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    22<title>Contents</title>
    33
    4 <para>The Util-linux package contains the arch, dmesg, kill, more,
    5 mount, umount, agetty, blockdev, cfdisk, ctrlaltdel, elvtune, fdisk,
    6 fsck.minix, hwclock, kbdrate, losetup, mkfs, mkfs.bfs, mkfs.minix,
    7 mkswap, sfdisk, swapoff, swapon, cal, chkdupexe, col, colcrt, colrm,
    8 column, cytune, ddate, fdformat, getopt, hexdump, ipcrm, ipcs, logger,
    9 look, mcookie, namei, rename, renice, rev, script, setfdprm, setsid,
    10 setterm, ul, whereis, write, ramsize, rdev, readprofile, rootflags,
    11 swapdev, tunelp and vidmode programs.</para>
     4<para>The Util-linux package contains the agetty, arch,
     5blockdev, cal, cfdisk, chkdupexe, col, colcrt, colrm, column,
     6ctrlaltdel, cytune, ddate, dmesg, elvtune, fdformat, fdisk,
     7fsck.minix, getopt, hexdump, hwclock, ipcrm, ipcs,
     8kbdrate, kill, logger, look, losetup,
     9mcookie, mkfs, mkfs.bfs, mkfs.minix, mkswap, more, mount, namei,
     10umount, ramsize, rdev, readprofile, rename, renice, rev, rootflags,
     11script, setfdprm, setsid, setterm, sfdisk, swapdev, swapoff, swapon,
     12tunelp, ul, vidmode, whereis, and write programs.</para>
    1213
    1314</sect2>
    … …  
    1617<title>Description</title>
    1718
    18 <sect3>
    19 <title>arch</title>
    20 
    21 <para>arch prints the machine architecture.</para>
    22 
    23 </sect3>
    24 
    25 <sect3>
    26 <title>dmesg</title>
    27 
     19<sect3><title>agetty</title>
     20<para>agetty opens a tty port, prompts for a login name and invokes the
     21/bin/login command.</para></sect3>
     22
     23<sect3><title>arch</title>
     24<para>arch prints the machine architecture.</para></sect3>
     25
     26<sect3><title>blockdev</title>
     27<para>blockdev allows to call block device ioctls from the command
     28line</para></sect3>
     29
     30<sect3><title>cal</title>
     31<para>cal displays a simple calender.</para></sect3>
     32
     33<sect3><title>cfdisk</title>
     34<para>cfdisk is an libncurses based disk partition table
     35manipulator.</para></sect3>
     36
     37<sect3><title>chkdupexe</title>
     38<para>chkdupexe finds duplicate executables.</para></sect3>
     39
     40<sect3><title>col</title>
     41<para>col filters reverse line feeds from input.</para></sect3>
     42
     43<sect3><title>colcrt</title>
     44<para>colcrt filters nroff output for CRT previewing.</para></sect3>
     45
     46<sect3><title>colrm</title>
     47<para>colrm removes columns from a file.</para></sect3>
     48
     49<sect3><title>column</title>
     50<para>column columnates lists.</para></sect3>
     51
     52<sect3><title>ctrlaltdel</title>
     53<para>ctrlaltdel sets the function of the CTRL+ALT+DEL key combination (hard
     54or soft reset).</para></sect3>
     55
     56<sect3><title>cytune</title>
     57<para>cytune queries and modifies the interruption threshold for the Cyclades
     58driver.</para></sect3>
     59
     60<sect3><title>ddate</title>
     61<para>ddate converts Gregorian dates to Discordian dates.</para></sect3>
     62
     63<sect3><title>dmesg</title>
    2864<para>dmesg is used to examine or control the kernel ring buffer (boot
    29 messages from the kernel).</para>
    30 
    31 </sect3>
    32 
    33 <sect3>
    34 <title>kill</title>
    35 
    36 <para>kill sends a specified signal to the specified process.</para>
    37 
    38 </sect3>
    39 
    40 <sect3>
    41 <title>more</title>
    42 
    43 <para>more is a filter for paging through text one screen full at a time.</para>
    44 
    45 </sect3>
    46 
    47 <sect3>
    48 <title>mount</title>
    49 
     65messages from the kernel).</para></sect3>
     66
     67<sect3><title>elvtune</title>
     68<para>elvtune allows to tune the I/O elevator per block device queue
     69basis.</para></sect3>
     70
     71<sect3><title>fdformat</title>
     72<para>fdformat low-level formats a floppy disk.</para></sect3>
     73
     74<sect3><title>fdisk</title>
     75<para>fdisk is a disk partition table manipulator.</para></sect3>
     76
     77<sect3><title>fsck.minix</title>
     78<para>fsck.minix performs a consistency check for the Linux MINIX
     79filesystem.</para></sect3>
     80
     81<sect3><title>getopt</title>
     82<para>getops parses command options the same way as the getopt C
     83command.</para></sect3>
     84
     85<sect3><title>hexdump</title>
     86<para>hexdump displays specified files, or standard input, in a user specified
     87format (ascii, decimal, hexadecimal, octal).</para></sect3>
     88
     89<sect3><title>hwclock</title>
     90<para>hwclock queries and sets the hardware clock (Also called the RTC or BIOS
     91clock).</para></sect3>
     92
     93<sect3><title>ipcrm</title>
     94<para>ipcrm removes a specified resource.</para></sect3>
     95
     96<sect3><title>ipcs</title>
     97<para>ipcs provides information on IPC facilities.</para></sect3>
     98
     99<sect3><title>kbdrate</title>
     100<para>kbdrate resets the keyboard repeat rate and delay time.</para></sect3>
     101
     102<sect3><title>kill</title>
     103<para>kill sends a specified signal to the specified process.</para></sect3>
     104
     105<sect3><title>logger</title>
     106<para>logger makes entries in the system log.</para></sect3>
     107
     108<sect3><title>look</title>
     109<para>look displays lines beginning with a given string.</para></sect3>
     110
     111<sect3><title>losetup</title>
     112<para>losetup sets up and controls loop devices.</para></sect3>
     113
     114<sect3><title>mcookie</title>
     115<para>mcookie generates magic cookies for xauth.</para></sect3>
     116
     117<sect3><title>mkfs</title>
     118<para>mkfs builds a Linux filesystem on a device, usually a harddisk
     119partition.</para></sect3>
     120
     121<sect3><title>mkfs.bfs</title>
     122<para>mkfs.bfs creates a SCO bfs file system on a device, usually a harddisk
     123partition.</para></sect3>
     124
     125<sect3><title>mkfs.minix</title>
     126<para>mkfs.minix creates a Linux MINIX filesystem on a device, usually a
     127harddisk partition.</para></sect3>
     128
     129<sect3><title>mkswap</title>
     130<para>mkswap sets up a Linux swap area on a device or in a file.</para></sect3>
     131
     132<sect3><title>more</title>
     133<para>more is a filter for paging through text one screen full at a
     134time.</para></sect3>
     135
     136<sect3><title>mount</title>
    50137<para>mount mounts a filesystem from a device to a directory (mount
    51 point).</para>
    52 
    53 </sect3>
    54 
    55 <sect3>
    56 <title>umount</title>
    57 
    58 <para>umount unmounts a mounted filesystem.</para>
    59 
    60 </sect3>
    61 
    62 <sect3>
    63 <title>agetty</title>
    64 
    65 <para>agetty opens a tty port, prompts for a login name and invokes the
    66 /bin/login command.</para>
    67 
    68 </sect3>
    69 
    70 <sect3>
    71 <title>blockdev</title>
    72 
    73 <para>blockdev allows to call block device ioctls from the command
    74 line</para>
    75 
    76 </sect3>
    77 
    78 <sect3>
    79 <title>cfdisk</title>
    80 
    81 <para>cfdisk is an libncurses based disk partition table manipulator.</para>
    82 
    83 </sect3>
    84 
    85 <sect3>
    86 <title>ctrlaltdel</title>
    87 
    88 <para>ctrlaltdel sets the function of the CTRL+ALT+DEL key combination (hard
    89 or soft reset).</para>
    90 
    91 </sect3>
    92 
    93 <sect3>
    94 <title>elvtune</title>
    95 
    96 <para>elvtune allows to tune the I/O elevator per block device queue
    97 basis.</para>
    98 
    99 </sect3>
    100 
    101 <sect3>
    102 <title>fdisk</title>
    103 
    104 <para>fdisk is a disk partition table manipulator.</para>
    105 
    106 </sect3>
    107 
    108 <sect3>
    109 <title>fsck.minix</title>
    110 
    111 <para>fsck.minix performs a consistency check for the Linux MINIX
    112 filesystem.</para>
    113 
    114 </sect3>
    115 
    116 <sect3>
    117 <title>hwclock</title>
    118 
    119 <para>hwclock queries and sets the hardware clock (Also called the RTC or BIOS
    120 clock).</para>
    121 
    122 </sect3>
    123 
    124 <sect3>
    125 <title>kbdrate</title>
    126 
    127 <para>kbdrate resets the keyboard repeat rate and delay time.</para>
    128 
    129 </sect3>
    130 
    131 <sect3>
    132 <title>losetup</title>
    133 
    134 <para>losetup sets up and controls loop devices.</para>
    135 
    136 </sect3>
    137 
    138 <sect3>
    139 <title>mkfs</title>
    140 
    141 <para>mkfs builds a Linux filesystem on a device, usually a harddisk
    142 partition.</para>
    143 
    144 </sect3>
    145 
    146 <sect3>
    147 <title>mkfs.bfs</title>
    148 
    149 <para>mkfs.bfs creates a SCO bfs file system on a device, usually a harddisk
    150 partition.</para>
    151 
    152 </sect3>
    153 
    154 <sect3>
    155 <title>mkfs.minix</title>
    156 
    157 <para>mkfs.minix creates a Linux MINIX filesystem on a device, usually a
    158 harddisk partition.</para>
    159 
    160 </sect3>
    161 
    162 <sect3>
    163 <title>mkswap</title>
    164 
    165 <para>mkswap sets up a Linux swap area on a device or in a file.</para>
    166 
    167 </sect3>
    168 
    169 <sect3>
    170 <title>sfdisk</title>
    171 
    172 <para>sfdisk is a disk partition table manipulator.</para>
    173 
    174 </sect3>
    175 
    176 <sect3>
    177 <title>swapoff</title>
    178 
    179 <para>swapoff disables devices and files for paging and swapping.</para>
    180 
    181 </sect3>
    182 
    183 <sect3>
    184 <title>swapon</title>
    185 
    186 <para>swapon enables devices and files for paging and swapping.</para>
    187 
    188 </sect3>
    189 
    190 <sect3>
    191 <title>cal</title>
    192 
    193 <para>cal displays a simple calender.</para>
    194 
    195 </sect3>
    196 
    197 <sect3>
    198 <title>chkdupexe</title>
    199 
    200 <para>chkdupexe finds duplicate executables.</para>
    201 
    202 </sect3>
    203 
    204 <sect3>
    205 <title>col</title>
    206 
    207 <para>col filters reverse line feeds from input.</para>
    208 
    209 </sect3>
    210 
    211 <sect3>
    212 <title>colcrt</title>
    213 
    214 <para>colcrt filters nroff output for CRT previewing.</para>
    215 
    216 </sect3>
    217 
    218 <sect3>
    219 <title>colrm</title>
    220 
    221 <para>colrm removes columns from a file.</para>
    222 
    223 </sect3>
    224 
    225 <sect3>
    226 <title>column</title>
    227 
    228 <para>column columnates lists.</para>
    229 
    230 </sect3>
    231 
    232 <sect3>
    233 <title>cytune</title>
    234 
    235 <para>cytune queries and modifies the interruption threshold for the Cyclades
    236 driver.</para>
    237 
    238 </sect3>
    239 
    240 <sect3>
    241 <title>ddate</title>
    242 
    243 <para>ddate converts Gregorian dates to Discordian dates.</para>
    244 
    245 </sect3>
    246 
    247 <sect3>
    248 <title>fdformat</title>
    249 
    250 <para>fdformat low-level formats a floppy disk.</para>
    251 
    252 </sect3>
    253 
    254 <sect3>
    255 <title>getopt</title>
    256 
    257 <para>getops parses command options the same way as the getopt C command.</para>
    258 
    259 </sect3>
    260 
    261 <sect3>
    262 <title>hexdump</title>
    263 
    264 <para>hexdump displays specified files, or standard input, in a user specified
    265 format (ascii, decimal, hexadecimal, octal).</para>
    266 
    267 </sect3>
    268 
    269 <sect3>
    270 <title>ipcrm</title>
    271 
    272 <para>ipcrm removes a specified resource.</para>
    273 
    274 </sect3>
    275 
    276 <sect3>
    277 <title>ipcs</title>
    278 
    279 <para>ipcs provides information on IPC facilities.</para>
    280 
    281 </sect3>
    282 
    283 <sect3>
    284 <title>logger</title>
    285 
    286 <para>logger makes entries in the system log.</para>
    287 
    288 </sect3>
    289 
    290 <sect3>
    291 <title>look</title>
    292 
    293 <para>look displays lines beginning with a given string.</para>
    294 
    295 </sect3>
    296 
    297 <sect3>
    298 <title>mcookie</title>
    299 
    300 <para>mcookie generates magic cookies for xauth.</para>
    301 
    302 </sect3>
    303 
    304 <sect3>
    305 <title>namei</title>
    306 
    307 <para>namei follows a pathname until a terminal point is found.</para>
    308 
    309 </sect3>
    310 
    311 <sect3>
    312 <title>rename</title>
    313 
    314 <para>rename renames files.</para>
    315 
    316 </sect3>
    317 
    318 <sect3>
    319 <title>renice</title>
    320 
    321 <para>renice alters priority of running processes.</para>
    322 
    323 </sect3>
    324 
    325 <sect3>
    326 <title>rev</title>
    327 
    328 <para>rev reverses lines of a file.</para>
    329 
    330 </sect3>
    331 
    332 <sect3>
    333 <title>script</title>
    334 
    335 <para>script makes typescript of terminal session.</para>
    336 
    337 </sect3>
    338 
    339 <sect3>
    340 <title>setfdprm</title>
    341 
    342 <para>setfdprm sets user-provides floppy disk parameters.</para>
    343 
    344 </sect3>
    345 
    346 <sect3>
    347 <title>setsid</title>
    348 
    349 <para>setsid runs programs in a new session.</para>
    350 
    351 </sect3>
    352 
    353 <sect3>
    354 <title>setterm</title>
    355 
    356 <para>setterm sets terminal attributes.</para>
    357 
    358 </sect3>
    359 
    360 <sect3>
    361 <title>ul</title>
    362 
     138point).</para></sect3>
     139
     140<sect3><title>namei</title>
     141<para>namei follows a pathname until a terminal point is found.</para></sect3>
     142
     143<sect3><title>umount</title>
     144<para>umount unmounts a mounted filesystem.</para></sect3>
     145
     146<sect3><title>ramsize</title>
     147<para>ramsize queries and sets RAM disk size.</para></sect3>
     148
     149<sect3><title>rdev</title>
     150<para>rdev queries and sets image root device, swap device, RAM disk size, or
     151video mode.</para></sect3>
     152
     153<sect3><title>readprofile</title>
     154<para>readprofile reads kernel profiling information.</para></sect3>
     155
     156<sect3><title>rename</title>
     157<para>rename renames files.</para></sect3>
     158
     159<sect3><title>renice</title>
     160<para>renice alters priority of running processes.</para></sect3>
     161
     162<sect3><title>rev</title>
     163<para>rev reverses lines of a file.</para></sect3>
     164
     165<sect3><title>rootflags</title>
     166<para>rootflags queries and sets extra information used when mounting
     167root.</para></sect3>
     168
     169<sect3><title>script</title>
     170<para>script makes typescript of terminal session.</para></sect3>
     171
     172<sect3><title>setfdprm</title>
     173<para>setfdprm sets user-provides floppy disk parameters.</para></sect3>
     174
     175<sect3><title>setsid</title>
     176<para>setsid runs programs in a new session.</para></sect3>
     177
     178<sect3><title>setterm</title>
     179<para>setterm sets terminal attributes.</para></sect3>
     180
     181<sect3><title>sfdisk</title>
     182<para>sfdisk is a disk partition table manipulator.</para></sect3>
     183
     184<sect3><title>swapdev</title>
     185<para>swapdev queries and sets swap device.</para></sect3>
     186
     187<sect3><title>swapoff</title>
     188<para>swapoff disables devices and files for paging and swapping.</para></sect3>
     189
     190<sect3><title>swapon</title>
     191<para>swapon enables devices and files for paging and swapping.</para></sect3>
     192
     193<sect3><title>tunelp</title>
     194<para>tunelp sets various parameters for the LP device.</para></sect3>
     195
     196<sect3><title>ul</title>
    363197<para>ul reads a file and translates occurrences of underscores to the sequence
    364 which indicates underlining for the terminal in use.</para>
    365 
    366 </sect3>
    367 
    368 <sect3>
    369 <title>whereis</title>
    370 
    371 <para>whereis locates a binary, source and manual page for a command.</para>
    372 
    373 </sect3>
    374 
    375 <sect3>
    376 <title>write</title>
    377 
    378 <para>write sends a message to another user.</para>
    379 
    380 </sect3>
    381 
    382 <sect3>
    383 <title>ramsize</title>
    384 
    385 <para>ramsize queries and sets RAM disk size.</para>
    386 
    387 </sect3>
    388 
    389 <sect3>
    390 <title>rdev</title>
    391 
    392 <para>rdev queries and sets image root device, swap device, RAM disk size, or
    393 video mode.</para>
    394 
    395 </sect3>
    396 
    397 <sect3>
    398 <title>readprofile</title>
    399 
    400 <para>readprofile reads kernel profiling information.</para>
    401 
    402 </sect3>
    403 
    404 <sect3>
    405 <title>rootflags</title>
    406 
    407 <para>rootflags queries and sets extra information used when mounting
    408 root.</para>
    409 
    410 </sect3>
    411 
    412 <sect3>
    413 <title>swapdev</title>
    414 
    415 <para>swapdev queries and sets swap device.</para>
    416 
    417 </sect3>
    418 
    419 <sect3>
    420 <title>tunelp</title>
    421 
    422 <para>tunelp sets various parameters for the LP device.</para>
    423 
    424 </sect3>
    425 
    426 <sect3>
    427 <title>vidmode</title>
    428 
    429 <para>vidmode queries and sets the video mode.</para>
    430 
    431 </sect3>
     198which indicates underlining for the terminal in use.</para></sect3>
     199
     200<sect3><title>vidmode</title>
     201<para>vidmode queries and sets the video mode.</para></sect3>
     202
     203<sect3><title>whereis</title>
     204<para>whereis locates a binary, source and manual page for a
     205command.</para></sect3>
     206
     207<sect3><title>write</title>
     208<para>write sends a message to another user.</para></sect3>
    432209
    433210</sect2>
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