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Archiving
* Cpio: (cpio). Copy-in-copy-out archiver to tape or disk.
* Tar: (tar). Making tape (or disk) archives.
Basics
* Common options: (coreutils)Common options.
Common options.
* Coreutils: (coreutils). Core GNU (file, text, shell) utilities.
* Date input formats: (coreutils)Date input formats.
* File permissions: (coreutils)File permissions.
Access modes.
* Finding files: (find). Operating on files matching certain criteria.
Emacs
* IDN Library: (libidn)Emacs API.
Emacs API for IDN functions.
GNU admin
* configure: (configure). The GNU configure and build system
GNU organization
* Standards: (standards). GNU coding standards.
GNU packages
* diff: (diff). The GNU diff.
GNU Utilities
* gpg2: (gnupg). OpenPGP encryption and signing tool.
* gpgsm: (gnupg). S/MIME encryption and signing tool.
* pinentry: (pinentry). Ask securely for a passphrase or PIN.
Individual utilities
* addr2line: (binutils)addr2line. Convert addresses to file and
line.
* ar: (binutils)ar. Create, modify, and extract
from archives.
* arch: (coreutils)arch invocation. Print machine hardware name.
* awk: (gawk)Invoking gawk. Text scanning and processing.
* base64: (coreutils)base64 invocation. Base64 encode/decode data.
* basename: (coreutils)basename invocation. Strip directory and suffix.
* c++filt: (binutils)c++filt. Filter to demangle encoded C++
symbols.
* cat: (coreutils)cat invocation. Concatenate and write files.
* chcon: (coreutils)chcon invocation. Change SELinux CTX of files.
* chgrp: (coreutils)chgrp invocation. Change file groups.
* chmod: (coreutils)chmod invocation. Change file permissions.
* chown: (coreutils)chown invocation. Change file owners/groups.
* chroot: (coreutils)chroot invocation. Specify the root directory.
* cksum: (coreutils)cksum invocation. Print POSIX CRC checksum.
* comm: (coreutils)comm invocation. Compare sorted files by line.
* cp: (coreutils)cp invocation. Copy files.
* csplit: (coreutils)csplit invocation. Split by context.
* cut: (coreutils)cut invocation. Print selected parts of lines.
* cxxfilt: (binutils)c++filt. MS-DOS name for c++filt.
* date: (coreutils)date invocation. Print/set system date and time.
* dd: (coreutils)dd invocation. Copy and convert a file.
* df: (coreutils)df invocation. Report file system disk usage.
* diff: (diff). The GNU diff.
* dir: (coreutils)dir invocation. List directories briefly.
* dircolors: (coreutils)dircolors invocation. Color setup for ls.
* dirname: (coreutils)dirname invocation. Strip non-directory suffix.
* dlltool: (binutils)dlltool. Create files needed to build
and use DLLs.
* du: (coreutils)du invocation. Report on disk usage.
* echo: (coreutils)echo invocation. Print a line of text.
* env: (coreutils)env invocation. Modify the environment.
* expand: (coreutils)expand invocation. Convert tabs to spaces.
* expr: (coreutils)expr invocation. Evaluate expressions.
* factor: (coreutils)factor invocation. Print prime factors
* false: (coreutils)false invocation. Do nothing, unsuccessfully.
* find: (find)Invoking find. Finding and acting on files.
* fmt: (coreutils)fmt invocation. Reformat paragraph text.
* fold: (coreutils)fold invocation. Wrap long input lines.
* groups: (coreutils)groups invocation. Print group names a user is in.
* gzip: (gzip)Invoking gzip. Compress files.
* head: (coreutils)head invocation. Output the first part of files.
* hostid: (coreutils)hostid invocation. Print numeric host identifier.
* hostname: (coreutils)hostname invocation. Print or set system name.
* id: (coreutils)id invocation. Print user identity.
* install: (coreutils)install invocation. Copy and change attributes.
* join: (coreutils)join invocation. Join lines on a common field.
* kill: (coreutils)kill invocation. Send a signal to processes.
* link: (coreutils)link invocation. Make hard links between files.
* ln: (coreutils)ln invocation. Make links between files.
* locate: (find)Invoking locate. Finding files in a database.
* logname: (coreutils)logname invocation. Print current login name.
* ls: (coreutils)ls invocation. List directory contents.
* md5sum: (coreutils)md5sum invocation. Print or check MD5 digests.
* mkdir: (coreutils)mkdir invocation. Create directories.
* mkfifo: (coreutils)mkfifo invocation. Create FIFOs (named pipes).
* mknod: (coreutils)mknod invocation. Create special files.
* mktemp: (coreutils)mktemp invocation. Create temporary files.
* mv: (coreutils)mv invocation. Rename files.
* nice: (coreutils)nice invocation. Modify niceness.
* nl: (coreutils)nl invocation. Number lines and write files.
* nlmconv: (binutils)nlmconv. Converts object code into an
NLM.
* nm: (binutils)nm. List symbols from object files.
* nohup: (coreutils)nohup invocation. Immunize to hangups.
* nproc: (coreutils)nproc invocation. Print the number of processors.
* objcopy: (binutils)objcopy. Copy and translate object
files.
* objdump: (binutils)objdump. Display information from
object files.
* od: (coreutils)od invocation. Dump files in octal, etc.
* paste: (coreutils)paste invocation. Merge lines of files.
* pathchk: (coreutils)pathchk invocation. Check file name portability.
* pr: (coreutils)pr invocation. Paginate or columnate files.
* printenv: (coreutils)printenv invocation. Print environment variables.
* printf: (coreutils)printf invocation. Format and print data.
* ptx: (coreutils)ptx invocation. Produce permuted indexes.
* pwd: (coreutils)pwd invocation. Print working directory.
* ranlib: (binutils)ranlib. Generate index to archive
contents.
* readelf: (binutils)readelf. Display the contents of ELF
format files.
* readlink: (coreutils)readlink invocation. Print referent of a symlink.
* rm: (coreutils)rm invocation. Remove files.
* rmdir: (coreutils)rmdir invocation. Remove empty directories.
* runcon: (coreutils)runcon invocation. Run in specified SELinux CTX.
* seq: (coreutils)seq invocation. Print numeric sequences
* sha1sum: (coreutils)sha1sum invocation. Print or check SHA-1 digests.
* sha2: (coreutils)sha2 utilities. Print or check SHA-2 digests.
* shred: (coreutils)shred invocation. Remove files more securely.
* shuf: (coreutils)shuf invocation. Shuffling text files.
* size: (binutils)size. List section sizes and total
size.
* sleep: (coreutils)sleep invocation. Delay for a specified time.
* sort: (coreutils)sort invocation. Sort text files.
* split: (coreutils)split invocation. Split into fixed-size pieces.
* stat: (coreutils)stat invocation. Report file(system) status.
* stdbuf: (coreutils)stdbuf invocation. Modify stdio buffering.
* strings: (binutils)strings. List printable strings from
files.
* strip: (binutils)strip. Discard symbols.
* stty: (coreutils)stty invocation. Print/change terminal settings.
* su: (coreutils)su invocation. Modify user and group ID.
* sum: (coreutils)sum invocation. Print traditional checksum.
* sync: (coreutils)sync invocation. Synchronize memory and disk.
* tac: (coreutils)tac invocation. Reverse files.
* tail: (coreutils)tail invocation. Output the last part of files.
* tar: (tar)tar invocation. Invoking GNU `tar'.
* tee: (coreutils)tee invocation. Redirect to multiple files.
* test: (coreutils)test invocation. File/string tests.
* timeout: (coreutils)timeout invocation. Run with time limit.
* touch: (coreutils)touch invocation. Change file timestamps.
* tr: (coreutils)tr invocation. Translate characters.
* true: (coreutils)true invocation. Do nothing, successfully.
* truncate: (coreutils)truncate invocation. Shrink/extend size of a file.
* tsort: (coreutils)tsort invocation. Topological sort.
* tty: (coreutils)tty invocation. Print terminal name.
* uname: (coreutils)uname invocation. Print system information.
* unexpand: (coreutils)unexpand invocation. Convert spaces to tabs.
* uniq: (coreutils)uniq invocation. Uniquify files.
* unlink: (coreutils)unlink invocation. Removal via unlink(2).
* updatedb: (find)Invoking updatedb. Building the locate database.
* uptime: (coreutils)uptime invocation. Print uptime and load.
* users: (coreutils)users invocation. Print current user names.
* vdir: (coreutils)vdir invocation. List directories verbosely.
* wc: (coreutils)wc invocation. Line, word, and byte counts.
* who: (coreutils)who invocation. Print who is logged in.
* whoami: (coreutils)whoami invocation. Print effective user ID.
* windmc: (binutils)windmc. Generator for Windows message
resources.
* windres: (binutils)windres. Manipulate Windows resources.
* xargs: (find)Invoking xargs. Operating on many files.
* yes: (coreutils)yes invocation. Print a string indefinitely.
Kernel
* Multiboot Specification: (multiboot).
Multiboot Specification.
* grub-crypt: (grub)Invoking grub-crypt.
Encrypt a password
* grub-install: (grub)Invoking grub-install.
Install GRUB on your drive
* grub-md5-crypt: (grub)Invoking grub-md5-crypt.
Encrypt a password in MD5 format
* grub-set-default: (grub)Invoking grub-set-default.
Set a default boot entry
* grub-terminfo: (grub)Invoking grub-terminfo.
Generate a terminfo command from a terminfo
name
* GRUB: (grub). The GRand Unified Bootloader
* mbchk: (grub)Invoking mbchk. Check for the format of a Multiboot kernel
Libraries
* History: (history). The GNU history library API.
* RLuserman: (rluserman). The GNU readline library User's Manual.
Localization
* idn: (libidn)Invoking idn. Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) string
conversion.
Network Applications
* Wget: (wget). The non-interactive network downloader.
Software development
* Binutils: (binutils). The GNU binary utilities.
Software libraries
* libidn: (libidn). Internationalized string processing library.
System administration
* Which: (which). Show full path of commands.
Texinfo documentation system
* Info: (info). Documentation browsing system.
Miscellaneous
* As: (as). The GNU assembler.
* Gas: (as). The GNU assembler.
* Groff: (groff). The GNU troff document formatting system.
* Ld: (ld). The GNU linker.
* bash: (bash). The Bourne Again Shell.
* gprof: (gprof). Profiling your program's execution
* ipc: (ipc). System V style inter process communication
Text creation and manipulation
* Gawk: (gawk). A text scanning and processing language.
This is gawk.info, produced by makeinfo version 4.11 from gawk.texi.
* grep: (grep). Print lines matching a pattern.
This is gawk.info, produced by makeinfo version 4.11 from gawk.texi.
* sed: (sed). Stream EDitor.
Utilities
* Gzip: (gzip). The gzip command for compressing files.