Example Commands for Ubuntu/Linux
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lvreduce
lvreduce reduces the size of an LV. The freed logical e...
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lvremove
lvremove removes one or more LVs. For standard LVs, thi...
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lvrename
lvrename renames an existing LV or a historical LV (see...
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lvresize
lvresize resizes an LV in the same way as lvextend and ...
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lxc.copy
Description: Copy containers within or in between LXD i...
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lxc.exec
Description: Execute commands in containers The command...
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lxc.file
Description: Manage files in containersOPTIONS INHERITE...
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lxc.info
Description: Show container or server information.
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lxc.list
Description: List containers Default column layout: ns4...
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lxc.move
Description: Move containers within or in between LXD i...
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memusage
memusage is a bash script which profiles memory usage o...
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mii-tool
This utility checks or sets the status of a network int...
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mkfs.bfs
mkfs.bfs creates an SCO bfs filesystem on a block devic...
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mkfs.fat
mkfs.fat is used to create an MS-DOS filesystem under L...
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mkfs.xfs
mkfs.xfs constructs an XFS filesystem by writing on a s...
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modprobe
modprobe intelligently adds or removes a module from th...
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newusers
The newusers command reads a file (or the standard inpu...
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ngettext
The ngettext program translates a natural language mess...
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nsupdate
nsupdate is used to submit Dynamic DNS Update requests ...
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ntfsinfo
ntfsinfo will dump the attributes of inode inode-number...
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ntfswipe
ntfswipe clears all or part of unused space on an NTFS ...
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pinentry
pinentry-curses is a program that allows for secure ent...
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plymouth
The plymouth sends commands to a running plymouthd. Thi...
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pod2html
Converts files from pod format (see perlpod) to HTML fo...
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pod2text
pod2text is a front-end for Pod::Text and its subclasse...
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postgres
postgres is the PostgreSQL database server. In order fo...
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poweroff
halt, poweroff, reboot may be used to halt, power-off o...
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printenv
Print the values of the specified environment VARIABLE(...
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pvchange
pvchange changes PV attributes in the VG. For options l...
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pvcreate
pvcreate initializes a PV so that it is recognized as b...
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pvremove
pvremove wipes the label on a device so that LVM will n...
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pvresize
pvresize resizes a PV. The PV may already be in a VG an...
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pwunconv
The pwconv command creates shadow from passwd and an op...
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readline
readline will read a line from the terminal and return ...
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readlink
Note realpath(1) is the preferred command to use for ca...
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realpath
Print the resolved absolute file name; all but the last...
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rsyslogd
Rsyslogd is a system utility providing support for mess...
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s_client
The s_client command implements a generic SSL/TLS clien...
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s_server
The s_server command implements a generic SSL/TLS serve...
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setupcon
setupcon is a program for fast and easy setup of the fo...
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shutdown
shutdown may be used to halt, power-off or reboot the m...
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slattach
Slattach is a tiny little program that can be used to p...
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sudoedit
sudo allows a permitted user to execute a command as th...
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tapestat
The tapestat command is used for monitoring the activit...
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tempfile
tempfile creates a temporary file in a safe manner. It ...
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terminfo
Terminfo is a data base describing terminals, used by s...
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truncate
Shrink or extend the size of each FILE to the specified...
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unexpand
Convert blanks in each FILE to tabs, writing to standar...
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updatedb
updatedb creates or updates a database used by locate(1...
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