Example Commands for Ubuntu/Linux
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snice
These tools are obsolete and unportable. The command sy...
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spkac
The spkac command processes Netscape signed public key ...
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split
Output pieces of FILE to PREFIXaa, PREFIXab, ...
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sprof
The sprof command displays a profiling summary for the ...
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strip
GNU strip discards all symbols from object files objfil...
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tload
tload prints a graph of the current system load average...
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touch
Update the access and modification times of each FILE t...
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troff
This manual page describes the GNU version of troff. It...
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tsget
The tsget command can be used for sending a time stamp ...
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tsort
Write totally ordered list consistent with the partial ...
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uname
Print certain system information. With no OPTION, same ...
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unzip
unzip will list, test, or extract files from a ZIP arch...
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users
Output who is currently logged in according to FILE. If...
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uuidd
The uuidd daemon is used by the UUID library to generat...
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xargs
This manual page documents the GNU version of xargs. xa...
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xauth
The xauth program is used to edit and display the autho...
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xkill
Xkill is a utility for forcing the X server to close co...
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xprop
For each of these properties, its value on the selected...
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xzcat
xz is a general-purpose data compression tool with comm...
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zdump
The zdump program prints the current time in each zonen...
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base32
Base32 encode or decode FILE, or standard input, to sta...
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base64
Base64 encode or decode FILE, or standard input, to sta...
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busctl
busctl may be used to introspect and monitor the D-Bus ...
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catman
catman is used to create an up to date set of pre-forma...
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cfdisk
cfdisk is a curses-based program for partitioning any b...
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chattr
chattr changes the file attributes on a Linux file syst...
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chroot
Run COMMAND with root directory set to NEWROOT. --group...
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column
The column utility formats its input into multiple colu...
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csplit
Output pieces of FILE separated by PATTERN(s) to files ...
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ctstat
This manual page documents briefly the lnstat command. ...
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depmod
Linux kernel modules can provide services (called "symb...
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dotnet
dotnet is a generic driver for the CLI toolchain. Invok...
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dropdb
dropdb destroys an existing PostgreSQL database. The us...
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e2fsck
e2fsck is used to check the ext2/ext3/ext4 family of fi...
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e2undo
e2undo will replay the undo log undo_log for an ext2/ex...
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editor
nano is a small and friendly editor. It copies the look...
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enc2xs
enc2xs builds a Perl extension for use by Encode from e...
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erb2.5
erb is a command line front-end for ERB library, which ...
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expand
Convert tabs in each FILE to spaces, writing to standar...
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expiry
The expiry command checks (-c) the current password exp...
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factor
Print the prime factors of each specified integer NUMBE...
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fstrim
fstrim is used on a mounted filesystem to discard (or "...
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gcov-7
gcov is a test coverage program. Use it in concert with...
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gendsa
The gendsa command generates a DSA private key from a D...
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genrsa
The genrsa command generates an RSA private key..
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getcap
getcap displays the name and capabilities of each speci...
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getent
The getent command displays entries from databases supp...
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getopt
getopt is used to break up (parse) options in command l...
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git-am
Splits mail messages in a mailbox into commit log messa...
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git-gc
Runs a number of housekeeping tasks within the current ...
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