wok-next diff util-linux/description.util-linux-misc.txt @ rev 19741

Many random packages update/upgrade.
author Aleksej Bobylev <al.bobylev@gmail.com>
date Mon Jun 05 16:48:55 2017 +0300 (2017-06-05)
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     1.4 +  * `agetty` - alternative Linux getty
     1.5 +  * `blkdiscard` - discards sectors on a device
     1.6 +  * `cal` - displays a simple calendar
     1.7 +  * `chcpu` - modifies the state of CPUs
     1.8 +  * `chmem` - configure memory
     1.9 +  * `chrt` - manipulates real-time attributes of a process
    1.10 +  * `ctrlaltdel` - sets the function of the Ctrl+Alt+Del key combination to a
    1.11 +    hard or a soft reset
    1.12 +  * `dmesg` - dumps the kernel boot messages
    1.13 +  * `fallocate` - preallocates space to a file
    1.14 +  * `fdformat` - low-level formats a floppy disk
    1.15 +  * `fincore` - count pages of file contents in core
    1.16 +  * `findfs` - finds a file system by label or Universally Unique Identifier
    1.17 +    (UUID)
    1.18 +  * `fsck` - is used to check, and optionally repair, file systems
    1.19 +  * `fsfreeze` - is a very simple wrapper around FIFREEZE/FITHAW ioctl kernel
    1.20 +    driver operations
    1.21 +  * `fstrim` - discards unused blocks on a mounted filesystem
    1.22 +  * `hexdump` - dumps the given file in hexadecimal or in another given format
    1.23 +  * `hwclock` - reads or sets the system's hardware clock, also called the
    1.24 +    Real-Time Clock (RTC) or Basic Input-Output System (BIOS) clock
    1.25 +  * `i386` - a symbolic link to `setarch`
    1.26 +  * `ionice` - gets or sets the io scheduling class and priority for a program
    1.27 +  * `ipcmk` - creates various IPC resources
    1.28 +  * `ipcrm` - removes the given Inter-Process Communication (IPC) resource
    1.29 +  * `ipcs` - provides IPC status information
    1.30 +  * `isosize` - reports the size of an iso9660 file system
    1.31 +  * `kill` - sends signals to processes
    1.32 +  * `last` - shows which users last logged in (and out), searching back through
    1.33 +    the /var/log/wtmp file; it also shows system boots, shutdowns, and
    1.34 +    run-level changes
    1.35 +  * `lastb` - shows the failed login attempts, as logged in /var/log/btmp
    1.36 +  * `ldattach` - attaches a line discipline to a serial line
    1.37 +  * `linux32` - a symbolic link to setarch
    1.38 +  * `linux64` - a symbolic link to setarch
    1.39 +  * `logger` - enters the given message into the system log
    1.40 +  * `look` - displays lines that begin with the given string
    1.41 +  * `losetup` - sets up and controls loop devices
    1.42 +  * `lscpu` - prints CPU architecture information
    1.43 +  * `lsipc` - prints information on IPC facilities currently employed in the
    1.44 +    system
    1.45 +  * `lslogins` - lists information about users, groups and system accounts
    1.46 +  * `lsmem` - list the ranges of available memory with their online status
    1.47 +  * `lsns` - list namespaces
    1.48 +  * `mcookie` - generates magic cookies (128-bit random hexadecimal numbers)
    1.49 +    for xauth
    1.50 +  * `mesg` - controls whether other users can send messages to the current
    1.51 +    user's terminal
    1.52 +  * `more` - a filter for paging through text one screen at a time
    1.53 +  * `namei` - shows the symbolic links in the given pathnames
    1.54 +  * `nsenter` - runs a program with namespaces of other processes
    1.55 +  * `pivot_root` - makes the given file system the new root file system of the
    1.56 +    current process
    1.57 +  * `prlimit` - get and set a process' resource limits
    1.58 +  * `raw` - bind a Linux raw character device to a block device
    1.59 +  * `readprofile` - reads kernel profiling information
    1.60 +  * `rename` - renames the given files, replacing a given string with another
    1.61 +  * `renice` - alters the priority of running processes
    1.62 +  * `rev` - reverses the lines of a given file
    1.63 +  * `rtcwake` - used to enter a system sleep state until specified wakeup time
    1.64 +  * `script` - makes a typescript of a terminal session
    1.65 +  * `scriptreplay` - plays back typescripts using timing information
    1.66 +  * `setarch` - changes reported architecture in a new program environment and
    1.67 +    sets personality flags
    1.68 +  * `setsid` - runs the given program in a new session
    1.69 +  * `sulogin` - allows root to log in; it is normally invoked by init when the
    1.70 +    system goes into single user mode
    1.71 +  * `swaplabel` - allows to change swaparea UUID and label
    1.72 +  * `swapoff` - disables devices and files for paging and swapping
    1.73 +  * `swapon` - enables devices and files for paging and swapping and lists the
    1.74 +    devices and files currently in use
    1.75 +  * `switch_root` - switches to another filesystem as the root of the mount
    1.76 +    tree
    1.77 +  * `taskset` - retrieves or sets a process' CPU affinity
    1.78 +  * `ul` - a filter for translating underscores into escape sequences
    1.79 +    indicating underlining for the terminal in use
    1.80 +  * `uname26` - a symbolic link to setarch
    1.81 +  * `unshare` - runs a program with some namespaces unshared from parent
    1.82 +  * `utmpdump` - displays the content of the given login file in a more
    1.83 +    user-friendly format
    1.84 +  * `wall` - displays the contents of a file or, by default, its standard
    1.85 +    input, on the terminals of all currently logged in users
    1.86 +  * `wdctl` - shows hardware watchdog status
    1.87 +  * `wipefs` - wipes a filesystem signature from a device
    1.88 +  * `zramctl` - a program to set up and control zram (compressed RAM disk)
    1.89 +    devices