blog/source/_posts/binaries-alpine-docker.md

---
title: Default binaries in Alpine docker image
excerpt: Here is the list of binaries shipped with the Docker image of Alpine Linux.
date: 2018-10-10
updated: 2021-01-08
tags:
- linux
- alpine
- busybox
---

Here is the list of binaries shipped with the Docker image of Alpine Linux `alpine:3.15`.

- acpid
- add-shell
- addgroup
- adduser
- adjtimex
- apk
- arch
- arp
- arping
- ash
- awk
- base64
- basename
- bbconfig
- bc
- beep
- blkdiscard
- blkid
- blockdev
- brctl
- bunzip2
- busybox
- bzcat
- bzip2
- cal
- cat
- chgrp
- chmod
- chown
- chpasswd
- chroot
- chvt
- cksum
- clear
- cmp
- comm
- cp
- cpio
- crond
- crontab
- cryptpw
- cut
- date
- dc
- dd
- deallocvt
- delgroup
- deluser
- depmod
- df
- diff
- dirname
- dmesg
- dnsdomainname
- dos2unix
- du
- dumpkmap
- echo
- ed
- egrep
- eject
- env
- ether-wake
- expand
- expr
- factor
- fallocate
- false
- fatattr
- fbset
- fbsplash
- fdflush
- fdisk
- fgrep
- find
- findfs
- flock
- fold
- free
- fsck
- fstrim
- fsync
- fuser
- getconf
- getent
- getopt
- getty
- grep
- groups
- gunzip
- gzip
- halt
- hd
- head
- hexdump
- hostid
- hostname
- hwclock
- iconv
- id
- ifconfig
- ifdown
- ifenslave
- ifup
- init
- inotifyd
- insmod
- install
- ionice
- iostat
- ip
- ipaddr
- ipcalc
- ipcrm
- ipcs
- iplink
- ipneigh
- iproute
- iprule
- iptunnel
- kbd_mode
- kill
- killall
- killall5
- klogd
- ldconfig
- ldd
- less
- link
- linux32
- linux64
- ln
- loadfont
- loadkmap
- logger
- login
- logread
- losetup
- ls
- lsmod
- lsof
- lsusb
- lzcat
- lzma
- lzop
- lzopcat
- makemime
- md5sum
- mdev
- mesg
- microcom
- mkdir
- mkdosfs
- mkfifo
- mkfs.vfat
- mkmntdirs
- mknod
- mkpasswd
- mkswap
- mktemp
- modinfo
- modprobe
- more
- mount
- mountpoint
- mpstat
- mv
- nameif
- nanddump
- nandwrite
- nbd-client
- nc
- netstat
- nice
- nl
- nmeter
- nohup
- nologin
- nproc
- nsenter
- nslookup
- ntpd
- od
- openvt
- partprobe
- passwd
- paste
- pgrep
- pidof
- ping
- ping6
- pipe_progress
- pivot_root
- pkill
- pmap
- poweroff
- printenv
- printf
- ps
- pscan
- pstree
- pwd
- pwdx
- raidautorun
- rdate
- rdev
- readahead
- readlink
- realpath
- reboot
- reformime
- remove-shell
- renice
- reset
- resize
- rev
- rfkill
- rm
- rmdir
- rmmod
- route
- run-parts
- scanelf
- sed
- sendmail
- seq
- setconsole
- setfont
- setkeycodes
- setlogcons
- setpriv
- setserial
- setsid
- sh
- sha1sum
- sha256sum
- sha3sum
- sha512sum
- showkey
- shred
- shuf
- slattach
- sleep
- sort
- split
- ssl_client
- stat
- strings
- stty
- su
- sum
- swapoff
- swapon
- switch_root
- sync
- sysctl
- syslogd
- tac
- tail
- tar
- tee
- test
- time
- timeout
- top
- touch
- tr
- traceroute
- traceroute6
- true
- truncate
- tty
- ttysize
- tunctl
- udhcpc
- udhcpc6
- umount
- uname
- unexpand
- uniq
- unix2dos
- unlink
- unlzma
- unlzop
- unshare
- unxz
- unzip
- uptime
- usleep
- uudecode
- uuencode
- vconfig
- vi
- vlock
- volname
- watch
- watchdog
- wc
- wget
- which
- whoami
- whois
- xargs
- xxd
- xzcat
- yes
- zcat

Above list is built using the following command:

{% codeblock script.sh lang:sh https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/120790 source %}
#!/bin/sh

IFS=":"
for i in $PATH
do
  if [ -d "$i" ]; then
    # -L follows symlinks
    find -L "$i" -maxdepth 1 -executable -type f -exec basename {} \; 2> /dev/null || :
  fi
done
{% codeblock %}
Add 'Default binaries in Alpine docker image' post 2018-10-10 10:23:09 +00:00			`---`
			`title: Default binaries in Alpine docker image`
fix: post.excerpt can be specified in post https://github.com/hexojs/hexo/pull/3612 2019-08-09 04:25:10 +00:00			`excerpt: Here is the list of binaries shipped with the Docker image of Alpine Linux.`
fix: date and time display * Add starting year to copyright * Remove unneeded creation time from posts 2019-05-19 02:05:03 +00:00			`date: 2018-10-10`
post(alpine-binaries): update to alpine:3.15 image 2022-01-08 05:27:30 +00:00			`updated: 2021-01-08`
Add 'Default binaries in Alpine docker image' post 2018-10-10 10:23:09 +00:00			`tags:`
fix(tags): tag url in lowercase, display in titlecase * netlify uses lowercase url 2019-06-21 01:58:05 +00:00			`- linux`
			`- alpine`
post(tags): add 'busybox' 2020-10-21 01:20:33 +00:00			`- busybox`
Add 'Default binaries in Alpine docker image' post 2018-10-10 10:23:09 +00:00			`---`
fix(excerpt): Reduce post excerpt to one-line 2019-06-06 11:22:43 +00:00
post(alpine-binaries): update to alpine:3.15 image 2022-01-08 05:27:30 +00:00			Here is the list of binaries shipped with the Docker image of Alpine Linux `alpine:3.15`.
Add 'Default binaries in Alpine docker image' post 2018-10-10 10:23:09 +00:00
			`- acpid`
			`- add-shell`
post(alpine-binaries): update to 3.12 2020-12-18 16:48:12 +00:00			`- addgroup`
Add 'Default binaries in Alpine docker image' post 2018-10-10 10:23:09 +00:00			`- adduser`
			`- adjtimex`
			`- apk`
			`- arch`
			`- arp`
			`- arping`
			`- ash`
			`- awk`
			`- base64`
			`- basename`
			`- bbconfig`
post(alpine-binaries): update to 3.12 2020-12-18 16:48:12 +00:00			`- bc`
Add 'Default binaries in Alpine docker image' post 2018-10-10 10:23:09 +00:00			`- beep`
			`- blkdiscard`
			`- blkid`
			`- blockdev`
			`- brctl`
			`- bunzip2`
			`- busybox`
			`- bzcat`
			`- bzip2`
			`- cal`
			`- cat`
			`- chgrp`
			`- chmod`
			`- chown`
			`- chpasswd`
			`- chroot`
			`- chvt`
			`- cksum`
			`- clear`
			`- cmp`
			`- comm`
			`- cp`
			`- cpio`
			`- crond`
			`- crontab`
			`- cryptpw`
			`- cut`
			`- date`
			`- dc`
			`- dd`
			`- deallocvt`
			`- delgroup`
			`- deluser`
			`- depmod`
			`- df`
			`- diff`
			`- dirname`
			`- dmesg`
			`- dnsdomainname`
			`- dos2unix`
			`- du`
			`- dumpkmap`
			`- echo`
			`- ed`
			`- egrep`
			`- eject`
			`- env`
			`- ether-wake`
			`- expand`
			`- expr`
			`- factor`
			`- fallocate`
			`- false`
			`- fatattr`
			`- fbset`
			`- fbsplash`
			`- fdflush`
			`- fdisk`
			`- fgrep`
			`- find`
			`- findfs`
			`- flock`
			`- fold`
			`- free`
			`- fsck`
			`- fstrim`
			`- fsync`
			`- fuser`
			`- getconf`
			`- getent`
			`- getopt`
			`- getty`
			`- grep`
			`- groups`
			`- gunzip`
			`- gzip`
			`- halt`
			`- hd`
			`- head`
			`- hexdump`
			`- hostid`
			`- hostname`
			`- hwclock`
			`- iconv`
			`- id`
			`- ifconfig`
			`- ifdown`
			`- ifenslave`
			`- ifup`
			`- init`
			`- inotifyd`
			`- insmod`
			`- install`
			`- ionice`
			`- iostat`
			`- ip`
			`- ipaddr`
			`- ipcalc`
			`- ipcrm`
			`- ipcs`
			`- iplink`
			`- ipneigh`
			`- iproute`
			`- iprule`
			`- iptunnel`
			`- kbd_mode`
			`- kill`
			`- killall`
			`- killall5`
			`- klogd`
			`- ldconfig`
			`- ldd`
			`- less`
			`- link`
			`- linux32`
			`- linux64`
			`- ln`
			`- loadfont`
			`- loadkmap`
			`- logger`
			`- login`
			`- logread`
			`- losetup`
			`- ls`
			`- lsmod`
			`- lsof`
			`- lsusb`
			`- lzcat`
			`- lzma`
			`- lzop`
			`- lzopcat`
			`- makemime`
			`- md5sum`
			`- mdev`
			`- mesg`
			`- microcom`
			`- mkdir`
			`- mkdosfs`
			`- mkfifo`
			`- mkfs.vfat`
			`- mkmntdirs`
			`- mknod`
			`- mkpasswd`
			`- mkswap`
			`- mktemp`
			`- modinfo`
			`- modprobe`
			`- more`
			`- mount`
			`- mountpoint`
			`- mpstat`
			`- mv`
			`- nameif`
			`- nanddump`
			`- nandwrite`
			`- nbd-client`
			`- nc`
			`- netstat`
			`- nice`
			`- nl`
			`- nmeter`
			`- nohup`
			`- nologin`
			`- nproc`
			`- nsenter`
			`- nslookup`
			`- ntpd`
			`- od`
			`- openvt`
			`- partprobe`
			`- passwd`
			`- paste`
			`- pgrep`
			`- pidof`
			`- ping`
			`- ping6`
			`- pipe_progress`
post(alpine-binaries): update to 3.12 2020-12-18 16:48:12 +00:00			`- pivot_root`
Add 'Default binaries in Alpine docker image' post 2018-10-10 10:23:09 +00:00			`- pkill`
			`- pmap`
			`- poweroff`
			`- printenv`
			`- printf`
			`- ps`
			`- pscan`
			`- pstree`
			`- pwd`
			`- pwdx`
			`- raidautorun`
			`- rdate`
			`- rdev`
			`- readahead`
			`- readlink`
			`- realpath`
			`- reboot`
			`- reformime`
			`- remove-shell`
			`- renice`
			`- reset`
			`- resize`
			`- rev`
			`- rfkill`
			`- rm`
			`- rmdir`
			`- rmmod`
			`- route`
			`- run-parts`
			`- scanelf`
			`- sed`
			`- sendmail`
			`- seq`
			`- setconsole`
			`- setfont`
			`- setkeycodes`
			`- setlogcons`
			`- setpriv`
			`- setserial`
			`- setsid`
			`- sh`
			`- sha1sum`
			`- sha256sum`
			`- sha3sum`
			`- sha512sum`
			`- showkey`
			`- shred`
			`- shuf`
			`- slattach`
			`- sleep`
			`- sort`
			`- split`
			`- ssl_client`
			`- stat`
			`- strings`
			`- stty`
			`- su`
			`- sum`
			`- swapoff`
			`- swapon`
			`- switch_root`
			`- sync`
			`- sysctl`
			`- syslogd`
			`- tac`
			`- tail`
			`- tar`
			`- tee`
			`- test`
			`- time`
			`- timeout`
			`- top`
			`- touch`
			`- tr`
			`- traceroute`
			`- traceroute6`
			`- true`
			`- truncate`
			`- tty`
			`- ttysize`
			`- tunctl`
			`- udhcpc`
			`- udhcpc6`
			`- umount`
			`- uname`
			`- unexpand`
			`- uniq`
			`- unix2dos`
			`- unlink`
			`- unlzma`
			`- unlzop`
			`- unshare`
			`- unxz`
			`- unzip`
			`- uptime`
			`- usleep`
			`- uudecode`
			`- uuencode`
			`- vconfig`
			`- vi`
			`- vlock`
			`- volname`
			`- watch`
			`- watchdog`
			`- wc`
			`- wget`
			`- which`
			`- whoami`
			`- whois`
			`- xargs`
			`- xxd`
			`- xzcat`
			`- yes`
			`- zcat`
post(alpine-binaries): update to alpine:3.15 image 2022-01-08 05:27:30 +00:00
			`Above list is built using the following command:`

			`{% codeblock script.sh lang:sh https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/120790 source %}`
			`#!/bin/sh`

			`IFS=":"`
			`for i in $PATH`
			`do`
			`if [ -d "$i" ]; then`
			`# -L follows symlinks`
			`find -L "$i" -maxdepth 1 -executable -type f -exec basename {} \; 2> /dev/null \|\| :`
			`fi`
			`done`
			`{% codeblock %}`