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util-linux
Stable release 2.21 / 24 February 2012; 12 days ago (2012-02-24)
Development status Active
Written in C
Operating system Linux
License GNU General Public License and BSD License
Website github.com/karelzak/util-linux

util-linux (with lower case 'u') 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]

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
  • colcrt
  • colrm
  • column
  • ctrlaltdel
  • cytune
  • ddate (no longer included by default)[4]
  • 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 (deprecated in favor of head)[3]
  • logger
  • login
  • look
  • losetup
  • lsblk
  • lscpu
  • mcookie
  • mesg
  • mkfs
  • mkfs.bfs
  • mkfs.cramfs
  • mkfs.minix
  • mkswap
  • more
  • mount
  • mountpoint
  • namei
  • newgrp (deprecated in favor of newgrp from shadow-utils)[3]
  • nologin
  • partx
  • pg
  • pivot_root
  • raw
  • readprofile
  • rename
  • renice
  • reset
  • rev
  • rtcwake
  • script
  • scriptreplay
  • setarch (including architecture symlinks such as i386, linux32, linux64, x86_64, etc.)
  • setsid
  • setterm
  • sfdisk
  • swaplabel
  • swapoff
  • swapon
  • switch_root
  • tailf
  • taskset
  • tunelp
  • ul
  • umount
  • unshare
  • uuidd
  • uuidgen
  • vigr (deprecated in favor of vigr from shadow-utils)[3]
  • vipw (deprecated in favor of vipw from shadow-utils)[3]
  • whereis
  • wipefs
  • write

Utilities that used to be included, but are now removed:

  • fastboot[5]
  • fasthalt[5]
  • halt[5]
  • initctl[5]
  • ramsize (was a symlink to rdev)[6]
  • rdev[6]
  • reboot[5]
  • rootflags (was a symlink to rdev)[6]
  • shutdown[5]
  • simpleinit[5]
  • vidmode (was a symlink to rdev)[6]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ "[ANNOUNCE] util-linux-ng fork". 18 Dec 2006. https://lkml.org/lkml/2006/12/18/19. 
  2. ^ "[ANNOUNCE] util-linux without -ng". 1 Dec 2010. https://lkml.org/lkml/2010/12/1/464. 
  3. ^ a b c d e f "git.kernel.org - utils/util-linux/util-linux.git/blob - DEPRECATED". https://git.kernel.org/?p=utils/util-linux/util-linux.git;a=blob;f=DEPRECATED;h=7c6b0d326049b9909686179fdf93af6118fbf421;hb=60a5833b64bd185de4746331a68352d902051ce8. Retrieved 2 September 2011. 
  4. ^ https://git.kernel.org/?p=utils/util-linux/util-linux.git;a=commit;h=4a8962f3a7cb970b28add7d770528edebbe03635
  5. ^ a b c d e f g https://git.kernel.org/?p=utils/util-linux/util-linux.git;a=commit;h=0ff9e65ea30ee7e3548d11992a180d95d0a02fe9
  6. ^ a b c d https://git.kernel.org/?p=utils/util-linux/util-linux.git;a=commit;h=a3e40c14651fccf18e7954f081e601389baefe3f

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