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util-linux (with lower case 'u') is a standard package of the Linux operating system. It includes the following utilities:

  • /bin/arch
  • /bin/dmesg
  • /bin/kill
  • /bin/login
  • /bin/more
  • /bin/mount
  • /bin/umount
  • /sbin/addpart
  • /sbin/agetty
  • /sbin/blockdev
  • /sbin/clock
  • /sbin/ctrlaltdel
  • /sbin/delpart
  • /sbin/fdisk
  • /sbin/fsck.cramfs
  • /sbin/hwclock, query and set the hardware clock (RTC)
  • /sbin/losetup
  • /sbin/mkfs
  • /sbin/mkfs.cramfs
  • /sbin/mkswap
  • /sbin/nologin
  • /sbin/partx
  • /sbin/pivot_root
  • /sbin/sfdisk
  • /sbin/swapoff
  • /sbin/swapon
  • /usr/bin/cal
  • /usr/bin/chfn
  • /usr/bin/chrt
  • /usr/bin/chsh
  • /usr/bin/col
  • /usr/bin/colcrt
  • /usr/bin/colrm
  • /usr/bin/column
  • /usr/bin/cytune
  • /usr/bin/ddate
  • /usr/bin/fdformat
  • /usr/bin/flock
  • /usr/bin/floppy
  • /usr/bin/getopt
  • /usr/bin/hexdump
  • /usr/bin/ionice
  • /usr/bin/ipcrm
  • /usr/bin/ipcs
  • /usr/bin/isosize
  • /usr/bin/kill
  • /usr/bin/logger
  • /usr/bin/look
  • /usr/bin/mcookie
  • /usr/bin/namei
  • /usr/bin/rename
  • /usr/bin/renice
  • /usr/bin/rev
  • /usr/bin/script
  • /usr/bin/setsid
  • /usr/bin/setterm
  • /usr/bin/tailf
  • /usr/bin/taskset
  • /usr/bin/ul
  • /usr/bin/whereis
  • /usr/bin/write
  • /usr/sbin/ramsize
  • /usr/sbin/rdev
  • /usr/sbin/readprofile
  • /usr/sbin/rootflags
  • /usr/sbin/tunelp
  • /usr/sbin/vidmode
  • /usr/sbin/vigr
  • /usr/sbin/vipw

See also

  • Home Page on kernel.org - stale.
  • "util-linux". Freecode.– Latest version 2.13-pre7; 5 March 2006
  • util-linux-ng– fork of the original util-linux project, Latest version 2.14; 9 February 2009