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Package of Linux utilities from the Linux Kernel Organization
util-linux
| Stable release | 2.41[1]  / 18 March 2025; 2 months ago (18 March 2025) |
|---|---|
| Repository | github.com/util-linux/util-linux |
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Linux |
| Available in | 31 languages, 7 full translations[2] |
| Type | Utility software |
| License | Portions variously under GNU General Public License (v2+ or v2 only), GNU Lesser General Public License (v2+) and BSD License.[3] |
| Website | www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/git.kernel.org/cgit/utils/util-linux/util-linux.git |
util-linux is a package of utilities distributed by the Linux Kernel Organization for use in a Linux operating system. A fork, util-linux-ng (with ng meaning "next generation"), was created when development stalled,[4] but as of January 2011[update] has been renamed back to util-linux, and is the official version of the package.[5]
The package includes the following utilities:
- addpart
- agetty
- blkdiscard[6]
- blkid
- blkzone
- blockdev
- cal
- cfdisk
- chcpu
- chfn
- chmem
- choom
- chrt
- chsh
- col (legacy)[7]
- colcrt
- colrm
- column
- ctrlaltdel
- delpart
- dmesg
- eject
- fallocate
- fdformat
- fdisk
- fincore
- findfs
- findmnt
- flock
- fsck
- fsck.cramfs
- fsck.minix
- fsfreeze
- fstrim
- getopt
- hardlink
- hexdump
- hwclock[a]
- ionice
- ipcmk
- ipcrm
- ipcs
- irqtop[8]
- isosize
- kill
- last
- ldattach
- line (legacy)[7]
- logger
- login
- look
- losetup
- lsblk
- lscpu[9]
- lsfd[b]
- lsipc
- lsirq[10]
- lslocks
- lslogins
- lsmem
- lsns
- mcookie
- mesg
- mkfs (legacy)[7]
- mkfs.bfs
- mkfs.cramfs
- mkfs.minix
- mkswap
- more
- mount
- mountpoint
- namei
- newgrp
- nologin
- nsenter
- partx
- pg (legacy)[7]
- pivot_root
- prlimit[11]
- raw
- readprofile
- rename
- renice
- reset (legacy)[7]
- resizepart
- rev
- rfkill
- rtcwake
- runuser
- script
- scriptlive
- scriptreplay
- setarch[c]
- setpriv
- setsid
- setterm
- sfdisk
- su
- sulogin
- swaplabel
- swapoff
- swapon
- switch_root
- taskset
- tunelp (deprecated)[12]
- ul
- umount
- unshare
- utmpdump
- uuidd
- uuidgen
- uuidparse
- vipw[d]
- wall
- wdctl
- whereis
- wipefs
- write
- zramctl
Utilities formerly included, but removed as of 1 July 2015[update]:
arch[13]
chkdupexe[14]
clock[15]
cytune[16]
elvtune[19]
fastboot[20]
fasthalt[20]
halt[20]
initctl[20]
ramsize[f]
rdev[21]
reboot[20]
rootflags[f]
simpleinit[20]
tailf[22]
vidmode[f]
BusyBox – Collection of Unix tools in single executable file
CUPS – Computer printing system
GNU Core Utilities – Collection of standard, Unix-based utilities from GNU
Toybox – Collection of Unix tools in single executable file
uname – Standard UNIX utility that prints name and other details about the machine
^ cquery and set the hardware clock (RTC)
^ including architecture symlinks such as i386, linux32, linux64, x86_64, etc.
^ including symlink to vigr
^ removed from default build[17] before being removed[18] altogether
^ "[ANNOUNCE] util-linux v2.41". 18 March 2025. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
^ "Translation Project util-linux textual domain". 2022. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
^ "README.licensing". util-linux source tree. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
^ Karel Zak (2006-12-18). "[ANNOUNCE] util-linux-ng fork". Retrieved 2014-04-12.
^ Karel Zak (2010-12-01). "[ANNOUNCE] util-linux without -ng". Retrieved 2014-04-12.
^ "blkdiscard(8) - Linux manual page". July 2014. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
^ a b c d e "Documentation/deprecated.txt". util-linux. 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
^ Karel Zak (2012-01-25). "prlimit(1)". Retrieved 2020-01-13.
^ Sami Kerola (2012-12-16). "tunelp: deprecation: remove command from default build". util-linux. Retrieved 2014-04-12.
^ Karel Zak (2013-03-14). "arch: remove the command, deprecated since 2.13, use coreutils version". util-linux. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
^ Karel Zak (2013-03-14). "chkdupexe: remove, deprecated for years". util-linux. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
^ Karel Zak. "clock: Dropped entirely. Use hwclock". util-linux. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
^ Sami Kerola (2014-05-11). "cytune: remove from util-linux". util-linux. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
^ Karel Zak (2011-08-18). "build-sys: add --enable-ddate". util-linux. Retrieved 2014-04-12.
^ Sami Kerola (2012-10-08). "ddate: remove from util-linux". util-linux. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
^ Sami Kerola (2013-08-17). "build-sys: complete elvtune removal". util-linux. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
^ a b c d e f g Karel Zak (2011-06-08). "simpleinit: remove this deprecated set of utils". util-linux. Retrieved 2014-04-12.
^ a b Karel Zak (2010-05-13). "rdev: remove this deprecated command". util-linux. Retrieved 2014-04-12.
^ Sami Kerola (2017-04-02). "tailf: remove deprecated utility". util-linux.
- The util-linux code repository.
- pub/linux/utils/util-linux on Kernel.org
- util-linux development discussion and bug reporting mailing list
- Karel Zak's blog, the blog of the current maintainer