Package:Coreutils

Coreutils

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The core utils package provides many essential linux binaries:

As there are quite a few different binaries provided by coreutils, a key based on color has been provided to narrow them down into the following categories:

• File utilities: Green
• Text utilities: Yellow
• Shell utilities: Blue

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	TODO
/bin/chown	Change file ownership and group membership
/bin/chroot	TODO
/bin/cp	TODO
/bin/cut	TODO
/bin/date	TODO
/bin/dd	TODO
/bin/df	TODO
/bin/dir	TODO
/bin/dirname	TODO
/bin/du	TODO
/bin/echo	TODO
/bin/env	TODO
/bin/expr	TODO
/bin/false	TODO
/bin/head	TODO
/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	TODO
/bin/mknod	TODO
/bin/mktemp	TODO
/bin/mv	Move a file to a different location on the filesystem.
/bin/pwd	Output the Present Working Directory.
/bin/readlink	TODO
/bin/rm	Remove a file, directory, etc. from the filesystem.
/bin/rmdir	Remove a directory from the filesystem.
/bin/seq	TODO
/bin/sleep	TODO
/bin/sort	TODO
/bin/stty	TODO
/bin/sync	TODO
/bin/tail	TODO
/bin/touch	Create an empty file on the filesystem.
/bin/tr	TODO
/bin/true	TODO
/bin/tty	TODO
/bin/uname	TODO
/bin/vdir	TODO
/bin/wc	TODO
/bin/yes	TODO