Stable release | 2.40.1
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/ 6 May 2024 |
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Repository | |
Written in | C |
Operating system | Linux |
Available in | 31 languages, 7 full translations [2] |
Type | Utility software |
License | Portions variously under GNU General Public License (v2+ or v2 only), GNU Lesser General Public License (v2+) and BSD License. [3] |
Website |
www git |
util-linux is a standard package distributed by the Linux Kernel Organization for use as part of the Linux operating system. A fork, util-linux-ng (with ng meaning "next generation"), was created when development stalled, [4] but as of January 2011 [update] has been renamed back to util-linux, and is the official version of the package. [5]
It includes the following utilities:
Utilities formerly included, but removed as of 1 July 2015 [update]: