Base System
| Name | Description | Provides | Version 1 | Date 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bash | GNU's UNIX compatible shell | bash | 4.2 | 20-02-2009 |
| coreutils | Base commands | fileutils: chgrp, chown, chmod, cp, dd, df, dir, du, ln, ls, mkdir, mkfifo, mknod, mv, rm, etc. textutils: cat, cksum, head, tail, md5sum, nl, od, pr, tsort, join, wc, tac, paste, etc. |
8.20 | 12-10-2011 |
| cpio | archiving program | cpio | 2.11 | 20-12-2004 |
| diffutils | contains utilies to compare files | diff, cmp, diff3, sdiff | 3.2 | 02-09-2011 |
| findutils | contains search utilities | find, locate, xargs | 4.2.28 | 05-8-2006 |
| finger | user information | n/a | 1.37 | 28-10-1992 |
| grep | search for strings in files | grep | 2.10 | 16-11-2011 |
| groff | document processing system (groff) | groff | 1.21 | 4-9-2005 |
| GRUB 2 | GRand Unified Bootloader | grub | 2.00 (GRUB2) | 14-05-2011 |
| gzip | compression program (gzip) | gzip | 1.5 | 13-4-2007 |
| hurd 3 | a microkernel-based set of servers that perform the same function as a UNIX kernel | n/a | 0.3 | 12-6-1997 |
| inetutils | useful utils for networking | ftp, telnet, rsh, rlogin, tftp | 1.9 | 31-12-2011 |
| plotutils | useful utils for plotting to different devices | graph, libplot, libplotter | 2.5 | 07-05-2006 |
| readline | useful library for reading command lines | readline | 6.2 | 09-12-2005, 16-3-2006 |
| screen | a terminal multiplexer | screen | 4.0.3 | 27-1-2004 |
| tar | Archiver able to create and handle file archives in various formats | tar | 1.26 | 5-3-2009 |
| texinfo | documentation system for producing online and printed manuals | n/a | 4.13a | 26-9-2006 |
| time | program to determine the duration of execution of a particular command | time | 1.7 | 11-7-1996 |
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