Example Commands for Ubuntu/Linux
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mysqladmin
mysqladmin is a client for performing administrative op...
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mysqlcheck
The mysqlcheck client performs table maintenance: It ch...
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nc.openbsd
The nc (or netcat) utility is used for just about anyth...
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nc_openbsd
The nc (or netcat) utility is used for just about anyth...
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netkit-ftp
Ftp is the user interface to the Internet standard File...
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networkctl
networkctl may be used to introspect the state of the n...
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ntfsresize
The ntfsresize program safely resizes Windows XP, Windo...
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openssl-ca
The ca command is a minimal CA application. It can be u...
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openssl-ec
The ec command processes EC keys. They can be converted...
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openssl-ts
The ts command is a basic Time Stamping Authority (TSA)...
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perlthanks
This program is designed to help you generate and send ...
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pg_dumpall
pg_dumpall is a utility for writing out (“dumping”) all...
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pg_restore
pg_restore is a utility for restoring a PostgreSQL data...
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pg_standby
pg_standby supports creation of a “warm standby” databa...
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pg_upgrade
pg_upgrade (formerly called pg_migrator) allows data st...
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pg_waldump
pg_waldump displays the write-ahead log (WAL) and is ma...
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pivot_root
pivot_root moves the root file system of the current pr...
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pstree.x11
pstree shows running processes as a tree. The tree is r...
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pyversions
pyversions prints information about installed, supporte...
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sh.distrib
dash is the standard command interpreter for the system...
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ssh-keygen
ssh-keygen generates, manages and converts authenticati...
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sudoreplay
sudoreplay plays back or lists the output logs created ...
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tmpfiles.d
systemd-tmpfiles uses the configuration files from the ...
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uncompress
Gzip reduces the size of the named files using Lempel-Z...
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unsquashfs
Squashfs is a highly compressed read-only filesystem fo...
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ureadahead
ureadahead (über-readahead) is used during boot to read...
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watchgnupg
Most of the main utilities are able to write their log ...
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xfs_growfs
xfs_growfs expands an existing XFS filesystem (see xfs(...
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xfs_ncheck
xfs_ncheck with no -i arguments generates an inode numb...
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xfs_repair
xfs_repair repairs corrupt or damaged XFS filesystems (...
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xlsclients
Xlsclients is a utility for listing information about t...
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zipdetails
Zipdetails displays information about the internal reco...
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acpi_listen
acpid is the system-wide ACPI event catcher. acpi_liste...
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btrfs-check
The filesystem checker is used to verify structural int...
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btrfs-image
btrfs-image is used to create an image of a btrfs files...
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btrfs-quota
The commands under btrfs quota are used to affect the g...
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btrfs-scrub
btrfs scrub is used to scrub a btrfs filesystem, which ...
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dpkg-divert
dpkg-divert is the utility used to set up and update th...
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dpkg-source
dpkg-source packs and unpacks Debian source archives. N...
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fsck.cramfs
fsck.cramfs is used to check the cramfs file system..
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gcov-tool-7
gcov-tool is an offline tool to process gcc's gcda prof...
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getopt_long
The getopt() function parses the command-line arguments...
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git-archive
Creates an archive of the specified format containing t...
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git-replace
Adds a replace reference in refs/replace/ namespace. Th...
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gitdiffcore
The diff commands git diff-index, git diff-files, and g...
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grub-fstest
Debug tool for filesystem driver. Commands: blocklist F...
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grub-mkfont
Convert common font file formats into PF2 -a, --force-a...
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grub-reboot
Set the default boot menu entry for GRUB, for the next ...
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hostnamectl
hostnamectl may be used to query and change the system ...
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iconvconfig
The iconv(3) function internally uses gconv modules to ...
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