wok-next annotate util-linux/description.util-linux-misc.txt @ rev 21723

busybox: update patches
author Pascal Bellard <pascal.bellard@slitaz.org>
date Tue Sep 01 10:44:52 2020 +0000 (2020-09-01)
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al@19741 1 * `agetty` - alternative Linux getty
al@19741 2 * `blkdiscard` - discards sectors on a device
al@19741 3 * `cal` - displays a simple calendar
al@19741 4 * `chcpu` - modifies the state of CPUs
al@19741 5 * `chmem` - configure memory
al@19741 6 * `chrt` - manipulates real-time attributes of a process
al@19741 7 * `ctrlaltdel` - sets the function of the Ctrl+Alt+Del key combination to a
al@19741 8 hard or a soft reset
al@19741 9 * `dmesg` - dumps the kernel boot messages
al@19741 10 * `fallocate` - preallocates space to a file
al@19741 11 * `fdformat` - low-level formats a floppy disk
al@19741 12 * `fincore` - count pages of file contents in core
al@19741 13 * `findfs` - finds a file system by label or Universally Unique Identifier
al@19741 14 (UUID)
al@19741 15 * `fsck` - is used to check, and optionally repair, file systems
al@19741 16 * `fsfreeze` - is a very simple wrapper around FIFREEZE/FITHAW ioctl kernel
al@19741 17 driver operations
al@19741 18 * `fstrim` - discards unused blocks on a mounted filesystem
al@19741 19 * `hexdump` - dumps the given file in hexadecimal or in another given format
al@19741 20 * `hwclock` - reads or sets the system's hardware clock, also called the
al@19741 21 Real-Time Clock (RTC) or Basic Input-Output System (BIOS) clock
al@19741 22 * `i386` - a symbolic link to `setarch`
al@19741 23 * `ionice` - gets or sets the io scheduling class and priority for a program
al@19741 24 * `ipcmk` - creates various IPC resources
al@19741 25 * `ipcrm` - removes the given Inter-Process Communication (IPC) resource
al@19741 26 * `ipcs` - provides IPC status information
al@19741 27 * `isosize` - reports the size of an iso9660 file system
al@19741 28 * `kill` - sends signals to processes
al@19741 29 * `last` - shows which users last logged in (and out), searching back through
al@19741 30 the /var/log/wtmp file; it also shows system boots, shutdowns, and
al@19741 31 run-level changes
al@19741 32 * `lastb` - shows the failed login attempts, as logged in /var/log/btmp
al@19741 33 * `ldattach` - attaches a line discipline to a serial line
al@19741 34 * `linux32` - a symbolic link to setarch
al@19741 35 * `linux64` - a symbolic link to setarch
al@19741 36 * `logger` - enters the given message into the system log
al@19741 37 * `look` - displays lines that begin with the given string
al@19741 38 * `losetup` - sets up and controls loop devices
al@19741 39 * `lscpu` - prints CPU architecture information
al@19741 40 * `lsipc` - prints information on IPC facilities currently employed in the
al@19741 41 system
al@19741 42 * `lslogins` - lists information about users, groups and system accounts
al@19741 43 * `lsmem` - list the ranges of available memory with their online status
al@19741 44 * `lsns` - list namespaces
al@19741 45 * `mcookie` - generates magic cookies (128-bit random hexadecimal numbers)
al@19741 46 for xauth
al@19741 47 * `mesg` - controls whether other users can send messages to the current
al@19741 48 user's terminal
al@19741 49 * `more` - a filter for paging through text one screen at a time
al@19741 50 * `namei` - shows the symbolic links in the given pathnames
al@19741 51 * `nsenter` - runs a program with namespaces of other processes
al@19741 52 * `pivot_root` - makes the given file system the new root file system of the
al@19741 53 current process
al@19741 54 * `prlimit` - get and set a process' resource limits
al@19741 55 * `raw` - bind a Linux raw character device to a block device
al@19741 56 * `readprofile` - reads kernel profiling information
al@19741 57 * `rename` - renames the given files, replacing a given string with another
al@19741 58 * `renice` - alters the priority of running processes
al@19741 59 * `rev` - reverses the lines of a given file
al@19741 60 * `rtcwake` - used to enter a system sleep state until specified wakeup time
al@19741 61 * `script` - makes a typescript of a terminal session
al@19741 62 * `scriptreplay` - plays back typescripts using timing information
al@19741 63 * `setarch` - changes reported architecture in a new program environment and
al@19741 64 sets personality flags
al@19741 65 * `setsid` - runs the given program in a new session
al@19741 66 * `sulogin` - allows root to log in; it is normally invoked by init when the
al@19741 67 system goes into single user mode
al@19741 68 * `swaplabel` - allows to change swaparea UUID and label
al@19741 69 * `swapoff` - disables devices and files for paging and swapping
al@19741 70 * `swapon` - enables devices and files for paging and swapping and lists the
al@19741 71 devices and files currently in use
al@19741 72 * `switch_root` - switches to another filesystem as the root of the mount
al@19741 73 tree
al@19741 74 * `taskset` - retrieves or sets a process' CPU affinity
al@19741 75 * `ul` - a filter for translating underscores into escape sequences
al@19741 76 indicating underlining for the terminal in use
al@19741 77 * `uname26` - a symbolic link to setarch
al@19741 78 * `unshare` - runs a program with some namespaces unshared from parent
al@19741 79 * `utmpdump` - displays the content of the given login file in a more
al@19741 80 user-friendly format
al@19741 81 * `wall` - displays the contents of a file or, by default, its standard
al@19741 82 input, on the terminals of all currently logged in users
al@19741 83 * `wdctl` - shows hardware watchdog status
al@19741 84 * `wipefs` - wipes a filesystem signature from a device
al@19741 85 * `zramctl` - a program to set up and control zram (compressed RAM disk)
al@19741 86 devices