Archival utilities |
gzip and gunzip | Reduces the size of the named files using Lempel-Ziv coding |
bzip2 and bunzip2 | Compresses files using the Burrows-Wheeler block sorting text compression algorithm |
xz and unxz | Compression utility based on the LZMA algorithm ned by Igor Pavlov as part of 7-Zip |
zip and unzip | Compression and file packaging utility compatible with PKZIP (Phil Katz's ZIP) |
cpio and tar | Programs to manage archives of files |
Disk utilities |
fdisk | Partition table manipulator for Linux, which supports only MBR (Master Boot Record) partitions |
hdparam and sdparam | Utility for listing and potentially changing ATA/IDE and SCSI disk parameters |
mdadm | Utility program for creating, managing, and monitoring Linux MD (Software RAID) devices |
Hardware monitoring tools |
dmidecode | Dumps computer's DMI table contents. This table contains a description of the system's hardware components |
smartctl | Controls and monitors storage devices using the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T.) |
Filesystem utilities |
mkfs | Tool to build a Linux or other supported filesystem, such as: ext2/3/4, reiserfs, btrfs, xfs, jfs, ntfs, fat, and more |
fsck | Utility to check and repair the supported filesystems (see above) |
tune2fs | Allows the adjustment of various tunable filesystem parameters on Linux ext2, ext3, or ext4 filesystems
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System utilities |
lsof | Lists information about files that are open by the processes running on the system |
htop | process viewer that is similar to the well-known "top" program, but provides much more features |
Data recovery tools |
ddrescue | Copies data from a file or device to another, trying hard to rescue data in case of read errors |
rsync | Remote file sync program |
Networking tools |
ip | Shows and manipulates routing, devices, policy routing and tunnels |
nc | Utility which reads and writes data across network connections, using TCP or UDP protocol |
networkctl | Introspect the state of network links |
wpa_supplicant | Textmode wifi client |
Windows shares support |
mount -t cifs | command to mount a windows share so it appears like a local filesystem |
Other tools |
ssh | OpenSSH client |
service ssh start | OpenSSH server |
mc | Midnight commander file manager which includes FTP/SCP client, hex viewer and text editor |
apt | Application Packaging Tool to install additional software (for Slax based on Debian) |
slackpkg | Application Packaging Tool to install additional software (for Slax based on Slackware) |
Slax-specific commands |
savechanges | Save all filesystem modifications made during current session into a module file |
sb2dir | Convert a .sb module into a directory |
dir2sb | Convert a directory into .sb module |
rmsbdir | Erase directory created by sb2dir |
genslaxiso | Generate Slax iso file with new modules |