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busybox — A collection of small system utilities in a single executable. Executing `busybox` via a symlink is

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Problem

How to use the busybox command: A collection of small system utilities in a single executable. Executing busybox via a symlink is equivalent to running busybox symlink_name. Linux distributions that use BusyBox will usually provide symlinks for all programs. More information: <https://www.busybox.net/downloads/BusyBox>.

Solution

busybox — A collection of small system utilities in a single executable. Executing busybox via a symlink is equivalent to running busybox symlink_name. Linux distributions that use BusyBox will usually provide symlinks for all programs. More information: <https://www.busybox.net/downloads/BusyBox>.

Execute a BusyBox function:
busybox {{ls|rm|mkdir|cat|...}} {{args}}


Display help and a list of functions:
busybox --help

Code Snippets

Execute a BusyBox function

busybox {{ls|rm|mkdir|cat|...}} {{args}}

Display help and a list of functions

busybox --help

Context

tldr-pages: common/busybox

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