Example Commands for Ubuntu/Linux
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xfs_fsr
xfs_fsr is applicable only to XFS filesystems. xfs_fsr ...
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zipinfo
zipinfo lists technical information about files in a ZI...
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zipnote
zipnote writes the comments in a zipfile to stdout. Thi...
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zramctl
zramctl is used to quickly set up zram device parameter...
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zsoelim
zsoelim parses file arguments, or if none are specified...
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a2dismod
This manual page documents briefly the a2enmod and a2di...
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a2enconf
This manual page documents briefly the a2enconf and a2d...
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a2ensite
This manual page documents briefly the a2ensite and a2d...
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addgroup
adduser and addgroup add users and groups to the system...
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apt-mark
apt-mark can be used as a unified front-end to set vari...
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basename
Print NAME with any leading directory components remove...
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bsd-from
The from utility prints out the mail header lines from ...
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c_rehash
On some platforms, the OpenSSL rehash command is availa...
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calendar
The calendar utility checks the current directory or th...
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chpasswd
The chpasswd command reads a list of user name and pass...
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comp_err
comp_err creates the errmsg.sys file that is used by my...
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createdb
createdb creates a new PostgreSQL database. Normally, t...
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delgroup
deluser and delgroup remove users and groups from the s...
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dhclient
The Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client, dhclient, ...
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dmeventd
dmeventd is the event monitoring daemon for device-mapp...
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dpkg-deb
dpkg-deb packs, unpacks and provides information about ...
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dropuser
dropuser removes an existing PostgreSQL user. Only supe...
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dsaparam
This command is used to manipulate or generate DSA para...
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dumpe2fs
dumpe2fs prints the super block and blocks group inform...
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dumpkeys
dumpkeys writes, to the standard output, the current co...
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ebtables
ebtables is an application program used to set up and m...
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envsubst
Substitutes the values of environment variables.
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fakeroot
fakeroot runs a command in an environment wherein it ap...
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fdformat
fdformat does a low-level format on a floppy disk.
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fsck.fat
fsck.fat verifies the consistency of MS-DOS filesystems...
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fsfreeze
fsfreeze suspends or resumes access to a filesystem. fs...
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git-diff
Show changes between the working tree and the index or ...
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git-pull
Incorporates changes from a remote repository into the ...
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groupadd
The groupadd command creates a new group account using ...
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groupdel
The groupdel command modifies the system account files,...
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groupmod
The groupmod command modifies the definition of the spe...
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ifconfig
Ifconfig is used to configure the kernel-resident netwo...
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iptables
Iptables and ip6tables are used to set up, maintain, an...
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iscsiadm
The iscsiadm utility is a command-line tool allowing di...
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ld-linux
The programs ld.so and ld-linux.so* find and load the s...
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ldattach
The ldattach daemon opens the specified device file (wh...
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ldconfig
ldconfig creates the necessary links and cache to the m...
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lessecho
lessecho is a program that simply echos its arguments o...
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loadkeys
The program loadkeys reads the file or files specified ...
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loginctl
loginctl may be used to introspect and control the stat...
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lslogins
Examine the wtmp and btmp logs, /etc/shadow (if necessa...
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lvchange
lvchange changes LV attributes in the VG, changes LV ac...
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lvcreate
lvcreate creates a new LV in a VG. For standard LVs, th...
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lvextend
lvextend extends the size of an LV. This requires alloc...
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lvmpolld
lvmpolld is polling daemon for LVM. The daemon receives...
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