Man Pages in util-linux

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    Section 1: Executable programs or shell commands

    chrt.1
    Manipulate the real-time attributes of a process
    dmesg.1
    Print or control the kernel ring buffer
    fallocate.1
    Preallocate or deallocate space to a file
    flock.1
    Manage locks from shell scripts
    getopt.1
    Parse command options (enhanced)
    ionice.1
    Set or get process i/o scheduling class and priority
    ipcmk.1
    Make various ipc resources
    ipcrm.1
    Remove certain ipc resources
    ipcs.1
    Show information on ipc facilities
    line.1
    Read one line
    linux32.1
    Change reported architecture in new program environment and set personality flags
    linux64.1
    Change reported architecture in new program environment and set personality flags
    lscpu.1
    Display information about the cpu architecture
    mcookie.1
    Generate magic cookies for xauth
    more.1
    File perusal filter for crt viewing
    namei.1
    Follow a pathname until a terminal point is found
    nsenter.1
    Run program with namespaces of other processes
    pg.1
    Browse pagewise through text files
    prlimit.1
    Get and set process resource limits
    rename.ul.1
    Rename files
    rev.1
    Reverse lines characterwise
    runuser.1
    Run a command with substitute user and group id
    setsid.1
    Run a program in a new session
    setterm.1
    Set terminal attributes
    tailf.1
    Follow the growth of a log file
    taskset.1
    Retrieve or set a process's cpu affinity
    unshare.1
    Run program with some namespaces unshared from parent
    utmpdump.1
    Dump utmp and wtmp files in raw format
    whereis.1
    Locate the binary, source, and manual page files for a command
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    Section 5: File formats and conventions

    hwclock.5
    Variables that affect the behaviour of the hwclock boot script
    terminal-colors.d.5
    Configure output colorization for various utilities
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    Section 8: System administration commands

    addpart.8
    A simple wrapper around the "add partition" ioctl
    agetty.8
    Alternative linux getty
    blkdiscard.8
    Discard sectors on a device
    blkid.8
    Locate/print block device attributes
    blockdev.8
    Call block device ioctls from the command line
    cfdisk.8
    Display or manipulate a disk partition table
    chcpu.8
    Configure cpus
    ctrlaltdel.8
    Set the function of the ctrl-alt-del combination
    delpart.8
    Simple wrapper around the "del partition" ioctl
    fdformat.8
    Low-level format a floppy disk
    fdisk.8
    Manipulate disk partition table
    findfs.8
    Find a filesystem by label or uuid
    fsck.8
    Check and repair a linux filesystem
    fsck.cramfs.8
    Fsck compressed rom file system
    fsck.minix.8
    Check consistency of minix filesystem
    fsfreeze.8
    Suspend access to a filesystem (ext3/4, reiserfs, jfs, xfs)
    fstrim.8
    Discard unused blocks on a mounted filesystem
    getty.8
    Alternative linux getty
    hwclock.8
    Query or set the hardware clock (rtc)
    i386.8
    Change reported architecture in new program environment and set personality flags
    isosize.8
    Output the length of an iso9660 filesystem
    ldattach.8
    Attach a line discipline to a serial line
    lsblk.8
    List block devices
    lslocks.8
    List local system locks
    mkfs.8
    Build a linux filesystem
    mkfs.bfs.8
    Make an sco bfs filesystem
    mkfs.cramfs.8
    Make compressed rom file system
    mkfs.minix.8
    Make a minix filesystem
    mkswap.8
    Set up a linux swap area
    partx.8
    Tell the linux kernel about the presence and numbering of on-disk partitions
    pivot_root.8
    Change the root filesystem
    raw.8
    Bind a linux raw character device
    readprofile.8
    Read kernel profiling information
    resizepart.8
    Simple wrapper around the "resize partition" ioctl
    rtcwake.8
    Enter a system sleep state until specified wakeup time
    setarch.8
    Change reported architecture in new program environment and set personality flags
    sfdisk.8
    Partition table manipulator for linux
    swaplabel.8
    Print or change the label or uuid of a swap area
    switch_root.8
    Switch to another filesystem as the root of the mount tree
    tunelp.8
    Set various parameters for the lp device
    wdctl.8
    Show hardware watchdog status
    wipefs.8
    Wipe a signature from a device