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[b06ca36] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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[673b0d8] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 | ]>
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[8ef8304] | 7 |
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[81fd230] | 8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-coreutils" role="wrap">
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[8ef8304] | 9 | <?dbhtml filename="coreutils.html"?>
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| 10 |
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[e747759] | 11 | <sect1info condition="script">
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| 12 | <productname>coreutils</productname>
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| 13 | <productnumber>&coreutils-version;</productnumber>
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| 14 | <address>&coreutils-url;</address>
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| 15 | </sect1info>
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| 16 |
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[8ef8304] | 17 | <title>Coreutils-&coreutils-version;</title>
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| 18 |
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| 19 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils">
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| 20 | <primary sortas="a-Coreutils">Coreutils</primary>
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| 21 | </indexterm>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 24 | <title/>
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[673b0d8] | 25 |
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[8ef8304] | 26 | <para>The Coreutils package contains utilities for showing and setting the
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| 27 | basic system characteristics.</para>
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[bc82645e] | 28 |
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[8ef8304] | 29 | <segmentedlist>
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| 30 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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| 31 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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[5888299] | 32 |
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[8ef8304] | 33 | <seglistitem>
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[e4a5635] | 34 | <seg>&coreutils-ch6-sbu;</seg>
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| 35 | <seg>&coreutils-ch6-du;</seg>
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[8ef8304] | 36 | </seglistitem>
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| 37 | </segmentedlist>
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[673b0d8] | 38 |
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[8ef8304] | 39 | </sect2>
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| 40 |
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| 41 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 42 | <title>Installation of Coreutils</title>
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[523725c] | 43 | <!--
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[b17411e] | 44 | <para>First, fix a segfault in <command>shuf</command> program:</para>
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| 45 |
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| 46 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&coreutils-shuf-segfault-patch;</userinput></screen>
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[523725c] | 47 | -->
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[b17411e] | 48 |
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[324209d] | 49 | <para>POSIX requires that programs from Coreutils recognize character
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[523725c] | 50 | boundaries correctly even in multibyte locales. The following patch fixes
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| 51 | this non-compliance and other internationalization-related bugs.
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| 52 | Afterwards make sure the timestamp for <filename>Makefile.in</filename> is
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| 53 | later than all other files to prevent a <command>make</command>
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| 54 | error:</para>
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[fa21b3d] | 55 |
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[523725c] | 56 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&coreutils-i18n-patch; &&
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| 57 | touch Makefile.in</userinput></screen>
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[fa21b3d] | 58 |
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[8ef8304] | 59 | <note>
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| 60 | <para>In the past, many bugs were found in this patch. When reporting new
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| 61 | bugs to Coreutils maintainers, please check first if they are reproducible
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| 62 | without this patch.</para>
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[324209d] | 63 | </note>
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[fa21b3d] | 64 |
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[8ef8304] | 65 | <para>Now prepare Coreutils for compilation:</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 66 |
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[8335e5c] | 67 | <screen><userinput remap="configure">FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=1 ./configure \
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[bdde021] | 68 | --prefix=/usr \
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[bd899fb] | 69 | --enable-no-install-program=kill,uptime</userinput></screen>
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[615a565] | 70 |
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| 71 | <variablelist>
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| 72 | <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
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| 73 |
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| 74 | <varlistentry>
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[f44fff6] | 75 | <term><parameter>--enable-no-install-program=kill,uptime</parameter></term>
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[615a565] | 76 | <listitem>
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| 77 | <para>The purpose of this switch is to prevent Coreutils from
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| 78 | installing binaries that will be installed by other packages later.
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| 79 | </para>
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| 80 | </listitem>
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| 81 | </varlistentry>
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| 82 | </variablelist>
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[73aedd1d] | 83 |
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[8ef8304] | 84 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 85 |
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[0445a3d] | 86 | <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
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[73aedd1d] | 87 |
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[f4c628c] | 88 | <para>Skip down to <quote>Install the
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[8ef8304] | 89 | package</quote> if not running the test suite.</para>
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[81fd230] | 90 |
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[8ef8304] | 91 | <para>Now the test suite is ready to be run. First, run the tests that are
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| 92 | meant to be run as user <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>:</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 93 |
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[1368302] | 94 | <screen><userinput remap="test">make NON_ROOT_USERNAME=nobody check-root</userinput></screen>
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[73aedd1d] | 95 |
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[a3b689f] | 96 | <para>We're going to run the remainder of the tests as the
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[9e85ca2] | 97 | <systemitem class="username">nobody</systemitem> user. Certain tests,
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| 98 | however, require that the user be a member of more than one group. So that
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| 99 | these tests are not skipped we'll add a temporary group and make the
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| 100 | user <systemitem class="username">nobody</systemitem> a part of it:</para>
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| 101 |
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[0445a3d] | 102 | <screen><userinput remap="test">echo "dummy:x:1000:nobody" >> /etc/group</userinput></screen>
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[9e85ca2] | 103 |
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[615a565] | 104 | <para>Fix some of the permissions so that the non-root user can compile and
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| 105 | run the tests:</para>
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| 106 |
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[ba33377] | 107 | <screen><userinput remap="test">chown -Rv nobody . </userinput></screen>
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[615a565] | 108 |
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[f0f7ea0] | 109 | <para>Now run the tests. Make sure the PATH in the <userinput>su</userinput>
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[523725c] | 110 | environment includes /tools/bin.</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 111 |
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[ea31e92] | 112 | <screen><userinput remap="test">su nobody -s /bin/bash \
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[49144a2] | 113 | -c "PATH=$PATH make RUN_EXPENSIVE_TESTS=yes check"</userinput></screen>
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[73aedd1d] | 114 |
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[9e85ca2] | 115 | <para>Remove the temporary group:</para>
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| 116 |
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[0445a3d] | 117 | <screen><userinput remap="test">sed -i '/dummy/d' /etc/group</userinput></screen>
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[9e85ca2] | 118 |
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[8ef8304] | 119 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 120 |
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[0445a3d] | 121 | <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
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[73aedd1d] | 122 |
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[8ef8304] | 123 | <para>Move programs to the locations specified by the FHS:</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 124 |
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[0445a3d] | 125 | <screen><userinput remap="install">mv -v /usr/bin/{cat,chgrp,chmod,chown,cp,date,dd,df,echo} /bin
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[85acbcbb] | 126 | mv -v /usr/bin/{false,ln,ls,mkdir,mknod,mv,pwd,rm} /bin
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[88b27a6] | 127 | mv -v /usr/bin/{rmdir,stty,sync,true,uname} /bin
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[52318649] | 128 | mv -v /usr/bin/chroot /usr/sbin
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| 129 | mv -v /usr/share/man/man1/chroot.1 /usr/share/man/man8/chroot.8
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| 130 | sed -i s/\"1\"/\"8\"/1 /usr/share/man/man8/chroot.8</userinput></screen>
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[73aedd1d] | 131 |
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[8ef8304] | 132 | <para>Some of the scripts in the LFS-Bootscripts package depend on
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[b540268] | 133 | <command>head</command>, <command>sleep</command>, and
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| 134 | <command>nice</command>. As <filename class="directory">/usr</filename>
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| 135 | may not be available during the early stages of booting, those binaries
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| 136 | need to be on the root partition:</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 137 |
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[88b27a6] | 138 | <screen><userinput remap="install">mv -v /usr/bin/{head,sleep,nice,test,[} /bin</userinput></screen>
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[73aedd1d] | 139 |
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[8ef8304] | 140 | </sect2>
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| 141 |
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| 142 | <sect2 id="contents-coreutils" role="content">
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| 143 | <title>Contents of Coreutils</title>
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| 144 |
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| 145 | <segmentedlist>
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| 146 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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[9d42ad9] | 147 | <segtitle>Installed library</segtitle>
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[fe05b08] | 148 | <segtitle>Installed directory</segtitle>
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[8ef8304] | 149 |
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| 150 | <seglistitem>
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[7725e5c] | 151 | <seg>[, base64, basename, cat, chcon, chgrp, chmod, chown, chroot, cksum,
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[c5b9277] | 152 | comm, cp, csplit, cut, date, dd, df, dir, dircolors, dirname, du, echo,
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| 153 | env, expand, expr, factor, false, fmt, fold, groups, head, hostid,
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[d9dc49a] | 154 | id, install, join, link, ln, logname, ls, md5sum, mkdir, mkfifo, mknod,
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[f6b1d91] | 155 | mktemp, mv, nice, nl, nohup, nproc, numfmt, od, paste, pathchk, pinky, pr,
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[02213b9] | 156 | printenv, printf, ptx, pwd, readlink, realpath, rm, rmdir, runcon, seq,
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[2ca8941] | 157 | sha1sum, sha224sum, sha256sum, sha384sum, sha512sum, shred, shuf, sleep,
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[7725e5c] | 158 | sort, split, stat, stdbuf, stty, sum, sync, tac, tail, tee, test,
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[02213b9] | 159 | timeout, touch, tr, true, truncate, tsort, tty, uname, unexpand, uniq,
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| 160 | unlink, users, vdir, wc, who, whoami, and yes</seg>
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[9d42ad9] | 161 | <seg>libstdbuf.so</seg>
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[4e8a532] | 162 | <seg>/usr/libexec/coreutils</seg>
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[8ef8304] | 163 | </seglistitem>
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| 164 | </segmentedlist>
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| 165 |
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| 166 | <variablelist>
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| 167 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 168 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 169 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 170 |
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[d9dc49a] | 171 | <varlistentry id="base64">
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| 172 | <term><command>base64</command></term>
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| 173 | <listitem>
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| 174 | <para>Encodes and decodes data according to the base64 (RFC 3548)
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| 175 | specification</para>
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| 176 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils base64">
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[79f9e00] | 177 | <primary sortas="b-base64">base64</primary>
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[d9dc49a] | 178 | </indexterm>
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| 179 | </listitem>
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| 180 | </varlistentry>
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| 181 |
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[8ef8304] | 182 | <varlistentry id="basename">
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| 183 | <term><command>basename</command></term>
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| 184 | <listitem>
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| 185 | <para>Strips any path and a given suffix from a file name</para>
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| 186 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils basename">
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| 187 | <primary sortas="b-basename">basename</primary>
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| 188 | </indexterm>
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| 189 | </listitem>
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| 190 | </varlistentry>
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| 191 |
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| 192 | <varlistentry id="cat">
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| 193 | <term><command>cat</command></term>
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| 194 | <listitem>
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| 195 | <para>Concatenates files to standard output</para>
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| 196 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils cat">
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| 197 | <primary sortas="b-cat">cat</primary>
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| 198 | </indexterm>
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| 199 | </listitem>
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| 200 | </varlistentry>
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| 201 |
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[c5b9277] | 202 | <varlistentry id="chcon">
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| 203 | <term><command>chcon</command></term>
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| 204 | <listitem>
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[90aae6b] | 205 | <para>Changes security context for files and directories</para>
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[c5b9277] | 206 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils chcon">
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| 207 | <primary sortas="b-chcon">chcon</primary>
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| 208 | </indexterm>
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| 209 | </listitem>
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| 210 | </varlistentry>
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| 211 |
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[8ef8304] | 212 | <varlistentry id="chgrp">
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| 213 | <term><command>chgrp</command></term>
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| 214 | <listitem>
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| 215 | <para>Changes the group ownership of files and directories</para>
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| 216 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils chgrp">
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| 217 | <primary sortas="b-chgrp">chgrp</primary>
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| 218 | </indexterm>
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| 219 | </listitem>
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| 220 | </varlistentry>
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| 221 |
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| 222 | <varlistentry id="chmod">
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| 223 | <term><command>chmod</command></term>
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| 224 | <listitem>
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| 225 | <para>Changes the permissions of each file to the given mode; the mode
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| 226 | can be either a symbolic representation of the changes to make or an
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| 227 | octal number representing the new permissions</para>
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| 228 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils chmod">
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| 229 | <primary sortas="b-chmod">chmod</primary>
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| 230 | </indexterm>
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| 231 | </listitem>
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| 232 | </varlistentry>
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| 233 |
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| 234 | <varlistentry id="chown">
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| 235 | <term><command>chown</command></term>
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| 236 | <listitem>
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| 237 | <para>Changes the user and/or group ownership of files and
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| 238 | directories</para>
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| 239 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils chown">
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| 240 | <primary sortas="b-chown">chown</primary>
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| 241 | </indexterm>
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| 242 | </listitem>
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| 243 | </varlistentry>
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| 244 |
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| 245 | <varlistentry id="chroot">
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| 246 | <term><command>chroot</command></term>
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| 247 | <listitem>
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| 248 | <para>Runs a command with the specified directory as the
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| 249 | <filename class="directory">/</filename> directory</para>
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| 250 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils chroot">
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| 251 | <primary sortas="b-chroot">chroot</primary>
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| 252 | </indexterm>
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| 253 | </listitem>
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| 254 | </varlistentry>
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| 255 |
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| 256 | <varlistentry id="cksum">
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| 257 | <term><command>cksum</command></term>
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| 258 | <listitem>
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| 259 | <para>Prints the Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) checksum and the byte
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| 260 | counts of each specified file</para>
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| 261 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils cksum">
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| 262 | <primary sortas="b-cksum">cksum</primary>
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| 263 | </indexterm>
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| 264 | </listitem>
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| 265 | </varlistentry>
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| 266 |
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| 267 | <varlistentry id="comm">
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| 268 | <term><command>comm</command></term>
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| 269 | <listitem>
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| 270 | <para>Compares two sorted files, outputting in three columns the lines
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| 271 | that are unique and the lines that are common</para>
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| 272 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils comm">
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| 273 | <primary sortas="b-comm">comm</primary>
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| 274 | </indexterm>
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| 275 | </listitem>
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| 276 | </varlistentry>
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| 277 |
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| 278 | <varlistentry id="cp">
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| 279 | <term><command>cp</command></term>
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| 280 | <listitem>
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| 281 | <para>Copies files</para>
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| 282 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils cp">
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| 283 | <primary sortas="b-cp">cp</primary>
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| 284 | </indexterm>
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| 285 | </listitem>
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| 286 | </varlistentry>
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| 287 |
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| 288 | <varlistentry id="csplit">
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| 289 | <term><command>csplit</command></term>
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| 290 | <listitem>
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| 291 | <para>Splits a given file into several new files, separating them
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| 292 | according to given patterns or line numbers and outputting the byte
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| 293 | count of each new file</para>
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| 294 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils csplit">
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| 295 | <primary sortas="b-csplit">csplit</primary>
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| 296 | </indexterm>
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| 297 | </listitem>
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| 298 | </varlistentry>
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| 299 |
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| 300 | <varlistentry id="cut">
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| 301 | <term><command>cut</command></term>
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| 302 | <listitem>
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| 303 | <para>Prints sections of lines, selecting the parts according to given
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| 304 | fields or positions</para>
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| 305 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils cut">
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| 306 | <primary sortas="b-cut">cut</primary>
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| 307 | </indexterm>
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| 308 | </listitem>
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| 309 | </varlistentry>
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| 310 |
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| 311 | <varlistentry id="date">
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| 312 | <term><command>date</command></term>
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| 313 | <listitem>
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| 314 | <para>Displays the current time in the given format, or sets the
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| 315 | system date</para>
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| 316 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils date">
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| 317 | <primary sortas="b-date">date</primary>
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| 318 | </indexterm>
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| 319 | </listitem>
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| 320 | </varlistentry>
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| 321 |
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| 322 | <varlistentry id="dd">
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| 323 | <term><command>dd</command> </term>
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| 324 | <listitem>
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| 325 | <para>Copies a file using the given block size and count, while
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| 326 | optionally performing conversions on it</para>
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| 327 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils dd">
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| 328 | <primary sortas="b-dd">dd</primary>
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| 329 | </indexterm>
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| 330 | </listitem>
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| 331 | </varlistentry>
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| 332 |
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| 333 | <varlistentry id="df">
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| 334 | <term><command>df</command></term>
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| 335 | <listitem>
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| 336 | <para>Reports the amount of disk space available (and used) on all
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| 337 | mounted file systems, or only on the file systems holding the selected
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| 338 | files</para>
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| 339 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils df">
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| 340 | <primary sortas="b-df">df</primary>
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| 341 | </indexterm>
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| 342 | </listitem>
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| 343 | </varlistentry>
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| 344 |
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| 345 | <varlistentry id="dir">
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| 346 | <term><command>dir</command></term>
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| 347 | <listitem>
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| 348 | <para>Lists the contents of each given directory (the same as
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| 349 | the <command>ls</command> command)</para>
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| 350 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils dir">
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| 351 | <primary sortas="b-dir">dir</primary>
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| 352 | </indexterm>
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| 353 | </listitem>
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| 354 | </varlistentry>
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| 355 |
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| 356 | <varlistentry id="dircolors">
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| 357 | <term><command>dircolors</command></term>
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| 358 | <listitem>
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| 359 | <para>Outputs commands to set the <envar>LS_COLOR</envar>
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| 360 | environment variable to change the color scheme used by
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| 361 | <command>ls</command></para>
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| 362 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils dircolors">
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| 363 | <primary sortas="b-dircolors">dircolors</primary>
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| 364 | </indexterm>
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| 365 | </listitem>
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| 366 | </varlistentry>
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| 367 |
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| 368 | <varlistentry id="dirname">
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| 369 | <term><command>dirname</command></term>
|
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| 370 | <listitem>
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| 371 | <para>Strips the non-directory suffix from a file name</para>
|
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| 372 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils dirname">
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| 373 | <primary sortas="b-dirname">dirname</primary>
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| 374 | </indexterm>
|
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| 375 | </listitem>
|
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| 376 | </varlistentry>
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| 377 |
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| 378 | <varlistentry id="du">
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| 379 | <term><command>du</command></term>
|
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| 380 | <listitem>
|
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| 381 | <para>Reports the amount of disk space used by the current directory,
|
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| 382 | by each of the given directories (including all subdirectories) or by
|
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| 383 | each of the given files</para>
|
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| 384 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils du">
|
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| 385 | <primary sortas="b-du">du</primary>
|
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| 386 | </indexterm>
|
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| 387 | </listitem>
|
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| 388 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 389 |
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| 390 | <varlistentry id="echo">
|
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| 391 | <term><command>echo</command></term>
|
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| 392 | <listitem>
|
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| 393 | <para>Displays the given strings</para>
|
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| 394 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils echo">
|
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| 395 | <primary sortas="b-echo">echo</primary>
|
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| 396 | </indexterm>
|
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| 397 | </listitem>
|
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| 398 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 399 |
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| 400 | <varlistentry id="env">
|
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| 401 | <term><command>env</command></term>
|
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| 402 | <listitem>
|
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| 403 | <para>Runs a command in a modified environment</para>
|
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| 404 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils env">
|
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| 405 | <primary sortas="b-env">env</primary>
|
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| 406 | </indexterm>
|
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| 407 | </listitem>
|
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| 408 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 409 |
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| 410 | <varlistentry id="expand">
|
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| 411 | <term><command>expand</command></term>
|
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| 412 | <listitem>
|
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| 413 | <para>Converts tabs to spaces</para>
|
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| 414 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils expand">
|
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| 415 | <primary sortas="b-expand">expand</primary>
|
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| 416 | </indexterm>
|
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| 417 | </listitem>
|
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| 418 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 419 |
|
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| 420 | <varlistentry id="expr">
|
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| 421 | <term><command>expr</command></term>
|
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| 422 | <listitem>
|
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| 423 | <para>Evaluates expressions</para>
|
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| 424 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils expr">
|
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| 425 | <primary sortas="b-expr">expr</primary>
|
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| 426 | </indexterm>
|
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| 427 | </listitem>
|
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| 428 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 429 |
|
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| 430 | <varlistentry id="factor">
|
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| 431 | <term><command>factor</command></term>
|
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| 432 | <listitem>
|
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| 433 | <para>Prints the prime factors of all specified integer numbers</para>
|
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| 434 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils factor">
|
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| 435 | <primary sortas="b-factor">factor</primary>
|
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| 436 | </indexterm>
|
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| 437 | </listitem>
|
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| 438 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 439 |
|
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| 440 | <varlistentry id="false">
|
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| 441 | <term><command>false</command></term>
|
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| 442 | <listitem>
|
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| 443 | <para>Does nothing, unsuccessfully; it always exits with a status code
|
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| 444 | indicating failure</para>
|
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| 445 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils false">
|
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| 446 | <primary sortas="b-false">false</primary>
|
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| 447 | </indexterm>
|
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| 448 | </listitem>
|
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| 449 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 450 |
|
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| 451 | <varlistentry id="fmt">
|
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| 452 | <term><command>fmt</command></term>
|
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| 453 | <listitem>
|
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| 454 | <para>Reformats the paragraphs in the given files</para>
|
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| 455 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils fmt">
|
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| 456 | <primary sortas="b-fmt">fmt</primary>
|
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| 457 | </indexterm>
|
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| 458 | </listitem>
|
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| 459 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 460 |
|
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| 461 | <varlistentry id="fold">
|
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| 462 | <term><command>fold</command></term>
|
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| 463 | <listitem>
|
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| 464 | <para>Wraps the lines in the given files</para>
|
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| 465 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils fold">
|
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| 466 | <primary sortas="b-fold">fold</primary>
|
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| 467 | </indexterm>
|
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| 468 | </listitem>
|
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| 469 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 470 |
|
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| 471 | <varlistentry id="groups">
|
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| 472 | <term><command>groups</command></term>
|
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| 473 | <listitem>
|
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| 474 | <para>Reports a user's group memberships</para>
|
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| 475 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils groups">
|
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| 476 | <primary sortas="b-groups">groups</primary>
|
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| 477 | </indexterm>
|
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| 478 | </listitem>
|
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| 479 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 480 |
|
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| 481 | <varlistentry id="head">
|
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| 482 | <term><command>head</command></term>
|
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| 483 | <listitem>
|
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| 484 | <para>Prints the first ten lines (or the given number of lines)
|
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| 485 | of each given file</para>
|
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| 486 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils head">
|
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| 487 | <primary sortas="b-head">head</primary>
|
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| 488 | </indexterm>
|
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| 489 | </listitem>
|
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| 490 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 491 |
|
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| 492 | <varlistentry id="hostid">
|
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| 493 | <term><command>hostid</command></term>
|
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| 494 | <listitem>
|
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| 495 | <para>Reports the numeric identifier (in hexadecimal) of the host</para>
|
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| 496 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils hostid">
|
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| 497 | <primary sortas="b-hostid">hostid</primary>
|
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| 498 | </indexterm>
|
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| 499 | </listitem>
|
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| 500 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 501 |
|
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| 502 | <varlistentry id="id">
|
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| 503 | <term><command>id</command></term>
|
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| 504 | <listitem>
|
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| 505 | <para>Reports the effective user ID, group ID, and group memberships
|
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| 506 | of the current user or specified user</para>
|
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| 507 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils id">
|
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| 508 | <primary sortas="b-id">id</primary>
|
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| 509 | </indexterm>
|
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| 510 | </listitem>
|
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| 511 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 512 |
|
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| 513 | <varlistentry id="install">
|
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| 514 | <term><command>install</command> </term>
|
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| 515 | <listitem>
|
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| 516 | <para>Copies files while setting their permission modes and, if
|
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| 517 | possible, their owner and group</para>
|
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| 518 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils install">
|
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| 519 | <primary sortas="b-install">install</primary>
|
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| 520 | </indexterm>
|
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| 521 | </listitem>
|
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| 522 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 523 |
|
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| 524 | <varlistentry id="join">
|
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| 525 | <term><command>join</command></term>
|
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| 526 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 527 | <para>Joins the lines that have identical join fields from two
|
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| 528 | separate files</para>
|
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| 529 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils join">
|
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| 530 | <primary sortas="b-join">join</primary>
|
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| 531 | </indexterm>
|
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| 532 | </listitem>
|
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| 533 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 534 |
|
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| 535 | <varlistentry id="link">
|
---|
| 536 | <term><command>link</command></term>
|
---|
| 537 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 538 | <para>Creates a hard link with the given name to a file</para>
|
---|
| 539 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils link">
|
---|
| 540 | <primary sortas="b-link">link</primary>
|
---|
| 541 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 542 | </listitem>
|
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| 543 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 544 |
|
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| 545 | <varlistentry id="ln">
|
---|
| 546 | <term><command>ln</command></term>
|
---|
| 547 | <listitem>
|
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| 548 | <para>Makes hard links or soft (symbolic) links between files</para>
|
---|
| 549 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils ln">
|
---|
| 550 | <primary sortas="b-ln">ln</primary>
|
---|
| 551 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 552 | </listitem>
|
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| 553 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 554 |
|
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| 555 | <varlistentry id="logname">
|
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| 556 | <term><command>logname</command></term>
|
---|
| 557 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 558 | <para>Reports the current user's login name</para>
|
---|
| 559 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils logname">
|
---|
| 560 | <primary sortas="b-logname">logname</primary>
|
---|
| 561 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 562 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 563 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 564 |
|
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| 565 | <varlistentry id="ls">
|
---|
| 566 | <term><command>ls</command></term>
|
---|
| 567 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 568 | <para>Lists the contents of each given directory</para>
|
---|
| 569 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils ls">
|
---|
| 570 | <primary sortas="b-ls">ls</primary>
|
---|
| 571 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 572 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 573 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 574 |
|
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| 575 | <varlistentry id="md5sum">
|
---|
| 576 | <term><command>md5sum</command></term>
|
---|
| 577 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 578 | <para>Reports or checks Message Digest 5 (MD5) checksums</para>
|
---|
| 579 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils md5sum">
|
---|
| 580 | <primary sortas="b-md5sum">md5sum</primary>
|
---|
| 581 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 582 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 583 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 584 |
|
---|
| 585 | <varlistentry id="mkdir">
|
---|
| 586 | <term><command>mkdir</command></term>
|
---|
| 587 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 588 | <para>Creates directories with the given names</para>
|
---|
| 589 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils mkdir">
|
---|
| 590 | <primary sortas="b-mkdir">mkdir</primary>
|
---|
| 591 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 592 | </listitem>
|
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| 593 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 594 |
|
---|
| 595 | <varlistentry id="mkfifo">
|
---|
| 596 | <term><command>mkfifo</command></term>
|
---|
| 597 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 598 | <para>Creates First-In, First-Outs (FIFOs), a <quote>named
|
---|
| 599 | pipe</quote> in UNIX parlance, with the given names</para>
|
---|
| 600 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils mkfifo">
|
---|
| 601 | <primary sortas="b-mkfifo">mkfifo</primary>
|
---|
| 602 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 603 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 604 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 605 |
|
---|
| 606 | <varlistentry id="mknod">
|
---|
| 607 | <term><command>mknod</command></term>
|
---|
| 608 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 609 | <para>Creates device nodes with the given names; a device node is a
|
---|
| 610 | character special file, a block special file, or a FIFO</para>
|
---|
| 611 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils mknod">
|
---|
| 612 | <primary sortas="b-mknod">mknod</primary>
|
---|
| 613 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 614 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 615 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 616 |
|
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[a5933e2] | 617 | <varlistentry id="mktemp">
|
---|
| 618 | <term><command>mktemp</command></term>
|
---|
| 619 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 620 | <para>Creates temporary files in a secure manner; it is used in scripts</para>
|
---|
| 621 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils mktemp">
|
---|
| 622 | <primary sortas="b-mktemp">mktemp</primary>
|
---|
| 623 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 624 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 625 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 626 |
|
---|
[8ef8304] | 627 | <varlistentry id="mv">
|
---|
| 628 | <term><command>mv</command></term>
|
---|
| 629 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 630 | <para>Moves or renames files or directories</para>
|
---|
| 631 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils mv">
|
---|
| 632 | <primary sortas="b-mv">mv</primary>
|
---|
| 633 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 634 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 635 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 636 |
|
---|
| 637 | <varlistentry id="nice">
|
---|
| 638 | <term><command>nice</command></term>
|
---|
| 639 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 640 | <para>Runs a program with modified scheduling priority</para>
|
---|
| 641 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils nice">
|
---|
| 642 | <primary sortas="b-nice">nice</primary>
|
---|
| 643 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 644 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 645 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 646 |
|
---|
| 647 | <varlistentry id="nl">
|
---|
| 648 | <term><command>nl</command></term>
|
---|
| 649 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 650 | <para>Numbers the lines from the given files</para>
|
---|
| 651 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils nl">
|
---|
| 652 | <primary sortas="b-nl">nl</primary>
|
---|
| 653 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 654 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 655 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 656 |
|
---|
| 657 | <varlistentry id="nohup">
|
---|
| 658 | <term><command>nohup</command></term>
|
---|
| 659 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 660 | <para>Runs a command immune to hangups, with its output redirected to
|
---|
| 661 | a log file</para>
|
---|
| 662 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils nohup">
|
---|
| 663 | <primary sortas="b-nohup">nohup</primary>
|
---|
| 664 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 665 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 666 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 667 |
|
---|
[fb55e1f] | 668 | <varlistentry id="nproc">
|
---|
| 669 | <term><command>nproc</command></term>
|
---|
| 670 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 671 | <para>Prints the number of processing units available to a
|
---|
| 672 | process</para>
|
---|
| 673 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils nproc">
|
---|
| 674 | <primary sortas="b-nproc">nproc</primary>
|
---|
| 675 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 676 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 677 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 678 |
|
---|
[f6b1d91] | 679 | <varlistentry id="numfmt">
|
---|
| 680 | <term><command>numfmt</command></term>
|
---|
| 681 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 682 | <para>Converts numbers to or from human-readable strings</para>
|
---|
| 683 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils numfmt">
|
---|
| 684 | <primary sortas="b-numfmt">numfmt</primary>
|
---|
| 685 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 686 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 687 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 688 |
|
---|
[8ef8304] | 689 | <varlistentry id="od">
|
---|
| 690 | <term><command>od</command></term>
|
---|
| 691 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 692 | <para>Dumps files in octal and other formats</para>
|
---|
| 693 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils od">
|
---|
| 694 | <primary sortas="b-od">od</primary>
|
---|
| 695 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 696 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 697 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 698 |
|
---|
| 699 | <varlistentry id="paste">
|
---|
| 700 | <term><command>paste</command></term>
|
---|
| 701 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 702 | <para>Merges the given files, joining sequentially corresponding lines
|
---|
| 703 | side by side, separated by tab characters</para>
|
---|
| 704 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils paste">
|
---|
| 705 | <primary sortas="b-paste">paste</primary>
|
---|
| 706 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 707 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 708 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 709 |
|
---|
| 710 | <varlistentry id="pathchk">
|
---|
| 711 | <term><command>pathchk</command></term>
|
---|
| 712 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 713 | <para>Checks if file names are valid or portable</para>
|
---|
| 714 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils pathchk">
|
---|
| 715 | <primary sortas="b-pathchk">pathchk</primary>
|
---|
| 716 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 717 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 718 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 719 |
|
---|
| 720 | <varlistentry id="pinky">
|
---|
| 721 | <term><command>pinky</command></term>
|
---|
| 722 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 723 | <para>Is a lightweight finger client; it reports some information
|
---|
| 724 | about the given users</para>
|
---|
| 725 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils pinky">
|
---|
| 726 | <primary sortas="b-pinky">pinky</primary>
|
---|
| 727 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 728 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 729 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 730 |
|
---|
| 731 | <varlistentry id="pr">
|
---|
| 732 | <term><command>pr</command></term>
|
---|
| 733 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 734 | <para>Paginates and columnates files for printing</para>
|
---|
| 735 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils pr">
|
---|
| 736 | <primary sortas="b-pr">pr</primary>
|
---|
| 737 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 738 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 739 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 740 |
|
---|
| 741 | <varlistentry id="printenv">
|
---|
| 742 | <term><command>printenv</command></term>
|
---|
| 743 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 744 | <para>Prints the environment</para>
|
---|
| 745 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils printenv">
|
---|
| 746 | <primary sortas="b-printenv">printenv</primary>
|
---|
| 747 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 748 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 749 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 750 |
|
---|
| 751 | <varlistentry id="printf">
|
---|
| 752 | <term><command>printf</command></term>
|
---|
| 753 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 754 | <para>Prints the given arguments according to the given format, much
|
---|
| 755 | like the C printf function</para>
|
---|
| 756 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils printf">
|
---|
| 757 | <primary sortas="b-printf">printf</primary>
|
---|
| 758 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 759 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 760 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 761 |
|
---|
| 762 | <varlistentry id="ptx">
|
---|
| 763 | <term><command>ptx</command></term>
|
---|
| 764 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 765 | <para>Produces a permuted index from the contents of the given files,
|
---|
| 766 | with each keyword in its context</para>
|
---|
| 767 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils ptx">
|
---|
| 768 | <primary sortas="b-ptx">ptx</primary>
|
---|
| 769 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 770 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 771 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 772 |
|
---|
| 773 | <varlistentry id="pwd">
|
---|
| 774 | <term><command>pwd</command></term>
|
---|
| 775 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 776 | <para>Reports the name of the current working directory</para>
|
---|
| 777 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils pwd">
|
---|
| 778 | <primary sortas="b-pwd">pwd</primary>
|
---|
| 779 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 780 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 781 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 782 |
|
---|
| 783 | <varlistentry id="readlink">
|
---|
| 784 | <term><command>readlink</command></term>
|
---|
| 785 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 786 | <para>Reports the value of the given symbolic link</para>
|
---|
| 787 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils readlink">
|
---|
| 788 | <primary sortas="b-readlink">readlink</primary>
|
---|
| 789 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 790 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 791 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 792 |
|
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[02213b9] | 793 | <varlistentry id="realpath">
|
---|
| 794 | <term><command>realpath</command></term>
|
---|
| 795 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 796 | <para>Prints the resolved path</para>
|
---|
| 797 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils realpath">
|
---|
| 798 | <primary sortas="b-realpath">realpath</primary>
|
---|
| 799 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 800 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 801 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 802 |
|
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[8ef8304] | 803 | <varlistentry id="rm">
|
---|
| 804 | <term><command>rm</command></term>
|
---|
| 805 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 806 | <para>Removes files or directories</para>
|
---|
| 807 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils rm">
|
---|
| 808 | <primary sortas="b-rm">rm</primary>
|
---|
| 809 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 810 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 811 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 812 |
|
---|
| 813 | <varlistentry id="rmdir">
|
---|
| 814 | <term><command>rmdir</command></term>
|
---|
| 815 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 816 | <para>Removes directories if they are empty</para>
|
---|
| 817 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils rmdir">
|
---|
| 818 | <primary sortas="b-rmdir">rmdir</primary>
|
---|
| 819 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 820 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 821 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 822 |
|
---|
[c5b9277] | 823 | <varlistentry id="runcon">
|
---|
| 824 | <term><command>runcon</command></term>
|
---|
| 825 | <listitem>
|
---|
[90aae6b] | 826 | <para>Runs a command with specified security context</para>
|
---|
[c5b9277] | 827 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils runcon">
|
---|
| 828 | <primary sortas="b-runcon">runcon</primary>
|
---|
| 829 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 830 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 831 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 832 |
|
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[8ef8304] | 833 | <varlistentry id="seq">
|
---|
| 834 | <term><command>seq</command></term>
|
---|
| 835 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 836 | <para>Prints a sequence of numbers within a given range and with a
|
---|
| 837 | given increment</para>
|
---|
| 838 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils seq">
|
---|
| 839 | <primary sortas="b-seq">seq</primary>
|
---|
| 840 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 841 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 842 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 843 |
|
---|
| 844 | <varlistentry id="sha1sum">
|
---|
| 845 | <term><command>sha1sum</command></term>
|
---|
| 846 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 847 | <para>Prints or checks 160-bit Secure Hash Algorithm 1 (SHA1)
|
---|
| 848 | checksums</para>
|
---|
| 849 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils sha1sum">
|
---|
| 850 | <primary sortas="b-sha1sum">sha1sum</primary>
|
---|
| 851 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 852 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 853 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 854 |
|
---|
[d9dc49a] | 855 | <varlistentry id="sha224sum">
|
---|
| 856 | <term><command>sha224sum</command></term>
|
---|
| 857 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 858 | <para>Prints or checks 224-bit Secure Hash Algorithm checksums</para>
|
---|
| 859 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils sha224sum">
|
---|
| 860 | <primary sortas="b-sha224sum">sha224sum</primary>
|
---|
| 861 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 862 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 863 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 864 |
|
---|
| 865 | <varlistentry id="sha256sum">
|
---|
| 866 | <term><command>sha256sum</command></term>
|
---|
| 867 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 868 | <para>Prints or checks 256-bit Secure Hash Algorithm checksums</para>
|
---|
| 869 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils sha256sum">
|
---|
| 870 | <primary sortas="b-sha256sum">sha256sum</primary>
|
---|
| 871 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 872 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 873 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 874 |
|
---|
| 875 | <varlistentry id="sha384sum">
|
---|
| 876 | <term><command>sha384sum</command></term>
|
---|
| 877 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 878 | <para>Prints or checks 384-bit Secure Hash Algorithm checksums</para>
|
---|
| 879 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils sha384sum">
|
---|
| 880 | <primary sortas="b-sha384sum">sha384sum</primary>
|
---|
| 881 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 882 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 883 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 884 |
|
---|
| 885 | <varlistentry id="sha512sum">
|
---|
| 886 | <term><command>sha512sum</command></term>
|
---|
| 887 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 888 | <para>Prints or checks 512-bit Secure Hash Algorithm checksums</para>
|
---|
| 889 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils sha512sum">
|
---|
| 890 | <primary sortas="b-sha512sum">sha512sum</primary>
|
---|
| 891 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 892 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 893 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 894 |
|
---|
[8ef8304] | 895 | <varlistentry id="shred">
|
---|
| 896 | <term><command>shred</command></term>
|
---|
| 897 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 898 | <para>Overwrites the given files repeatedly with complex patterns,
|
---|
| 899 | making it difficult to recover the data</para>
|
---|
| 900 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils shred">
|
---|
| 901 | <primary sortas="b-shred">shred</primary>
|
---|
| 902 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 903 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 904 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 905 |
|
---|
[d9dc49a] | 906 | <varlistentry id="shuf">
|
---|
| 907 | <term><command>shuf</command></term>
|
---|
| 908 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 909 | <para>Shuffles lines of text</para>
|
---|
| 910 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils shuf">
|
---|
| 911 | <primary sortas="b-shuf">shuf</primary>
|
---|
| 912 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 913 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 914 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 915 |
|
---|
[8ef8304] | 916 | <varlistentry id="sleep">
|
---|
| 917 | <term><command>sleep</command></term>
|
---|
| 918 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 919 | <para>Pauses for the given amount of time</para>
|
---|
| 920 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils sleep">
|
---|
| 921 | <primary sortas="b-sleep">sleep</primary>
|
---|
| 922 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 923 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 924 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 925 |
|
---|
| 926 | <varlistentry id="sort">
|
---|
| 927 | <term><command>sort</command></term>
|
---|
| 928 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 929 | <para>Sorts the lines from the given files</para>
|
---|
| 930 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils sort">
|
---|
| 931 | <primary sortas="b-sort">sort</primary>
|
---|
| 932 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 933 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 934 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 935 |
|
---|
| 936 | <varlistentry id="split">
|
---|
| 937 | <term><command>split</command></term>
|
---|
| 938 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 939 | <para>Splits the given file into pieces, by size or by number of
|
---|
| 940 | lines</para>
|
---|
| 941 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils split">
|
---|
| 942 | <primary sortas="b-split">split</primary>
|
---|
| 943 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 944 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 945 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 946 |
|
---|
| 947 | <varlistentry id="stat">
|
---|
| 948 | <term><command>stat</command></term>
|
---|
| 949 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 950 | <para>Displays file or filesystem status</para>
|
---|
| 951 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils stat">
|
---|
| 952 | <primary sortas="b-stat">stat</primary>
|
---|
| 953 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 954 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 955 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 956 |
|
---|
[da1a7d69] | 957 | <varlistentry id="stdbuf">
|
---|
| 958 | <term><command>stdbuf</command></term>
|
---|
| 959 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 960 | <para>Runs commands with altered buffering operations for its standard
|
---|
| 961 | streams</para>
|
---|
| 962 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils stdbuf">
|
---|
| 963 | <primary sortas="b-stdbuf">stdbuf</primary>
|
---|
| 964 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 965 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 966 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 967 |
|
---|
[8ef8304] | 968 | <varlistentry id="stty">
|
---|
| 969 | <term><command>stty</command></term>
|
---|
| 970 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 971 | <para>Sets or reports terminal line settings</para>
|
---|
| 972 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils stty">
|
---|
| 973 | <primary sortas="b-stty">stty</primary>
|
---|
| 974 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 975 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 976 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 977 |
|
---|
| 978 | <varlistentry id="sum">
|
---|
| 979 | <term><command>sum</command></term>
|
---|
| 980 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 981 | <para>Prints checksum and block counts for each given file</para>
|
---|
| 982 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils sum">
|
---|
| 983 | <primary sortas="b-sum">sum</primary>
|
---|
| 984 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 985 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 986 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 987 |
|
---|
| 988 | <varlistentry id="sync">
|
---|
| 989 | <term><command>sync</command></term>
|
---|
| 990 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 991 | <para>Flushes file system buffers; it forces changed blocks to disk
|
---|
| 992 | and updates the super block</para>
|
---|
| 993 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils sync">
|
---|
| 994 | <primary sortas="b-sync">sync</primary>
|
---|
| 995 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 996 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 997 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 998 |
|
---|
| 999 | <varlistentry id="tac">
|
---|
| 1000 | <term><command>tac</command></term>
|
---|
| 1001 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 1002 | <para>Concatenates the given files in reverse</para>
|
---|
| 1003 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils tac">
|
---|
| 1004 | <primary sortas="b-tac">tac</primary>
|
---|
| 1005 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 1006 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 1007 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 1008 |
|
---|
| 1009 | <varlistentry id="tail">
|
---|
| 1010 | <term><command>tail</command></term>
|
---|
| 1011 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 1012 | <para>Prints the last ten lines (or the given number of lines) of each
|
---|
| 1013 | given file</para>
|
---|
| 1014 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils tail">
|
---|
| 1015 | <primary sortas="b-tail">tail</primary>
|
---|
| 1016 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 1017 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 1018 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 1019 |
|
---|
| 1020 | <varlistentry id="tee">
|
---|
| 1021 | <term><command>tee</command></term>
|
---|
| 1022 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 1023 | <para>Reads from standard input while writing both to standard output
|
---|
| 1024 | and to the given files</para>
|
---|
| 1025 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils tee">
|
---|
| 1026 | <primary sortas="b-tee">tee</primary>
|
---|
| 1027 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 1028 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 1029 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 1030 |
|
---|
| 1031 | <varlistentry id="test">
|
---|
| 1032 | <term><command>test</command></term>
|
---|
| 1033 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 1034 | <para>Compares values and checks file types</para>
|
---|
| 1035 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils test">
|
---|
| 1036 | <primary sortas="b-test">test</primary>
|
---|
| 1037 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 1038 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 1039 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 1040 |
|
---|
[90aae6b] | 1041 | <varlistentry id="timeout">
|
---|
| 1042 | <term><command>timeout</command></term>
|
---|
| 1043 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 1044 | <para>Runs a command with a time limit</para>
|
---|
| 1045 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils timeout">
|
---|
| 1046 | <primary sortas="b-timeout">timeout</primary>
|
---|
| 1047 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 1048 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 1049 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 1050 |
|
---|
[8ef8304] | 1051 | <varlistentry id="touch">
|
---|
| 1052 | <term><command>touch</command></term>
|
---|
| 1053 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 1054 | <para>Changes file timestamps, setting the access and modification
|
---|
| 1055 | times of the given files to the current time; files that do not exist
|
---|
| 1056 | are created with zero length</para>
|
---|
| 1057 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils touch">
|
---|
| 1058 | <primary sortas="b-touch">touch</primary>
|
---|
| 1059 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 1060 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 1061 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 1062 |
|
---|
| 1063 | <varlistentry id="tr">
|
---|
| 1064 | <term><command>tr</command></term>
|
---|
| 1065 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 1066 | <para>Translates, squeezes, and deletes the given characters from
|
---|
| 1067 | standard input</para>
|
---|
| 1068 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils tr">
|
---|
| 1069 | <primary sortas="b-tr">tr</primary>
|
---|
| 1070 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 1071 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 1072 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 1073 |
|
---|
| 1074 | <varlistentry id="true">
|
---|
| 1075 | <term><command>true</command></term>
|
---|
| 1076 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 1077 | <para>Does nothing, successfully; it always exits with a status code
|
---|
| 1078 | indicating success</para>
|
---|
| 1079 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils true">
|
---|
| 1080 | <primary sortas="b-true">true</primary>
|
---|
| 1081 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 1082 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 1083 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 1084 |
|
---|
[c5b9277] | 1085 | <varlistentry id="truncate">
|
---|
| 1086 | <term><command>truncate</command></term>
|
---|
| 1087 | <listitem>
|
---|
[90aae6b] | 1088 | <para>Shrinks or expands a file to the specified size</para>
|
---|
[c5b9277] | 1089 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils truncate">
|
---|
| 1090 | <primary sortas="b-truncate">truncate</primary>
|
---|
| 1091 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 1092 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 1093 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 1094 |
|
---|
[8ef8304] | 1095 | <varlistentry id="tsort">
|
---|
| 1096 | <term><command>tsort</command></term>
|
---|
| 1097 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 1098 | <para>Performs a topological sort; it writes a completely ordered list
|
---|
| 1099 | according to the partial ordering in a given file</para>
|
---|
| 1100 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils tsort">
|
---|
| 1101 | <primary sortas="b-tsort">tsort</primary>
|
---|
| 1102 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 1103 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 1104 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 1105 |
|
---|
| 1106 | <varlistentry id="tty">
|
---|
| 1107 | <term><command>tty</command></term>
|
---|
| 1108 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 1109 | <para>Reports the file name of the terminal connected to standard
|
---|
| 1110 | input</para>
|
---|
| 1111 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils tty">
|
---|
| 1112 | <primary sortas="b-tty">tty</primary>
|
---|
| 1113 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 1114 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 1115 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 1116 |
|
---|
| 1117 | <varlistentry id="uname">
|
---|
| 1118 | <term><command>uname</command></term>
|
---|
| 1119 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 1120 | <para>Reports system information</para>
|
---|
| 1121 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils uname">
|
---|
| 1122 | <primary sortas="b-uname">uname</primary>
|
---|
| 1123 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 1124 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 1125 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 1126 |
|
---|
| 1127 | <varlistentry id="unexpand">
|
---|
| 1128 | <term><command>unexpand</command></term>
|
---|
| 1129 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 1130 | <para>Converts spaces to tabs</para>
|
---|
| 1131 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils unexpand">
|
---|
| 1132 | <primary sortas="b-unexpand">unexpand</primary>
|
---|
| 1133 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 1134 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 1135 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 1136 |
|
---|
| 1137 | <varlistentry id="uniq">
|
---|
| 1138 | <term><command>uniq</command></term>
|
---|
| 1139 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 1140 | <para>Discards all but one of successive identical lines</para>
|
---|
| 1141 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils uniq">
|
---|
| 1142 | <primary sortas="b-uniq">uniq</primary>
|
---|
| 1143 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 1144 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 1145 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 1146 |
|
---|
| 1147 | <varlistentry id="unlink">
|
---|
| 1148 | <term><command>unlink</command></term>
|
---|
| 1149 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 1150 | <para>Removes the given file</para>
|
---|
| 1151 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils unlink">
|
---|
| 1152 | <primary sortas="b-unlink">unlink</primary>
|
---|
| 1153 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 1154 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 1155 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 1156 |
|
---|
| 1157 | <varlistentry id="users">
|
---|
| 1158 | <term><command>users</command></term>
|
---|
| 1159 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 1160 | <para>Reports the names of the users currently logged on</para>
|
---|
| 1161 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils users">
|
---|
| 1162 | <primary sortas="b-users">users</primary>
|
---|
| 1163 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 1164 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 1165 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 1166 |
|
---|
| 1167 | <varlistentry id="vdir">
|
---|
| 1168 | <term><command>vdir</command></term>
|
---|
| 1169 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 1170 | <para>Is the same as <command>ls -l</command></para>
|
---|
| 1171 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils vdir">
|
---|
| 1172 | <primary sortas="b-vdir">vdir</primary>
|
---|
| 1173 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 1174 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 1175 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 1176 |
|
---|
| 1177 | <varlistentry id="wc">
|
---|
| 1178 | <term><command>wc</command></term>
|
---|
| 1179 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 1180 | <para>Reports the number of lines, words, and bytes for each given
|
---|
| 1181 | file, as well as a total line when more than one file is given</para>
|
---|
| 1182 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils wc">
|
---|
| 1183 | <primary sortas="b-wc">wc</primary>
|
---|
| 1184 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 1185 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 1186 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 1187 |
|
---|
| 1188 | <varlistentry id="who">
|
---|
| 1189 | <term><command>who</command></term>
|
---|
| 1190 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 1191 | <para>Reports who is logged on</para>
|
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| 1192 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils who">
|
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| 1193 | <primary sortas="b-who">who</primary>
|
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| 1194 | </indexterm>
|
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| 1195 | </listitem>
|
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| 1196 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 1197 |
|
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| 1198 | <varlistentry id="whoami">
|
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| 1199 | <term><command>whoami</command></term>
|
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| 1200 | <listitem>
|
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| 1201 | <para>Reports the user name associated with the current effective
|
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| 1202 | user ID</para>
|
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| 1203 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils whoami">
|
---|
| 1204 | <primary sortas="b-whoami">whoami</primary>
|
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| 1205 | </indexterm>
|
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| 1206 | </listitem>
|
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| 1207 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 1208 |
|
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| 1209 | <varlistentry id="yes">
|
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| 1210 | <term><command>yes</command></term>
|
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| 1211 | <listitem>
|
---|
| 1212 | <para>Repeatedly outputs <quote>y</quote> or a given string until
|
---|
| 1213 | killed</para>
|
---|
| 1214 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils yes">
|
---|
| 1215 | <primary sortas="b-yes">yes</primary>
|
---|
| 1216 | </indexterm>
|
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| 1217 | </listitem>
|
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| 1218 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 1219 |
|
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[9d42ad9] | 1220 | <varlistentry id="libstdbuf">
|
---|
[b15d6da] | 1221 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libstdbuf.so</filename></term>
|
---|
[9d42ad9] | 1222 | <listitem>
|
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| 1223 | <para>Library used by <command>stdbuf</command></para>
|
---|
| 1224 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils libstdbuf">
|
---|
[b15d6da] | 1225 | <primary sortas="c-libstdbuf">libstdbuf.so</primary>
|
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[9d42ad9] | 1226 | </indexterm>
|
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| 1227 | </listitem>
|
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| 1228 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 1229 |
|
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[8ef8304] | 1230 | </variablelist>
|
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| 1231 |
|
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| 1232 | </sect2>
|
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[673b0d8] | 1233 |
|
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| 1234 | </sect1>
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