Command List - D

All Command List Linux Started By D

CommandDescription
dateShow system date and time.
dcDesk calculator utility.
ddUsed to convert and copy a file, create disk clone, write disk headers, etc.
ddrescueUsed to recover data from a crashed partition.
deallocvtDeallocates kernel memory for unused virtual consoles.
debugfsFile system debugger for ext2/ext3/ext4
declareUsed to declare variables and assign attributes.
depmodGenerate modules.dep and map files.
devdumpInteractively displays the contents of device or file system ISO.
dfShow disk usage.
diffUsed to compare files line by line.
diff3Compare three files line by line.
digDomain Information Groper, a DNS lookup utility.
dirList the contents of a directory.
dircolorsSet colors for ‘ls’ by altering the LS_COLORS environment variable.
dirnameDisplay pathname after removing the last slash and characters thereafter.
dirsShow the list of remembered directories.
disableRestrict access to a printer.
dlpshInteractive Desktop Link Protocol (DLP) shell for PalmOS.
dmesgExamine and control the kernel ring buffer.
dmidecodeUsed when the user wants to retrieve system’s hardware related information such as Processor, RAM(DIMMs), BIOS detail, etc. of Linux system in a readable format.
dnsdomainnameShow the DNS domain name of the system.
dnssec-keygenGenerate encrypted Secure DNS keys for a given domain name.
dnssec-makekeysetProduce domain key set from one or more DNS security keys generated by dnssec-keygen.
dnssec-signkeySign a secure DNS keyset with key signatures specified in the list of key-identifiers.
dnssec-signzoneSign a secure DNS zonefile with the signatures in the specified list of key-identifiers.
doexecUsed to run an executable with an arbitrary argv list provided.
domainnameShow or set the name of current NIS (Network Information Services) domain.
dosfsckUsed to retrieve information or statistics form components of the system such as network connections, IO devices, or CPU, etc.
dstatCheck and repair MS-DOS file systems.
duShow disk usage summary for a file(s).
dumpBackup utility for ext2/ext3 file systems.
dumpe2fsDump ext2/ext3/ext4 file systems.
dumpkeysShow information about the keyboard driver’s current translation tables.