Util-linux

Standard package of Linux with a collection of utilities

util-linux

Stable release	2.40.1^[1] / 6 May 2024; 14 days ago (6 May 2024)

Repository	github.com/util-linux/util-linux
Written in	C
Operating system	Linux
Available in	31 languages, 7 full translations^[2]
Type	Utility software
License	Portions variously under GNU General Public License (v2+ or v2 only), GNU Lesser General Public License (v2+) and BSD License.^[3]
Website	www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/ git.kernel.org/cgit/utils/util-linux/util-linux.git

util-linux is a standard package distributed by the Linux Kernel Organization for use as part of the Linux operating system. A fork, util-linux-ng (with ng meaning "next generation"), was created when development stalled,^[4] but as of January 2011^[update] has been renamed back to util-linux, and is the official version of the package.^[5]

Included

It includes the following utilities:

addpart
agetty
blkdiscard^[6]
blkid
blkzone
blockdev
cal
cfdisk
chcpu
chfn
chmem
choom
chrt
chsh
col (legacy)^[7]
colcrt
colrm
column
ctrlaltdel
delpart
dmesg
eject
fallocate
fdformat
fdisk
fincore
findfs
findmnt
flock
fsck
fsck.cramfs
fsck.minix
fsfreeze
fstrim
getopt
hardlink
hexdump
hwclock (query and set the hardware clock (RTC))
ionice
ipcmk
ipcrm
ipcs
irqtop^[8]
isosize
kill
last
ldattach
line (legacy)^[7]
logger
login
look
losetup
lsblk
lscpu^[9]
lsfd (modern replacement for lsof)
lsipc
lsirq^[10]
lslocks
lslogins
lsmem
lsns
mcookie
mesg
mkfs (legacy)^[7]
mkfs.bfs
mkfs.cramfs
mkfs.minix
mkswap
more
mount
mountpoint
namei
newgrp
nologin
nsenter
partx
pg (legacy)^[7]
pivot_root
prlimit^[11]
raw
readprofile
rename
renice
reset (legacy)^[7]
resizepart
rev
rfkill
rtcwake
runuser
script
scriptlive
scriptreplay
setarch (including architecture symlinks such as i386, linux32, linux64, x86_64, etc.)
setpriv
setsid
setterm
sfdisk
su
sulogin
swaplabel
swapoff
swapon
switch_root
taskset
tunelp (deprecated)^[12]
ul
umount
unshare
utmpdump
uuidd
uuidgen
uuidparse
vipw (including symlink to vigr)
wall
wdctl
whereis
wipefs
write
zramctl

Removed

Utilities formerly included, but removed as of 1 July 2015^[update]:

arch^[13]
chkdupexe^[14]
clock^[15]
cytune^[16]
ddate (removed from default build^[17] before being removed^[18] altogether)
elvtune^[19]
fastboot^[20]
fasthalt^[20]
halt^[20]
initctl^[20]
ramsize (formerly a symlink to rdev)^[21]
rdev^[21]
reboot^[20]
rootflags (formerly a symlink to rdev)^[21]
shutdown^[20]
simpleinit^[20]
tailf^[22]
vidmode (formerly a symlink to rdev)^[21]

References

^ Karel Zak (6 May 2024). "[ANNOUNCE] util-linux stable v2.40.1". Retrieved 6 May 2024.
^ "Translation Project util-linux textual domain". 2022. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
^ "README.licensing". util-linux source tree. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
^ Karel Zak (2006-12-18). "[ANNOUNCE] util-linux-ng fork". Retrieved 2014-04-12.
^ Karel Zak (2010-12-01). "[ANNOUNCE] util-linux without -ng". Retrieved 2014-04-12.
^ "blkdiscard(8) - Linux manual page". July 2014. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Documentation/deprecated.txt". util-linux. 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
^ "Release v2.36 notes".
^ "lscpu manual".
^ "Release v2.36 notes".
^ Karel Zak (2012-01-25). "prlimit(1)". Retrieved 2020-01-13.
^ Sami Kerola (2012-12-16). "tunelp: deprecation: remove command from default build". util-linux. Retrieved 2014-04-12.
^ Karel Zak (2013-03-14). "arch: remove the command, deprecated since 2.13, use coreutils version". util-linux. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
^ Karel Zak (2013-03-14). "chkdupexe: remove, deprecated for years". util-linux. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
^ Karel Zak. "clock: Dropped entirely. Use hwclock". util-linux. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
^ Sami Kerola (2014-05-11). "cytune: remove from util-linux". util-linux. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
^ Karel Zak (2011-08-18). "build-sys: add --enable-ddate". util-linux. Retrieved 2014-04-12.
^ Sami Kerola (2012-10-08). "ddate: remove from util-linux". util-linux. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
^ Sami Kerola (2013-08-17). "build-sys: complete elvtune removal". util-linux. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Karel Zak (2011-06-08). "simpleinit: remove this deprecated set of utils". util-linux. Retrieved 2014-04-12.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Karel Zak (2010-05-13). "rdev: remove this deprecated command". util-linux. Retrieved 2014-04-12.
^ Sami Kerola (2017-04-02). "tailf: remove deprecated utility". util-linux.