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