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