</para>
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[96df9055] | 108 |
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[978d0bf] | 109 | <para><command>pivot_root</command> makes the given filesystem the new
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| 110 | root filesystem of the current process.</para>
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[fde5bc7] | 111 |
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[978d0bf] | 112 | <para><command>ramsize</command> could be used to set the size of the
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| 113 | RAM disk in a bootable image.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 114 |
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[978d0bf] | 115 | <para><command>rdev</command> could be used to query and set the root
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| 116 | device and other things in a bootable image.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 117 |
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[978d0bf] | 118 | <para><command>readprofile</command> reads kernel profiling information.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 119 |
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[978d0bf] | 120 | <para><command>rename</command> renames the given files, replacing a given
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| 121 | string with another.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 122 |
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[978d0bf] | 123 | <para><command>renice</command> is used to alter the priority of running
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| 124 | processes.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 125 |
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[978d0bf] | 126 | <para><command>rev</command> reverses the lines of a given file.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 127 |
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[978d0bf] | 128 | <para><command>rootflags</command> could be used to set the rootflags
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| 129 | in a bootable image.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 130 |
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[978d0bf] | 131 | <para><command>script</command> makes a typescript of a terminal
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| 132 | session, of everything printed to the terminal.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 133 |
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[978d0bf] | 134 | <para><command>setfdprm</command> sets user-provided floppy disk
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| 135 | parameters.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 136 |
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[978d0bf] | 137 | <para><command>setsid</command> runs the given program in a new session.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 138 |
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[978d0bf] | 139 | <para><command>setterm</command> is used to set terminal attributes.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 140 |
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[978d0bf] | 141 | <para><command>sfdisk</command> is a disk partition table manipulator.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 142 |
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[978d0bf] | 143 | <para><command>swapdev</command> could be used to set the swap device
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| 144 | in a bootable image.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 145 |
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[978d0bf] | 146 | <para><command>swapoff</command> disables devices and files for paging
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| 147 | and swapping.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 148 |
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[978d0bf] | 149 | <para><command>swapon</command> enables devices and files for paging
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| 150 | and swapping.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 151 |
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[978d0bf] | 152 | <para><command>tunelp</command> is used to tune the parameters of the
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| 153 | line printer.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 154 |
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[978d0bf] | 155 | <para><command>ul</command> is a filter for translating underscores into
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| 156 | escape sequences indicating underlining for the terminal in use.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 157 |
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[978d0bf] | 158 | <para><command>umount</command> disconnects a filesystem from the
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| 159 | system's file tree.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 160 |
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[978d0bf] | 161 | <para><command>vidmode</command> could be used to set the video mode
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| 162 | in a bootable image.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 163 |
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[978d0bf] | 164 | <para><command>whereis</command> reports the location of binary, the
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| 165 | source, and the manual page for the given command.</para>
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[bdc08c1] | 166 |
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[978d0bf] | 167 | <para><command>write</command> sends a message to the given user. That is,
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| 168 | if that user has not disabled such messages.</para>
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[bdc08c1] | 170 | </sect3>
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[6370fa6] | 171 |
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| 172 | </sect2>
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