Package util-linux-core
The most essential utilities from the util-linux suite
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Util-linux
This is a very basic set of Linux utilities that is necessary on
minimal installations.
Version: 2.41.1
See also: util-linux, util-linux-script.
General Commands | |
| chrt | manipulate the real-time attributes of a process |
| dmesg | print or control the kernel ring buffer |
| flock | manage locks from shell scripts |
| hardlink | link multiple copies of a file |
| ionice | set or get process I/O scheduling class and priority |
| ipcmk | make various IPC resources |
| ipcrm | remove certain IPC resources |
| ipcs | show information on IPC facilities |
| kill | terminate a process |
| logger | enter messages into the system log |
| more | display the contents of a file in a terminal |
| mountpoint | see if a directory or file is a mountpoint |
| nsenter | run program in different namespaces |
| renice | alter priority of running processes |
| setsid | run a program in a new session |
| taskset | set or retrieve a process's CPU affinity |
| unshare | run program in new namespaces |
System Administration | |
| agetty | alternative Linux getty |
| blkid | locate/print block device attributes |
| blockdev | call block device ioctls from the command line |
| findmnt | find a filesystem |
| fsck | check and repair a Linux filesystem |
| losetup | set up and control loop devices |
| mkswap | set up a Linux swap area |
| mount | mount a filesystem |
| partx | tell the kernel about the presence and numbering of on-disk partitions |
| sulogin | single-user login |
| swapoff | alias for swapon |
| swapon | enable/disable devices and files for paging and swapping |
| switch_root | switch to another filesystem as the root of the mount tree |
| umount | unmount filesystems |