Core Utilities 5.3

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Basic file, shell and text manipulation utilities of the GNU operating system. These are the core utilities which are expected to exist on every operating system.

File utilities:

• chgrp: Changes file group ownership.
• chown: Changes file ownership.
• chmod: Changes file permissions.
• cp: Copies files.
• dd: Copies and converts a file.
• df: Shows disk free space on filesystems.
• dir: Gives a brief directory listing.
• dircolors: Setup program for the color output of GNU ls.
• du: Shows disk usage on filesystems.
• install: Copies file and sets its permissions.
• ln: Creates file links.
• ls: Lists directory contents.
• mkdir: Creates directories.
• mkfifo: Creates FIFOs (named pipes).
• mknod: Creates special files.
• mv: Moves files.
• rm: Removes (deletes) files.
• rmdir: Removes empty directories.
• shred: Destroy data in files.
• sync: Synchronizes filesystem buffers and disk.
• touch: Changes file timestamps.
• vdir: Long directory listing.

Text utilities:

• cat: concatenates and prints files on the standard output
• cksum: checksum and count the bytes in a file
• comm: compares two sorted files line by line
• csplit: splits a file into sections determined by context lines
• cut: remove sections from each line of files
• expand: convert tabs to spaces
• fmt: simple optimal text formatter
• fold: wrap each input line to fit in specified width
• head: output the first part of files
• join: join lines of two files on a common field
• md5sum: compute and check MD5 messsage digest
• nl: number lines of files
• od: dump files in octal and other formats
• paste: merge lines of files
• ptx: produce a permuted index of file contents
• pr: convert text files for printing
• shasum: compute and check SHA1 message digest
• sort: sort lines of text files
• split: split a file into pieces
• sum: checksum and count the blocks in a file
• tac: concatenates and prints files in reverse
• tail: outputs the last part of files
• tr: translates or deletes characters
• tsort: perform topological sort
• unexpand: convert spaces to tabs
• uniq: remove duplicate lines from a sorted file
• wc: prints the number of bytes, words, and lines in files

Shell utilities:

• [ - Check file types and compare values
• basename - Removes the path prefix from a given pathname.
• chroot - Changes the root directory.
• date - Prints/sets the system date and time.
• dirname - Removes the last level or filename from a given pathname.
• echo - Prints a line of text.
• env - Displays/modifies the environment.
• expr - Evaluates expressions.
• factor - Prints prime factors.
• false - Returns an unsuccessful exit status.
• groups - Print the groups that the user is a member of.
• hostid - Print the numeric identifier for the current host
• hostname - Print or set the machine name.
• id - Print real/effective uid/gid.
• logname - Print current login name.
• nice - Modify scheduling priority.
• nohup - Allows a command to continue running after logging out.
• pathchk - Check file name portability.
• pinky - Lightweight finger
• printenv - Prints environment variables.
• printf - Formats and prints data.
• pwd - Print the current working directory.
• seq - Print numeric sequences.
• sleep - Suspends execution for a specified time.
• stty - Print/change terminal settings.
• su - Allows you to adopt the id of another user or superuser.
• tee - Sends output to multiple files.
• test - Evaluates an expression.
• true - Returns a successful exit status.
• tty - Print terminal name.
• uname - Print system information.
• users - Print current user names.
• who - Print a list of all users currently logged in.
• whoami - Print effective user id.
• yes - Print a string repeatedly.