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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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 <para>Prepare Util-linux for compilation:</para>
46
47<screen revision="sysv"><userinput remap="configure">./configure ADJTIME_PATH=/var/lib/hwclock/adjtime \
48 --bindir=/usr/bin \
49 --libdir=/usr/lib \
50 --sbindir=/usr/sbin \
51 --docdir=/usr/share/doc/util-linux-&util-linux-version; \
52 --disable-chfn-chsh \
53 --disable-login \
54 --disable-nologin \
55 --disable-su \
56 --disable-setpriv \
57 --disable-runuser \
58 --disable-pylibmount \
59 --disable-static \
60 --without-python \
61 --without-systemd \
62 --without-systemdsystemunitdir</userinput></screen>
63
64<screen revision="systemd"><userinput remap="configure">./configure ADJTIME_PATH=/var/lib/hwclock/adjtime \
65 --bindir=/usr/bin \
66 --libdir=/usr/lib \
67 --sbindir=/usr/sbin \
68 --docdir=/usr/share/doc/util-linux-&util-linux-version; \
69 --disable-chfn-chsh \
70 --disable-login \
71 --disable-nologin \
72 --disable-su \
73 --disable-setpriv \
74 --disable-runuser \
75 --disable-pylibmount \
76 --disable-static \
77 --without-python</userinput></screen>
78
79 <para>The --disable and --without options prevent warnings about
80 building components that require packages not in LFS or are
81 inconsistent with programs installed by other packages.</para>
82
83 <para>Compile the package:</para>
84
85<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
86
87 <para>If desired, run the test suite as a non-root user:</para>
88
89 <warning><para>Running the test suite as the
90 <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user can be harmful to
91 your system. To run it, the CONFIG_SCSI_DEBUG option for the kernel must
92 be available in the currently running system and must be built as a
93 module. Building it into the kernel will prevent booting. For complete
94 coverage, other BLFS packages must be installed. If desired, this test can
95 be run after rebooting into the completed LFS system and running:</para>
96
97<screen role="nodump"><userinput>bash tests/run.sh --srcdir=$PWD --builddir=$PWD</userinput></screen>
98 </warning>
99
100 <note><para>There is one test that fails in the chroot envronment and
101 causes the tests to hang forever. The problem does not occur outside
102 of the chroot envronment.
103 To work around the problem, delete the test:</para>
104
105 <screen><userinput remap="test">rm tests/ts/lsns/ioctl_ns</userinput></screen>
106 </note>
107
108<screen><userinput remap="test">chown -Rv tester .
109su tester -c "make -k check"</userinput></screen>
110
111 <para>Install the package:</para>
112
113<screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
114<!--
115 <para>Finally, install the man pages:</para>
116
117<screen><userinput remap="install">tar -xf ../util-linux-man-pages-&util-linux-version;.tar.xz - -directory /usr/share/man - -strip-components=1</userinput></screen>
118-->
119 </sect2>
120
121 <sect2 id="contents-utillinux" role="content">
122 <title>Contents of Util-linux</title>
123
124 <segmentedlist>
125 <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
126 <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
127 <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>
128
129 <seglistitem>
130 <seg>addpart, agetty, blkdiscard, blkid, blkzone, blockdev, cal, cfdisk, chcpu,
131 chmem, choom, chrt, col, colcrt, colrm, column, ctrlaltdel, delpart, dmesg,
132 eject, fallocate, fdisk, fincore, findfs, findmnt, flock, fsck,
133 fsck.cramfs, fsck.minix, fsfreeze, fstrim, getopt, hexdump, hwclock,
134 i386, ionice, ipcmk, ipcrm, ipcs, irqtop, isosize, kill, last, lastb (link to
135 last), ldattach, linux32, linux64, logger, look, losetup, lsblk, lscpu,
136 lsipc, lsirq, lslocks, lslogins, lsmem, lsns, mcookie, mesg, mkfs, mkfs.bfs, mkfs.cramfs, mkfs.minix, mkswap,
137 more, mount, mountpoint, namei, nsenter, partx, pivot_root, prlimit,
138 readprofile, rename, renice, resizepart, rev, rfkill, rtcwake, script,
139 scriptlive, scriptreplay, setarch, setsid, setterm, sfdisk, sulogin, swaplabel,
140 swapoff (link to swapon), swapon, switch_root, taskset, uclampset, ul,
141 umount, uname26, unshare, utmpdump, uuidd, uuidgen, uuidparse, wall, wdctl, whereis,
142 wipefs, x86_64, and zramctl</seg>
143 <seg>libblkid.so, libfdisk.so, libmount.so,
144 libsmartcols.so, and libuuid.so</seg>
145 <seg>/usr/include/blkid,
146 /usr/include/libfdisk,
147 /usr/include/libmount,
148 /usr/include/libsmartcols,
149 /usr/include/uuid,
150 /usr/share/doc/util-linux-&util-linux-version;,
151 and /var/lib/hwclock</seg>
152 </seglistitem>
153 </segmentedlist>
154
155 <variablelist>
156 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
157 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
158 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
159
160 <varlistentry id="addpart">
161 <term><command>addpart</command></term>
162 <listitem>
163 <para>Informs the Linux kernel of new partitions</para>
164 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux addpart">
165 <primary sortas="b-addpart">addpart</primary>
166 </indexterm>
167 </listitem>
168 </varlistentry>
169
170 <varlistentry id="agetty">
171 <term><command>agetty</command></term>
172 <listitem>
173 <para>Opens a tty port, prompts for a login name,
174 and then invokes the <command>login</command> program</para>
175 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux agetty">
176 <primary sortas="b-agetty">agetty</primary>
177 </indexterm>
178 </listitem>
179 </varlistentry>
180
181 <varlistentry id="blkdiscard">
182 <term><command>blkdiscard</command></term>
183 <listitem>
184 <para>Discards sectors on a device</para>
185 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux blkdiscard">
186 <primary sortas="b-blkdiscard">blkdiscard</primary>
187 </indexterm>
188 </listitem>
189 </varlistentry>
190
191 <varlistentry id="blkid">
192 <term><command>blkid</command></term>
193 <listitem>
194 <para>A command line utility to locate and print block device
195 attributes</para>
196 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux blkid">
197 <primary sortas="b-blkid">blkid</primary>
198 </indexterm>
199 </listitem>
200 </varlistentry>
201
202 <varlistentry id="blkzone">
203 <term><command>blkzone</command></term>
204 <listitem>
205 <para>Runs zone command on the given block device</para>
206 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux blkzone">
207 <primary sortas="b-blkzone">blkzone</primary>
208 </indexterm>
209 </listitem>
210 </varlistentry>
211
212 <varlistentry id="blockdev">
213 <term><command>blockdev</command></term>
214 <listitem>
215 <para>Allows users to call block device ioctls from the command
216 line</para>
217 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux blockdev">
218 <primary sortas="b-blockdev">blockdev</primary>
219 </indexterm>
220 </listitem>
221 </varlistentry>
222
223 <varlistentry id="cal">
224 <term><command>cal</command></term>
225 <listitem>
226 <para>Displays a simple calendar</para>
227 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux cal">
228 <primary sortas="b-cal">cal</primary>
229 </indexterm>
230 </listitem>
231 </varlistentry>
232
233 <varlistentry id="cfdisk">
234 <term><command>cfdisk</command></term>
235 <listitem>
236 <para>Manipulates the partition table of the given device</para>
237 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux cfdisk">
238 <primary sortas="b-cfdisk">cfdisk</primary>
239 </indexterm>
240 </listitem>
241 </varlistentry>
242
243 <varlistentry id="chcpu">
244 <term><command>chcpu</command></term>
245 <listitem>
246 <para>Modifies the state of CPUs</para>
247 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux chcpu">
248 <primary sortas="b-chcpu">chcpu</primary>
249 </indexterm>
250 </listitem>
251 </varlistentry>
252
253 <varlistentry id="chmem">
254 <term><command>chmem</command></term>
255 <listitem>
256 <para>Configures memory</para>
257 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux chmem">
258 <primary sortas="b-chmem">chmem</primary>
259 </indexterm>
260 </listitem>
261 </varlistentry>
262
263 <varlistentry id="choom">
264 <term><command>choom</command></term>
265 <listitem>
266 <para>Displays and adjusts OOM-killer score</para>
267 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux choom">
268 <primary sortas="b-choom">choom</primary>
269 </indexterm>
270 </listitem>
271 </varlistentry>
272
273 <varlistentry id="chrt">
274 <term><command>chrt</command></term>
275 <listitem>
276 <para>Manipulates real-time attributes of a process</para>
277 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux chrt">
278 <primary sortas="b-chrt">chrt</primary>
279 </indexterm>
280 </listitem>
281 </varlistentry>
282
283 <varlistentry id="col">
284 <term><command>col</command></term>
285 <listitem>
286 <para>Filters out reverse line feeds</para>
287 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux col">
288 <primary sortas="b-col">col</primary>
289 </indexterm>
290 </listitem>
291 </varlistentry>
292
293 <varlistentry id="colcrt">
294 <term><command>colcrt</command></term>
295 <listitem>
296 <para>Filters <command>nroff</command> output for terminals
297 that lack some capabilities, such as overstriking and half-lines</para>
298 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux colcrt">
299 <primary sortas="b-colcrt">colcrt</primary>
300 </indexterm>
301 </listitem>
302 </varlistentry>
303
304 <varlistentry id="colrm">
305 <term><command>colrm</command></term>
306 <listitem>
307 <para>Filters out the given columns</para>
308 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux colrm">
309 <primary sortas="b-colrm">colrm</primary>
310 </indexterm>
311 </listitem>
312 </varlistentry>
313
314 <varlistentry id="column">
315 <term><command>column</command></term>
316 <listitem>
317 <para>Formats a given file into multiple columns</para>
318 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux column">
319 <primary sortas="b-column">column</primary>
320 </indexterm>
321 </listitem>
322 </varlistentry>
323
324 <varlistentry id="ctrlaltdel">
325 <term><command>ctrlaltdel</command></term>
326 <listitem>
327 <para>Sets the function of the Ctrl+Alt+Del key combination to a
328 hard or a soft reset</para>
329 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ctrlaltdel">
330 <primary sortas="b-ctrlaltdel">ctrlaltdel</primary>
331 </indexterm>
332 </listitem>
333 </varlistentry>
334
335 <varlistentry id="delpart">
336 <term><command>delpart</command></term>
337 <listitem>
338 <para>Asks the Linux kernel to remove a partition</para>
339 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux delpart">
340 <primary sortas="b-delpart">delpart</primary>
341 </indexterm>
342 </listitem>
343 </varlistentry>
344
345 <varlistentry id="dmesg">
346 <term><command>dmesg</command></term>
347 <listitem>
348 <para>Dumps the kernel boot messages</para>
349 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux dmesg">
350 <primary sortas="b-dmesg">dmesg</primary>
351 </indexterm>
352 </listitem>
353 </varlistentry>
354
355 <varlistentry id="eject">
356 <term><command>eject</command></term>
357 <listitem>
358 <para>Ejects removable media</para>
359 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux eject">
360 <primary sortas="b-eject">eject</primary>
361 </indexterm>
362 </listitem>
363 </varlistentry>
364
365 <varlistentry id="fallocate">
366 <term><command>fallocate</command></term>
367 <listitem>
368 <para>Preallocates space to a file</para>
369 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fallocate">
370 <primary sortas="b-fallocate">fallocate</primary>
371 </indexterm>
372 </listitem>
373 </varlistentry>
374
375 <varlistentry id="fdisk">
376 <term><command>fdisk</command></term>
377 <listitem>
378 <para>Manipulates the partition table of the given device</para>
379 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fdisk">
380 <primary sortas="b-fdisk">fdisk</primary>
381 </indexterm>
382 </listitem>
383 </varlistentry>
384
385 <varlistentry id="fincore">
386 <term><command>fincore</command></term>
387 <listitem>
388 <para>Counts pages of file contents in core</para>
389 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fincore">
390 <primary sortas="b-fincore">fincore</primary>
391 </indexterm>
392 </listitem>
393 </varlistentry>
394
395 <varlistentry id="findfs">
396 <term><command>findfs</command></term>
397 <listitem>
398 <para>Finds a file system by label or Universally Unique Identifier
399 (UUID)</para>
400 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux findfs">
401 <primary sortas="b-findfs">findfs</primary>
402 </indexterm>
403 </listitem>
404 </varlistentry>
405
406 <varlistentry id="findmnt">
407 <term><command>findmnt</command></term>
408 <listitem>
409 <para>Is a command line interface to the libmount library
410 for work with mountinfo, fstab and mtab files</para>
411 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux findmnt">
412 <primary sortas="b-findmnt">findmnt</primary>
413 </indexterm>
414 </listitem>
415 </varlistentry>
416
417 <varlistentry id="flock">
418 <term><command>flock</command></term>
419 <listitem>
420 <para>Acquires a file lock and then executes a command with the lock
421 held</para>
422 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux flock">
423 <primary sortas="b-flock">flock</primary>
424 </indexterm>
425 </listitem>
426 </varlistentry>
427
428 <varlistentry id="fsck">
429 <term><command>fsck</command></term>
430 <listitem>
431 <para>Is used to check, and optionally repair, file systems</para>
432 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fsck">
433 <primary sortas="b-fsck">fsck</primary>
434 </indexterm>
435 </listitem>
436 </varlistentry>
437
438 <varlistentry id="fsck.cramfs">
439 <term><command>fsck.cramfs</command></term>
440 <listitem>
441 <para>Performs a consistency check on the Cramfs file system on the
442 given device</para>
443 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fsck.cramfs">
444 <primary sortas="b-fsck.cramfs">fsck.cramfs</primary>
445 </indexterm>
446 </listitem>
447 </varlistentry>
448
449 <varlistentry id="fsck.minix">
450 <term><command>fsck.minix</command></term>
451 <listitem>
452 <para>Performs a consistency check on the Minix file system on the
453 given device</para>
454 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fsck.minix">
455 <primary sortas="b-fsck.minix">fsck.minix</primary>
456 </indexterm>
457 </listitem>
458 </varlistentry>
459
460 <varlistentry id="fsfreeze">
461 <term><command>fsfreeze</command></term>
462 <listitem>
463 <para>Is a very simple wrapper around FIFREEZE/FITHAW ioctl
464 kernel driver operations</para>
465 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fsfreeze">
466 <primary sortas="b-fsfreeze">fsfreeze</primary>
467 </indexterm>
468 </listitem>
469 </varlistentry>
470
471 <varlistentry id="fstrim">
472 <term><command>fstrim</command></term>
473 <listitem>
474 <para>Discards unused blocks on a mounted filesystem</para>
475 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fstrim">
476 <primary sortas="b-fstrim">fstrim</primary>
477 </indexterm>
478 </listitem>
479 </varlistentry>
480
481 <varlistentry id="getopt">
482 <term><command>getopt</command></term>
483 <listitem>
484 <para>Parses options in the given command line</para>
485 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux getopt">
486 <primary sortas="b-getopt">getopt</primary>
487 </indexterm>
488 </listitem>
489 </varlistentry>
490
491 <varlistentry id="hexdump">
492 <term><command>hexdump</command></term>
493 <listitem>
494 <para>Dumps the given file in hexadecimal or in another given
495 format</para>
496 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux hexdump">
497 <primary sortas="b-hexdump">hexdump</primary>
498 </indexterm>
499 </listitem>
500 </varlistentry>
501
502 <varlistentry id="hwclock">
503 <term><command>hwclock</command></term>
504 <listitem>
505 <para>Reads or sets the system's hardware clock, also called
506 the Real-Time Clock (RTC) or Basic Input-Output System (BIOS)
507 clock</para>
508 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux hwclock">
509 <primary sortas="b-hwclock">hwclock</primary>
510 </indexterm>
511 </listitem>
512 </varlistentry>
513
514 <varlistentry id="i386">
515 <term><command>i386</command></term>
516 <listitem>
517 <para>A symbolic link to setarch</para>
518 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux i386">
519 <primary sortas="b-i386">i386</primary>
520 </indexterm>
521 </listitem>
522 </varlistentry>
523
524 <varlistentry id="ionice">
525 <term><command>ionice</command></term>
526 <listitem>
527 <para>Gets or sets the io scheduling class and priority for a program</para>
528 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ionice">
529 <primary sortas="b-ionice">ionice</primary>
530 </indexterm>
531 </listitem>
532 </varlistentry>
533
534 <varlistentry id="ipcmk">
535 <term><command>ipcmk</command></term>
536 <listitem>
537 <para>Creates various IPC resources</para>
538 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ipcmk">
539 <primary sortas="b-ipcmk">ipcmk</primary>
540 </indexterm>
541 </listitem>
542 </varlistentry>
543
544 <varlistentry id="ipcrm">
545 <term><command>ipcrm</command></term>
546 <listitem>
547 <para>Removes the given Inter-Process Communication (IPC) resource</para>
548 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ipcrm">
549 <primary sortas="b-ipcrm">ipcrm</primary>
550 </indexterm>
551 </listitem>
552 </varlistentry>
553
554 <varlistentry id="ipcs">
555 <term><command>ipcs</command></term>
556 <listitem>
557 <para>Provides IPC status information</para>
558 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ipcs">
559 <primary sortas="b-ipcs">ipcs</primary>
560 </indexterm>
561 </listitem>
562 </varlistentry>
563
564 <varlistentry id="irqtop">
565 <term><command>irqtop</command></term>
566 <listitem>
567 <para>Displays kernel interrupt counter information in
568 <filename>top(1)</filename> style view</para>
569 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux irqtop">
570 <primary sortas="b-irqtop">irqtop</primary>
571 </indexterm>
572 </listitem>
573 </varlistentry>
574
575 <varlistentry id="isosize">
576 <term><command>isosize</command></term>
577 <listitem>
578 <para>Reports the size of an iso9660 file system</para>
579 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux isosize">
580 <primary sortas="b-isosize">isosize</primary>
581 </indexterm>
582 </listitem>
583 </varlistentry>
584
585 <varlistentry id="kill">
586 <term><command>kill</command></term>
587 <listitem>
588 <para>Sends signals to processes</para>
589 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux kill">
590 <primary sortas="b-kill">kill</primary>
591 </indexterm>
592 </listitem>
593 </varlistentry>
594
595 <varlistentry id="last">
596 <term><command>last</command></term>
597 <listitem>
598 <para>Shows which users last logged in (and out), searching back
599 through the <filename>/var/log/wtmp</filename> file; it also shows
600 system boots, shutdowns, and run-level changes</para>
601 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux last">
602 <primary sortas="b-last">last</primary>
603 </indexterm>
604 </listitem>
605 </varlistentry>
606
607 <varlistentry id="lastb">
608 <term><command>lastb</command></term>
609 <listitem>
610 <para>Shows the failed login attempts, as logged in
611 <filename>/var/log/btmp</filename></para>
612 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lastb">
613 <primary sortas="b-lastb">lastb</primary>
614 </indexterm>
615 </listitem>
616 </varlistentry>
617
618 <varlistentry id="ldattach">
619 <term><command>ldattach</command></term>
620 <listitem>
621 <para>Attaches a line discipline to a serial line</para>
622 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ldattach">
623 <primary sortas="b-ldattach">ldattach</primary>
624 </indexterm>
625 </listitem>
626 </varlistentry>
627
628 <varlistentry id="linux32">
629 <term><command>linux32</command></term>
630 <listitem>
631 <para>A symbolic link to setarch</para>
632 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux linux32">
633 <primary sortas="b-linux32">linux32</primary>
634 </indexterm>
635 </listitem>
636 </varlistentry>
637
638 <varlistentry id="linux64">
639 <term><command>linux64</command></term>
640 <listitem>
641 <para>A symbolic link to setarch</para>
642 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux linux64">
643 <primary sortas="b-linux64">linux64</primary>
644 </indexterm>
645 </listitem>
646 </varlistentry>
647
648 <varlistentry id="logger">
649 <term><command>logger</command></term>
650 <listitem>
651 <para>Enters the given message into the system log</para>
652 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux logger">
653 <primary sortas="b-logger">logger</primary>
654 </indexterm>
655 </listitem>
656 </varlistentry>
657
658 <varlistentry id="look">
659 <term><command>look</command></term>
660 <listitem>
661 <para>Displays lines that begin with the given string</para>
662 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux look">
663 <primary sortas="b-look">look</primary>
664 </indexterm>
665 </listitem>
666 </varlistentry>
667
668 <varlistentry id="losetup">
669 <term><command>losetup</command></term>
670 <listitem>
671 <para>Sets up and controls loop devices</para>
672 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux losetup">
673 <primary sortas="b-losetup">losetup</primary>
674 </indexterm>
675 </listitem>
676 </varlistentry>
677
678 <varlistentry id="lsblk">
679 <term><command>lsblk</command></term>
680 <listitem>
681 <para>Lists information about all or selected block devices in
682 a tree-like format</para>
683 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lsblk">
684 <primary sortas="b-lsblk">lsblk</primary>
685 </indexterm>
686 </listitem>
687 </varlistentry>
688
689 <varlistentry id="lscpu">
690 <term><command>lscpu</command></term>
691 <listitem>
692 <para>Prints CPU architecture information</para>
693 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lscpu">
694 <primary sortas="b-lscpu">lscpu</primary>
695 </indexterm>
696 </listitem>
697 </varlistentry>
698
699 <varlistentry id="lsipc">
700 <term><command>lsipc</command></term>
701 <listitem>
702 <para>Prints information on IPC facilities currently employed
703 in the system</para>
704 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lsipc">
705 <primary sortas="b-lsipc">lsipc</primary>
706 </indexterm>
707 </listitem>
708 </varlistentry>
709
710 <varlistentry id="lsirq">
711 <term><command>lsirq</command></term>
712 <listitem>
713 <para>Displays kernel interrupt counter information</para>
714 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lsirq">
715 <primary sortas="b-lsirq">lsirq</primary>
716 </indexterm>
717 </listitem>
718 </varlistentry>
719
720 <varlistentry id="lslocks">
721 <term><command>lslocks</command></term>
722 <listitem>
723 <para>Lists local system locks</para>
724 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lslocks">
725 <primary sortas="b-lslocks">lslocks</primary>
726 </indexterm>
727 </listitem>
728 </varlistentry>
729
730 <varlistentry id="lslogins">
731 <term><command>lslogins</command></term>
732 <listitem>
733 <para>Lists information about users, groups and system accounts</para>
734 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lslogins">
735 <primary sortas="b-lslogins">lslogins</primary>
736 </indexterm>
737 </listitem>
738 </varlistentry>
739
740 <varlistentry id="lsmem">
741 <term><command>lsmem</command></term>
742 <listitem>
743 <para>Lists the ranges of available memory with their online
744 status</para>
745 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lsmem">
746 <primary sortas="b-lsmem">lsmem</primary>
747 </indexterm>
748 </listitem>
749 </varlistentry>
750
751 <varlistentry id="lsns">
752 <term><command>lsns</command></term>
753 <listitem>
754 <para>Lists namespaces</para>
755 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux lsns">
756 <primary sortas="b-lsns">lsns</primary>
757 </indexterm>
758 </listitem>
759 </varlistentry>
760
761 <varlistentry id="mcookie">
762 <term><command>mcookie</command></term>
763 <listitem>
764 <para>Generates magic cookies (128-bit random hexadecimal numbers) for
765 <command>xauth</command></para>
766 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mcookie">
767 <primary sortas="b-mcookie">mcookie</primary>
768 </indexterm>
769 </listitem>
770 </varlistentry>
771
772 <varlistentry id="mesg">
773 <term><command>mesg</command></term>
774 <listitem>
775 <para>Controls whether other users can send messages to the current
776 user's terminal</para>
777 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mesg">
778 <primary sortas="b-mesg">mesg</primary>
779 </indexterm>
780 </listitem>
781 </varlistentry>
782
783 <varlistentry id="mkfs">
784 <term><command>mkfs</command></term>
785 <listitem>
786 <para>Builds a file system on a device (usually a hard disk
787 partition)</para>
788 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs">
789 <primary sortas="b-mkfs">mkfs</primary>
790 </indexterm>
791 </listitem>
792 </varlistentry>
793
794 <varlistentry id="mkfs.bfs">
795 <term><command>mkfs.bfs</command></term>
796 <listitem>
797 <para>Creates a Santa Cruz Operations (SCO) bfs file system</para>
798 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs.bfs">
799 <primary sortas="b-mkfs.bfs">mkfs.bfs</primary>
800 </indexterm>
801 </listitem>
802 </varlistentry>
803
804 <varlistentry id="mkfs.cramfs">
805 <term><command>mkfs.cramfs</command></term>
806 <listitem>
807 <para>Creates a cramfs file system</para>
808 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs.cramfs">
809 <primary sortas="b-mkfs.cramfs">mkfs.cramfs</primary>
810 </indexterm>
811 </listitem>
812 </varlistentry>
813
814 <varlistentry id="mkfs.minix">
815 <term><command>mkfs.minix</command></term>
816 <listitem>
817 <para>Creates a Minix file system</para>
818 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs.minix">
819 <primary sortas="b-mkfs.minix">mkfs.minix</primary>
820 </indexterm>
821 </listitem>
822 </varlistentry>
823
824 <varlistentry id="mkswap">
825 <term><command>mkswap</command></term>
826 <listitem>
827 <para>Initializes the given device or file to be used as a swap
828 area</para>
829 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkswap">
830 <primary sortas="b-mkswap">mkswap</primary>
831 </indexterm>
832 </listitem>
833 </varlistentry>
834
835 <varlistentry id="more">
836 <term><command>more</command></term>
837 <listitem>
838 <para>A filter for paging through text one screen at a time</para>
839 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux more">
840 <primary sortas="b-more">more</primary>
841 </indexterm>
842 </listitem>
843 </varlistentry>
844
845 <varlistentry id="mount">
846 <term><command>mount</command></term>
847 <listitem>
848 <para>Attaches the file system on the given device to a specified
849 directory in the file-system tree</para>
850 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mount">
851 <primary sortas="b-mount">mount</primary>
852 </indexterm>
853 </listitem>
854 </varlistentry>
855
856 <varlistentry id="mountpoint">
857 <term><command>mountpoint</command></term>
858 <listitem>
859 <para>Checks if the directory is a mountpoint</para>
860 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mountpoint">
861 <primary sortas="b-mountpoint">mountpoint</primary>
862 </indexterm>
863 </listitem>
864 </varlistentry>
865
866 <varlistentry id="namei">
867 <term><command>namei</command></term>
868 <listitem>
869 <para>Shows the symbolic links in the given pathnames</para>
870 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux namei">
871 <primary sortas="b-namei">namei</primary>
872 </indexterm>
873 </listitem>
874 </varlistentry>
875
876 <varlistentry id="nsenter">
877 <term><command>nsenter</command></term>
878 <listitem>
879 <para>Runs a program with namespaces of other processes</para>
880 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux nsenter">
881 <primary sortas="b-nsenter">nsenter</primary>
882 </indexterm>
883 </listitem>
884 </varlistentry>
885
886 <varlistentry id="partx">
887 <term><command>partx</command></term>
888 <listitem>
889 <para>Tells the kernel about the presence and numbering of on-disk
890 partitions</para>
891 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux partx">
892 <primary sortas="b-partx">partx</primary>
893 </indexterm>
894 </listitem>
895 </varlistentry>
896
897 <varlistentry id="pivot_root">
898 <term><command>pivot_root</command></term>
899 <listitem>
900 <para>Makes the given file system the new root file system of the
901 current process</para>
902 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux pivot_root">
903 <primary sortas="b-pivot_root">pivot_root</primary>
904 </indexterm>
905 </listitem>
906 </varlistentry>
907
908 <varlistentry id="prlimit">
909 <term><command>prlimit</command></term>
910 <listitem>
911 <para>Get and set a process' resource limits</para>
912 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux prlimit">
913 <primary sortas="b-prlimit">prlimit</primary>
914 </indexterm>
915 </listitem>
916 </varlistentry>
917
918 <varlistentry id="readprofile">
919 <term><command>readprofile</command></term>
920 <listitem>
921 <para>Reads kernel profiling information</para>
922 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux readprofile">
923 <primary sortas="b-readprofile">readprofile</primary>
924 </indexterm>
925 </listitem>
926 </varlistentry>
927
928 <varlistentry id="rename">
929 <term><command>rename</command></term>
930 <listitem>
931 <para>Renames the given files, replacing a given string with
932 another</para>
933 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux rename">
934 <primary sortas="b-rename">rename</primary>
935 </indexterm>
936 </listitem>
937 </varlistentry>
938
939 <varlistentry id="renice">
940 <term><command>renice</command></term>
941 <listitem>
942 <para>Alters the priority of running processes</para>
943 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux renice">
944 <primary sortas="b-renice">renice</primary>
945 </indexterm>
946 </listitem>
947 </varlistentry>
948
949 <varlistentry id="resizepart">
950 <term><command>resizepart</command></term>
951 <listitem>
952 <para>Asks the Linux kernel to resize a partition</para>
953 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux resizepart">
954 <primary sortas="b-resizepart">resizepart</primary>
955 </indexterm>
956 </listitem>
957 </varlistentry>
958
959 <varlistentry id="rev">
960 <term><command>rev</command></term>
961 <listitem>
962 <para>Reverses the lines of a given file</para>
963 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux rev">
964 <primary sortas="b-rev">rev</primary>
965 </indexterm>
966 </listitem>
967 </varlistentry>
968
969 <varlistentry id="rkfill">
970 <term><command>rkfill</command></term>
971 <listitem>
972 <para>Tool for enabling and disabling wireless devices</para>
973 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux rkfill">
974 <primary sortas="b-rkfill">rkfill</primary>
975 </indexterm>
976 </listitem>
977 </varlistentry>
978
979 <varlistentry id="rtcwake">
980 <term><command>rtcwake</command></term>
981 <listitem>
982 <para>Used to enter a system sleep state until specified wakeup
983 time</para>
984 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux rtcwake">
985 <primary sortas="b-rtcwake">rtcwake</primary>
986 </indexterm>
987 </listitem>
988 </varlistentry>
989
990 <varlistentry id="script">
991 <term><command>script</command></term>
992 <listitem>
993 <para>Makes a typescript of a terminal session</para>
994 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux script">
995 <primary sortas="b-script">script</primary>
996 </indexterm>
997 </listitem>
998 </varlistentry>
999
1000 <varlistentry id="scriptlive">
1001 <term><command>scriptlive</command></term>
1002 <listitem>
1003 <para>Re-run session typescripts using timing information</para>
1004 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux scriptlive">
1005 <primary sortas="b-scriptlive">scriptlive</primary>
1006 </indexterm>
1007 </listitem>
1008 </varlistentry>
1009
1010 <varlistentry id="scriptreplay">
1011 <term><command>scriptreplay</command></term>
1012 <listitem>
1013 <para>Plays back typescripts using timing information</para>
1014 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux scriptreplay">
1015 <primary sortas="b-scriptreplay">scriptreplay</primary>
1016 </indexterm>
1017 </listitem>
1018 </varlistentry>
1019
1020 <varlistentry id="setarch">
1021 <term><command>setarch</command></term>
1022 <listitem>
1023 <para>Changes reported architecture in a new program environment and
1024 sets personality flags</para>
1025 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux setarch">
1026 <primary sortas="b-setarch">setarch</primary>
1027 </indexterm>
1028 </listitem>
1029 </varlistentry>
1030
1031 <varlistentry id="setsid">
1032 <term><command>setsid</command></term>
1033 <listitem>
1034 <para>Runs the given program in a new session</para>
1035 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux setsid">
1036 <primary sortas="b-setsid">setsid</primary>
1037 </indexterm>
1038 </listitem>
1039 </varlistentry>
1040
1041 <varlistentry id="setterm">
1042 <term><command>setterm</command></term>
1043 <listitem>
1044 <para>Sets terminal attributes</para>
1045 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux setterm">
1046 <primary sortas="b-setterm">setterm</primary>
1047 </indexterm>
1048 </listitem>
1049 </varlistentry>
1050
1051 <varlistentry id="sfdisk">
1052 <term><command>sfdisk</command></term>
1053 <listitem>
1054 <para>A disk partition table manipulator</para>
1055 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux sfdisk">
1056 <primary sortas="b-sfdisk">sfdisk</primary>
1057 </indexterm>
1058 </listitem>
1059 </varlistentry>
1060
1061 <varlistentry id="sulogin">
1062 <term><command>sulogin</command></term>
1063 <listitem>
1064 <para>Allows <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> to log in;
1065 it is normally invoked by <command>init</command> when the system goes
1066 into single user mode</para>
1067 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux sulogin">
1068 <primary sortas="b-sulogin">sulogin</primary>
1069 </indexterm>
1070 </listitem>
1071 </varlistentry>
1072
1073 <varlistentry id="swaplabel">
1074 <term><command>swaplabel</command></term>
1075 <listitem>
1076 <para>Allows to change swaparea UUID and label</para>
1077 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux swaplabel">
1078 <primary sortas="b-swaplabel">swaplabel</primary>
1079 </indexterm>
1080 </listitem>
1081 </varlistentry>
1082
1083 <varlistentry id="swapoff">
1084 <term><command>swapoff</command></term>
1085 <listitem>
1086 <para>Disables devices and files for paging and swapping</para>
1087 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux swapoff">
1088 <primary sortas="b-swapoff">swapoff</primary>
1089 </indexterm>
1090 </listitem>
1091 </varlistentry>
1092
1093 <varlistentry id="swapon">
1094 <term><command>swapon</command></term>
1095 <listitem>
1096 <para>Enables devices and files for paging and swapping and
1097 lists the devices and files currently in use</para>
1098 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux swapon">
1099 <primary sortas="b-swapon">swapon</primary>
1100 </indexterm>
1101 </listitem>
1102 </varlistentry>
1103
1104 <varlistentry id="switch_root">
1105 <term><command>switch_root</command></term>
1106 <listitem>
1107 <para>Switches to another filesystem as the root of the mount tree</para>
1108 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux switch_root">
1109 <primary sortas="b-switch_root">switch_root</primary>
1110 </indexterm>
1111 </listitem>
1112 </varlistentry>
1113
1114 <varlistentry id="taskset">
1115 <term><command>taskset</command></term>
1116 <listitem>
1117 <para>Retrieves or sets a process' CPU affinity</para>
1118 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux taskset">
1119 <primary sortas="b-taskset">taskset</primary>
1120 </indexterm>
1121 </listitem>
1122 </varlistentry>
1123
1124 <varlistentry id="uclampset">
1125 <term><command>uclampset</command></term>
1126 <listitem>
1127 <para>Manipulate the utilization clamping attributes of the
1128 system or a process</para>
1129 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux uclampset">
1130 <primary sortas="b-uclampset">uclampset</primary>
1131 </indexterm>
1132 </listitem>
1133 </varlistentry>
1134
1135 <varlistentry id="ul">
1136 <term><command>ul</command></term>
1137 <listitem>
1138 <para>A filter for translating underscores into escape sequences
1139 indicating underlining for the terminal in use</para>
1140 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ul">
1141 <primary sortas="b-ul">ul</primary>
1142 </indexterm>
1143 </listitem>
1144 </varlistentry>
1145
1146 <varlistentry id="umount">
1147 <term><command>umount</command></term>
1148 <listitem>
1149 <para>Disconnects a file system from the system's file tree</para>
1150 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux umount">
1151 <primary sortas="b-umount">umount</primary>
1152 </indexterm>
1153 </listitem>
1154 </varlistentry>
1155
1156 <varlistentry id="uname26">
1157 <term><command>uname26</command></term>
1158 <listitem>
1159 <para>A symbolic link to setarch</para>
1160 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux uname26">
1161 <primary sortas="b-uname26">uname26</primary>
1162 </indexterm>
1163 </listitem>
1164 </varlistentry>
1165
1166 <varlistentry id="unshare">
1167 <term><command>unshare</command></term>
1168 <listitem>
1169 <para>Runs a program with some namespaces unshared from parent</para>
1170 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux unshare">
1171 <primary sortas="b-unshare">unshare</primary>
1172 </indexterm>
1173 </listitem>
1174 </varlistentry>
1175
1176 <varlistentry id="utmpdump">
1177 <term><command>utmpdump</command></term>
1178 <listitem>
1179 <para>Displays the content of the given login file in a more
1180 user-friendly format</para>
1181 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux utmpdump">
1182 <primary sortas="b-utmpdump">utmpdump</primary>
1183 </indexterm>
1184 </listitem>
1185 </varlistentry>
1186
1187 <varlistentry id="uuidd">
1188 <term><command>uuidd</command></term>
1189 <listitem>
1190 <para>A daemon used by the UUID library to generate time-based
1191 UUIDs in a secure and guaranteed-unique fashion</para>
1192 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux uuidd">
1193 <primary sortas="b-uuidd">uuidd</primary>
1194 </indexterm>
1195 </listitem>
1196 </varlistentry>
1197
1198 <varlistentry id="uuidgen">
1199 <term><command>uuidgen</command></term>
1200 <listitem>
1201 <para>Creates new UUIDs. Each new UUID can reasonably be considered
1202 unique among all UUIDs created, on the local system and on other
1203 systems, in the past and in the future</para>
1204 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux uuidgen">
1205 <primary sortas="b-uuidgen">uuidgen</primary>
1206 </indexterm>
1207 </listitem>
1208 </varlistentry>
1209
1210 <varlistentry id="uuidparse">
1211 <term><command>uuidparse</command></term>
1212 <listitem>
1213 <para>An utility to parse unique identifiers</para>
1214 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux uuidparse">
1215 <primary sortas="b-uuidparse">uuidparse</primary>
1216 </indexterm>
1217 </listitem>
1218 </varlistentry>
1219
1220 <varlistentry id="wall">
1221 <term><command>wall</command></term>
1222 <listitem>
1223 <para>Displays the contents of a file or, by default, its standard
1224 input, on the terminals of all currently logged in users</para>
1225 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux wall">
1226 <primary sortas="b-wall">wall</primary>
1227 </indexterm>
1228 </listitem>
1229 </varlistentry>
1230
1231 <varlistentry id="wdctl">
1232 <term><command>wdctl</command></term>
1233 <listitem>
1234 <para>Shows hardware watchdog status</para>
1235 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux wdctl">
1236 <primary sortas="b-wdctl">wdctl</primary>
1237 </indexterm>
1238 </listitem>
1239 </varlistentry>
1240
1241 <varlistentry id="whereis">
1242 <term><command>whereis</command></term>
1243 <listitem>
1244 <para>Reports the location of the binary, source, and man page
1245 for the given command</para>
1246 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux whereis">
1247 <primary sortas="b-whereis">whereis</primary>
1248 </indexterm>
1249 </listitem>
1250 </varlistentry>
1251
1252 <varlistentry id="wipefs">
1253 <term><command>wipefs</command></term>
1254 <listitem>
1255 <para>Wipes a filesystem signature from a device</para>
1256 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux wipefs">
1257 <primary sortas="b-wipefs">wipefs</primary>
1258 </indexterm>
1259 </listitem>
1260 </varlistentry>
1261
1262 <varlistentry id="x86_64">
1263 <term><command>x86_64</command></term>
1264 <listitem>
1265 <para>A symbolic link to setarch</para>
1266 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux x86_64">
1267 <primary sortas="b-x86_64">x86_64</primary>
1268 </indexterm>
1269 </listitem>
1270 </varlistentry>
1271
1272 <varlistentry id="zramctl">
1273 <term><command>zramctl</command></term>
1274 <listitem>
1275 <para>A program to set up and control zram (compressed ram disk)
1276 devices</para>
1277 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux zramctl">
1278 <primary sortas="b-zramctl">zramctl</primary>
1279 </indexterm>
1280 </listitem>
1281 </varlistentry>
1282
1283 <varlistentry id="libblkid">
1284 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libblkid</filename></term>
1285 <listitem>
1286 <para>Contains routines for device identification and token
1287 extraction</para>
1288 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux libblkid">
1289 <primary sortas="c-libblkid">libblkid</primary>
1290 </indexterm>
1291 </listitem>
1292 </varlistentry>
1293
1294 <varlistentry id="libfdisk">
1295 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libfdisk</filename></term>
1296 <listitem>
1297 <para>Contains routines for manipulating partition tables</para>
1298 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux libfdisk">
1299 <primary sortas="c-libfdisk">libfdisk</primary>
1300 </indexterm>
1301 </listitem>
1302 </varlistentry>
1303
1304 <varlistentry id="libmount">
1305 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libmount</filename></term>
1306 <listitem>
1307 <para>Contains routines for block device mounting and
1308 unmounting</para>
1309 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux libmount">
1310 <primary sortas="c-libmount">libmount</primary>
1311 </indexterm>
1312 </listitem>
1313 </varlistentry>
1314
1315 <varlistentry id="libsmartcols">
1316 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libsmartcols</filename></term>
1317 <listitem>
1318 <para>Contains routines for aiding screen output in tabular form</para>
1319 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux libsmartcols">
1320 <primary sortas="c-libsmartcols">libsmartcols</primary>
1321 </indexterm>
1322 </listitem>
1323 </varlistentry>
1324
1325 <varlistentry id="libuuid">
1326 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libuuid</filename></term>
1327 <listitem>
1328 <para>Contains routines for generating unique identifiers for objects
1329 that may be accessible beyond the local system</para>
1330 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux libuuid">
1331 <primary sortas="c-libuuid">libuuid</primary>
1332 </indexterm>
1333 </listitem>
1334 </varlistentry>
1335
1336 </variablelist>
1337
1338 </sect2>
1339
1340</sect1>
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