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List of GNU Core Utilities commands

This is a list of commands from the GNU Core Utilities for Unix environments. These commands can be found on Unix operating systems and most Unix-like operating systems.

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Name Category Description 

[[chcon]]

 File utilities Changes file security context (SELinux) 

[[chgrp]]

 File utilities Changes file group ownership 

[[chown]]

 File utilities Changes file ownership 

[[chmod]]

 File utilities Changes the permissions of a file or directory 

[[cp (Unix)|cp]]

 File utilities Copies a file or directory 

[[dd (Unix)|dd]]

 File utilities Copies and converts a file 

[[df (Unix)|df]]

 File utilities Shows disk free space on file systems 

[[ls|dir]]

 File utilities Is exactly like “ 

ls -C -b

”. (Files are by default listed in columns and sorted vertically.)

 

[[dircolors (Unix)|dircolors]]

 File utilities Set up color for 

ls

 

[[install (Unix)|install]]

 File utilities Copies files and set attributes 

[[ln (Unix)|ln]]

 File utilities Creates a link to a file 

[[ls]]

 File utilities Lists the files in a directory 

[[mkdir]]

 File utilities Creates a directory 

[[mkfifo]]

 File utilities Makes named pipes (FIFOs) 

[[mknod]]

 File utilities Makes block or character special files 

[[mktemp]]

 File utilities Creates a temporary file or directory 

[[mv]]

 File utilities Moves files or rename files 

[[realpath]]

 File utilities Returns the resolved absolute or relative path for a file 

[[rm (Unix)|rm]]

 File utilities Removes (deletes) files, directories, device nodes and symbolic links 

[[rmdir]]

 File utilities Removes empty directories 

[[shred (Unix)|shred]]

 File utilities Overwrites a file to hide its contents, and optionally deletes it 

[[sync (Unix)|sync]]

 File utilities Flushes file system buffers 

[[touch (command)|touch]]

 File utilities Changes file timestamps 

truncate

 File utilities Shrink or extend the size of a file to the specified size 

[[ls|vdir]]

 File utilities Is exactly like “ 

ls -l -b

”. (Files are by default listed in long format.)

 

[[b2sum]]

 Text utilities Computes and checks BLAKE2b message digest 

base32

 Text utilities Encodes or decodes Base32, and prints result to standard output 

base64

 Text utilities Encodes or decodes Base64, and prints result to standard output 

[[cat (Unix)|cat]]

 Text utilities Concatenates and prints files on the standard output 

[[cksum]]

 Text utilities Checksums and count the bytes in a file 

[[comm]]

 Text utilities Compares two sorted files line by line 

[[csplit]]

 Text utilities Splits a file into sections determined by context lines 

[[cut (Unix)|cut]]

 Text utilities Removes sections from each line of files 

[[expand (Unix)|expand]]

 Text utilities Converts tabs to spaces 

[[fmt (Unix)|fmt]]

 Text utilities Simple optimal text formatter 

[[fold (Unix)|fold]]

 Text utilities Wraps each input line to fit in specified width 

[[head (Unix)|head]]

 Text utilities Outputs the first part of files 

[[join (Unix)|join]]

 Text utilities Joins lines of two files on a common field 

[[md5sum]]

 Text utilities Computes and checks MD5 message digest 

[[nl (Unix)|nl]]

 Text utilities Numbers lines of files 

[[numfmt]]

 Text utilities Reformat numbers 

[[od (Unix)|od]]

 Text utilities Dumps files in octal and other formats 

[[paste (Unix)|paste]]

 Text utilities Merges lines of files 

[[ptx (Unix)|ptx]]

 Text utilities Produces a permuted index of file contents 

[[pr (Unix)|pr]]

 Text utilities Converts text files for printing 

[[sha1sum]]

,<br> 

sha224sum

,<br> 

sha256sum

,<br> 

sha384sum

,<br> 

sha512sum

 Text utilities Computes and checks SHA-1/SHA-2 message digests 

[[shuf]]

 Text utilities generate random permutations 

[[sort (Unix)|sort]]

 Text utilities sort lines of text files 

[[split (Unix)|split]]

 Text utilities Splits a file into pieces 

[[sum (Unix)|sum]]

 Text utilities Checksums and counts the blocks in a file 

tac

 Text utilities Concatenates and prints files in reverse order line by line 

[[tail (Unix)|tail]]

 Text utilities Outputs the last part of files 

[[tr (Unix)|tr]]

 Text utilities Translates or deletes characters 

[[tsort]]

 Text utilities Performs a topological sort 

[[unexpand]]

 Text utilities Converts spaces to tabs 

[[uniq]]

 Text utilities Removes duplicate lines from a sorted file 

[[wc (Unix)|wc]]

 Text utilities Prints the number of bytes, words, and lines in files 

[[uname|arch]]

 Shell utilities Prints machine hardware name (same as uname -m) 

[[basename]]

 Shell utilities Removes the path prefix from a given pathname 

[[chroot]]

 Shell utilities Changes the root directory 

[[Unix time#Command line|date]]

 Shell utilities Prints or sets the system date and time 

[[dirname]]

 Shell utilities Strips non-directory suffix from file name 

[[du (Unix)|du]]

 Shell utilities Shows disk usage on file systems 

[[echo (command)|echo]]

 Shell utilities Displays a specified line of text 

[[env]]

 Shell utilities Displays and modifies environment variables 

[[expr]]

 Shell utilities Evaluates expressions 

[[factor (Unix)|factor]]

 Shell utilities 

[[Integer factorization|Factors numbers]]

 

[[false (Unix)|false]]

 Shell utilities Does nothing, but exits unsuccessfully 

[[groups (Unix)|groups]]

 Shell utilities Prints the groups of which the user is a member 

[[hostid (Unix)|hostid]]

 Shell utilities Prints the numeric identifier for the current host 

[[id (Unix)|id]]

 Shell utilities Prints real or effective UID and GID 

[[link (Unix)|link]]

 Shell utilities Creates a link to a file 

[[logname]]

 Shell utilities Print the user's login name 

[[nice (Unix)|nice]]

 Shell utilities Modifies scheduling priority 

[[nohup]]

 Shell utilities Allows a command to continue running after logging out 

[[nproc]]

 Shell utilities Queries the number of (active) processors 

[[pathchk (Unix)|pathchk]]

 Shell utilities Checks whether file names are valid or portable 

[[pinky (Unix)|pinky]]

 Shell utilities A lightweight version of finger 

[[printenv]]

 Shell utilities Prints environment variables 

[[printf]]

 Shell utilities Formats and prints data 

[[pwd]]

 Shell utilities Prints the current working directory 

[[readlink (Unix)|readlink]]

 Shell utilities Displays value of a symbolic link 

[[runcon]]

 Shell utilities Run command with specified security context 

[[seq (Unix)|seq]]

 Shell utilities Prints a sequence of numbers 

[[sleep (command)|sleep]]

 Shell utilities Delays for a specified amount of time 

[[stat (system call)|stat]]

 Shell utilities Returns data about an inode 

[[stdbuf]]

 Shell utilities Controls buffering for commands that use stdio 

[[stty (Unix)|stty]]

 Shell utilities Changes and prints terminal line settings 

[[tee (command)|tee]]

 Shell utilities Sends output to multiple files 

[[test (Unix)|test]]

 Shell utilities Evaluates an expression 

[[Timeout (computing)|timeout]]

 Shell utilities Run a command with a time limit 

[[true (Unix)|true]]

 Shell utilities Does nothing, but exits successfully 

tty

 Shell utilities Prints terminal name 

[[uname]]

 Shell utilities Prints system information 

[[unlink (Unix)|unlink]]

 Shell utilities Removes the specified file using the 

unlink

function

 

[[Uptime#coreutils|uptime]]

 Shell utilities Tells how long the system has been running 

[[users (Unix)|users]]

 Shell utilities Prints the user names of users currently logged into the current host 

[[who (Unix)|who]]

 Shell utilities Prints a list of all users currently logged in 

[[whoami]]

 Shell utilities Prints the effective userid 

[[yes (Unix)|yes]]

 Shell utilities Prints a string repeatedly 

[

 Other Utilities A synonym for test; this program permits expressions like [ expression ].

See also

References

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List of GNU Core Utilities commands

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