Linux tools

btrfs-toolsadditional tools for btrfs
ddsssecure dd with progress status
diskcheckcheck health status of SATA and SAS disks
diskcloneguided cloning of a disk (needs lshd)
diskremoveremoves securely a disk block device
diskzeroguided erasing of a disk by overwriting it with NULL bytes
devinfoshow information about devices (tapes, disk drives, partitions, etc) (needs lshd and l from fstools)
ethinfoshow information about ethernet interfaces
getfcaget file capabilities and attributes
grub-reinstallreinstall grub via a rescue system (see linuxclone)
fsbmfilesystem benchmark: test real write and read speed of filesystem
fstshow filesystem mountpoint and type
mkvdiskcreate a virtual disk (image)
linuxclonemake a bootable clone of your running Linux system onto a second (USB) disk
lshdlist hard disks (SATA, SAS, USB, ...) and partitions
lshwhdlist hard disks hardware information
lsusbdevlist USB devices
lvmresizeresize a LVM logical volume with ext or btrfs filesystem
pagecacheshow (file system) page cache in usage
ptcleanerase partition table and filesystem signature securly
ptdumpdump partition table and filesystem signature (disk layout) into restoration shell script
rescan-ata-busrescans the ATA bus and adds new devices
rescan-scsi-busrescans the SCSI bus and adds new devices
rescan-usb-busrescans the USB bus and adds new devices
rescue_mountmounts a (non-bootable, damaged) partition for interactive grub rescue
rmrfrm -rf with chattr remove and security check (cannot remove / .)
snaprotatecreate btrfs snapshots like on Netapp
spreadssh based UNIX mass administration
usbmountmount any USB mass storage partition
tmpmountmount any partition with filesystem (needs lshd)
amountmount tar, tgz, zip, 7zip, pax, cpio or CD-ISO files
wlanqtest WLAN (Wi-Fi) signal quality and download speed
xrsyncrsync with chattr support


Other documentation

systemd quirks


Author: Ulli Horlacher