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Package of Linux utilities from the Linux Kernel Organization
util-linux is a package of utilities distributed by the Linux Kernel Organization for use in a Linux operating system. A fork, util-linux-ng (with ng
Util-linux
Family of Unix-like operating systems
z/Architecture, SuperH, SPARC, x86, and Xtensa util-linux is the standard set of utilities for use as part of the Linux operating system in addition to one of
Linux
Patched software backdoor
indicating that the exploit was extremely severe. While XZ Utils is commonly present in most Linux distributions, at the time of discovery the affected versions
XZ_Utils_backdoor
Alternative calendar used by some adherents of Discordianism
maintainers of util-linux made ddate optional, and by default omitted. In October 2012, ddate was completely removed from util-linux. The ddate program
Discordian_calendar
Lossless data compression software
XZ Utils (previously LZMA Utils) is a set of free software command-line lossless data compressors, including the programs lzma and xz, for Unix-like operating
XZ_Utils
Linux distribution for wireless routers and embedded systems
operating systems based on Linux, primarily used on embedded devices to route network traffic. The main components are Linux, util-linux, musl, and BusyBox.
OpenWrt
Computer data storage partitioning standard
"libfdisk: (gpt) add Microsoft Storage Spaces GUID". util-linux/util-linux.git - The util-linux code repository. Retrieved 2021-08-21. "Known issues with
GUID_Partition_Table
Security-focused Linux distribution
BusyBox instead of the normal Util-Linux, the GNU Core Utilities (formerly known as FileUtils, ShellUtils, and TextUtils), and other common Unix tools
Tinfoil_Hat_Linux
Type of Linux installation
Linux From Scratch (LFS) is a type of Linux installation, and the name of a book written by Gerard Beekmans, and as of May 2021, mainly maintained by
Linux_from_Scratch
List of software distributions using the Linux kernel
This page provides general information about notable Linux distributions in the form of a categorized list. Distributions are organized into sections
List_of_Linux_distributions
Computing command
in and supports several Unix flavors. A replacement for Linux, lsfd, is included in util-linux. In 1985, Cliff Spencer publishes the ofiles command. Its
Lsof
System configuration file for disk partitions
Unix-like computer systems. The /etc/fstab file is used by utilities from the util-linux package (such as mount and findmnt), but it's not limited to them — it
Fstab
packages List of KDE applications List of Unix daemons Unix philosophy util-linux IEEE Computer Society (December 1, 2008). "POSIX.1-2008 System Interfaces:
List_of_POSIX_commands
Command line utility of DOS and Microsoft Windows operating systems
(which is mandatory). In Linux, fdisk is a part of a standard package distributed by the Linux Kernel organization, util-linux. The original program was
Fdisk
Topics referred to by the same term
generation) to distinguish between newer or expanded implementations (e.g. Util-linux-ng or Syslog-ng) Angular, a leading web application framework A blooper
Ng
Terminal pager program
has been removed from the POSIX specification, but is still included in util-linux. Users are expected to use other paging programs, such as more, less or
Pg_(Unix)
Feature of the Linux kernel that partitions kernel resources
respectively. Command-line utilities also make use of these features. The util-linux package includes the unshare command, which allows users to start shells
Linux_namespaces
Linux partition editor
a Linux partition editor. In contrast to fdisk and cfdisk, sfdisk is not interactive. All three programs are written in C and are part of the util-linux
Sfdisk
Linux partition editor
is a Linux partition editor, similar to fdisk, but with a different, curses-based user interface. It is part of the util-linux package of Linux utility
Cfdisk
Collection of standard, Unix-based utilities from GNU
Unix philosophy – Software development philosophy util-linux – Package of Linux utilities from the Linux Kernel Organization "coreutils-9.11 released [stable]"
GNU_Core_Utilities
Command that prints information about PCI buses and devices
storage devices. util-linux /sys "Lspci(8): All PCI devices - Linux man page". "lspci(8): all PCI devices - Linux man page". linux.die.net. Retrieved
Lspci
Suite of system components for Linux
scripts, pm-utils, inetd, acpid, syslog, watchdog, cron and atd. systemd's core components include: systemd is a system and service manager for Linux operating
Systemd
Disk format and access using sector sizes larger than 512 bytes
but cannot be used as boot drive. Linux supports 4K native drives since the Linux kernel version 2.6.31 and util-linux-ng version 2.17 (released in 2009
Advanced_Format
Unix software to manage physical or virtual terminals
(implements stty) util-linux, that provides a getty getty(8) – FreeBSD System Manager's Manual Text Terminal HOWTO from the Linux Documentation Project
Getty_(software)
(Unix-like) util-linux project Free software Yes Unix-like FIPS Arno Schäfer Free software No MS-DOS 1998-05-11 GNOME Disks Red Hat Free software Yes Linux 2024-09-03
List of disk partitioning software
List_of_disk_partitioning_software
Collection of Unix commands in a single executable file
Utilities util-linux, iproute2, ethtool The Heirloom Toolchest, a collection of standard Unix utilities derived from original Unix material Linux on embedded
BusyBox
Open-source partition editor
Manager can back up file systems to files and restore such backups. It uses util-linux to detect and manipulate devices and partition tables while several (optional)
KDE_Partition_Manager
Linguistic controversy about software projects
systems that use the Linux kernel in combination with GNU software should be referred to as Linux or GNU/Linux. Supporters of the term Linux argue that it is
GNU/Linux_naming_controversy
Unix pseudo-device
interface for the loop device is losetup, which is part of the package util-linux. Sometimes, the loop device is erroneously referred to as loopback device
Loop_device
Software framework for audio
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) is a software framework and part of the Linux kernel that provides an application programming interface (API)
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture
Advanced_Linux_Sound_Architecture
Unix command to mount a filesystem
mount is called by the system call setup. Mount (computing) mtab util-linux "mount(8) - Linux manual page". man7.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-30
Mount_(Unix)
Computer utility for Unix-like operating systems
already running. Linux also has an ionice program, which affects scheduling of I/O rather than CPU time. kill ps top ionice from util-linux (see manual for
Nice_(Unix)
Computer chip instruction set extension
and memory identification utility. lscpu - provided by the util-linux package in most Linux distributions. AltiVec - equivalent on PowerPC architecture
Streaming_SIMD_Extensions
memory segments Message queues Semaphore arrays On Linux, the ipcs command is provided by the util-linux package. The ipcs command has also been ported to
Ipcs
Unix command to send messages to another user by writing directly to their terminal
instantaneously messages to logged in users came with ... CTSS ... "write(1) – util-linux man page". Archived from the original on 2025-12-03. Retrieved 2026-02-03
Write_(Unix)
Record of Unix logins
failed login attempts; Linux-specific). lastlog "man utmp (5)". manpages.org. "util-linux". github.com. v2.37.2. login-utils/last.c. 2020-12-01. lines
Utmp
Shell command for printing a calendar
operating systems including Unix, Plan 9, Inferno and Unix-like systems such as Linux. It was present in 1st Edition Unix. A cal command is also part of ASCII's
Cal_(command)
Device drivers for real-time video capture
LWN.net. Retrieved 2023-02-06. media_tree development git v4l-utils development git Linux Media Infrastructure API (V4L2, DVB and Remote Controllers) Video4Linux-DVB
Video4Linux
Unix command
this purpose, so programs act exactly as if they were on a terminal. The util-linux scriptreplay command offers a replay function to its script, which supports
Script_(Unix)
Historical method for giving addresses to physical data blocks on hard disk drives
Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 March 2012. "Util-linux 2.25 Release Notes". The Linux Kernel Archives. Retrieved 24 March 2016. "ATA-6" (PDF)
Cylinder-head-sector
Linux file system
2 KB) Online resizing (since Linux-3.x and nilfs-utils 2.1) Related utilities (by contribution of Jiro SEKIBA) grub2 util-linux (blkid, libblkid, uuid mount)
NILFS
Standard UNIX utility for parsing arguments sent from the command-line
getopt was partially revived mainly due to an enhanced implementation in util-linux. This version, based on the BSD getopt, not only fixed the two complaints
Getopts
C library function for parsing command-line options
shells trying to be POSIX-compliant. getopt was basically forgotten until util-linux came out with an enhanced version that fixed all of old getopt's problems
Getopt
Free software digital audio workstation
link] "lmms.io/utils.php function read_project". Github. Retrieved 3 August 2017. Tobias Doerffel (December 2005). "Making Music with Linux Multimedia Studio"
LMMS
communication) segments Message queues Semaphore arrays On Linux, the ipcrm command is provided by the util-linux package. The ipcrm command has also been ported
Ipcrm
Former standard for Linux distributions
The Linux Standard Base (LSB) was a joint project by several Linux distributions[which?] under the organizational structure of the Linux Foundation to
Linux_Standard_Base
Command-line software
poppler-utils and xpdf-utils, and included in many Linux distributions. pdfimages originates from the xpdf package (but now part of poppler-utils).[citation
Pdfimages
Open-source partition editor
Free and open-source software portal List of disk partitioning software util-linux: fdisk cfdisk sfdisk gpart gparted FIPS Master Boot Record manager "[parted-devel]
GNU_Parted
Shell command for changing the owner of a file
MacKenzie and Jim Meyering. The command is available for Windows via UnxUtils. The command was ported to IBM i. chgrp – Shell command for changing the
Chown
System information shell tool
Iconic font aggregator, glyphs/Icons collection, & fonts patcher". "Aminet - util/moni/rexxfetch.lha". aminet.net. Retrieved 20 March 2025. Katie (2 January
Neofetch
Open source controller area network drivers and networking stack for the Linux kernel
Linux Kernel Documentation or in linux/Documentation/networking/can.txt in most recent source trees can-utils https://github.com/linux-can/can-utils/
SocketCAN
American software developer
"modified mergesort" in java.util.Arrays.sort with timsort". JDK Bug System. Retrieved June 11, 2014. "Class: java.util.TimSort<T>". Android Gingerbread
Tim Peters (software engineer)
Tim_Peters_(software_engineer)
File system
SquashFS, a read-only compressed file system Util-linux contains the cramfs utilities github/torvalds/linux: cramfs: mark as obsolete cramfs: rehabilitate
Cramfs
PDF rendering engine
documents. Its development is supported by freedesktop.org. Commonly used on Linux systems, it powers the PDF viewers of the GNOME and KDE desktop environments
Poppler_(software)
Lightweight Unix shell
Runs most shell scripts compatible with the Bourne shell. Note that under Linux, most scripts seem to use at least some bash-specific syntax. The Slackware
Almquist_shell
Linux distribution based on Ubuntu
application. It used Linux kernel 2.6.27, X.Org 7.4. There was an installation option of an encrypted private directory using ecryptfs-utils. The Totem media
Xubuntu
Shell command for copying and converting file data
command-line option style than the JCL statement style. Since at least 1999, UnxUtils has provided a native implementation for the Windows platform. The command
Dd_(Unix)
Shell command for listing files
systems today, including Unix-like variants, Windows (via PowerShell and UnxUtils), EFI, and MSX-DOS (via MSX-DOS2 Tools). The numerical computing environments
Ls
Read-only file system for Linux
"XFS & EROFS File-Systems Have Big Changes For Linux 5.15". Phoronix. Retrieved 2021-11-02. "EROFS-Utils 1.5 Released With ZTailPacking, FSCK Extraction"
EROFS
Shell command for deleting files
non Unix-like systems, KolibriOS, IBM i, EFI shell. and Windows (via UnxUtils). The del command provides a similar capability in MS-DOS, OS/2, and Command
Rm_(Unix)
Linux audio mixer program
date". "alsa-utils tags". "ALSA User Info - AlsaProject". www.alsa-project.org. Retrieved 2025-01-28. "git.alsa-project.org Git - alsa-utils.git/summary"
Alsamixer
Linux operating system running on IBM Power Architectures
Linux on IBM Power Systems OpenPOWER Foundation Linux on Power users and kernel devel mailing lists Linux POWER RAS tools on GitHub Linux POWER utils
PowerLinux
Unix shell
of Cygwin or the UnxUtils collection and has been adopted as the default interactive shell for macOS, Deepin, TrueNAS and Kali Linux. The "Oh My Zsh" user
Z_shell
Configuration file format
followed by line break, as implemented by iniparser, libconfini and java.util.Properties Fredrik Lundh. "Python Standard Library". 2001. Section "The ConfigParser
INI_file
Linux program
needed_option=0 lsmod – Linux command that lists loaded kernel modules "kernel/kmod/kmod.git - kmod - module management". "Index of /Pub/Linux/Utils/Kernel/Module-init-tools"
Modprobe
Software library providing embedded database for key/value data
Retrieved 2023-04-18. Webmaster, Debian. "Debian -- Details of package db5.3-util in sid". Debian -- Packages. Retrieved 2026-05-08. "Overview - rpms/libdb"
Berkeley_DB
Free and open source media player
and open-source media player software application. It is available for Linux, OS X and Windows. Versions for legacy systems such as OS/2 and AmigaOS
MPlayer
Gentoo package management system
is a package management system originally created for and used by Gentoo Linux and also by ChromeOS and Calculate among others. Portage is based on the
Portage_(software)
List of versions of the Java programming language
language features (basic java types in java.lang, and utility classes in java.util) support for graphics (AWT framework) support for creating a Java applet
Java_version_history
Shell command that copies standard input to standard output and to one or more files
(e.g. 4DOS, FreeDOS), Windows (e.g. 4NT, PowerShell, UnxUtils), ReactOS and IBM i. The Linux version was written by Mike Parker, Richard Stallman, and
Tee_(command)
Open-source password recovery tool
Hardware.Mon.#01.: Temp: 53c Fan: 30% Util: 99% Core:2790MHz Mem:10251MHz Bus:16 Hardware.Mon.#02.: Temp: 51c Fan: 30% Util: 99% Core:2715MHz Mem:10251MHz Bus:8
Hashcat
Bourne shell backward compatible Unix shell created by David Korn
and utilities". android.googlesource.com. Retrieved 2025-06-27. "Aminet - util/Shell/SKsh21.LZH". "David Korn Tells All". Slashdot. 7 February 2001. Retrieved
KornShell
Function whose job is only to call another subroutine
from java.util.LinkedList and java.util.HashSet. See method for further implementation details. import java.util.HashSet; import java.util.LinkedList;
Wrapper_function
Free and open-source SSH suite
Freund disclosed a backdoor embedded in XZ Utils, specifically in its liblzma library, targeting sshd on Linux systems where the daemon loads libsystemd
OpenSSH
UtilClass and the files defining this package are stored physically under the directory D:\myprogram (on Windows) or /home/user/myprogram (on Linux)
Classpath
Network storage protocol
available on Unix-like operating systems, including Linux. iSCSI: The "target-utils" iscsi package on many Linux distributions. NVMe-oF: an equivalent mechanism
Network_block_device
Animated cursor-chasing cat program
org. Retrieved 2024-12-16. Bankstahl, Michael (1991). "wNeko". Archive. "util/wb/Ameko.lha". Aminet. Retrieved 2013-10-06. "Neko". Splook.com. Retrieved
Neko_(software)
Logback Plugin jla_04 Archived 2022-12-15 at the Wayback Machine - Java Util Logging RELP Handler jla_05 - Log4j RELP Plugin "Why you can't build a reliable
Reliable Event Logging Protocol
Reliable_Event_Logging_Protocol
Open-source PDF viewer software
AmiPDF are native and need no X11. The associated package "xpdf-utils" or "poppler-utils" contains tools such as pdftotext and pdfimages. A vulnerability
Xpdf
Live USB bootloader
to. Parallels have been drawn to recent vulnerabilities discovered in XZ Utils software. As of 7 May 2025, the author of the project has responded to the
Ventoy
Shell command for extracting the last name from a path
basename(1) – FreeBSD General Commands Manual basename(1) – Linux User Manual – User Commands "CoreUtils for Windows". Archived from the original on 2025-07-30
Basename
Protocol to run DNS queries using TLS
Labs stubby daemon or Knot Resolver. Alternatively they may install getdns-utils to use DoT directly with the getdns_query tool. The unbound DNS resolver
DNS_over_TLS
Utility used in the GNOME desktop environment for taking screenshots
for that purpose. It was originally part of the GNOME Utilities (gnome-utils) package but was split into its own package for the 3.3.1 version in 2011
GNOME_Screenshot
Standard UNIX utility that prints name and other details about the machine
Edition. Specifies the function/system call. uname(1) – Linux User Manual – User Commands "CoreUtils for Windows". Archived from the original on 2025-07-30
Uname
OS-level virtualisation
Linux-VServer is a virtual private server implementation that was created by adding operating system-level virtualization capabilities to the Linux kernel
Linux-VServer
Free and open-source command-line package management utility
open-source command-line package-management utility for computers running the Linux operating system using the RPM Package Manager. Though YUM has a command-line
Yum_(software)
File extension
Retrieved 2022-03-22. java.util.Properties.load(java.io.Reader) - gives the precise semantics of well-formed Java property files java.util.PropertyResourceBundle
.properties
1999 claim about software development
Crowdsourcing List of eponymous laws Software peer review Wisdom of the crowd XZ Utils backdoor Raymond, Eric S. "The Cathedral and the Bazaar". catb.org. Raymond
Linus's_law
Shell command for reporting available file system space
MacKenzie, and Paul Eggert. The command is available for Windows via UnxUtils. Any number of file parameters can be specified on the command line to select
Df_(Unix)
Standard UNIX utility
available as a separate package for Microsoft Windows as part of the UnxUtils collection of native Win32 ports of common GNU Unix-like utilities. When
Su_(Unix)
Open-source version of SCSI target
The Linux-IO (LIO) is an open-source Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) target implementation included with the Linux kernel.[better source needed]
LIO_(SCSI_target)
Open-source desktop environment software project
freedesktop.org project. In 2006, the project released Portland 1.0 (xdg-utils), a set of common interfaces for desktop environments. freedesktop.org joined
Freedesktop.org
Software for handling software deployment
well as Slackware Linux, there is CheckInstall, and for recipe-based systems such as Gentoo Linux and hybrid systems such as Arch Linux, it is possible
Package_manager
Load-balancing software
switching, as part of the Linux kernel. It's configured via the user-space utility ipvsadm(8) tool. IPVS is incorporated into the Linux Virtual Server (LVS)
IP_Virtual_Server
Software run in userspace that offers kernel functionality
having to mount it. The fs-utils does not require a superuser account to access the image or device. The advantage of fs-utils over similar projects such
Rump_kernel
terminology, including referring to GNU/Linux systems and free software in situations where other observers would write Linux and open source. The maintainer
List_of_GNU_packages
Data compression utility
a complete Unix-style solution for using LZMA. In 2009 LZMA Utils was renamed to XZ Utils and implemented its own xz container format with similar features
Lzip
Synchronization primitive in computing
Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment. Addison-Wesley. p. 409. java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantReadWriteLock Java readers–writer lock implementation
Readers–writer_lock
GNU software development tools for executable code
Ulrich Drepper wrote elfutils, to partially replace GNU Binutils, purely for Linux and with support only for ELF and DWARF. It distributes three libraries
GNU_Binutils
Unix text filtering utility
Open Group uniq(1) – Linux General Commands Manual from ManKier.com MSX-DOS2 Tools User's Manual by ASCII Corporation "CoreUtils for Windows". Archived
Uniq
UTIL LINUX
UTIL LINUX
Boy/Male
Australian, Farsi, German
Name of the Hun's King which Attacked the Roman Empire
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a watchman, from Middle English wake ‘watch’, ‘vigil’ + man ‘man’. This was the title of the mayor of Ripon in West Yorkshire until the 16th century.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Marathi, Sanskrit
Wish; Desire; Kindness; Enjoyment
Surname or Lastname
English (Northumberland and Durham)
English (Northumberland and Durham) : unexplained; just possibly a late formation from the plant name, although tulips were not introduced into western Europe until the 16th century.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a maker or seller of leggings, from an agent derivative of Middle English hose (Old English hosa). Hose was the regular term for garments worn on the legs until the 18th century.
Girl/Female
English American Latin
Introduced to Britian by the Hanoverians in the early 18th century, became popular until the...
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metronymic from Mule 3.English : patronymic from Mule 1 or 2 (the Middle English word being moul until replaced by Old French mule), or a metronymic from Mould.
Surname or Lastname
English (West Yorkshire)
English (West Yorkshire) : apparently a habitational name, perhaps from Silver Wood in Ravenfield, West Yorkshire (although that is not recorded until 1764). The place name may refer to a wood of silver birches.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the medieval female personal name Ismaine, Ismenia (found as Emonie, Emeny until the end of the 18th century), which is of uncertain origin.
Boy/Male
English American German Latin
Introduced to Britian by the Hanoverians in the early 18th century, became popular until the...
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Tilbury, a port on the Thames in Essex, which is named from the Old English byname Tila (from til ‘capable’) + Old English burh ‘fortress’.
Girl/Female
British, Christian, English, Gaelic
Royal Fortress; Commonly Used in England Until the 18th Century; But is Used Rarely Today
Girl/Female
Greek
Sound. A mythological nymph who faded away until only her voice was left.
Boy/Male
German, Teutonic
People's Rule
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
She was a companion who lived until the era of Muawiyah
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Seaford in East Sussex, named in Old English with sǣ ‘sea’ + ford ‘ford’; until the 16th century the Ouse river flowed into the sea here.
Surname or Lastname
English (East Anglia)
English (East Anglia) : nickname for a serious or solemn person, from Middle English sad ‘serious’, ‘grave’. The modern English sense, ‘unhappy’, did not develop until the 15th century.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Seaford in East Sussex, named with Old English sǣ ‘sea’ + ford ‘ford’. Until the 16th century, the Ouse river flowed into the sea at this point.
Girl/Female
Greek American
Sound. A mythological nymph who faded away until only her voice was left.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Middle English personal name Jan, a variant of John. (As a personal name, Jane was not specialized as a female form until the 17th century.)
UTIL LINUX
UTIL LINUX
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Name of a beautiful woman (wife of Murrah al-Asadi)
Boy/Male
Biblical
Counsel of the Lord.
Girl/Female
Biblical
The Lord's feast.
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Sikh
A Tree
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
World
Male
Chinese
strong, indefatigable.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Parijaat | பாரீஜாத
Divine tree, A celestial flower
Boy/Male
Buddhist, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Name of Buddhist Philosopher
Girl/Female
Indian, Tamil
Beautiful Girl
Boy/Male
Sikh
Lord Vishnu
UTIL LINUX
UTIL LINUX
UTIL LINUX
UTIL LINUX
UTIL LINUX
v. t.
To heat, as steam, apart from contact with water, until it resembles a perfect gas.
conj.
As far as; to the place or degree that; especially, up to the time that; till. See Till, conj.
v. i.
To occupy one's self with getting laboriously; as, he scraped and saved until he became rich.
n.
A receptacle, or pouch, connected with the oviducts of many invertebrates in which the eggs are retained until they hatch or until the embryos develop more or less. See Illust. of Hermaphrodite in Append.
v. t.
Profitable; useful.
conj.
Until; till.
n.
Any species of large West Indian rodents of the genus Capromys, or Utia. In general appearance and habits they resemble rats, but they are as large as rabbits.
a.
To this time; until and during the time now present; now no less than before; yet.
prep.
To; up to; till; before; -- used of time; as, he staid until evening; he will not come back until the end of the month.
adv.
Up to this time; as yet; until now.
prep.
Until; till.
prep.
To; unto; towards; -- used of material objects.
prep. & conj.
See Till.
n.
See Utas.
adv.
Earlier; sooner than; until then.
prep.
Until; till.