1 | <sect2>
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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 arch, dmesg, kill, more,
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5 | mount, umount, agetty, blockdev, cfdisk, ctrlaltdel, elvtune, fdisk,
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6 | fsck.minix, hwclock, kbdrate, losetup, mkfs, mkfs.bfs, mkfs.minix,
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7 | mkswap, sfdisk, swapoff, swapon, cal, chkdupexe, col, colcrt, colrm,
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8 | column, cytune, ddate, fdformat, getopt, hexdump, ipcrm, ipcs, logger,
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9 | look, mcookie, namei, rename, renice, rev, script, setfdprm, setsid,
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10 | setterm, ul, whereis, write, ramsize, rdev, readprofile, rootflags,
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11 | swapdev, tunelp and vidmode programs.</para>
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12 |
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13 | </sect2>
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14 |
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15 | <sect2>
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16 | <title>Description</title>
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17 |
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18 | <sect3>
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19 | <title>arch</title>
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20 |
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21 | <para>arch prints the machine architecture.</para>
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22 |
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23 | </sect3>
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24 |
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25 | <sect3>
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26 | <title>dmesg</title>
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27 |
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28 | <para>dmesg is used to examine or control the kernel ring buffer (boot
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29 | messages from the kernel).</para>
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30 |
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31 | </sect3>
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32 |
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33 | <sect3>
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34 | <title>kill</title>
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35 |
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36 | <para>kill sends a specified signal to the specified process.</para>
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37 |
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38 | </sect3>
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39 |
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40 | <sect3>
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41 | <title>more</title>
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42 |
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43 | <para>more is a filter for paging through text one screen full at a time.</para>
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44 |
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45 | </sect3>
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46 |
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47 | <sect3>
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48 | <title>mount</title>
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49 |
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50 | <para>mount mounts a filesystem from a device to a directory (mount
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51 | point).</para>
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52 |
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53 | </sect3>
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54 |
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55 | <sect3>
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56 | <title>umount</title>
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57 |
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58 | <para>umount unmounts a mounted filesystem.</para>
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59 |
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60 | </sect3>
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61 |
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62 | <sect3>
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63 | <title>agetty</title>
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64 |
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65 | <para>agetty opens a tty port, prompts for a login name and invokes the
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66 | /bin/login command.</para>
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67 |
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68 | </sect3>
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69 |
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70 | <sect3>
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71 | <title>blockdev</title>
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72 |
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73 | <para>blockdev allows to call block device ioctls from the command
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74 | line</para>
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75 |
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76 | </sect3>
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77 |
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78 | <sect3>
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79 | <title>cfdisk</title>
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80 |
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81 | <para>cfdisk is an libncurses based disk partition table manipulator.</para>
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82 |
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83 | </sect3>
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84 |
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85 | <sect3>
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86 | <title>ctrlaltdel</title>
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87 |
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88 | <para>ctrlaltdel sets the function of the CTRL+ALT+DEL key combination (hard
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89 | or soft reset).</para>
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90 |
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91 | </sect3>
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92 |
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93 | <sect3>
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94 | <title>elvtune</title>
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95 |
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96 | <para>elvtune allows to tune the I/O elevator per block device queue
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97 | basis.</para>
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98 |
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99 | </sect3>
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100 |
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101 | <sect3>
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102 | <title>fdisk</title>
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103 |
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104 | <para>fdisk is a disk partition table manipulator.</para>
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105 |
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106 | </sect3>
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107 |
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108 | <sect3>
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109 | <title>fsck.minix</title>
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110 |
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111 | <para>fsck.minix performs a consistency check for the Linux MINIX
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112 | filesystem.</para>
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113 |
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114 | </sect3>
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115 |
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116 | <sect3>
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117 | <title>hwclock</title>
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118 |
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119 | <para>hwclock queries and sets the hardware clock (Also called the RTC or BIOS
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120 | clock).</para>
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121 |
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122 | </sect3>
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123 |
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124 | <sect3>
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125 | <title>kbdrate</title>
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126 |
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127 | <para>kbdrate resets the keyboard repeat rate and delay time.</para>
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128 |
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129 | </sect3>
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130 |
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131 | <sect3>
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132 | <title>losetup</title>
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133 |
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134 | <para>losetup sets up and controls loop devices.</para>
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135 |
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136 | </sect3>
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137 |
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138 | <sect3>
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139 | <title>mkfs</title>
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140 |
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141 | <para>mkfs builds a Linux filesystem on a device, usually a harddisk
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142 | partition.</para>
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143 |
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144 | </sect3>
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145 |
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146 | <sect3>
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147 | <title>mkfs.bfs</title>
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148 |
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149 | <para>mkfs.bfs creates a SCO bfs file system on a device, usually a harddisk
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150 | partition.</para>
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151 |
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152 | </sect3>
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153 |
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154 | <sect3>
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155 | <title>mkfs.minix</title>
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156 |
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157 | <para>mkfs.minix creates a Linux MINIX filesystem on a device, usually a
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158 | harddisk partition.</para>
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159 |
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160 | </sect3>
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161 |
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162 | <sect3>
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163 | <title>mkswap</title>
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164 |
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165 | <para>mkswap sets up a Linux swap area on a device or in a file.</para>
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166 |
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167 | </sect3>
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168 |
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169 | <sect3>
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170 | <title>sfdisk</title>
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171 |
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172 | <para>sfdisk is a disk partition table manipulator.</para>
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173 |
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174 | </sect3>
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175 |
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176 | <sect3>
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177 | <title>swapoff</title>
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178 |
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179 | <para>swapoff disables devices and files for paging and swapping.</para>
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180 |
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181 | </sect3>
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182 |
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183 | <sect3>
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184 | <title>swapon</title>
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185 |
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186 | <para>swapon enables devices and files for paging and swapping.</para>
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187 |
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188 | </sect3>
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189 |
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190 | <sect3>
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191 | <title>cal</title>
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192 |
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193 | <para>cal displays a simple calender.</para>
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194 |
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195 | </sect3>
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196 |
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197 | <sect3>
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198 | <title>chkdupexe</title>
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199 |
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200 | <para>chkdupexe finds duplicate executables.</para>
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201 |
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202 | </sect3>
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203 |
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204 | <sect3>
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205 | <title>col</title>
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206 |
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207 | <para>col filters reverse line feeds from input.</para>
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208 |
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209 | </sect3>
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210 |
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211 | <sect3>
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212 | <title>colcrt</title>
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213 |
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214 | <para>colcrt filters nroff output for CRT previewing.</para>
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215 |
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216 | </sect3>
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217 |
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218 | <sect3>
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219 | <title>colrm</title>
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220 |
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221 | <para>colrm removes columns from a file.</para>
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222 |
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223 | </sect3>
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224 |
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225 | <sect3>
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226 | <title>column</title>
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227 |
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228 | <para>column columnates lists.</para>
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229 |
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230 | </sect3>
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231 |
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232 | <sect3>
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233 | <title>cytune</title>
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234 |
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235 | <para>cytune queries and modifies the interruption threshold for the Cyclades
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236 | driver.</para>
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237 |
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238 | </sect3>
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239 |
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240 | <sect3>
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241 | <title>ddate</title>
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242 |
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243 | <para>ddate converts Gregorian dates to Discordian dates.</para>
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244 |
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245 | </sect3>
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246 |
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247 | <sect3>
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248 | <title>fdformat</title>
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249 |
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250 | <para>fdformat low-level formats a floppy disk.</para>
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251 |
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252 | </sect3>
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253 |
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254 | <sect3>
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255 | <title>getopt</title>
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256 |
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257 | <para>getops parses command options the same way as the getopt C command.</para>
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258 |
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259 | </sect3>
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260 |
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261 | <sect3>
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262 | <title>hexdump</title>
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263 |
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264 | <para>hexdump displays specified files, or standard input, in a user specified
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265 | format (ascii, decimal, hexadecimal, octal).</para>
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266 |
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267 | </sect3>
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268 |
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269 | <sect3>
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270 | <title>ipcrm</title>
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271 |
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272 | <para>ipcrm removes a specified resource.</para>
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273 |
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274 | </sect3>
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275 |
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276 | <sect3>
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277 | <title>ipcs</title>
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278 |
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279 | <para>ipcs provides information on IPC facilities.</para>
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280 |
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281 | </sect3>
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282 |
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283 | <sect3>
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284 | <title>logger</title>
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285 |
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286 | <para>logger makes entries in the system log.</para>
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287 |
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288 | </sect3>
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289 |
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290 | <sect3>
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291 | <title>look</title>
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292 |
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293 | <para>look displays lines beginning with a given string.</para>
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294 |
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295 | </sect3>
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296 |
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297 | <sect3>
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298 | <title>mcookie</title>
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299 |
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300 | <para>mcookie generates magic cookies for xauth.</para>
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301 |
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302 | </sect3>
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303 |
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304 | <sect3>
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305 | <title>namei</title>
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306 |
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307 | <para>namei follows a pathname until a terminal point is found.</para>
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308 |
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309 | </sect3>
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310 |
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311 | <sect3>
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312 | <title>rename</title>
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313 |
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314 | <para>rename renames files.</para>
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315 |
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316 | </sect3>
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317 |
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318 | <sect3>
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319 | <title>renice</title>
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320 |
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321 | <para>renice alters priority of running processes.</para>
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322 |
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323 | </sect3>
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324 |
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325 | <sect3>
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326 | <title>rev</title>
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327 |
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328 | <para>rev reverses lines of a file.</para>
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329 |
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330 | </sect3>
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331 |
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332 | <sect3>
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333 | <title>script</title>
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334 |
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335 | <para>script makes typescript of terminal session.</para>
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336 |
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337 | </sect3>
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338 |
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339 | <sect3>
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340 | <title>setfdprm</title>
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341 |
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342 | <para>setfdprm sets user-provides floppy disk parameters.</para>
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343 |
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344 | </sect3>
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345 |
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346 | <sect3>
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347 | <title>setsid</title>
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348 |
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349 | <para>setsid runs programs in a new session.</para>
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350 |
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351 | </sect3>
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352 |
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353 | <sect3>
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354 | <title>setterm</title>
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355 |
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356 | <para>setterm sets terminal attributes.</para>
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357 |
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358 | </sect3>
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359 |
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360 | <sect3>
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361 | <title>ul</title>
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362 |
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363 | <para>ul reads a file and translates occurrences of underscores to the sequence
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364 | which indicates underlining for the terminal in use.</para>
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365 |
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366 | </sect3>
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367 |
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368 | <sect3>
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369 | <title>whereis</title>
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370 |
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371 | <para>whereis locates a binary, source and manual page for a command.</para>
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372 |
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373 | </sect3>
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374 |
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375 | <sect3>
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376 | <title>write</title>
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377 |
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378 | <para>write sends a message to another user.</para>
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379 |
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380 | </sect3>
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381 |
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382 | <sect3>
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383 | <title>ramsize</title>
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384 |
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385 | <para>ramsize queries and sets RAM disk size.</para>
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386 |
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387 | </sect3>
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388 |
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389 | <sect3>
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390 | <title>rdev</title>
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391 |
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392 | <para>rdev queries and sets image root device, swap device, RAM disk size, or
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393 | video mode.</para>
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394 |
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395 | </sect3>
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396 |
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397 | <sect3>
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398 | <title>readprofile</title>
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399 |
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400 | <para>readprofile reads kernel profiling information.</para>
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401 |
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402 | </sect3>
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403 |
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404 | <sect3>
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405 | <title>rootflags</title>
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406 |
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407 | <para>rootflags queries and sets extra information used when mounting
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408 | root.</para>
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409 |
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410 | </sect3>
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411 |
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412 | <sect3>
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413 | <title>swapdev</title>
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414 |
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415 | <para>swapdev queries and sets swap device.</para>
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416 |
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417 | </sect3>
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418 |
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419 | <sect3>
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420 | <title>tunelp</title>
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421 |
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422 | <para>tunelp sets various parameters for the LP device.</para>
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423 |
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424 | </sect3>
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425 |
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426 | <sect3>
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427 | <title>vidmode</title>
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428 |
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429 | <para>vidmode queries and sets the video mode.</para>
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430 |
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431 | </sect3>
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432 |
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433 | </sect2>
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434 |
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