Util-Linux Cheat Sheet
addpart Informs the Linux kernel of new partition || lslocks List local system locks agetty Alternative Linux getty; handles tty, login, shell || mcookie Generate magic cookies for xauth arch print machine architecture || mesg Configure if messages from other users should be displayed blkid Locate/print block device attributes || mkfs Build a Linux file system blockdev Call block device ioctls from the command line || mkfs.bfs Make an SCO bfs filesystem cal Displays a calendar || mkfs.cramfs Make a cramfs filesystem cfdisk Curses based disk partition table manipulator || mkfs.minix Make a Minix filesystem chcpu Configure CPUs || mkswap Set up a Linux swap area chfn Change your finger information || more Filter for paging through text one screenful at a time chkdupexe Find duplicate executables || mount Mount a file system chrt Manipulate real-time attributes of a process || mountpoint See if a directory is a mountpoint chsh Change login shell || namei Follow a pathname until a terminal point is found col Filter reverse line feeds from input || newgrp Change the current group ID colcrt Filter nroff output for CRT previewing || partx Tell the kernel about presence and numbering of disk partitions colrm Remove columns from a file || pg Browse pagewise through text files column Convert lists into nice columns || pivot_root Change the root file system ctrlaltdel Change the behavior of ctrl+alt+del || prlimit Get and set a process resource limits cytune Tune driver parameters for Cyclades-Z multiport serial card || raw Bind a Linux raw character device ddate Convert Gregorian dates to Discordian dates || readprofile A tool to read kernel profiling information delpart Ask the Linux kernel to remove a partition || rename Rename files dmesg Examine or control the kernel ring buffer || renice Alter priority of running processes eject Eject removable media || resizepart Informs the Linux kernel of a new partition size elvtune Tune the I/O elevator per blockdevice queue basis || rev Reverse lines of a file or files fallocate Preallocate space to a file || rtcwake Enter a system sleep state until specified wakeup time fdformat Low-level format a floppy disk || script Make typescript of terminal session fdisk Partition table manipulator for Linux || scriptreplay Play back typescripts, using timing information findfs Find a filesystem by label or UUID || setarch Change computer arch in new program and set personality flags findmnt List all mounted filesytems or search for a filesystem || setsid Run a program in a new session flock Manages file locks from the command line or scripts || setterm Set terminal attributes fsck Check and repair one or more Linux file systems || sfdisk Another partition table manipulator for Linux fsck.cramfs Check and repair a cramfs file system || su Change user ID or become super-user fsck.minix Check and repair a Minix file system || sulogin Single-user login (used by init) fsfreeze Suspend and resume access to a filesystem || swaplabel Print or change the label or UUID of a swap area fstrim Discard unused blocks on a mounted filesystem || swapon Enable devices and files for paging and swapping getopt Parse command options || swapoff Disable devices and files for paging and swapping hexdump Ascii, decimal, hexadecimal, octal dump || switch_root Switch to another filesystem as the root of the mount tree hwclock Query and set the hardware clock (RTC) || tailf Follow the growth of a log file without side-effects ionice Get/set program I/O scheduling class and priority || taskset Retrieve or set a process's CPU affinity ipcmk Create various ipc resources || tunelp Set various parameters for the lp device (/dev/lpX) ipcrm Remove a message queue, semaphore, shared mem || ul Convert occurrences of underscores to terminal underlines ipcs Provide information on ipc facilities || umount Unmount file systems isosize Outputs the length of a iso9660 file system || unshare Run program with some namespaces unshared from parent kill Send a signal to the specified process/group || utmpdump Dump UTMP and WTMP files in raw format last Show listing of last logged in users || uuidd UUID generation daemon ldattach Attach a line discipline to a serial line || uuidgen Create (and print) a new universally unique identifier (UUID) line Read one line from the stdin and print it to stdout || vigr Edit the group or shadow-group file logger Makes entries in the syslog system log || vipw Edit the password or shadow-password file login Begin session on the system || wall Write a message to users look Display lines beginning with a given string || wdctl Show hardware watchdog status losetup Set up and control loop devices || whereis Locate the binary, source, and manual page files for a command lsblk Prints all block devices || wipefs Wipe a filesystem signature from a device lscpu Display information about the CPU architecture || write Send a message to another user
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