Currently defined functions include:
- basename, cat, chmod, chown, chgrp, chroot, clear, chvt, cp, mv, date,
- dd, df, dirname, dmesg, du, dutmp, echo, fbset, fdflush, find, free,
- freeramdisk, deallocvt, fsck.minix, mkfs.minix, grep, gunzip, gzip,
- halt, head, hostid, hostname, init, kill, killall, length, ln, loadacm,
- loadfont, loadkmap, ls, lsmod, makedevs, math, mkdir, mkfifo, mknod,
- mkswap, mnc, more, mount, mt, nslookup, poweroff, ping, printf, ps,
- pwd, reboot, rm, rmdir, rmmod, sed, sh, fdisk, sfdisk, sleep, sort,
- sync, syslogd, logger, logname, swapon, swapoff, tail, tar, [, test,
- tee, touch, tr, true, false, tty, umount, uname, uptime, uniq, update,
- usleep, wc, whoami, yes, zcat
+basename, cat, chmod, chown, chgrp, chroot, clear, chvt, cp, mv, date,
+dd, df, dirname, dmesg, du, dutmp, echo, fbset, fdflush, find, free,
+freeramdisk, deallocvt, fsck.minix, mkfs.minix, grep, gunzip, gzip,
+halt, head, hostid, hostname, init, kill, killall, length, ln, loadacm,
+loadfont, loadkmap, ls, lsmod, makedevs, math, mkdir, mkfifo, mknod,
+mkswap, mnc, more, mount, mt, nslookup, poweroff, ping, printf, ps,
+pwd, reboot, rm, rmdir, rmmod, sed, sh, fdisk, sfdisk, sleep, sort,
+sync, syslogd, logger, logname, swapon, swapoff, tail, tar, [, test,
+tee, touch, tr, true, false, tty, umount, uname, uptime, uniq, update,
+usleep, wc, whoami, yes, zcat
=head1 OPTIONS
Common Options:
- Most BusyBox commands support the "--help" option to provide a
- terse runtime description of their behavior.
+Most BusyBox commands support the B<--help> option to provide a
+terse runtime description of their behavior.
=over 4
=item chmod
-Usage: chmod [-R] MODE[,MODE]... FILE...
+Usage: chmod [B<-R>] MODE[,MODE]... FILE...
Changes file access permissions for the specified file(s) or directory(s).
Each MODE is defined by combining the letters for WHO has access to the file,
Display the current time in the given FORMAT, or set the system date.
Options:
+
-R output RFC-822 compliant date string
-s set time described by STRING
-u print or set Coordinated Universal Time
Example:
-
+
$ date
Wed Apr 12 18:52:41 MDT 2000
=item dmesg
-Usage: dmesg [-c] [-n level] [-s bufsize]
+Usage: dmesg [B<-c>] [B<-n> level] [B<-s> bufsize]
Print or controls the kernel ring buffer.
Disk space is printed in units of 1k (i.e. 1024 bytes).
Options:
+
-l count sizes many times if hard linked
-s display only a total for each argument
=item fsck.minix
-Usage: fsck.minix [-larvsmf] /dev/name
+Usage: fsck.minix [B<-larvsmf>] /dev/name
Performs a consistency check for MINIX filesystems.
OPTIONS:
+
-l Lists all filenames
-r Perform interactive repairs
-a Perform automatic repairs
=item mkfs.minix
-Usage: mkfs.minix [-c | -l filename] [-nXX] [-iXX] /dev/name [blocks]
+Usage: mkfs.minix [B<-c> | B<-l> filename] [B<-nXX>] [B<-iXX>] /dev/name [blocks]
Make a MINIX filesystem.
OPTIONS:
+
-c Check the device for bad blocks
-n [14|30] Specify the maximum length of filenames
-i Specify the number of inodes for the filesystem
Search for PATTERN in each FILE or standard input.
OPTIONS:
+
-h suppress the prefixing filename on output
-i ignore case distinctions
-n print line number with output lines
file name. With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
Options:
+
-n NUM Print first NUM lines instead of first 10
Example:
=item hostname
-Usage: hostname [OPTION] {hostname | -F file}
+Usage: hostname [OPTION] {hostname | B<-F> file}
Get or set the hostname or DNS domain name. If a hostname is given
-(or a file with the -F parameter), the host name will be set.
+(or a file with the B<-F> parameter), the host name will be set.
Options:
+
-s Short
-i Addresses for the hostname
-d DNS domain name
=item kill
-Usage: kill [-signal] process-id [process-id ...]
+Usage: kill [B<-signal>] process-id [process-id ...]
Send a signal (default is SIGTERM) to the specified process(es).
Options:
+
-l List all signal names and numbers.
Example:
=item ls
-Usage: ls [-1acdelnpuxACF] [filenames...]
+Usage: ls [B<-1acdelnpuxACF>] [filenames...]
=item lsmod
=item mkswap
-Usage: mkswap [-c] [-v0|-v1] device [block-count]
+Usage: mkswap [B<-c>] [-v0|-v1] device [block-count]
Prepare a disk partition to be used as a swap partition.
Options:
Usage: mount [flags]
-mount [flags] device directory [-o options,more-options]
+mount [flags] device directory [B<-o> options,more-options]
Flags:
-a: Mount all file systems in fstab.
=item sed
-Usage: sed [-n] -e script [file...]
+Usage: sed [B<-n>] B<-e> script [file...]
Allowed sed scripts come in the following form:
'ADDR [!] COMMAND'
Options:
--e add the script to the commands to be executed
--n suppress automatic printing of pattern space
+ -e add the script to the commands to be executed
+ -n suppress automatic printing of pattern space
This version of sed matches full regular expresions.
=item touch
-Usage: touch [-c] file [file ...]
+Usage: touch [B<-c>] file [file ...]
Update the last-modified date on the given file[s].
=item uname
Usage: uname [OPTION]...
- Print certain system information. With no OPTION, same as -s.
+
+Print certain system information. With no OPTION, same as B<-s>.
Options:
=item umount
Usage: Usage: umount [flags] filesystem|directory
- Flags:
+
+Flags:
+
-a: Unmount all file systems
Usage: gzip [OPTION]... FILE
Compress FILE with maximum compression.
-When FILE is -, reads standard input. Implies -c.
+When FILE is -, reads standard input. Implies B<-c>.
Options:
projects / oweals / busybox.git / commitdiff