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<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>
-<para>The Util-linux package contains the arch, dmesg, kill, more,
-mount, umount, agetty, blockdev, cfdisk, ctrlaltdel, elvtune, fdisk,
-fsck.minix, hwclock, kbdrate, losetup, mkfs, mkfs.bfs, mkfs.minix,
-mkswap, sfdisk, swapoff, swapon, cal, chkdupexe, col, colcrt, colrm,
-column, cytune, ddate, fdformat, getopt, hexdump, ipcrm, ipcs, logger,
-look, mcookie, namei, rename, renice, rev, script, setfdprm, setsid,
-setterm, ul, whereis, write, ramsize, rdev, readprofile, rootflags,
-swapdev, tunelp and vidmode programs.</para>
+<para>The Util-linux package contains the agetty, arch,
+blockdev, cal, cfdisk, chkdupexe, col, colcrt, colrm, column,
+ctrlaltdel, cytune, ddate, dmesg, elvtune, fdformat, fdisk,
+fsck.minix, getopt, hexdump, hwclock, ipcrm, ipcs,
+kbdrate, kill, logger, look, losetup,
+mcookie, mkfs, mkfs.bfs, mkfs.minix, mkswap, more, mount, namei,
+umount, ramsize, rdev, readprofile, rename, renice, rev, rootflags,
+script, setfdprm, setsid, setterm, sfdisk, swapdev, swapoff, swapon,
+tunelp, ul, vidmode, whereis, and write programs.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Description</title>
-<sect3>
-<title>arch</title>
-
-<para>arch prints the machine architecture.</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3>
-<title>dmesg</title>
-
-<para>dmesg is used to examine or control the kernel ring buffer (boot
-messages from the kernel).</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3>
-<title>kill</title>
-
-<para>kill sends a specified signal to the specified process.</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3>
-<title>more</title>
-
-<para>more is a filter for paging through text one screen full at a time.</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3>
-<title>mount</title>
-
-<para>mount mounts a filesystem from a device to a directory (mount
-point).</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3>
-<title>umount</title>
-
-<para>umount unmounts a mounted filesystem.</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3>
-<title>agetty</title>
-
+<sect3><title>agetty</title>
<para>agetty opens a tty port, prompts for a login name and invokes the
-/bin/login command.</para>
+/bin/login command.</para></sect3>
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3>
-<title>blockdev</title>
+<sect3><title>arch</title>
+<para>arch prints the machine architecture.</para></sect3>
+<sect3><title>blockdev</title>
<para>blockdev allows to call block device ioctls from the command
-line</para>
+line</para></sect3>
-</sect3>
+<sect3><title>cal</title>
+<para>cal displays a simple calender.</para></sect3>
-<sect3>
-<title>cfdisk</title>
+<sect3><title>cfdisk</title>
+<para>cfdisk is an libncurses based disk partition table
+manipulator.</para></sect3>
-<para>cfdisk is an libncurses based disk partition table manipulator.</para>
+<sect3><title>chkdupexe</title>
+<para>chkdupexe finds duplicate executables.</para></sect3>
-</sect3>
+<sect3><title>col</title>
+<para>col filters reverse line feeds from input.</para></sect3>
-<sect3>
-<title>ctrlaltdel</title>
+<sect3><title>colcrt</title>
+<para>colcrt filters nroff output for CRT previewing.</para></sect3>
-<para>ctrlaltdel sets the function of the CTRL+ALT+DEL key combination (hard
-or soft reset).</para>
+<sect3><title>colrm</title>
+<para>colrm removes columns from a file.</para></sect3>
-</sect3>
+<sect3><title>column</title>
+<para>column columnates lists.</para></sect3>
-<sect3>
-<title>elvtune</title>
+<sect3><title>ctrlaltdel</title>
+<para>ctrlaltdel sets the function of the CTRL+ALT+DEL key combination (hard
+or soft reset).</para></sect3>
-<para>elvtune allows to tune the I/O elevator per block device queue
-basis.</para>
+<sect3><title>cytune</title>
+<para>cytune queries and modifies the interruption threshold for the Cyclades
+driver.</para></sect3>
-</sect3>
+<sect3><title>ddate</title>
+<para>ddate converts Gregorian dates to Discordian dates.</para></sect3>
-<sect3>
-<title>fdisk</title>
+<sect3><title>dmesg</title>
+<para>dmesg is used to examine or control the kernel ring buffer (boot
+messages from the kernel).</para></sect3>
-<para>fdisk is a disk partition table manipulator.</para>
+<sect3><title>elvtune</title>
+<para>elvtune allows to tune the I/O elevator per block device queue
+basis.</para></sect3>
-</sect3>
+<sect3><title>fdformat</title>
+<para>fdformat low-level formats a floppy disk.</para></sect3>
-<sect3>
-<title>fsck.minix</title>
+<sect3><title>fdisk</title>
+<para>fdisk is a disk partition table manipulator.</para></sect3>
+<sect3><title>fsck.minix</title>
<para>fsck.minix performs a consistency check for the Linux MINIX
-filesystem.</para>
+filesystem.</para></sect3>
-</sect3>
+<sect3><title>getopt</title>
+<para>getops parses command options the same way as the getopt C
+command.</para></sect3>
-<sect3>
-<title>hwclock</title>
+<sect3><title>hexdump</title>
+<para>hexdump displays specified files, or standard input, in a user specified
+format (ascii, decimal, hexadecimal, octal).</para></sect3>
+<sect3><title>hwclock</title>
<para>hwclock queries and sets the hardware clock (Also called the RTC or BIOS
-clock).</para>
+clock).</para></sect3>
-</sect3>
+<sect3><title>ipcrm</title>
+<para>ipcrm removes a specified resource.</para></sect3>
-<sect3>
-<title>kbdrate</title>
+<sect3><title>ipcs</title>
+<para>ipcs provides information on IPC facilities.</para></sect3>
-<para>kbdrate resets the keyboard repeat rate and delay time.</para>
+<sect3><title>kbdrate</title>
+<para>kbdrate resets the keyboard repeat rate and delay time.</para></sect3>
-</sect3>
+<sect3><title>kill</title>
+<para>kill sends a specified signal to the specified process.</para></sect3>
-<sect3>
-<title>losetup</title>
+<sect3><title>logger</title>
+<para>logger makes entries in the system log.</para></sect3>
-<para>losetup sets up and controls loop devices.</para>
+<sect3><title>look</title>
+<para>look displays lines beginning with a given string.</para></sect3>
-</sect3>
+<sect3><title>losetup</title>
+<para>losetup sets up and controls loop devices.</para></sect3>
-<sect3>
-<title>mkfs</title>
+<sect3><title>mcookie</title>
+<para>mcookie generates magic cookies for xauth.</para></sect3>
+<sect3><title>mkfs</title>
<para>mkfs builds a Linux filesystem on a device, usually a harddisk
-partition.</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3>
-<title>mkfs.bfs</title>
+partition.</para></sect3>
+<sect3><title>mkfs.bfs</title>
<para>mkfs.bfs creates a SCO bfs file system on a device, usually a harddisk
-partition.</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3>
-<title>mkfs.minix</title>
+partition.</para></sect3>
+<sect3><title>mkfs.minix</title>
<para>mkfs.minix creates a Linux MINIX filesystem on a device, usually a
-harddisk partition.</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3>
-<title>mkswap</title>
-
-<para>mkswap sets up a Linux swap area on a device or in a file.</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3>
-<title>sfdisk</title>
-
-<para>sfdisk is a disk partition table manipulator.</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3>
-<title>swapoff</title>
-
-<para>swapoff disables devices and files for paging and swapping.</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3>
-<title>swapon</title>
-
-<para>swapon enables devices and files for paging and swapping.</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3>
-<title>cal</title>
-
-<para>cal displays a simple calender.</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3>
-<title>chkdupexe</title>
-
-<para>chkdupexe finds duplicate executables.</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3>
-<title>col</title>
-
-<para>col filters reverse line feeds from input.</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3>
-<title>colcrt</title>
-
-<para>colcrt filters nroff output for CRT previewing.</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3>
-<title>colrm</title>
-
-<para>colrm removes columns from a file.</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3>
-<title>column</title>
-
-<para>column columnates lists.</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3>
-<title>cytune</title>
+harddisk partition.</para></sect3>
-<para>cytune queries and modifies the interruption threshold for the Cyclades
-driver.</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3>
-<title>ddate</title>
-
-<para>ddate converts Gregorian dates to Discordian dates.</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3>
-<title>fdformat</title>
-
-<para>fdformat low-level formats a floppy disk.</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3>
-<title>getopt</title>
-
-<para>getops parses command options the same way as the getopt C command.</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3>
-<title>hexdump</title>
-
-<para>hexdump displays specified files, or standard input, in a user specified
-format (ascii, decimal, hexadecimal, octal).</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3>
-<title>ipcrm</title>
-
-<para>ipcrm removes a specified resource.</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3>
-<title>ipcs</title>
-
-<para>ipcs provides information on IPC facilities.</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3>
-<title>logger</title>
-
-<para>logger makes entries in the system log.</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3>
-<title>look</title>
-
-<para>look displays lines beginning with a given string.</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3>
-<title>mcookie</title>
-
-<para>mcookie generates magic cookies for xauth.</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3>
-<title>namei</title>
-
-<para>namei follows a pathname until a terminal point is found.</para>
-
-</sect3>
+<sect3><title>mkswap</title>
+<para>mkswap sets up a Linux swap area on a device or in a file.</para></sect3>
-<sect3>
-<title>rename</title>
+<sect3><title>more</title>
+<para>more is a filter for paging through text one screen full at a
+time.</para></sect3>
-<para>rename renames files.</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3>
-<title>renice</title>
+<sect3><title>mount</title>
+<para>mount mounts a filesystem from a device to a directory (mount
+point).</para></sect3>
-<para>renice alters priority of running processes.</para>
+<sect3><title>namei</title>
+<para>namei follows a pathname until a terminal point is found.</para></sect3>
-</sect3>
+<sect3><title>umount</title>
+<para>umount unmounts a mounted filesystem.</para></sect3>
-<sect3>
-<title>rev</title>
+<sect3><title>ramsize</title>
+<para>ramsize queries and sets RAM disk size.</para></sect3>
-<para>rev reverses lines of a file.</para>
+<sect3><title>rdev</title>
+<para>rdev queries and sets image root device, swap device, RAM disk size, or
+video mode.</para></sect3>
-</sect3>
+<sect3><title>readprofile</title>
+<para>readprofile reads kernel profiling information.</para></sect3>
-<sect3>
-<title>script</title>
+<sect3><title>rename</title>
+<para>rename renames files.</para></sect3>
-<para>script makes typescript of terminal session.</para>
+<sect3><title>renice</title>
+<para>renice alters priority of running processes.</para></sect3>
-</sect3>
+<sect3><title>rev</title>
+<para>rev reverses lines of a file.</para></sect3>
-<sect3>
-<title>setfdprm</title>
+<sect3><title>rootflags</title>
+<para>rootflags queries and sets extra information used when mounting
+root.</para></sect3>
-<para>setfdprm sets user-provides floppy disk parameters.</para>
+<sect3><title>script</title>
+<para>script makes typescript of terminal session.</para></sect3>
-</sect3>
+<sect3><title>setfdprm</title>
+<para>setfdprm sets user-provides floppy disk parameters.</para></sect3>
-<sect3>
-<title>setsid</title>
+<sect3><title>setsid</title>
+<para>setsid runs programs in a new session.</para></sect3>
-<para>setsid runs programs in a new session.</para>
+<sect3><title>setterm</title>
+<para>setterm sets terminal attributes.</para></sect3>
-</sect3>
+<sect3><title>sfdisk</title>
+<para>sfdisk is a disk partition table manipulator.</para></sect3>
-<sect3>
-<title>setterm</title>
+<sect3><title>swapdev</title>
+<para>swapdev queries and sets swap device.</para></sect3>
-<para>setterm sets terminal attributes.</para>
+<sect3><title>swapoff</title>
+<para>swapoff disables devices and files for paging and swapping.</para></sect3>
-</sect3>
+<sect3><title>swapon</title>
+<para>swapon enables devices and files for paging and swapping.</para></sect3>
-<sect3>
-<title>ul</title>
+<sect3><title>tunelp</title>
+<para>tunelp sets various parameters for the LP device.</para></sect3>
+<sect3><title>ul</title>
<para>ul reads a file and translates occurrences of underscores to the sequence
-which indicates underlining for the terminal in use.</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3>
-<title>whereis</title>
-
-<para>whereis locates a binary, source and manual page for a command.</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3>
-<title>write</title>
-
-<para>write sends a message to another user.</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3>
-<title>ramsize</title>
-
-<para>ramsize queries and sets RAM disk size.</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3>
-<title>rdev</title>
-
-<para>rdev queries and sets image root device, swap device, RAM disk size, or
-video mode.</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3>
-<title>readprofile</title>
-
-<para>readprofile reads kernel profiling information.</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3>
-<title>rootflags</title>
-
-<para>rootflags queries and sets extra information used when mounting
-root.</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3>
-<title>swapdev</title>
-
-<para>swapdev queries and sets swap device.</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3>
-<title>tunelp</title>
-
-<para>tunelp sets various parameters for the LP device.</para>
-
-</sect3>
+which indicates underlining for the terminal in use.</para></sect3>
-<sect3>
-<title>vidmode</title>
+<sect3><title>vidmode</title>
+<para>vidmode queries and sets the video mode.</para></sect3>
-<para>vidmode queries and sets the video mode.</para>
+<sect3><title>whereis</title>
+<para>whereis locates a binary, source and manual page for a
+command.</para></sect3>
-</sect3>
+<sect3><title>write</title>
+<para>write sends a message to another user.</para></sect3>
</sect2>