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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6]>
7
8<sect1 id="ch-system-util-linux" role="wrap">
9 <?dbhtml filename="util-linux.html"?>
10
11 <sect1info condition="script">
12 <productname>util-linux</productname>
13 <productnumber>&util-linux-version;</productnumber>
14 <address>&util-linux-url;</address>
15 </sect1info>
16
17 <title>Util-linux-&util-linux-version;</title>
18
19 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux">
20 <primary sortas="a-Util-linux">Util-linux</primary>
21 </indexterm>
22
23 <sect2 role="package">
24 <title/>
25
26 <para>The Util-linux package contains miscellaneous utility programs.
27 Among them are utilities for handling file systems, consoles, partitions,
28 and messages.</para>
29
30 <segmentedlist>
31 <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
32 <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
33
34 <seglistitem>
35 <seg>&util-linux-fin-sbu;</seg>
36 <seg>&util-linux-fin-du;</seg>
37 </seglistitem>
38 </segmentedlist>
39
40 </sect2>
41
42 <sect2 role="installation">
43 <title>Installation of Util-linux</title>
44
45<!--
46 <para>First, disable a problematic test:</para>
47
48 <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i '/test_mkfds/s/^/#/' tests/helpers/Makemodule.am</userinput></screen>
49-->
50 <para>Prepare Util-linux for compilation:</para>
51
52 <screen revision="sysv"><userinput remap="configure">./configure --bindir=/usr/bin \
53 --libdir=/usr/lib \
54 --runstatedir=/run \
55 --sbindir=/usr/sbin \
56 --disable-chfn-chsh \
57 --disable-login \
58 --disable-nologin \
59 --disable-su \
60 --disable-setpriv \
61 --disable-runuser \
62 --disable-pylibmount \
63 --disable-liblastlog2 \
64 --disable-static \
65 --without-python \
66 --without-systemd \
67 --without-systemdsystemunitdir \
68 ADJTIME_PATH=/var/lib/hwclock/adjtime \
69 --docdir=/usr/share/doc/util-linux-&util-linux-version;</userinput></screen>
70
71 <screen revision="systemd"><userinput remap="configure">./configure --bindir=/usr/bin \
72 --libdir=/usr/lib \
73 --runstatedir=/run \
74 --sbindir=/usr/sbin \
75 --disable-chfn-chsh \
76 --disable-login \
77 --disable-nologin \
78 --disable-su \
79 --disable-setpriv \
80 --disable-runuser \
81 --disable-pylibmount \
82 --disable-liblastlog2 \
83 --disable-static \
84 --without-python \
85 ADJTIME_PATH=/var/lib/hwclock/adjtime \
86 --docdir=/usr/share/doc/util-linux-&util-linux-version;</userinput></screen>
87
88 <para>The --disable and --without options prevent warnings about
89 building components that either require packages not in LFS, or are
90 inconsistent with programs installed by other packages.</para>
91
92 <para>Compile the package:</para>
93
94<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
95
96 <para>If desired, run the test suite as a non-&root; user:</para>
97
98 <warning><para>Running the test suite as the
99 <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user can be harmful to
100 your system. To run it, the CONFIG_SCSI_DEBUG option for the kernel must
101 be available in the currently running system and must be built as a
102 module. Building it into the kernel will prevent booting. For complete
103 coverage, other BLFS packages must be installed. If desired, this test can
104 be run by booting into the completed LFS system and running:</para>
105
106<screen role="nodump"><userinput>bash tests/run.sh --srcdir=$PWD --builddir=$PWD</userinput></screen>
107 </warning>
108
109<screen><userinput remap="test">chown -R tester .
110su tester -c "make -k check"</userinput></screen>
111
112 <para>
113 The <emphasis>hardlink</emphasis> tests will fail if the host's kernel
114 does not have the option <option>CONFIG_CRYPTO_USER_API_HASH</option>
115 enabled or does not have any options providing a SHA256 implementation
116 (for example, <option>CONFIG_CRYPTO_SHA256</option>, or
117 <option>CONFIG_CRYPTO_SHA256_SSSE3</option> if the CPU supports
118 Supplemental SSE3) enabled. In addition, the lsfd: inotify test will
119 fail if the kernel option <option>CONFIG_NETLINK_DIAG</option> is not
120 enabled.
121 </para>
122
123 <para>Install the package:</para>
124
125<screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
126<!--
127 <para>Finally, install the man pages:</para>
128
129<screen><userinput remap="install">tar -xf ../util-linux-man-pages-&util-linux-version;.tar.xz - -directory /usr/share/man - -strip-components=1</userinput></screen>
130-->
131 </sect2>
132
133 <sect2 id="contents-utillinux" role="content">
134 <title>Contents of Util-linux</title>
135
136 <segmentedlist>
137 <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
138 <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
139 <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>
140
141 <seglistitem>
142 <seg>addpart, agetty, blkdiscard, blkid, blkzone, blockdev, cal, cfdisk, chcpu,
143 chmem, choom, chrt, col, colcrt, colrm, column, ctrlaltdel, delpart, dmesg,
144 eject, fallocate, fdisk, fincore, findfs, findmnt, flock, fsck,
145 fsck.cramfs, fsck.minix, fsfreeze, fstrim, getopt, hardlink, hexdump, hwclock,
146 i386 (link to setarch), ionice, ipcmk, ipcrm, ipcs, irqtop, isosize, kill, last,
147 lastb (link to last), ldattach, linux32 (link to setarch), linux64 (link to setarch),
148 logger, look, losetup, lsblk, lscpu, lsipc, lsirq, lsfd, lslocks, lslogins,
149 lsmem, lsns, mcookie, mesg, mkfs, mkfs.bfs, mkfs.cramfs, mkfs.minix, mkswap,
150 more, mount, mountpoint, namei, nsenter, partx, pivot_root, prlimit,
151 readprofile, rename, renice, resizepart, rev, rfkill, rtcwake, script,
152 scriptlive, scriptreplay, setarch, setsid, setterm, sfdisk, sulogin, swaplabel,
153 swapoff, swapon, switch_root, taskset, uclampset, ul,
154 umount, uname26 (link to setarch), unshare, utmpdump, uuidd, uuidgen, uuidparse,
155 wall, wdctl, whereis, wipefs, x86_64 (link to setarch), and zramctl</seg>
156 <seg>libblkid.so, libfdisk.so, libmount.so,
157 libsmartcols.so, and libuuid.so</seg>
158 <seg>/usr/include/blkid,
159 /usr/include/libfdisk,
160 /usr/include/libmount,
161 /usr/include/libsmartcols,
162 /usr/include/uuid,
163 /usr/share/doc/util-linux-&util-linux-version;,
164 and /var/lib/hwclock</seg>
165 </seglistitem>
166 </segmentedlist>
167
168 <variablelist>
169 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
170 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
171 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
172
173 <varlistentry id="addpart">
174 <term><command>addpart</command></term>
175 <listitem>
176 <para>Informs the Linux kernel of new partitions</para>
177 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux addpart">
178 <primary sortas="b-addpart">addpart</primary>
179 </indexterm>
180 </listitem>
181 </varlistentry>
182
183 <varlistentry id="agetty">
184 <term><command>agetty</command></term>
185 <listitem>
186 <para>Opens a tty port, prompts for a login name,
187 and then invokes the <command>login</command> program</para>
188 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux agetty">
189 <primary sortas="b-agetty">agetty</primary>
190 </indexterm>
191 </listitem>
192 </varlistentry>
193
194 <varlistentry id="blkdiscard">
195 <term><command>blkdiscard</command></term>
196 <listitem>
197 <para>Discards sectors on a device</para>
198 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux blkdiscard">
199 <primary sortas="b-blkdiscard">blkdiscard</primary>
200 </indexterm>
201 </listitem>
202 </varlistentry>
203
204 <varlistentry id="blkid">
205 <term><command>blkid</command></term>
206 <listitem>
207 <para>A command line utility to locate and print block device
208 attributes</para>
209 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux blkid">
210 <primary sortas="b-blkid">blkid</primary>
211 </indexterm>
212 </listitem>
213 </varlistentry>
214
215 <varlistentry id="blkzone">
216 <term><command>blkzone</command></term>
217 <listitem>
218 <para>Is used to manage zoned storage block devices</para>
219 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux blkzone">
220 <primary sortas="b-blkzone">blkzone</primary>
221 </indexterm>
222 </listitem>
223 </varlistentry>
224
225 <varlistentry id="blockdev">
226 <term><command>blockdev</command></term>
227 <listitem>
228 <para>Allows users to call block device ioctls from the command
229 line</para>
230 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux blockdev">
231 <primary sortas="b-blockdev">blockdev</primary>
232 </indexterm>
233 </listitem>
234 </varlistentry>
235
236 <varlistentry id="cal">
237 <term><command>cal</command></term>
238 <listitem>
239 <para>Displays a simple calendar</para>
240 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux cal">
241 <primary sortas="b-cal">cal</primary>
242 </indexterm>
243 </listitem>
244 </varlistentry>
245
246 <varlistentry id="cfdisk">
247 <term><command>cfdisk</command></term>
248 <listitem>
249 <para>Manipulates the partition table of the given device</para>
250 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux cfdisk">
251 <primary sortas="b-cfdisk">cfdisk</primary>
252 </indexterm>
253 </listitem>
254 </varlistentry>
255
256 <varlistentry id="chcpu">
257 <term><command>chcpu</command></term>
258 <listitem>
259 <para>Modifies the state of CPUs</para>
260 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux chcpu">
261 <primary sortas="b-chcpu">chcpu</primary>
262 </indexterm>
263 </listitem>
264 </varlistentry>
265
266 <varlistentry id="chmem">
267 <term><command>chmem</command></term>
268 <listitem>
269 <para>Configures memory</para>
270 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux chmem">
271 <primary sortas="b-chmem">chmem</primary>
272 </indexterm>
273 </listitem>
274 </varlistentry>
275
276 <varlistentry id="choom">
277 <term><command>choom</command></term>
278 <listitem>
279 <para>Displays and adjusts OOM-killer scores, used to determine
280 which process to kill first when Linux is Out Of Memory</para>
281 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux choom">
282 <primary sortas="b-choom">choom</primary>
283 </indexterm>
284 </listitem>
285 </varlistentry>
286
287 <varlistentry id="chrt">
288 <term><command>chrt</command></term>
289 <listitem>
290 <para>Manipulates real-time attributes of a process</para>
291 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux chrt">
292 <primary sortas="b-chrt">chrt</primary>
293 </indexterm>
294 </listitem>
295 </varlistentry>
296
297 <varlistentry id="col">
298 <term><command>col</command></term>
299 <listitem>
300 <para>Filters out reverse line feeds</para>
301 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux col">
302 <primary sortas="b-col">col</primary>
303 </indexterm>
304 </listitem>
305 </varlistentry>
306
307 <varlistentry id="colcrt">
308 <term><command>colcrt</command></term>
309 <listitem>
310 <para>Filters <command>nroff</command> output for terminals
311 that lack some capabilities, such as overstriking and half-lines</para>
312 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux colcrt">
313 <primary sortas="b-colcrt">colcrt</primary>
314 </indexterm>
315 </listitem>
316 </varlistentry>
317
318 <varlistentry id="colrm">
319 <term><command>colrm</command></term>
320 <listitem>
321 <para>Filters out the given columns</para>
322 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux colrm">
323 <primary sortas="b-colrm">colrm</primary>
324 </indexterm>
325 </listitem>
326 </varlistentry>
327
328 <varlistentry id="column">
329 <term><command>column</command></term>
330 <listitem>
331 <para>Formats a given file into multiple columns</para>
332 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux column">
333 <primary sortas="b-column">column</primary>
334 </indexterm>
335 </listitem>
336 </varlistentry>
337
338 <varlistentry id="ctrlaltdel">
339 <term><command>ctrlaltdel</command></term>
340 <listitem>
341 <para>Sets the function of the Ctrl+Alt+Del key combination to a
342 hard or a soft reset</para>
343 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ctrlaltdel">
344 <primary sortas="b-ctrlaltdel">ctrlaltdel</primary>
345 </indexterm>
346 </listitem>
347 </varlistentry>
348
349 <varlistentry id="delpart">
350 <term><command>delpart</command></term>
351 <listitem>
352 <para>Asks the Linux kernel to remove a partition</para>
353 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux delpart">
354 <primary sortas="b-delpart">delpart</primary>
355 </indexterm>
356 </listitem>
357 </varlistentry>
358
359 <varlistentry id="dmesg">
360 <term><command>dmesg</command></term>
361 <listitem>
362 <para>Dumps the kernel boot messages</para>
363 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux dmesg">
364 <primary sortas="b-dmesg">dmesg</primary>
365 </indexterm>
366 </listitem>
367 </varlistentry>
368
369 <varlistentry id="eject">
370 <term><command>eject</command></term>
371 <listitem>
372 <para>Ejects removable media</para>
373 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux eject">
374 <primary sortas="b-eject">eject</primary>
375 </indexterm>
376 </listitem>
377 </varlistentry>
378
379 <varlistentry id="fallocate">
380 <term><command>fallocate</command></term>
381 <listitem>
382 <para>Preallocates space to a file</para>
383 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fallocate">
384 <primary sortas="b-fallocate">fallocate</primary>
385 </indexterm>
386 </listitem>
387 </varlistentry>
388
389 <varlistentry id="fdisk">
390 <term><command>fdisk</command></term>
391 <listitem>
392 <para>Manipulates the partition table of the given device</para>
393 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fdisk">
394 <primary sortas="b-fdisk">fdisk</primary>
395 </indexterm>
396 </listitem>
397 </varlistentry>
398
399 <varlistentry id="fincore">
400 <term><command>fincore</command></term>
401 <listitem>
402 <para>Counts pages of file contents in core</para>
403 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fincore">
404 <primary sortas="b-fincore">fincore</primary>
405 </indexterm>
406 </listitem>
407 </varlistentry>
408
409 <varlistentry id="findfs">
410 <term><command>findfs</command></term>
411 <listitem>
412 <para>Finds a file system, either by label or Universally Unique Identifier
413 (UUID)</para>
414 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux findfs">
415 <primary sortas="b-findfs">findfs</primary>
416 </indexterm>
417 </listitem>
418 </varlistentry>
419
420 <varlistentry id="findmnt">
421 <term><command>findmnt</command></term>
422 <listitem>
423 <para>Is a command line interface to the libmount library
424 for working with mountinfo, fstab and mtab files</para>
425 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux findmnt">
426 <primary sortas="b-findmnt">findmnt</primary>
427 </indexterm>
428 </listitem>
429 </varlistentry>
430
431 <varlistentry id="flock">
432 <term><command>flock</command></term>
433 <listitem>
434 <para>Acquires a file lock and then executes a command with the lock
435 held</para>
436 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux flock">
437 <primary sortas="b-flock">flock</primary>
438 </indexterm>
439 </listitem>
440 </varlistentry>
441
442 <varlistentry id="fsck">
443 <term><command>fsck</command></term>
444 <listitem>
445 <para>Is used to check, and optionally repair, file systems</para>
446 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fsck">
447 <primary sortas="b-fsck">fsck</primary>
448 </indexterm>
449 </listitem>
450 </varlistentry>
451
452 <varlistentry id="fsck.cramfs">
453 <term><command>fsck.cramfs</command></term>
454 <listitem>
455 <para>Performs a consistency check on the Cramfs file system on the
456 given device</para>
457 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fsck.cramfs">
458 <primary sortas="b-fsck.cramfs">fsck.cramfs</primary>
459 </indexterm>
460 </listitem>
461 </varlistentry>
462
463 <varlistentry id="fsck.minix">
464 <term><command>fsck.minix</command></term>
465 <listitem>
466 <para>Performs a consistency check on the Minix file system on the
467 given device</para>
468 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fsck.minix">
469 <primary sortas="b-fsck.minix">fsck.minix</primary>
470 </indexterm>
471 </listitem>
472 </varlistentry>
473
474 <varlistentry id="fsfreeze">
475 <term><command>fsfreeze</command></term>
476 <listitem>
477 <para>Is a very simple wrapper around FIFREEZE/FITHAW ioctl
478 kernel driver operations</para>
479 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fsfreeze">
480 <primary sortas="b-fsfreeze">fsfreeze</primary>
481 </indexterm>
482 </listitem>
483 </varlistentry>
484
485 <varlistentry id="fstrim">
486 <term><command>fstrim</command></term>
487 <listitem>
488 <para>Discards unused blocks on a mounted filesystem</para>
489 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fstrim">
490 <primary sortas="b-fstrim">fstrim</primary>
491 </indexterm>
492 </listitem>
493 </varlistentry>
494
495 <varlistentry id="getopt">
496 <term><command>getopt</command></term>
497 <listitem>
498 <para>Parses options in the given command line</para>
499 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux getopt">
500 <primary sortas="b-getopt">getopt</primary>
501 </indexterm>
502 </listitem>
503 </varlistentry>
504
505 <varlistentry id="hardlink">
506 <term><command>hardlink</command></term>
507 <listitem>
508 <para>Consolidates duplicate files by creating hard links</para>
509 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux hardlink">
510 <primary sortas="b-hardlink">hardlink</primary>
511 </indexterm>
512 </listitem>
513 </varlistentry>
514
515 <varlistentry id="hexdump">
516 <term><command>hexdump</command></term>
517 <listitem>
518 <para>Dumps the given file in hexadecimal, decimal, octal,
519 or ascii</para>
520 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux hexdump">
521 <primary sortas="b-hexdump">hexdump</primary>
522 </indexterm>
523 </listitem>
524 </varlistentry>
525
526 <varlistentry id="hwclock">
527 <term><command>hwclock</command></term>
528 <listitem>
529 <para>Reads or sets the system's hardware clock, also called
530 the Real-Time Clock (RTC) or Basic Input-Output System (BIOS)
531 clock</para>
532 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux hwclock">
533 <primary sortas="b-hwclock">hwclock</primary>
534 </indexterm>
535 </listitem>
536 </varlistentry>
537
538 <varlistentry id="i386">
539 <term><command>i386</command></term>
540 <listitem>
541 <para>A symbolic link to setarch</para>
542 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux i386">
543 <primary sortas="b-i386">i386</primary>
544 </indexterm>
545 </listitem>
546 </varlistentry>
547
548 <varlistentry id="ionice">
549 <term><command>ionice</command></term>
550 <listitem>
551 <para>Gets or sets the io scheduling class and priority for a program</para>
552 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ionice">
553 <primary sortas="b-ionice">ionice</primary>
554 </indexterm>
555 </listitem>
556 </varlistentry>
557
558 <varlistentry id="ipcmk">
559 <term><command>ipcmk</command></term>
560 <listitem>
561 <para>Creates various IPC resources</para>
562 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ipcmk">
563 <primary sortas="b-ipcmk">ipcmk</primary>
564 </indexterm>
565 </listitem>
566 </varlistentry>
567
568 <varlistentry id="ipcrm">
569 <term><command>ipcrm</command></term>
570 <listitem>
571 <para>Removes the given Inter-Process Communication (IPC) resource</para>
572 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ipcrm">
573 <primary sortas="b-ipcrm">ipcrm</primary>
574 </indexterm>
575 </listitem>
576 </varlistentry>
577
578 <varlistentry id="ipcs">
579 <term><command>ipcs</command></term>
580 <listitem>
581 <para>Provides IPC status information</para>
582 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ipcs">
583 <primary sortas="b-ipcs">ipcs</primary>
584 </indexterm>
585 </listitem>
586 </varlistentry>
587
588 <varlistentry id="irqtop">
589 <term><command>irqtop</command></term>
590 <listitem>
591 <para>Displays kernel interrupt counter information in
592 <ulink role='man' url='&man;top.1'>top(1)</ulink> style
593 view</para>
594 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux irqtop">
595 <primary sortas="b-irqtop">irqtop</primary>
596 </indexterm>
597 </listitem>
598 </varlistentry>
599
600 <varlistentry id="isosize">
601 <term><command>isosize</command></term>
602 <listitem>
603 <para>Reports the size of an iso9660 file system</para>
604 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux isosize">
605 <primary sortas="b-isosize">isosize</primary>
606 </indexterm>
607 </listitem>
608 </varlistentry>
609
610 <varlistentry id="kill">
611 <term><command>kill</command></term>
612 <listitem>
613 <para>Sends signals to processes</para>
614 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux kill">
615 <primary sortas="b-kill">kill</primary>
616 </indexterm>
617 </listitem>
618 </varlistentry>
619
620 <varlistentry id="last">
621 <term><command>last</command></term>
622 <listitem>
623 <para>Shows which users last logged in (and out), searching back
624 through the <filename>/var/log/wtmp</filename> file; it also shows
625 system boots, shutdowns, and run-level changes</para>
626 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux last">
627 <primary sortas="b-last">last</primary>
628 </indexterm>
629 </listitem>
630 </varlistentry>
631
632 <varlistentry id="lastb">
633 <term><command>lastb</command></term>
634 <listitem>
635 <para>Shows the failed login attempts, as logged in
636 <filename>/var/log/btmp</filename></para>
637 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lastb">
638 <primary sortas="b-lastb">lastb</primary>
639 </indexterm>
640 </listitem>
641 </varlistentry>
642
643 <varlistentry id="ldattach">
644 <term><command>ldattach</command></term>
645 <listitem>
646 <para>Attaches a line discipline to a serial line</para>
647 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ldattach">
648 <primary sortas="b-ldattach">ldattach</primary>
649 </indexterm>
650 </listitem>
651 </varlistentry>
652
653 <varlistentry id="linux32">
654 <term><command>linux32</command></term>
655 <listitem>
656 <para>A symbolic link to setarch</para>
657 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux linux32">
658 <primary sortas="b-linux32">linux32</primary>
659 </indexterm>
660 </listitem>
661 </varlistentry>
662
663 <varlistentry id="linux64">
664 <term><command>linux64</command></term>
665 <listitem>
666 <para>A symbolic link to setarch</para>
667 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux linux64">
668 <primary sortas="b-linux64">linux64</primary>
669 </indexterm>
670 </listitem>
671 </varlistentry>
672
673 <varlistentry id="logger">
674 <term><command>logger</command></term>
675 <listitem>
676 <para>Enters the given message into the system log</para>
677 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux logger">
678 <primary sortas="b-logger">logger</primary>
679 </indexterm>
680 </listitem>
681 </varlistentry>
682
683 <varlistentry id="look">
684 <term><command>look</command></term>
685 <listitem>
686 <para>Displays lines that begin with the given string</para>
687 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux look">
688 <primary sortas="b-look">look</primary>
689 </indexterm>
690 </listitem>
691 </varlistentry>
692
693 <varlistentry id="losetup">
694 <term><command>losetup</command></term>
695 <listitem>
696 <para>Sets up and controls loop devices</para>
697 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux losetup">
698 <primary sortas="b-losetup">losetup</primary>
699 </indexterm>
700 </listitem>
701 </varlistentry>
702
703 <varlistentry id="lsblk">
704 <term><command>lsblk</command></term>
705 <listitem>
706 <para>Lists information about all or selected block devices in
707 a tree-like format</para>
708 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lsblk">
709 <primary sortas="b-lsblk">lsblk</primary>
710 </indexterm>
711 </listitem>
712 </varlistentry>
713
714 <varlistentry id="lscpu">
715 <term><command>lscpu</command></term>
716 <listitem>
717 <para>Prints CPU architecture information</para>
718 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lscpu">
719 <primary sortas="b-lscpu">lscpu</primary>
720 </indexterm>
721 </listitem>
722 </varlistentry>
723
724 <varlistentry id="lsfd">
725 <term><command>lsfd</command></term>
726 <listitem>
727 <para>Displays information about open files; replaces <command>lsof</command></para>
728 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lsfd">
729 <primary sortas="b-lsfd">lsfd</primary>
730 </indexterm>
731 </listitem>
732 </varlistentry>
733
734 <varlistentry id="lsipc">
735 <term><command>lsipc</command></term>
736 <listitem>
737 <para>Prints information on IPC facilities currently employed
738 in the system</para>
739 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lsipc">
740 <primary sortas="b-lsipc">lsipc</primary>
741 </indexterm>
742 </listitem>
743 </varlistentry>
744
745 <varlistentry id="lsirq">
746 <term><command>lsirq</command></term>
747 <listitem>
748 <para>Displays kernel interrupt counter information</para>
749 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lsirq">
750 <primary sortas="b-lsirq">lsirq</primary>
751 </indexterm>
752 </listitem>
753 </varlistentry>
754
755 <varlistentry id="lslocks">
756 <term><command>lslocks</command></term>
757 <listitem>
758 <para>Lists local system locks</para>
759 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lslocks">
760 <primary sortas="b-lslocks">lslocks</primary>
761 </indexterm>
762 </listitem>
763 </varlistentry>
764
765 <varlistentry id="lslogins">
766 <term><command>lslogins</command></term>
767 <listitem>
768 <para>Lists information about users, groups and system accounts</para>
769 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lslogins">
770 <primary sortas="b-lslogins">lslogins</primary>
771 </indexterm>
772 </listitem>
773 </varlistentry>
774
775 <varlistentry id="lsmem">
776 <term><command>lsmem</command></term>
777 <listitem>
778 <para>Lists the ranges of available memory with their online
779 status</para>
780 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lsmem">
781 <primary sortas="b-lsmem">lsmem</primary>
782 </indexterm>
783 </listitem>
784 </varlistentry>
785
786 <varlistentry id="lsns">
787 <term><command>lsns</command></term>
788 <listitem>
789 <para>Lists namespaces</para>
790 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lsns">
791 <primary sortas="b-lsns">lsns</primary>
792 </indexterm>
793 </listitem>
794 </varlistentry>
795
796 <varlistentry id="mcookie">
797 <term><command>mcookie</command></term>
798 <listitem>
799 <para>Generates magic cookies (128-bit random hexadecimal numbers) for
800 <command>xauth</command></para>
801 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mcookie">
802 <primary sortas="b-mcookie">mcookie</primary>
803 </indexterm>
804 </listitem>
805 </varlistentry>
806
807 <varlistentry id="mesg">
808 <term><command>mesg</command></term>
809 <listitem>
810 <para>Controls whether other users can send messages to the current
811 user's terminal</para>
812 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mesg">
813 <primary sortas="b-mesg">mesg</primary>
814 </indexterm>
815 </listitem>
816 </varlistentry>
817
818 <varlistentry id="mkfs">
819 <term><command>mkfs</command></term>
820 <listitem>
821 <para>Builds a file system on a device (usually a hard disk
822 partition)</para>
823 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs">
824 <primary sortas="b-mkfs">mkfs</primary>
825 </indexterm>
826 </listitem>
827 </varlistentry>
828
829 <varlistentry id="mkfs.bfs">
830 <term><command>mkfs.bfs</command></term>
831 <listitem>
832 <para>Creates a Santa Cruz Operations (SCO) bfs file system</para>
833 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs.bfs">
834 <primary sortas="b-mkfs.bfs">mkfs.bfs</primary>
835 </indexterm>
836 </listitem>
837 </varlistentry>
838
839 <varlistentry id="mkfs.cramfs">
840 <term><command>mkfs.cramfs</command></term>
841 <listitem>
842 <para>Creates a cramfs file system</para>
843 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs.cramfs">
844 <primary sortas="b-mkfs.cramfs">mkfs.cramfs</primary>
845 </indexterm>
846 </listitem>
847 </varlistentry>
848
849 <varlistentry id="mkfs.minix">
850 <term><command>mkfs.minix</command></term>
851 <listitem>
852 <para>Creates a Minix file system</para>
853 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs.minix">
854 <primary sortas="b-mkfs.minix">mkfs.minix</primary>
855 </indexterm>
856 </listitem>
857 </varlistentry>
858
859 <varlistentry id="mkswap">
860 <term><command>mkswap</command></term>
861 <listitem>
862 <para>Initializes the given device or file to be used as a swap
863 area</para>
864 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkswap">
865 <primary sortas="b-mkswap">mkswap</primary>
866 </indexterm>
867 </listitem>
868 </varlistentry>
869
870 <varlistentry id="more">
871 <term><command>more</command></term>
872 <listitem>
873 <para>A filter for paging through text one screen at a time</para>
874 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux more">
875 <primary sortas="b-more">more</primary>
876 </indexterm>
877 </listitem>
878 </varlistentry>
879
880 <varlistentry id="mount">
881 <term><command>mount</command></term>
882 <listitem>
883 <para>Attaches the file system on the given device to a specified
884 directory in the file-system tree</para>
885 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mount">
886 <primary sortas="b-mount">mount</primary>
887 </indexterm>
888 </listitem>
889 </varlistentry>
890
891 <varlistentry id="mountpoint">
892 <term><command>mountpoint</command></term>
893 <listitem>
894 <para>Checks if the directory is a mountpoint</para>
895 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mountpoint">
896 <primary sortas="b-mountpoint">mountpoint</primary>
897 </indexterm>
898 </listitem>
899 </varlistentry>
900
901 <varlistentry id="namei">
902 <term><command>namei</command></term>
903 <listitem>
904 <para>Shows the symbolic links in the given paths</para>
905 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux namei">
906 <primary sortas="b-namei">namei</primary>
907 </indexterm>
908 </listitem>
909 </varlistentry>
910
911 <varlistentry id="nsenter">
912 <term><command>nsenter</command></term>
913 <listitem>
914 <para>Runs a program with namespaces of other processes</para>
915 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux nsenter">
916 <primary sortas="b-nsenter">nsenter</primary>
917 </indexterm>
918 </listitem>
919 </varlistentry>
920
921 <varlistentry id="partx">
922 <term><command>partx</command></term>
923 <listitem>
924 <para>Tells the kernel about the presence and numbering of on-disk
925 partitions</para>
926 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux partx">
927 <primary sortas="b-partx">partx</primary>
928 </indexterm>
929 </listitem>
930 </varlistentry>
931
932 <varlistentry id="pivot_root">
933 <term><command>pivot_root</command></term>
934 <listitem>
935 <para>Makes the given file system the new root file system of the
936 current process</para>
937 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux pivot_root">
938 <primary sortas="b-pivot_root">pivot_root</primary>
939 </indexterm>
940 </listitem>
941 </varlistentry>
942
943 <varlistentry id="prlimit">
944 <term><command>prlimit</command></term>
945 <listitem>
946 <para>Gets and sets a process's resource limits</para>
947 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux prlimit">
948 <primary sortas="b-prlimit">prlimit</primary>
949 </indexterm>
950 </listitem>
951 </varlistentry>
952
953 <varlistentry id="readprofile">
954 <term><command>readprofile</command></term>
955 <listitem>
956 <para>Reads kernel profiling information</para>
957 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux readprofile">
958 <primary sortas="b-readprofile">readprofile</primary>
959 </indexterm>
960 </listitem>
961 </varlistentry>
962
963 <varlistentry id="rename">
964 <term><command>rename</command></term>
965 <listitem>
966 <para>Renames the given files, replacing a given string with
967 another</para>
968 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux rename">
969 <primary sortas="b-rename">rename</primary>
970 </indexterm>
971 </listitem>
972 </varlistentry>
973
974 <varlistentry id="renice">
975 <term><command>renice</command></term>
976 <listitem>
977 <para>Alters the priority of running processes</para>
978 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux renice">
979 <primary sortas="b-renice">renice</primary>
980 </indexterm>
981 </listitem>
982 </varlistentry>
983
984 <varlistentry id="resizepart">
985 <term><command>resizepart</command></term>
986 <listitem>
987 <para>Asks the Linux kernel to resize a partition</para>
988 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux resizepart">
989 <primary sortas="b-resizepart">resizepart</primary>
990 </indexterm>
991 </listitem>
992 </varlistentry>
993
994 <varlistentry id="rev">
995 <term><command>rev</command></term>
996 <listitem>
997 <para>Reverses the lines of a given file</para>
998 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux rev">
999 <primary sortas="b-rev">rev</primary>
1000 </indexterm>
1001 </listitem>
1002 </varlistentry>
1003
1004 <varlistentry id="rfkill">
1005 <term><command>rfkill</command></term>
1006 <listitem>
1007 <para>Tool for enabling and disabling wireless devices</para>
1008 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux rfkill">
1009 <primary sortas="b-rfkill">rfkill</primary>
1010 </indexterm>
1011 </listitem>
1012 </varlistentry>
1013
1014 <varlistentry id="rtcwake">
1015 <term><command>rtcwake</command></term>
1016 <listitem>
1017 <para>Used to enter a system sleep state until the specified wakeup
1018 time</para>
1019 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux rtcwake">
1020 <primary sortas="b-rtcwake">rtcwake</primary>
1021 </indexterm>
1022 </listitem>
1023 </varlistentry>
1024
1025 <varlistentry id="script">
1026 <term><command>script</command></term>
1027 <listitem>
1028 <para>Makes a typescript of a terminal session</para>
1029 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux script">
1030 <primary sortas="b-script">script</primary>
1031 </indexterm>
1032 </listitem>
1033 </varlistentry>
1034
1035 <varlistentry id="scriptlive">
1036 <term><command>scriptlive</command></term>
1037 <listitem>
1038 <para>Re-runs session typescripts using timing information</para>
1039 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux scriptlive">
1040 <primary sortas="b-scriptlive">scriptlive</primary>
1041 </indexterm>
1042 </listitem>
1043 </varlistentry>
1044
1045 <varlistentry id="scriptreplay">
1046 <term><command>scriptreplay</command></term>
1047 <listitem>
1048 <para>Plays back typescripts using timing information</para>
1049 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux scriptreplay">
1050 <primary sortas="b-scriptreplay">scriptreplay</primary>
1051 </indexterm>
1052 </listitem>
1053 </varlistentry>
1054
1055 <varlistentry id="setarch">
1056 <term><command>setarch</command></term>
1057 <listitem>
1058 <para>Changes reported architecture in a new program environment, and
1059 sets personality flags</para>
1060 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux setarch">
1061 <primary sortas="b-setarch">setarch</primary>
1062 </indexterm>
1063 </listitem>
1064 </varlistentry>
1065
1066 <varlistentry id="setsid">
1067 <term><command>setsid</command></term>
1068 <listitem>
1069 <para>Runs the given program in a new session</para>
1070 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux setsid">
1071 <primary sortas="b-setsid">setsid</primary>
1072 </indexterm>
1073 </listitem>
1074 </varlistentry>
1075
1076 <varlistentry id="setterm">
1077 <term><command>setterm</command></term>
1078 <listitem>
1079 <para>Sets terminal attributes</para>
1080 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux setterm">
1081 <primary sortas="b-setterm">setterm</primary>
1082 </indexterm>
1083 </listitem>
1084 </varlistentry>
1085
1086 <varlistentry id="sfdisk">
1087 <term><command>sfdisk</command></term>
1088 <listitem>
1089 <para>A disk partition table manipulator</para>
1090 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux sfdisk">
1091 <primary sortas="b-sfdisk">sfdisk</primary>
1092 </indexterm>
1093 </listitem>
1094 </varlistentry>
1095
1096 <varlistentry id="sulogin">
1097 <term><command>sulogin</command></term>
1098 <listitem>
1099 <para>Allows <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> to log in;
1100 it is normally invoked by <command>init</command> when the system goes
1101 into single user mode</para>
1102 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux sulogin">
1103 <primary sortas="b-sulogin">sulogin</primary>
1104 </indexterm>
1105 </listitem>
1106 </varlistentry>
1107
1108 <varlistentry id="swaplabel">
1109 <term><command>swaplabel</command></term>
1110 <listitem>
1111 <para>Makes changes to the swap area's UUID and label</para>
1112 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux swaplabel">
1113 <primary sortas="b-swaplabel">swaplabel</primary>
1114 </indexterm>
1115 </listitem>
1116 </varlistentry>
1117
1118 <varlistentry id="swapoff">
1119 <term><command>swapoff</command></term>
1120 <listitem>
1121 <para>Disables devices and files for paging and swapping</para>
1122 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux swapoff">
1123 <primary sortas="b-swapoff">swapoff</primary>
1124 </indexterm>
1125 </listitem>
1126 </varlistentry>
1127
1128 <varlistentry id="swapon">
1129 <term><command>swapon</command></term>
1130 <listitem>
1131 <para>Enables devices and files for paging and swapping, and
1132 lists the devices and files currently in use</para>
1133 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux swapon">
1134 <primary sortas="b-swapon">swapon</primary>
1135 </indexterm>
1136 </listitem>
1137 </varlistentry>
1138
1139 <varlistentry id="switch_root">
1140 <term><command>switch_root</command></term>
1141 <listitem>
1142 <para>Switches to another filesystem as the root of the mount tree</para>
1143 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux switch_root">
1144 <primary sortas="b-switch_root">switch_root</primary>
1145 </indexterm>
1146 </listitem>
1147 </varlistentry>
1148
1149 <varlistentry id="taskset">
1150 <term><command>taskset</command></term>
1151 <listitem>
1152 <para>Retrieves or sets a process's CPU affinity</para>
1153 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux taskset">
1154 <primary sortas="b-taskset">taskset</primary>
1155 </indexterm>
1156 </listitem>
1157 </varlistentry>
1158
1159 <varlistentry id="uclampset">
1160 <term><command>uclampset</command></term>
1161 <listitem>
1162 <para>Manipulates the utilization clamping attributes of the
1163 system or a process</para>
1164 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux uclampset">
1165 <primary sortas="b-uclampset">uclampset</primary>
1166 </indexterm>
1167 </listitem>
1168 </varlistentry>
1169
1170 <varlistentry id="ul">
1171 <term><command>ul</command></term>
1172 <listitem>
1173 <para>A filter for translating underscores into escape sequences
1174 indicating underlining for the terminal in use</para>
1175 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ul">
1176 <primary sortas="b-ul">ul</primary>
1177 </indexterm>
1178 </listitem>
1179 </varlistentry>
1180
1181 <varlistentry id="umount">
1182 <term><command>umount</command></term>
1183 <listitem>
1184 <para>Disconnects a file system from the system's file tree</para>
1185 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux umount">
1186 <primary sortas="b-umount">umount</primary>
1187 </indexterm>
1188 </listitem>
1189 </varlistentry>
1190
1191 <varlistentry id="uname26">
1192 <term><command>uname26</command></term>
1193 <listitem>
1194 <para>A symbolic link to setarch</para>
1195 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux uname26">
1196 <primary sortas="b-uname26">uname26</primary>
1197 </indexterm>
1198 </listitem>
1199 </varlistentry>
1200
1201 <varlistentry id="unshare">
1202 <term><command>unshare</command></term>
1203 <listitem>
1204 <para>Runs a program with some namespaces unshared from parent</para>
1205 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux unshare">
1206 <primary sortas="b-unshare">unshare</primary>
1207 </indexterm>
1208 </listitem>
1209 </varlistentry>
1210
1211 <varlistentry id="utmpdump">
1212 <term><command>utmpdump</command></term>
1213 <listitem>
1214 <para>Displays the content of the given login file in a
1215 user-friendly format</para>
1216 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux utmpdump">
1217 <primary sortas="b-utmpdump">utmpdump</primary>
1218 </indexterm>
1219 </listitem>
1220 </varlistentry>
1221
1222 <varlistentry id="uuidd">
1223 <term><command>uuidd</command></term>
1224 <listitem>
1225 <para>A daemon used by the UUID library to generate time-based
1226 UUIDs in a secure and guaranteed-unique fashion</para>
1227 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux uuidd">
1228 <primary sortas="b-uuidd">uuidd</primary>
1229 </indexterm>
1230 </listitem>
1231 </varlistentry>
1232
1233 <varlistentry id="uuidgen">
1234 <term><command>uuidgen</command></term>
1235 <listitem>
1236 <para>Creates new UUIDs. Each new UUID is a random number likely to be
1237 unique among all UUIDs created, on the local system and on other
1238 systems, in the past and in the future, with extremely high
1239 probability (2<superscript>128</superscript> UUIDs are
1240 possible)</para>
1241 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux uuidgen">
1242 <primary sortas="b-uuidgen">uuidgen</primary>
1243 </indexterm>
1244 </listitem>
1245 </varlistentry>
1246
1247 <varlistentry id="uuidparse">
1248 <term><command>uuidparse</command></term>
1249 <listitem>
1250 <para>A utility to parse unique identifiers</para>
1251 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux uuidparse">
1252 <primary sortas="b-uuidparse">uuidparse</primary>
1253 </indexterm>
1254 </listitem>
1255 </varlistentry>
1256
1257 <varlistentry id="wall">
1258 <term><command>wall</command></term>
1259 <listitem>
1260 <para>Displays the contents of a file or, by default, its standard
1261 input, on the terminals of all currently logged in users</para>
1262 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux wall">
1263 <primary sortas="b-wall">wall</primary>
1264 </indexterm>
1265 </listitem>
1266 </varlistentry>
1267
1268 <varlistentry id="wdctl">
1269 <term><command>wdctl</command></term>
1270 <listitem>
1271 <para>Shows hardware watchdog status</para>
1272 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux wdctl">
1273 <primary sortas="b-wdctl">wdctl</primary>
1274 </indexterm>
1275 </listitem>
1276 </varlistentry>
1277
1278 <varlistentry id="whereis">
1279 <term><command>whereis</command></term>
1280 <listitem>
1281 <para>Reports the location of the binary, source, and man page
1282 files for the given command</para>
1283 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux whereis">
1284 <primary sortas="b-whereis">whereis</primary>
1285 </indexterm>
1286 </listitem>
1287 </varlistentry>
1288
1289 <varlistentry id="wipefs">
1290 <term><command>wipefs</command></term>
1291 <listitem>
1292 <para>Wipes a filesystem signature from a device</para>
1293 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux wipefs">
1294 <primary sortas="b-wipefs">wipefs</primary>
1295 </indexterm>
1296 </listitem>
1297 </varlistentry>
1298
1299 <varlistentry id="x86_64">
1300 <term><command>x86_64</command></term>
1301 <listitem>
1302 <para>A symbolic link to setarch</para>
1303 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux x86_64">
1304 <primary sortas="b-x86_64">x86_64</primary>
1305 </indexterm>
1306 </listitem>
1307 </varlistentry>
1308
1309 <varlistentry id="zramctl">
1310 <term><command>zramctl</command></term>
1311 <listitem>
1312 <para>A program to set up and control zram (compressed ram disk)
1313 devices</para>
1314 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux zramctl">
1315 <primary sortas="b-zramctl">zramctl</primary>
1316 </indexterm>
1317 </listitem>
1318 </varlistentry>
1319
1320 <varlistentry id="libblkid">
1321 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libblkid</filename></term>
1322 <listitem>
1323 <para>Contains routines for device identification and token
1324 extraction</para>
1325 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux libblkid">
1326 <primary sortas="c-libblkid">libblkid</primary>
1327 </indexterm>
1328 </listitem>
1329 </varlistentry>
1330
1331 <varlistentry id="libfdisk">
1332 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libfdisk</filename></term>
1333 <listitem>
1334 <para>Contains routines for manipulating partition tables</para>
1335 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux libfdisk">
1336 <primary sortas="c-libfdisk">libfdisk</primary>
1337 </indexterm>
1338 </listitem>
1339 </varlistentry>
1340
1341 <varlistentry id="libmount">
1342 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libmount</filename></term>
1343 <listitem>
1344 <para>Contains routines for block device mounting and
1345 unmounting</para>
1346 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux libmount">
1347 <primary sortas="c-libmount">libmount</primary>
1348 </indexterm>
1349 </listitem>
1350 </varlistentry>
1351
1352 <varlistentry id="libsmartcols">
1353 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libsmartcols</filename></term>
1354 <listitem>
1355 <para>Contains routines for aiding screen output in tabular form</para>
1356 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux libsmartcols">
1357 <primary sortas="c-libsmartcols">libsmartcols</primary>
1358 </indexterm>
1359 </listitem>
1360 </varlistentry>
1361
1362 <varlistentry id="libuuid">
1363 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libuuid</filename></term>
1364 <listitem>
1365 <para>Contains routines for generating unique identifiers for objects
1366 that may be accessible beyond the local system</para>
1367 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux libuuid">
1368 <primary sortas="c-libuuid">libuuid</primary>
1369 </indexterm>
1370 </listitem>
1371 </varlistentry>
1372
1373 </variablelist>
1374
1375 </sect2>
1376
1377</sect1>
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