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+<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
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<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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%general-entities;
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]>
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<sect1 id="ch-system-coreutils" role="wrap">
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-<title>Coreutils-&coreutils-version;</title>
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-<?dbhtml filename="coreutils.html"?>
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+ <?dbhtml filename="coreutils.html"?>
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+
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+ <title>Coreutils-&coreutils-version;</title>
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+
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+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils">
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+ <primary sortas="a-Coreutils">Coreutils</primary>
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+ </indexterm>
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+
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+ <sect2 role="package">
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+ <title/>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils"><primary sortas="a-Coreutils">Coreutils</primary></indexterm>
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+ <para>The Coreutils package contains utilities for showing and setting the
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+ basic system characteristics.</para>
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-<sect2 role="package"><title/>
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-<para>The Coreutils package contains utilities for showing and setting the
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-basic system characteristics.</para>
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+ <segmentedlist>
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+ <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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+ <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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-<segmentedlist>
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-<segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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-<segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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-<seglistitem><seg>0.9 SBU</seg><seg>52.8 MB</seg></seglistitem>
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-</segmentedlist>
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+ <seglistitem>
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+ <seg>0.9 SBU</seg>
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+ <seg>52.8 MB</seg>
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+ </seglistitem>
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+ </segmentedlist>
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-<segmentedlist>
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-<segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle>
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-<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, GCC,
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-Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Perl, and Sed</seg></seglistitem>
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-</segmentedlist>
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-</sect2>
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+ <segmentedlist>
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+ <segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle>
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-<sect2 role="installation">
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-<title>Installation of Coreutils</title>
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+ <seglistitem>
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+ <seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, GCC, Gettext, Glibc,
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+ Grep, Make, Perl, and Sed</seg>
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+ </seglistitem>
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+ </segmentedlist>
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-<para>A known issue with the <command>uname</command> program from
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-this package is that the <parameter>-p</parameter> switch always
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-returns <computeroutput>unknown</computeroutput>. The following patch
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-fixes this behavior for Intel architectures:</para>
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+ </sect2>
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+
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+ <sect2 role="installation">
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+ <title>Installation of Coreutils</title>
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+
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+ <para>A known issue with the <command>uname</command> program from
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+ this package is that the <parameter>-p</parameter> switch always
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+ returns <computeroutput>unknown</computeroutput>. The following patch
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+ fixes this behavior for Intel architectures:</para>
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<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&coreutils-uname-patch;</userinput></screen>
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-<para>Prevent Coreutils from installing binaries that will be installed by
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-other packages later:</para>
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+ <para>Prevent Coreutils from installing binaries that will be installed by
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+ other packages later:</para>
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<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&coreutils-suppress-patch;</userinput></screen>
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-<para>POSIX requires that programs from Coreutils recognize character
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-boundaries correctly even in multibyte locales. The following patch
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-fixes this non-compliance and other internationalization-related bugs:</para>
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+ <para>POSIX requires that programs from Coreutils recognize character
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+ boundaries correctly even in multibyte locales. The following patch
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+ fixes this non-compliance and other internationalization-related bugs:</para>
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<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&coreutils-i18n-patch;</userinput></screen>
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-<para>In order for the tests added by this patch to pass, the permissions for
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-the test file have to be changed:</para>
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+ <para>In order for the tests added by this patch to pass, the permissions for
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+ the test file have to be changed:</para>
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<screen><userinput>chmod +x tests/sort/sort-mb-tests</userinput></screen>
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-<note><para>In the past, many bugs were found in this patch. When reporting
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-new bugs to Coreutils maintainers, please check first if they are reproducible
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-without this patch.</para></note>
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+ <note>
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+ <para>In the past, many bugs were found in this patch. When reporting new
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+ bugs to Coreutils maintainers, please check first if they are reproducible
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+ without this patch.</para>
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+ </note>
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-<para>It has been found that translated messages sometimes overflow a buffer
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-in the <command>who -Hu</command> command. Increase the buffer size:</para>
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+ <para>It has been found that translated messages sometimes overflow a buffer
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+ in the <command>who -Hu</command> command. Increase the buffer size:</para>
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<screen><userinput>sed -i 's/_LEN 6/_LEN 20/' src/who.c</userinput></screen>
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-<para>Now prepare Coreutils for compilation:</para>
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+ <para>Now prepare Coreutils for compilation:</para>
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<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
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-<para>Compile the package:</para>
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+ <para>Compile the package:</para>
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<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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-<para>The test suite of Coreutils makes several assumptions about the presence
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-of system users and groups that are not valid within the minimal environment
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-that exists at the moment. Therefore, additional items need to be set up before
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-running the tests. Skip down to <quote>Install the package</quote> if not
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-running the test suite.</para>
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+ <para>The test suite of Coreutils makes several assumptions about the
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+ presence of system users and groups that are not valid within the minimal
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+ environment that exists at the moment. Therefore, additional items need
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+ to be set up before running the tests. Skip down to <quote>Install the
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+ package</quote> if not running the test suite.</para>
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-<para>Create two dummy groups and a dummy user:</para>
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+ <para>Create two dummy groups and a dummy user:</para>
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<screen><userinput>echo "dummy1:x:1000:" >> /etc/group
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echo "dummy2:x:1001:dummy" >> /etc/group
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echo "dummy:x:1000:1000::/root:/bin/bash" >> /etc/passwd</userinput></screen>
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-<para>Now the test suite is ready to be run. First, run the tests that
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-are meant to be run as user <emphasis>root</emphasis>:</para>
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+ <para>Now the test suite is ready to be run. First, run the tests that are
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+ meant to be run as user <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>:</para>
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<screen><userinput>make NON_ROOT_USERNAME=dummy check-root</userinput></screen>
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-<para>Then run the remainder of the tests as the
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-<emphasis>dummy</emphasis> user:</para>
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+ <para>Then run the remainder of the tests as the
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+ <systemitem class="username">dummy</systemitem> user:</para>
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<screen><userinput>src/su dummy -c "make RUN_EXPENSIVE_TESTS=yes check"</userinput></screen>
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-<para>When testing is complete, remove the dummy user and
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-groups:</para>
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+ <para>When testing is complete, remove the dummy user and groups:</para>
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<screen><userinput>sed -i '/dummy/d' /etc/passwd /etc/group</userinput></screen>
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-<para>Install the package:</para>
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+ <para>Install the package:</para>
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<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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-<para>Move programs to the locations specified by the FHS:</para>
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+ <para>Move programs to the locations specified by the FHS:</para>
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<screen><userinput>mv -v /usr/bin/{cat,chgrp,chmod,chown,cp,date,dd,df,echo} /bin
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mv -v /usr/bin/{false,hostname,ln,ls,mkdir,mknod,mv,pwd,rm} /bin
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mv -v /usr/bin/{rmdir,stty,sync,true,uname} /bin
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mv -v /usr/bin/chroot /usr/sbin</userinput></screen>
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-<para>Some of the scripts in the LFS-Bootscripts package depend on
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-<command>head</command> and <command>sleep</command>. As
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-<filename class="directory">/usr</filename> may not be available during the
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-early stages of booting, those binaries need to be on the root partition:</para>
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+ <para>Some of the scripts in the LFS-Bootscripts package depend on
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+ <command>head</command> and <command>sleep</command>. As
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+ <filename class="directory">/usr</filename> may not be available during the
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+ early stages of booting, those binaries need to be on the root
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+ partition:</para>
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<screen><userinput>mv -v /usr/bin/{head,sleep} /bin</userinput></screen>
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-</sect2>
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-
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-
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-<sect2 id="contents-coreutils" role="content"><title>Contents of Coreutils</title>
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-
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-<segmentedlist>
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-<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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-<seglistitem><seg>basename, cat, chgrp, chmod, chown, chroot, cksum,
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-comm, cp, csplit, cut, date, dd, df, dir, dircolors, dirname, du,
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-echo, env, expand, expr, factor, false, fmt, fold, groups, head,
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-hostid, hostname, id, install, join, link, ln, logname, ls, md5sum,
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-mkdir, mkfifo, mknod, mv, nice, nl, nohup, od, paste, pathchk, pinky,
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-pr, printenv, printf, ptx, pwd, readlink, rm, rmdir, seq, sha1sum,
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-shred, sleep, sort, split, stat, stty, sum, sync, tac, tail, tee,
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-test, touch, tr, true, tsort, tty, uname, unexpand, uniq, unlink,
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-users, vdir, wc, who, whoami, and yes</seg></seglistitem>
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-</segmentedlist>
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-
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-<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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-<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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-<?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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-<varlistentry id="basename">
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-<term><command>basename</command></term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>Strips any path and a given suffix from a file name</para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils basename"><primary sortas="b-basename">basename</primary></indexterm>
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-
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-<varlistentry id="cat">
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-<term><command>cat</command></term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>Concatenates files to standard output</para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils cat"><primary sortas="b-cat">cat</primary></indexterm>
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-<varlistentry id="chgrp">
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-<term><command>chgrp</command></term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>Changes the group ownership of files and directories</para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils chgrp"><primary sortas="b-chgrp">chgrp</primary></indexterm>
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-<varlistentry id="chmod">
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-<term><command>chmod</command></term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>Changes the permissions of each file to the given mode; the mode
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-can be either a symbolic representation of the changes to make or an
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-octal number representing the new permissions</para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils chmod"><primary sortas="b-chmod">chmod</primary></indexterm>
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-<varlistentry id="chown">
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-<term><command>chown</command></term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>Changes the user and/or group ownership of files and directories</para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils chown"><primary sortas="b-chown">chown</primary></indexterm>
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-<varlistentry id="chroot">
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-<term><command>chroot</command></term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>Runs a command with the specified directory as the
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-<filename class="directory">/</filename> directory</para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils chroot"><primary sortas="b-chroot">chroot</primary></indexterm>
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-<varlistentry id="cksum">
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-<term><command>cksum</command></term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>Prints the Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) checksum and the byte
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-counts of each specified file</para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils cksum"><primary sortas="b-cksum">cksum</primary></indexterm>
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-<varlistentry id="comm">
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-<term><command>comm</command></term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>Compares two sorted files, outputting in three columns the lines
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-that are unique and the lines that are common</para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils comm"><primary sortas="b-comm">comm</primary></indexterm>
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-<varlistentry id="cp">
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-<term><command>cp</command></term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>Copies files</para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils cp"><primary sortas="b-cp">cp</primary></indexterm>
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-<varlistentry id="csplit">
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-<term><command>csplit</command></term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>Splits a given file into several new files, separating them
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-according to given patterns or line numbers and outputting the byte
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-count of each new file</para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils csplit"><primary sortas="b-csplit">csplit</primary></indexterm>
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-<varlistentry id="cut">
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-<term><command>cut</command></term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>Prints sections of lines, selecting the parts according to given
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-fields or positions</para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils cut"><primary sortas="b-cut">cut</primary></indexterm>
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-<varlistentry id="date">
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-<term><command>date</command></term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>Displays the current time in the given format, or sets the
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-system date</para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils date"><primary sortas="b-date">date</primary></indexterm>
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-<varlistentry id="dd">
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-<term><command>dd</command> </term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>Copies a file using the given block size and count, while
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-optionally performing conversions on it</para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils dd"><primary sortas="b-dd">dd</primary></indexterm>
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-<varlistentry id="df">
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-<term><command>df</command></term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>Reports the amount of disk space available (and used) on all
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-mounted file systems, or only on the file systems holding the selected
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-files</para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils df"><primary sortas="b-df">df</primary></indexterm>
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-<varlistentry id="dir">
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-<term><command>dir</command></term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>Lists the contents of each given directory (the same as
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-the <command>ls</command> command)</para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils dir"><primary sortas="b-dir">dir</primary></indexterm>
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-<varlistentry id="dircolors">
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-<term><command>dircolors</command></term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>Outputs commands to set the <envar>LS_COLOR</envar>
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-environment variable to change the color scheme used by
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-<command>ls</command></para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils dircolors"><primary sortas="b-dircolors">dircolors</primary></indexterm>
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-<varlistentry id="dirname">
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-<term><command>dirname</command></term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>Strips the non-directory suffix from a file name</para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils dirname"><primary sortas="b-dirname">dirname</primary></indexterm>
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-<varlistentry id="du">
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-<term><command>du</command></term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>Reports the amount of disk space used by the current directory,
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-by each of the given directories (including all subdirectories) or by
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-each of the given files</para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils du"><primary sortas="b-du">du</primary></indexterm>
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-
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-<varlistentry id="echo">
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-<term><command>echo</command></term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>Displays the given strings</para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils echo"><primary sortas="b-echo">echo</primary></indexterm>
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-
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-<varlistentry id="env">
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-<term><command>env</command></term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>Runs a command in a modified environment</para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils env"><primary sortas="b-env">env</primary></indexterm>
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-
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-<varlistentry id="expand">
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-<term><command>expand</command></term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>Converts tabs to spaces</para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils expand"><primary sortas="b-expand">expand</primary></indexterm>
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-
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-<varlistentry id="expr">
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-<term><command>expr</command></term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>Evaluates expressions</para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils expr"><primary sortas="b-expr">expr</primary></indexterm>
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-
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-<varlistentry id="factor">
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-<term><command>factor</command></term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>Prints the prime factors of all specified integer numbers</para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils factor"><primary sortas="b-factor">factor</primary></indexterm>
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-
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-<varlistentry id="false">
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-<term><command>false</command></term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>Does nothing, unsuccessfully; it always exits with a status code
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-indicating failure</para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils false"><primary sortas="b-false">false</primary></indexterm>
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-
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-<varlistentry id="fmt">
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-<term><command>fmt</command></term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>Reformats the paragraphs in the given files</para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils fmt"><primary sortas="b-fmt">fmt</primary></indexterm>
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-
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-<varlistentry id="fold">
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-<term><command>fold</command></term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>Wraps the lines in the given files</para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils fold"><primary sortas="b-fold">fold</primary></indexterm>
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-
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-<varlistentry id="groups">
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-<term><command>groups</command></term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>Reports a user's group memberships</para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils groups"><primary sortas="b-groups">groups</primary></indexterm>
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-
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-<varlistentry id="head">
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-<term><command>head</command></term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>Prints the first ten lines (or the given number of lines) of each given file</para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils head"><primary sortas="b-head">head</primary></indexterm>
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-
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-<varlistentry id="hostid">
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-<term><command>hostid</command></term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>Reports the numeric identifier (in hexadecimal) of the host</para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils hostid"><primary sortas="b-hostid">hostid</primary></indexterm>
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-
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-<varlistentry id="hostname">
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-<term><command>hostname</command></term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>Reports or sets the name of the host</para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils hostname"><primary sortas="b-hostname">hostname</primary></indexterm>
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-
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-<varlistentry id="id">
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-<term><command>id</command></term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>Reports the effective user ID, group ID, and
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-group memberships of the current user or specified user</para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils id"><primary sortas="b-id">id</primary></indexterm>
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-
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-<varlistentry id="install">
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-<term><command>install</command> </term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>Copies files while setting their
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-permission modes and, if possible, their owner and group</para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils install"><primary sortas="b-install">install</primary></indexterm>
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-
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-<varlistentry id="join">
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-<term><command>join</command></term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>Joins the lines that have identical join fields from two
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-separate files</para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils join"><primary sortas="b-join">join</primary></indexterm>
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-
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-<varlistentry id="link">
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-<term><command>link</command></term>
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-<listitem>
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|
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-<para>Creates a hard link with the given name to a file</para>
|
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils link"><primary sortas="b-link">link</primary></indexterm>
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-</listitem>
|
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-</varlistentry>
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-
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-<varlistentry id="ln">
|
|
|
-<term><command>ln</command></term>
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-<listitem>
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|
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-<para>Makes hard links or soft (symbolic) links between files</para>
|
|
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils ln"><primary sortas="b-ln">ln</primary></indexterm>
|
|
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-</listitem>
|
|
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-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
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|
|
-<varlistentry id="logname">
|
|
|
-<term><command>logname</command></term>
|
|
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-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Reports the current user's login name</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils logname"><primary sortas="b-logname">logname</primary></indexterm>
|
|
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-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
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|
|
-<varlistentry id="ls">
|
|
|
-<term><command>ls</command></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Lists the contents of each given directory</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils ls"><primary sortas="b-ls">ls</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
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|
|
-<varlistentry id="md5sum">
|
|
|
-<term><command>md5sum</command></term>
|
|
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-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Reports or checks Message Digest 5 (MD5) checksums</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils md5sum"><primary sortas="b-md5sum">md5sum</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
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|
|
-<varlistentry id="mkdir">
|
|
|
-<term><command>mkdir</command></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Creates directories with the given names</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils mkdir"><primary sortas="b-mkdir">mkdir</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
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|
|
-<varlistentry id="mkfifo">
|
|
|
-<term><command>mkfifo</command></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Creates First-In, First-Outs (FIFOs), a <quote>named
|
|
|
-pipe</quote> in UNIX parlance, with the given names</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils mkfifo"><primary sortas="b-mkfifo">mkfifo</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
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-
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|
|
-<varlistentry id="mknod">
|
|
|
-<term><command>mknod</command></term>
|
|
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-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Creates device nodes with the given names; a device node is a
|
|
|
-character special file, a block special file, or a FIFO</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils mknod"><primary sortas="b-mknod">mknod</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
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|
|
-<varlistentry id="mv">
|
|
|
-<term><command>mv</command></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Moves or renames files or directories</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils mv"><primary sortas="b-mv">mv</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
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|
|
-<varlistentry id="nice">
|
|
|
-<term><command>nice</command></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Runs a program with modified scheduling priority</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils nice"><primary sortas="b-nice">nice</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
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|
|
-<varlistentry id="nl">
|
|
|
-<term><command>nl</command></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Numbers the lines from the given files</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils nl"><primary sortas="b-nl">nl</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<varlistentry id="nohup">
|
|
|
-<term><command>nohup</command></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Runs a command immune to hangups, with its output redirected to
|
|
|
-a log file</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils nohup"><primary sortas="b-nohup">nohup</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<varlistentry id="od">
|
|
|
-<term><command>od</command></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Dumps files in octal and other formats</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils od"><primary sortas="b-od">od</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<varlistentry id="paste">
|
|
|
-<term><command>paste</command></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Merges the given files, joining sequentially corresponding lines
|
|
|
-side by side, separated by tab characters</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils paste"><primary sortas="b-paste">paste</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<varlistentry id="pathchk">
|
|
|
-<term><command>pathchk</command></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Checks if file names are valid or portable</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils pathchk"><primary sortas="b-pathchk">pathchk</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<varlistentry id="pinky">
|
|
|
-<term><command>pinky</command></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Is a lightweight finger client; it reports some information about the given users</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils pinky"><primary sortas="b-pinky">pinky</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<varlistentry id="pr">
|
|
|
-<term><command>pr</command></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Paginates and columnates files for printing</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils pr"><primary sortas="b-pr">pr</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<varlistentry id="printenv">
|
|
|
-<term><command>printenv</command></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Prints the environment</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils printenv"><primary sortas="b-printenv">printenv</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<varlistentry id="printf">
|
|
|
-<term><command>printf</command></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Prints the given arguments according to the given format, much
|
|
|
-like the C printf function</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils printf"><primary sortas="b-printf">printf</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<varlistentry id="ptx">
|
|
|
-<term><command>ptx</command></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Produces a permuted index from the contents of the given files,
|
|
|
-with each keyword in its context</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils ptx"><primary sortas="b-ptx">ptx</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<varlistentry id="pwd">
|
|
|
-<term><command>pwd</command></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Reports the name of the current working directory</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils pwd"><primary sortas="b-pwd">pwd</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<varlistentry id="readlink">
|
|
|
-<term><command>readlink</command></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Reports the value of the given symbolic link</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils readlink"><primary sortas="b-readlink">readlink</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<varlistentry id="rm">
|
|
|
-<term><command>rm</command></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Removes files or directories</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils rm"><primary sortas="b-rm">rm</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<varlistentry id="rmdir">
|
|
|
-<term><command>rmdir</command></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Removes directories if they are empty</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils rmdir"><primary sortas="b-rmdir">rmdir</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<varlistentry id="seq">
|
|
|
-<term><command>seq</command></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Prints a sequence of numbers within a given range and with a
|
|
|
-given increment</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils seq"><primary sortas="b-seq">seq</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<varlistentry id="sha1sum">
|
|
|
-<term><command>sha1sum</command></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Prints or checks 160-bit Secure Hash Algorithm 1 (SHA1) checksums</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils sha1sum"><primary sortas="b-sha1sum">sha1sum</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<varlistentry id="shred">
|
|
|
-<term><command>shred</command></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Overwrites the given files repeatedly with complex patterns,
|
|
|
-making it difficult to recover the data</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils shred"><primary sortas="b-shred">shred</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<varlistentry id="sleep">
|
|
|
-<term><command>sleep</command></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Pauses for the given amount of time</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils sleep"><primary sortas="b-sleep">sleep</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<varlistentry id="sort">
|
|
|
-<term><command>sort</command></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Sorts the lines from the given files</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils sort"><primary sortas="b-sort">sort</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<varlistentry id="split">
|
|
|
-<term><command>split</command></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Splits the given file into pieces, by size or by number of lines</para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils split"><primary sortas="b-split">split</primary></indexterm>
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-
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-<varlistentry id="stat">
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-<term><command>stat</command></term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>Displays file or filesystem status</para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils stat"><primary sortas="b-stat">stat</primary></indexterm>
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-
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-<varlistentry id="stty">
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-<term><command>stty</command></term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>Sets or reports terminal line settings</para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils stty"><primary sortas="b-stty">stty</primary></indexterm>
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-
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-<varlistentry id="sum">
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-<term><command>sum</command></term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>Prints checksum and block counts for each given file</para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils sum"><primary sortas="b-sum">sum</primary></indexterm>
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-
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-<varlistentry id="sync">
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-<term><command>sync</command></term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>Flushes file system buffers; it forces changed blocks to disk
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-and updates the super block</para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils sync"><primary sortas="b-sync">sync</primary></indexterm>
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-
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-<varlistentry id="tac">
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-<term><command>tac</command></term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>Concatenates the given files in reverse</para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils tac"><primary sortas="b-tac">tac</primary></indexterm>
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-
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-<varlistentry id="tail">
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-<term><command>tail</command></term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>Prints the last ten lines (or the given number of lines) of each
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-given file</para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils tail"><primary sortas="b-tail">tail</primary></indexterm>
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-
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-<varlistentry id="tee">
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-<term><command>tee</command></term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>Reads from standard input while writing both to standard output
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-and to the given files</para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils tee"><primary sortas="b-tee">tee</primary></indexterm>
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-
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-<varlistentry id="test">
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-<term><command>test</command></term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>Compares values and checks file types</para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils test"><primary sortas="b-test">test</primary></indexterm>
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-
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-<varlistentry id="touch">
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-<term><command>touch</command></term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>Changes file timestamps, setting the access and modification
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-times of the given files to the current time; files that do not exist
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-are created with zero length</para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils touch"><primary sortas="b-touch">touch</primary></indexterm>
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
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-
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-<varlistentry id="tr">
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-<term><command>tr</command></term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>Translates, squeezes, and deletes the given characters from
|
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-standard input</para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils tr"><primary sortas="b-tr">tr</primary></indexterm>
|
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-</listitem>
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|
-</varlistentry>
|
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-
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-<varlistentry id="true">
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-<term><command>true</command></term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>Does nothing, successfully; it always exits with a status code
|
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-indicating success</para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils true"><primary sortas="b-true">true</primary></indexterm>
|
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-</listitem>
|
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-</varlistentry>
|
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-
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-<varlistentry id="tsort">
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-<term><command>tsort</command></term>
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-<listitem>
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-<para>Performs a topological sort; it writes a completely ordered list
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-according to the partial ordering in a given file</para>
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-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils tsort"><primary sortas="b-tsort">tsort</primary></indexterm>
|
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-</listitem>
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-</varlistentry>
|
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|
-
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-<varlistentry id="tty">
|
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-<term><command>tty</command></term>
|
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-<listitem>
|
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|
-<para>Reports the file name of the terminal connected to standard
|
|
|
-input</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils tty"><primary sortas="b-tty">tty</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
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|
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-<varlistentry id="uname">
|
|
|
-<term><command>uname</command></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Reports system information</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils uname"><primary sortas="b-uname">uname</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<varlistentry id="unexpand">
|
|
|
-<term><command>unexpand</command></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Converts spaces to tabs</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils unexpand"><primary sortas="b-unexpand">unexpand</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<varlistentry id="uniq">
|
|
|
-<term><command>uniq</command></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Discards all but one of successive identical lines</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils uniq"><primary sortas="b-uniq">uniq</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<varlistentry id="unlink">
|
|
|
-<term><command>unlink</command></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Removes the given file</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils unlink"><primary sortas="b-unlink">unlink</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<varlistentry id="users">
|
|
|
-<term><command>users</command></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Reports the names of the users currently logged on</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils users"><primary sortas="b-users">users</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<varlistentry id="vdir">
|
|
|
-<term><command>vdir</command></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Is the same as <command>ls -l</command></para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils vdir"><primary sortas="b-vdir">vdir</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<varlistentry id="wc">
|
|
|
-<term><command>wc</command></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Reports the number of lines, words, and bytes for each given
|
|
|
-file, as well as a total line when more than one file is given</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils wc"><primary sortas="b-wc">wc</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<varlistentry id="who">
|
|
|
-<term><command>who</command></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Reports who is logged on</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils who"><primary sortas="b-who">who</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<varlistentry id="whoami">
|
|
|
-<term><command>whoami</command></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Reports the user name associated with the current effective user ID</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils whoami"><primary sortas="b-whoami">whoami</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<varlistentry id="yes">
|
|
|
-<term><command>yes</command></term>
|
|
|
-<listitem>
|
|
|
-<para>Repeatedly outputs <quote>y</quote> or a given string until
|
|
|
-killed</para>
|
|
|
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils yes"><primary sortas="b-yes">yes</primary></indexterm>
|
|
|
-</listitem>
|
|
|
-</varlistentry>
|
|
|
-</variablelist>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-</sect2>
|
|
|
+ </sect2>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <sect2 id="contents-coreutils" role="content">
|
|
|
+ <title>Contents of Coreutils</title>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <segmentedlist>
|
|
|
+ <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <seglistitem>
|
|
|
+ <seg>basename, cat, chgrp, chmod, chown, chroot, cksum, comm, cp,
|
|
|
+ csplit, cut, date, dd, df, dir, dircolors, dirname, du, echo, env,
|
|
|
+ expand, expr, factor, false, fmt, fold, groups, head, hostid,
|
|
|
+ hostname, id, install, join, link, ln, logname, ls, md5sum, mkdir,
|
|
|
+ mkfifo, mknod, mv, nice, nl, nohup, od, paste, pathchk, pinky, pr,
|
|
|
+ printenv, printf, ptx, pwd, readlink, rm, rmdir, seq, sha1sum, shred,
|
|
|
+ sleep, sort, split, stat, stty, sum, sync, tac, tail, tee, test,
|
|
|
+ touch, tr, true, tsort, tty, uname, unexpand, uniq, unlink, users,
|
|
|
+ vdir, wc, who, whoami, and yes</seg>
|
|
|
+ </seglistitem>
|
|
|
+ </segmentedlist>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <variablelist>
|
|
|
+ <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
|
|
|
+ <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
|
|
|
+ <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="basename">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>basename</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Strips any path and a given suffix from a file name</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils basename">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-basename">basename</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="cat">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>cat</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Concatenates files to standard output</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils cat">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-cat">cat</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="chgrp">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>chgrp</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Changes the group ownership of files and directories</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils chgrp">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-chgrp">chgrp</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="chmod">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>chmod</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Changes the permissions of each file to the given mode; the mode
|
|
|
+ can be either a symbolic representation of the changes to make or an
|
|
|
+ octal number representing the new permissions</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils chmod">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-chmod">chmod</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="chown">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>chown</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Changes the user and/or group ownership of files and
|
|
|
+ directories</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils chown">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-chown">chown</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="chroot">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>chroot</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Runs a command with the specified directory as the
|
|
|
+ <filename class="directory">/</filename> directory</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils chroot">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-chroot">chroot</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="cksum">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>cksum</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Prints the Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) checksum and the byte
|
|
|
+ counts of each specified file</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils cksum">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-cksum">cksum</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="comm">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>comm</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Compares two sorted files, outputting in three columns the lines
|
|
|
+ that are unique and the lines that are common</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils comm">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-comm">comm</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="cp">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>cp</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Copies files</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils cp">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-cp">cp</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="csplit">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>csplit</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Splits a given file into several new files, separating them
|
|
|
+ according to given patterns or line numbers and outputting the byte
|
|
|
+ count of each new file</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils csplit">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-csplit">csplit</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="cut">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>cut</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Prints sections of lines, selecting the parts according to given
|
|
|
+ fields or positions</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils cut">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-cut">cut</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="date">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>date</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Displays the current time in the given format, or sets the
|
|
|
+ system date</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils date">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-date">date</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="dd">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>dd</command> </term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Copies a file using the given block size and count, while
|
|
|
+ optionally performing conversions on it</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils dd">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-dd">dd</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="df">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>df</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Reports the amount of disk space available (and used) on all
|
|
|
+ mounted file systems, or only on the file systems holding the selected
|
|
|
+ files</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils df">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-df">df</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="dir">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>dir</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Lists the contents of each given directory (the same as
|
|
|
+ the <command>ls</command> command)</para>
|
|
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+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils dir">
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+ <primary sortas="b-dir">dir</primary>
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+ </indexterm>
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+ </listitem>
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+ </varlistentry>
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+
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+ <varlistentry id="dircolors">
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+ <term><command>dircolors</command></term>
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+ <listitem>
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+ <para>Outputs commands to set the <envar>LS_COLOR</envar>
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+ environment variable to change the color scheme used by
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+ <command>ls</command></para>
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+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils dircolors">
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+ <primary sortas="b-dircolors">dircolors</primary>
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+ </indexterm>
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+ </listitem>
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+ </varlistentry>
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+
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+ <varlistentry id="dirname">
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+ <term><command>dirname</command></term>
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+ <listitem>
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+ <para>Strips the non-directory suffix from a file name</para>
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+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils dirname">
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+ <primary sortas="b-dirname">dirname</primary>
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+ </indexterm>
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+ </listitem>
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+ </varlistentry>
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+
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+ <varlistentry id="du">
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+ <term><command>du</command></term>
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+ <listitem>
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+ <para>Reports the amount of disk space used by the current directory,
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+ by each of the given directories (including all subdirectories) or by
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+ each of the given files</para>
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+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils du">
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+ <primary sortas="b-du">du</primary>
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+ </indexterm>
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+ </listitem>
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+ </varlistentry>
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+
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+ <varlistentry id="echo">
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+ <term><command>echo</command></term>
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+ <listitem>
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+ <para>Displays the given strings</para>
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+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils echo">
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+ <primary sortas="b-echo">echo</primary>
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+ </indexterm>
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+ </listitem>
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+ </varlistentry>
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+
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+ <varlistentry id="env">
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+ <term><command>env</command></term>
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+ <listitem>
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+ <para>Runs a command in a modified environment</para>
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+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils env">
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+ <primary sortas="b-env">env</primary>
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+ </indexterm>
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+ </listitem>
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+ </varlistentry>
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+
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+ <varlistentry id="expand">
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+ <term><command>expand</command></term>
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+ <listitem>
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+ <para>Converts tabs to spaces</para>
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+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils expand">
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+ <primary sortas="b-expand">expand</primary>
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|
+ </indexterm>
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+ </listitem>
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+ </varlistentry>
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+
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+ <varlistentry id="expr">
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+ <term><command>expr</command></term>
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+ <listitem>
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+ <para>Evaluates expressions</para>
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|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils expr">
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+ <primary sortas="b-expr">expr</primary>
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+ </indexterm>
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|
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+ </listitem>
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+ </varlistentry>
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+
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+ <varlistentry id="factor">
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+ <term><command>factor</command></term>
|
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|
+ <listitem>
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+ <para>Prints the prime factors of all specified integer numbers</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils factor">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-factor">factor</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
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+ </varlistentry>
|
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+
|
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+ <varlistentry id="false">
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|
|
+ <term><command>false</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
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|
+ <para>Does nothing, unsuccessfully; it always exits with a status code
|
|
|
+ indicating failure</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils false">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-false">false</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
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+
|
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+ <varlistentry id="fmt">
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|
|
+ <term><command>fmt</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Reformats the paragraphs in the given files</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils fmt">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-fmt">fmt</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
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+
|
|
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+ <varlistentry id="fold">
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|
|
+ <term><command>fold</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Wraps the lines in the given files</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils fold">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-fold">fold</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="groups">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>groups</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Reports a user's group memberships</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils groups">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-groups">groups</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="head">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>head</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Prints the first ten lines (or the given number of lines)
|
|
|
+ of each given file</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils head">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-head">head</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="hostid">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>hostid</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Reports the numeric identifier (in hexadecimal) of the host</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils hostid">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-hostid">hostid</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="hostname">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>hostname</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Reports or sets the name of the host</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils hostname">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-hostname">hostname</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="id">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>id</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Reports the effective user ID, group ID, and group memberships
|
|
|
+ of the current user or specified user</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils id">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-id">id</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="install">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>install</command> </term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Copies files while setting their permission modes and, if
|
|
|
+ possible, their owner and group</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils install">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-install">install</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="join">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>join</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Joins the lines that have identical join fields from two
|
|
|
+ separate files</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils join">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-join">join</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="link">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>link</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Creates a hard link with the given name to a file</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils link">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-link">link</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="ln">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>ln</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Makes hard links or soft (symbolic) links between files</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils ln">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-ln">ln</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="logname">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>logname</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Reports the current user's login name</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils logname">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-logname">logname</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="ls">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>ls</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Lists the contents of each given directory</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils ls">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-ls">ls</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="md5sum">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>md5sum</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Reports or checks Message Digest 5 (MD5) checksums</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils md5sum">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-md5sum">md5sum</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="mkdir">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>mkdir</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Creates directories with the given names</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils mkdir">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-mkdir">mkdir</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="mkfifo">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>mkfifo</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Creates First-In, First-Outs (FIFOs), a <quote>named
|
|
|
+ pipe</quote> in UNIX parlance, with the given names</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils mkfifo">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-mkfifo">mkfifo</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="mknod">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>mknod</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Creates device nodes with the given names; a device node is a
|
|
|
+ character special file, a block special file, or a FIFO</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils mknod">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-mknod">mknod</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="mv">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>mv</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Moves or renames files or directories</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils mv">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-mv">mv</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="nice">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>nice</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Runs a program with modified scheduling priority</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils nice">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-nice">nice</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="nl">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>nl</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Numbers the lines from the given files</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils nl">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-nl">nl</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="nohup">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>nohup</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Runs a command immune to hangups, with its output redirected to
|
|
|
+ a log file</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils nohup">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-nohup">nohup</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="od">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>od</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Dumps files in octal and other formats</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils od">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-od">od</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="paste">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>paste</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Merges the given files, joining sequentially corresponding lines
|
|
|
+ side by side, separated by tab characters</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils paste">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-paste">paste</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="pathchk">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>pathchk</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Checks if file names are valid or portable</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils pathchk">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-pathchk">pathchk</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="pinky">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>pinky</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Is a lightweight finger client; it reports some information
|
|
|
+ about the given users</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils pinky">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-pinky">pinky</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="pr">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>pr</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Paginates and columnates files for printing</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils pr">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-pr">pr</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="printenv">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>printenv</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Prints the environment</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils printenv">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-printenv">printenv</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="printf">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>printf</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Prints the given arguments according to the given format, much
|
|
|
+ like the C printf function</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils printf">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-printf">printf</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="ptx">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>ptx</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Produces a permuted index from the contents of the given files,
|
|
|
+ with each keyword in its context</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils ptx">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-ptx">ptx</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="pwd">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>pwd</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Reports the name of the current working directory</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils pwd">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-pwd">pwd</primary>
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+ </indexterm>
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+ </listitem>
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+ </varlistentry>
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+
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+ <varlistentry id="readlink">
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+ <term><command>readlink</command></term>
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+ <listitem>
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+ <para>Reports the value of the given symbolic link</para>
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+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils readlink">
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+ <primary sortas="b-readlink">readlink</primary>
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+ </indexterm>
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+ </listitem>
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+ </varlistentry>
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+
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+ <varlistentry id="rm">
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|
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+ <term><command>rm</command></term>
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+ <listitem>
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+ <para>Removes files or directories</para>
|
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+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils rm">
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+ <primary sortas="b-rm">rm</primary>
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+ </indexterm>
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+ </listitem>
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+ </varlistentry>
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+
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+ <varlistentry id="rmdir">
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+ <term><command>rmdir</command></term>
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+ <listitem>
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+ <para>Removes directories if they are empty</para>
|
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+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils rmdir">
|
|
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+ <primary sortas="b-rmdir">rmdir</primary>
|
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+ </indexterm>
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+ </listitem>
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+ </varlistentry>
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+
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+ <varlistentry id="seq">
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+ <term><command>seq</command></term>
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+ <listitem>
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+ <para>Prints a sequence of numbers within a given range and with a
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+ given increment</para>
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+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils seq">
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|
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+ <primary sortas="b-seq">seq</primary>
|
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+ </indexterm>
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+ </listitem>
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+ </varlistentry>
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+
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+ <varlistentry id="sha1sum">
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+ <term><command>sha1sum</command></term>
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+ <listitem>
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+ <para>Prints or checks 160-bit Secure Hash Algorithm 1 (SHA1)
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|
|
+ checksums</para>
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+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils sha1sum">
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+ <primary sortas="b-sha1sum">sha1sum</primary>
|
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+ </indexterm>
|
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+ </listitem>
|
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+ </varlistentry>
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+
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+ <varlistentry id="shred">
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+ <term><command>shred</command></term>
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+ <listitem>
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+ <para>Overwrites the given files repeatedly with complex patterns,
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|
+ making it difficult to recover the data</para>
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+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils shred">
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+ <primary sortas="b-shred">shred</primary>
|
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|
+ </indexterm>
|
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|
+ </listitem>
|
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|
+ </varlistentry>
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+
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+ <varlistentry id="sleep">
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+ <term><command>sleep</command></term>
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|
+ <listitem>
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|
+ <para>Pauses for the given amount of time</para>
|
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|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils sleep">
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|
+ <primary sortas="b-sleep">sleep</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
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|
+ </listitem>
|
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|
+ </varlistentry>
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+
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+ <varlistentry id="sort">
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+ <term><command>sort</command></term>
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|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Sorts the lines from the given files</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils sort">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-sort">sort</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
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+ </varlistentry>
|
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+
|
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+ <varlistentry id="split">
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|
|
+ <term><command>split</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Splits the given file into pieces, by size or by number of
|
|
|
+ lines</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils split">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-split">split</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
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+
|
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|
+ <varlistentry id="stat">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>stat</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Displays file or filesystem status</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils stat">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-stat">stat</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="stty">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>stty</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Sets or reports terminal line settings</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils stty">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-stty">stty</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="sum">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>sum</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Prints checksum and block counts for each given file</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils sum">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-sum">sum</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="sync">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>sync</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Flushes file system buffers; it forces changed blocks to disk
|
|
|
+ and updates the super block</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils sync">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-sync">sync</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="tac">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>tac</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Concatenates the given files in reverse</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils tac">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-tac">tac</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="tail">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>tail</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Prints the last ten lines (or the given number of lines) of each
|
|
|
+ given file</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils tail">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-tail">tail</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="tee">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>tee</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Reads from standard input while writing both to standard output
|
|
|
+ and to the given files</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils tee">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-tee">tee</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="test">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>test</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Compares values and checks file types</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils test">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-test">test</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="touch">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>touch</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Changes file timestamps, setting the access and modification
|
|
|
+ times of the given files to the current time; files that do not exist
|
|
|
+ are created with zero length</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils touch">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-touch">touch</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="tr">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>tr</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Translates, squeezes, and deletes the given characters from
|
|
|
+ standard input</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils tr">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-tr">tr</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="true">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>true</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Does nothing, successfully; it always exits with a status code
|
|
|
+ indicating success</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils true">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-true">true</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="tsort">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>tsort</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Performs a topological sort; it writes a completely ordered list
|
|
|
+ according to the partial ordering in a given file</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils tsort">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-tsort">tsort</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="tty">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>tty</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Reports the file name of the terminal connected to standard
|
|
|
+ input</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils tty">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-tty">tty</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="uname">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>uname</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Reports system information</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils uname">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-uname">uname</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="unexpand">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>unexpand</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Converts spaces to tabs</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils unexpand">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-unexpand">unexpand</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="uniq">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>uniq</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Discards all but one of successive identical lines</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils uniq">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-uniq">uniq</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="unlink">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>unlink</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Removes the given file</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils unlink">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-unlink">unlink</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="users">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>users</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Reports the names of the users currently logged on</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils users">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-users">users</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="vdir">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>vdir</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Is the same as <command>ls -l</command></para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils vdir">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-vdir">vdir</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="wc">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>wc</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Reports the number of lines, words, and bytes for each given
|
|
|
+ file, as well as a total line when more than one file is given</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils wc">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-wc">wc</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="who">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>who</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Reports who is logged on</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils who">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-who">who</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="whoami">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>whoami</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Reports the user name associated with the current effective
|
|
|
+ user ID</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils whoami">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-whoami">whoami</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <varlistentry id="yes">
|
|
|
+ <term><command>yes</command></term>
|
|
|
+ <listitem>
|
|
|
+ <para>Repeatedly outputs <quote>y</quote> or a given string until
|
|
|
+ killed</para>
|
|
|
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils yes">
|
|
|
+ <primary sortas="b-yes">yes</primary>
|
|
|
+ </indexterm>
|
|
|
+ </listitem>
|
|
|
+ </varlistentry>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ </variablelist>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ </sect2>
|
|
|
|
|
|
</sect1>
|
|
|
-
|
Manuel Canales Esparcia