Linux Commands Index - D

Below given are the list of Linux commands which starts with D. We have provided a breif description for each command. To know more about each command and its usage try the following.

man command-name

Example:
man date

List of all Linux Commands Under Index - D

Index - D

date (1) - print or set the system date and time
date (1p) - write the date and time

dd (1) - convert and copy a file
dd (1p) - convert and copy a file

deallocvt (1) - deallocate unused virtual consoles

debugfs (8) - ext2/ext3 file system debugger

depmod (8) - program to generate modules.dep and map files
depmod.conf [depmod] (5) - Configuration file/directory for depmod
depmod.d [depmod] (5) - Configuration file/directory for depmod

devdump [isoinfo] (8) - Utility programs for dumping and verifying iso9660 images

df (1) - report file system disk space usage
df (1p) - report free disk space

diff (1) - find differences between two files
diff (1p) - compare two files
diff-jars (1) - output the differences between two JAR files
diff3 (1) - find differences between three files

dig (1) - DNS lookup utility

dir (1) - list directory contents

dircolors (1) - color setup for ls

dirname (1) - strip non-directory suffix from file name
dirname (1p) - return the directory portion of a pathname
dirname (3p) - report the parent directory name of a file pathname
dirname [basename] (3) - Parse pathname components

dmesg (8) - print or control the kernel ring buffer

dnsdomainname [hostname] (1) - show the system's DNS domain name

doexec (1) - run an executable with an arbitrary argv[0]

domainname [hostname] (1) - show or set the system's NIS/YP domain name

dosfsck (8) - check and repair MS-DOS file systems

du (1) - estimate file space usage
du (1p) - estimate file space usage

dump (8) - ext2/3 filesystem backup
dump (rpm) - Programs for backing up and restoring ext2/ext3 filesystems

dumpe2fs (8) - dump ext2/ext3 filesystem information
dumpkeys (1) - dump keyboard translation tables