Miscellaneous

Command

Action

anacron

Schedule commands for periodic execution.

atrun

Schedule commands for later execution.

cron

Schedule commands for specific times.

dmesg

Print bootup messages after the system is up.

ldconfig

Update library links and do caching.

logger

Send messages to the system logger.

logrotate

Compress and rotate system logs.

run-parts

Run all scripts in a directory.

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