util-linux
util-linux is a standard package distributed by the Linux Kernel Organization for use as part of the Linux operating system. A fork,util-linux-ng (withng meaning "next generation"), was created when development stalled, but as of January 2011[update] has been renamed back toutil-linux, and is the official version of the package.
Contents
Included
It includes the following utilities:
- addpart
- agetty
- blkdiscard
- blkid
- blkzone
- blockdev
- cal
- cfdisk
- chcpu
- chfn
- chmem
- choom
- chrt
- chsh
- col (legacy)
- colcrt
- colrm
- column
- ctrlaltdel
- delpart
- dmesg
- eject
- fallocate
- fdformat
- fdisk
- fincore
- findfs
- findmnt
- flock
- fsck
- fsck.cramfs
- fsck.minix
- fsfreeze
- fstrim
- getopt
- hardlink
- hexdump
- hwclock
- ionice
- ipcmk
- ipcrm
- ipcs
- irqtop
- isosize
- kill
- last
- ldattach
- line (legacy)
- logger
- login
- look
- losetup
- lsblk
- lscpu
- lsfd
- lsipc
- lsirq
- lslocks
- lslogins
- lsmem
- lsns
- mcookie
- mesg
- mkfs (legacy)
- mkfs.bfs
- mkfs.cramfs
- mkfs.minix
- mkswap
- more
- mount
- mountpoint
- namei
- newgrp
- nologin
- nsenter
- partx
- pg (legacy)
- pivot_root
- prlimit
- raw
- readprofile
- rename
- renice
- reset (legacy)
- resizepart
- rev
- rfkill
- rtcwake
- runuser
- script
- scriptlive
- scriptreplay
- setarch
- setpriv
- setsid
- setterm
- sfdisk
- su
- sulogin
- swaplabel
- swapoff
- swapon
- switch_root
- taskset
- tunelp (deprecated)
- ul
- umount
- unshare
- utmpdump
- uuidd
- uuidgen
- uuidparse
- vipw
- wall
- wdctl
- whereis
- wipefs
- write
- zramctl
Removed
Utilities formerly included, but removed as of 1 July 2015[update]:
See also
Notes
References
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 blog of the current maintainer