util-linux (with lower case 'u') is a standard package of the Linux operating system. A fork, util-linux-ng—with ng meaning "next generation"—was created when development stalled, but as of January 2011 has been renamed back to util-linux, and is the official version of the package.
It includes the following utilities:
Utilities that used to be included, but are now removed:
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