| systemd-run |
Run programs in transient scope units, service units, or path-, socket-, or timer-triggered service units. |
| gamescope |
A micro-compositor used as a game layer. |
| mountpoint |
Test if a directory is a filesystem mountpoint. |
| systemd-umount |
This command is an alias of `systemd-mount --umount`. |
| kpartx |
Create device maps from partition tables. |
| caffeine |
Prevent desktop idleness in full-screen mode. |
| machinectl |
Control the systemd machine manager. |
| rc-update |
Add and remove OpenRC services to and from runlevels. |
| kdesrc-build |
Easily build KDE components from its source repositories. |
| pulseaudio |
The PulseAudio sound system daemon and manager. |
| ksvgtopng5 |
Convert SVG files to PNG format. |
| optimus-manager |
GPU switching utility for Nvidia Optimus laptops. |
| pactree |
Package dependency tree viewer for pacman. |
| trash |
Manage the trashcan/recycling bin. |
| unix2mac |
Change Unix-style line endings to macOS-style. |
| smbpasswd |
Add/remove a Samba user or change its password. |
| scriptlive |
Execute a typescript created by the `script` command in real-time. |
| postconf |
Postfix configuration utility. |
| flatpak-run |
Run flatpak applications and runtimes. |
| tcpkill |
Kill specified in-progress TCP connections. |
| mount.cifs |
Mount SMB (Server Message Block) or CIFS (Common Internet File System) shares. |
| systemd-hwdb |
Hardware database management tool. |
| phpdismod |
Disable PHP extensions on Debian-based OSes. |
| systemd-analyze |
Analyze and debug system manager. |
| urpmq |
Query information about packages and media in Mageia. |
| choom |
Display and change the adjust out-of-memory killer score. |
| archey |
Simple tool for stylishly displaying system information. |
| nmcli |
Manage the network configuration using NetworkManager. |
| dirb |
Scan HTTP-based webservers for directories and files. |
| blkdiscard |
Discards device sectors on storage devices. Useful for SSDs. |
| reboot |
Reboot the system. |
| pwdx |
Print working directory of a process. |
| thunar |
Graphical file manager for XFCE desktop environments. |
| audit2allow |
Create an SELinux local policy module to allow rules based on denied operations found in logs. |
| register_new_matrix_user |
Register new users in a home server when registration has been disabled. |
| mate-calc |
Calculate mathematic expressions in MATE desktop environment. |
| dmesg |
Write the kernel messages to `stdout`. |
| rpm |
RPM Package Manager. |
| rsh |
Execute commands on a remote host. |
| distrobox-host-exec |
Execute a command on the host from inside a Distrobox container. See also: `tldr distrobox`. |
| snake4 |
Snake game in the terminal. |
| rolldice |
Roll virtual dice. |
| pacman |
Arch Linux package manager utility. |
| findfs |
Finds a filesystem by label or UUID. |
| ul |
Underline a text. |
| iwctl |
Control the `iwd` network supplicant. |
| urpmi.update |
Update the list of packages from a package repository in Mageia. |
| setxkbmap |
Set the keyboard using the X Keyboard Extension. |
| qm-reset |
Reset a virtual machine on QEMU/KVM Virtual Machine Manager. |
| genfstab |
Generate output suitable for addition to the `/etc/fstab` file. |
| rexec |
Execute a command on a remote host. |
| larasail |
Manage Laravel on Digital Ocean servers. |
| arecord |
Sound recorder for ALSA soundcard driver. |
| po4a |
Update both PO files and translated documents. |
| autopkgtest |
Run tests on Debian packages. |
| systemd-ask-password |
Query the user for a system password. |
| lookandfeeltool |
This command is an alias of `plasma-apply-lookandfeel`. |
| lvs |
Display information about logical volumes. |
| logger |
Add messages to the system log. |
| qm-template |
Create a Proxmox VM template. |
| rtorrent |
Download torrents. |
| cgexec |
Limit, measure, and control resources used by processes. |
| ifup |
Enable network interfaces. |
| foreman |
Manage Procfile-based applications. |
| fstrim |
Discard unused blocks on a mounted filesystem. |
| lvresize |
Change the size of a logical volume. |
| vpnc |
A VPN client for the Cisco 3000 VPN Concentrator. |
| partx |
Parse a partition table and tell the kernel about it. |
| semanage-permissive |
Manage persistent SELinux permissive domains. |
| sattach |
Attach to a Slurm job step. |
| updatedb |
Create or update the database used by `locate`. |
| pkgctl-repo |
Manage Git packaging repositories and their configuration for Arch Linux. |
| eix |
Utilities for searching local Gentoo packages. |
| trash-list |
This command has been moved to `trash`. |
| wine |
Run Windows executables on Unix-based systems. |
| openvpn3 |
OpenVPN 3 Linux client. |
| xmodmap |
Utility for modifying keymaps and pointer button mappings in X. |
| bwrap |
Run programs in a lightweight sandbox. |
| mkfs |
Build a Linux filesystem on a hard disk partition. |
| apt |
Package management utility for Debian based distributions. |
| flatpak-update |
Update flatpak applications and runtimes. |
| rkhunter |
Searches for rootkits and malware. |
| xcursorgen |
Create an X cursor file from a collection of PNGs. |
| ldconfig |
Configure symlinks and cache for shared library dependencies. |
| autorandr |
Automatically change screen layout. |
| whereis |
Locate the binary, source, and manual page files for a command. |
| apt-mark |
Utility to change the status of installed packages. |
| pluma |
Edit files in MATE desktop environment. |
| mksquashfs |
Create or append files and directories to squashfs filesystems. |
| xman |
Manual page viewer for X Window System. |
| dolphin |
KDE's file manager to manage files and directories. |
| jpegtran |
Perform lossless transformation of JPEG files. |
| pacman-r |
This command is an alias of `pacman --remove`. |
| line |
Read a single line of input. |
| groupadd |
Add user groups to the system. |
| size |
Display the sizes of sections inside binary files. |
| delpart |
Ask the Linux kernel to forget about a partition. |
| agetty |
Alternative `getty`: Open a `tty` port, prompt for a login name, and invoke the `/bin/login` command. |
| aurpublish |
Publish Arch User Repository packages. |
| btrfs-filesystem |
Manage btrfs filesystems. |
| lshw |
List detailed information about hardware configurations as root user. |
| abbr |
Manage abbreviations for the fish shell. |
| nala |
Package management utility with better formatting. |
| systemd-inhibit |
Prohibit the system from entering certain power states. |
| reportbug |
Bug report tool of Debian distribution. |
| qm-nbdstop |
Stop embedded nbd server. |
| ruget |
Alternative to wget written in Rust. |
| setcap |
Set capabilities of specified file. |
| ascii |
Show ASCII character aliases. |
| compose |
An alias to a `run-mailcap`'s action compose. |
| cpulimit |
A tool to throttle the CPU usage of other processes. |
| emerge |
Gentoo Linux package manager utility. |
| gcov |
Code coverage analysis and profiling tool that discovers untested parts of a program. |
| exch |
Swap the filepaths and filenames of two files. |
| virt-xml |
Edit libvirt Domain XML files with explicit command-line options. |
| conntrack |
Interact with the Netfilter connection tracking system. |
| a2query |
Retrieve runtime configuration from Apache on Debian-based OSes. |
| microcom |
A minimalistic terminal program, used to access remote devices via a serial, CAN or telnet connection from the console. |
| swaplabel |
Print or change the label or UUID of a swap area. |
| xdg-open |
Open a file or URL in the user's preferred application. |
| ip-route-get |
Get a single route to a destination and print its contents exactly as the kernel sees it. |
| lz |
List all files inside a '.tar.gz' compressed archive. |
| xbps-query |
XBPS utility to query for package and repository information. |
| mkfs.f2fs |
Create an F2FS filesystem inside a partition. |
| shnsplit |
Splits audio files according to a `.cue` file. |
| mac2unix |
Change macOS-style line endings to Unix-style. |
| dconf-reset |
Reset key values in dconf databases. |
| xdotool |
Command-line automation for X11. |
| debuild |
Build a Debian package from source. |
| qm-start |
Start a virtual machine on QEMU/KVM Virtual Machine Manager. |
| fixfiles |
Fix file SELinux security contexts. |
| ip-maddress |
Manage multicast addresses. |
| expac |
A data extraction tool for alpm databases, offering printf-like flexibility for pacman-based utilities. |
| ego |
Funtoo's official system personality management tool. |
| certbot |
The Let's Encrypt Agent for automatically obtaining and renewing TLS certificates. |
| ubuntu-security-status |
Display information about security support for installed Ubuntu packages. |
| semanage-port |
Manage persistent SELinux port definitions. |
| xtrlock |
Lock the X display until the user supplies their password. |
| portageq |
Query for information about Portage, the Gentoo Linux package manager. |
| dm-tool |
A tool to communicate with the display manager. |
| avahi-resolve-host-name |
This command is an alias of `avahi-resolve --name`. |
| pacman-query |
Arch Linux package manager utility. |
| sshare |
List the shares of associations to a cluster. |
| ostree |
Version control for binary files similar to `git` but optimized for operating system root filesystems. |
| toolbox-create |
Create a new `toolbox` container. |
| mkfs.ext4 |
Create an ext4 filesystem inside a partition. |
| genisoimage |
Pre-mastering program to generate ISO9660/Joliet/HFS hybrid filesystems. |
| just.js |
A V8 JavaScript runtime for Linux. |
| opera-stable |
This command is an alias of `chromium`. |
| chcpu |
Enable/disable a system's CPUs. |
| obabel |
Translate chemistry-related data. |
| libtoolize |
An `autotools` tool to prepare a package for using `libtool`. |
| zenity |
Display dialogs from the command-line/shell scripts. |
| quotacheck |
Scan a filesystem for disk usage; create, check and repair quota files. |
| xdg-desktop-menu |
Command-line tool for installing or uninstalling desktop menu items. |
| qm-clone |
Create a copy of virtual machine on QEMU/KVM Virtual Machine Manager. |
| dkms |
A framework that allows for dynamic building of kernel modules. |
| chattr |
Change attributes of files or directories. |
| qm-showcmd |
Show command-line which is used to start the VM (debug info). |
| photorec |
Deleted file recovery tool. |
| lndir |
Create a shadow directory of symbolic links to another directory tree. |
| reptyr |
Move a running process to a new terminal. |
| qsub |
Submits a script to the queue management system TORQUE. |
| keyd |
Remap keys. |
| systemd-confext |
This command is an alias of `systemd-sysext`. |
| apt-file |
Search for files in `apt` packages, including ones not yet installed. |
| cgcreate |
Create cgroups, used to limit, measure, and control resources used by processes. |
| mesg |
Check or set a terminal's ability to receive messages from other users, usually from the `write` command. |
| qm-cloud-init |
Configure cloudinit settings for virtual machines managed by Proxmox Virtual Environment (PVE). |
| dnf5 |
Package management utility for RHEL, Fedora, and CentOS (it replaces dnf, which in turn replaced yum). |
| matchpathcon |
Lookup the persistent SELinux security context setting of a path. |
| pro |
Manage Ubuntu Pro services. |
| alsamixer |
Graphical mixer for ALSA soundcard driver. |
| paru |
An AUR helper and pacman wrapper. |
| lbu |
Manage `apk` overlay files on a diskless Alpine Linux system. |
| ip-rule |
IP routing policy database management. |
| yaourt |
Arch Linux utility for building packages from the Arch User Repository. |
| kreadconfig5 |
Read KConfig entries for KDE Plasma. |
| mmcli |
Control and monitor the ModemManager. |
| kscreen-doctor |
Change and manipulate the screen setup. |
| rcp |
Copy files between local and remote systems. |
| eclean |
Clean repository source files and binary packages. |
| htpdate |
Synchronize local date and time via HTTP headers from web servers. |
| bwa |
Burrows-Wheeler Alignment tool. |
| poweroff |
Power off the system. |
| steghide |
Steganography tool for JPEG, BMP, WAV and AU file formats. |
| switch_root |
Use a different filesystem as the root of the mount tree. |
| update-rc.d |
Install and remove services which are System-V style init script links. |
| waypipe |
Remotely run graphical applications under a Wayland compositor. |
| broot |
Navigate directory trees interactively. |
| mt |
Control magnetic tape drive operation (commonly LTO tape). |
| hwclock |
Read or change the hardware clock. Usually requires root. |
| objcopy |
Copy the contents of an object file to another file. |
| raspinfo |
Display Raspberry Pi system information. |
| portablectl |
A systemd utility for managing and deploying portable service images on Linux systems. |
| sacctmgr |
View, setup, and manage Slurm accounts. |
| gnome-calculator |
The official calculator for the GNOME desktop environment. |
| fold |
Folds long lines for fixed-width output devices. |
| burpsuite |
A GUI based application mainly used in web application penetration testing. |
| pacman-u |
This command is an alias of `pacman --upgrade`. |
| nsnake |
Snake game in the terminal. |
| compseq |
Calculate the composition of unique words in sequences. |
| light |
Control the backlight of your screen. |
| eglinfo |
Display platform EGL information. |
| pveperf |
A benchmarking tool in Proxmox Server. Gather CPU and hard disk performance data for the hard disk. |
| i3status |
Status line for the i3 window manager. |
| lsmod |
Show the status of Linux kernel modules. |
| fakeroot |
Run a command in an environment faking root privileges for file manipulation. |
| systemd-tmpfiles |
Create, delete and clean up volatile and temporary files and directories. |
| jobs |
Shell builtin for viewing information about processes spawned by the current shell. |
| setfacl |
Set file access control lists (ACL). |
| ntpd |
The official NTP (Network Time Protocol) daemon to synchronize the system clock to remote time servers or local reference clocks. |
| pacman-upgrade |
Arch Linux package manager utility. |
| tracepath |
Trace the path to a network host discovering MTU along this path. |
| instaloader |
Download pictures, videos, captions, and other metadata from Instagram. |
| wl-paste |
Paste content in Wayland clipboard. |
| playerctl |
Control media players via MPRIS. |
| nmcli-monitor |
Monitor changes to the NetworkManager connection status. |
| lldpctl |
Print link layer discovery protocol information. |
| taskset |
Get or set a process' CPU affinity or start a new process with a defined CPU affinity. |
| fluidsynth |
Synthesize audio from MIDI files. |
| cat |
Print and concatenate files. |
| script |
Record all terminal output to a typescript file. |
| squeue |
View the jobs queued in the SLURM scheduler. |
| knock |
Port knocking client to open specific ports on firewall. |
| veracrypt |
Free and open source disk encryption software. |
| imgp |
Command-line image resizer and rotator for JPEG and PNG images. |
| latte-dock |
Replacement dock for Plasma desktop. |
| eyed3 |
Read and manipulate metadata of MP3 files. |
| xdg-settings |
Manage settings of XDG-compatible desktop environments. |
| calcurse |
A text-based calendar and scheduling application for the command-line. |
| apparmor_status |
This command is an alias of `aa-status`. |
| rpicam-vid |
Capture a video using a Raspberry Pi camera. |
| abrt-cli |
Automatic Bug Reporting Tool for Fedora-based systems. |
| mkfs.minix |
Create a Minix filesystem inside a partition. |
| goobook |
Access Google contacts from `mutt` or the command-line. |
| batch |
Execute commands at a later time when the system load levels permit. |
| apt-add-repository |
Manage `apt` repository definitions. |
| addpart |
Tell the Linux kernel about the existence of the specified partition. |
| retroarch |
A frontend for emulators, game engines and media players. |
| mangohud |
Display a monitoring HUD on top of a Vulkan or OpenGL graphical application. |
| namei |
Follows a pathname (which can be a symbolic link) until a terminal point is found (a file/directory/char device etc). |
| uuidparse |
Parse universally unique identifiers. |
| vgdisplay |
Display information about Logical Volume Manager (LVM) volume groups. |
| plasma-apply-desktoptheme |
Switch Plasma desktop theme. |
| plasma-apply-colorscheme |
Switch Plasma color scheme. |
| dpkg-deb |
Pack, unpack and provide information about Debian archives. |
| systemd-firstboot |
Initialize basic system settings on or before the first boot-up of a system. |
| ark |
KDE's archiving tool. |
| mkfs.fat |
Create an MS-DOS filesystem inside a partition. |
| lsusb |
Display information about USB buses and devices connected to them. |
| vrms |
Report non-free packages installed on Debian-based OSes. |
| resolvectl |
Resolve domain names, IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, DNS resource records, and services. |
| lsns |
List information about all namespaces or about the specified namespace. |
| nemo |
Manage files and directories in Cinnamon desktop environment. |
| shutdown |
Shutdown and reboot the system. |
| krdpserver |
Start an RDP server. |
| exif |
Show and change EXIF information in JPEG files. |
| debman |
Read man pages from uninstalled packages. |
| mate-calc-cmd |
Calculate mathematic expressions in MATE desktop environment in terminal. |
| esa-snap |
Sentinel Application Platform (SNAP) for processing satellite data from the European Space Agency (ESA). |
| wol |
Client for sending Wake-on-LAN magic packets. |
| locate |
Find filenames quickly. |
| lscpu |
Display information about the CPU architecture. |
| shiny-mirrors |
Generate a `pacman` mirror list for Manjaro Linux. |
| i3exit |
Exit the i3 window manager. |
| apx |
Package management utility with support for multiple sources, allowing you to install packages in subsystems. |
| aa-status |
List currently loaded AppArmor modules. |
| xauth |
Edit and display the authorization information used in connecting to the X server. |
| cpupower |
Tools regarding CPU power and tuning options. |
| toolbox-rm |
Remove one or more `toolbox` containers. |
| lxc-network |
Manage networks for LXD containers. |
| apt-clone |
Clone/backup/restore the package state of a Debian-based system. |
| raspi-config |
An `ncurses` terminal GUI to config a Raspberry Pi. |
| create_ap |
Create an AP (Access Point) at any channel. |
| pvecm |
Proxmox VE Cluster Manager. |
| zathura |
A vim-like modal document viewer, with an integrated command-line. |
| grubby |
Tool for configuring `grub` and `zipl` bootloaders. |
| inxi |
Print a summary of system information and resources for debugging purposes. |
| rpcinfo |
Make an RPC call to an RPC server and reports what it finds. |
| grub-reboot |
Set the default boot entry for GRUB, for the next boot only. |
| bitwise |
Multi base interactive calculator supporting dynamic base conversion and bit manipulation. |
| scriptreplay |
Replay a typescript created by the `script` command to `stdout`. |
| setserial |
Read and modify serial port information. |
| xset |
User preference utility for X. |
| vcgencmd |
Print system information for a Raspberry Pi. |
| pdfattach |
Add a new attachment (embedded file) to an existing PDF file. |
| dnstracer |
The dnstracer command determines where a DNS gets its information from. |
| systemd-delta |
Find overridden systemd-related configuration files. |
| fprintd |
Fingerprint management daemon. |
| mkfs.erofs |
Create an EROFS filesystem in an image. |
| caligula |
A user-friendly, lightweight TUI for disk imaging. |
| cdrdao |
Read and write CDs in disc-at-once mode. |
| unix2dos |
Change Unix-style line endings to DOS-style. |
| e2undo |
Replay undo logs for an ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystem. |
| urpmi |
Install packages in Mageia. |
| libinput |
Interface with libinput. |
| chpasswd |
Change the passwords for multiple users by using `stdin`. |
| pivpn |
Easy security-hardened OpenVPN setup and manager. |
| more |
Interactively display a file, allowing scrolling and searching. |
| sam |
AWS Serverless Application Model (SAM) CLI. |
| ac |
Print statistics on how long users have been connected. |
| nstat |
View network statistics. |
| e2freefrag |
Print the free space fragmentation information for ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystems. |
| ip-route-list |
Display subcommand for IP Routing table management. |
| grub-set-default |
Set the default boot entry for GRUB. |
| readcd |
Read or write Compact Disc media data. |
| dconf-write |
Write key values in dconf databases. |
| distrobox-stop |
Stop a Distrobox container. See also: `tldr distrobox`. |
| ipcs |
Show information about the usage of System V IPC facilities: shared memory segments, message queues, and semaphore arrays. |
| dnf5-group |
This command is an alias of `dnf group`. |
| wodim |
Command (aliased as `cdrecord` on some systems) for recording data to CDs or DVDs. |
| betterlockscreen |
Simple, minimal lock screen. |
| resolveip |
Resolve hostnames to their IP addresses and vice versa. |
| vgcreate |
Create volume groups combining multiple mass-storage devices. |
| mdbook |
Create online books by writing Markdown files. |
| getfacl |
Get file access control lists (ACL). |
| ipcmk |
Create IPC (Inter-process Communication) resources. |
| systemd-id128 |
Generate and print sd-128 identifiers. |
| deborphan |
Display orphan packages on operating systems using the APT package manager. |
| factorio |
Create and start a headless Factorio server. |
| qm-status |
Show virtual machine status. |
| chrt |
Manipulate the real-time attributes of a process. |
| apx-stacks |
Manage stacks in `apx`. |
| lsblk |
List information about devices. |
| wal-telegram |
Generate themes for Telegram based the colors generated by pywal/wal. |
| aur |
Build packages from the AUR and manage local repositories. |
| steamos-factory-reset-config |
Generates configuration files required by `steamos-factory-reset`. |
| togglesebool |
Flip the current (non-persistent) values of SELinux booleans. |
| pg |
View files one page at a time. |
| mediamtx |
Real-time media server and proxy. |
| uuid |
Generate and decode Universally Unique Identifiers (UUID). |
| systemd-nspawn |
Spawn a command or OS in a lightweight container. |
| bridge |
Show and manipulate network bridge addresses and devices. |
| arpspoof |
Forge ARP replies to intercept packets. |
| su |
Switch shell to another user. |
| protonvpn-connect |
Connect to ProtonVPN. |
| shntool-split |
This command is an alias of `shnsplit`. |
| synoupgrade |
Upgrade Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM) - the Synology NAS operating system. |
| runuser |
Run commands as a user and group without asking for password (needs root privileges). |
| fuzzel |
A Wayland-native application launcher and fuzzy finder, inspired by `rofi` and `dmenu`. |
| wireplumber |
A modular session/policy manager for PipeWire and a GObject-based high-level library that wraps PipeWire’s API. |
| sestatus |
Print the current SELinux status. |
| debootstrap |
Create a basic Debian system. |
| cgclassify |
Move running tasks to `cgroups`. |
| nmtui |
Text user interface for controlling NetworkManager. |
| pw-profiler |
Profile a local or remote instance. |
| extrace |
Trace exec() calls. |
| conky |
Light-weight system monitor for X. |
| qm-guest-exec-status |
Print the status of a pid started by the guest-agent on QEMU/KVM Virtual Machine Manager. |
| debchange |
Mantain the debian/changelog file of a Debian source package. |
| evtest |
Display information from input device drivers. |
| vnstati |
PNG image output support for vnStat. |
| named |
Execute the DNS (Dynamic Name Service) server daemon that converts host names to IP addresses and vice versa. |
| pamac |
A command-line utility for the GUI package manager pamac. |
| lddd |
Find broken library links on the system. |
| pacman-f |
This command is an alias of `pacman --files`. |
| pvdisplay |
Display information about Logical Volume Manager (LVM) physical volumes. |
| zypper |
SUSE & openSUSE package management utility. |
| networkctl |
Query the status of network links. |
| a2enmod |
Enable an Apache module on Debian-based OSes. |
| cgroups |
Cgroups aka control groups is a Linux kernel feature for limiting, measuring, and controlling resource usage by processes. |
| slurmdbd |
A secure enterprise-wide interface to a database for Slurm. |
| hexdump |
An ASCII, decimal, hexadecimal, octal dump. |
| kernel-install |
Add and remove kernel and initrd images to and from `/boot`. |
| ikaros |
Vanilla OS Tool for managing drivers for your device. |
| qm-list |
List all virtual machines. |
| sysdig |
System troubleshooting, analysis and exploration. |
| bleachbit |
Clean junk files on the filesystem. |
| lrzuntar |
This command is an alias of `lrztar -d`. |
| sherlock |
Find usernames across social networks. |
| spi |
A meta package manager that handles both packages and slackbuilds. |
| e4defrag |
Defragment an ext4 filesystem. |
| iostat |
Report statistics for devices and partitions. |
| kpackagetool5 |
KPackage Manager: install, list, remove Plasma packages. |
| dbclient |
Lightweight Dropbear Secure Shell client. |
| apx-pkgmanagers |
Manage package managers in `apx`. |
| sqfscat |
Concatenate files from a squashfs filesystem and print them to `stdout`. |
| uuidd |
Daemon for generating UUIDs. |
| pacman-s |
This command is an alias of `pacman --sync`. |
| betterdiscordctl |
Manage BetterDiscord on Linux. |
| xsetwacom |
Command-line tool to change settings for Wacom pen tablets at runtime. |
| yakuake |
A drop-down terminal for KDE. |
| bluetoothctl |
Manage Bluetooth devices. |
| qm-snapshot |
Create virtual machine snapshots. |
| pmap |
Report memory map of a process or processes. |
| scrontab |
Manage Slurm crontab files. |
| steamos-readonly |
Set the readonly status of the filesystem. |
| vkpurge |
List or remove old kernel versions left behind by `xbps`. |
| wf-recorder |
Screencast for Wayland optionally with audio. |
| cockpit-desktop |
Securely access Cockpit pages in a running session. |
| unsquashfs |
Uncompress, extract and list files in squashfs filesystems. |
| qm-stop |
Stop a virtual machine. |
| fprintd-enroll |
Enroll fingerprints into the database. |
| grub-script-check |
The program `grub-script-check` takes a GRUB script file and checks it for syntax errors. |
| pdfdetach |
List or extract attachments (embedded files) from a PDF file. |
| isoinfo |
Utility programs for dumping and verifying ISO disk images. |
| resize |
Resize terminal size to the window size. |
| sensors |
Report sensors information. |
| tmt-try |
Quickly experiment with tests and environments. |
| whatis |
Display one-line descriptions from manual pages. |
| ipcrm |
Delete IPC (Inter-process Communication) resources. |
| lxc-checkconfig |
Check a kernel for LXC support. |
| qm-delsnapshot |
Delete virtual machine snapshots. |
| nitrogen |
Desktop background browser and setter for X Window. |
| toolbox-enter |
Enter a `toolbox` container for interactive use. |
| btrfs-inspect-internal |
Query internal information of a btrfs filesystem. |
| legit |
Complementary command-line interface for Git. |
| slurp |
Select a region in a Wayland compositor. |
| tmt |
Test Management Tool for creating, running, and debugging tests. |
| plasmashell |
Start and restart Plasma Desktop. |
| ss |
Utility to investigate sockets. |
| apk |
Alpine Linux package management tool. |
| blkpr |
Register, reserve, release, preempt, and clear persistent reservations on a block device that supports Persistent Reservations. |
| tod |
A tiny Todoist client in Rust. |
| grim |
Grab images (Screenshots) from a Wayland compositor. |
| systemd-mount |
Establish and destroy transient mount or auto-mount points. |
| libuser-lid |
Display a user's groups or a group's users. |
| export |
Export shell variables to child processes. |
| bspc |
Configure and control `bspwm`, managing nodes, desktops, monitors, and more. |
| torsocks |
Route the traffic of any application through the Tor network. |
| dbus-daemon |
The D-Bus message daemon, allowing multiple programs to exchange messages. |
| dnf-config-manager |
Manage DNF configuration options and repositories on Fedora-based systems. |
| qm-vncproxy |
Proxy Virtual Machine VNC (Virtual network computing) traffic to `stdin` or `stdout`. |
| write |
Write a message on the terminal of a specified logged in user (`<Ctrl c>` to stop writing messages). |
| eww |
Implement your own custom widgets in any window manager. |
| systemctl-disable |
Disable systemd services. |
| dhcpcd |
DHCP client. |
| archlinux-java |
Switch between installed Java environments. |
| aptitude |
Debian and Ubuntu package management utility. |
| perl-rename |
Rename multiple files. |
| systemd-detect-virt |
Detect execution in a virtualized environment. |
| distrobox-rm |
Remove a Distrobox container. See also: `tldr distrobox`. |
| cewl |
URL spidering tool for making a cracking wordlist from web content. |
| hwinfo |
Probe for the hardware present in the system. |
| nmcli-connection |
Manage connections with NetworkManager. |
| flatpak-builder |
Help build application dependencies. |
| pkgctl |
Unified command-line frontend for Arch Linux devtools. |
| systemd-cryptenroll |
Interactively enroll or remove methods used to unlock LUKS2-encrypted devices. Uses a password to unlock the device unless otherwise specified. |
| gpclient |
Connect to a GlobalProtect VPN on Linux via OpenConnect. |
| speedometer |
Python script that shows a network traffic graph in the terminal. |
| nixos-rebuild |
Reconfigure a NixOS machine. |
| caja |
Manage files and directories in the MATE desktop environment. |
| libtool |
A generic library support script that hides the complexity of using shared libraries behind a consistent, portable interface. |
| wdctl |
Show the hardware watchdog status. |
| gummy |
Screen brightness/temperature manager for Linux/X11. |
| ytfzf |
Find and download videos and music. Written in POSIX shell. |
| nologin |
Alternative shell that prevents a user from logging in. |
| setsid |
Run a program in a new session if the calling process is not a process group leader. |
| znc |
IRC bouncer. |
| ports |
Update/list the ports tree on a CRUX system. |
| fcrackzip |
ZIP archive password cracking utility. |
| extundelete |
Recover deleted files from ext3 or ext4 partitions by parsing the journal. |
| dockerd |
A persistent process to start and manage Docker containers. |
| etckeeper |
Track system configuration files in Git. |
| xcowsay |
Display a cute cow and message on your Linux desktop. |
| abrt-action-analyze-backtrace |
Analyze C/C++ backtrace. |
| systemd-machine-id-setup |
Initialize the machine ID stored in `/etc/machine-id` at install time with a provisioned or randomly generated ID. |
| quickget |
Download and prepare materials for building a Quickemu virtual machine. |
| nsxiv |
Neo Simple X Image Viewer. |
| steamos-update |
Update SteamOS. |
| rofi |
An application launcher and window switcher. |
| abroot |
Utility providing full immutability and atomicity by transacting between 2 root partition states (A⟺B). |
| kill |
Sends a signal to a process, usually related to stopping the process. |
| elink |
Look up precomputed neighbors within a database, or find associated records in other databases. |
| check-language-support |
Display a list of missing language packages on Ubuntu. |
| tmt-run |
Execute tmt test steps. By default, all steps are run. |
| pacgraph |
Draw a graph of installed packages to PNG/SVG/GUI/console. |
| systemd-path |
List and query system and user paths. |
| yetris |
Clone of the game Tetris in the terminal. |
| qm-guest-exec |
Execute a specific command via a guest agent. |
| laptop-detect |
Attempt to determine if the script is running on a laptop or desktop. |
| uuidgen |
Generate unique identifiers (UUIDs). |
| pacman-mirrors |
Generate a `pacman` mirrorlist for Manjaro Linux. |
| avifenc |
AV1 Image File Format (AVIF) encoder. |
| lxterminal |
Terminal emulator for LXDE. |
| mlabel |
Set an MS-DOS volume label for FAT and VFAT filesystems. |
| inotifywait |
Waits for changes to files. |
| pkexec |
Execute commands as another user. |
| ip-route-add |
Add a new networking route. |
| linux64 |
This command is an alias of `setarch linux64`. |
| flex |
Lexical analyzer generator. |
| plasma-apply-cursortheme |
Switch Plasma cursor theme. |
| goaccess |
An open source real-time web log analyzer. |
| eselect-news |
An `eselect` module for reading Gentoo news items. |
| rpmconf |
Handle RPMNEW, RPMSAVE and RPMORIG files left over by package upgrades. |
| toolbox-run |
Run a command in an existing `toolbox` container. |
| pacman-q |
This command is an alias of `pacman --query`. |
| nordvpn |
Command-line interface for NordVPN. |
| slurmrestd |
Interface to Slurm via REST API. It can be used in two modes: *Inetd Mode* & *Listen Mode*. |
| groupdel |
Delete existing user groups from the system. |
| qm-disk-move |
Move a virtual disk from one storage to another within the same Proxmox cluster. |
| ceph |
A unified storage system. |
| terraria |
Create and start a headless Terraria server. |
| slurmd |
Monitors all tasks running on the compute node, accepts tasks, launches tasks, and kills running tasks upon request. |
| bspwm |
A tiling window manager based on binary space partitioning. |
| setarch |
Change the reported architecture for a program's execution, primarily used to modify how programs behave based on system architecture. |
| runlim |
Sample and limit time and memory usage of a program and its child processes using the proc file system on Linux. |
| vncserver |
Launch a VNC (Virtual Network Computing) desktop. |
| pw-top |
View the PipeWire nodes and devices statistics in real-time. |
| sm |
Display a short message fullscreen. |
| lsipc |
Show information on System V IPC facilities currently employed in the system. |
| mkfs.bcachefs |
Create a `bcachefs` filesystem inside a partition. |
| pw-mon |
Monitor objects on the PipeWire instance. |
| archinstall |
Guided Arch Linux installer with a twist. |
| checkupdates-aur |
Check pending updates from the Arch User Repository (AUR). |
| caffeinate |
Prevent desktop from sleeping. |
| informant |
Read Arch Linux package news. |
| iw |
Show and manipulate wireless devices. |
| terminator |
Arrange multiple GNOME terminals in one window. |
| tune.exfat |
Adjust tunable filesystem parameters on an exFAT filesystem. |
| http_load |
An HTTP benchmarking tool. |
| wifi-menu |
Interactively connect to a wireless network. |
| blurlock |
A simple wrapper around the i3 screen locker `i3lock`, which blurs the screen. |
| vgchange |
Change the attributes of a Logical Volume Manager (LVM) volume group. |
| repquota |
Display a summary of existing file quotas for a filesystem. |
| ctop |
Instantly visualize container performance and health with real-time metrics on CPU, memory, and block IO usage. |
| dex |
DesktopEntry Execution is a program to generate and execute DesktopEntry files of the Application type. |
| aa-disable |
Disable AppArmor security policies. |
| timedatectl |
Control the system time and date. |
| vncviewer |
Launches a VNC (Virtual Network Computing) client. |
| darling |
Run macOS software on Linux. |
| homeshick |
Synchronize Git dotfiles. |
| boltctl |
Control thunderbolt devices. |
| locale-gen |
Generate locales defined in `/etc/locale.gen`. |
| dphys-swapfile |
Manage the swap file on Debian-based Linux systems. |
| wami |
An open-source and easy-to-use tool that recommends suitable programs for tasks. |
| repo-remove |
Package database maintenance utility which removes packages from a local repository. |
| apachectl |
Control an Apache HTTP server. |
| mono |
Runtime for the .NET Framework. |
| startx |
A front-end to `xinit` that provides a nice user interface for running a single session of the X Window System. |
| setfattr |
Set extended file attributes. |
| cryptsetup-open |
Create a decrypted mapping of an encrypted volume. |
| rpicam-jpeg |
Capture and store a JPEG image using a Raspberry Pi camera. |
| pkgfile |
Search files from packages in the official repositories on Arch-based systems. |
| stress |
Stress test CPU, memory, and IO on a Linux system. |
| xrandr |
Set the size, orientation and/or reflection of the outputs for a screen. |
| unopkg |
LibreOffice extensions manager. |
| sport |
Search and install SlackBuilds. |
| do-release-upgrade |
The Ubuntu release upgrader. |
| aa-complain |
Set an AppArmor policy to complain mode. |
| scanimage |
Scan images with the Scanner Access Now Easy API. |
| dd |
Convert and copy a file. |
| ifdown |
Disable network interfaces. |
| pkgmk |
Make a binary package for use with pkgadd on CRUX. |
| coredumpctl |
Retrieve and process saved core dumps and metadata. |
| speedread |
A simple terminal-based open source Spritz-alike. |
| slop |
Get a selection of the screen. |
| lspci |
List all PCI devices. |
| tftp |
Trivial File Transfer Protocol client. |
| dos2unix |
Change DOS-style line endings to Unix-style. |
| zic |
Compile timezones into binary files. |
| insmod |
Dynamically load modules into the Linux Kernel. |
| pdftohtml |
Convert PDF files into HTML, XML and PNG images. |
| cal |
Display a calendar with the current day highlighted. |
| plasma-apply-wallpaperimage |
Switch Plasma wallpaper. |
| yay |
Yet Another Yogurt: build and install packages from the Arch User Repository. |
| asciiart |
Convert images to ASCII. |
| importctl |
Download, Import, or Export disk images. |
| i386 |
This command is an alias of `setarch i386`. |
| mount |
Get access to an entire filesystem in one directory. |
| linux32 |
This command is an alias of `setarch linux32`. |
| systemd-sysext |
Activate or deactivate system extension images. |
| mate-search-tool |
Search files in MATE desktop environment. |
| vgremove |
Remove volume group(s) in LVM. |
| sbcast |
Send a file to a job's allocated nodes. |
| byzanz-record |
Record the screen. |
| ntpdate |
Synchronize and set the date and time via NTP. |
| qm-wait |
Wait until the virtual machine is stopped. |
| rpmbuild |
RPM Package Build tool. |
| systemd-resolve |
Resolve domain names, IPV4 and IPv6 addresses, DNS resource records, and services. |
| cmus |
Command-line Music Player. |
| sockstat |
List open Internet or UNIX domain sockets. |
| userdbctl |
Inspect users, groups and group memberships on the system. |
| lastb |
List last logged in users. |
| ip6tables-restore |
This command is an alias of `iptables-restore` for the IPv6 firewall. |
| abrt-action-analyze-c |
Calculate UUID for a problem data directory with `coredump`. |
| ebuild |
A low level interface to the Gentoo Portage system. |
| scancel |
Cancel a Slurm job. |
| ledctl |
Intel(R) Enclosure LED Control Application. |
| ubuntu-bug |
This command is an alias of `apport-bug`. |
| trap |
Execute a command upon an event. |
| gnome-screenshot |
Capture the screen, a window, or a user-defined area and save the image to a file. |
| xclip |
X11 clipboard manipulation tool, similar to `xsel`. |
| pw-dot |
Create `.dot` files of the PipeWire graph. |
| exec |
Execute a command without creating a child process. |
| lxc-attach |
Attach to a container. |
| lvremove |
Remove logical volumes. |
| pveversion |
Proxmox VE version info. |
| mpicc |
Open MPI C wrapper compiler. |
| xwinwrap |
Run a player or a program as desktop background. |
| torify |
Route network traffic through the Tor network. |
| apt-cache |
Debian and Ubuntu package query tool. |
| arithmetic |
Quiz on simple arithmetic problems. |
| lvcreate |
Create a logical volume in an existing volume group. A volume group is a collection of logical and physical volumes. |
| enum4linux |
Enumerate Windows and Samba information from remote systems. |
| tuned-adm |
Manage and optimize system performance tuning profiles on Linux. |
| systemd-notify |
Notify the service manager about start-up completion and other daemon status changes. |
| ttyplot |
A realtime plotting utility for the command-line with data input from `stdin`. |
| hyprctl |
Control parts of the Hyprland Wayland compositor. |
| mashtree |
Make a fast tree from genomes. |
| kwriteconfig5 |
Write KConfig entries for KDE Plasma. |
| pvremove |
Remove LVM labels from physical volume(s). |
| journalctl |
Query the systemd journal. |
| gbp |
A system to integrate the Debian package build system with Git. |
| nm-online |
Ask NetworkManager whether the network is connected. |
| protontricks |
A simple wrapper that runs Winetricks commands for Proton enabled games. |
| adduser |
User addition utility. |
| compsize |
Calculate the compression ratio of a set of files on a btrfs filesystem. |
| ldd |
Display shared library dependencies of a binary. |
| pvscan |
List all physical volumes and manage their online status. |
| reset |
Reinitialize the current terminal. Clears the entire terminal screen. |
| fuser |
Display process IDs currently using files or sockets. |
| rspamc |
Command-line client for rspamd servers. |
| systemd-cgtop |
Show the top control groups of the local Linux control group hierarchy, ordered by their CPU, memory, or disk I/O load. |
| dstat |
Versatile tool for generating system resource statistics. |
| schroot |
Run a command or start an interactive shell with a different root directory. More customizable than `chroot`. |
| tcpick |
Packet sniffing and network traffic analysis tool. |
| partprobe |
Notify the operating system kernel of partition table changes. |
| x11vnc |
A VNC server that will enable VNC on an existing display server. |
| v4l2-ctl |
Control video devices. |
| acountry |
Print the country where an IPv4 address or hostname is located. |
| blastn |
Nucleotide-Nucleotide BLAST. |
| qm-mtunnel |
Used by `qmigrate`. |
| strigger |
View or modify Slurm trigger information. |
| nova |
The OpenStack project that provides a way to provision compute instances. |
| gif2webp |
Convert a GIF image to WebP. |
| pdftoppm |
Convert PDF document pages to portable Pixmap (image formats). |
| sleep |
Delay for a specified amount of time. |
| systemd-tty-ask-password-agent |
List or process pending systemd password requests. |
| ico |
Display an animation of a polyhedron. |
| grub-mkconfig |
Generate a GRUB configuration file. |
| systemd-stdio-bridge |
Implement a proxy between `stdin`/`stdout` and a D-Bus. |
| restorecon |
Restore SELinux security context on files/directories according to persistent rules. |
| hardinfo |
Show hardware information in GUI window. |
| as |
Portable GNU assembler. |
| mcookie |
Generate random 128-bit hexadecimal numbers. |
| qm-config |
Display the virtual machine configuration with pending configuration changes applied. |
| distrobox-export |
Export app/service/binary from container to host OS. See also: `tldr distrobox`. |
| mkosi |
Build modern, legacy-free Linux images. |
| iptables |
Configure tables, chains and rules of the Linux kernel IPv4 firewall. |
| xdg-user-dirs-update |
Update XDG user directories. |
| sxiv |
Simple X Image Viewer. |
| pw-reserve |
Reserve a device for PipeWire. |
| pkgctl-release |
Release step to commit, tag and upload build artifacts. |
| fdisk |
Manage partition tables and partitions on a hard disk. |
| autorecon |
A multi-threaded network reconnaissance tool which performs automated enumeration of services. |
| mopac |
MOPAC (Molecular Orbital PACkage) is a semiempirical quantum chemistry program based on Dewar and Thiel's NDDO approximation. |
| sar |
Monitor performance of various Linux subsystems. |
| hcitool |
Monitor, configure connections, and send special commands to Bluetooth devices. |
| ethtool |
Display and modify Network Interface Controller (NIC) parameters. |
| lxc-stop |
Stop a container. |
| chfn |
Update `finger` info for a user. |
| cpufreq-aperf |
Calculate the average CPU frequency over a time period. |
| mke2fs |
Create a Linux filesystem inside a partition. |
| ufw |
Uncomplicated Firewall. |
| cockpit-bridge |
Relay messages and commands between the front end and server in the cockpit suite. |
| steamos-factory-reset |
Reset SteamOS to factory settings. |
| avahi-resolve-address |
This command is an alias of `avahi-resolve --address`. |
| vigr |
Edit the group file. |
| pacman4console |
A text-based console game inspired by the original Pacman. |
| kexec |
Directly reboot into a new kernel. |
| dnf |
Package management utility for RHEL, Fedora, and CentOS (replaces yum). |
| cryptcat |
Cryptcat is netcat with encryption capabilities. |
| zile |
A lightweight clone of the Emacs text editor. |
| updpkgsums |
Update the checksums of the sources in a `PKGBUILD`. |
| systemctl-enable |
Enable systemd services. |
| chmem |
Modify the state of memory blocks (online or offline) in a Linux system. |
| nsenter |
Run a new command in a running process' namespace. |
| lsfd |
List open files and the corresponding processes in Linux. |
| gio-trash |
Move files to the trash bin. |
| extrepo |
Manage external Debian repositories. |
| compress |
Compress files using the Unix `compress` command. |
| tomb |
Manage encrypted storage directories that can be safely transported and hidden in a filesystem. |
| a2ensite |
Enable an Apache virtual host on Debian-based OSes. |
| a2disconf |
Disable an Apache configuration file on Debian-based OSes. |
| df |
Display an overview of the filesystem disk space usage. |
| cacaclock |
Display the current time as ASCII art. |
| kdocker |
Easily dock applications to the system tray. |
| ionice |
Get or set program I/O scheduling class and priority. |
| arpaname |
Get the corresponding ARPA name for a IP addresses. |
| nft |
Allows configuration of tables, chains and rules provided by the Linux kernel firewall. |
| mate-about |
Show information about MATE desktop environment. |
| pridecat |
Like cat but more colorful. |
| qtile |
A full-featured, hackable tiling window manager written and configured in Python. |
| slapt-src |
A utility to automate building of slackbuilds. |
| bpftool |
Inspect and manipulate eBPF programs and maps in a simple way. |
| logsave |
Save the output of a command in a logfile. |
| usermod |
Modify a user account. |
| dnsmap |
The dnsmap command scans a domain for common subdomains e.g. smtp.domain.org. |
| lchage |
Display or change user password policy. |
| reflector |
Arch script to fetch and sort mirrorlists. |
| homectl |
Create, remove, change or inspect home directories using the systemd-homed service. |
| mimetype |
Automatically determine the MIME type of a file. |
| pidstat |
Show system resource usage, including CPU, memory, IO etc. |
| macchanger |
Command-line utility for manipulating network interface MAC addresses. |
| qm-help |
Display help for a command. |
| btrfs |
A filesystem based on the copy-on-write (COW) principle for Linux. |
| megatools-dl |
Download files from `mega.nz`. |
| pyrit |
WPA/WPA2 cracking tool using computational power. |
| bluetoothd |
Daemon to manage bluetooth devices. |
| dnsrecon |
DNS enumeration tool. |
| aura |
The Aura Package Manager: a secure, multilingual package manager for Arch Linux and the AUR. |
| flash |
Flash cards in the terminal. |
| sinfo |
View information about Slurm nodes and partitions. |
| lxc |
Manage Linux containers using the lxd REST API. |
| goldeneye.py |
A HTTP DoS test tool. |
| tune2fs |
Adjust parameters of an ext2, ext3 or ext4 filesystem. |
| cacafire |
Display an animated ASCII fire. |
| trust |
Operate on the trust policy store. |
| toolbox-rmi |
Remove `toolbox` images. |
| diffimg |
Calculate intersection between two images. |
| apx-subsystems |
Manage subsystems in `apx`. |
| virt-viewer |
Minimal graphical interface for a virtual machine (VM). |
| systemd-creds |
List, show, encrypt and decrypt service credentials. |
| krfb-virtualmonitor |
Create a virtual monitor and allow that monitor to be used with VNC. |
| systemd-sysusers |
Create system users and groups. |
| lsinitrd |
Show the contents of an initramfs image. |
| keyctl |
Manipulate the Linux kernel keyring. |
| rename |
Rename multiple files. |
| fpsync |
Execute several synchronization processes locally or on several remote workers through SSH. |
| zdump |
Print timezone information. |
| collectd |
System statistics collection daemon. |
| btrfs-subvolume |
Manage btrfs subvolumes and snapshots. |
| sfill |
Securely overwrite the free space and inodes of the partition where the specified directory resides. |
| chntpw |
A utility that can edit windows registry, reset user password, promote users to administrator by modifying the Windows SAM. |
| lxc-destroy |
Delete a container. |
| sprio |
View the factors determining a job's scheduling priority. |
| alternatives |
This command is an alias of `update-alternatives`. |
| i3-scrot |
Wrapper script around the screenshot utility `scrot` for the i3 window manager. |
| braa |
Ultra-fast mass SNMP scanner allowing multiple hosts simultaneously. |
| checkinstall |
Track the local installation of a software package, and produce a binary package which can be used with a system's native package manager. |
| lxc-profile |
Manage profiles for LXD containers. |
| mkfs.cramfs |
Create a ROM filesystem inside a partition. |
| iwlist |
Get detailed information from a wireless interface. |
| tailf |
This command has been superseded by `tail -f`. |
| cacaview |
Display an image in PMN format. |
| nl |
Number lines from a file or from `stdin`. |
| nmtui-hostname |
This command is an alias of `nmtui hostname`. |
| ddrescue |
Data recovery tool that reads data from damaged block devices. |
| aa-enforce |
Set an AppArmor profile to enforce mode. |
| talk |
A visual communication program which copies lines from your terminal to that of another user. |
| nmcli-device |
Manage network interfaces and establish new Wi-Fi connections using NetworkManager. |
| quickemu |
Build and manage highly optimised desktop virtual machines quickly. |
| cointop |
Track and monitor cryptocurrencies in the terminal. |
| pstoedit |
Convert PDF files into various image formats. |
| debsecan |
Debian Security Analyzer, a tool to list vulnerabilities on a particular Debian installation. |
| fwupdmgr |
Update device firmware, including UEFI, using `fwupd`. |
| guix-package |
Install, upgrade and remove Guix packages, or rollback to previous configurations. |
| btrfs-restore |
Try to salvage files from a damaged btrfs filesystem. |
| fwconsole |
Manage and configure your FreePBX system (PBX server). |
| dpkg |
Debian package manager. |
| gsettings |
Query and modify dconf settings with schema validation. |
| lslocks |
List local system locks. |
| dget |
Download Debian packages. |
| cacademo |
Display a random ASCII art animation. |
| lxc-info |
Get info on a container. |
| xed |
Edit files in Cinnamon desktop environment. |
| systemd-ac-power |
Report whether the computer is connected to an external power source. |
| fail2ban-client |
Configure and control fail2ban server. |
| logrotate |
Rotates, compresses, and mails system logs. |
| avahi-browse |
Display services and hosts exposed on the local network via mDNS/DNS-SD. |
| atop |
Linux system and process monitor. |
| tshark |
Packet analysis tool, CLI version of Wireshark. |
| dialog |
Display dialog boxes on the terminal. |
| urpmf |
Find files in packages and query information about them in Mageia. |
| systemd-socket-activate |
Socket activation for systemd services. |
| i7z |
An Intel CPU (only i3, i5 and i7) realtime reporting tool. |
| useradd |
Create a new user. |
| upnpc |
Configure port forwarding rules on your router via the UPnP protocol. |
| logwatch |
Summarizes many different logs for common services (e.g. apache, pam_unix, sshd, etc.) in a single report. |
| mkfs.exfat |
Create an exfat filesystem inside a partition. |
| mokutil |
Configure Secure Boot Machine Owner Keys (MOK). |
| lsscsi |
List SCSI devices (or hosts) and their attributes. |
| bootctl |
Control EFI firmware boot settings and manage boot loader. |
| dconf-read |
Read key values from dconf databases. |
| telinit |
Change SysV runlevel. |
| wpa_passphrase |
Generate a WPA-PSK key from an ASCII passphrase for a SSID. |
| pacaur |
A utility for Arch Linux to build and install packages from the Arch User Repository. |
| pacman-remove |
Arch Linux package manager utility. |
| zramctl |
Setup and control zram devices. |
| getent |
Get entries from Name Service Switch libraries. |
| debuginfod-find |
Request debuginfo-related data. |
| po4a-gettextize |
Convert a file to a PO file. |
| pacdiff |
Maintenance utility for `.pacorig`, `.pacnew` and `.pacsave` files created by `pacman`. |
| isosize |
Display the size of an ISO file. |
| sic |
Simple IRC client. |
| wpctl |
Manage WirePlumber, a session and policy manager for PipeWire. |
| proctl |
Manage projects licenses and languages, switch between templated licenses. |
| kde-inhibit |
Inhibit various desktop functions while a command runs. |
| aurman |
An Arch Linux utility to build and install packages from the Arch User Repository. |
| wg |
Manage the configuration of WireGuard interfaces. |
| ip-address |
IP Address management subcommand. |
| qm-disk-resize |
Resize a virtual machine disk in the Proxmox Virtual Environment (PVE). |
| checkupdates |
Check pending updates in Arch Linux. |
| renice |
Alter the scheduling priority/niceness of running processes. |
| lftp |
Sophisticated file transfer program. |
| look |
Display lines beginning with a prefix in a file. |
| einfo |
Provides the number of records indexed in each database field, the last update date of the database, and the available links from the database to other Entrez databases. |
| po4a-translate |
Convert a PO file back to documentation format. |
| sfdisk |
Display or manipulate a disk partition table. |
| systemd-repart |
Automatically grow and add partitions. |
| readelf |
Display information about ELF files. |
| waitpid |
Wait for the termination of arbitrary processes. |
| trace-cmd |
Utility to interact with the Ftrace Linux kernel internal tracer. |
| diff3 |
Compare three files line by line. |
| rfkill |
Enable and disable wireless devices. |
| xbacklight |
Utility to adjust backlight brightness using the RandR extension. |
| kinfocenter |
KDE information center to show system information. |
| vgscan |
Scan for volume groups on all supported Logical Volume Manager (LVM) block devices. |
| udisksctl |
Interact with `udisksd` to query and manipulate storage devices. |
| modprobe |
Add or remove modules from the Linux kernel. |
| upower |
System utility to provide power and battery information and statistics. |
| xrdb |
X window server's resource database utility for Unix-like systems. |
| anbox |
Run Android applications on any Linux operating system. |
| pw-metadata |
Monitor, set, and delete metadata on PipeWire objects. |
| zforce |
Add a `.gz` extension to files compressed using `gzip`. |
| firewall-cmd |
The firewalld command-line client. |
| pihole |
Manage the Pi-hole ad-blocking DNS server. |
| toolbox-help |
Display help information about `toolbox`. |
| pdfxup |
N-up PDF pages. |
| amixer |
Mixer for ALSA soundcard driver. |
| xsel |
X11 selection and clipboard manipulation tool. |
| mknod |
Create block or character device special files. |
| qm-shutdown |
Shutdown a virtual machine on QEMU/KVM Virtual Machine Manager. |
| getcap |
Display the name and capabilities of each specified file. |
| deb-get |
`apt-get` functionality for `.deb` packages published in third party repositories or via direct download. |
| nmtui-connect |
This command is an alias of `nmtui connect`. |
| handlr |
Manage your default applications. |
| semanage-boolean |
Manage persistent SELinux boolean settings. |
| qm-reboot |
Reboot a virtual machine by shutting it down, and starting it again after applying pending changes. |
| cpuid |
Display detailed information about all CPUs. |
| tor |
Enable anonymous communication through the Tor network. |
| xdg-mime |
Query and manage MIME types according to the XDG standard. |
| flameshot |
Screenshot utility with a GUI. |
| setenforce |
Toggle SELinux between enforcing and permissive modes. |
| xbps-remove |
XBPS utility to remove packages. |
| esearch |
Perform a new Entrez search using terms in indexed fields. |
| battop |
An interactive viewer for the batteries installed in your notebook. |
| mate-screenshot |
Make screenshots in MATE desktop environment. |
| ddcutil |
Control the settings of connected displays via DDC/CI. |
| paxs |
Manage packages across Yay, Flatpak, and Snap. |
| iptables-save |
Save the `iptables` IPv4 configuration. |
| cpufreq-info |
Show CPU frequency information. |
| uvcdynctrl |
A libwebcam command-line tool to manage dynamic controls in uvcvideo. |
| lid |
Note: This page is currently a redirection stub. If you are familiar with this program, please open a pull request. |
| pw-loopback |
Create loopback devices in PipeWire. |
| zbarcam |
Scan and decode barcodes (and QR codes) from a video device. |
| pw-v4l2 |
Use v4l2 programs within PipeWire. |
| sreport |
Generate reports on jobs, users, and clusters from accounting data. |
| yum |
Package management utility for RHEL, Fedora, and CentOS (for older versions). |
| apt-get |
Debian and Ubuntu package management utility. |
| mbw |
Memory Bandwidth Benchmark. |
| plasma-apply-lookandfeel |
Switch Plasma global themes. |
| smbclient |
FTP-like client to access SMB/CIFS resources on servers. |
| efibootmgr |
Manipulate the UEFI Boot Manager. |
| nmcli-radio |
Show the status of radio switches or enable/disable them using NetworkManager. |
| steamos-add-to-steam |
Add a program to Steam library. |
| oomctl |
Analyze the state stored in `systemd-oomd`. |
| xfreerdp |
Free Remote Desktop Protocol implementation. |
| head |
Output the first part of files. |
| viewnior |
Simple and elegant image viewer. |
| pw-record |
This command is an alias of `pw-cat --record`. |
| qm-pending |
Get the virtual machine configuration with both current and pending values. |
| treetime |
TreeTime provides routines for ancestral sequence reconstruction and inference of molecular-clock phylogenies. |
| umount |
Unlink a filesystem from its mount point, making it no longer accessible. |
| x0vncserver |
TigerVNC Server for X displays. |
| pvs |
Display information about physical volumes. |
| fprintd-list |
List enrolled fingerprints. |
| hollywood |
Fill your console with Hollywood melodrama technobabble. |
| pipewire |
Start the PipeWire daemon. |
| getenforce |
Get the current mode of SELinux (i.e. enforcing, permissive, or disabled). |
| envycontrol |
GPU switching utility for Nvidia Optimus laptops. |
| fprintd-delete |
Remove fingerprints from the database. |
| xvfb-run |
Run a command in a virtual X server environment. |
| mkswap |
Set up a Linux swap area on a device or in a file. |
| systemsettings |
KDE central settings program. |
| swupd |
Package management utility for Clear Linux. |
| eselect-locale |
An `eselect` module for managing the `LANG` environment variable, which sets the system language. |
| nmon |
A system administrator, tuner, and benchmark tool. |
| ip-link |
Manage network interfaces. |
| urpme |
Uninstall packages in Mageia. |
| euse |
Enable, disable, and obtain information about Gentoo USE flags. |
| pdfcrop |
Detect and remove margins in each page in a PDF file. |
| toilet |
Display ASCII-art fonts. |
| mkfs.xfs |
Create an XFS filesystem inside a partition. |
| balooctl |
File indexing and searching framework for KDE Plasma. |
| gdebi |
Easily install `.deb` files. |
| brightnessctl |
Utility for reading and controlling device brightness for Linux operating systems. |
| secon |
Get the SELinux security context of a file, pid, current execution context, or a context specification. |
| faketime |
Fake the system time for a command. |
| xinput |
List available input devices, query information about a device and change input device settings. |
| dirbuster |
Brute force directories and filenames on servers. |
| qm-guest-passwd |
Set the password for a user on QEMU/KVM Virtual Machine Manager. |
| steamos-select-branch |
Select a SteamOS system release branch. |
| nmtui-edit |
This command is an alias of `nmtui edit`. |
| swapon |
Enable devices and files for swapping. |
| curlie |
A frontend to `curl` that adds the ease of use of `httpie`. |
| prlimit |
Get or set process resource soft and hard limits. |
| systemctl-reboot |
Reboot the system. |
| ubuntu-drivers |
Install drivers on Ubuntu. |
| tzselect |
Interactively select timezone. |
| qm-disk-import |
Import a disk image to a virtual machine as an unused disk. |
| xeyes |
Display eyes on the screen that follow the mouse cursor. |
| nmcli-agent |
Run `nmcli` as a NetworkManager secret agent or polkit agent. |
| pkgrm |
Remove a package from a CRUX system. |
| sysctl |
List and change kernel runtime variables. |
| grub2-mkpasswd-pbkdf2 |
Generate a hashed password for GRUB. |
| lslogins |
Show information about users on a Linux system. |
| aplay |
Sound player for ALSA soundcard driver. |
| sdiag |
Show information about the execution of `slurmctld`. |
| dnsdomainname |
Show the system's DNS domain name. |
| hlint |
Suggest improvements to Haskell code. |
| salloc |
Start an interactive shell session or execute a command by allocating one or more nodes in a cluster. |
| trizen |
Arch Linux utility for building packages from the Arch User Repository (AUR). |
| grub-install |
Install GRUB to a device. |
| cloud-init |
Command line tool for managing cloud instance initialization. |
| qm-guest-cmd |
Execute QEMU Guest Agent commands. |
| pkgadd |
Add a package to a CRUX system. |
| ahost |
DNS lookup utility to display the A or AAAA record linked with a hostname or IP address. |
| snake4scores |
Show the high scores from the snake4 game. |
| vso |
Package manager, system updater and a task automator for Vanilla OS. |
| pacman-d |
This command is an alias of `pacman --database`. |
| dnf-group |
Manage virtual collections of packages on Fedora-based systems. |
| netselect-apt |
Create a `sources.list` file for a Debian mirror with the lowest latency. |
| knockd |
Port knocking daemon to listen for port knocking and execute scripts. |
| minicom |
Communicate with the serial interface of a device. |
| udevadm |
Linux `udev` management tool. |
| sa |
Summarize accounting information about commands called by users, including basic information on CPU time spent processing and I/O rates. |
| blkid |
List all recognized partitions and their Universally Unique Identifier (UUID). |
| xterm |
A terminal emulator for the X Window System. |
| dumpe2fs |
Print the super block and blocks group information for ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystems. |
| toolbox-list |
List existing `toolbox` containers and images. |
| loginctl |
Manage the systemd login manager. |
| colrm |
Remove columns from `stdin`. |
| vgs |
Display information about volume groups. |
| qrcp |
A file transfer tool. |
| lvreduce |
Reduce the size of a logical volume. |
| radeontop |
Show utilization of AMD GPUs. |
| ifstatus |
Display OpenWRT interface status in JSON format. |
| at |
Execute commands once at a later time. |
| bootc-switch |
Target a new container image reference to boot. |
| f5fpc |
A proprietary commercial SSL VPN client by BIG-IP Edge. |
| beep |
A utility to beep the PC speaker. |
| distrobox |
Use any Linux distribution inside your terminal in a container. Install & use packages inside it while tightly integrating with the host OS, sharing storage (`home` directory) and hardware. |
| pw-dump |
Dump PipeWire's current state as JSON, including the information on nodes, devices, modules, ports, and other objects. |
| backlight_control |
Control a linux machine's backlight using percentage values. |
| ctrlaltdel |
Utility to control what happens when CTRL+ALT+DEL is pressed. |
| readpe |
Display information about PE files. |
| debtap |
Convert Debian packages into Arch Linux packages. |
| lrzip |
A large file compression program. |
| ip-route-show |
This command is an alias of `ip route list`. |
| lxc-ls |
List Linux containers. |
| ip |
Show/manipulate routing, devices, policy routing and tunnels. |
| pkgctl-db-update |
Update the `pacman` database as final release step for packages that have been transferred and staged on <https://repos.archlinux.org>. |
| nethogs |
Monitor bandwidth usage per process. |
| pidof |
Get the ID of a process using its name. |
| konsole |
KDE's terminal emulator. |
| ldapdomaindump |
Dump users, computers, groups, OS and membership information via LDAP to HTML, JSON and greppable output. |
| gs |
GhostScript, a PDF and PostScript interpreter. |
| synopkg |
Package management utility for Synology DiskStation Manager. |
| repo-add |
Package database maintenance utility which enables installation of said package via Pacman. |
| createrepo |
Initializes an RPM repository in a directory, including all XML and SQLite files. |
| btrfs-scrub |
Scrub btrfs filesystems to verify data integrity. |
| qm-destroy |
Destroy a virtual machine in QEMU/KVM Virtual Machine Manager. |
| openrc |
The OpenRC service manager. |
| qjoypad |
Translate input from gamepads or joysticks into keyboard strokes or mouse actions. |
| qm-import-disk |
This command is an alias of `qm disk import`. |
| rlogin |
Log in to a remote host. |
| pinout |
View the current Raspberry Pi's GPIO pin-out information on the terminal with an ASCII diagram. |
| bcachefs |
Manage `bcachefs` filesystems/devices. |
| groupmod |
Modify existing user groups in the system. |
| e2label |
Change the label on an ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystem. |
| btrfs-version |
Display btrfs-progs version. |
| rig |
Utility to piece together a random first name, last name, street number and address, along with a geographically consistent (ie, they all match the same area) city, state, ZIP code, and area code. |
| openfortivpn |
A VPN client, for Fortinet's proprietary PPP+SSL VPN solution. |
| urxvt |
Rxvt-unicode. |
| slapt-get |
An `apt` like system for Slackware package management. |
| cbatticon |
A lightweight and fast battery icon that sits in your system tray. |
| dpkg-query |
Display information about installed packages. |
| mdadm |
RAID management utility. |
| iw-dev |
Show and manipulate wireless devices. |
| nitch |
A small and incredibly fast system fetch written fully in Nim. |
| arch-chroot |
Enhanced `chroot` command to help in the Arch Linux installation process. |
| trashy |
An alternative to `rm` and `trash-cli` written in Rust. |
| dconf |
Manage dconf databases. |
| picom |
Standalone compositor for Xorg. |
| gio |
Handle local and virtual files (GVfs). |
| ncal |
This command is an alias of `cal`. |
| wg-quick |
Quickly set up WireGuard tunnels based on config files. |
| parted |
A partition manipulation program. |
| yplan |
Generate LaTeX code for a two-page vertical daily planner for any chosen year. |
| phar |
Create, update or extract PHP archives (PHAR). |
| kscreen-console |
Command-line tool to query KScreen's status. |
| gedit |
Text editor of the GNOME Desktop project. |
| service |
Manage services by running init scripts. |
| paccache |
A `pacman` cache cleaning utility. |
| cfdisk |
Manage partition tables and partitions on a hard disk using a curses UI. |
| auracle |
Command-line tool used to interact with Arch Linux's User Repository, commonly referred to as the AUR. |
| finch |
Console-based modular messaging client. |
| po4a-updatepo |
Update the translation (in PO format) of a documentation. |
| manpath |
Determine the search path for manual pages. |
| strace |
Troubleshooting tool for tracing system calls. |
| wmctrl |
CLI for X Window Manager. |
| namcap |
Check binary packages and source `PKGBUILD`s for common packaging mistakes. |
| smbnetfs |
Mount SMB shares interactively. |
| a2dismod |
Disable an Apache module on Debian-based OSes. |
| runcon |
Run a program in a different SELinux security context. |
| pw-link |
Manage links between ports in PipeWire. |
| rpcclient |
MS-RPC client tool (part of the samba suite). |
| apt-moo |
An `APT` easter egg. |
| st |
A simple terminal emulator for the X Window System. |
| xxhsum |
Print or verify checksums using fast non-cryptographic algorithm xxHash. |
| qm-move_disk |
This command is an alias of `qm disk move`. |
| rpm-ostree |
A hybrid image/package system. |
| br |
Navigate directory trees interactively. |
| trash-rm |
This command has been moved to `trash`. |
| numactl |
Control NUMA policy for processes or shared memory. |
| pacman-sync |
Arch Linux package manager utility. |
| mpg123 |
Console MPEG audio player. |
| guake |
A drop-down terminal for GNOME. |
| patool |
Archive file manager. |
| systemd-cryptsetup |
Create or remove decrypted mappings of encrypted volumes. Equivalent of `cryptsetup open` and `cryptsetup close`. |
| bmon |
Monitor bandwidth and capture network related statistics. |
| arptables |
Manage ARP filtering rules using the `nftables` backend. |
| chkconfig |
Manage the runlevel of services on CentOS 6. |
| steamos-dump-info |
View SteamOS system information. |
| gnome-extensions |
Manage gnome extensions from the terminal. |
| qmake |
Generate Makefiles from Qt project files. |
| virt-xml-validate |
Validate `libvirt` XML files against a schema. |
| mktemp |
Create a temporary file or directory. |
| sview |
Start a GUI to view and modify the state of Slurm. |
| asterisk |
Run and manage telephone and exchange (phone) server instances. |
| dropbearconvert |
Convert between Dropbear and OpenSSH private key formats. |
| ptx |
Generate a permuted index of words from text files. |
| wpa_cli |
Add and configure wlan interfaces. |
| kpackagetool6 |
KPackage Manager: install, list, remove Plasma packages. |
| lxc-start |
Start a container. |
| eopkg |
Package manager for Solus. |
| apache2ctl |
Administrate the Apache HTTP web server. |
| acpi |
Shows battery status or thermal information. |
| edit |
An alias to a `run-mailcap`'s action edit. |
| eselect |
Gentoo's multi-purpose configuration and management tool. |
| eselect-profile |
An `eselect` module for managing the `/etc/portage/make.profile` symlink, which sets the system profile. |
| alien |
Convert different installation packages to other formats. |
| scrot |
Screen capture utility. |
| lsb_release |
Get LSB (Linux Standard Base) and distribution-specific information. |
| virt-manager |
A desktop user interface for managing KVM and Xen virtual machines and LXC containers. |
| ntfsfix |
Fix common problems on an NTFS partition. |
| systemd-cgls |
Show the contents of the selected Linux control group hierarchy in a tree. |
| navi |
An interactive cheatsheet tool for the command-line and application launchers. |
| slurmctld |
Monitor all other Slurm daemons and resources, accept work (jobs), and allocate resources to those jobs. |
| chat |
Automate conversations with a modem or serial device. |
| flatpak-remote-info |
Show information about an application or runtime in a remote. |
| flatpak-mask |
Mask out updates and automatic installation. |
| lsattr |
List file attributes on a Linux filesystem. |
| uprecords |
Display a summary of historical uptime records. |
| filefrag |
Report how badly fragmented a particular file might be. |
| grub-file |
Check if a file is of a bootable image type. |
| konsave |
Save and apply your Linux customizations with just one command. |
| lrunzip |
This command is an alias of `lrzip -d`. |
| bully |
Brute-force the WPS pin of a wireless access point. |
| pi |
Compute decimal Archimedes' constant Pi. |
| smbcacls |
View and manipulate Windows ACLs on SMB shares. |
| sstat |
View information about running jobs. |
| batcat |
This command is an alias of `bat`. |
| archivemount |
Mount an archive for access as a filesystem. |
| hyprpm |
Control plugins for the Hyprland Wayland compositor. |
| kde-builder |
Easily build KDE components from its source repositories. |
| qm-resize |
This command is an alias of `qm disk resize`. |
| btrbk |
Create snapshots and remote backups of btrfs subvolumes. |
| column |
Format `stdin` or a file into multiple columns. |
| perf |
Framework for Linux performance counter measurements. |
| gcrane-completion |
Generate the autocompletion script for gcrane for the specified shell. |
| qmrestore |
Restore QemuServer `vzdump` backups. |
| e2fsck |
Check a Linux ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystem. The partition should be unmounted. |
| addr2line |
Convert addresses of a binary into file names and line numbers. |
| ltrace |
Display dynamic library calls of a process. |
| netselect |
Speed test for choosing a fast network server. |
| yum-config-manager |
This command is an alias of `dnf config-manager`. |
| gtk-launch |
Launch applications from `.desktop` files that reside in standard locations. |
| pacman-t |
This command is an alias of `pacman --deptest`. |
| jhead |
Image timestamp and EXIF data manipulation. |
| mkfs.vfat |
This command is an alias of `mkfs.fat`. |
| qm-unlock |
Unlock a virtual machine in QEMU/KVM Virtual Machine Manager. |
| opkg |
A lightweight package manager used to install OpenWrt packages. |
| rtcwake |
Enter a system sleep state until specified wakeup time relative to your BIOS clock. |
| bpftrace |
High-level tracing language for Linux eBPF. |
| rpicam-hello |
View a live camera stream using a Raspberry Pi camera. |
| qm-sendkey |
Send QEMU monitor encoding key event to a virtual machine. |
| links2 |
Command-line web browser. |
| secret-tool |
Store and retrieve passwords, part of the `libsecret` package. |
| datamash |
Perform basic numeric, textual and statistical operations on input textual data files. |
| pacstrap |
Install Arch Linux packages in the specified new root directory. |
| kdialog |
Show KDE dialog boxes from within shell scripts. |
| free |
Display amount of free and used memory in the system. |
| rpicam-still |
Capture and store a photo using a Raspberry Pi camera with legacy features missing from `rpicam-jpeg`. |
| wall |
Write a message on the terminals of users currently logged in. |
| blight |
Utility for changing the display brightness. |
| powerstat |
Measures the power consumption of a computer that has a battery power source or supports the RAPL interface. |
| cuyo |
Tetris like game. |
| ctr |
Manage `containerd` containers and images. |
| cpufreq-set |
A tool to modify CPU frequency settings. |
| ipset |
Create IP sets for firewall rules. |
| apt-key |
Key management utility for the APT Package Manager on Debian and Ubuntu. |
| tc |
Show/manipulate traffic control settings. |
| xmount |
Convert on-the-fly between multiple input and output hard disk image types with optional write cache support. |
| nmcli-networking |
Manage the networking status of NetworkManager. |
| setsebool |
Set SELinux boolean value. |
| links |
Command-line web browser. |
| create-image |
Create CPIO images. |
| qm-migrate |
Migrate a virtual machine. |
| trayer |
A lightweight GTK-2 based systray. |
| ip-route |
IP Routing table management subcommand. |
| strip |
Discard symbols from executables or object files. |
| tlp-stat |
Generate TLP status reports. |
| see |
Alias to `run-mailcap`'s view. |
| daemon |
Run processes into daemons. |
| silentcast |
Silent screencast creator. Saves in `.mkv` and animated GIF formats. |
| pacman-files |
Arch Linux package manager utility. |
| kmod |
Manage Linux kernel modules. |
| mount.ddi |
Mount Discoverable Disk Images. |
| showkey |
Display the keycode of pressed keys on the keyboard, helpful for debugging keyboard-related issues and key remapping. |
| mount.smb3 |
This command is an alias of `mount.cifs`. |
| module |
Modify a users' environment using the module command. |
| sh5util |
Merge HDF5 files produced by the `sacct_gather_profile` plugin. |
| dpkg-reconfigure |
Reconfigure an already installed package. |
| tic |
Compile terminfo and install for ncurses. |
| shar |
Create a shell archive. |
| systemd-cat |
Connect a pipeline or program's output streams with the systemd journal. |
| physlock |
Lock all consoles and virtual terminals. |
| winetricks |
Manage Wine virtual Windows environments. |
| gzexe |
Compress executable files while keeping them executable. |
| exiqgrep |
Perl script offering possibilities to `grep` in the Exim queue output. |
| dysk |
Display filesystem information in a table. |
| chsh |
Change user's login shell. |
| update-alternatives |
Convenientily maintain symbolic links to determine default commands. |
| qm-listsnapshot |
List snapshots of virtual machines. |
| rpi-eeprom-update |
Update EEPROM and view other EEPROM information. |
| a2enconf |
Enable an Apache configuration file on Debian-based OSes. |
| dpigs |
Show which installed packages occupy the most space on `apt` based systems. |
| drawing |
Free basic raster image editor in GNOME desktop environment. |
| bcachefs-device |
Manage devices within a running `bcachefs` filesystem. |
| login |
Initiates a session for a user. |
| wajig |
Simplified all-in-one-place system support tool for Debian-based systems. |
| numlockx |
Control the number lock key status in X11 sessions. |
| nautilus |
Default file explorer for GNOME desktop environment. |
| gnome-software |
Add and remove applications and update your system. |
| eject |
Eject cds, floppy disks and tape drives. |
| pw-play |
This command is an alias of `pw-cat --playback`. |
| authconfig |
Configure system authentication resources. |
| findmnt |
Find your filesystem. |
| pwn |
Exploit Development Library designed for rapid prototyping. |
| fatlabel |
Get or set the label of a FAT32 partition. |
| wl-copy |
Clear and copy to Wayland clipboard. |
| pct |
Manage LXC containers in Proxmox. |
| losetup |
Set up and control loop devices. |
| semanage |
SELinux persistent policy management tool. |
| brctl |
Ethernet bridge administration. |
| abrt |
This command is an alias of `abrt-cli`. |
| dmidecode |
Display the DMI (alternatively known as SMBIOS) table contents in a human-readable format. |
| init |
Linux run level manager. |
| file-rename |
Rename multiple files. |
| run0 |
Elevate privileges interactively. |
| qm-rollback |
Rollback the VM state to a specified snapshot. |
| megadl |
This command is an alias of `megatools-dl`. |
| linux-boot-prober |
Probe a partition for bootable operating systems. |
| qm-create |
Create or restore a virtual machine on QEMU/KVM Virtual Machine Manager. |
| blastp |
Protein-Protein BLAST. |
| chcon |
Change SELinux security context of a file or files/directories. |
| gpasswd |
Administer `/etc/group` and `/etc/gshadow`. |
| tunelp |
Set various parameters for parallel port devices for troubleshooting or for better performance. |
| vipw |
Edit the password file. |
| pkgctl-build |
Build packages inside a clean `chroot`. |
| mpstat |
Report CPU statistics. |
| lex |
This command is an alias of `flex`. |
| urpmi.addmedia |
Add media in Mageia. |
| unshadow |
Utility provided by the John the Ripper project to obtain the traditional Unix password file if the system uses shadow passwords. |
| expect |
Script executor that interacts with other programs that require user input. |
| mons |
Quickly manage two displays. |
| wofi |
An application launcher for wlroots-based Wayland compositors, similar to `rofi` and `dmenu`. |
| warpd |
A modal keyboard driven pointer manipulation program. |
| uname26 |
This command is an alias of `setarch uname26`. |
| google-chrome-stable |
This command is an alias of `chromium`. |
| lrztar |
A wrapper for `lrzip` to simplify compression of directories. |
| tlp |
Advanced power management for Linux. |
| rpi-otp-private-key |
Display the One-Time Programmable (OTP) private key of a Raspberry Pi. |
| lci |
LOLCODE interpreter written in C. |
| rusnapshot |
BTRFS snapshotting utility written in Rust. |
| rc-status |
Show status info about runlevels. |
| lxc-console |
Attach to a container. |
| cryptsetup |
Manage plain `dm-crypt` and LUKS (Linux Unified Key Setup) encrypted volumes. |
| farge |
Display the color of a specific pixel on the screen in either hexadecimal or RGB formats. |
| modinfo |
Extract information about a Linux kernel module. |
| fatrace |
Report file access events. |
| getfattr |
Display file names and extended attributes. |
| iftop |
Show bandwidth usage on an interface by host. |
| vzdump |
Backup Utility for virtual machines and containers. |
| ausyscall |
Map syscall names and numbers. |
| ip6tables-save |
This command is an alias of `iptables-save` for the IPv6 firewall. |
| powerprofilesctl |
Make power profiles handling available over D-Bus. |
| whiptail |
Display text-based dialog boxes from shell scripts. |
| xfce4-terminal |
The XFCE4 terminal emulator. |
| bluebuild |
Build Containerfiles and custom images based on your `recipe.yml`. |
| pw-config |
List configuration paths and sections that will be used by the PipeWire server and clients. |
| wtype |
Simulate keyboard input on Wayland, similar to `xdotool type` for X11. |
| qm-move-disk |
This command is an alias of `qm disk move`. |
| systemd-dissect |
Introspect and interact with file system OS disk images, specifically Discoverable Disk Images (DDIs). |
| newgrp |
Switch primary group membership. |
| caffeine-indicator |
Manually inhibit desktop idleness with a toggle. |
| fallocate |
Reserve or deallocate disk space to files. |
| pacman-deptest |
Check each dependency specified and return a list of dependencies that are not currently satisfied on the system. |
| systool |
View system device information by bus, and classes. |
| cu |
Call Up another system and act as a dial-in/serial terminal or perform file transfers with no error checking. |
| img2txt |
Convert images to colour ASCII characters and output them to text-based coloured files. |
| waydroid |
A container-based approach to boot a full Android system on a regular Linux system like Ubuntu. |
| needrestart |
Check which daemons need to be restarted after library upgrades. |
| phpenmod |
Enable PHP extensions on Debian-based OSes. |
| xfce4-screenshooter |
The XFCE4 screenshot tool. |
| img2webp |
Convert an image to WebP. |
| avahi-resolve |
Translate between host names and IP Addresses. |
| run-mailcap |
Run MailCap Programs. |
| getopt |
Parse command-line arguments. |
| pasuspender |
Temporarily suspends `pulseaudio` while another command is running to allow access to alsa. |
| qm-cleanup |
Clean up resources on QEMU/KVM Virtual Machine Manager like tap devices, VGPUs, etc. |
| dropbearkey |
Generate SSH keys in Dropbear format. |
| protonvpn |
Unofficial third-party ProtonVPN client. |
| logread |
Read the `logd` ring buffer log. |
| smem |
Print memory usage for programs. |
| ifmetric |
An IPv4 route metrics manipulation tool. |
| fadvise |
Control Linux file caching behavior. |
| mkinitfs |
Generate an initramfs on Alpine Linux. |
| btrfs-device |
Manage devices in a btrfs filesystem. |
| distrobox-enter |
Enter a Distrobox container. See also: `tldr distrobox`. |
| rpicam-raw |
Capture a raw video on a Raspberry Pi camera. |
| makepkg |
Create a package which can be used with `pacman`. |
| resize2fs |
Resize an ext2, ext3 or ext4 filesystem. |
| eu-readelf |
Display information about ELF files. |
| screenkey |
A screencast tool to display keys pressed. |
| ndctl |
Utility for managing Non-Volatile DIMMs. |
| http-prompt |
An interactive command-line HTTP client featuring autocomplete and syntax highlighting. |
| stegsnow |
Steganography tool for concealing and extracting messages in text files encoded as tabs and spaces. |
| genkernel |
Gentoo Linux utility to compile and install kernels. |
| rankmirrors |
Rank a list of Pacman mirrors by connection and opening speed. |
| alpine |
An email client and Usenet newsgroup program with a pico/nano-inspired interface. |
| fincore |
Display how much cache memory a file is taking. |
| steamos-chroot |
Switch root directory in a SteamOS environment. |
| apport-bug |
File a bug report on Ubuntu. |
| daemonize |
Run a command (that does not daemonize itself) as a Unix daemon. |
| feedreader |
A GUI desktop RSS client. |
| grub-bios-setup |
Set up a device to use GRUB with a BIOS configuration. |
| x86_64 |
This command is an alias of `setarch x86_64`. |
| pacman-database |
Operate on the Arch Linux package database. |
| a2dissite |
Disable an Apache virtual host on Debian-based OSes. |
| qm-cloudinit-dump |
Generate cloudinit configuration files. |
| btrfs-balance |
Balance block groups on a btrfs filesystem. |
| top |
Display dynamic real-time information about running processes. |
| unzipsfx |
Create a self-extracting compressed binary file by prepending self-extracting stubs on a Zip file. |
| qm-monitor |
Enter the QEMU Monitor interface. |
| speaker-test |
Speaker test tone generator for ALSA. |
| trash-empty |
This command has been moved to `trash`. |
| mandb |
Manage the pre-formatted manual page database. |
| engrampa |
Package files into zip/tar file in MATE desktop environment. |
| prename |
Rename multiple files. |
| mkinitcpio |
Generate initial ramdisk environments for booting the Linux kernel based on the specified preset(s). |
| auditctl |
Utility to control the behavior, get status and manage rules of the Linux Auditing System. |
| pw-cli |
Manage a PipeWire instance's modules, objects, nodes, devices, links and much more. |
| sbatch |
Submit a batch job to the SLURM scheduler. |
| eclean-kernel |
Remove old kernels in Gentoo. |
| snap |
Manage the "snap" self-contained software packages. |
| trash-put |
This command is an alias of `trash`. |
| pvcreate |
Initialize a disk or partition for use as a physical volume. |
| iptables-restore |
Restore the `iptables` IPv4 configuration. |
| phpquery |
PHP extension manager for Debian-based OSes. |
| pdbedit |
Edit the Samba user database. |
| wtf |
Show the expansions of acronyms. |
| debugfs |
An interactive ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystem debugger. |
| tcpflow |
Capture TCP traffic for debugging and analysis. |
| ncat |
Read, write, redirect, and encrypt data across a network. |
| rnm |
Bulk Rename Utility. |
| add-apt-repository |
Manage `apt` repository definitions. |
| nixos-option |
Inspect a NixOS configuration. |
| distrobox-create |
Create a Distrobox container. See also: `tldr distrobox`. |
| lynis |
System and security auditing tool. |
| locale |
Get locale-specific information. |
| utmpdump |
Dump and load btmp, utmp and wtmp accounting files. |
| snapper |
Filesystem snapshot management tool. |
| check-dfsg-status |
Report non-free packages installed on Debian-based OSes. |
| cc |
This command is an alias of `gcc`. |
| qm-suspend |
Suspends a virtual machine (VM) in the Proxmox Virtual Environment (PVE). |
| mklost+found |
Create a lost+found directory. |
| mssh |
GTK+ based SSH client for interacting with multiple SSH servers at once. |
| semanage-fcontext |
Manage persistent SELinux security context rules on files/directories. |
| iwconfig |
Configure and show the parameters of a wireless network interface. |
| ip6tables |
This command is an alias of `iptables` for the IPv6 firewall. |
| equery |
View information about Portage packages. |
| cockpit-ws |
Communicate between the browser application and various configuration tools and services like `cockpit-bridge`. |
| vmstat |
Report information about processes, memory, paging, block IO, traps, disks and CPU activity. |
| getconf |
Get configuration values from your Linux system. |
| lxc-create |
Create linux containers. |
| unmount |
The correct command is `umount` (u-mount). |
| imv |
CLI image viewer for wayland and X11 aimed at tiling window managers. |
| qtchooser |
A wrapper used to select between Qt development binary versions. |
| ubus |
Interact with an OpenWrt ubusd server. |
| userdel |
Remove a user account or remove a user from a group. |
| smbget |
`wget`-like utility for downloading files from SMB servers. |
| lxi |
Control LXI compatible instruments such as oscilloscopes. |
| trash-restore |
This command has been moved to `trash`. |
| nixos-container |
Starts NixOS containers using Linux containers. |
| xbps-install |
XBPS utility to (re)install and update packages. |
| pkginfo |
Query the package database on a CRUX system. |
| hostnamectl |
Get or set the hostname of the computer. |
| vnstat |
A console-based network traffic monitor. |
| dracut |
Generate initramfs images to boot the Linux kernel. |
| woeusb |
Windows media creation tool. |
| kwallet-query |
Read and write to a KDE Wallet. |
| eselect-kernel |
An `eselect` module for managing the `/usr/src/linux` symlink. |
| prt-get |
The CRUX package manager. |
| swaks |
Swiss Army Knife SMTP, the all-purpose SMTP transaction tester. |
| rc-service |
Locate and run OpenRC services with arguments. |
| mkisofs |
Create ISO files from directories. |
| kjv |
The word of God available right on your desktop. |
| powertop |
Optimize battery power usage. |
| sed |
Edit text in a scriptable manner. |
| faillock |
Display and modify authentication failure record files. |
| busctl |
Introspect and monitor the D-Bus bus. |
| grub-editenv |
Edit GRUB environment variables. |
| cryptsetup-luksformat |
Initialize a LUKS partition and the initial key slot (0) with a passphrase or keyfile. |
| distrobox-upgrade |
Upgrade one or multiple Distrobox containers. See also: `tldr distrobox`. |
| btrfs-rescue |
Try to recover a damaged btrfs filesystem. |
| setfont |
Set the terminal font for TTYs. |
| aurvote |
Vote for packages in the Arch User Repository. |
| tuxi |
Scrape Google search results and SERPs and provide instant and concise answers. |
| rpm2cpio |
Convert an RPM package to a `cpio` archive. |
| duperemove |
Finds duplicate filesystem extents and optionally schedule them for deduplication. |
| pkgctl-auth |
Authenticate `pkgctl` with services like GitLab. |
| rdesktop |
Remote Desktop Protocol client. |
| sslstrip |
Perform Moxie Marlinspike's Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) stripping attacks. |
| vmware-checkvm |
Check if the current host is a VMware VM or not. |
| postfix |
Postfix mail transfer agent (MTA) control program. |
| pmount |
Mount arbitrary hotpluggable devices as a normal user. |
| firejail |
Securely sandboxes processes to containers using built-in Linux capabilities. |
| blockdev |
Manage, query, and manipulate block devices. |
| halt |
Halt the system. |
| ipmitool |
Interface with the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI). |
| fprintd-verify |
Verify fingerprints against the database. |
| pkcon |
Command line client for PackageKit console program used by Discover and Gnome software and alternative to 'apt'. |
| rpmspec |
Query a RPM spec file. |
| swww |
Efficient animated wallpaper daemon for Wayland. |
| termusic |
A terminal music player written in Rust that uses vim-like key bindings. |
| mkfs.ntfs |
Create a NTFS filesystem inside a partition. |
| unshare |
Execute a command in new user-defined namespaces. |
| flatpak |
Build, install and run flatpak applications and runtimes. |
| last |
View the last logged in users. |
| toolbox-init-container |
Initialize a running `toolbox` container. |
| lvextend |
Increase the size of a logical volume. |
| maim |
Screenshot utility. |
| prime-run |
Run a program using an alternative Nvidia graphics card. |
| sensible-browser |
Open the default browser. |
| lastlog |
Show the most recent login of all users or of a user. |
| iwinfo |
Retrieve information about wireless interfaces on OpenWrt. |
| edquota |
Edit quotas for a user or group. By default it operates on all filesystems with quotas. |
| raw |
Bind a Unix raw character device. |
| print.runmailcap |
An alias to a `run-mailcap`'s action print. |
| rmmod |
Remove modules from the Linux kernel. |
| sacct |
Display accounting data from the Slurm service. |
| auto-cpufreq |
Automatic CPU speed & power optimizer. |
| bootc |
Boot and upgrade via container images. |
| lvm |
Manage physical volumes, volume groups, and logical volumes using the Logical Volume Manager (LVM) interactive shell. |
| sbctl |
A user-friendly secure boot key manager. |
| flock |
Manage locks from shell scripts. |
| rev |
Reverse a line of text or a file. |
| xfs_repair |
Repair an XFS filesystem. |
| sensible-editor |
Open the default editor. |
| fsck |
Check the integrity of a filesystem or repair it. The filesystem should be unmounted at the time the command is run. |
| pacman-key |
Wrapper script for GnuPG used to manage pacman's keyring. |
| ripmime |
Extract attachments out of a MIME encoded email package. |
| qm-rescan |
Rescan all storages and update disk sizes and unused disk images of a virtual machine. |
| eselect-repository |
An `eselect` module for configuring ebuild repositories for Portage. |
| localectl |
Control the system locale and keyboard layout settings. |
| gnome-terminal |
The GNOME Terminal emulator. |
| check-support-status |
Identify installed Debian packages for which support has had to be limited or prematurely ended. |
| chage |
Change user account and password expiry information. |
| adig |
Print information received from Domain Name System (DNS) servers. |
| dir |
List directory contents using one line per file, special characters are represented by backslash escape sequences. |
| lnav |
Advanced log file viewer to analyze logs with little to no setup. |
| btrfs-check |
Check or repair a btrfs filesystem. |
| turbostat |
Report processor topology, frequency, temperature, power, and idle statistics. |
| usbip |
Use USB devices remotely. |
| tcptraceroute |
A traceroute implementation using TCP packets. |
| pw-cat |
Play and record audio files through PipeWire. |
| vivaldi-stable |
This command is an alias of `chromium`. |
| getsebool |
Get SELinux boolean value. |
| spectre-meltdown-checker |
Spectre and Meltdown mitigation detection tool. |
| xbps |
The X Binary Package System is the package manager used by Void Linux. |
| genie |
Set up and use a "bottle" namespace to run systemd under WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux). |
| parted-interactive |
A partition manipulation program. |
| swapoff |
Disable devices and files for swapping. |
| pkgctl-diff |
Compare package files using different modes. |
| steamos-session-select |
Manipulate which session is currently in use. |
| bchunk |
Convert CD images to a set of `.iso` and `.cdr` tracks. |
| mocp |
Music on Console (MOC) audio player. |
| zipsplit |
Split a Zip archive into smaller Zip archives. |
| qm-resume |
Resume a virtual machine. |
| systemd-escape |
Escape strings for usage in systemd unit names. |
| ntpq |
Query the Network Time Protocol (NTP) daemon. |
| e2image |
Save critical ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystem metadata to a file. |
| slurmstepd |
Slurm daemon for managing and monitoring individual job steps within a multi-step job. |
| localedef |
Manage locale definition files. |
| decode-dimms |
Decode RAM data. |
| dmenu |
Dynamic menu. |
| flashrom |
Read, write, verify and erase flash chips. |
| netplan |
Network configuration utility using YAML. |
| growpart |
Extend a partition in a disk or disk image to fill available space. |
| mkhomedir_helper |
Create the user's home directory after creating the user. |
| srun |
Create an interactive slurm job or connect to an existing job. |
| mmdebstrap |
Create a Debian chroot. |
| pve-firewall |
Manage Proxmox VE Firewall. |
| sqfstar |
Create a squashfs filesystem from a tar archive. |
| fwupdtool |
Update device firmware manually or manipulate firmware files. |
| mkfs.btrfs |
Create a BTRFS filesystem. |
| timeshift |
System restore utility. |
| uci |
Manage OpenWrt configuration files. |
| ip-neighbour |
Neighbour/ARP tables management IP subcommand. |
| lvdisplay |
Display information about Logical Volume Manager (LVM) logical volumes. |
| distrobox-list |
List all Distrobox containers. See also: `tldr distrobox`. |
| pacstall |
An AUR package manager for Ubuntu. |
| toolbox |
Manage containerized command-line environments on Linux. |
| xclock |
Display the time in analog or digital form. |
| uncompress |
Uncompress files compressed using the Unix `compress` command. |
| cockpit-tls |
TLS terminating HTTP proxy to encrypt traffic between a client and `cockpit-ws`. |
| deluser |
Delete a user from the system. |
| csplit |
Split a file into pieces. |
| urpmi.removemedia |
Remove media in Mageia. |
| dump.exfat |
Show on-disk information of an exFAT filesystem. |
| nmcli-general |
Manage general settings of NetworkManager. |
| fscrypt |
Go tool for managing Linux filesystem encryption. |
| ifstat |
View network interface statistics. |
| pstree |
A convenient tool to show running processes as a tree. |
| btrfs-property |
Get, set, or list properties for a BTRFS filesystem object (files, directories, subvolumes, filesystems, or devices). |
| wipefs |
Wipe filesystem, raid, or partition-table signatures from a device. |
| systemctl |
Control the systemd system and service manager. |
| id3v2 |
Manage id3v2 tags, converts and lists id3v1. |
| scontrol |
View information about and modify jobs. |
| xhost |
Manage access control lists for X server connections. |
| ydotool |
Control keyboard and mouse inputs via commands in a way that is display server agnostic. |
| qm |
QEMU/KVM Virtual Machine Manager. |
| kwrite |
Text editor of the KDE Desktop project. |
| loadkeys |
Load the kernel keymap for the console. |
| hdparm |
Get and set SATA and IDE hard drive parameters. |
| cam |
Frontend tool for `libcamera`. |