| agetty | Opens a tty port, prompts for a login name,
and then invokes the login program |
| arch | Reports the machine's architecture |
| blockdev | Allows users to call block device ioctls from the command
line |
| cal | Displays a simple calendar |
| cfdisk | Manipulates the partition table of the given device |
| chkdupexe | Finds duplicate executables |
| col | Filters out reverse line feeds |
| colcrt | Filters nroff output for terminals
that lack some capabilities, such as overstriking and half-lines |
| colrm | Filters out the given columns |
| column | Formats a given file into multiple columns |
| ctrlaltdel | Sets the function of the Ctrl+Alt+Del key combination to a
hard or a soft reset |
| cytune | Tunes the parameters of the serial line drivers for
Cyclades cards |
| ddate | Gives the Discordian date or converts the given Gregorian date
to a Discordian one |
| dmesg | Dumps the kernel boot messages |
| elvtune | Tunes the performance and interactivity of a block
device |
| fdformat | Low-level formats a floppy disk |
| flock | Acquires a file lock and then executes a command with the lock
held |
| fdisk | Manipulates the partition table of the given device |
| fsck.cramfs | Performs a consistency check on the Cramfs file system on the
given device |
| fsck.minix | Performs a consistency check on the Minix file system on the
given device |
| getopt | Parses options in the given command line |
| hexdump | Dumps the given file in hexadecimal or in another given
format |
| hwclock | Reads or sets the system's hardware clock, also called
the Real-Time Clock (RTC) or Basic Input-Output System (BIOS)
clock |
| ipcrm | Removes the given Inter-Process Communication (IPC) resource |
| ipcs | Provides IPC status information |
| isosize | Reports the size of an iso9660 file system |
| line | Copies a single line |
| logger | Enters the given message into the system log |
| look | Displays lines that begin with the given string |
| losetup | Sets up and controls loop devices |
| mcookie | Generates magic cookies (128-bit random hexadecimal numbers) for
xauth |
| mkfs | Builds a file system on a device (usually a hard disk
partition) |
| mkfs.bfs | Creates a Santa Cruz Operations (SCO) bfs file system |
| mkfs.cramfs | Creates a cramfs file system |
| mkfs.minix | Creates a Minix file system |
| mkswap | Initializes the given device or file to be used as a swap
area |
| more | A filter for paging through text one screen at a time |
| mount | Attaches the file system on the given device to a specified
directory in the file-system tree |
| namei | Shows the symbolic links in the given pathnames |
| pg | Displays a text file one screen full at a time |
| pivot_root | Makes the given file system the new root file system of the
current process |
| ramsize | Sets the size of the RAM disk in a bootable image |
| raw | Used to bind a Linux raw character device to a block
device |
| rdev | Queries and sets the root device, among other things, in a
bootable image |
| readprofile | Reads kernel profiling information |
| rename | Renames the given files, replacing a given string with
another |
| renice | Alters the priority of running processes |
| rev | Reverses the lines of a given file |
| rootflags | Sets the rootflags in a bootable image |
| script | Makes a typescript of a terminal session |
| setfdprm | Sets user-provided floppy disk parameters |
| setsid | Runs the given program in a new session |
| setterm | Sets terminal attributes |
| sfdisk | A disk partition table manipulator |
| swapoff | Disables devices and files for paging and swapping |
| swapon | Enables devices and files for paging and swapping and
lists the devices and files currently in use |
| tailf | Tracks the growth of a log file. Displays the last 10 lines
of a log file, then continues displaying any new entries in the
log file as they are created |
| tunelp | Tunes the parameters of the line printer |
| ul | A filter for translating underscores into escape sequences
indicating underlining for the terminal in use |
| umount | Disconnects a file system from the system's file tree |
| vidmode | Sets the video mode in a bootable image |
| whereis | Reports the location of the binary, source, and man page
for the given command |
| write | Sends a message to the given user if that
user has not disabled receipt of such messages |