| 1 | <sect2>
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| 2 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 3 |
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| 4 | <para>
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| 5 | The Util-linux package contains the arch, dmesg, kill, more,
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| 6 | mount, umount, agetty, blockdev, cfdisk, ctrlaltdel, elvtune, fdisk,
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| 7 | fsck.minix, hwclock, kbdrate, losetup, mkfs, mkfs.bfs, mkfs.minix,
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| 8 | mkswap, sfdisk, swapoff, swapon, cal, chkdupexe, col, colcrt, colrm,
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| 9 | column, cytune, ddate, fdformat, getopt, hexdump, ipcrm, ipcs, logger,
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| 10 | look, mcookie, namei, rename, renice, rev, script, setfdprm, setsid,
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| 11 | setterm, ul, whereis, write, ramsize, rdev, readprofile, rootflags,
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| 12 | swapdev, tunelp and vidmode programs.
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| 13 | </para>
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| 14 |
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| 15 | </sect2>
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| 16 |
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| 17 | <sect2>
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| 18 | <title>Description</title>
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| 19 |
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| 20 | <sect3>
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| 21 | <title>arch</title>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <para>
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| 24 | arch prints the machine architecture.
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| 25 | </para>
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| 26 |
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| 27 | </sect3>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <sect3>
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| 30 | <title>dmesg</title>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <para>
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| 33 | dmesg is used to examine or control the kernel ring buffer (boot
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| 34 | messages from the kernel).
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| 35 | </para>
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| 36 |
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| 37 | </sect3>
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| 38 |
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| 39 | <sect3>
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| 40 | <title>kill</title>
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| 41 |
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| 42 | <para>
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| 43 | kill sends a specified signal to the specified process.
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| 44 | </para>
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| 45 |
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| 46 | </sect3>
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| 47 |
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| 48 | <sect3>
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| 49 | <title>more</title>
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| 50 |
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| 51 | <para>
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| 52 | more is a filter for paging through text one screen full at a time.
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| 53 | </para>
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| 54 |
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| 55 | </sect3>
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| 56 |
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| 57 | <sect3>
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| 58 | <title>mount</title>
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| 59 |
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| 60 | <para>
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| 61 | mount mounts a filesystem from a device to a directory (mount point).
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| 62 | </para>
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| 63 |
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| 64 | </sect3>
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| 65 |
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| 66 | <sect3>
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| 67 | <title>umount</title>
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| 68 |
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| 69 | <para>
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| 70 | umount unmounts a mounted filesystem.
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| 71 | </para>
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| 72 |
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| 73 | </sect3>
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| 74 |
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| 75 | <sect3>
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| 76 | <title>agetty</title>
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| 77 |
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| 78 | <para>
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| 79 | agetty opens a tty port, prompts for a login name and invokes the
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| 80 | /bin/login command.
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| 81 | </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>blockdev</title>
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| 87 |
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| 88 | <para>
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| 89 | blockdev allows to call block device ioctls from the command line
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| 90 | </para>
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| 91 |
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| 92 | </sect3>
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| 93 |
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| 94 | <sect3>
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| 95 | <title>cfdisk</title>
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| 96 |
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| 97 | <para>
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| 98 | cfdisk is an libncurses based disk partition table manipulator.
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| 99 | </para>
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| 100 |
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| 101 | </sect3>
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| 102 |
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| 103 | <sect3>
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| 104 | <title>ctrlaltdel</title>
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| 105 |
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| 106 | <para>
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| 107 | ctrlaltdel sets the function of the CTRL+ALT+DEL key combination (hard
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| 108 | or soft reset).
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| 109 | </para>
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| 110 |
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| 111 | </sect3>
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| 112 |
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| 113 | <sect3>
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| 114 | <title>elvtune</title>
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| 115 |
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| 116 | <para>
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| 117 | elvtune allows to tune the I/O elevator per block device queue basis.
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| 118 | </para>
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| 119 |
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| 120 | </sect3>
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| 121 |
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| 122 | <sect3>
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| 123 | <title>fdisk</title>
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| 124 |
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| 125 | <para>
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| 126 | fdisk is a disk partition table manipulator.
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| 127 | </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>fsck.minix</title>
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| 133 |
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| 134 | <para>
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| 135 | fsck.minix performs a consistency check for the Linux MINIX filesystem.
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| 136 | </para>
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| 137 |
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| 138 | </sect3>
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| 139 |
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| 140 | <sect3>
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| 141 | <title>hwclock</title>
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| 142 |
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| 143 | <para>
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| 144 | hwclock queries and sets the hardware clock (Also called the RTC or BIOS
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| 145 | clock).
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| 146 | </para>
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| 147 |
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| 148 | </sect3>
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| 149 |
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| 150 | <sect3>
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| 151 | <title>kbdrate</title>
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| 152 |
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| 153 | <para>
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| 154 | kbdrate resets the keyboard repeat rate and delay time.
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| 155 | </para>
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| 156 |
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| 157 | </sect3>
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| 158 |
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| 159 | <sect3>
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| 160 | <title>losetup</title>
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| 161 |
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| 162 | <para>
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| 163 | losetup sets up and controls loop devices.
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| 164 | </para>
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| 165 |
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| 166 | </sect3>
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| 167 |
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| 168 | <sect3>
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| 169 | <title>mkfs</title>
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| 170 |
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| 171 | <para>
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| 172 | mkfs builds a Linux filesystem on a device, usually a harddisk
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| 173 | partition.
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| 174 | </para>
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| 175 |
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| 176 | </sect3>
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| 177 |
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| 178 | <sect3>
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| 179 | <title>mkfs.bfs</title>
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| 180 |
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| 181 | <para>
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| 182 | mkfs.bfs creates a SCO bfs file system on a device, usually a harddisk
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| 183 | partition.
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| 184 | </para>
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| 185 |
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| 186 | </sect3>
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| 187 |
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| 188 | <sect3>
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| 189 | <title>mkfs.minix</title>
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| 190 |
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| 191 | <para>
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| 192 | mkfs.minix creates a Linux MINIX filesystem on a device, usually a
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| 193 | harddisk partition.
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| 194 | </para>
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| 195 |
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| 196 | </sect3>
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| 197 |
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| 198 | <sect3>
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| 199 | <title>mkswap</title>
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| 200 |
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| 201 | <para>
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| 202 | mkswap sets up a Linux swap area on a device or in a file.
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| 203 | </para>
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| 204 |
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| 205 | </sect3>
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| 206 |
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| 207 | <sect3>
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| 208 | <title>sfdisk</title>
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| 209 |
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| 210 | <para>
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| 211 | sfdisk is a disk partition table manipulator.
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| 212 | </para>
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| 213 |
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| 214 | </sect3>
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| 215 |
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| 216 | <sect3>
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| 217 | <title>swapoff</title>
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| 218 |
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| 219 | <para>
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| 220 | swapoff disables devices and files for paging an swapping.
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| 221 | </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>swapon</title>
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| 227 |
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| 228 | <para>
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| 229 | swapon enables devices and files for paging and swapping.
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| 230 | </para>
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| 231 |
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| 232 | </sect3>
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| 233 |
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| 234 | <sect3>
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| 235 | <title>cal</title>
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| 236 |
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| 237 | <para>
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| 238 | cal displays a simple calender.
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| 239 | </para>
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| 240 |
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| 241 | </sect3>
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| 242 |
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| 243 | <sect3>
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| 244 | <title>chkdupexe</title>
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| 245 |
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| 246 | <para>
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| 247 | chkdupexe finds duplicate executables.
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| 248 | </para>
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| 249 |
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| 250 | </sect3>
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| 251 |
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| 252 | <sect3>
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| 253 | <title>col</title>
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| 254 |
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| 255 | <para>
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| 256 | col filters reverse line feeds from input.
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| 257 | </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>colcrt</title>
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| 263 |
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| 264 | <para>
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| 265 | colcrt filters nroff output for CRT previewing.
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| 266 | </para>
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| 267 |
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| 268 | </sect3>
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| 269 |
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| 270 | <sect3>
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| 271 | <title>colrm</title>
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| 272 |
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| 273 | <para>
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| 274 | colrm removes columns from a file.
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| 275 | </para>
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| 276 |
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| 277 | </sect3>
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| 278 |
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| 279 | <sect3>
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| 280 | <title>column</title>
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| 281 |
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| 282 | <para>
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| 283 | column columnates lists.
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| 284 | </para>
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| 285 |
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| 286 | </sect3>
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| 287 |
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| 288 | <sect3>
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| 289 | <title>cytune</title>
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| 290 |
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| 291 | <para>
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| 292 | cytune queries and modifies the interruption threshold for the Cyclades
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| 293 | driver.
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| 294 | </para>
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| 295 |
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| 296 | </sect3>
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| 297 |
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| 298 | <sect3>
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| 299 | <title>ddate</title>
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| 300 |
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| 301 | <para>
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| 302 | ddate converts Gregorian dates to Discordian dates.
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| 303 | </para>
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| 304 |
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| 305 | </sect3>
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| 306 |
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| 307 | <sect3>
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| 308 | <title>fdformat</title>
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| 309 |
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| 310 | <para>
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| 311 | fdformat low-level formats a floppy disk.
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| 312 | </para>
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| 313 |
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| 314 | </sect3>
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| 315 |
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| 316 | <sect3>
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| 317 | <title>getopt</title>
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| 318 |
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| 319 | <para>
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| 320 | getops parses command options the same way as the getopt C command.
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| 321 | </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>hexdump</title>
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| 327 |
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| 328 | <para>
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| 329 | hexdump displays specified files, or standard input, in a user specified
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| 330 | format (ascii, decimal, hexadecimal, octal).
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| 331 | </para>
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| 332 |
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| 333 | </sect3>
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| 334 |
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| 335 | <sect3>
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| 336 | <title>ipcrm</title>
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| 337 |
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| 338 | <para>
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| 339 | ipcrm removes a specified resource.
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| 340 | </para>
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| 341 |
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| 342 | </sect3>
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| 343 |
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| 344 | <sect3>
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| 345 | <title>ipcs</title>
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| 346 |
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| 347 | <para>
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| 348 | ipcs provides information on IPC facilities.
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| 349 | </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>logger</title>
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| 355 |
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| 356 | <para>
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| 357 | logger makes entries in the system log.
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| 358 | </para>
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| 359 |
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| 360 | </sect3>
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| 361 |
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| 362 | <sect3>
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| 363 | <title>look</title>
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| 364 |
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| 365 | <para>
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| 366 | look displays lines beginning with a given string.
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| 367 | </para>
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| 368 |
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| 369 | </sect3>
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| 370 |
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| 371 | <sect3>
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| 372 | <title>mcookie</title>
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| 373 |
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| 374 | <para>
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| 375 | mcookie generates magic cookies for xauth.
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| 376 | </para>
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| 377 |
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| 378 | </sect3>
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| 379 |
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| 380 | <sect3>
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| 381 | <title>namei</title>
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| 382 |
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| 383 | <para>
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| 384 | namei follows a pathname until a terminal point is found.
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| 385 | </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>rename</title>
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| 391 |
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| 392 | <para>
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| 393 | rename renames files.
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| 394 | </para>
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| 395 |
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| 396 | </sect3>
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| 397 |
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| 398 | <sect3>
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| 399 | <title>renice</title>
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| 400 |
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| 401 | <para>
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| 402 | renice alters priority of running processes.
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| 403 | </para>
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| 404 |
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| 405 | </sect3>
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| 406 |
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| 407 | <sect3>
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| 408 | <title>rev</title>
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| 409 |
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| 410 | <para>
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| 411 | rev reverses lines of a file.
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| 412 | </para>
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| 413 |
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| 414 | </sect3>
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| 415 |
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| 416 | <sect3>
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| 417 | <title>script</title>
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| 418 |
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| 419 | <para>
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| 420 | script makes typescript of terminal session.
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| 421 | </para>
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| 422 |
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| 423 | </sect3>
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| 424 |
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| 425 | <sect3>
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| 426 | <title>setfdprm</title>
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| 427 |
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| 428 | <para>
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| 429 | setfdprm sets user-provides floppy disk parameters.
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| 430 | </para>
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| 431 |
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| 432 | </sect3>
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| 433 |
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| 434 | <sect3>
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| 435 | <title>setsid</title>
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| 436 |
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| 437 | <para>
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| 438 | setsid runs programs in a new session.
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| 439 | </para>
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| 440 |
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| 441 | </sect3>
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| 442 |
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| 443 | <sect3>
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| 444 | <title>setterm</title>
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| 445 |
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| 446 | <para>
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| 447 | setterm sets terminal attributes.
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| 448 | </para>
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| 449 |
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| 450 | </sect3>
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| 451 |
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| 452 | <sect3>
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| 453 | <title>ul</title>
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| 454 |
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| 455 | <para>
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| 456 | ul reads a file and translates occurrences of underscores to the sequence
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| 457 | which indicates underlining for the terminal in use.
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| 458 | </para>
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| 459 |
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| 460 | </sect3>
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| 461 |
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| 462 | <sect3>
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| 463 | <title>whereis</title>
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| 464 |
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| 465 | <para>
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| 466 | whereis locates a binary, source and manual page for a command.
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| 467 | </para>
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| 468 |
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| 469 | </sect3>
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| 470 |
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| 471 | <sect3>
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| 472 | <title>write</title>
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| 473 |
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| 474 | <para>
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| 475 | write sends a message to another user.
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| 476 | </para>
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| 477 |
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| 478 | </sect3>
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| 479 |
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| 480 | <sect3>
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| 481 | <title>ramsize</title>
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| 482 |
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| 483 | <para>
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| 484 | ramsize queries and sets RAM disk size.
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| 485 | </para>
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| 486 |
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| 487 | </sect3>
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| 488 |
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| 489 | <sect3>
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| 490 | <title>rdev</title>
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| 491 |
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| 492 | <para>
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| 493 | rdev queries and sets image root device, swap device, RAM disk size, or
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| 494 | video mode.
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| 495 | </para>
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| 496 |
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| 497 | </sect3>
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| 498 |
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| 499 | <sect3>
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| 500 | <title>readprofile</title>
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| 501 |
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| 502 | <para>
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| 503 | readprofile reads kernel profiling information.
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| 504 | </para>
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| 505 |
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| 506 | </sect3>
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| 507 |
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| 508 | <sect3>
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| 509 | <title>rootflags</title>
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| 510 |
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| 511 | <para>
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| 512 | rootflags queries and sets extra information used when mounting root.
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| 513 | </para>
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| 514 |
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| 515 | </sect3>
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| 516 |
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| 517 | <sect3>
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| 518 | <title>swapdev</title>
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| 519 |
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| 520 | <para>
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| 521 | swapdev queries and sets swap device.
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| 522 | </para>
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| 523 |
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| 524 | </sect3>
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| 525 |
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| 526 | <sect3>
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| 527 | <title>tunelp</title>
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| 528 |
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| 529 | <para>
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| 530 | tunelp sets various parameters for the LP device.
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| 531 | </para>
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| 532 |
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| 533 | </sect3>
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| 534 |
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| 535 | <sect3>
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| 536 | <title>vidmode</title>
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| 537 |
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| 538 | <para>
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| 539 | vidmode queries and sets the video mode.
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| 540 | </para>
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| 541 |
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| 542 | </sect3>
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| 543 |
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| 544 | </sect2>
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| 545 |
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