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Toybox: All-in-one Linux command line

12 hours ago
  • #Linux
  • #OpenSource
  • #CommandLine
  • Toybox is an all-in-one Linux command line tool.
  • Static binaries for various targets can be downloaded from http://landley.net/toybox/bin.
  • Building Toybox follows the Linux kernel idiom: 'make menuconfig; make; make install'.
  • Toybox can be cross-compiled using an appropriately prefixed cross compiler toolchain.
  • Toybox produces a multicall binary that acts differently based on the name it was called by.
  • The 'toybox' command can list available commands and run them without installation.
  • Configuration is done via '.config' file, similar to the Linux kernel.
  • Toybox includes a simple system builder (scripts/mkroot.sh) for creating Linux systems.
  • Presentations and talks about Toybox are available on various topics.
  • Contributions to Toybox should be sent to the mailing list or via git patches.