Example Commands for Ubuntu/Linux
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vgdisplay
vgdisplay shows the attributes of VGs, and the associat...
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vgmknodes
vgmknodes checks the LVM device nodes in /dev that are ...
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vpddecode
vpddecode prints the "vital product data" information t...
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xfs_admin
xfs_admin uses the xfs_db(8) command to modify various ...
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xfs_quota
xfs_quota is a utility for reporting and editing variou...
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aa-enabled
aa-enabled is used to determine if AppArmor is enabled....
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apt-config
apt-config is an internal program used by various porti...
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biosdecode
biosdecode parses the BIOS memory and prints informatio...
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blkdiscard
blkdiscard is used to discard device sectors. This is u...
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btrfs-send
This command will generate a stream of instructions tha...
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cifsiostat
The cifsiostat command displays statistics about read a...
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createuser
createuser creates a new PostgreSQL user (or more preci...
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cryptsetup
cryptsetup is used to conveniently setup dm-crypt manag...
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ctrlaltdel
Based on examination of the linux/kernel/reboot.c code,...
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dh_python2
QUICK GUIDE FOR MAINTAINERS · if necessary, describe su...
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dpkg-query
dpkg-query is a tool to show information about packages...
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dpkg-split
dpkg-split splits Debian binary package files into smal...
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e2freefrag
e2freefrag is used to report free space fragmentation o...
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faked-sysv
If a fakeroot process wants to change the ownership of ...
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fonts-conf
Fontconfig is a library designed to provide system-wide...
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fsck.minix
fsck.minix performs a consistency check for the Linux M...
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fsck.msdos
fsck.fat verifies the consistency of MS-DOS filesystems...
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git-branch
If --list is given, or if there are no non-option argum...
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git-cherry
Determine whether there are commits in ..
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git-commit
Stores the current contents of the index in a new commi...
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git-repack
This command is used to combine all objects that do not...
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git-revert
Given one or more existing commits, revert the changes ...
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git-status
Displays paths that have differences between the index ...
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grub-mount
Debug tool for filesystem driver. -C, --crypto Mount cr...
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grub-probe
Probe device information for a given path (or device, i...
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ip-address
The address is a protocol (IPv4 or IPv6) address attach...
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ip-monitor
The ip utility can monitor the state of devices, addres...
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iscsistart
iscsistart will start a session using the settings pass...
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journalctl
journalctl may be used to query the contents of the sys...
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lowntfs-3g
ntfs-3g is an NTFS driver, which can create, remove, re...
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lvm-config
lvmconfig, lvm config, lvm dumpconfig (for compatibilit...
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lvm-lvpoll
lvm lvpoll is an internal command used by lvmpolld(8) t...
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lxc.config
Description: Manage container and server configuration ...
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lxc.delete
Description: Delete containers and snapshots.
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lxc.launch
Description: Create and start containers from images.
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lxc.remote
Description: Manage the list of remote serversOPTIONS I...
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lxc.rename
Description: Rename containers and snapshotsOPTIONS INH...
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mkfs.btrfs
mkfs.btrfs is used to create the btrfs filesystem on a ...
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mkfs.minix
mkfs.minix creates a Linux MINIX filesystem on a device...
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mkfs.msdos
mkfs.fat is used to create an MS-DOS filesystem under L...
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mksquashfs
Squashfs is a highly compressed read-only filesystem fo...
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mount.ntfs
ntfs-3g is an NTFS driver, which can create, remove, re...
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mountpoint
mountpoint checks whether the given directory or file i...
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move_pages
move_pages() moves the specified pages of the process p...
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myisampack
The myisampack utility compresses MyISAM tables. myisam...
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