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1. Applications
2. System Calls
3. Library Functions
4. Hardware Devices
5. Configuration Files
6. Games
7. Overviews
8. System Admin.
9. n Commands

8. System Administration: A | B-C | D-E | F-G | H-I | J-K | L | M | N-O | Q-R | S | T | U-V | W-Z

MAKEDEV - create devices
magicfilter - automatic configurable printer filter
mailstats
makemap
makewhatis - Create the whatis database
mapscrn - load screen output mapping table
mii-tool - tool - view, manipulate media-independent interface status
mingetty - minimal getty for consoles
mkbootdisk - creates a stand-alone boot floppy for the running system
mkdosfs
mke2fs - create an ext2/3 filesystem
mkfs.ext2 - create an ext2/3 filesystem
mkfs.ext3 - create an ext2/3 filesystem
mkfs - build a Linux file system
mkfs.jfs
mkfs.msdos
mkfs.vfat
mkhybrid - create an hybrid ISO9660/JOLIET/HFS filesystem with optional Rock Ridge attributes.
mkinitrd - creates initial ramdisk images for preloading modules
mkisofs - create an hybrid ISO9660/JOLIET/HFS filesystem with optional Rock Ridge attributes.
mklost+found
mkraid - initializes/upgrades RAID device arrays
mkreiserfs - create a Linux ReiserFS file system
mkswap - set up a Linux swap area
modinfo - display information about a kernel module
modprobe - high level handling of loadable modules
module_upgrade - changes obsolete modules.conf entries to current ones
mount - mount a file system
mountd
mtr - a network diagnostic tool

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