| Stable release | 2.36.2 / February 12, 2021 |
|---|---|
| Repository |  |
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Linux |
| Available in | 27 languages, 8 full translations[1] |
| Type | Utility software |
| License | Portions variously under GNU General Public License (v2+ or v2 only), GNU Lesser General Public License (v2+) and BSD License.[2] |
| Website | www git |
util-linux is a standard package distributed by the Linux Kernel Organization for use as part of the Linux operating system. A fork, util-linux-ng (with ng meaning "next generation"), was created when development stalled,[3] but as of January 2011 has been renamed back to util-linux, and is the official version of the package.[4]
Contents
Included
It includes the following utilities:
- addpart
- agetty
- blkdiscard[5]
- blkid
- blkzone
- blockdev
- cal
- cfdisk
- chcpu
- chfn
- chmem
- choom
- chrt
- chsh
- col (legacy)[6]
- colcrt
- colrm
- column
- ctrlaltdel
- delpart
- dmesg
- eject
- fallocate
- fdformat
- fdisk
- fincore
- findfs
- findmnt
- flock
- fsck
- fsck.cramfs
- fsck.minix
- fsfreeze
- fstrim
- getopt
- hardlink
- hexdump
- hwclock (query and set the hardware clock (RTC))
- ionice
- ipcmk
- ipcrm
- ipcs
- irqtop[7]
- isosize
- kill
- last
- ldattach
- line (legacy)[6]
- logger
- login
- look
- losetup
- lsblk
- lscpu[8]
- lsipc
- lsirq[9]
- lslocks
- lslogins
- lsmem
- lsns
- mcookie
- mesg
- mkfs (legacy)[6]
- mkfs.bfs
- mkfs.cramfs
- mkfs.minix
- mkswap
- more
- mount
- mountpoint
- namei
- newgrp
- nologin
- nsenter
- partx
- pg (legacy)[6]
- pivot_root
- prlimit[10]
- raw
- readprofile
- rename
- renice
- reset (legacy)[6]
- resizepart
- rev
- rfkill
- rtcwake
- runuser
- script
- scriptlive
- scriptreplay
- setarch (including architecture symlinks such as i386, linux32, linux64, x86_64, etc.)
- setpriv
- setsid
- setterm
- sfdisk
- su
- sulogin
- swaplabel
- swapoff
- swapon
- switch_root
- taskset
- tunelp (deprecated)[11]
- ul
- umount
- unshare
- utmpdump
- uuidd
- uuidgen
- uuidparse
- vipw (including symlink to vigr)
- wall
- wdctl
- whereis
- wipefs
- write
- zramctl
Removed
Utilities formerly included, but removed as of 1 July 2015:
- arch[12]
- chkdupexe[13]
- clock[14]
- cytune[15]
- ddate (removed from default build[16] before being removed[17] altogether)
- elvtune[18]
- fastboot[19]
- fasthalt[19]
- halt[19]
- initctl[19]
- ramsize (formerly a symlink to rdev)[20]
- rdev[20]
- reboot[19]
- rootflags (formerly a symlink to rdev)[20]
- shutdown[19]
- simpleinit[19]
- tailf[21]
- vidmode (formerly a symlink to rdev)[20]
See also
References
- ^ "Translation Project util-linux textual domain". 2015. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
- ^ "README.licensing". util-linux source tree. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ Karel Zak (2006-12-18). "[ANNOUNCE] util-linux-ng fork". Retrieved 2014-04-12.
- ^ Karel Zak (2010-12-01). "[ANNOUNCE] util-linux without -ng". Retrieved 2014-04-12.
- ^ "blkdiscard(8) - Linux manual page". July 2014. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
- ^ a b c d e "Documentation/deprecated.txt". util-linux. 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
- ^ "Release v2.36 notes".
- ^ "lscpu manual".
- ^ "Release v2.36 notes".
- ^ Karel Zak (2012-01-25). "prlimit(1)". Retrieved 2020-01-13.
- ^ Sami Kerola (2012-12-16). "tunelp: deprecation: remove command from default build". util-linux. Retrieved 2014-04-12.
- ^ Karel Zak (2013-03-14). "arch: remove the command, deprecated since 2.13, use coreutils version". util-linux. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
- ^ Karel Zak (2013-03-14). "chkdupexe: remove, deprecated for years". util-linux. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
- ^ Karel Zak. "clock: Dropped entirely. Use hwclock". util-linux. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
- ^ Sami Kerola (2014-05-11). "cytune: remove from util-linux". util-linux. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
- ^ Karel Zak (2011-08-18). "build-sys: add --enable-ddate". util-linux. Retrieved 2014-04-12.
- ^ Sami Kerola (2012-10-08). "ddate: remove from util-linux". util-linux. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
- ^ Sami Kerola (2013-08-17). "build-sys: complete elvtune removal". util-linux. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
- ^ a b c d e f g Karel Zak (2011-06-08). "simpleinit: remove this deprecated set of utils". util-linux. Retrieved 2014-04-12.
- ^ a b c d Karel Zak (2010-05-13). "rdev: remove this deprecated command". util-linux. Retrieved 2014-04-12.
- ^ Sami Kerola (2017-04-02). "tailf: remove deprecated utility". util-linux.
External links
- The util-linux code repository.
- pub/linux/utils/util-linux on Kernel.org
- util-linux development discussion and bug reporting mailing list
- Karel Zak's blog, the blog of the current maintainer