util-linux
| Stable release | 2.26.2 / 30 April 2015 |
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| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Linux |
| License | GNU General Public License and BSD License |
| Website |
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util-linux is a standard package of the Linux operating system. A fork, util-linux-ng—with ng meaning "next generation"—was created when development stalled,[1] but as of January 2011 has been renamed back to util-linux, and is the official version of the package.[2]
Contents
It includes the following utilities:
- addpart
- agetty
- arch (deprecated in favor of uname or arch from coreutils)[3]
- blkid
- blockdev
- cal
- cfdisk
- chfn
- chkdupexe
- chrt
- chsh
- clock
- col (legacy)[4]
- colcrt
- colrm
- column
- ctrlaltdel
- cytune
- delpart
- dmesg
- elvtune (obsolete since Linux kernel version 2.6.9)[3]
- fallocate
- fdformat
- fdisk
- findfs
- findmnt
- flock
- fsck
- fsck.cramfs
- fsck.minix
- fsfreeze
- fstab
- fstrim
- getopt
- hexdump
- hwclock (query and set the hardware clock (RTC))
- ionice
- ipcmk
- ipcrm
- ipcs
- isosize
- kill
- ldattach
- line (legacy)[4]
- logger
- login
- look
- losetup
- lsblk
- lscpu [5]
- mcookie
- mesg
- mkfs
- mkfs.bfs
- mkfs.cramfs
- mkfs.minix
- mkswap
- more
- mount
- mountpoint
- namei
- newgrp
- nologin
- partx
- pg (legacy)[4]
- pivot_root
- prlimit[6]
- raw
- readprofile
- rename
- renice
- reset
- rev
- rtcwake
- script
- scriptreplay
- setarch (including architecture symlinks such as i386, linux32, linux64, x86_64, etc.)
- setsid
- setterm
- sfdisk
- su
- swaplabel
- swapoff
- swapon
- switch_root
- tailf
- taskset
- tunelp (deprecated)[7]
- ul
- umount
- unshare
- uuidd
- uuidgen
- vigr
- vipw
- whereis
- wipefs
- write
Utilities formerly included, but removed as of 2012:
- ddate (removed from default build before being removed altogether)[8]
- fastboot[9]
- fasthalt[9]
- halt[9]
- initctl[9]
- ramsize (formerly a symlink to rdev)[10]
- rdev[10]
- reboot[9]
- rootflags (formerly a symlink to rdev)[10]
- shutdown[9]
- simpleinit[9]
- vidmode (formerly a symlink to rdev)[10]
See also
References
- ↑ Karel Zak (2006-12-18). "[ANNOUNCE] util-linux-ng fork". Retrieved 2014-04-12.
- ↑ Karel Zak (2010-12-01). "[ANNOUNCE] util-linux without -ng". Retrieved 2014-04-12.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Documentation/deprecated.txt". util-linux. 2013-03-14. Retrieved 2014-04-12.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Documentation/deprecated.txt". util-linux. 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2014-04-12.
- ↑ lscpu
- ↑ Karel Zak (2012-01-25). "prlimit(1)". Retrieved 2014-08-09.
- ↑ Sami Kerola (2012-12-16). "tunelp: deprecation: remove command from default build". util-linux. Retrieved 2014-04-12.
- ↑ Karel Zak (2011-08-18). "build-sys: add --enable-ddate". util-linux. Retrieved 2014-04-12.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 Karel Zak (2011-06-08). "simpleinit: remove this deprecated set of utils". util-linux. Retrieved 2014-04-12.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Karel Zak (2010-05-13). "rdev: remove this deprecated command". util-linux. Retrieved 2014-04-12.
External links
- The util-linux code repository.
- pub/linux/utils/util-linux on Kernel.org
- util-linux development discussion and bug reporting mailing list
- Karel Zak's blog, the current maintainer.
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