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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 3 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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| 4 | %general-entities;
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| 5 | ]>
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[752f4e5] | 6 | <sect1 id="ch-system-util-linux" role="wrap">
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[673b0d8] | 7 | <title>Util-linux-&util-linux-version;</title>
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| 8 | <?dbhtml filename="util-linux.html"?>
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| 9 |
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| 10 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux"><primary sortas="a-Util-linux">Util-linux</primary></indexterm>
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| 11 |
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[a001133] | 12 | <sect2 role="package"><title/>
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[673b0d8] | 13 | <para>The Util-linux package contains miscellaneous utility programs. Among
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| 14 | them are utilities for handling file systems, consoles, partitions, and
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| 15 | messages.</para>
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| 16 |
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[a001133] | 17 | <segmentedlist>
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| 18 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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| 19 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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| 20 | <seglistitem><seg>0.2 SBU</seg><seg>16 MB</seg></seglistitem>
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| 21 | </segmentedlist>
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[673b0d8] | 22 |
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[a001133] | 23 | <segmentedlist>
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| 24 | <segtitle>Util-linux installation depends on</segtitle>
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| 25 | <seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils,
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[69993f4] | 26 | Diffutils, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, Sed, and Zlib</seg></seglistitem>
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[a001133] | 27 | </segmentedlist>
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| 28 | </sect2>
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[673b0d8] | 29 |
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[a001133] | 30 | <sect2 role="installation">
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[673b0d8] | 31 | <title>FHS compliance notes</title>
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| 32 |
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[ef13657] | 33 | <para>The FHS recommends using the <filename
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| 34 | class="directory">/var/lib/hwclock</filename> directory instead of the
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| 35 | usual <filename class="directory">/etc</filename> directory as the
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| 36 | location for the <filename>adjtime</filename> file. To make the
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| 37 | <command>hwclock</command> program FHS-compliant, run the
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| 38 | following:</para>
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[673b0d8] | 39 |
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[00cc7ce] | 40 | <screen><userinput>sed -i 's@etc/adjtime@var/lib/hwclock/adjtime@g' \
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| 41 | hwclock/hwclock.c
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[673b0d8] | 42 | mkdir -p /var/lib/hwclock</userinput></screen>
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| 43 |
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| 44 | </sect2>
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| 45 |
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[df8334f] | 46 | <sect2 role="installation">
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[673b0d8] | 47 | <title>Installation of Util-linux</title>
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| 48 |
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[2256873] | 49 | <para>GCC-&gcc-version; does not properly compile <command>sfdisk</command> if the
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| 50 | default optimization level is used. The following patch
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[c675d8c] | 51 | corrects the problem:</para>
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[89e45fe] | 52 |
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[b09cc8e] | 53 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../util-linux-&util-linux-version;-sfdisk-2.patch</userinput></screen>
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[89e45fe] | 54 |
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[673b0d8] | 55 | <para>Prepare Util-linux for compilation:</para>
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| 56 |
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| 57 | <screen><userinput>./configure</userinput></screen>
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| 58 |
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| 59 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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| 60 |
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| 61 | <screen><userinput>make HAVE_KILL=yes HAVE_SLN=yes</userinput></screen>
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| 62 |
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[38bb44a] | 63 | <beginpage/>
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[673b0d8] | 64 | <para>The meaning of the make parameters:</para>
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| 65 |
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[df8334f] | 66 | <variablelist>
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| 67 | <varlistentry>
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[8ad7980] | 68 | <term><parameter>HAVE_KILL=yes</parameter></term>
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[df8334f] | 69 | <listitem><para>This prevents the
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[673b0d8] | 70 | <command>kill</command> program (already installed by Procps) from being
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| 71 | built and installed again.</para></listitem>
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[df8334f] | 72 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 73 |
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[df8334f] | 74 | <varlistentry>
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[8ad7980] | 75 | <term><parameter>HAVE_SLN=yes</parameter></term>
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[ef13657] | 76 | <listitem><para>This prevents the <command>sln</command> program (a
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| 77 | statically linked version of <command>ln</command> already installed
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| 78 | by Glibc) from being built and installed again.</para></listitem>
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[df8334f] | 79 | </varlistentry>
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| 80 | </variablelist>
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[673b0d8] | 81 |
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[0cb7f8b] | 82 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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| 83 |
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[ef13657] | 84 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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[673b0d8] | 85 |
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| 86 | <screen><userinput>make HAVE_KILL=yes HAVE_SLN=yes install</userinput></screen>
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| 87 |
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| 88 | </sect2>
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| 89 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 90 | <sect2 id="contents-utillinux" role="content"><title>Contents of Util-linux</title>
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[673b0d8] | 91 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 92 | <segmentedlist>
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| 93 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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| 94 | <seglistitem><seg>agetty, arch, blockdev, cal, cfdisk, chkdupexe, col, colcrt,
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| 95 | colrm, column, ctrlaltdel, cytune, ddate, dmesg, elvtune, fdformat, fdisk,
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| 96 | fsck.cramfs, fsck.minix, getopt, hexdump, hwclock, ipcrm, ipcs, isosize, line,
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| 97 | logger, look, losetup, mcookie, mkfs, mkfs.bfs, mkfs.cramfs, mkfs.minix, mkswap,
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| 98 | more, mount, namei, pg, pivot_root, ramsize (link to rdev), raw, rdev, readprofile,
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| 99 | rename, renice, rev, rootflags (link to rdev), script, setfdprm, setsid, setterm,
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[69993f4] | 100 | sfdisk, swapdev, swapoff (link to swapon), swapon, tunelp, ul, umount, vidmode (link to rdev),
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| 101 | whereis, and write</seg></seglistitem>
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[c6cb3aa] | 102 | </segmentedlist>
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[673b0d8] | 103 |
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[2256873] | 104 | <variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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[3ed279f] | 105 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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[673b0d8] | 106 |
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[b8a819f] | 107 | <varlistentry id="agetty">
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| 108 | <term><command>agetty</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 109 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 110 | <para>Opens a tty port, prompts for a login name,
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| 111 | and then invokes the <command>login</command> program</para>
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[3ed279f] | 112 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux agetty"><primary sortas="b-agetty">agetty</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 113 | </listitem>
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| 114 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 115 |
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[b8a819f] | 116 | <varlistentry id="arch">
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| 117 | <term><command>arch</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 118 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 119 | <para>Reports the machine's architecture</para>
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[3ed279f] | 120 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux arch"><primary sortas="b-arch">arch</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 121 | </listitem>
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| 122 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 123 |
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[b8a819f] | 124 | <varlistentry id="blockdev">
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| 125 | <term><command>blockdev</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 126 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 127 | <para>Allows users to call block device ioctls from the command line</para>
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[3ed279f] | 128 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux blockdev"><primary sortas="b-blockdev">blockdev</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 129 | </listitem>
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| 130 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 131 |
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[b8a819f] | 132 | <varlistentry id="cal">
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| 133 | <term><command>cal</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 134 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 135 | <para>Displays a simple calendar</para>
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[3ed279f] | 136 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux cal"><primary sortas="b-cal">cal</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 137 | </listitem>
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| 138 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 139 |
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[b8a819f] | 140 | <varlistentry id="cfdisk">
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| 141 | <term><command>cfdisk</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 142 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 143 | <para>Manipulates the partition table of the given device</para>
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[3ed279f] | 144 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux cfdisk"><primary sortas="b-cfdisk">cfdisk</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 145 | </listitem>
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| 146 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 147 |
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[b8a819f] | 148 | <varlistentry id="chkdupexe">
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| 149 | <term><command>chkdupexe</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 150 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 151 | <para>Finds duplicate executables</para>
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[3ed279f] | 152 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux chkdupexe"><primary sortas="b-chkdupexe">chkdupexe</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 153 | </listitem>
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| 154 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 155 |
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[b8a819f] | 156 | <varlistentry id="col">
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| 157 | <term><command>col</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 158 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 159 | <para>Filters out reverse line feeds</para>
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[3ed279f] | 160 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux col"><primary sortas="b-col">col</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 161 | </listitem>
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| 162 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 163 |
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[b8a819f] | 164 | <varlistentry id="colcrt">
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| 165 | <term><command>colcrt</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 166 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 167 | <para>Filters <command>nroff</command> output for terminals
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| 168 | that lack some capabilities, such as overstriking and half-lines</para>
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[3ed279f] | 169 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux colcrt"><primary sortas="b-colcrt">colcrt</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 170 | </listitem>
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| 171 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 172 |
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[b8a819f] | 173 | <varlistentry id="colrm">
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| 174 | <term><command>colrm</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 175 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 176 | <para>Filters out the given columns</para>
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[3ed279f] | 177 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux colrm"><primary sortas="b-colrm">colrm</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 178 | </listitem>
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| 179 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 180 |
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[b8a819f] | 181 | <varlistentry id="column">
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| 182 | <term><command>column</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 183 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 184 | <para>Formats a given file into multiple columns</para>
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[3ed279f] | 185 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux column"><primary sortas="b-column">column</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 186 | </listitem>
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| 187 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 188 |
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[b8a819f] | 189 | <varlistentry id="ctrlaltdel">
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| 190 | <term><command>ctrlaltdel</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 191 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 192 | <para>Sets the function of the Ctrl+Alt+Del key combination to a hard or a
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| 193 | soft reset</para>
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[3ed279f] | 194 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ctrlaltdel"><primary sortas="b-ctrlaltdel">ctrlaltdel</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 195 | </listitem>
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| 196 | </varlistentry>
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| 197 |
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[b8a819f] | 198 | <varlistentry id="cytune">
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| 199 | <term><command>cytune</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 200 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 201 | <para>Tunes the parameters of the serial line drivers for
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| 202 | Cyclades cards</para>
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[3ed279f] | 203 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux cytune"><primary sortas="b-cytune">cytune</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 204 | </listitem>
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| 205 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 206 |
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[b8a819f] | 207 | <varlistentry id="ddate">
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| 208 | <term><command>ddate</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 209 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 210 | <para>Gives the Discordian date or converts the given Gregorian date
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| 211 | to a Discordian one</para>
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[3ed279f] | 212 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ddate"><primary sortas="b-ddate">ddate</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 213 | </listitem>
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| 214 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 215 |
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[b8a819f] | 216 | <varlistentry id="dmesg">
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| 217 | <term><command>dmesg</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 218 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 219 | <para>Dumps the kernel boot messages</para>
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[3ed279f] | 220 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux dmesg"><primary sortas="b-dmesg">dmesg</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 221 | </listitem>
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| 222 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 223 |
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[b8a819f] | 224 | <varlistentry id="elvtune">
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| 225 | <term><command>elvtune</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 226 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 227 | <para>Tunes the performance and interactivity of a block
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| 228 | device</para>
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[3ed279f] | 229 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux elvtune"><primary sortas="b-elvtune">elvtune</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 230 | </listitem>
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| 231 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 232 |
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[b8a819f] | 233 | <varlistentry id="fdformat">
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| 234 | <term><command>fdformat</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 235 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 236 | <para>Low-level formats a floppy disk</para>
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[3ed279f] | 237 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fdformat"><primary sortas="b-fdformat">fdformat</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 238 | </listitem>
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| 239 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 240 |
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[b8a819f] | 241 | <varlistentry id="fdisk">
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| 242 | <term><command>fdisk</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 243 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 244 | <para>Manipulates the partition table of the given device</para>
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[3ed279f] | 245 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fdisk"><primary sortas="b-fdisk">fdisk</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 246 | </listitem>
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| 247 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 248 |
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[b8a819f] | 249 | <varlistentry id="fsck.cramfs">
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| 250 | <term><command>fsck.cramfs</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 251 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 252 | <para>Performs a consistency check on the Cramfs file system on the
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| 253 | given device</para>
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[3ed279f] | 254 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fsck.cramfs"><primary sortas="b-fsck.cramfs">fsck.cramfs</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 255 | </listitem>
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| 256 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 257 |
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[b8a819f] | 258 | <varlistentry id="fsck.minix">
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| 259 | <term><command>fsck.minix</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 260 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 261 | <para>Performs a consistency check on the Minix file system on the
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| 262 | given device</para>
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[3ed279f] | 263 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fsck.minix"><primary sortas="b-fsck.minix">fsck.minix</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 264 | </listitem>
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| 265 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 266 |
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[b8a819f] | 267 | <varlistentry id="getopt">
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| 268 | <term><command>getopt</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 269 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 270 | <para>Parses options in the given command line</para>
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[3ed279f] | 271 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux getopt"><primary sortas="b-getopt">getopt</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 272 | </listitem>
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| 273 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 274 |
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[b8a819f] | 275 | <varlistentry id="hexdump">
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| 276 | <term><command>hexdump</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 277 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 278 | <para>Dumps the given file in hexadecimal or in another given format</para>
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[3ed279f] | 279 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux hexdump"><primary sortas="b-hexdump">hexdump</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 280 | </listitem>
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| 281 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 282 |
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[b8a819f] | 283 | <varlistentry id="hwclock">
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| 284 | <term><command>hwclock</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 285 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 286 | <para>Reads or sets the system's hardware clock, also called
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[ef13657] | 287 | the Real-Time Clock (RTC)) or Basic Input-Output System (BIOS)
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[2256873] | 288 | clock</para>
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[3ed279f] | 289 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux hwclock"><primary sortas="b-hwclock">hwclock</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 290 | </listitem>
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| 291 | </varlistentry>
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| 292 |
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[b8a819f] | 293 | <varlistentry id="ipcrm">
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| 294 | <term><command>ipcrm</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 295 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 296 | <para>Removes the given Inter-Process Communication (IPC) resource</para>
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[3ed279f] | 297 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ipcrm"><primary sortas="b-ipcrm">ipcrm</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 298 | </listitem>
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| 299 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 300 |
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[b8a819f] | 301 | <varlistentry id="ipcs">
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| 302 | <term><command>ipcs</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 303 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 304 | <para>Provides IPC status information</para>
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[3ed279f] | 305 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ipcs"><primary sortas="b-ipcs">ipcs</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 306 | </listitem>
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| 307 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 308 |
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[b8a819f] | 309 | <varlistentry id="isosize">
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| 310 | <term><command>isosize</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 311 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 312 | <para>Reports the size of an iso9660 file system</para>
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[3ed279f] | 313 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux isosize"><primary sortas="b-isosize">isosize</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 314 | </listitem>
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| 315 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 316 |
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[b8a819f] | 317 | <varlistentry id="line">
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| 318 | <term><command>line</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 319 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 320 | <para>Copies a single line</para>
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[3ed279f] | 321 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux line"><primary sortas="b-line">line</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 322 | </listitem>
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| 323 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 324 |
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[b8a819f] | 325 | <varlistentry id="logger">
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| 326 | <term><command>logger</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 327 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 328 | <para>Enters the given message into the system log</para>
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[3ed279f] | 329 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux logger"><primary sortas="b-logger">logger</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 330 | </listitem>
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| 331 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 332 |
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[b8a819f] | 333 | <varlistentry id="look">
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| 334 | <term><command>look</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 335 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 336 | <para>Displays lines that begin with the given string</para>
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[3ed279f] | 337 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux look"><primary sortas="b-look">look</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 338 | </listitem>
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| 339 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 340 |
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[b8a819f] | 341 | <varlistentry id="losetup">
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| 342 | <term><command>losetup</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 343 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 344 | <para>Sets up and controls loop devices</para>
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[3ed279f] | 345 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux losetup"><primary sortas="b-losetup">losetup</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 346 | </listitem>
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| 347 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 348 |
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[b8a819f] | 349 | <varlistentry id="mcookie">
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| 350 | <term><command>mcookie</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 351 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 352 | <para>Generates magic cookies (128-bit random hexadecimal numbers) for
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| 353 | <command>xauth</command></para>
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[3ed279f] | 354 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mcookie"><primary sortas="b-mcookie">mcookie</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 355 | </listitem>
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| 356 | </varlistentry>
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| 357 |
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[b8a819f] | 358 | <varlistentry id="mkfs">
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| 359 | <term><command>mkfs</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 360 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 361 | <para>Builds a file system on a device (usually a hard disk
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| 362 | partition)</para>
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[3ed279f] | 363 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs"><primary sortas="b-mkfs">mkfs</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 364 | </listitem>
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| 365 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 366 |
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[b8a819f] | 367 | <varlistentry id="mkfs.bfs">
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| 368 | <term><command>mkfs.bfs</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 369 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 370 | <para>Creates an Santa Cruz Operations (SCO) bfs file system</para>
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[3ed279f] | 371 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs.bfs"><primary sortas="b-mkfs.bfs">mkfs.bfs</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 372 | </listitem>
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| 373 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 374 |
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[b8a819f] | 375 | <varlistentry id="mkfs.cramfs">
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| 376 | <term><command>mkfs.cramfs</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 377 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 378 | <para>Creates a cramfs file system</para>
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[3ed279f] | 379 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs.cramfs"><primary sortas="b-mkfs.cramfs">mkfs.cramfs</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 380 | </listitem>
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| 381 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 382 |
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[b8a819f] | 383 | <varlistentry id="mkfs.minix">
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| 384 | <term><command>mkfs.minix</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 385 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 386 | <para>Creates a Minix file system</para>
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[3ed279f] | 387 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs.minix"><primary sortas="b-mkfs.minix">mkfs.minix</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 388 | </listitem>
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| 389 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 390 |
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[b8a819f] | 391 | <varlistentry id="mkswap">
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| 392 | <term><command>mkswap</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 393 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 394 | <para>Initializes the given device or file to be used as a swap area</para>
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[3ed279f] | 395 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkswap"><primary sortas="b-mkswap">mkswap</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 396 | </listitem>
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| 397 | </varlistentry>
|
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[673b0d8] | 398 |
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[b8a819f] | 399 | <varlistentry id="more">
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| 400 | <term><command>more</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 401 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 402 | <para>A filter for paging through text one screen at a time</para>
|
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[3ed279f] | 403 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux more"><primary sortas="b-more">more</primary></indexterm>
|
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[c6cb3aa] | 404 | </listitem>
|
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| 405 | </varlistentry>
|
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[673b0d8] | 406 |
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[b8a819f] | 407 | <varlistentry id="mount">
|
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| 408 | <term><command>mount</command></term>
|
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[c6cb3aa] | 409 | <listitem>
|
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[2256873] | 410 | <para>Attaches the file system on the given device to a specified
|
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| 411 | directory in the file-system tree</para>
|
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[3ed279f] | 412 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mount"><primary sortas="b-mount">mount</primary></indexterm>
|
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[c6cb3aa] | 413 | </listitem>
|
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| 414 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 415 |
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[b8a819f] | 416 | <varlistentry id="namei">
|
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| 417 | <term><command>namei</command></term>
|
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[c6cb3aa] | 418 | <listitem>
|
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[2256873] | 419 | <para>Shows the symbolic links in the given pathnames</para>
|
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[3ed279f] | 420 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux namei"><primary sortas="b-namei">namei</primary></indexterm>
|
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[c6cb3aa] | 421 | </listitem>
|
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| 422 | </varlistentry>
|
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[673b0d8] | 423 |
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[b8a819f] | 424 | <varlistentry id="pg">
|
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| 425 | <term><command>pg</command></term>
|
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[c6cb3aa] | 426 | <listitem>
|
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[2256873] | 427 | <para>Displays a text file one screen full at a time</para>
|
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[3ed279f] | 428 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux pg"><primary sortas="b-pg">pg</primary></indexterm>
|
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[c6cb3aa] | 429 | </listitem>
|
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| 430 | </varlistentry>
|
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[673b0d8] | 431 |
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[b8a819f] | 432 | <varlistentry id="pivot_root">
|
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| 433 | <term><command>pivot_root</command></term>
|
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[c6cb3aa] | 434 | <listitem>
|
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[2256873] | 435 | <para>Makes the given file system the new root file system of the
|
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| 436 | current process</para>
|
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[3ed279f] | 437 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux pivot_root"><primary sortas="b-pivot_root">pivot_root</primary></indexterm>
|
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[c6cb3aa] | 438 | </listitem>
|
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| 439 | </varlistentry>
|
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[673b0d8] | 440 |
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[b8a819f] | 441 | <varlistentry id="ramsize">
|
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| 442 | <term><command>ramsize</command></term>
|
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[c6cb3aa] | 443 | <listitem>
|
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[2256873] | 444 | <para>Sets the size of the RAM disk in a bootable image</para>
|
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[3ed279f] | 445 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ramsize"><primary sortas="b-ramsize">ramsize</primary></indexterm>
|
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[c6cb3aa] | 446 | </listitem>
|
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| 447 | </varlistentry>
|
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[673b0d8] | 448 |
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[2256873] | 449 | <varlistentry id="raw">
|
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| 450 | <term><command>raw</command></term>
|
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| 451 | <listitem>
|
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| 452 | <para>Used to bind a Linux raw character device to a block
|
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| 453 | device</para>
|
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| 454 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux raw"><primary sortas="b-raw">raw</primary></indexterm>
|
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| 455 | </listitem>
|
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| 456 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 457 |
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[b8a819f] | 458 | <varlistentry id="rdev">
|
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| 459 | <term><command>rdev</command></term>
|
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[c6cb3aa] | 460 | <listitem>
|
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[2256873] | 461 | <para>Queries and sets the root device, among other things, in a
|
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| 462 | bootable image</para>
|
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[3ed279f] | 463 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux rdev"><primary sortas="b-rdev">rdev</primary></indexterm>
|
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[c6cb3aa] | 464 | </listitem>
|
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| 465 | </varlistentry>
|
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[673b0d8] | 466 |
|
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[b8a819f] | 467 | <varlistentry id="readprofile">
|
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| 468 | <term><command>readprofile</command></term>
|
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[c6cb3aa] | 469 | <listitem>
|
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[2256873] | 470 | <para>Reads kernel profiling information</para>
|
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[3ed279f] | 471 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux readprofile"><primary sortas="b-readprofile">readprofile</primary></indexterm>
|
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[c6cb3aa] | 472 | </listitem>
|
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| 473 | </varlistentry>
|
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[673b0d8] | 474 |
|
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[b8a819f] | 475 | <varlistentry id="rename">
|
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| 476 | <term><command>rename</command></term>
|
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[c6cb3aa] | 477 | <listitem>
|
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[2256873] | 478 | <para>Renames the given files, replacing a given string with another</para>
|
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[3ed279f] | 479 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux rename"><primary sortas="b-rename">rename</primary></indexterm>
|
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[c6cb3aa] | 480 | </listitem>
|
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| 481 | </varlistentry>
|
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[673b0d8] | 482 |
|
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[b8a819f] | 483 | <varlistentry id="renice">
|
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| 484 | <term><command>renice</command></term>
|
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[c6cb3aa] | 485 | <listitem>
|
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[2256873] | 486 | <para>Alters the priority of running processes</para>
|
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[3ed279f] | 487 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux renice"><primary sortas="b-renice">renice</primary></indexterm>
|
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[c6cb3aa] | 488 | </listitem>
|
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| 489 | </varlistentry>
|
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[673b0d8] | 490 |
|
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[b8a819f] | 491 | <varlistentry id="rev">
|
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| 492 | <term><command>rev</command></term>
|
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[c6cb3aa] | 493 | <listitem>
|
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[2256873] | 494 | <para>Reverses the lines of a given file</para>
|
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[3ed279f] | 495 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux rev"><primary sortas="b-rev">rev</primary></indexterm>
|
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[c6cb3aa] | 496 | </listitem>
|
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| 497 | </varlistentry>
|
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[673b0d8] | 498 |
|
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[b8a819f] | 499 | <varlistentry id="rootflags">
|
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| 500 | <term><command>rootflags</command></term>
|
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[c6cb3aa] | 501 | <listitem>
|
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[2256873] | 502 | <para>Sets the rootflags in a bootable image</para>
|
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[3ed279f] | 503 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux rootflags"><primary sortas="b-rootflags">rootflags</primary></indexterm>
|
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[c6cb3aa] | 504 | </listitem>
|
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| 505 | </varlistentry>
|
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[673b0d8] | 506 |
|
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[b8a819f] | 507 | <varlistentry id="script">
|
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| 508 | <term><command>script</command></term>
|
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[c6cb3aa] | 509 | <listitem>
|
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[2256873] | 510 | <para>Makes a typescript of a terminal session</para>
|
---|
[3ed279f] | 511 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux script"><primary sortas="b-script">script</primary></indexterm>
|
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[c6cb3aa] | 512 | </listitem>
|
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| 513 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 514 |
|
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[b8a819f] | 515 | <varlistentry id="setfdprm">
|
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| 516 | <term><command>setfdprm</command></term>
|
---|
[c6cb3aa] | 517 | <listitem>
|
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[2256873] | 518 | <para>Sets user-provided floppy disk parameters</para>
|
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[3ed279f] | 519 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux setfdprm"><primary sortas="b-setfdprm">setfdprm</primary></indexterm>
|
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[c6cb3aa] | 520 | </listitem>
|
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| 521 | </varlistentry>
|
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[673b0d8] | 522 |
|
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[b8a819f] | 523 | <varlistentry id="setsid">
|
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| 524 | <term><command>setsid</command></term>
|
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[c6cb3aa] | 525 | <listitem>
|
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[2256873] | 526 | <para>Runs the given program in a new session</para>
|
---|
[3ed279f] | 527 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux setsid"><primary sortas="b-setsid">setsid</primary></indexterm>
|
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[c6cb3aa] | 528 | </listitem>
|
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| 529 | </varlistentry>
|
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[673b0d8] | 530 |
|
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[b8a819f] | 531 | <varlistentry id="setterm">
|
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| 532 | <term><command>setterm</command></term>
|
---|
[c6cb3aa] | 533 | <listitem>
|
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[2256873] | 534 | <para>Sets terminal attributes</para>
|
---|
[3ed279f] | 535 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux setterm"><primary sortas="b-setterm">setterm</primary></indexterm>
|
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[c6cb3aa] | 536 | </listitem>
|
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| 537 | </varlistentry>
|
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[673b0d8] | 538 |
|
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[b8a819f] | 539 | <varlistentry id="sfdisk">
|
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| 540 | <term><command>sfdisk</command></term>
|
---|
[c6cb3aa] | 541 | <listitem>
|
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[2256873] | 542 | <para>A disk partition table manipulator</para>
|
---|
[3ed279f] | 543 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux sfdisk"><primary sortas="b-sfdisk">sfdisk</primary></indexterm>
|
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[c6cb3aa] | 544 | </listitem>
|
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| 545 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
[673b0d8] | 546 |
|
---|
[b8a819f] | 547 | <varlistentry id="swapdev">
|
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| 548 | <term><command>swapdev</command></term>
|
---|
[c6cb3aa] | 549 | <listitem>
|
---|
[2256873] | 550 | <para>Sets the swap device in a bootable image</para>
|
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[3ed279f] | 551 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux swapdev"><primary sortas="b-swapdev">swapdev</primary></indexterm>
|
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[c6cb3aa] | 552 | </listitem>
|
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| 553 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
[673b0d8] | 554 |
|
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[b8a819f] | 555 | <varlistentry id="swapoff">
|
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| 556 | <term><command>swapoff</command></term>
|
---|
[c6cb3aa] | 557 | <listitem>
|
---|
[2256873] | 558 | <para>Disables devices and files for paging and swapping</para>
|
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[3ed279f] | 559 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux swapoff"><primary sortas="b-swapoff">swapoff</primary></indexterm>
|
---|
[c6cb3aa] | 560 | </listitem>
|
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| 561 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
[673b0d8] | 562 |
|
---|
[b8a819f] | 563 | <varlistentry id="swapon">
|
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| 564 | <term><command>swapon</command></term>
|
---|
[c6cb3aa] | 565 | <listitem>
|
---|
[2256873] | 566 | <para>Enables devices and files for paging and swapping</para>
|
---|
[3ed279f] | 567 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux swapon"><primary sortas="b-swapon">swapon</primary></indexterm>
|
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[c6cb3aa] | 568 | </listitem>
|
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| 569 | </varlistentry>
|
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[673b0d8] | 570 |
|
---|
[b8a819f] | 571 | <varlistentry id="tunelp">
|
---|
| 572 | <term><command>tunelp</command></term>
|
---|
[c6cb3aa] | 573 | <listitem>
|
---|
[2256873] | 574 | <para>Tunes the parameters of the line printer</para>
|
---|
[3ed279f] | 575 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux tunelp"><primary sortas="b-tunelp">tunelp</primary></indexterm>
|
---|
[c6cb3aa] | 576 | </listitem>
|
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| 577 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
[673b0d8] | 578 |
|
---|
[b8a819f] | 579 | <varlistentry id="ul">
|
---|
| 580 | <term><command>ul</command></term>
|
---|
[c6cb3aa] | 581 | <listitem>
|
---|
[2256873] | 582 | <para>A filter for translating underscores into
|
---|
| 583 | escape sequences indicating underlining for the terminal in use</para>
|
---|
[3ed279f] | 584 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ul"><primary sortas="b-ul">ul</primary></indexterm>
|
---|
[c6cb3aa] | 585 | </listitem>
|
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| 586 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
[673b0d8] | 587 |
|
---|
[b8a819f] | 588 | <varlistentry id="umount">
|
---|
| 589 | <term><command>umount</command></term>
|
---|
[c6cb3aa] | 590 | <listitem>
|
---|
[2256873] | 591 | <para>Disconnects a file system from the system's file tree</para>
|
---|
[3ed279f] | 592 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux umount"><primary sortas="b-umount">umount</primary></indexterm>
|
---|
[c6cb3aa] | 593 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 594 | </varlistentry>
|
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[673b0d8] | 595 |
|
---|
[b8a819f] | 596 | <varlistentry id="vidmode">
|
---|
| 597 | <term><command>vidmode</command></term>
|
---|
[c6cb3aa] | 598 | <listitem>
|
---|
[2256873] | 599 | <para>Sets the video mode in a bootable image</para>
|
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[3ed279f] | 600 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux vidmode"><primary sortas="b-vidmode">vidmode</primary></indexterm>
|
---|
[c6cb3aa] | 601 | </listitem>
|
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| 602 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
[673b0d8] | 603 |
|
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[b8a819f] | 604 | <varlistentry id="whereis">
|
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| 605 | <term><command>whereis</command></term>
|
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[c6cb3aa] | 606 | <listitem>
|
---|
[2256873] | 607 | <para>Reports the location of binary, the source, and the manual page
|
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| 608 | for the given command</para>
|
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[3ed279f] | 609 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux whereis"><primary sortas="b-whereis">whereis</primary></indexterm>
|
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[c6cb3aa] | 610 | </listitem>
|
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| 611 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
[673b0d8] | 612 |
|
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[b8a819f] | 613 | <varlistentry id="write">
|
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| 614 | <term><command>write</command></term>
|
---|
[c6cb3aa] | 615 | <listitem>
|
---|
[2256873] | 616 | <para>Sends a message to the given user
|
---|
| 617 | <emphasis>if</emphasis> that user has not disabled receipt of such messages</para>
|
---|
[3ed279f] | 618 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux write"><primary sortas="b-write">write</primary></indexterm>
|
---|
[c6cb3aa] | 619 | </listitem>
|
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| 620 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 621 | </variablelist>
|
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[673b0d8] | 622 |
|
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| 623 | </sect2>
|
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| 624 |
|
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| 625 | </sect1>
|
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[ef13657] | 626 |
|
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