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Command Description Package

sa1

Collect and store binary data in the system activity daily data file

sysstat

sa2

Write a daily report in the /var/log/sa directory

sysstat

sa

summarizes accounting information

psacct

sadc

System activity data collector

sysstat

safenet

Driver for SafeNet compatible UPS equipment

nut

saned

SANE network daemon

sane-backends

sar

Collect, report, or save system activity information

sysstat

sash

stand-alone shell with built-in commands

sash

saslauthd

sasl authentication server

cyrus-sasl

sasldblistusers

list users in sasldb

cyrus-sasl

saslpasswd

set a user's sasl password

cyrus-sasl

scanadf

acquire multiple images from a scanner equipped with an ADF

sane-frontends

scanimage

scan an image

sane-backends

scanlogs

summarize INN log files

inn

scp

secure copy (remote file copy program)

openssh-clients

screen

screen manager with VT100/ANSI terminal emulation

screen

script

make typescript of terminal session

util-linux

scsitape

control SCSI tape devices

mtx

sdiff

find differences between two files and merge interactively

diffutils

sed

manual page for sed version 4.0.7

sed

selinuxenabled

tool to be used within shell scripts to determine if selinux is enabled

libselinux

sendfax

send group 3 fax files (G3 files) with a class 2 faxmodem

mgetty-sendfax

sendiso

send IEEE 1394 isochronous packets from dump file

libraw1394

sensors

printing sensors information

lm_sensors

seq

print a sequence of numbers

coreutils

sestatus

SELinux status tool

policycoreutils

setarch

change reported architecture in new program environment

setarch

setenforce

modify the mode SELinux is running in

libselinux

setfacl

set file access control lists

acl

setfattr

set extended attributes of filesystem objects

attr

setfdprm

sets user-provided floppy disk parameters

util-linux

setfiles

set file security contexts

policycoreutils

setfont

load EGA/VGA console screen font

kbd

setkeycodes

load kernel scancode-to-keycode mapping table entries

kbd

setkey

manually manipulate the IPsec SA/SP database

ipsec-tools

setleds

set the keyboard leds

kbd

setmetamode

define the keyboard meta key handling

kbd

setpci

configure PCI devices

pciutils

setquota

set disk quotas

quota

setserial

get/set Linux serial port information

setserial

setsid

run a program in a new session

util-linux

set

bash built-in commands, see bash(1)

bash

setterm

set terminal attributes

util-linux

sfdisk

Partition table manipulator for Linux

util-linux

sftp

Secure file transfer program

openssh-clients

sfxload

load a SoundFont file on the AWE32 sound driver

awesfx

sgi2tiff

create a TIFF file from an SGI image file

libtiff

sgml2html

create HTML output from a LinuxDoc DTD SGML source file

linuxdoc-tools

sgml2info

create GNU info output from a LinuxDoc DTD SGML source file

linuxdoc-tools

sgml2latex

create LaTeX, DVI, PostScript or PDF output from a LinuxDoc DTD SGML source file

linuxdoc-tools

sgml2lyx

create LyX output from a LinuxDoc DTD SGML source file

linuxdoc-tools

sgml2rtf

create RTF output from a LinuxDoc DTD SGML source file

linuxdoc-tools

sgml2txt

create plain text output from a LinuxDoc DTD SGML source file

linuxdoc-tools

sgmlcheck

check the syntax of an LinuxDoc DTD sgml source file

linuxdoc-tools

sgmldiff

Find differences in the markup of two SGML files

docbook-utils

sgmlpre

handle SGML conditionalization for SGML-tools

linuxdoc-tools

sgmlsasp

translate output of sgmls using ASP replacement files

linuxdoc-tools

sha1

message digests

openssl

shar

create shell archives

sharutils

sha

message digests

openssl

shift

bash built-in commands, see bash(1)

bash

shlock

create lock files for use in shell scripts

inn

shopt

bash built-in commands, see bash(1)

bash

showconsolefont

Show the current EGA/VGA console screen font

kbd

showkey

examine the codes sent by the keyboard

kbd

showmount

show mount information for an NFS server

nfs-utils

showq

list the Postfix mail queue

postfix

shred

delete a file securely, first overwriting it to hide its contents

coreutils

shrinkfile

shrink a file on a line boundary

inn

sh

command interpreter (shell)

bash

shutdown

bring the system down

SysVinit

sieveshell

remotely manipulate sieve scripts

cyrus-imapd-utils

simpleftp

rudimentary ftp client

inn

single2bin

Macintosh file format transformer

netatalk

sivtest

interactive MANAGESIEVE test program

cyrus-imapd-utils

size

list section sizes and total size

binutils

skill

send a signal or report process status

procps

slabtop

display kernel slab cache information in real time

procps

slapadd

Add entries to a SLAPD database

openldap-servers

slapcat

SLAPD database to LDIF utility

openldap-servers

slapd

Stand-alone LDAP Daemon

openldap-servers

slapindex

SLAPD index to LDIF utility

openldap-servers

slappasswd

OpenLDAP password utility

openldap-servers

slattach

attach a network interface to a serial line

net-tools

sleep

delay for a specified amount of time

coreutils

sliceprint

slice documents with long lines

enscript

slist

Lists available NetWare Servers

ncpfs

sln

static ln

util-linux

slocate

Security Enhanced version of the GNU Locate

slocate

slrn

An easy to use NNTP / spool based newsreader

slrn

slurpd

Standalone LDAP Update Replication Daemon

openldap-servers

smartctl

Control and Monitor Utility for SMART Disks

kernel-utils

smartd

SMART Disk Monitoring Daemon

kernel-utils

smbcacls

Set or get ACLs on an NT file or directory names

samba-client

smbclient

ftp-like client to access SMB/CIFS resources on servers

samba-client

smbcontrol

send messages to smbd, nmbd or winbindd processes

samba

smbcquotas

Set or get QUOTAs of NTFS 5 shares

samba-common

smbd

server to provide SMB/CIFS services to clients

samba

smbmnt

helper utility for mounting SMB filesystems

samba-client

smbmount

mount an smbfs filesystem

samba-client

smbpasswd

change a user's SMB password

samba-common

smbspool

send a print file to an SMB printer

samba-client

smbstatus

report on current Samba connections

samba

smbtar

shell script for backing up SMB/CIFS shares directly to UNIX tape drives

samba-client

smbtree

A text based smb network browser

samba-client

smbumount

smbfs umount for normal users

samba-client

smime

S/MIME utility

openssl

smrsh

restricted shell for sendmail

sendmail

sms

Driver for Brazilian SMS UPS equipment

nut

sm

command line interface to the storage manager

inn

smtpd

Postfix SMTP server

postfix

smtp

Postfix remote delivery via SMTP

postfix

smtptest

interactive SMTP test program

cyrus-imapd-utils

snice

send a signal or report process status

procps

snmpbulkget

communicates with a network entity using SNMP GETBULK Requests

net-snmp-utils

snmpbulkwalk

communicates with a network entity using SNMP BULK Requests

net-snmp-utils

snmpcmd

commands to communicate with a network entity using SNMP Requests

net-snmp-utils

snmpdelta

Monitor deltas of integer valued SNMP variables

net-snmp-utils

snmpdf

gets a listing of disk space usage on a remote machine via SNMP

net-snmp-utils

snmpd

daemon to respond to SNMP request packets

net-snmp

snmpget

communicates with a network entity using SNMP GET Requests

net-snmp-utils

snmpgetnext

communicates with a network entity using SNMP GET NEXT Requests

net-snmp-utils

snmpinform

sends an SNMP trap to a manager

net-snmp-utils

snmpnetstat

show network status using SNMP

net-snmp-utils

snmpset

communicates with a network entity using SNMP SET Requests

net-snmp-utils

snmpstatus

Retrieves important information from a network entity

net-snmp-utils

snmptable

obtain and print an SNMP table

net-snmp-utils

snmptest

communicates with a network entity using SNMP requests

net-snmp-utils

snmptranslate

translate SNMP OID values into more useful information

net-snmp-utils

snmptrap

sends an SNMP trap to a manager

net-snmp-utils

snmptrapd

Receive and log SNMP trap messages

net-snmp

snmpusm

creates and maintains SNMPv3 users on a remote entity

net-snmp-utils

snmpvacm

creates and maintains View-based Access Control entries on a remote entity

net-snmp-utils

snmpwalk

communicates with a network entity using SNMP GETNEXT requests

net-snmp-utils

socklist

display list of open sockets

procinfo

soelim

interpret .so requests in groff input

groff

sort

sort lines of text files

coreutils

source

bash built-in commands, see bash(1)

bash

sox

Sound eXchange : universal sound sample translator

sox

soxexam

SoX Examples (CHEAT SHEET)

sox

spamassassin

mail filter to identify spam using text analysis

spamassassin

spamc

client for spamd

spamassassin

spamd

daemonized version of spamassassin

spamassassin

spawn

Postfix external command spawner

postfix

speed

test library performance

openssl

speexdec

manual page for speexdec version 1.0.3

speex

speexenc

manual page for speexenc version 1.0.3

speex

spkac

SPKAC printing and generating utility

openssl

splain

produce verbose warning diagnostics

perl

splint

A tool for statically checking C programs

splint

splitdiff

separate out incremental patches

patchutils

split

split a file into pieces

coreutils

sprof

Read and display shared object profiling data

man-pages

squatter

create SQUAT indexes for mailboxes

cyrus-imapd

squid

proxy caching server

mrtg

ssconvert

a command line spreadsheet format converter

gnumeric

ssh

OpenSSH SSH client (remote login program)

openssh-clients

sshd

OpenSSH SSH daemon

openssh-server

star

unique standard tape archiver

star

startinnfeed

setuid root program to start innfeed

inn

states

awk alike text processing tool

enscript

statserial

display serial port modem status lines

statserial

stat

display file or filesystem status

coreutils

stinit

initialize SCSI magnetic tape drives

mt-st

strace

trace system calls and signals

strace

strings

print the strings of printable characters in files

binutils

strip

Discard symbols from object files

binutils

stty

change and print terminal line settings

coreutils

stunnel

universal SSL tunnel

stunnel

sudo

execute a command as another user

sudo

suexec

Switch user before executing external programs

httpd

sum

checksum and count the blocks in a file

coreutils

suspend

bash built-in commands, see bash(1)

bash

su

run a shell with substitute user and group IDs

coreutils

svnadmin

Subversion repository administration tool

subversion

svn

Subversion command line client tool

subversion

svndumpfilter

Filter a subversion repository 'dumpfile'

subversion

svnlook

Subversion repository examination tool

subversion

svnserve

Server for the 'svn' repository access method

subversion

svnversion

Produce a compact version number for a working copy

subversion

swapoff

enable/disable devices and files for paging and swapping

util-linux

swapon

enable/disable devices and files for paging and swapping

util-linux

swat

Samba Web Administration Tool

samba-swat

switchdesk

graphical and text mode interface for choosing desktop environment

switchdesk

switchto

switch to a new virtual terminal (VT)

open

symlinks

symbolic link maintenance utility

symlinks

syncnews

synchronize IMAP news mailboxes with active file

cyrus-imapd

sync

flush filesystem buffers

coreutils

sync

synchronize data on disk with memory

coreutils

sysctl

configure kernel parameters at runtime

procps

sysklogd

Linux system logging utilities

sysklogd

sz

XMODEM, YMODEM, ZMODEM file send

lrzsz


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