BUSYBOX(1)

NAME
BusyBox - The Swiss Army Knife of Embedded Linux

SYNTAX
 busybox <applet> [arguments...]  # or

 <applet> [arguments...]          # if symlinked

DESCRIPTION
BusyBox combines tiny versions of many common UNIX utilities into a single small executable. It provides minimalist replacements for most of the utilities you usually find in GNU coreutils, util-linux, etc. The utilities in BusyBox generally have fewer options than their full-featured GNU cousins; however, the options that are included provide the expected functionality and behave very much like their GNU counterparts.

BusyBox has been written with size-optimization and limited resources in mind. It is also extremely modular so you can easily include or exclude commands (or features) at compile time. This makes it easy to customize your embedded systems. To create a working system, just add /dev, /etc, and a Linux kernel. BusyBox provides a fairly complete POSIX environment for any small or embedded system.

BusyBox is extremely configurable. This allows you to include only the components you need, thereby reducing binary size. Run 'make config' or 'make menuconfig' to select the functionality that you wish to enable. Then run 'make' to compile BusyBox using your configuration.

After the compile has finished, you should use 'make install' to install BusyBox. This will install the 'bin/busybox' binary, in the target directory specified by CONFIG_PREFIX. CONFIG_PREFIX can be set when configuring BusyBox, or you can specify an alternative location at install time (i.e., with a command line like 'make CONFIG_PREFIX=/tmp/foo install'). If you enabled any applet installation scheme (either as symlinks or hardlinks), these will also be installed in the location pointed to by CONFIG_PREFIX.

USAGE
BusyBox is a multi-call binary. A multi-call binary is an executable program that performs the same job as more than one utility program. That means there is just a single BusyBox binary, but that single binary acts like a large number of utilities. This allows BusyBox to be smaller since all the built-in utility programs (we call them applets) can share code for many common operations.

You can also invoke BusyBox by issuing a command as an argument on the command line. For example, entering

        /bin/busybox ls

will also cause BusyBox to behave as 'ls'.

Of course, adding '/bin/busybox' into every command would be painful. So most people will invoke BusyBox using links to the BusyBox binary.

For example, entering

        ln -s /bin/busybox ls
        ./ls

will cause BusyBox to behave as 'ls' (if the 'ls' command has been compiled into BusyBox). Generally speaking, you should never need to make all these links yourself, as the BusyBox build system will do this for you when you run the 'make install' command.

If you invoke BusyBox with no arguments, it will provide you with a list of the applets that have been compiled into your BusyBox binary.

COMMON OPTIONS
Most BusyBox applets support the --help argument to provide a terse runtime description of their behavior. If the CONFIG_FEATURE_VERBOSE_USAGE option has been enabled, more detailed usage information will also be available.

COMMANDS
Currently available applets include:

        [, [[, add-shell, ar, ash, awk, base64, basename, bash, bbconfig,
        bunzip2, bzcat, bzip2, cal, cat, catv, chat, chgrp, chmod, chown,
        chpst, chroot, cksum, clear, cmp, comm, cp, cpio, crond, crontab,
        cryptpw, cttyhack, cut, date, dc, dd, df, diff, dirname, dnsd,
        dnsdomainname, dos2unix, du, echo, ed, egrep, env, envdir,
        envuidgid, expand, expr, fakeidentd, false, fgrep, find, flock,
        fold, free, fsync, ftpd, ftpget, ftpput, fuser, getopt, grep,
        groups, gunzip, gzip, hd, head, hexdump, hostid, hostname, httpd,
        hush, id, inetd, install, ipcalc, ipcrm, kill, killall, killall5,
        less, ln, logger, login, logname, logread, lpd, lpq, lpr, ls, lsof,
        lzcat, lzma, lzop, lzopcat, makedevs, makemime, man, md5sum, mesg,
        microcom, mkdir, mkfifo, mknod, mktemp, more, mountpoint, mpstat,
        mt, mv, nc, nice, nmeter, nohup, nslookup, od, patch, pgrep, pidof,
        ping, ping6, pipe_progress, pkill, popmaildir, printenv, printf, ps,
        pscan, pstree, pwd, pwdx, readlink, realpath, reformime,
        remove-shell, renice, reset, resize, rm, rmdir, rpm, rpm2cpio,
        run-parts, runsv, runsvdir, rx, script, scriptreplay, sed, sendmail,
        seq, setsid, setuidgid, sh, sha1sum, sha256sum, sha3sum, sha512sum,
        shuf, sleep, smemcap, softlimit, sort, split, start-stop-daemon,
        stat, strings, stty, sum, sv, svlogd, sync, syslogd, tac, tail, tar,
        tcpsvd, tee, telnet, telnetd, test, tftp, tftpd, time, timeout, top,
        touch, tr, traceroute, true, tty, ttysize, udpsvd, uname,
        uncompress, unexpand, uniq, unix2dos, unlink, unlzma, unlzop, unxz,
        unzip, uptime, usleep, uudecode, uuencode, vi, volname, watch, wc,
        wget, which, whoami, whois, xargs, xz, xzcat, yes, zcat

COMMAND DESCRIPTIONS

add-shell
    add-shell SHELL...

    Add SHELLs to /etc/shells

ar  ar [-o] [-v] [-p] [-t] [-x] ARCHIVE FILES

    Extract or list FILES from an ar archive

            -o      Preserve original dates
            -p      Extract to stdout
            -t      List
            -x      Extract
            -v      Verbose

ash ash [-/+OPTIONS] [-/+o OPT]... [-c 'SCRIPT' [ARG0 [ARGS]] / FILE [ARGS]]

    Unix shell interpreter

awk awk [OPTIONS] [AWK_PROGRAM] [FILE]...

            -v VAR=VAL      Set variable
            -F SEP          Use SEP as field separator
            -f FILE         Read program from FILE
            -e AWK_PROGRAM

base64
    base64 [-d] [FILE]

    Base64 encode or decode FILE to standard output
        -d    Decode data

basename
    basename FILE [SUFFIX]

    Strip directory path and .SUFFIX from FILE

bash
    bash [-/+OPTIONS] [-/+o OPT]... [-c 'SCRIPT' [ARG0 [ARGS]] / FILE [ARGS]]

    Unix shell interpreter

bbconfig
    bbconfig

    Print the config file used by busybox build

bunzip2
    bunzip2 [-cf] [FILE]...

    Decompress FILEs (or stdin)

            -c      Write to stdout
            -f      Force

bzcat
    bzcat [FILE]...

    Decompress to stdout

bzip2
    bzip2 [OPTIONS] [FILE]...

    Compress FILEs (or stdin) with bzip2 algorithm

            -1..9   Compression level
            -d      Decompress
            -c      Write to stdout
            -f      Force

cal cal [-jy] [[MONTH] YEAR]

    Display a calendar

            -j      Use julian dates
            -y      Display the entire year

cat cat [FILE]...

    Concatenate FILEs and print them to stdout

catv
    catv [-etv] [FILE]...

    Display nonprinting characters as ^x or M-x

            -e      End each line with $
            -t      Show tabs as ^I
            -v      Don't use ^x or M-x escapes

chat
    chat EXPECT [SEND [EXPECT [SEND...]]]

    Useful for interacting with a modem connected to stdin/stdout. A script consists of one or more "expect-send" pairs of strings, each pair is a pair of arguments. Example: chat '' ATZ OK ATD123456 CONNECT '' ogin: pppuser word: ppppass '~'

chgrp
    chgrp [-RhLHPcvf]... GROUP FILE...

    Change the group membership of each FILE to GROUP

            -R      Recurse
            -h      Affect symlinks instead of symlink targets
            -L      Traverse all symlinks to directories
            -H      Traverse symlinks on command line only
            -P      Don't traverse symlinks (default)
            -c      List changed files
            -v      Verbose
            -f      Hide errors

chmod
    chmod [-Rcvf] MODE[,MODE]... FILE...

    Each MODE is one or more of the letters ugoa, one of the symbols +-= and one or more of the letters rwxst

            -R      Recurse
            -c      List changed files
            -v      List all files
            -f      Hide errors

chown
    chown [-RhLHPcvf]... OWNER[<.|:>[GROUP]] FILE...

    Change the owner and/or group of each FILE to OWNER and/or GROUP

            -R      Recurse
            -h      Affect symlinks instead of symlink targets
            -L      Traverse all symlinks to directories
            -H      Traverse symlinks on command line only
            -P      Don't traverse symlinks (default)
            -c      List changed files
            -v      List all files
            -f      Hide errors

chpst
    chpst [-vP012] [-u USER[:GRP]] [-U USER[:GRP]] [-e DIR]
        [-/ DIR] [-n NICE] [-m BYTES] [-d BYTES] [-o N]
        [-p N] [-f BYTES] [-c BYTES] PROG ARGS

    Change the process state, run PROG

            -u USER[:GRP]   Set uid and gid
            -U USER[:GRP]   Set $UID and $GID in environment
            -e DIR          Set environment variables as specified by files
                            in DIR: file=1st_line_of_file
            -/ DIR          Chroot to DIR
            -n NICE         Add NICE to nice value
            -m BYTES        Same as -d BYTES -s BYTES -l BYTES
            -d BYTES        Limit data segment
            -o N            Limit number of open files per process
            -p N            Limit number of processes per uid
            -f BYTES        Limit output file sizes
            -c BYTES        Limit core file size
            -v              Verbose
            -P              Create new process group
            -0              Close stdin
            -1              Close stdout
            -2              Close stderr

chroot
    chroot NEWROOT [PROG ARGS]

    Run PROG with root directory set to NEWROOT

cksum
    cksum FILES...

    Calculate the CRC32 checksums of FILES

clear
    clear

    Clear screen

cmp cmp [-l] [-s] FILE1 [FILE2 [SKIP1 [SKIP2]]]

    Compare FILE1 with FILE2 (or stdin)

            -l      Write the byte numbers (decimal) and values (octal)
                    for all differing bytes
            -s      Quiet

comm
    comm [-123] FILE1 FILE2

    Compare FILE1 with FILE2

            -1      Suppress lines unique to FILE1
            -2      Suppress lines unique to FILE2
            -3      Suppress lines common to both files

cp  cp [OPTIONS] SOURCE... DEST

    Copy SOURCE(s) to DEST

            -a      Same as -dpR
            -R,-r   Recurse
            -d,-P   Preserve symlinks (default if -R)
            -L      Follow all symlinks
            -H      Follow symlinks on command line
            -p      Preserve file attributes if possible
            -f      Overwrite
            -i      Prompt before overwrite
            -l,-s   Create (sym)links

cpio
    cpio [-dmvu] [-F FILE] [-H newc] [-tio] [-p DIR] [EXTR_FILE]...

    Extract or list files from a cpio archive, or create an archive (-o) or copy files (-p) using file list on stdin

    Main operation mode:

            -t      List
            -i      Extract EXTR_FILEs (or all)
            -o      Create (requires -H newc)
            -p DIR  Copy files to DIR
    Options:

            -d      Make leading directories
            -m      Preserve mtime
            -v      Verbose
            -u      Overwrite
            -F FILE Input (-t,-i,-p) or output (-o) file
            -H newc Archive format

crond
    crond -fbS -l N -d N -L LOGFILE -c DIR

            -f      Foreground
            -b      Background (default)
            -S      Log to syslog (default)
            -l N    Set log level. Most verbose:0, default:8
            -d N    Set log level, log to stderr
            -L FILE Log to FILE
            -c DIR  Cron dir. Default:/var/spool/cron/crontabs

crontab
    crontab [-c DIR] [-u USER] [-ler]|[FILE]

            -c      Crontab directory
            -u      User
            -l      List crontab
            -e      Edit crontab
            -r      Delete crontab
            FILE    Replace crontab by FILE ('-': stdin)

cryptpw
    cryptpw [OPTIONS] [PASSWORD] [SALT]

    Crypt PASSWORD using crypt(3)

            -P,--password-fd=N      Read password from fd N
            -m,--method=TYPE        Encryption method
            -S,--salt=SALT

cttyhack
    cttyhack [PROG ARGS]

    Give PROG a controlling tty if possible. Example for /etc/inittab (for busybox init):
        ::respawn:/bin/cttyhack /bin/sh Giving controlling tty to shell running with PID 1:
        $ exec cttyhack sh Starting interactive shell from boot shell script:

            setsid cttyhack sh

cut cut [OPTIONS] [FILE]...

    Print selected fields from each input FILE to stdout

            -b LIST Output only bytes from LIST
            -c LIST Output only characters from LIST
            -d CHAR Use CHAR instead of tab as the field delimiter
            -s      Output only the lines containing delimiter
            -f N    Print only these fields
            -n      Ignored

date
    date [OPTIONS] [+FMT] [TIME]

    Display time (using +FMT), or set time

            [-s,--set] TIME Set time to TIME
            -u,--utc        Work in UTC (don't convert to local time)
            -R,--rfc-2822   Output RFC-2822 compliant date string
            -I[SPEC]        Output ISO-8601 compliant date string
                            SPEC='date' (default) for date only,
                            'hours', 'minutes', or 'seconds' for date and
                            time to the indicated precision
            -r,--reference FILE     Display last modification time of FILE
            -d,--date TIME  Display TIME, not 'now'
            -D FMT          Use FMT for -d TIME conversion

    Recognized TIME formats:

            hh:mm[:ss]
            [YYYY.]MM.DD-hh:mm[:ss]
            YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm[:ss]
            [[[[[YY]YY]MM]DD]hh]mm[.ss]
            'date TIME' form accepts MMDDhhmm[[YY]YY][.ss] instead

dc  dc EXPRESSION...

    Tiny RPN calculator. Operations: +, add, -, sub, *, mul, /, div, %, mod, **, exp, and, or, not, xor, p - print top of the stack (without popping), f - print entire stack, o - pop the value and set output radix (must be 10, 16, 8 or 2). Examples: 'dc 2 2 add p' -> 4, 'dc 8 8 mul 2 2 + / p' -> 16

dd  dd [if=FILE] [of=FILE] [ibs=N] [obs=N] [bs=N] [count=N] [skip=N]
        [seek=N] [conv=notrunc|noerror|sync|fsync]

    Copy a file with converting and formatting

            if=FILE         Read from FILE instead of stdin
            of=FILE         Write to FILE instead of stdout
            bs=N            Read and write N bytes at a time
            ibs=N           Read N bytes at a time
            obs=N           Write N bytes at a time
            count=N         Copy only N input blocks
            skip=N          Skip N input blocks
            seek=N          Skip N output blocks
            conv=notrunc    Don't truncate output file
            conv=noerror    Continue after read errors
            conv=sync       Pad blocks with zeros
            conv=fsync      Physically write data out before finishing
            conv=swab       Swap every pair of bytes

    N may be suffixed by c (1), w (2), b (512), kD (1000), k (1024), MD, M, GD, G

df  df [-PkmhTai] [-B SIZE] [FILESYSTEM]...

    Print filesystem usage statistics

            -P      POSIX output format
            -k      1024-byte blocks (default)
            -m      1M-byte blocks
            -h      Human readable (e.g. 1K 243M 2G)
            -T      Print filesystem type
            -a      Show all filesystems
            -i      Inodes
            -B SIZE Blocksize

diff
    diff [-abBdiNqrTstw] [-L LABEL] [-S FILE] [-U LINES] FILE1 FILE2

    Compare files line by line and output the differences between them. This implementation supports unified diffs only.

            -a      Treat all files as text
            -b      Ignore changes in the amount of whitespace
            -B      Ignore changes whose lines are all blank
            -d      Try hard to find a smaller set of changes
            -i      Ignore case differences
            -L      Use LABEL instead of the filename in the unified header
            -N      Treat absent files as empty
            -q      Output only whether files differ
            -r      Recurse
            -S      Start with FILE when comparing directories
            -T      Make tabs line up by prefixing a tab when necessary
            -s      Report when two files are the same
            -t      Expand tabs to spaces in output
            -U      Output LINES lines of context
            -w      Ignore all whitespace

dirname
    dirname FILENAME

    Strip non-directory suffix from FILENAME

dnsd
    dnsd [-dvs] [-c CONFFILE] [-t TTL_SEC] [-p PORT] [-i ADDR]

    Small static DNS server daemon

            -c FILE Config file
            -t SEC  TTL
            -p PORT Listen on PORT
            -i ADDR Listen on ADDR
            -d      Daemonize
            -v      Verbose
            -s      Send successful replies only. Use this if you want
                    to use /etc/resolv.conf with two nameserver lines:
                            nameserver DNSD_SERVER
                            nameserver NORMAL_DNS_SERVER

dos2unix
    dos2unix [-ud] [FILE]

    Convert FILE in-place from DOS to Unix format. When no file is given, use stdin/stdout.

            -u      dos2unix
            -d      unix2dos

du  du [-aHLdclsxhmk] [FILE]...

    Summarize disk space used for each FILE and/or directory

            -a      Show file sizes too
            -L      Follow all symlinks
            -H      Follow symlinks on command line
            -d N    Limit output to directories (and files with -a) of depth < N
            -c      Show grand total
            -l      Count sizes many times if hard linked
            -s      Display only a total for each argument
            -x      Skip directories on different filesystems
            -h      Sizes in human readable format (e.g., 1K 243M 2G)
            -m      Sizes in megabytes
            -k      Sizes in kilobytes (default)

echo
    echo [-neE] [ARG]...

    Print the specified ARGs to stdout

            -n      Suppress trailing newline
            -e      Interpret backslash escapes (i.e., \t=tab)
            -E      Don't interpret backslash escapes (default)

ed  ed

env env [-iu] [-] [name=value]... [PROG ARGS]

    Print the current environment or run PROG after setting up the specified environment

            -, -i   Start with an empty environment
            -u      Remove variable from the environment

envdir
    envdir DIR PROG ARGS

    Set various environment variables as specified by files in the directory DIR, run PROG

envuidgid
    envuidgid USER PROG ARGS

    Set $UID to USER's uid and $GID to USER's gid, run PROG

expand
    expand [-i] [-t N] [FILE]...

    Convert tabs to spaces, writing to stdout

            -i,--initial    Don't convert tabs after non blanks
            -t,--tabs=N     Tabstops every N chars

expr
    expr EXPRESSION

    Print the value of EXPRESSION to stdout

    EXPRESSION may be:

            ARG1 | ARG2     ARG1 if it is neither null nor 0, otherwise ARG2
            ARG1 & ARG2     ARG1 if neither argument is null or 0, otherwise 0
            ARG1 < ARG2     1 if ARG1 is less than ARG2, else 0. Similarly:
            ARG1 <= ARG2
            ARG1 = ARG2
            ARG1 != ARG2
            ARG1 >= ARG2
            ARG1 > ARG2
            ARG1 + ARG2     Sum of ARG1 and ARG2. Similarly:
            ARG1 - ARG2
            ARG1 * ARG2
            ARG1 / ARG2
            ARG1 % ARG2
            STRING : REGEXP         Anchored pattern match of REGEXP in STRING
            match STRING REGEXP     Same as STRING : REGEXP
            substr STRING POS LENGTH Substring of STRING, POS counted from 1
            index STRING CHARS      Index in STRING where any CHARS is found, or 0
            length STRING           Length of STRING
            quote TOKEN             Interpret TOKEN as a string, even if
                                    it is a keyword like 'match' or an
                                    operator like '/'
            (EXPRESSION)            Value of EXPRESSION

    Beware that many operators need to be escaped or quoted for shells. Comparisons are arithmetic if both ARGs are numbers, else lexicographical. Pattern matches return the string matched between \( and \) or null; if \( and \) are not used, they return the number of characters matched or 0.

fakeidentd
    fakeidentd [-fiw] [-b ADDR] [STRING]

    Provide fake ident (auth) service

            -f      Run in foreground
            -i      Inetd mode
            -w      Inetd 'wait' mode
            -b ADDR Bind to specified address
            STRING  Ident answer string (default: nobody)

false
    false

    Return an exit code of FALSE (1)

find
    find [-HL] [PATH]... [OPTIONS] [ACTIONS]

    Search for files and perform actions on them. First failed action stops processing of current file. Defaults: PATH is current directory, action is '-print'

            -L,-follow      Follow symlinks
            -H              ...on command line only
            -xdev           Don't descend directories on other filesystems
            -maxdepth N     Descend at most N levels. -maxdepth 0 applies
                            actions to command line arguments only
            -mindepth N     Don't act on first N levels
            -depth          Act on directory *after* traversing it

    Actions:

            ( ACTIONS )     Group actions for -o / -a
            ! ACT           Invert ACT's success/failure
            ACT1 [-a] ACT2  If ACT1 fails, stop, else do ACT2
            ACT1 -o ACT2    If ACT1 succeeds, stop, else do ACT2
                            Note: -a has higher priority than -o
            -name PATTERN   Match file name (w/o directory name) to PATTERN
            -iname PATTERN  Case insensitive -name
            -path PATTERN   Match path to PATTERN
            -ipath PATTERN  Case insensitive -path
            -regex PATTERN  Match path to regex PATTERN
            -type X         File type is X (one of: f,d,l,b,c,...)
            -perm MASK      At least one mask bit (+MASK), all bits (-MASK),
                            or exactly MASK bits are set in file's mode
            -mtime DAYS     mtime is greater than (+N), less than (-N),
                            or exactly N days in the past
            -mmin MINS      mtime is greater than (+N), less than (-N),
                            or exactly N minutes in the past
            -newer FILE     mtime is more recent than FILE's
            -inum N         File has inode number N
            -user NAME/ID   File is owned by given user
            -group NAME/ID  File is owned by given group
            -size N[bck]    File size is N (c:bytes,k:kbytes,b:512 bytes(def.))
                            +/-N: file size is bigger/smaller than N
            -links N        Number of links is greater than (+N), less than (-N),
                            or exactly N
            -prune          If current file is directory, don't descend into it
    If none of the following actions is specified, -print is assumed
            -print          Print file name
            -print0         Print file name, NUL terminated
            -exec CMD ARG ; Run CMD with all instances of {} replaced by
                            file name. Fails if CMD exits with nonzero
            -exec CMD ARG + Run CMD with {} replaced by list of file names
            -delete         Delete current file/directory. Turns on -depth option

flock
    flock [-sxun] FD|{FILE [-c] PROG ARGS}

    [Un]lock file descriptor, or lock FILE, run PROG

            -s      Shared lock
            -x      Exclusive lock (default)
            -u      Unlock FD
            -n      Fail rather than wait

fold
    fold [-bs] [-w WIDTH] [FILE]...

    Wrap input lines in each FILE (or stdin), writing to stdout

            -b      Count bytes rather than columns
            -s      Break at spaces
            -w      Use WIDTH columns instead of 80

free
    free [-b/k/m/g]

    Display the amount of free and used system memory

fsync
    fsync [-d] FILE...

    Write files' buffered blocks to disk

            -d      Avoid syncing metadata

ftpd
    ftpd [-wvS] [-t N] [-T N] [DIR]

    Anonymous FTP server

    ftpd should be used as an inetd service. ftpd's line for inetd.conf:
        21 stream tcp nowait root ftpd ftpd /files/to/serve It also can be ran from tcpsvd:

            tcpsvd -vE 0.0.0.0 21 ftpd /files/to/serve

            -w      Allow upload
            -v      Log errors to stderr. -vv: verbose log
            -S      Log errors to syslog. -SS: verbose log
            -t,-T   Idle and absolute timeouts
            DIR     Change root to this directory

ftpget
    ftpget [OPTIONS] HOST [LOCAL_FILE] REMOTE_FILE

    Download a file via FTP

            -c,--continue           Continue previous transfer
            -v,--verbose            Verbose
            -u,--username USER      Username
            -p,--password PASS      Password
            -P,--port NUM           Port

ftpput
    ftpput [OPTIONS] HOST [REMOTE_FILE] LOCAL_FILE

    Upload a file to a FTP server

            -v,--verbose            Verbose
            -u,--username USER      Username
            -p,--password PASS      Password
            -P,--port NUM           Port

fuser
    fuser [OPTIONS] FILE or PORT/PROTO

    Find processes which use FILEs or PORTs

            -m      Find processes which use same fs as FILEs
            -4,-6   Search only IPv4/IPv6 space
            -s      Don't display PIDs
            -k      Kill found processes
            -SIGNAL Signal to send (default: KILL)

getopt
    getopt [OPTIONS] [--] OPTSTRING PARAMS

            -a,--alternative                Allow long options starting with single -
            -l,--longoptions=LOPT[,...]     Long options to recognize
            -n,--name=PROGNAME              The name under which errors are reported
            -o,--options=OPTSTRING          Short options to recognize
            -q,--quiet                      No error messages on unrecognized options
            -Q,--quiet-output               No normal output
            -s,--shell=SHELL                Set shell quoting conventions
            -T,--test                       Version test (exits with 4)
            -u,--unquoted                   Don't quote output

    Example:

    O=`getopt -l bb: -- ab:c:: "$@"` || exit 1 eval set -- "$O" while true; do
        case "$1" in
        -a)    echo A; shift;;
        -b|--bb) echo "B:'$2'"; shift 2;;
        -c)    case "$2" in
        "")    echo C; shift 2;;
        *)    echo "C:'$2'"; shift 2;;
            esac;;
        --)    shift; break;;
        *)    echo Error; exit 1;;
        esac done

grep
    grep [-HhnlLoqvsriwFE] [-m N] [-A/B/C N] PATTERN/-e PATTERN.../-f FILE [FILE]...

    Search for PATTERN in FILEs (or stdin)

            -H      Add 'filename:' prefix
            -h      Do not add 'filename:' prefix
            -n      Add 'line_no:' prefix
            -l      Show only names of files that match
            -L      Show only names of files that don't match
            -c      Show only count of matching lines
            -o      Show only the matching part of line
            -q      Quiet. Return 0 if PATTERN is found, 1 otherwise
            -v      Select non-matching lines
            -s      Suppress open and read errors
            -r      Recurse
            -i      Ignore case
            -w      Match whole words only
            -x      Match whole lines only
            -F      PATTERN is a literal (not regexp)
            -E      PATTERN is an extended regexp
            -m N    Match up to N times per file
            -A N    Print N lines of trailing context
            -B N    Print N lines of leading context
            -C N    Same as '-A N -B N'
            -e PTRN Pattern to match
            -f FILE Read pattern from file

groups
    groups [USER]

    Print the group memberships of USER or for the current process

gunzip
    gunzip [-cft] [FILE]...

    Decompress FILEs (or stdin)

            -c      Write to stdout
            -f      Force
            -t      Test file integrity

gzip
    gzip [-cfd] [FILE]...

    Compress FILEs (or stdin)

            -d      Decompress
            -c      Write to stdout
            -f      Force

hd  hd FILE...

    hd is an alias for hexdump -C

head
    head [OPTIONS] [FILE]...

    Print first 10 lines of each FILE (or stdin) to stdout. With more than one FILE, precede each with a filename header.

            -n N[kbm]       Print first N lines
            -n -N[kbm]      Print all except N last lines
            -c [-]N[kbm]    Print first N bytes
            -q              Never print headers
            -v              Always print headers

    N may be suffixed by k (x1024), b (x512), or m (x1024^2).

hexdump
    hexdump [-bcCdefnosvxR] [FILE]...

    Display FILEs (or stdin) in a user specified format

            -b              One-byte octal display
            -c              One-byte character display
            -C              Canonical hex+ASCII, 16 bytes per line
            -d              Two-byte decimal display
            -e FORMAT_STRING
            -f FORMAT_FILE
            -n LENGTH       Interpret only LENGTH bytes of input
            -o              Two-byte octal display
            -s OFFSET       Skip OFFSET bytes
            -v              Display all input data
            -x              Two-byte hexadecimal display
            -R              Reverse of 'hexdump -Cv'

hostid
    hostid

    Print out a unique 32-bit identifier for the machine

hostname
    hostname [OPTIONS] [HOSTNAME | -F FILE]

    Get or set hostname or DNS domain name

            -s      Short
            -i      Addresses for the hostname
            -d      DNS domain name
            -f      Fully qualified domain name
            -F FILE Use FILE's content as hostname

httpd
    httpd [-ifv[v]] [-c CONFFILE] [-p [IP:]PORT] [-u USER[:GRP]] [-r REALM] [-h HOME] or httpd -d/-e/-m STRING

    Listen for incoming HTTP requests

            -i              Inetd mode
            -f              Don't daemonize
            -v[v]           Verbose
            -p [IP:]PORT    Bind to IP:PORT (default *:80)
            -u USER[:GRP]   Set uid/gid after binding to port
            -r REALM        Authentication Realm for Basic Authentication
            -h HOME         Home directory (default .)
            -c FILE         Configuration file (default {/etc,HOME}/httpd.conf)
            -m STRING       MD5 crypt STRING
            -e STRING       HTML encode STRING
            -d STRING       URL decode STRING

hush
    hush [-nxl] [-c 'SCRIPT' [ARG0 [ARGS]] / FILE [ARGS]]

    Unix shell interpreter

id  id [OPTIONS] [USER]

    Print information about USER or the current user

            -u      User ID
            -g      Group ID
            -G      Supplementary group IDs
            -n      Print names instead of numbers
            -r      Print real ID instead of effective ID

inetd
    inetd [-fe] [-q N] [-R N] [CONFFILE]

    Listen for network connections and launch programs

            -f      Run in foreground
            -e      Log to stderr
            -q N    Socket listen queue (default: 128)
            -R N    Pause services after N connects/min
                    (default: 0 - disabled)

install
    install [-cdDsp] [-o USER] [-g GRP] [-m MODE] [-t DIR] [SOURCE]... DEST

    Copy files and set attributes

            -c      Just copy (default)
            -d      Create directories
            -D      Create leading target directories
            -s      Strip symbol table
            -p      Preserve date
            -o USER Set ownership
            -g GRP  Set group ownership
            -m MODE Set permissions
            -t DIR  Install to DIR

ipcalc
    ipcalc [OPTIONS] ADDRESS[[/]NETMASK] [NETMASK]

    Calculate IP network settings from a IP address

            -b,--broadcast  Display calculated broadcast address
            -n,--network    Display calculated network address
            -m,--netmask    Display default netmask for IP
            -p,--prefix     Display the prefix for IP/NETMASK
            -h,--hostname   Display first resolved host name
            -s,--silent     Don't ever display error messages

ipcrm
    ipcrm [-MQS key] [-mqs id]

    Upper-case options MQS remove an object by shmkey value. Lower-case options remove an object by shmid value.

            -mM     Remove memory segment after last detach
            -qQ     Remove message queue
            -sS     Remove semaphore

kill
    kill [-l] [-SIG] PID...

    Send a signal (default: TERM) to given PIDs

            -l      List all signal names and numbers

killall
    killall [-l] [-q] [-SIG] PROCESS_NAME...

    Send a signal (default: TERM) to given processes

            -l      List all signal names and numbers
            -q      Don't complain if no processes were killed

killall5
    killall5 [-l] [-SIG] [-o PID]...

    Send a signal (default: TERM) to all processes outside current session

            -l      List all signal names and numbers
            -o PID  Don't signal this PID

less
    less [-EIMmNh~] [FILE]...

    View FILE (or stdin) one screenful at a time

            -E      Quit once the end of a file is reached
            -I      Ignore case in all searches
            -M,-m   Display status line with line numbers
                    and percentage through the file
            -N      Prefix line number to each line
            -~      Suppress ~s displayed past EOF

ln  ln [OPTIONS] TARGET... LINK|DIR

    Create a link LINK or DIR/TARGET to the specified TARGET(s)

            -s      Make symlinks instead of hardlinks
            -f      Remove existing destinations
            -n      Don't dereference symlinks - treat like normal file
            -b      Make a backup of the target (if exists) before link operation
            -S suf  Use suffix instead of ~ when making backup files
            -T      2nd arg must be a DIR
            -v      Verbose

logger
    logger [OPTIONS] [MESSAGE]

    Write MESSAGE (or stdin) to syslog

            -s      Log to stderr as well as the system log
            -t TAG  Log using the specified tag (defaults to user name)
            -p PRIO Priority (numeric or facility.level pair)

login
    login [-p] [-h HOST] [[-f] USER]

    Begin a new session on the system

            -f      Don't authenticate (user already authenticated)
            -h      Name of the remote host
            -p      Preserve environment

logname
    logname

    Print the name of the current user

logread
    logread [-f]

    Show messages in syslogd's circular buffer

            -f      Output data as log grows

lpd lpd SPOOLDIR [HELPER [ARGS]]

    SPOOLDIR must contain (symlinks to) device nodes or directories with names matching print queue names. In the first case, jobs are sent directly to the device. Otherwise each job is stored in queue directory and HELPER program is called. Name of file to print is passed in $DATAFILE variable. Example:

            tcpsvd -E 0 515 softlimit -m 999999 lpd /var/spool ./print

lpq lpq [-P queue[@host[:port]]] [-U USERNAME] [-d JOBID]... [-fs]

            -P      lp service to connect to (else uses $PRINTER)
            -d      Delete jobs
            -f      Force any waiting job to be printed
            -s      Short display

lpr lpr -P queue[@host[:port]] -U USERNAME -J TITLE -Vmh [FILE]...

            -P      lp service to connect to (else uses $PRINTER)
            -m      Send mail on completion
            -h      Print banner page too
            -V      Verbose

ls  ls [-1AaCxdLHRFplinsehrSXvctu] [-w WIDTH] [FILE]...

    List directory contents

            -1      One column output
            -a      Include entries which start with .
            -A      Like -a, but exclude . and ..
            -C      List by columns
            -x      List by lines
            -d      List directory entries instead of contents
            -L      Follow symlinks
            -H      Follow symlinks on command line
            -R      Recurse
            -p      Append / to dir entries
            -F      Append indicator (one of */=@|) to entries
            -l      Long listing format
            -i      List inode numbers
            -n      List numeric UIDs and GIDs instead of names
            -s      List allocated blocks
            -e      List full date and time
            -h      List sizes in human readable format (1K 243M 2G)
            -r      Sort in reverse order
            -S      Sort by size
            -X      Sort by extension
            -v      Sort by version
            -c      With -l: sort by ctime
            -t      With -l: sort by mtime
            -u      With -l: sort by atime
            -w N    Assume the terminal is N columns wide
            --color[={always,never,auto}]   Control coloring

lsof
    lsof

    Show all open files

lzcat
    lzcat [FILE]...

    Decompress to stdout

lzma
    lzma -d [-cf] [FILE]...

    Decompress FILE (or stdin)

            -d      Decompress
            -c      Write to stdout
            -f      Force

lzop
    lzop [-cfvd123456789CF] [FILE]...

            -1..9   Compression level
            -d      Decompress
            -c      Write to stdout
            -f      Force
            -v      Verbose
            -F      Don't store or verify checksum
            -C      Also write checksum of compressed block

lzopcat
    lzopcat [-vCF] [FILE]...

            -v      Verbose
            -F      Don't store or verify checksum

makedevs
    makedevs [-d device_table] rootdir

    Create a range of special files as specified in a device table. Device table entries take the form of:

    <name> <type> <mode> <uid> <gid> <major> <minor> <start> <inc> <count> Where name is the file name, type can be one of:
        f    Regular file
        d    Directory
        c    Character device
        b    Block device
        p    Fifo (named pipe)
    uid is the user id for the target file, gid is the group id for the target file. The rest of the entries (major, minor, etc) apply to to device special files. A '-' may be used for blank entries.

makemime
    makemime [OPTIONS] [FILE]...

    Create multipart MIME-encoded message from FILEs

            -o FILE Output. Default: stdout
            -a HDR  Add header(s). Examples:
                    "From: user@host.org", "Date: `date -R`"
            -c CT   Content type. Default: application/octet-stream
            -C CS   Charset. Default: us-ascii

    Other options are silently ignored

man man [-aw] [MANPAGE]...

    Format and display manual page

            -a      Display all pages
            -w      Show page locations

md5sum
    md5sum [-c[sw]] [FILE]...

    Print or check MD5 checksums

            -c      Check sums against list in FILEs
            -s      Don't output anything, status code shows success
            -w      Warn about improperly formatted checksum lines

mesg
    mesg [y|n]

    Control write access to your terminal
        y    Allow write access to your terminal
        n    Disallow write access to your terminal

microcom
    microcom [-d DELAY] [-t TIMEOUT] [-s SPEED] [-X] TTY

    Copy bytes for stdin to TTY and from TTY to stdout

            -d      Wait up to DELAY ms for TTY output before sending every
                    next byte to it
            -t      Exit if both stdin and TTY are silent for TIMEOUT ms
            -s      Set serial line to SPEED
            -X      Disable special meaning of NUL and Ctrl-X from stdin

mkdir
    mkdir [OPTIONS] DIRECTORY...

    Create DIRECTORY

            -m MODE Mode
            -p      No error if exists; make parent directories as needed

mkfifo
    mkfifo [-m MODE] NAME

    Create named pipe

            -m MODE Mode (default a=rw)

mknod
    mknod [-m MODE] NAME TYPE MAJOR MINOR

    Create a special file (block, character, or pipe)

            -m MODE Creation mode (default a=rw)
    TYPE:
            b       Block device
            c or u  Character device
            p       Named pipe (MAJOR and MINOR are ignored)

mktemp
    mktemp [-dt] [-p DIR] [TEMPLATE]

    Create a temporary file with name based on TEMPLATE and print its name. TEMPLATE must end with XXXXXX (e.g. [/dir/]nameXXXXXX). Without TEMPLATE, -t tmp.XXXXXX is assumed.

            -d      Make directory, not file
            -q      Fail silently on errors
            -t      Prepend base directory name to TEMPLATE
            -p DIR  Use DIR as a base directory (implies -t)
            -u      Do not create anything; print a name

    Base directory is: -p DIR, else $TMPDIR, else /tmp

more
    more [FILE]...

    View FILE (or stdin) one screenful at a time

mountpoint
    mountpoint [-q] <[-dn] DIR | -x DEVICE>

    Check if the directory is a mountpoint

            -q      Quiet
            -d      Print major/minor device number of the filesystem
            -n      Print device name of the filesystem
            -x      Print major/minor device number of the blockdevice

mpstat
    mpstat [-A] [-I SUM|CPU|ALL|SCPU] [-u] [-P num|ALL] [INTERVAL [COUNT]]

    Per-processor statistics

            -A                      Same as -I ALL -u -P ALL
            -I SUM|CPU|ALL|SCPU     Report interrupt statistics
            -P num|ALL              Processor to monitor
            -u                      Report CPU utilization

mt  mt [-f device] opcode value

    Control magnetic tape drive operation

    Available Opcodes:

    bsf bsfm bsr bss datacompression drvbuffer eof eom erase fsf fsfm fsr fss load lock mkpart nop offline ras1 ras2 ras3 reset retension rewind rewoffline seek setblk setdensity setpart tell unload unlock weof wset

mv  mv [-fin] SOURCE DEST or: mv [-fin] SOURCE... DIRECTORY

    Rename SOURCE to DEST, or move SOURCE(s) to DIRECTORY

            -f      Don't prompt before overwriting
            -i      Interactive, prompt before overwrite
            -n      Don't overwrite an existing file

nc  nc [OPTIONS] HOST PORT - connect nc [OPTIONS] -l -p PORT [HOST] [PORT] - listen

            -e PROG Run PROG after connect (must be last)
            -l      Listen mode, for inbound connects
            -lk     With -e, provides persistent server
            -p PORT Local port
            -s ADDR Local address
            -w SEC  Timeout for connects and final net reads
            -i SEC  Delay interval for lines sent
            -n      Don't do DNS resolution
            -u      UDP mode
            -v      Verbose
            -o FILE Hex dump traffic
            -z      Zero-I/O mode (scanning)

nice
    nice [-n ADJUST] [PROG ARGS]

    Change scheduling priority, run PROG

            -n ADJUST       Adjust priority by ADJUST

nmeter
    nmeter [-d MSEC] FORMAT_STRING

    Monitor system in real time

     -d MSEC        Milliseconds between updates (default:1000)

    Format specifiers:

     %Nc or %[cN]   CPU. N - bar size (default:10)
                    (displays: S:system U:user N:niced D:iowait I:irq i:softirq)
     %[nINTERFACE]  Network INTERFACE
     %m             Allocated memory
     %[mf]          Free memory
     %[mt]          Total memory
     %s             Allocated swap
     %f             Number of used file descriptors
     %Ni            Total/specific IRQ rate
     %x             Context switch rate
     %p             Forks
     %[pn]          # of processes
     %b             Block io
     %Nt            Time (with N decimal points)
     %r             Print <cr> instead of <lf> at EOL

nohup
    nohup PROG ARGS

    Run PROG immune to hangups, with output to a non-tty

nslookup
    nslookup [HOST] [SERVER]

    Query the nameserver for the IP address of the given HOST optionally using a specified DNS server

od  od [-abcdfhilovxs] [-t TYPE] [-A RADIX] [-N SIZE] [-j SKIP] [-S MINSTR] [-w WIDTH] [FILE]...

    Print FILEs (or stdin) unambiguously, as octal bytes by default

patch
    patch [OPTIONS] [ORIGFILE [PATCHFILE]]

            -p,--strip N            Strip N leading components from file names
            -i,--input DIFF         Read DIFF instead of stdin
            -R,--reverse            Reverse patch
            -N,--forward            Ignore already applied patches
            -E,--remove-empty-files Remove output files if they become empty

pgrep
    pgrep [-flnovx] [-s SID|-P PPID|PATTERN]

    Display process(es) selected by regex PATTERN

            -l      Show command name too
            -f      Match against entire command line
            -n      Show the newest process only
            -o      Show the oldest process only
            -v      Negate the match
            -x      Match whole name (not substring)
            -s      Match session ID (0 for current)
            -P      Match parent process ID

pidof
    pidof [OPTIONS] [NAME]...

    List PIDs of all processes with names that match NAMEs

            -s      Show only one PID
            -o PID  Omit given pid
                    Use %PPID to omit pid of pidof's parent

ping
    ping [OPTIONS] HOST

    Send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts

            -4,-6           Force IP or IPv6 name resolution
            -c CNT          Send only CNT pings
            -s SIZE         Send SIZE data bytes in packets (default:56)
            -t TTL          Set TTL
            -I IFACE/IP     Use interface or IP address as source
            -W SEC          Seconds to wait for the first response (default:10)
                            (after all -c CNT packets are sent)
            -w SEC          Seconds until ping exits (default:infinite)
                            (can exit earlier with -c CNT)
            -q              Quiet, only display output at start
                            and when finished
            -p              Pattern to use for payload

ping6
    ping6 [OPTIONS] HOST

    Send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts

            -c CNT          Send only CNT pings
            -s SIZE         Send SIZE data bytes in packets (default:56)
            -I IFACE/IP     Use interface or IP address as source
            -q              Quiet, only display output at start
                            and when finished
            -p              Pattern to use for payload

pkill
    pkill [-l|-SIGNAL] [-fnovx] [-s SID|-P PPID|PATTERN]

    Send a signal to process(es) selected by regex PATTERN

            -l      List all signals
            -f      Match against entire command line
            -n      Signal the newest process only
            -o      Signal the oldest process only
            -v      Negate the match
            -x      Match whole name (not substring)
            -s      Match session ID (0 for current)
            -P      Match parent process ID

popmaildir
    popmaildir [OPTIONS] MAILDIR [CONN_HELPER ARGS]

    Fetch content of remote mailbox to local maildir

            -s              Skip authorization
            -T              Get messages with TOP instead of RETR
            -k              Keep retrieved messages on the server
            -t SEC          Network timeout
            -F "PROG ARGS"  Filter program (may be repeated)
            -M "PROG ARGS"  Delivery program

    Fetch from plain POP3 server: popmaildir -k DIR nc pop3.server.com 110 <user_and_pass.txt Fetch from SSLed POP3 server and delete fetched emails: popmaildir DIR -- openssl s_client -quiet -connect pop3.server.com:995 <user_and_pass.txt

printenv
    printenv [VARIABLE]...

    Print environment VARIABLEs. If no VARIABLE specified, print all.

printf
    printf FORMAT [ARG]...

    Format and print ARG(s) according to FORMAT (a-la C printf)

ps  ps [-o COL1,COL2=HEADER]

    Show list of processes

            -o COL1,COL2=HEADER     Select columns for display

pscan
    pscan [-cb] [-p MIN_PORT] [-P MAX_PORT] [-t TIMEOUT] [-T MIN_RTT] HOST

    Scan a host, print all open ports

            -c      Show closed ports too
            -b      Show blocked ports too
            -p      Scan from this port (default 1)
            -P      Scan up to this port (default 1024)
            -t      Timeout (default 5000 ms)
            -T      Minimum rtt (default 5 ms, increase for congested hosts)

pstree
    pstree [-p] [PID|USER]

    Display process tree, optionally start from USER or PID

            -p      Show pids

pwd pwd

    Print the full filename of the current working directory

pwdx
    pwdx PID...

    Show current directory for PIDs

readlink
    readlink [-fnv] FILE

    Display the value of a symlink

            -f      Canonicalize by following all symlinks
            -n      Don't add newline
            -v      Verbose

realpath
    realpath FILE...

    Return the absolute pathnames of given FILE

reformime
    reformime [OPTIONS]

    Parse MIME-encoded message on stdin

            -x PREFIX       Extract content of MIME sections to files
            -X PROG ARGS    Filter content of MIME sections through PROG
                            Must be the last option

    Other options are silently ignored

remove-shell
    remove-shell SHELL...

    Remove SHELLs from /etc/shells

renice
    renice {{-n INCREMENT} | PRIORITY} [[-p | -g | -u] ID...]

    Change scheduling priority for a running process

            -n      Adjust current nice value (smaller is faster)
            -p      Process id(s) (default)
            -g      Process group id(s)
            -u      Process user name(s) and/or id(s)

reset
    reset

    Reset the screen

resize
    resize

    Resize the screen

rm  rm [-irf] FILE...

    Remove (unlink) FILEs

            -i      Always prompt before removing
            -f      Never prompt
            -R,-r   Recurse

rmdir
    rmdir [OPTIONS] DIRECTORY...

    Remove DIRECTORY if it is empty

            -p|--parents    Include parents
            --ignore-fail-on-non-empty

rpm rpm -i PACKAGE.rpm; rpm -qp[ildc] PACKAGE.rpm

    Manipulate RPM packages

    Commands:

            -i      Install package
            -qp     Query package
            -qpi    Show information
            -qpl    List contents
            -qpd    List documents
            -qpc    List config files

rpm2cpio
    rpm2cpio package.rpm

    Output a cpio archive of the rpm file

run-parts
    run-parts [-a ARG]... [-u UMASK] [--reverse] [--test] [--exit-on-error] [--list] DIRECTORY

    Run a bunch of scripts in DIRECTORY

            -a ARG          Pass ARG as argument to scripts
            -u UMASK        Set UMASK before running scripts
            --reverse       Reverse execution order
            --test          Dry run
            --exit-on-error Exit if a script exits with non-zero
            --list          Print names of matching files even if they are not executable

runsv
    runsv DIR

    Start and monitor a service and optionally an appendant log service

runsvdir
    runsvdir [-P] [-s SCRIPT] DIR

    Start a runsv process for each subdirectory. If it exits, restart it.

            -P              Put each runsv in a new session
            -s SCRIPT       Run SCRIPT <signo> after signal is processed

rx  rx FILE

    Receive a file using the xmodem protocol

script
    script [-afqt] [-c PROG] [OUTFILE]

            -a      Append output
            -c PROG Run PROG, not shell
            -f      Flush output after each write
            -q      Quiet
            -t      Send timing to stderr

scriptreplay
    scriptreplay timingfile [typescript [divisor]]

    Play back typescripts, using timing information

sed sed [-inrE] [-f FILE]... [-e CMD]... [FILE]... or: sed [-inrE] CMD [FILE]...

            -e CMD  Add CMD to sed commands to be executed
            -f FILE Add FILE contents to sed commands to be executed
            -i[SFX] Edit files in-place (otherwise sends to stdout)
                    Optionally back files up, appending SFX
            -n      Suppress automatic printing of pattern space
            -r,-E   Use extended regex syntax

    If no -e or -f, the first non-option argument is the sed command string. Remaining arguments are input files (stdin if none).

sendmail
    sendmail [OPTIONS] [RECIPIENT_EMAIL]...

    Read email from stdin and send it

    Standard options:

            -t              Read additional recipients from message body
            -f SENDER       For use in MAIL FROM:<sender>. Can be empty string
                            Default: -auUSER, or username of current UID
            -o OPTIONS      Various options. -oi implied, others are ignored
            -i              -oi synonym. implied and ignored

    Busybox specific options:

            -v              Verbose
            -w SECS         Network timeout
            -H 'PROG ARGS'  Run connection helper
                            Examples:
                            -H 'exec openssl s_client -quiet -tls1 -starttls smtp
                                    -connect smtp.gmail.com:25' <email.txt
                                    [4<username_and_passwd.txt | -auUSER -apPASS]
                            -H 'exec openssl s_client -quiet -tls1
                                    -connect smtp.gmail.com:465' <email.txt
                                    [4<username_and_passwd.txt | -auUSER -apPASS]
            -S HOST[:PORT]  Server
            -auUSER         Username for AUTH LOGIN
            -apPASS         Password for AUTH LOGIN

    Other options are silently ignored; -oi -t is implied Use makemime to create emails with attachments

seq seq [-w] [-s SEP] [FIRST [INC]] LAST

    Print numbers from FIRST to LAST, in steps of INC. FIRST, INC default to 1.

            -w      Pad to last with leading zeros
            -s SEP  String separator

setsid
    setsid PROG ARGS

    Run PROG in a new session. PROG will have no controlling terminal and will not be affected by keyboard signals (Ctrl-C etc). See setsid(2) for details.

setuidgid
    setuidgid USER PROG ARGS

    Set uid and gid to USER's uid and gid, drop supplementary group ids, run PROG

sh  sh [-/+OPTIONS] [-/+o OPT]... [-c 'SCRIPT' [ARG0 [ARGS]] / FILE [ARGS]]

    Unix shell interpreter

sha1sum
    sha1sum [-c[sw]] [FILE]...

    Print or check SHA1 checksums

            -c      Check sums against list in FILEs
            -s      Don't output anything, status code shows success
            -w      Warn about improperly formatted checksum lines

sha256sum
    sha256sum [-c[sw]] [FILE]...

    Print or check SHA256 checksums

            -c      Check sums against list in FILEs
            -s      Don't output anything, status code shows success
            -w      Warn about improperly formatted checksum lines

sha3sum
    sha3sum [-c[sw]] [FILE]...

    Print or check SHA3-512 checksums

            -c      Check sums against list in FILEs
            -s      Don't output anything, status code shows success
            -w      Warn about improperly formatted checksum lines

sha512sum
    sha512sum [-c[sw]] [FILE]...

    Print or check SHA512 checksums

            -c      Check sums against list in FILEs
            -s      Don't output anything, status code shows success
            -w      Warn about improperly formatted checksum lines

shuf
    shuf [-e|-i L-H] [-n NUM] [-o FILE] [-z] [FILE|ARG...]

    Randomly permute lines

            -e      Treat ARGs as lines
            -i L-H  Treat numbers L-H as lines
            -n NUM  Output at most NUM lines
            -o FILE Write to FILE, not standard output
            -z      End lines with zero byte, not newline

sleep
    sleep [N]...

    Pause for a time equal to the total of the args given, where each arg can have an optional suffix of (s)econds, (m)inutes, (h)ours, or (d)ays

smemcap
    smemcap >SMEMDATA.TAR

    Collect memory usage data in /proc and write it to stdout

softlimit
    softlimit [-a BYTES] [-m BYTES] [-d BYTES] [-s BYTES] [-l BYTES]
        [-f BYTES] [-c BYTES] [-r BYTES] [-o N] [-p N] [-t N]
        PROG ARGS

    Set soft resource limits, then run PROG

            -a BYTES        Limit total size of all segments
            -m BYTES        Same as -d BYTES -s BYTES -l BYTES -a BYTES
            -d BYTES        Limit data segment
            -s BYTES        Limit stack segment
            -l BYTES        Limit locked memory size
            -o N            Limit number of open files per process
            -p N            Limit number of processes per uid
    Options controlling file sizes:

            -f BYTES        Limit output file sizes
            -c BYTES        Limit core file size
    Efficiency opts:

            -r BYTES        Limit resident set size
            -t N            Limit CPU time, process receives
                            a SIGXCPU after N seconds

sort
    sort [-nrugMcszbdfimSTokt] [-o FILE] [-k start[.offset][opts][,end[.offset][opts]] [-t CHAR] [FILE]...

    Sort lines of text

            -b      Ignore leading blanks
            -c      Check whether input is sorted
            -d      Dictionary order (blank or alphanumeric only)
            -f      Ignore case
            -g      General numerical sort
            -i      Ignore unprintable characters
            -k      Sort key
            -M      Sort month
            -n      Sort numbers
            -o      Output to file
            -k      Sort by key
            -t CHAR Key separator
            -r      Reverse sort order
            -s      Stable (don't sort ties alphabetically)
            -u      Suppress duplicate lines
            -z      Lines are terminated by NUL, not newline
            -mST    Ignored for GNU compatibility

split
    split [OPTIONS] [INPUT [PREFIX]]

            -b N[k|m]       Split by N (kilo|mega)bytes
            -l N            Split by N lines
            -a N            Use N letters as suffix

start-stop-daemon
    start-stop-daemon [OPTIONS] [-S|-K] ... [-- ARGS...]

    Search for matching processes, and then -K: stop all matching processes. -S: start a process unless a matching process is found.

    Process matching:

            -u,--user USERNAME|UID  Match only this user's processes
            -n,--name NAME          Match processes with NAME
                                    in comm field in /proc/PID/stat
            -x,--exec EXECUTABLE    Match processes with this command
                                    in /proc/PID/{exe,cmdline}
            -p,--pidfile FILE       Match a process with PID from the file
            All specified conditions must match
    -S only:
            -x,--exec EXECUTABLE    Program to run
            -a,--startas NAME       Zeroth argument
            -b,--background         Background
            -N,--nicelevel N        Change nice level
            -c,--chuid USER[:[GRP]] Change to user/group
            -m,--make-pidfile       Write PID to the pidfile specified by -p
    -K only:
            -s,--signal SIG         Signal to send
            -t,--test               Match only, exit with 0 if a process is found
    Other:

            -o,--oknodo             Exit with status 0 if nothing is done
            -v,--verbose            Verbose
            -q,--quiet              Quiet

stat
    stat [OPTIONS] FILE...

    Display file (default) or filesystem status

            -c fmt  Use the specified format
            -f      Display filesystem status
            -L      Follow links
            -t      Display info in terse form

    Valid format sequences for files:

     %a     Access rights in octal
     %A     Access rights in human readable form
     %b     Number of blocks allocated (see %B)
     %B     The size in bytes of each block reported by %b
     %d     Device number in decimal
     %D     Device number in hex
     %f     Raw mode in hex
     %F     File type
     %g     Group ID of owner
     %G     Group name of owner
     %h     Number of hard links
     %i     Inode number
     %n     File name
     %N     File name, with -> TARGET if symlink
     %o     I/O block size
     %s     Total size, in bytes
     %t     Major device type in hex
     %T     Minor device type in hex
     %u     User ID of owner
     %U     User name of owner
     %x     Time of last access
     %X     Time of last access as seconds since Epoch
     %y     Time of last modification
     %Y     Time of last modification as seconds since Epoch
     %z     Time of last change
     %Z     Time of last change as seconds since Epoch

    Valid format sequences for file systems:

     %a     Free blocks available to non-superuser
     %b     Total data blocks in file system
     %c     Total file nodes in file system
     %d     Free file nodes in file system
     %f     Free blocks in file system
     %i     File System ID in hex
     %l     Maximum length of filenames
     %n     File name
     %s     Block size (for faster transfer)
     %S     Fundamental block size (for block counts)
     %t     Type in hex
     %T     Type in human readable form

strings
    strings [-afo] [-n LEN] [FILE]...

    Display printable strings in a binary file

            -a      Scan whole file (default)
            -f      Precede strings with filenames
            -n LEN  At least LEN characters form a string (default 4)
            -o      Precede strings with decimal offsets

stty
    stty [-a|g] [-F DEVICE] [SETTING]...

    Without arguments, prints baud rate, line discipline, and deviations from stty sane

            -F DEVICE       Open device instead of stdin
            -a              Print all current settings in human-readable form
            -g              Print in stty-readable form
            [SETTING]       See manpage

sum sum [-rs] [FILE]...

    Checksum and count the blocks in a file

            -r      Use BSD sum algorithm (1K blocks)
            -s      Use System V sum algorithm (512byte blocks)

sv  sv [-v] [-w SEC] CMD SERVICE_DIR...

    Control services monitored by runsv supervisor. Commands (only first character is enough):

    status: query service status up: if service isn't running, start it. If service stops, restart it once: like 'up', but if service stops, don't restart it down: send TERM and CONT signals. If ./run exits, start ./finish
        if it exists. After it stops, don't restart service exit: send TERM and CONT signals to service and log service. If they exit,
        runsv exits too pause, cont, hup, alarm, interrupt, quit, 1, 2, term, kill: send STOP, CONT, HUP, ALRM, INT, QUIT, USR1, USR2, TERM, KILL signal to service

svlogd
    svlogd [-ttv] [-r C] [-R CHARS] [-l MATCHLEN] [-b BUFLEN] DIR...

    Continuously read log data from stdin and write to rotated log files in DIRs

    DIR/config file modifies behavior: sSIZE - when to rotate logs nNUM - number of files to retain !PROG - process rotated log with PROG +,-PATTERN - (de)select line for logging E,ePATTERN - (de)select line for stderr

sync
    sync

    Write all buffered blocks to disk

syslogd
    syslogd [OPTIONS]

    System logging utility

            -n              Run in foreground
            -R HOST[:PORT]  Log to HOST:PORT (default PORT:514)
            -L              Log locally and via network (default is network only if -R)
            -C[size_kb]     Log to shared mem buffer (use logread to read it)
            -O FILE         Log to FILE (default:/var/log/messages, stdout if -)
            -s SIZE         Max size (KB) before rotation (default:200KB, 0=off)
            -b N            N rotated logs to keep (default:1, max=99, 0=purge)
            -l N            Log only messages more urgent than prio N (1-8)
            -S              Smaller output
            -D              Drop duplicates
            -f FILE         Use FILE as config (default:/etc/syslog.conf)

tac tac [FILE]...

    Concatenate FILEs and print them in reverse

tail
    tail [OPTIONS] [FILE]...

    Print last 10 lines of each FILE (or stdin) to stdout. With more than one FILE, precede each with a filename header.

            -f              Print data as file grows
            -c [+]N[kbm]    Print last N bytes
            -n N[kbm]       Print last N lines
            -n +N[kbm]      Start on Nth line and print the rest
            -q              Never print headers
            -s SECONDS      Wait SECONDS between reads with -f
            -v              Always print headers
            -F              Same as -f, but keep retrying

    N may be suffixed by k (x1024), b (x512), or m (x1024^2).

tar tar -[cxtzJjahmvO] [-X FILE] [-T FILE] [-f TARFILE] [-C DIR] [FILE]...

    Create, extract, or list files from a tar file

    Operation:

            c       Create
            x       Extract
            t       List
            f       Name of TARFILE ('-' for stdin/out)
            C       Change to DIR before operation
            v       Verbose
            z       (De)compress using gzip
            J       (De)compress using xz
            j       (De)compress using bzip2
            a       (De)compress using lzma
            O       Extract to stdout
            h       Follow symlinks
            m       Don't restore mtime
            exclude File to exclude
            X       File with names to exclude
            T       File with names to include

tcpsvd
    tcpsvd [-hEv] [-c N] [-C N[:MSG]] [-b N] [-u USER] [-l NAME] IP PORT PROG

    Create TCP socket, bind to IP:PORT and listen for incoming connection. Run PROG for each connection.

            IP              IP to listen on, 0 = all
            PORT            Port to listen on
            PROG ARGS       Program to run
            -l NAME         Local hostname (else looks up local hostname in DNS)
            -u USER[:GRP]   Change to user/group after bind
            -c N            Handle up to N connections simultaneously
            -b N            Allow a backlog of approximately N TCP SYNs
            -C N[:MSG]      Allow only up to N connections from the same IP
                            New connections from this IP address are closed
                            immediately. MSG is written to the peer before close
            -h              Look up peer's hostname
            -E              Don't set up environment variables
            -v              Verbose

tee tee [-ai] [FILE]...

    Copy stdin to each FILE, and also to stdout

            -a      Append to the given FILEs, don't overwrite
            -i      Ignore interrupt signals (SIGINT)

telnet
    telnet [-a] [-l USER] HOST [PORT]

    Connect to telnet server

            -a      Automatic login with $USER variable
            -l USER Automatic login as USER

telnetd
    telnetd [OPTIONS]

    Handle incoming telnet connections

            -l LOGIN        Exec LOGIN on connect
            -f ISSUE_FILE   Display ISSUE_FILE instead of /etc/issue
            -K              Close connection as soon as login exits
                            (normally wait until all programs close slave pty)
            -p PORT         Port to listen on
            -b ADDR[:PORT]  Address to bind to
            -F              Run in foreground
            -i              Inetd mode
            -w SEC          Inetd 'wait' mode, linger time SEC
            -S              Log to syslog (implied by -i or without -F and -w)

test
    test EXPRESSION ]

    Check file types, compare values etc. Return a 0/1 exit code depending on logical value of EXPRESSION

tftp
    tftp [OPTIONS] HOST [PORT]

    Transfer a file from/to tftp server

            -l FILE Local FILE
            -r FILE Remote FILE
            -g      Get file
            -p      Put file
            -b SIZE Transfer blocks of SIZE octets

tftpd
    tftpd [-cr] [-u USER] [DIR]

    Transfer a file on tftp client's request

    tftpd should be used as an inetd service. tftpd's line for inetd.conf:
        69 dgram udp nowait root tftpd tftpd -l /files/to/serve It also can be ran from udpsvd:

            udpsvd -vE 0.0.0.0 69 tftpd /files/to/serve

            -r      Prohibit upload
            -c      Allow file creation via upload
            -u      Access files as USER
            -l      Log to syslog (inetd mode requires this)

time
    time [-v] PROG ARGS

    Run PROG, display resource usage when it exits

            -v      Verbose

timeout
    timeout [-t SECS] [-s SIG] PROG ARGS

    Runs PROG. Sends SIG to it if it is not gone in SECS seconds. Defaults: SECS: 10, SIG: TERM.

top top [-b] [-nCOUNT] [-dSECONDS]

    Provide a view of process activity in real time. Read the status of all processes from /proc each SECONDS and display a screenful of them. Keys:

            N/M/P/T: sort by pid/mem/cpu/time
            R: reverse sort
            1: toggle SMP
            Q,^C: exit

    Options:

            -b      Batch mode
            -n N    Exit after N iterations
            -d N    Delay between updates

touch
    touch [-c] [-d DATE] [-t DATE] [-r FILE] FILE...

    Update the last-modified date on the given FILE[s]

            -c      Don't create files
            -h      Don't follow links
            -d DT   Date/time to use
            -t DT   Date/time to use
            -r FILE Use FILE's date/time

tr  tr [-cds] STRING1 [STRING2]

    Translate, squeeze, or delete characters from stdin, writing to stdout

            -c      Take complement of STRING1
            -d      Delete input characters coded STRING1
            -s      Squeeze multiple output characters of STRING2 into one character

traceroute
    traceroute [-FIldnrv] [-f 1ST_TTL] [-m MAXTTL] [-p PORT] [-q PROBES]
        [-s SRC_IP] [-t TOS] [-w WAIT_SEC] [-g GATEWAY] [-i IFACE]
        [-z PAUSE_MSEC] HOST [BYTES]

    Trace the route to HOST

            -F      Set the don't fragment bit
            -I      Use ICMP ECHO instead of UDP datagrams
            -l      Display the TTL value of the returned packet
            -d      Set SO_DEBUG options to socket
            -n      Print numeric addresses
            -r      Bypass routing tables, send directly to HOST
            -v      Verbose
            -m      Max time-to-live (max number of hops)
            -p      Base UDP port number used in probes
                    (default 33434)
            -q      Number of probes per TTL (default 3)
            -s      IP address to use as the source address
            -t      Type-of-service in probe packets (default 0)
            -w      Time in seconds to wait for a response (default 3)
            -g      Loose source route gateway (8 max)

true
    true

    Return an exit code of TRUE (0)

tty tty

    Print file name of stdin's terminal

            -s      Print nothing, only return exit status

ttysize
    ttysize [w] [h]

    Print dimension(s) of stdin's terminal, on error return 80x25

udpsvd
    udpsvd [-hEv] [-c N] [-u USER] [-l NAME] IP PORT PROG

    Create UDP socket, bind to IP:PORT and wait for incoming packets. Run PROG for each packet, redirecting all further packets with same peer ip:port to it.

            IP              IP to listen on, 0 = all
            PORT            Port to listen on
            PROG ARGS       Program to run
            -l NAME         Local hostname (else looks up local hostname in DNS)
            -u USER[:GRP]   Change to user/group after bind
            -c N            Handle up to N connections simultaneously
            -h              Look up peer's hostname
            -E              Don't set up environment variables
            -v              Verbose

uname
    uname [-amnrspvio]

    Print system information

            -a      Print all
            -m      The machine (hardware) type
            -n      Hostname
            -r      Kernel release
            -s      Kernel name (default)
            -p      Processor type
            -v      Kernel version
            -i      The hardware platform
            -o      OS name

uncompress
    uncompress [-cf] [FILE]...

    Decompress .Z file[s]

            -c      Write to stdout
            -f      Overwrite

unexpand
    unexpand [-fa][-t N] [FILE]...

    Convert spaces to tabs, writing to stdout

            -a,--all        Convert all blanks
            -f,--first-only Convert only leading blanks
            -t,--tabs=N     Tabstops every N chars

uniq
    uniq [-cdu][-f,s,w N] [INPUT [OUTPUT]]

    Discard duplicate lines

            -c      Prefix lines by the number of occurrences
            -d      Only print duplicate lines
            -u      Only print unique lines
            -f N    Skip first N fields
            -s N    Skip first N chars (after any skipped fields)
            -w N    Compare N characters in line

unix2dos
    unix2dos [-ud] [FILE]

    Convert FILE in-place from Unix to DOS format. When no file is given, use stdin/stdout.

            -u      dos2unix
            -d      unix2dos

unlink
    unlink FILE

    Delete FILE by calling unlink()

unlzma
    unlzma [-cf] [FILE]...

    Decompress FILE (or stdin)

            -c      Write to stdout
            -f      Force

unlzop
    unlzop [-cfvCF] [FILE]...

            -c      Write to stdout
            -f      Force
            -v      Verbose
            -F      Don't store or verify checksum

unxz
    unxz [-cf] [FILE]...

    Decompress FILE (or stdin)

            -c      Write to stdout
            -f      Force

unzip
    unzip [-lnopq] FILE[.zip] [FILE]... [-x FILE...] [-d DIR]

    Extract FILEs from ZIP archive

            -l      List contents (with -q for short form)
            -n      Never overwrite files (default: ask)
            -o      Overwrite
            -p      Print to stdout
            -q      Quiet
            -x FILE Exclude FILEs
            -d DIR  Extract into DIR

uptime
    uptime

    Display the time since the last boot

usleep
    usleep N

    Pause for N microseconds

uudecode
    uudecode [-o OUTFILE] [INFILE]

    Uudecode a file Finds OUTFILE in uuencoded source unless -o is given

uuencode
    uuencode [-m] [FILE] STORED_FILENAME

    Uuencode FILE (or stdin) to stdout

            -m      Use base64 encoding per RFC1521

vi  vi [OPTIONS] [FILE]...

    Edit FILE

            -c CMD  Initial command to run ($EXINIT also available)
            -R      Read-only
            -H      List available features

volname
    volname [DEVICE]

    Show CD volume name of the DEVICE (default /dev/cdrom)

watch
    watch [-n SEC] [-t] PROG ARGS

    Run PROG periodically

            -n      Loop period in seconds (default 2)
            -t      Don't print header

wc  wc [-cmlwL] [FILE]...

    Count lines, words, and bytes for each FILE (or stdin)

            -c      Count bytes
            -m      Count characters
            -l      Count newlines
            -w      Count words
            -L      Print longest line length

wget
    wget [-c|--continue] [-s|--spider] [-q|--quiet] [-O|--output-document FILE]
        [--header 'header: value'] [-Y|--proxy on/off] [-P DIR]
        [-U|--user-agent AGENT] [-T SEC] URL...

    Retrieve files via HTTP or FTP

            -s      Spider mode - only check file existence
            -c      Continue retrieval of aborted transfer
            -q      Quiet
            -P DIR  Save to DIR (default .)
            -T SEC  Network read timeout is SEC seconds
            -O FILE Save to FILE ('-' for stdout)
            -U STR  Use STR for User-Agent header
            -Y      Use proxy ('on' or 'off')

which
    which [COMMAND]...

    Locate a COMMAND

whoami
    whoami

    Print the user name associated with the current effective user id

whois
    whois [-h SERVER] [-p PORT] NAME...

    Query WHOIS info about NAME

            -h,-p   Server to query

xargs
    xargs [OPTIONS] [PROG ARGS]

    Run PROG on every item given by stdin

            -p      Ask user whether to run each command
            -r      Don't run command if input is empty
            -0      Input is separated by NUL characters
            -t      Print the command on stderr before execution
            -e[STR] STR stops input processing
            -n N    Pass no more than N args to PROG
            -s N    Pass command line of no more than N bytes
            -I STR  Replace STR within PROG ARGS with input line
            -x      Exit if size is exceeded

xz  xz -d [-cf] [FILE]...

    Decompress FILE (or stdin)

            -d      Decompress
            -c      Write to stdout
            -f      Force

xzcat
    xzcat [FILE]...

    Decompress to stdout

yes yes [STRING]

    Repeatedly output a line with STRING, or 'y'

zcat
    zcat [FILE]...

    Decompress to stdout

LIBC NSS
GNU Libc (glibc) uses the Name Service Switch (NSS) to configure the behavior of the C library for the local environment, and to configure how it reads system data, such as passwords and group information. This is implemented using an /etc/nsswitch.conf configuration file, and using one or more of the /lib/libnss_* libraries. BusyBox tries to avoid using any libc calls that make use of NSS. Some applets however, such as login and su, will use libc functions that require NSS.

If you enable CONFIG_USE_BB_PWD_GRP, BusyBox will use internal functions to directly access the /etc/passwd, /etc/group, and /etc/shadow files without using NSS. This may allow you to run your system without the need for installing any of the NSS configuration files and libraries.

When used with glibc, the BusyBox 'networking' applets will similarly require that you install at least some of the glibc NSS stuff (in particular, /etc/nsswitch.conf, /lib/libnss_dns*, /lib/libnss_files*, and /lib/libresolv*).

Shameless Plug: As an alternative, one could use a C library such as uClibc. In addition to making your system significantly smaller, uClibc does not require the use of any NSS support files or libraries.

MAINTAINER
Denis Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>

AUTHORS
The following people have contributed code to BusyBox whether they know it or not. If you have written code included in BusyBox, you should probably be listed here so you can obtain your bit of eternal glory. If you should be listed here, or the description of what you have done needs more detail, or is incorrect, please send in an update.

Emanuele Aina <emanuele.aina@tiscali.it>
    run-parts

Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>

    Tons of new stuff, major rewrite of most of the
    core apps, tons of new apps as noted in header files.
    Lots of tedious effort writing these boring docs that
    nobody is going to actually read.

Laurence Anderson <l.d.anderson@warwick.ac.uk>

    rpm2cpio, unzip, get_header_cpio, read_gz interface, rpm

Jeff Angielski <jeff@theptrgroup.com>

    ftpput, ftpget

Edward Betts <edward@debian.org>

    expr, hostid, logname, whoami

John Beppu <beppu@codepoet.org>

    du, nslookup, sort

Brian Candler <B.Candler@pobox.com>

    tiny-ls(ls)

Randolph Chung <tausq@debian.org>

    fbset, ping, hostname

Dave Cinege <dcinege@psychosis.com>

    more(v2), makedevs, dutmp, modularization, auto links file,
    various fixes, Linux Router Project maintenance

Jordan Crouse <jordan@cosmicpenguin.net>

    ipcalc

Magnus Damm <damm@opensource.se>

    tftp client insmod powerpc support

Larry Doolittle <ldoolitt@recycle.lbl.gov>

    pristine source directory compilation, lots of patches and fixes.

Glenn Engel <glenne@engel.org>

    httpd

Gennady Feldman <gfeldman@gena01.com>

    Sysklogd (single threaded syslogd, IPC Circular buffer support,
    logread), various fixes.

Karl M. Hegbloom <karlheg@debian.org>

    cp_mv.c, the test suite, various fixes to utility.c, &c.

Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>

    mktemp.c

Matt Kraai <kraai@alumni.cmu.edu>

    documentation, bugfixes, test suite

Stephan Linz <linz@li-pro.net>

    ipcalc, Red Hat equivalence

John Lombardo <john@deltanet.com>

    tr

Glenn McGrath <bug1@iinet.net.au>

    Common unarchiving code and unarchiving applets, ifupdown, ftpgetput,
    nameif, sed, patch, fold, install, uudecode.
    Various bugfixes, review and apply numerous patches.

Manuel Novoa III <mjn3@codepoet.org>

    cat, head, mkfifo, mknod, rmdir, sleep, tee, tty, uniq, usleep, wc, yes,
    mesg, vconfig, make_directory, parse_mode, dirname, mode_string,
    get_last_path_component, simplify_path, and a number trivial libbb routines

    also bug fixes, partial rewrites, and size optimizations in
    ash, basename, cal, cmp, cp, df, du, echo, env, ln, logname, md5sum, mkdir,
    mv, realpath, rm, sort, tail, touch, uname, watch, arith, human_readable,
    interface, dutmp, ifconfig, route

Vladimir Oleynik <dzo@simtreas.ru>

    cmdedit; xargs(current), httpd(current);
    ports: ash, crond, fdisk, inetd, stty, traceroute, top;
    locale, various fixes
    and irreconcilable critic of everything not perfect.

Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com>

    Original author of BusyBox in 1995, 1996. Some of his code can
    still be found hiding here and there...

Tim Riker <Tim@Rikers.org>

    bug fixes, member of fan club

Kent Robotti <robotti@metconnect.com>

    reset, tons and tons of bug reports and patches.

Chip Rosenthal <chip@unicom.com>, <crosenth@covad.com>

    wget - Contributed by permission of Covad Communications

Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>

    Lots of bugs fixes and patches.

Gyepi Sam <gyepi@praxis-sw.com>

    Remote logging feature for syslogd

Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>

    mkswap, fsck.minix, mkfs.minix

Mark Whitley <markw@codepoet.org>

    grep, sed, cut, xargs(previous),
    style-guide, new-applet-HOWTO, bug fixes, etc.

Charles P. Wright <cpwright@villagenet.com>

    gzip, mini-netcat(nc)

Enrique Zanardi <ezanardi@ull.es>

    tarcat (since removed), loadkmap, various fixes, Debian maintenance

Tito Ragusa <farmatito@tiscali.it>

    devfsd and size optimizations in strings, openvt and deallocvt.

Paul Fox <pgf@foxharp.boston.ma.us>

    vi editing mode for ash, various other patches/fixes

Roberto A. Foglietta <me@roberto.foglietta.name>

    port: dnsd

Bernhard Reutner-Fischer <rep.dot.nop@gmail.com>

    misc

Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>

    initial e2fsprogs, printenv, setarch, sum, misc

Jie Zhang <jie.zhang@analog.com>

    fixed two bugs in msh and hush (exitcode of killed processes)