Util-linux

util-linux (with lower case 'u') is a standard package of the Linux operating system, thatincludes these 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/hwclock
*/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

*GNU Core Utilities

External links

* [http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/ Home Page on kernel.org] - stale
* [http://freshmeat.net/projects/util-linux/ Home Page on freshmeat.net] - latest version 2.13-pre7; 5. March 2006