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