Development status Active Operating system | Written in C and Python | |
Stable release 2.29 / 8 November 2016; 4 months ago (2016-11-08) Repository git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/util-linux/util-linux.git Available in 27 languages, 8 full translations |
util-linux is a standard package of the Linux kernel. A fork, util-linux-ng—with ng meaning "next generation"—was created when development stalled, but as of January 2011 has been renamed back to util-linux, and is the official version of the package.
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It includes the following utilities:
Utilities formerly included, but removed as of 1 July 2015:
References
Util-linux Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA