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| 8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-coreutils" role="wrap"> |
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| 9 | <?dbhtml filename="coreutils.html"?> |
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| 10 | |
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| 11 | <title>Coreutils-&coreutils-version;</title> |
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| 12 | |
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| 13 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils"> |
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| 14 | <primary sortas="a-Coreutils">Coreutils</primary> |
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| 15 | </indexterm> |
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| 16 | |
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| 17 | <sect2 role="package"> |
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| 18 | <title/> |
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| 19 | |
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| 20 | <para>The Coreutils package contains utilities for showing and setting the |
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| 21 | basic system characteristics.</para> |
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| 22 | |
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| 23 | <segmentedlist> |
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| 24 | <segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle> |
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| 25 | |
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| 26 | <seglistitem> |
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| 27 | <seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, GCC, |
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[0636f6c] | 28 | Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Patch, Perl, and Sed</seg> |
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[bf8c11f] | 29 | </seglistitem> |
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| 30 | </segmentedlist> |
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| 31 | |
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| 32 | </sect2> |
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| 33 | |
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| 34 | <sect2 role="installation"> |
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| 35 | <title>Installation of Coreutils</title> |
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| 36 | |
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| 37 | <para os="a">Prevent Coreutils from installing binaries that will be |
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| 38 | installed by other packages:</para> |
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| 39 | |
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| 40 | <screen os="b"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&coreutils-suppress-patch;</userinput></screen> |
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| 41 | |
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| 42 | <para os="c">Now prepare Coreutils for compilation:</para> |
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| 43 | |
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[420e0cd] | 44 | <screen os="d"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen> |
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[bf8c11f] | 45 | |
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| 46 | <para os="e">Compile the package:</para> |
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| 47 | |
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| 48 | <screen os="f"><userinput>make</userinput></screen> |
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| 49 | |
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| 50 | <para os="g">The test suite of Coreutils makes several assumptions about the |
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| 51 | presence of system users and groups that are not valid within the minimal |
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| 52 | environment that exists at the moment. Therefore, additional items need |
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| 53 | to be set up before running the tests. Skip down to <quote>Install the |
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| 54 | package</quote> if not running the test suite.</para> |
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| 55 | |
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| 56 | <para os="h">Create two <systemitem class="groupname">dummy</systemitem> groups |
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| 57 | and a <systemitem class="username">dummy</systemitem> user:</para> |
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| 58 | |
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| 59 | <screen os="i"><userinput>echo "dummy1:x:1000:" >> /etc/group |
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| 60 | echo "dummy2:x:1001:dummy" >> /etc/group |
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[7102ce2] | 61 | echo "dummy:x:1000:1000::/root:/bin/bash" >> /etc/passwd</userinput></screen> |
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[bf8c11f] | 62 | |
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| 63 | <para os="j">Now the test suite is ready to be run. First, run |
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| 64 | the tests that are meant to be run as user |
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| 65 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>:</para> |
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| 66 | |
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| 67 | <screen os="k"><userinput>make NON_ROOT_USERNAME=dummy check-root</userinput></screen> |
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| 68 | |
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| 69 | <para os="l">Then run the remainder of the tests as the |
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| 70 | <systemitem class="username">dummy</systemitem> user:</para> |
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| 71 | |
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| 72 | <screen os="m"><userinput>src/su dummy -c "make RUN_EXPENSIVE_TESTS=yes check"</userinput></screen> |
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| 73 | |
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| 74 | <para os="n">When testing is complete, remove the |
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| 75 | <systemitem class="username">dummy</systemitem> user and groups:</para> |
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| 76 | |
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| 77 | <screen os="o"><userinput>sed -i '/dummy/d' /etc/passwd /etc/group</userinput></screen> |
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| 78 | |
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| 79 | <para os="p">Install the package:</para> |
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| 80 | |
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| 81 | <screen os="q"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen> |
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| 82 | |
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| 83 | <para os="r">Move programs to the locations specified by the FHS:</para> |
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| 84 | |
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| 85 | <screen os="s"><userinput>mv /usr/bin/{cat,chgrp,chmod,chown,cp,date,dd,df,echo} /bin |
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| 86 | mv /usr/bin/{false,hostname,ln,ls,mkdir,mknod,mv,pwd,rm} /bin |
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| 87 | mv /usr/bin/{rmdir,stty,sync,true,uname} /bin |
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| 88 | mv /usr/bin/chroot /usr/sbin</userinput></screen> |
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| 89 | |
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| 90 | <para os="t">Some of the scripts in the LFS-Bootscripts package depend on |
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| 91 | <command>head</command> and <command>sleep</command>. As <filename |
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| 92 | class="directory">/usr</filename> may not be available during the early |
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| 93 | stages of booting, those binaries need to be on the root partition:</para> |
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| 94 | |
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| 95 | <screen os="u"><userinput>mv /usr/bin/{head,sleep} /bin</userinput></screen> |
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| 96 | |
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| 97 | </sect2> |
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| 98 | |
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| 99 | <sect2 id="contents-coreutils" role="content"> |
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| 100 | <title>Contents of Coreutils</title> |
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| 101 | |
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| 102 | <segmentedlist> |
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| 103 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> |
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| 104 | |
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| 105 | <seglistitem> |
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| 106 | <seg>basename, cat, chgrp, chmod, chown, chroot, cksum, |
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| 107 | comm, cp, csplit, cut, date, dd, df, dir, dircolors, dirname, du, |
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| 108 | echo, env, expand, expr, factor, false, fmt, fold, groups, head, |
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| 109 | hostid, hostname, id, install, join, link, ln, logname, ls, md5sum, |
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| 110 | mkdir, mkfifo, mknod, mv, nice, nl, nohup, od, paste, pathchk, pinky, |
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| 111 | pr, printenv, printf, ptx, pwd, readlink, rm, rmdir, seq, sha1sum, |
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| 112 | shred, sleep, sort, split, stat, stty, sum, sync, tac, tail, tee, |
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| 113 | test, touch, tr, true, tsort, tty, uname, unexpand, uniq, unlink, |
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| 114 | users, vdir, wc, who, whoami, and yes</seg> |
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| 115 | </seglistitem> |
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| 116 | </segmentedlist> |
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| 117 | |
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| 118 | <variablelist> |
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| 119 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> |
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| 120 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> |
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| 121 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?> |
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| 122 | |
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| 123 | <varlistentry id="basename"> |
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| 124 | <term><command>basename</command></term> |
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| 125 | <listitem> |
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| 126 | <para>Strips any path and a given suffix from a file name</para> |
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| 127 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils basename"> |
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| 128 | <primary sortas="b-basename">basename</primary> |
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| 129 | </indexterm> |
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| 130 | </listitem> |
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| 131 | </varlistentry> |
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| 132 | |
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| 133 | <varlistentry id="cat"> |
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| 134 | <term><command>cat</command></term> |
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| 135 | <listitem> |
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| 136 | <para>Concatenates files to standard output</para> |
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| 137 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils cat"> |
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| 138 | <primary sortas="b-cat">cat</primary> |
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| 139 | </indexterm> |
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| 140 | </listitem> |
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| 141 | </varlistentry> |
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| 142 | |
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| 143 | <varlistentry id="chgrp"> |
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| 144 | <term><command>chgrp</command></term> |
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| 145 | <listitem> |
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| 146 | <para>Changes the group ownership of files and directories</para> |
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| 147 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils chgrp"> |
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| 148 | <primary sortas="b-chgrp">chgrp</primary> |
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| 149 | </indexterm> |
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| 150 | </listitem> |
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| 151 | </varlistentry> |
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| 152 | |
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| 153 | <varlistentry id="chmod"> |
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| 154 | <term><command>chmod</command></term> |
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| 155 | <listitem> |
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| 156 | <para>Changes the permissions of each file to the given mode; the mode |
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| 157 | can be either a symbolic representation of the changes to make or an |
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| 158 | octal number representing the new permissions</para> |
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| 159 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils chmod"> |
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| 160 | <primary sortas="b-chmod">chmod</primary> |
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| 161 | </indexterm> |
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| 162 | </listitem> |
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| 163 | </varlistentry> |
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| 164 | |
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| 165 | <varlistentry id="chown"> |
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| 166 | <term><command>chown</command></term> |
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| 167 | <listitem> |
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| 168 | <para>Changes the user and/or group ownership of files and |
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| 169 | directories</para> |
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| 170 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils chown"> |
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| 171 | <primary sortas="b-chown">chown</primary> |
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| 172 | </indexterm> |
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| 173 | </listitem> |
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| 174 | </varlistentry> |
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| 175 | |
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| 176 | <varlistentry id="chroot"> |
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| 177 | <term><command>chroot</command></term> |
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| 178 | <listitem> |
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| 179 | <para>Runs a command with the specified directory as the |
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| 180 | <filename class="directory">/</filename> directory</para> |
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| 181 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils chroot"> |
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| 182 | <primary sortas="b-chroot">chroot</primary> |
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| 183 | </indexterm> |
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| 184 | </listitem> |
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| 185 | </varlistentry> |
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| 186 | |
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| 187 | <varlistentry id="cksum"> |
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| 188 | <term><command>cksum</command></term> |
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| 189 | <listitem> |
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| 190 | <para>Prints the Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) checksum and the byte |
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| 191 | counts of each specified file</para> |
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| 192 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils cksum"> |
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| 193 | <primary sortas="b-cksum">cksum</primary> |
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| 194 | </indexterm> |
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| 195 | </listitem> |
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| 196 | </varlistentry> |
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| 197 | |
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| 198 | <varlistentry id="comm"> |
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| 199 | <term><command>comm</command></term> |
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| 200 | <listitem> |
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| 201 | <para>Compares two sorted files, outputting in three columns the lines |
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| 202 | that are unique and the lines that are common</para> |
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| 203 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils comm"> |
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| 204 | <primary sortas="b-comm">comm</primary> |
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| 205 | </indexterm> |
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| 206 | </listitem> |
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| 207 | </varlistentry> |
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| 208 | |
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| 209 | <varlistentry id="cp"> |
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| 210 | <term><command>cp</command></term> |
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| 211 | <listitem> |
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| 212 | <para>Copies files</para> |
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| 213 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils cp"> |
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| 214 | <primary sortas="b-cp">cp</primary> |
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| 215 | </indexterm> |
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| 216 | </listitem> |
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| 217 | </varlistentry> |
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| 218 | |
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| 219 | <varlistentry id="csplit"> |
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| 220 | <term><command>csplit</command></term> |
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| 221 | <listitem> |
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| 222 | <para>Splits a given file into several new files, separating them |
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| 223 | according to given patterns or line numbers and outputting the byte |
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| 224 | count of each new file</para> |
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| 225 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils csplit"> |
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| 226 | <primary sortas="b-csplit">csplit</primary> |
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| 227 | </indexterm> |
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| 228 | </listitem> |
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| 229 | </varlistentry> |
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| 230 | |
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| 231 | <varlistentry id="cut"> |
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| 232 | <term><command>cut</command></term> |
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| 233 | <listitem> |
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| 234 | <para>Prints sections of lines, selecting the parts according to given |
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| 235 | fields or positions</para> |
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| 236 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils cut"> |
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| 237 | <primary sortas="b-cut">cut</primary> |
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| 238 | </indexterm> |
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| 239 | </listitem> |
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| 240 | </varlistentry> |
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| 241 | |
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| 242 | <varlistentry id="date"> |
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| 243 | <term><command>date</command></term> |
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| 244 | <listitem> |
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| 245 | <para>Displays the current time in the given format, or sets the |
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| 246 | system date</para> |
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| 247 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils date"> |
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| 248 | <primary sortas="b-date">date</primary> |
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| 249 | </indexterm> |
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| 250 | </listitem> |
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| 251 | </varlistentry> |
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| 252 | |
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| 253 | <varlistentry id="dd"> |
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| 254 | <term><command>dd</command> </term> |
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| 255 | <listitem> |
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| 256 | <para>Copies a file using the given block size and count, while |
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| 257 | optionally performing conversions on it</para> |
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| 258 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils dd"> |
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| 259 | <primary sortas="b-dd">dd</primary> |
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| 260 | </indexterm> |
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| 261 | </listitem> |
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| 262 | </varlistentry> |
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| 263 | |
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| 264 | <varlistentry id="df"> |
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| 265 | <term><command>df</command></term> |
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| 266 | <listitem> |
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| 267 | <para>Reports the amount of disk space available (and used) on all |
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| 268 | mounted file systems, or only on the file systems holding the selected |
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| 269 | files</para> |
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| 270 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils df"> |
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| 271 | <primary sortas="b-df">df</primary> |
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| 272 | </indexterm> |
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| 273 | </listitem> |
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| 274 | </varlistentry> |
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| 275 | |
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| 276 | <varlistentry id="dir"> |
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| 277 | <term><command>dir</command></term> |
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| 278 | <listitem> |
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| 279 | <para>Lists the contents of each given directory (the same as |
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| 280 | the <command>ls</command> command)</para> |
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| 281 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils dir"> |
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| 282 | <primary sortas="b-dir">dir</primary> |
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| 283 | </indexterm> |
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| 284 | </listitem> |
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| 285 | </varlistentry> |
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| 286 | |
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| 287 | <varlistentry id="dircolors"> |
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| 288 | <term><command>dircolors</command></term> |
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| 289 | <listitem> |
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| 290 | <para>Outputs commands to set the <envar>LS_COLOR</envar> |
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| 291 | environment variable to change the color scheme used by |
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| 292 | <command>ls</command></para> |
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| 293 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils dircolors"> |
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| 294 | <primary sortas="b-dircolors">dircolors</primary> |
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| 295 | </indexterm> |
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| 296 | </listitem> |
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| 297 | </varlistentry> |
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| 298 | |
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| 299 | <varlistentry id="dirname"> |
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| 300 | <term><command>dirname</command></term> |
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| 301 | <listitem> |
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| 302 | <para>Strips the non-directory suffix from a file name</para> |
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| 303 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils dirname"> |
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| 304 | <primary sortas="b-dirname">dirname</primary> |
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| 305 | </indexterm> |
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| 306 | </listitem> |
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| 307 | </varlistentry> |
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| 308 | |
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| 309 | <varlistentry id="du"> |
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| 310 | <term><command>du</command></term> |
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| 311 | <listitem> |
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| 312 | <para>Reports the amount of disk space used by the current directory, |
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| 313 | by each of the given directories (including all subdirectories) or by |
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| 314 | each of the given files</para> |
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| 315 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils du"> |
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| 316 | <primary sortas="b-du">du</primary> |
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| 317 | </indexterm> |
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| 318 | </listitem> |
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| 319 | </varlistentry> |
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| 320 | |
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| 321 | <varlistentry id="echo"> |
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| 322 | <term><command>echo</command></term> |
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| 323 | <listitem> |
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| 324 | <para>Displays the given strings</para> |
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| 325 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils echo"> |
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| 326 | <primary sortas="b-echo">echo</primary> |
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| 327 | </indexterm> |
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| 328 | </listitem> |
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| 329 | </varlistentry> |
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| 330 | |
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| 331 | <varlistentry id="env"> |
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| 332 | <term><command>env</command></term> |
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| 333 | <listitem> |
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| 334 | <para>Runs a command in a modified environment</para> |
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| 335 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils env"> |
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| 336 | <primary sortas="b-env">env</primary> |
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| 337 | </indexterm> |
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| 338 | </listitem> |
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| 339 | </varlistentry> |
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| 340 | |
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| 341 | <varlistentry id="expand"> |
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| 342 | <term><command>expand</command></term> |
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| 343 | <listitem> |
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| 344 | <para>Converts tabs to spaces</para> |
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| 345 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils expand"> |
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| 346 | <primary sortas="b-expand">expand</primary> |
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| 347 | </indexterm> |
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| 348 | </listitem> |
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| 349 | </varlistentry> |
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| 350 | |
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| 351 | <varlistentry id="expr"> |
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| 352 | <term><command>expr</command></term> |
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| 353 | <listitem> |
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| 354 | <para>Evaluates expressions</para> |
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| 355 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils expr"> |
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| 356 | <primary sortas="b-expr">expr</primary> |
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| 357 | </indexterm> |
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| 358 | </listitem> |
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| 359 | </varlistentry> |
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| 360 | |
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| 361 | <varlistentry id="factor"> |
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| 362 | <term><command>factor</command></term> |
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| 363 | <listitem> |
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| 364 | <para>Prints the prime factors of all specified integer numbers</para> |
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| 365 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils factor"> |
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| 366 | <primary sortas="b-factor">factor</primary> |
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| 367 | </indexterm> |
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| 368 | </listitem> |
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| 369 | </varlistentry> |
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| 370 | |
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| 371 | <varlistentry id="false"> |
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| 372 | <term><command>false</command></term> |
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| 373 | <listitem> |
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| 374 | <para>Does nothing, unsuccessfully; it always exits with a status code |
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| 375 | indicating failure</para> |
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| 376 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils false"> |
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| 377 | <primary sortas="b-false">false</primary> |
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| 378 | </indexterm> |
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| 379 | </listitem> |
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| 380 | </varlistentry> |
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| 381 | |
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| 382 | <varlistentry id="fmt"> |
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| 383 | <term><command>fmt</command></term> |
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| 384 | <listitem> |
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| 385 | <para>Reformats the paragraphs in the given files</para> |
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| 386 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils fmt"> |
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| 387 | <primary sortas="b-fmt">fmt</primary> |
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| 388 | </indexterm> |
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| 389 | </listitem> |
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| 390 | </varlistentry> |
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| 391 | |
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| 392 | <varlistentry id="fold"> |
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| 393 | <term><command>fold</command></term> |
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| 394 | <listitem> |
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| 395 | <para>Wraps the lines in the given files</para> |
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| 396 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils fold"> |
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| 397 | <primary sortas="b-fold">fold</primary> |
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| 398 | </indexterm> |
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| 399 | </listitem> |
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| 400 | </varlistentry> |
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| 401 | |
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| 402 | <varlistentry id="groups"> |
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| 403 | <term><command>groups</command></term> |
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| 404 | <listitem> |
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| 405 | <para>Reports a user's group memberships</para> |
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| 406 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils groups"> |
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| 407 | <primary sortas="b-groups">groups</primary> |
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| 408 | </indexterm> |
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| 409 | </listitem> |
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| 410 | </varlistentry> |
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| 411 | |
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| 412 | <varlistentry id="head"> |
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| 413 | <term><command>head</command></term> |
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| 414 | <listitem> |
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| 415 | <para>Prints the first ten lines (or the given number of lines) |
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| 416 | of each given file</para> |
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| 417 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils head"> |
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| 418 | <primary sortas="b-head">head</primary> |
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| 419 | </indexterm> |
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| 420 | </listitem> |
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| 421 | </varlistentry> |
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| 422 | |
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| 423 | <varlistentry id="hostid"> |
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| 424 | <term><command>hostid</command></term> |
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| 425 | <listitem> |
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| 426 | <para>Reports the numeric identifier (in hexadecimal) of the host</para> |
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| 427 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils hostid"> |
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| 428 | <primary sortas="b-hostid">hostid</primary> |
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| 429 | </indexterm> |
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| 430 | </listitem> |
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| 431 | </varlistentry> |
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| 432 | |
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| 433 | <varlistentry id="hostname"> |
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| 434 | <term><command>hostname</command></term> |
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| 435 | <listitem> |
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| 436 | <para>Reports or sets the name of the host</para> |
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| 437 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils hostname"> |
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| 438 | <primary sortas="b-hostname">hostname</primary> |
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| 439 | </indexterm> |
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| 440 | </listitem> |
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| 441 | </varlistentry> |
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| 442 | |
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| 443 | <varlistentry id="id"> |
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| 444 | <term><command>id</command></term> |
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| 445 | <listitem> |
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| 446 | <para>Reports the effective user ID, group ID, and group memberships |
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| 447 | of the current user or specified user</para> |
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| 448 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils id"> |
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| 449 | <primary sortas="b-id">id</primary> |
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| 450 | </indexterm> |
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| 451 | </listitem> |
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| 452 | </varlistentry> |
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| 453 | |
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| 454 | <varlistentry id="install"> |
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| 455 | <term><command>install</command> </term> |
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| 456 | <listitem> |
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| 457 | <para>Copies files while setting their permission modes and, if |
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| 458 | possible, their owner and group</para> |
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| 459 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils install"> |
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| 460 | <primary sortas="b-install">install</primary> |
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| 461 | </indexterm> |
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| 462 | </listitem> |
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| 463 | </varlistentry> |
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| 464 | |
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| 465 | <varlistentry id="join"> |
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| 466 | <term><command>join</command></term> |
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| 467 | <listitem> |
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| 468 | <para>Joins the lines that have identical join fields from two |
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| 469 | separate files</para> |
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| 470 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils join"> |
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| 471 | <primary sortas="b-join">join</primary> |
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| 472 | </indexterm> |
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| 473 | </listitem> |
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| 474 | </varlistentry> |
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| 475 | |
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| 476 | <varlistentry id="link"> |
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| 477 | <term><command>link</command></term> |
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| 478 | <listitem> |
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| 479 | <para>Creates a hard link with the given name to a file</para> |
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| 480 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils link"> |
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| 481 | <primary sortas="b-link">link</primary> |
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| 482 | </indexterm> |
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| 483 | </listitem> |
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| 484 | </varlistentry> |
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| 485 | |
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| 486 | <varlistentry id="ln"> |
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| 487 | <term><command>ln</command></term> |
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| 488 | <listitem> |
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| 489 | <para>Makes hard links or soft (symbolic) links between files</para> |
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| 490 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils ln"> |
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| 491 | <primary sortas="b-ln">ln</primary> |
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| 492 | </indexterm> |
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| 493 | </listitem> |
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| 494 | </varlistentry> |
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| 495 | |
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| 496 | <varlistentry id="logname"> |
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| 497 | <term><command>logname</command></term> |
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| 498 | <listitem> |
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| 499 | <para>Reports the current user's login name</para> |
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| 500 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils logname"> |
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| 501 | <primary sortas="b-logname">logname</primary> |
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| 502 | </indexterm> |
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| 503 | </listitem> |
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| 504 | </varlistentry> |
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| 505 | |
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| 506 | <varlistentry id="ls"> |
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| 507 | <term><command>ls</command></term> |
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| 508 | <listitem> |
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| 509 | <para>Lists the contents of each given directory</para> |
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| 510 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils ls"> |
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| 511 | <primary sortas="b-ls">ls</primary> |
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| 512 | </indexterm> |
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| 513 | </listitem> |
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| 514 | </varlistentry> |
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| 515 | |
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| 516 | <varlistentry id="md5sum"> |
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| 517 | <term><command>md5sum</command></term> |
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| 518 | <listitem> |
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| 519 | <para>Reports or checks Message Digest 5 (MD5) checksums</para> |
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| 520 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils md5sum"> |
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| 521 | <primary sortas="b-md5sum">md5sum</primary> |
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| 522 | </indexterm> |
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| 523 | </listitem> |
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| 524 | </varlistentry> |
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| 525 | |
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| 526 | <varlistentry id="mkdir"> |
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| 527 | <term><command>mkdir</command></term> |
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| 528 | <listitem> |
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| 529 | <para>Creates directories with the given names</para> |
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| 530 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils mkdir"> |
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| 531 | <primary sortas="b-mkdir">mkdir</primary> |
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| 532 | </indexterm> |
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| 533 | </listitem> |
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| 534 | </varlistentry> |
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| 535 | |
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| 536 | <varlistentry id="mkfifo"> |
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| 537 | <term><command>mkfifo</command></term> |
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| 538 | <listitem> |
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| 539 | <para>Creates First-In, First-Outs (FIFOs), a <quote>named |
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| 540 | pipe</quote> in UNIX parlance, with the given names</para> |
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| 541 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils mkfifo"> |
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| 542 | <primary sortas="b-mkfifo">mkfifo</primary> |
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| 543 | </indexterm> |
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| 544 | </listitem> |
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| 545 | </varlistentry> |
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| 546 | |
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| 547 | <varlistentry id="mknod"> |
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| 548 | <term><command>mknod</command></term> |
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| 549 | <listitem> |
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| 550 | <para>Creates device nodes with the given names; a device node is a |
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| 551 | character special file, a block special file, or a FIFO</para> |
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| 552 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils mknod"> |
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| 553 | <primary sortas="b-mknod">mknod</primary> |
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| 554 | </indexterm> |
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| 555 | </listitem> |
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| 556 | </varlistentry> |
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| 557 | |
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| 558 | <varlistentry id="mv"> |
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| 559 | <term><command>mv</command></term> |
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| 560 | <listitem> |
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| 561 | <para>Moves or renames files or directories</para> |
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| 562 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils mv"> |
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| 563 | <primary sortas="b-mv">mv</primary> |
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| 564 | </indexterm> |
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| 565 | </listitem> |
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| 566 | </varlistentry> |
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| 567 | |
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| 568 | <varlistentry id="nice"> |
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| 569 | <term><command>nice</command></term> |
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| 570 | <listitem> |
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| 571 | <para>Runs a program with modified scheduling priority</para> |
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| 572 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils nice"> |
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| 573 | <primary sortas="b-nice">nice</primary> |
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| 574 | </indexterm> |
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| 575 | </listitem> |
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| 576 | </varlistentry> |
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| 577 | |
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| 578 | <varlistentry id="nl"> |
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| 579 | <term><command>nl</command></term> |
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| 580 | <listitem> |
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| 581 | <para>Numbers the lines from the given files</para> |
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| 582 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils nl"> |
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| 583 | <primary sortas="b-nl">nl</primary> |
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| 584 | </indexterm> |
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| 585 | </listitem> |
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| 586 | </varlistentry> |
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| 587 | |
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| 588 | <varlistentry id="nohup"> |
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| 589 | <term><command>nohup</command></term> |
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| 590 | <listitem> |
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| 591 | <para>Runs a command immune to hangups, with its output redirected to |
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| 592 | a log file</para> |
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| 593 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils nohup"> |
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| 594 | <primary sortas="b-nohup">nohup</primary> |
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| 595 | </indexterm> |
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| 596 | </listitem> |
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| 597 | </varlistentry> |
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| 598 | |
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| 599 | <varlistentry id="od"> |
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| 600 | <term><command>od</command></term> |
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| 601 | <listitem> |
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| 602 | <para>Dumps files in octal and other formats</para> |
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| 603 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils od"> |
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| 604 | <primary sortas="b-od">od</primary> |
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| 605 | </indexterm> |
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| 606 | </listitem> |
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| 607 | </varlistentry> |
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| 608 | |
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| 609 | <varlistentry id="paste"> |
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| 610 | <term><command>paste</command></term> |
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| 611 | <listitem> |
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| 612 | <para>Merges the given files, joining sequentially corresponding lines |
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| 613 | side by side, separated by tab characters</para> |
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| 614 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils paste"> |
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| 615 | <primary sortas="b-paste">paste</primary> |
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| 616 | </indexterm> |
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| 617 | </listitem> |
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| 618 | </varlistentry> |
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| 619 | |
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| 620 | <varlistentry id="pathchk"> |
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| 621 | <term><command>pathchk</command></term> |
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| 622 | <listitem> |
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| 623 | <para>Checks if file names are valid or portable</para> |
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| 624 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils pathchk"> |
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| 625 | <primary sortas="b-pathchk">pathchk</primary> |
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| 626 | </indexterm> |
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| 627 | </listitem> |
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| 628 | </varlistentry> |
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| 629 | |
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| 630 | <varlistentry id="pinky"> |
---|
| 631 | <term><command>pinky</command></term> |
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| 632 | <listitem> |
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| 633 | <para>Is a lightweight finger client; it reports some information |
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| 634 | about the given users</para> |
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| 635 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils pinky"> |
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| 636 | <primary sortas="b-pinky">pinky</primary> |
---|
| 637 | </indexterm> |
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| 638 | </listitem> |
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| 639 | </varlistentry> |
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| 640 | |
---|
| 641 | <varlistentry id="pr"> |
---|
| 642 | <term><command>pr</command></term> |
---|
| 643 | <listitem> |
---|
| 644 | <para>Paginates and columnates files for printing</para> |
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| 645 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils pr"> |
---|
| 646 | <primary sortas="b-pr">pr</primary> |
---|
| 647 | </indexterm> |
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| 648 | </listitem> |
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| 649 | </varlistentry> |
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| 650 | |
---|
| 651 | <varlistentry id="printenv"> |
---|
| 652 | <term><command>printenv</command></term> |
---|
| 653 | <listitem> |
---|
| 654 | <para>Prints the environment</para> |
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| 655 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils printenv"> |
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| 656 | <primary sortas="b-printenv">printenv</primary> |
---|
| 657 | </indexterm> |
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| 658 | </listitem> |
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| 659 | </varlistentry> |
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| 660 | |
---|
| 661 | <varlistentry id="printf"> |
---|
| 662 | <term><command>printf</command></term> |
---|
| 663 | <listitem> |
---|
| 664 | <para>Prints the given arguments according to the given format, much |
---|
| 665 | like the C printf function</para> |
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| 666 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils printf"> |
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| 667 | <primary sortas="b-printf">printf</primary> |
---|
| 668 | </indexterm> |
---|
| 669 | </listitem> |
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| 670 | </varlistentry> |
---|
| 671 | |
---|
| 672 | <varlistentry id="ptx"> |
---|
| 673 | <term><command>ptx</command></term> |
---|
| 674 | <listitem> |
---|
| 675 | <para>Produces a permuted index from the contents of the given files, |
---|
| 676 | with each keyword in its context</para> |
---|
| 677 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils ptx"> |
---|
| 678 | <primary sortas="b-ptx">ptx</primary> |
---|
| 679 | </indexterm> |
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| 680 | </listitem> |
---|
| 681 | </varlistentry> |
---|
| 682 | |
---|
| 683 | <varlistentry id="pwd"> |
---|
| 684 | <term><command>pwd</command></term> |
---|
| 685 | <listitem> |
---|
| 686 | <para>Reports the name of the current working directory</para> |
---|
| 687 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils pwd"> |
---|
| 688 | <primary sortas="b-pwd">pwd</primary> |
---|
| 689 | </indexterm> |
---|
| 690 | </listitem> |
---|
| 691 | </varlistentry> |
---|
| 692 | |
---|
| 693 | <varlistentry id="readlink"> |
---|
| 694 | <term><command>readlink</command></term> |
---|
| 695 | <listitem> |
---|
| 696 | <para>Reports the value of the given symbolic link</para> |
---|
| 697 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils readlink"> |
---|
| 698 | <primary sortas="b-readlink">readlink</primary> |
---|
| 699 | </indexterm> |
---|
| 700 | </listitem> |
---|
| 701 | </varlistentry> |
---|
| 702 | |
---|
| 703 | <varlistentry id="rm"> |
---|
| 704 | <term><command>rm</command></term> |
---|
| 705 | <listitem> |
---|
| 706 | <para>Removes files or directories</para> |
---|
| 707 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils rm"> |
---|
| 708 | <primary sortas="b-rm">rm</primary> |
---|
| 709 | </indexterm> |
---|
| 710 | </listitem> |
---|
| 711 | </varlistentry> |
---|
| 712 | |
---|
| 713 | <varlistentry id="rmdir"> |
---|
| 714 | <term><command>rmdir</command></term> |
---|
| 715 | <listitem> |
---|
| 716 | <para>Removes directories if they are empty</para> |
---|
| 717 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils rmdir"> |
---|
| 718 | <primary sortas="b-rmdir">rmdir</primary> |
---|
| 719 | </indexterm> |
---|
| 720 | </listitem> |
---|
| 721 | </varlistentry> |
---|
| 722 | |
---|
| 723 | <varlistentry id="seq"> |
---|
| 724 | <term><command>seq</command></term> |
---|
| 725 | <listitem> |
---|
| 726 | <para>Prints a sequence of numbers within a given range and with a |
---|
| 727 | given increment</para> |
---|
| 728 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils seq"> |
---|
| 729 | <primary sortas="b-seq">seq</primary> |
---|
| 730 | </indexterm> |
---|
| 731 | </listitem> |
---|
| 732 | </varlistentry> |
---|
| 733 | |
---|
| 734 | <varlistentry id="sha1sum"> |
---|
| 735 | <term><command>sha1sum</command></term> |
---|
| 736 | <listitem> |
---|
| 737 | <para>Prints or checks 160-bit Secure Hash Algorithm 1 (SHA1) |
---|
| 738 | checksums</para> |
---|
| 739 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils sha1sum"> |
---|
| 740 | <primary sortas="b-sha1sum">sha1sum</primary> |
---|
| 741 | </indexterm> |
---|
| 742 | </listitem> |
---|
| 743 | </varlistentry> |
---|
| 744 | |
---|
| 745 | <varlistentry id="shred"> |
---|
| 746 | <term><command>shred</command></term> |
---|
| 747 | <listitem> |
---|
| 748 | <para>Overwrites the given files repeatedly with complex patterns, |
---|
| 749 | making it difficult to recover the data</para> |
---|
| 750 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils shred"> |
---|
| 751 | <primary sortas="b-shred">shred</primary> |
---|
| 752 | </indexterm> |
---|
| 753 | </listitem> |
---|
| 754 | </varlistentry> |
---|
| 755 | |
---|
| 756 | <varlistentry id="sleep"> |
---|
| 757 | <term><command>sleep</command></term> |
---|
| 758 | <listitem> |
---|
| 759 | <para>Pauses for the given amount of time</para> |
---|
| 760 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils sleep"> |
---|
| 761 | <primary sortas="b-sleep">sleep</primary> |
---|
| 762 | </indexterm> |
---|
| 763 | </listitem> |
---|
| 764 | </varlistentry> |
---|
| 765 | |
---|
| 766 | <varlistentry id="sort"> |
---|
| 767 | <term><command>sort</command></term> |
---|
| 768 | <listitem> |
---|
| 769 | <para>Sorts the lines from the given files</para> |
---|
| 770 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils sort"> |
---|
| 771 | <primary sortas="b-sort">sort</primary> |
---|
| 772 | </indexterm> |
---|
| 773 | </listitem> |
---|
| 774 | </varlistentry> |
---|
| 775 | |
---|
| 776 | <varlistentry id="split"> |
---|
| 777 | <term><command>split</command></term> |
---|
| 778 | <listitem> |
---|
| 779 | <para>Splits the given file into pieces, by size or by number of |
---|
| 780 | lines</para> |
---|
| 781 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils split"> |
---|
| 782 | <primary sortas="b-split">split</primary> |
---|
| 783 | </indexterm> |
---|
| 784 | </listitem> |
---|
| 785 | </varlistentry> |
---|
| 786 | |
---|
| 787 | <varlistentry id="stat"> |
---|
| 788 | <term><command>stat</command></term> |
---|
| 789 | <listitem> |
---|
| 790 | <para>Displays file or filesystem status</para> |
---|
| 791 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils stat"> |
---|
| 792 | <primary sortas="b-stat">stat</primary> |
---|
| 793 | </indexterm> |
---|
| 794 | </listitem> |
---|
| 795 | </varlistentry> |
---|
| 796 | |
---|
| 797 | <varlistentry id="stty"> |
---|
| 798 | <term><command>stty</command></term> |
---|
| 799 | <listitem> |
---|
| 800 | <para>Sets or reports terminal line settings</para> |
---|
| 801 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils stty"> |
---|
| 802 | <primary sortas="b-stty">stty</primary> |
---|
| 803 | </indexterm> |
---|
| 804 | </listitem> |
---|
| 805 | </varlistentry> |
---|
| 806 | |
---|
| 807 | <varlistentry id="sum"> |
---|
| 808 | <term><command>sum</command></term> |
---|
| 809 | <listitem> |
---|
| 810 | <para>Prints checksum and block counts for each given file</para> |
---|
| 811 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils sum"> |
---|
| 812 | <primary sortas="b-sum">sum</primary> |
---|
| 813 | </indexterm> |
---|
| 814 | </listitem> |
---|
| 815 | </varlistentry> |
---|
| 816 | |
---|
| 817 | <varlistentry id="sync"> |
---|
| 818 | <term><command>sync</command></term> |
---|
| 819 | <listitem> |
---|
| 820 | <para>Flushes file system buffers; it forces changed blocks to disk |
---|
| 821 | and updates the super block</para> |
---|
| 822 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils sync"> |
---|
| 823 | <primary sortas="b-sync">sync</primary> |
---|
| 824 | </indexterm> |
---|
| 825 | </listitem> |
---|
| 826 | </varlistentry> |
---|
| 827 | |
---|
| 828 | <varlistentry id="tac"> |
---|
| 829 | <term><command>tac</command></term> |
---|
| 830 | <listitem> |
---|
| 831 | <para>Concatenates the given files in reverse</para> |
---|
| 832 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils tac"> |
---|
| 833 | <primary sortas="b-tac">tac</primary> |
---|
| 834 | </indexterm> |
---|
| 835 | </listitem> |
---|
| 836 | </varlistentry> |
---|
| 837 | |
---|
| 838 | <varlistentry id="tail"> |
---|
| 839 | <term><command>tail</command></term> |
---|
| 840 | <listitem> |
---|
| 841 | <para>Prints the last ten lines (or the given number of lines) of each |
---|
| 842 | given file</para> |
---|
| 843 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils tail"> |
---|
| 844 | <primary sortas="b-tail">tail</primary> |
---|
| 845 | </indexterm> |
---|
| 846 | </listitem> |
---|
| 847 | </varlistentry> |
---|
| 848 | |
---|
| 849 | <varlistentry id="tee"> |
---|
| 850 | <term><command>tee</command></term> |
---|
| 851 | <listitem> |
---|
| 852 | <para>Reads from standard input while writing both to standard output |
---|
| 853 | and to the given files</para> |
---|
| 854 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils tee"> |
---|
| 855 | <primary sortas="b-tee">tee</primary> |
---|
| 856 | </indexterm> |
---|
| 857 | </listitem> |
---|
| 858 | </varlistentry> |
---|
| 859 | |
---|
| 860 | <varlistentry id="test"> |
---|
| 861 | <term><command>test</command></term> |
---|
| 862 | <listitem> |
---|
| 863 | <para>Compares values and checks file types</para> |
---|
| 864 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils test"> |
---|
| 865 | <primary sortas="b-test">test</primary> |
---|
| 866 | </indexterm> |
---|
| 867 | </listitem> |
---|
| 868 | </varlistentry> |
---|
| 869 | |
---|
| 870 | <varlistentry id="touch"> |
---|
| 871 | <term><command>touch</command></term> |
---|
| 872 | <listitem> |
---|
| 873 | <para>Changes file timestamps, setting the access and modification |
---|
| 874 | times of the given files to the current time; files that do not exist |
---|
| 875 | are created with zero length</para> |
---|
| 876 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils touch"> |
---|
| 877 | <primary sortas="b-touch">touch</primary> |
---|
| 878 | </indexterm> |
---|
| 879 | </listitem> |
---|
| 880 | </varlistentry> |
---|
| 881 | |
---|
| 882 | <varlistentry id="tr"> |
---|
| 883 | <term><command>tr</command></term> |
---|
| 884 | <listitem> |
---|
| 885 | <para>Translates, squeezes, and deletes the given characters from |
---|
| 886 | standard input</para> |
---|
| 887 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils tr"> |
---|
| 888 | <primary sortas="b-tr">tr</primary> |
---|
| 889 | </indexterm> |
---|
| 890 | </listitem> |
---|
| 891 | </varlistentry> |
---|
| 892 | |
---|
| 893 | <varlistentry id="true"> |
---|
| 894 | <term><command>true</command></term> |
---|
| 895 | <listitem> |
---|
| 896 | <para>Does nothing, successfully; it always exits with a status code |
---|
| 897 | indicating success</para> |
---|
| 898 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils true"> |
---|
| 899 | <primary sortas="b-true">true</primary> |
---|
| 900 | </indexterm> |
---|
| 901 | </listitem> |
---|
| 902 | </varlistentry> |
---|
| 903 | |
---|
| 904 | <varlistentry id="tsort"> |
---|
| 905 | <term><command>tsort</command></term> |
---|
| 906 | <listitem> |
---|
| 907 | <para>Performs a topological sort; it writes a completely ordered list |
---|
| 908 | according to the partial ordering in a given file</para> |
---|
| 909 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils tsort"> |
---|
| 910 | <primary sortas="b-tsort">tsort</primary> |
---|
| 911 | </indexterm> |
---|
| 912 | </listitem> |
---|
| 913 | </varlistentry> |
---|
| 914 | |
---|
| 915 | <varlistentry id="tty"> |
---|
| 916 | <term><command>tty</command></term> |
---|
| 917 | <listitem> |
---|
| 918 | <para>Reports the file name of the terminal connected to standard |
---|
| 919 | input</para> |
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| 920 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils tty"> |
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| 921 | <primary sortas="b-tty">tty</primary> |
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| 922 | </indexterm> |
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| 923 | </listitem> |
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| 924 | </varlistentry> |
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| 925 | |
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| 926 | <varlistentry id="uname"> |
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| 927 | <term><command>uname</command></term> |
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| 928 | <listitem> |
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| 929 | <para>Reports system information</para> |
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| 930 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils uname"> |
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| 931 | <primary sortas="b-uname">uname</primary> |
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| 932 | </indexterm> |
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| 933 | </listitem> |
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| 934 | </varlistentry> |
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| 935 | |
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| 936 | <varlistentry id="unexpand"> |
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| 937 | <term><command>unexpand</command></term> |
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| 938 | <listitem> |
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| 939 | <para>Converts spaces to tabs</para> |
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| 940 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils unexpand"> |
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| 941 | <primary sortas="b-unexpand">unexpand</primary> |
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| 942 | </indexterm> |
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| 943 | </listitem> |
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| 944 | </varlistentry> |
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| 945 | |
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| 946 | <varlistentry id="uniq"> |
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| 947 | <term><command>uniq</command></term> |
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| 948 | <listitem> |
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| 949 | <para>Discards all but one of successive identical lines</para> |
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| 950 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils uniq"> |
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| 951 | <primary sortas="b-uniq">uniq</primary> |
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| 952 | </indexterm> |
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| 953 | </listitem> |
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| 954 | </varlistentry> |
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| 955 | |
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| 956 | <varlistentry id="unlink"> |
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| 957 | <term><command>unlink</command></term> |
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| 958 | <listitem> |
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| 959 | <para>Removes the given file</para> |
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| 960 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils unlink"> |
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| 961 | <primary sortas="b-unlink">unlink</primary> |
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| 962 | </indexterm> |
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| 963 | </listitem> |
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| 964 | </varlistentry> |
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| 965 | |
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| 966 | <varlistentry id="users"> |
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| 967 | <term><command>users</command></term> |
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| 968 | <listitem> |
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| 969 | <para>Reports the names of the users currently logged on</para> |
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| 970 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils users"> |
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| 971 | <primary sortas="b-users">users</primary> |
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| 972 | </indexterm> |
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| 973 | </listitem> |
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| 974 | </varlistentry> |
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| 975 | |
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| 976 | <varlistentry id="vdir"> |
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| 977 | <term><command>vdir</command></term> |
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| 978 | <listitem> |
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| 979 | <para>Is the same as <command>ls -l</command></para> |
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| 980 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils vdir"> |
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| 981 | <primary sortas="b-vdir">vdir</primary> |
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| 982 | </indexterm> |
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| 983 | </listitem> |
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| 984 | </varlistentry> |
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| 985 | |
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| 986 | <varlistentry id="wc"> |
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| 987 | <term><command>wc</command></term> |
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| 988 | <listitem> |
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| 989 | <para>Reports the number of lines, words, and bytes for each given |
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| 990 | file, as well as a total line when more than one file is given</para> |
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| 991 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils wc"> |
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| 992 | <primary sortas="b-wc">wc</primary> |
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| 993 | </indexterm> |
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| 994 | </listitem> |
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| 995 | </varlistentry> |
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| 996 | |
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| 997 | <varlistentry id="who"> |
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| 998 | <term><command>who</command></term> |
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| 999 | <listitem> |
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| 1000 | <para>Reports who is logged on</para> |
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| 1001 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils who"> |
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| 1002 | <primary sortas="b-who">who</primary> |
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| 1003 | </indexterm> |
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| 1004 | </listitem> |
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| 1005 | </varlistentry> |
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| 1006 | |
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| 1007 | <varlistentry id="whoami"> |
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| 1008 | <term><command>whoami</command></term> |
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| 1009 | <listitem> |
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| 1010 | <para>Reports the user name associated with the current effective |
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| 1011 | user ID</para> |
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| 1012 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils whoami"> |
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| 1013 | <primary sortas="b-whoami">whoami</primary> |
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| 1014 | </indexterm> |
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| 1015 | </listitem> |
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| 1016 | </varlistentry> |
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| 1017 | |
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| 1018 | <varlistentry id="yes"> |
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| 1019 | <term><command>yes</command></term> |
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| 1020 | <listitem> |
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| 1021 | <para>Repeatedly outputs <quote>y</quote> or a given string until |
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| 1022 | killed</para> |
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| 1023 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils yes"> |
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| 1024 | <primary sortas="b-yes">yes</primary> |
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| 1025 | </indexterm> |
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| 1026 | </listitem> |
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| 1027 | </varlistentry> |
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| 1028 | |
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| 1029 | </variablelist> |
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| 1030 | |
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| 1031 | </sect2> |
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| 1032 | |
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| 1033 | </sect1> |
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