Package:Coreutils

Coreutils

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The core utils package provides many essential linux binaries:

Binary name	Binary function
/bin/basename	Remove leading directory components from a given directory listing.
/bin/cat	Used to concatenate files and print them to stdout.
/bin/chgrp	Used to change group ownership
/bin/chmod	change file mode bits
/bin/chown	Change file ownership and group membership
/bin/chroot	TODO
/bin/cp	copy files and directories
/bin/cut	remove sections from each line of files
/bin/date	print or set the system date and time
/bin/dd	convert and copy a file
/bin/df	report file system space usage
/bin/dir	strip last component from file name
/bin/dirname	strip last component from file name
/bin/du	estimate file space usage
/bin/echo	display a line of text
/bin/env	run a program in a modified environment
/bin/expr	evaluate expressions
/bin/false	do nothing, unsuccessfully
/bin/head	output the first part of files
/bin/ln	Create hard and symbolic links between different files.
/bin/ls	List files and directories on the filesystem
/bin/mkdir	Create a new, empty directory
/bin/mkfifo	make FIFOs (named pipes)
/bin/mknod	make block or character special files
/bin/mktemp	create a temporary file or directory
/bin/mv	Move a file to a different location on the filesystem.
/bin/pwd	Output the Present Working Directory.
/bin/readlink	print resolved symbolic links or canonical file names
/bin/rm	Remove a file, directory, etc. from the filesystem.
/bin/rmdir	Remove a directory from the filesystem.
/bin/seq	print a sequence of numbers
/bin/sleep	delay for a specified amount of time
/bin/sort	sort lines of text files
/bin/stty	change and print terminal line settings
/bin/sync	Synchronize cached writes to persistent storage
/bin/tail	output the last part of files
/bin/touch	Create an empty file on the filesystem.
/bin/tr	translate or delete characters
/bin/true	do nothing, successfully
/bin/tty	print the file name of the terminal connected to standard input
/bin/uname	print system information
/bin/vdir	list directory contents
/bin/wc	print newline, word, and byte counts for each file
/bin/yes	output a string repeatedly until killed