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aclocal(1) -- automatically generate aclocal.m4 from configure.in
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Automake includes a number of Autoconf macros which can be used in your package; some of them are actually required by Automake in certain situations. These macros must be defined in your aclocal.m4; ... |
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addr2line(1) -- convert addresses into file names and line numbers.
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addr2line translates program addresses into file names and line numbers. Given an address and an executable, it uses the debugging information in the executable to figure out which file name and line ... |
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apropos(1) -- search the manual page names and descriptions
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Each manual page has a short description available within it. apropos searches the descriptions for instances of keyword. keyword is usually a regular expression, as if (-r) was used, or may contain w... |
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apt-extracttemplates(1) -- Utility to extract DebConf config and templates from Debian packages
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apt-extracttemplates will take one or more Debian package files as input and write out (to a temporary directory) all associated config scripts and template files. For each passed in package that cont... |
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apt-ftparchive(1) -- Utility to generate index files
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apt-ftparchive is the command line tool that generates the index files that APT uses to access a distribution source. The index files should be generated on the origin site based on the content of tha... |
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apt-sortpkgs(1) -- Utility to sort package index files
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apt-sortpkgs will take an index file (Source index or Package index) and sort the records so that they are ordered by the package name. It will also sort the internal fields of each record according t... |
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aptitude(1) -- high-level interface to the package manager.
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aptitude is a text-based interface to the Debian GNU/Linux package system. It allows the user to view the list of packages and to perform package management tasks such as installing, upgrading, and re... |
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ar(1) -- create, modify, and extract from archives
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The GNU ar program creates, modifies, and extracts from archives. An archive is a single file holding a collection of other files in a structure that makes it possible to retrieve the original individ... |
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arch(1) -- print machine architecture
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arch is equivalent to uname -m. On current Linux systems, arch prints things such as "i386", "i486", "i586", "alpha", "sparc", "arm", "m68k", "mips", "ppc". |
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as(1) -- the portable GNU assembler.
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GNU as is really a family of assemblers. If you use (or have used) the GNU assembler on one architecture, you should find a fairly similar environment when you use it on another architecture. Each ver... |
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at(1) -- queue, examine or delete jobs for later execution
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at and batch read commands from standard input or a specified file which are to be executed at a later time, using /bin/sh. at executes commands at a specified time. atq lists the user's pending jobs... |
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autoconf(1) -- creates scripts to configure source code packages using templates
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To create configure from configure.in, run the autoconf program with no arguments. autoconf processes configure.ac with the m4 macro processor, using the Autoconf macros. If you give autoconf an argum... |
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autoconf2.13(1) -- creates scripts to configure source code packages using templates
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To create configure from configure.in, run the autoconf2.13 program with no arguments. autoconf2.13 processes configure.in with the m4 macro processor, using the Autoconf macros. If you give autoconf2... |
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autoheader(1) -- creates a template file of C #define's for use by configure.
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The autoheader program can create a template file of C #define statements for configure to use. If configure.ac invokes AC_CON- FIG_HEADER(FILE), autoheader creates FILE.in; if multiple file arguments... |
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autoheader2.13(1) -- creates a template file of C #define's for use by configure.
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The autoheader2.13 program can create a template file of C #define statements for configure to use. If configure.in invokes AC_CON- FIG_HEADER(FILE), autoheader2.13 creates FILE.in; if multiple file a... |
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automake(1) -- automatically create Makefile.in's from Makefile.am's
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To create all the Makefile.ins for a package, run the automake program in the top level directory, with no arguments. automake will automatically find each appropriate Makefile.am (by scanning configu... |
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autoproject(1) -- create a skeleton source package for a new program
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autoproject simplifies the creation of a source package for a new program. The idea is that you execute autoproject just once when you start a new project. It will create a new directory and populate ... |
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autoreconf(1) -- update configure scripts
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If you have a lot of Autoconf-generated configure scripts, the autore- conf program can save you some work. It runs autoconf (and autoheader, where appropriate) repeatedly to remake the Autoconf confi... |
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autoreconf2.13(1) -- update configure scripts
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If you have a lot of Autoconf-generated configure scripts, the autore- conf2.13 program can save you some work. It runs autoconf2.13 (and autoheader2.13, where appropriate) repeatedly to remake the Au... |
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autoscan(1) -- help to create a configure.ac file for a software package
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The autoscan program can help you create a configure.ac file for a software package. autoscan examines source files in the directory tree rooted at a directory given as a command line argument, or the... |
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autoscan2.13(1) -- help to create a configure.in file for a software package
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The autoscan2.13 program can help you create a configure.in file for a software package. autoscan2.13 examines source files in the directory tree rooted at a directory given as a command line argument... |
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autoupdate(1) -- updates an old configure.in file to version 2
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The autoupdate program updates a configure.in file that calls Autoconf macros by their old names to use the current macro names. In version 2 of Autoconf, most of the macros were renamed to use a more... |
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autoupdate2.13(1) -- updates an old configure.in file to version 2
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The autoupdate2.13 program updates a configure.in file that calls Autoconf macros by their old names to use the current macro names. In version 2 of Autoconf, most of the macros were renamed to use a ... |
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basename(1) -- strip directory and suffix from filenames
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Print NAME with any leading directory components removed. If specified, also remove a trailing SUFFIX. --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit |
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bash(1) -- GNU Bourne-Again SHell
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Bash is an sh-compatible command language interpreter that executes commands read from the standard input or from a file. Bash also incorporates useful features from the Korn and C shells (ksh and csh... |
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bashbug(1) -- report a bug in bash
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bashbug is a shell script to help the user compose and mail bug reports concerning bash in a standard format. bashbug invokes the editor specified by the environment variable EDITOR on a temporary cop... |
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bison(1) -- GNU Project parser generator (yacc replacement)
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Bison is a parser generator in the style of yacc(1). It should be upwardly compatible with input files designed for yacc. Input files should follow the yacc convention of ending in .y. Unlike yacc, th... |
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bobo(1) -- Publish Python objects on web servers (command line version)
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This manual page documents briefly the bobo command. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a manual page. The command-line inter... |
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bsd-csh(1) -- a shell (command interpreter) with C-like syntax
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csh is a command language interpreter incorporating a history mechanism (see History substitutions), job control facilities (see Jobs), interactive file name and user name completion (see File name co... |
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builtins(1) -- bash built-in commands, see bash(1)
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c++filt(1) -- Demangle C++ and Java symbols.
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The C++ and Java languages provides function overloading, which means that you can write many functions with the same name (providing each takes parameters of different types). All C++ and Java functi... |
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c2man(1) -- generate manual pages from C source code
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c2man reads C source code files in which comments have been strategically placed, and outputs manual page(s) documenting each function defined or declared (via a prototype), and optionally each variab... |
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c2ph(1) -- Dump C structures as generated from "cc -g -S" stabs
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The following is the old c2ph.doc documentation by Tom Christiansen Date: 25 Jul 91 08:10:21 GMT Once upon a time, I wrote a program called pstruct. It was a perl program that tried... |
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c89(1) -- ANSI (1989) C compiler
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Calls the C compiler (cc) with the given options , using a C language environment compatible with the -ansiC specification. This includes proper handling of trigraphs, disabling non-ANSI compiler feat... |
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calendar(1) -- reminder service
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Calendar checks the current directory for a file named calendar and displays lines that begin with either today's date or tomorrow's. On Fridays, events on Friday through Monday are displayed. If th... |
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captoinfo(1) -- convert a termcap description into a terminfo description
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captoinfo looks in file for termcap descriptions. For each one found, an equivalent terminfo description is written to standard output. Termcap tc capabilities are translated directly to terminfo use ... |
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cat(1) -- concatenate files and print on the standard output
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Concatenate FILE(s), or standard input, to standard output. -A, --show-all equivalent to -vET -b, --number-nonblank number nonblank output lines -e equivalent to -vE -E, --show-ends display $ at end o... |
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catchsegv(1) -- Catch segmentation faults in programs
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Used to debug segmentation faults in programs. The output is the content of registers, plus a backtrace. Basically you call your program and its arguments as the arguments to catchsegv. |
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ccmtcnvt(1) -- convert C++ comments to C comments
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This program converts the C++ style comments into traditional C style comments. C++ allows comments of that begin with `//' and end with the next newline, but they weren't introduced to the C langua... |
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cdecl(1) -- decode C type declarations
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The cdecl utility decodes C type declarations producing a verbose description. Casts are accepted as well. The options are as follows: -o file Set the output destination to file. -V Print version info... |
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cflow(1) -- print a function call hierarchy
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The cflow command reads files as program source and attempts to print a graph of the program's function call hierarchy to the standard output. Called functions are indented with respect to their call... |
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chage(1) -- change user password expiry information
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chage changes the number of days between password changes and the date of the last password change. This information is used by the system to determine when a user must change her password. The chage ... |
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charset(1) -- Set an ACM for use in one of the G0/G1 charset slots.
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The linux console has 2 slots for charsets, labeled G0 and G1. charset changes the slot in use by the current VT to either G0 or G1, and fills the slot either with one of the 3 predefined ACMs (cp437,... |
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chattr(1) -- change file attributes on a Linux second extended file system
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chattr changes the file attributes on a Linux second extended file system. The format of a symbolic mode is +-=[ASacdistu]. The operator `+' causes the selected attributes to be added to the existing... |
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chfn(1) -- change user name and information
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chfn changes user fullname, office number, office extension, and home phone number information for a user's account. This information is typically printed by finger(1) and similiar programs. A normal... |
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chgrp(1) -- change group ownership
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Change the group membership of each FILE to GROUP. -c, --changes like verbose but report only when a change is made --dereference affect the referent of each symbolic link, rather than the symbolic li... |
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chilight(1) -- highlight a C source file
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The chilight utility colorizes the input file, expected to be written in the C language, with text attributes or markups. The options are as follows: -f format Set the output format to format. The for... |
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chkdupexe(1) -- find duplicate executables
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chkdupexe will scan the union of $PATH and a hardcoded list of common locations for binaries. It will report dangling symlinks and duplicately-named binaries. |
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chktri(1) -- check for trigraphs in C source code
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This program looks for lines containing trigraphs in C source code. Trigraphs are a way to represent certain characters in C source code as two question marks and a third character. For example, a bac... |
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chmod(1) -- change file access permissions
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This manual page documents the GNU version of chmod. chmod changes the permissions of each given file according to mode, which can be either a symbolic representation of changes to make, or an octal n... |
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chown(1) -- change file owner and group
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This manual page documents the GNU version of chown. chown changes the user and/or group ownership of each given file, according to its first non-option argument, which is interpreted as follows. If o... |
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chsh(1) -- change login shell
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chsh changes the user login shell. This determines the name of the user's initial login command. A normal user may only change the login shell for their own account, the super user may change the log... |
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chvt(1) -- change foreground virtual terminal
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The command chvt N makes /dev/ttyN the foreground terminal. The corresponding screen is created if it did not exist yet. To get rid of unused VTs, use deallocvt(1). The keymap action `Console_N' (usu... |
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cksum(1) -- checksum and count the bytes in a file
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Print CRC checksum and byte counts of each FILE. --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit |
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clear(1) -- clear the terminal screen
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clear clears your screen if this is possible. It looks in the environment for the terminal type and then in the terminfo database to figure out how to clear the screen. |
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cmp(1) -- compare two files or byte ranges
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The cmp utility compares two files of any type and writes the results to the standard output. By default, cmp is silent if the files are the same; if they differ, the byte and line number at which the... |
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cobfusc(1) -- make a C source file unreadable but compilable
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This document contains only a brief description of cobfusc. For a more complete documentation, please read the Info file or the Texinfo manual. The cobfusc utility converts the input file, written in ... |
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col(1) -- filter reverse line feeds from input
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Col filters out reverse (and half reverse) line feeds so that the output is in the correct order with only forward and half forward line feeds, and replaces white-space characters with tabs where poss... |
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colcrt(1) -- filter nroff output for CRT previewing
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Colcrt provides virtual half-line and reverse line feed sequences for terminals without such capability, and on which overstriking is destructive. Half-line characters and underlining (changed to dash... |
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colrm(1) -- remove columns from a file
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Colrm removes selected columns from the lines of a file. A column is defined as a single character in a line. Input is read from the standard input. Output is written to the standard output. If only t... |
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column(1) -- columnate lists
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The column utility formats its input into multiple columns. Rows are filled before columns. Input is taken from file operands, or, by default, from the standard input. Empty lines are ignored. The opt... |
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comm(1) -- compare two sorted files line by line
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Compare sorted files LEFT_FILE and RIGHT_FILE line by line. -1 suppress lines unique to left file -2 suppress lines unique to right file -3 suppress lines unique to both files --help display this help... |
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configurewrapper(1) -- Placeholder for code that should correctly deal with
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This wrapper currently just calls the configure program (default ./configure) with the given parameters. It is provided because of a planned transition to an active wrapper which correctly sets --buil... |
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cp(1) -- copy files and directories
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Copy SOURCE to DEST, or multiple SOURCE(s) to DIRECTORY. -a, --archive same as -dpR --backup[=CONTROL] make a backup of each existing destination file -b like --backup but does not accept an argument ... |
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cpio(1) -- copy files to and from archives
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This manual page documents the GNU version of cpio. cpio copies files into or out of a cpio or tar archive, which is a file that contains other files plus information about them, such as their file na... |
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cpp-2.96(1) -- The C Preprocessor
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The C preprocessor is a macro processor that is used automatically by the C compiler to transform your program before actual compilation. It is called a macro processor because it allows you to define... |
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crontab(1) -- maintain crontab files for individual users (V3)
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crontab is the program used to install, deinstall or list the tables used to drive the cron(8) daemon in Vixie Cron. Each user can have their own crontab, and though these are files in /var/spool/cron... |
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csplit(1) -- split a file into sections determined by context lines
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Output pieces of FILE separated by PATTERN(s) to files `xx01', `xx02', ..., and output byte counts of each piece to standard output. -b, --suffix-format=FORMAT use sprintf FORMAT instead of %d -f, -... |
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cstr(1) -- print out string literals in C source code
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This program reads C source code files and prints out all string literals in them. Each literal starts on a new line. Escapes are not converted. Surrounding double quotes are not retained. Adjacent li... |
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cundecl(1) -- encode C type declarations
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The cundecl utility reads a verbose english description and produces a C type declaration. Casts are accepted as well. The options are as follows: -o file Set the output destination to file. -V Print ... |
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cunloop(1) -- unloop C loops
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The cunloop utility unloops the C language loop and branch instructions while, do, for, if into a sequence of goto instuctions to render the source file unreadable. The options are as follows: -o file... |
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cut(1) -- remove sections from each line of files
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Print selected parts of lines from each FILE to standard output. -b, --bytes=LIST output only these bytes -c, --characters=LIST output only these characters -d, --delimiter=DELIM use DELIM instead of ... |
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cvs(1) -- Concurrent Versions System
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CVS is a version control system, which allows you to keep old versions of files (usually source code), keep a log of who, when, and why changes occurred, etc., like RCS or SCCS. Unlike the simpler sys... |
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cvs-makerepos(1) -- script to create non-existing configured CVS repositories
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This manual page documents briefly the cvs-makerepos command. cvs-makerepos is a script which will create CVS repositories in the locations configured using the Debian configuration scripts with some ... |
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cxref(1) -- C Cross Referencing & Documenting tool.
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A program that can automatically generate documentation and cross references for a C program. The input is any C program with appropriate comments and the output is LaTeX, HTML, RTF or SGML files. |
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cxref-cc(1) -- compile and document/cross-reference a C source file
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cxref-cc is a front-end shell script interface to the cxref C-language documentation and cross-referencing program. The script runs the C compiler first on filename, applying any compiler options prov... |
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cxref-query(1) -- A program to query the cross reference database from cxref.
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A very simple program to query the cross-reference database that is created by the cxref program. This is intended to be an example of the information that is in the database and how to use it rather ... |
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date(1) -- print or set the system date and time
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Display the current time in the given FORMAT, or set the system date. -d, --date=STRING display time described by STRING, not `now' -f, --file=DATEFILE like --date once for each line of DATEFILE -I, ... |
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dcl2inc(1) -- postprocess ftnchek .dcl files to create separate INCLUDE files
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dcl2inc postprocessing declaration files output by ftnchek(1), replacing unique COMMON block definitions by Fortran INCLUDE statements. For each input .dcl file, a modified output .dcn file is produce... |
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dd(1) -- convert and copy a file
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Copy a file, converting and formatting according to the options. bs=BYTES force ibs=BYTES and obs=BYTES cbs=BYTES convert BYTES bytes at a time conv=KEYWORDS convert the file as per the comma separate... |
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ddate(1) -- converts Gregorian dates to Discordian dates
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ddate prints the date in Discordian date format. If called with no arguments, ddate will get the current system date, convert this to the Discordian date format and print this on the standard output. ... |
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ddd(1) -- The Data Display Debugger
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DDD is a graphical front-end for GDB and other command-line debuggers. Using DDD, you can see what is going on "inside" another program while it executes--or what another program was doing at the mo... |
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deallocvt(1) -- deallocate unused virtual terminals
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If given no argument, the program deallocvt deallocates kernel memory and data structures for all unused virtual terminals. If arguments Ni are given, only TTY's /dev/ttyNi are deallocated. A virtual... |
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debconf-communicate(1) -- communicate with debconf
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debconf-communicate allows you to communicate with debconf on the fly, from the command line. The package argument is the name of the package which you are pretending to be as you communicate with deb... |
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debconf-copydb(1) -- copy a debconf db
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debconf-copydb copies items from an existing debconf database into another, possibly new database. The two databases may have different formats; if so a conversion will automatically be done. |
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debconf-getlang(1) -- extract a language from a templates file
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This program helps make and manage translations of debconf templates. There are basically three situations in which this program might be called: A translation is just being started. You want to provi... |
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debconf-loadtemplate(1) -- load template file into debconf database
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Loads one of more template files into the debconf database. The first parameter specifies the owner of the templates (typically, the owner is the name of a debian package). The remaining parameters ar... |
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debconf-mergetemplate(1) -- merge together multiple debconf template files
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This program is useful if you have multiple debconf templates files which you want to merge together into one big file. All the specified files will be read in, merged, and output to standard output. ... |
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debconf-show(1) -- 0debconf-show
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debconf-show displays all items in the debconf database owned by a given package, and their current values. Items that have been displayed are prefixed with an '*'. This can be useful as a debugging... |
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debhelper(1) -- the debhelper tool suite
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Debhelper is used to help you build a debian package. The philosophy behind debhelper is to provide a collection of small, simple, and easily understood tools that are used in debian/rules to automate... |
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defoma(1) -- Debian Font Manager, provides automatic font configuration framework.
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Defoma stands for Debian Font Manager. It provides automatic font configuration framework. Please refer the manpage of defoma-font, defomaapp, or defoma-subst for the detailed information of each comm... |
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defoma-app(1) -- configure a specific application about fonts registered in Debian Font Manager.
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defoma-app is a tool to configure the fonts registered in Defoma, Debian Font Manager, for a specific application. Defoma calls the Defoma-configuration script of the specified application with regist... |
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defoma-font(1) -- register/unregister font(s) to Debian Font Manager
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defoma-font is a tool to register or unregister font(s) to Defoma, Debian Font Manager. Defoma then calls Defoma-configuration-scripts provided by applications to make the font(s) configured for the a... |
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defoma-hints(1) -- generate font hints.
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defoma-hints is a tool to help generating font hints. It asks various questions about the typeface of a font, reads information from a font file, and outputs the generated hints to STDOUT in a hintfil... |
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defoma-id(1) -- Manage id-cache of Debian Font Manager
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defoma-id is supposed to be invoked not from a command line, but from dfontmgr. |
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defoma-psfont-installer(1) -- register fonts installed in a PostScript printer.
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defoma-psfont-installer is a tool to register fonts installed in a PostScript printer to Defoma, Debian Font Manager. Those who want to print a PostScript file using the printer fonts may want to have... |
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defoma-reconfigure(1) -- Reconfigure all from zero.
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defoma-reconfigure reconfigures font configuration from zero. It fixes a critical bug of data loss, but also is used for reconfiguration of fonts. defoma-reconfigure first removes almost all files and... |
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defoma-subst(1) -- Modify a rulefile of Defoma font substitution system.
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defoma-subst is a tool to create/edit a rulefile of Defoma font substitution system. This system makes a certain font provide an user-specified id. Rulefile exists in order not only to specify such id... |
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df(1) -- report filesystem disk space usage
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This manual page documents the GNU version of df. df displays the amount of disk space available on the filesystem containing each file name argument. If no file name is given, the space available on ... |
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dh_builddeb(1) -- build debian packages
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dh_builddeb simply calls dpkg(8) to build a debian package or packages. |
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dh_clean(1) -- clean up package build directories
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dh_clean is a debhelper program that is responsible for cleaning up after a package is built. It removes the package build directories, and removes some other files, such as debian/substvars, debian/f... |
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dh_compress(1) -- compress files and fix symlinks in package build directories
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dh_compress is a debhelper program that is responsible for compressing the files in package build directories, and makes sure that any symlinks that pointed to the files before they were compressed ar... |
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dh_fixperms(1) -- fix permissions of files in package build directories
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dh_fixperms is a debhelper program that is responsible for setting the permissions of files and directories in package build directories to a sane state -- a state that complies with Debian policy. dh... |
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dh_gencontrol(1) -- generate and install control file
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dh_gencontrol is a debhelper program that is responsible for generating control files, and installing them into the DEBIAN directory with the proper permissions. This program is merely a wrapper aroun... |
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dh_install(1) -- install files into package build directories
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dh_install is a debhelper program that handles installing files into package build directories. There are many dh_install* commands that handle installing specific types of files such as documentation... |
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dh_installchangelogs(1) -- install changelogs into package build directories
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dh_installchangelogs is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing changelogs into package build directories. dh_installchangelogs determines if the package is a debian native package, and... |
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dh_installcron(1) -- install cron scripts into etc/cron.*
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dh_installcron is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing cron scripts into etc/cron.*/ in package build directories. The files debian/package.cron.daily, debian/package.cron.weekly, de... |
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dh_installdeb(1) -- install files into the DEBIAN directory
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dh_installdeb is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing files into the DEBIAN directories in package build directories with the correct permissions. dh_installdeb automatically install... |
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dh_installdebconf(1) -- install files used by debconf in package build directories
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dh_installdebconf is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing files used by the debconf package into package build directories. It also automatically generates the postrm commands needed... |
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dh_installdefoma(1) -- install a defoma related scripts
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dh_installdefoma is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing files related to defoma (DEbian FOnt MAnager) into package build directories. dh_installdefoma can be used by defoma-aware pa... |
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dh_installdirs(1) -- create subdirectories in package build directories
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dh_installdirs is a debhelper program that is responsible for creating subdirectories in package build directories. Any directory names specified as parameters will be created in the package build dir... |
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dh_installdocs(1) -- install documentation into package build directories
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dh_installdocs is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing documentation into usr/share/doc/package in package build directories. dh_installdocs automatically installs debian/copyright i... |
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dh_installemacsen(1) -- register an emacs add on package
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dh_installemacsen is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing files used by the debian emacsen-common package into package build directories. It also automatically generates the postinst... |
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dh_installexamples(1) -- install example files into package build directories
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dh_installexamples is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing examples into usr/share/doc/package/examples in package build directories. Any file names specified as parameters will be i... |
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dh_installinfo(1) -- install and register info files
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dh_installinfo is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing info files and registering the files it installs with install-info. It determines some information about the info files by pars... |
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dh_installinit(1) -- install init scripts into package build directories
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dh_installinit is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing init scripts and associated defaults files into package build directories. It also automatically generates the postinst and pos... |
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dh_installlogrotate(1) -- install logrotate config files
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dh_installlogrotate is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing logrotate config files into etc/logrotate.d in package build directories. Files named debian/package.logrotate are install... |
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dh_installman(1) -- install man pages into package build directories
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dh_installman is a debhelper program that handles installing man pages into the correct locations in package build directories. You tell it what man pages go in your packages, and it figures out where... |
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dh_installmanpages(1) -- old-style man page installer
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dh_installmanpages is a debhelper program that is responsible for automatically installing man pages into usr/share/man/ and usr/X11R6/man/ in package build directories. This is a DWIM-style program, ... |
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dh_installmenu(1) -- install debian menu files into package build directories
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dh_installmenu is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing files used by the debian menu package into package build directories. It also automatically generates the postinst and postrm c... |
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dh_installmime(1) -- install mime files into package build directories
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dh_installmime is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing mime files into package build directories. It also automatically generates the postinst and postrm commands needed to interface... |
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dh_installmodules(1) -- register modules with modutils
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dh_installmodules is a debhelper program that is responsible for registering kernel modules with modutils. Files named debian/package.modules will be installed as etc/modutils/package in the package b... |
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dh_installpam(1) -- install pam support files
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dh_installpam is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing files used by PAM into package build directories. If a file named debian/package.pam exists, then it is installed into etc/pam.d... |
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dh_installwm(1) -- register a window manager
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dh_installwm is a debhelper program that is responsible for generating the postinst and postrm commands that register a window manager with update-alternatives(8) Any window manager programs specified... |
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dh_installxaw(1) -- install xaw wrappers config files into package build directories
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Warning: The xaw-wrappers package has been removed from debian, and so this program is deprecated, and due to be removed soon. dh_installxaw is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing x... |
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dh_installxfonts(1) -- register X fonts
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dh_installxfonts is a debhelper program that is responsible for registering X fonts, so their corresponding fonts.dir, fonts.alias, and fonts.scale be rebuilt properly at install time. Before calling ... |
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dh_link(1) -- create symlinks in package build directories
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dh_link is a debhelper program that creates symlinks in package build directories. dh_link accepts a list of pairs of source and destination files. The source files are the already existing files that... |
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dh_listpackages(1) -- list binary packages debhelper will act on
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dh_listpackages is a debhelper program that outputs a list of all binary packages debhelper commands will act on. If you pass it some options, it will change the list to match the packages other debhe... |
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dh_makeshlibs(1) -- automatically create shlibs file
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dh_makeshlibs is a debhelper program that automatically scans for shared libraries, and generates a shlibs file for the libraries it finds. It also adds a call to ldconfig in the postinst and postrm s... |
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dh_md5sums(1) -- generate DEBIAN/md5sums file
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dh_md5sums is a debhelper program that is responsible for generating a DEBIAN/md5sums file, which lists the md5sums of each file in the package. All files in DEBIAN/ are omitted from the md5sums file,... |
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dh_movefiles(1) -- move files out of debian/tmp into subpackages
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dh_movefiles is a debhelper program that is responsible for moving files out of debian/tmp or some other directory and into other package build directories. This may be useful if your package has a Ma... |
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dh_perl(1) -- calculates perl scripts & modules dependencies
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dh_perl is a debhelper program that is responsible for generating the ${perl:Depends} substitutions and adding them to substvars files. The program will look at perl scripts and modules in your packag... |
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dh_shlibdeps(1) -- calculate shared library dependancies
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dh_shlibdeps is a debhelper program that is responsible for calculating shared library dependancies for packages. This program is merely a wrapper around dpkg-shlibdeps(1) that calls it once for each ... |
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dh_strip(1) -- strip executables, shared libraries, and some static libraries
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dh_strip is a debhelper program that is responsible for stripping executables, shared libraries, and static libraries that are not used for debugging. It assumes that files that have names like lib*_g... |
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dh_suidregister(1) -- obsolete suid registration program
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This program used to register suid and sgid files with suidregister(1), but with the introduction of dpkg-statoverride(8), registration of files in this way is unnecessary, and even harmful, so this p... |
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dh_testdir(1) -- test directory before building debian package
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dh_testdir tries to make sure that you are in the correct directory when building a debian package. It makes sure that the file debian/control exists, as well as any other files you specify. If not, i... |
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dh_testroot(1) -- ensure that a package is built as root
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dh_testroot simply checks to see if you are root. If not, it exits with an error. Debian packages must be built as root, though you can use fakeroot(1) |
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dh_testversion(1) -- ensure that the correct version of debhelper is installed
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Note: This program is deprecated. You should use build dependencies instead. dh_testversion compares the version of debhelper against the version you specify, and if the condition is not met, exits wi... |
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dh_undocumented(1) -- make symlinks to undocumented.7.gz man page
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dh_undocumented is a debhelper program that is responsible for making symlinks to undocumented(7) for man pages that are not present in your package. The program takes a list of man pages that should ... |
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dialog(1) -- display dialog boxes from shell scripts
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Dialog is a program that will let you to present a variety of questions or display messages using dialog boxes from a shell script. These types of dialog boxes are implemented (though not all are nece... |
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diff(1) -- find differences between two files
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In the simplest case, diff compares the contents of the two files from- file and to-file. A file name of - stands for text read from the standard input. As a special case, diff - - compares a copy of ... |
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diff3(1) -- find differences between three files
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The diff3 command compares three files and outputs descriptions of their differences. The files to compare are mine, older, and yours. At most one of these three file names may be -, which tells diff3... |
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dig(1) -- DNS lookup utility
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dig (domain information groper) is a flexible tool for interrogating DNS name servers. It performs DNS lookups and displays the answers that are returned from the name server(s) that were queried. Mos... |
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dir(1) -- list directory contents
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List information about the FILEs (the current directory by default). Sort entries alphabetically if none of -cftuSUX nor --sort. -a, --all do not hide entries starting with . -A, --almost-all do not l... |
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dircolors(1) -- color setup for ls
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Output commands to set the LS_COLORS environment variable. Determine format of output: -b, --sh, --bourne-shell output Bourne shell code to set LS_COLORS -c, --csh, --c-shell output C shell code to se... |
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dirname(1) -- strip non-directory suffix from file name
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Print NAME with its trailing /component removed; if NAME contains no /'s, output `.' (meaning the current directory). --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit |
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diskd(1) --
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diskseekd(1) --
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dlltool(1) -- Create files needed to build and use DLLs.
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dlltool reads its inputs, which can come from the -d and -b options as well as object files specified on the command line. It then processes these inputs and if the -e option has been specified it cre... |
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dns-helper(1) -- Non-blocking name resolver interface.
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dns-helper Non-blocking name resolver interface. |
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dotlockfile(1) -- Utility to manage lockfiles
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Dotlockfile is a command line utility to safely create, test and remove lockfiles. Lockfiles are created in an NFS-safe way. Dotlockfile can lock and unlock mailboxes even if the mailspool directory i... |
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dpkg-architecture(1) -- set and determine the architecture for package building
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dpkg-architecture does provide a facility to determine and set the build and host architecture for package building. |
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dpkg-buildpackage(1) --
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dpkg-checkbuilddeps(1) -- check build dependencies and conflicts
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This program checks the installed packages in the system against the build dependencies and build conflicts listed in the control file. If any are not met, it displays them and exits with a nonzero re... |
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dpkg-deb(1) -- Debian package archive (.deb) manipulation tool
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dpkg-deb packs, unpacks and provides information about Debian archives. Use dpkg to install and remove packages from your system. You can also invoke dpkg-deb by calling dpkg with whatever options you... |
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dpkg-distaddfile(1) --
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dpkg-genchanges(1) --
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dpkg-gencontrol(1) --
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dpkg-name(1) -- rename Debian packages to full package names
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This manual page documents the dpkg-name sh script which provides an easy way to rename Debian packages into their full package names. A full package name consists of __ |
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dpkg-parsechangelog(1) --
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dpkg-shlibdeps(1) --
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dpkg-source(1) -- Debian source package tools
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dpkg-source packs and unpacks Debian source archives. dpkg-gencontrol reads information from an unpacked Debian source tree and generates a binary package control file (which defaults to debian/tmp/DE... |
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dprofpp(1) -- display perl profile data
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The dprofpp command interprets profile data produced by a profiler, such as the Devel::DProf profiler. Dprofpp will read the file tmon.out and will display the 15 subroutines which are using the most ... |
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du(1) -- estimate file space usage
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Summarize disk usage of each FILE, recursively for directories. -a, --all write counts for all files, not just directories --block-size=SIZE use SIZE-byte blocks -b, --bytes print size in bytes -c, --... |
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dumpkeys(1) -- dump keyboard translation tables
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dumpkeys writes, to the standard output, the current contents of the keyboard driver's translation tables, in the format specified by keymaps(5). Using the various options, the format of the output c... |
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dvipdf(1) -- Convert TeX DVI file to PDF using ghostscript and dvips
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This script invokes dvips(1) with the -q option, and pipes its output into gs(1) with the following options: -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite as well as -sOutputFile and any options from the com... |
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echo(1) -- display a line of text
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NOTE: your shell may have its own version of echo which will supercede the version described here. Please refer to your shell's documentation for details about the options it supports. Echo the STRIN... |
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ed(1) -- text editor
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ed is a line-oriented text editor. It is used to create, display, modify and otherwise manipulate text files. red is a restricted ed: it can only edit files in the current directory and cannot execute... |
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entrigraph(1) -- convert C source code to use trigraphs
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This program converts a C program to use trigraphs. A trigraph is a three character sequence that encodes a single character. A trigraph begins with two question marks. The third character is `/' (th... |
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env(1) -- run a program in a modified environment
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Set each NAME to VALUE in the environment and run COMMAND. -i, --ignore-environment start with an empty environment -u, --unset=NAME remove variable from the environment --help display this help and e... |
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eps2eps(1) -- Ghostscript Encapsulated PostScript "distiller"
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eps2eps uses gs(1) to convert Encapsulated PostScript(tm) file "input.eps" to simpler and (usually) faster Encapsulated PostScript in "output.eps". Normally the output is allowed to use PostScript... |
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eqn(1) -- format equations for troff
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This manual page describes the GNU version of eqn, which is part of the groff document formatting system. eqn compiles descriptions of equations embedded within troff input files into commands that ar... |
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esdcat(1) -- The Enlightened Sound Daemon
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esdcat pipes data from a pipe to the sound device |
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esdctl(1) -- The Enlightened Sound Daemon
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Command-line control program for EsounD |
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esddsp(1) -- attempt to reroute audio device to esd
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esddsp can allow non-esd applications to be routed through esd. |
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esdfilt(1) -- The Enlightened Sound Daemon
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EsounD filter. Sample esd filter program that implements halving and doubling, Optionally writing the new data to a seperate file. |
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esdloop(1) -- The Enlightened Sound Daemon
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esdloop is test scaffolding for sample cache, loop, and free. |
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esdmon(1) -- The Enlightened Sound Daemon
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EsounD monitor. Opens the esd socket and duplicates the stream being sent to the sound device. |
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esdplay(1) -- attempt to reroute audio device to esd
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Plays the FILE on EsounD. |
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esdrec(1) -- The Enlightened Sound Daemon
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EsounD recorder |
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esdsample(1) -- The Enlightened Sound Daemon
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EsounD sampler |
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evim(1) -- easy Vim, edit a file with Vim and setup for modeless editing
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eVim starts Vim and sets options to make it behave like a modeless editor. This is still Vim but used as a point-and-click editor. This feels a lot like using Notepad on MS-Windows. eVim will always r... |
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expand(1) -- convert tabs to spaces
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Convert tabs in each FILE to spaces, writing to standard output. With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input. -i, --initial do not convert TABs after non whitespace -t, --tabs=NUMBER have tab... |
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expiry(1) -- check and enforce password expiration policy
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expiry checks (-c) the current password expiration and forces (-f) changes when required. It is callable as a normal user command. |
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expr(1) -- evaluate expressions
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--help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit Print the value of EXPRESSION to standard output. A blank line below separates increasing precedence groups. EXPRESSION ... |
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factor(1) -- prints prime factors
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This manual page documents briefly the GNU factor command. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution (but may be used by others), because the original program does not have a ... |
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faked(1) -- daemon that remembers `fake' ownership/permissions of files manipulated by fakeroot processes.
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If a fakeroot process wants to change the ownership of a file, then faked is the process that remembers that new owner. If later the same fakeroot process does a stat() for that filename, then the lib... |
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fakeroot(1) -- run a command in an environment faking root privileges for file manipulation
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fakeroot runs a command in an environment were it appears to have root privileges for file manipulation. This is useful for allowing users to create archives (tar, ar, .deb etc.) with files in them wi... |
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false(1) -- do nothing, unsuccessfully
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Exit with a status code indicating failure. These option names may not be abbreviated. --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit |
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fdmount(1) --
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fdrawcmd(1) --
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fgconsole(1) -- print the number of the active VT.
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If the active VT is /dev/ttyN, then prints N on standard output. |
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file(1) -- determine file type
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This manual page documents version 3.37-3.1 of the file command. File tests each argument in an attempt to classify it. There are three sets of tests, performed in this order: filesystem tests, magic ... |
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find(1) -- search for files in a directory hierarchy
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This manual page documents the GNU version of find. find searches the directory tree rooted at each given file name by evaluating the given expression from left to right, according to the rules of pre... |
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find2perl(1) -- translate find command lines to Perl code
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find2perl is a little translator to convert find command lines to equivalent Perl code. The resulting code is typically faster than running find itself. "paths" are a set of paths where find2perl wi... |
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finger(1) -- user information lookup program
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The finger displays information about the system users. Options are: -s Finger displays the user's login name, real name, terminal name and write status (as a ``*'' after the terminal name if write... |
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flex(1) -- fast lexical analyzer generator
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flex is a tool for generating scanners: programs which recognized lexical patterns in text. flex reads the given input files, or its standard input if no file names are given, for a description of a s... |
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floppycontrol(1) --
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floppymeter(1) --
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fmt(1) -- simple optimal text formatter
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Reformat each paragraph in the FILE(s), writing to standard output. If no FILE or if FILE is `-', read standard input. Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. -c, --c... |
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fold(1) -- wrap each input line to fit in specified width
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Wrap input lines in each FILE (standard input by default), writing to standard output. -b, --bytes count bytes rather than columns -s, --spaces break at spaces -w, --width=WIDTH use WIDTH columns inst... |
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font2c(1) -- Write PostScript Type 0 or Type 1 font as C code
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This script invokes gs(1) with the following options: -q -dNODISPLAY -dWRITESYSTEMDICT followed by the arguments from the command line. This will write out a PostScript Type 0 or Type 1 font as C code... |
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free(1) -- Display amount of free and used memory in the system
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free displays the total amount of free and used physical and swap memory in the system, as well as the buffers used by the kernel. The shared memory column should be ignored; it is obsolete. Options ... |
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from(1) -- print names of those who have sent mail
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The from utility prints out the mail header lines from the invoker's mailbox. Options: -c Just print a count of messages and exit. -f file The supplied file is examined instead of the invoker's mail... |
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ftnchek(1) --
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fuser(1) -- identify processes using files or sockets
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fuser displays the PIDs of processes using the specified files or file systems. In the default display mode, each file name is followed by a letter denoting the type of access: c current directory. e ... |
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fweb(1) -- WEB processors for C, C++, Fortran, Ratfor, and TeX
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(This man page is obsolete and is no longer maintained; please see `info fweb' for up-to-date and detailed tree-structured information.) FWEB is an extension of Knuth's WEB system to handle the lang... |
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g++-2.96(1) -- GNU project C++ Compiler
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The C and C++ compilers are integrated; g++ is a script to call gcc with options to recognize C++. gcc processes input files through one or more of four stages: preprocessing, compilation, assembly, a... |
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g77-2.96(1) -- GNU project Fortran Compiler (v0.5.24)
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The C and F77 compilers are integrated; g77 is a program to call gcc with options to recognize programs written in Fortran (ANSI FORTRAN 77, also called F77). gcc processes input files through one or ... |
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gasp(1) -- a preprocessor for assembly programs
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The primary purpose of the GNU assembler is to assemble the output of other programs--notably compilers. When you have to hand-code specialized routines in assembly, that means the GNU assembler is an... |
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gcc-2.96(1) -- GNU project C and C++ Compiler (gcc-2.96)
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The C and C++ compilers are integrated. Both process input files through one or more of four stages: preprocessing, compilation, assembly, and linking. Source filename suffixes identify the source lan... |
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gconfigger(1) -- Tool to change/read GNOME configuration entry.
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gconfigger is a tool that is used to change or read GNOME configuration entry. |
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gdb(1) -- The GNU Debugger
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The purpose of a debugger such as GDB is to allow you to see what is going on ``inside'' another program while it executes--or what another program was doing at the moment it crashed. GDB can do fou... |
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gdbserver(1) -- Remote Server for the GNU Debugger
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GDBSERVER is a program that allows you to run GDB on a different machine than the one which is running the program being debugged. Usage (server (target) side): First, you need to have a copy of the p... |
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gendoc(1) -- Documentation generation from Python source files
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This manual page documents briefly the gendoc command. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a manual page. gendoc scans one or ... |
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getconf(1) -- Query system configuration variables
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-v Indicate the specification and version for which to obtain configuration variables. system_var A system configuration variable, as defined by sysconf(3) or confstr(3). path_var A system configurati... |
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getent(1) -- get entries from administrative database
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The getent program gathers entries from the specified administrative database using the specified search keys. Where database is one of passwd, group, hosts, services, protocols, or networks. |
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getfdprm(1) --
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getopt(1) -- parse command options (enhanced)
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getopt is used to break up (parse) options in command lines for easy parsing by shell procedures, and to check for legal options. It uses the GNU getopt(3) routines to do this. The parameters getopt i... |
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gettext(1) -- print out string using translation
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-d, --domain=TEXTDOMAIN retrieve translated messages from TEXTDOMAIN -e enable expansion of some escape sequences -E (ignored for compatibility) -h, --help display a help message and exit -n suppress ... |
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gettextize(1) -- add internationalization files to your project
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Some files are consistently and identically needed in every package internationalized through GNU `gettext'. As a matter of convenience, the gettextize program puts all these files right in your pack... |
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glibcbug(1) -- Report a bug to the Glibc developers
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glibcbug is a tool for reporting bugs to the glibc maintainers. It automatically starts an editor where the user can enter details of the bug. On completion, the bug is sent to the appropriate address... |
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gnome(1) -- The GNU Network Object Model Environment
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The gnome-session program launches and initializes the GNOME desktop environment. This program is usually executed from your X initialization file. If your system is configured to use gdm (the GNOME d... |
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gnome-bug(1) -- Report a bug to the GNOME Bug Tracking System.
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gnome-bug Tool to report a bug to the GNOME Bug Tracking System. gnome-bug will include system information to assist the maintainer in troubleshooting. |
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gnome-doc(1) -- Documentation tool for GNOME
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gnome-doc This will read a 'c' file and scan for embedded comments in the style of gnome comments (+minor extensions - see below). All output goes to stdout, with errors to stderr. |
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gnome-dump-metadata(1) -- Dump the metadata database.
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gnome-dump-metadata Read and display in human readable form the metadata database |
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gnome-font-install(1) -- Fontmap file generator for gnome-print
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gnome-font-install is a tool that is used to generate a fontmap file for gnome-print. |
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gnome-gen-mimedb(1) -- Build the extension database for mime-magic.
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gnome-gen-mimedb Build the database /etc/mime-magic in /etc/mimemagic.dat, for fast access |
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gnome-mkstub(1) -- Documentation tool for GNOME
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gnome-mkstub takes input from "cproto file.c" on stdin, and outputs GNOME API doc stubs to stdout. |
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gnome-moz-remote(1) -- remote control of Mozilla.
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gnome-moz-remote open a URL in a current netscape, or start a new copy of netscape, pointing at the given page. |
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gnome-name-service(1) -- Orbit name service
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gnome-name-service GOAD is the GNOME Object Activation Directory. It keeps track of the CORBA object implementations available on the system, and allows applications to activate these implementations ... |
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gnome-pty-helper(1) -- Helper setuid application
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gnome-pty-helper is a program that setuid application used to open a pseudo-terminal, set the permissions, ownership and record user login information. |
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gnome_segv(1) -- Graphical interface segfault for Gnome program.
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gnome_segv open a dialog box when a GNOME program segfault. |
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goad-browser(1) -- Graphical GOAD browser
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goad-browser GOAD is the GNOME Object Activation Directory. It keeps track of the CORBA object implementations available on the system, and allows applications to activate these implementations or acc... |
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gpasswd(1) -- administer the /etc/group file
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gpasswd is used to administer the /etc/group file (and /etc/gshadow file if compiled with SHADOWGRP defined). Every group can have administrators, members and a password. System administrator can use ... |
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gprof(1) -- display call graph profile data
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"gprof" produces an execution profile of C, Pascal, or Fortran77 programs. The effect of called routines is incorporated in the profile of each caller. The profile data is taken from the call graph ... |
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grep(1) -- print lines matching a pattern
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Grep searches the named input FILEs (or standard input if no files are named, or the file name - is given) for lines containing a match to the given PATTERN. By default, grep prints the matching lines... |
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groff(1) -- front end for the groff document formatting system
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groff is a front-end to the groff document formatting system. Normally it runs the troff program and a postprocessor appropriate for the selected device. Available devices are: ps For PostScript print... |
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grog(1) -- guess options for groff command
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grog reads files and guesses which of the groff(1) options -e, -man, -me, -mm, -ms, -mdoc, -mdoc-old, -p, -R, -g, -G, -s, and -t are required for printing files, and prints the groff command including... |
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grotty(1) -- groff driver for typewriter-like devices
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grotty translates the output of GNU troff into a form suitable for typewriter-like devices. Normally grotty should be invoked by using the groff command with a -Tascii, -Tascii8, -Tlatin1, -Tnippon or... |
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groups(1) -- print the groups a user is in
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--help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit Same as id -Gn. If no USERNAME, use current process. |
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gs-gnu(1) -- Ghostscript (PostScript and PDF language interpreter and previewer)
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The gs (gswin32, gswin32c, gs386, gsos2) command invokes Ghostscript, an interpreter of Adobe Systems' PostScript(tm) and Portable Document Format (PDF) languages. gs reads "files" in sequence and ... |
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gzexe(1) -- compress executable files in place
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The gzexe utility allows you to compress executables in place and have them automatically uncompress and execute when you run them (at a penalty in performance). For example if you execute ``gzexe /bi... |
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gzip(1) -- compress or expand files
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Gzip reduces the size of the named files using Lempel-Ziv coding (LZ77). Whenever possible, each file is replaced by one with the extension .gz, while keeping the same ownership modes, access and modi... |
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h2ph(1) -- convert .h C header files to .ph Perl header files
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h2ph converts any C header files specified to the corresponding Perl header file format. It is most easily run while in /usr/include: cd /usr/include; h2ph * sys/* or cd /usr/include; h2ph -r -l . The... |
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h2xs(1) -- convert .h C header files to Perl extensions
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h2xs builds a Perl extension from C header files. The extension will include functions which can be used to retrieve the value of any #define statement which was in the C header files. The module_name... |
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head(1) -- output the first part of files
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Print first 10 lines of each FILE to standard output. With more than one FILE, precede each with a header giving the file name. With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input. -c, --bytes=SIZE p... |
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hexdump(1) -- ASCII, decimal, hexadecimal, octal dump
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The hexdump utility is a filter which displays the specified files, or the standard input, if no files are specified, in a user specified format. The options are as follows: -b One-byte octal display.... |
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host(1) -- DNS lookup utility
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host is a simple utility for performing DNS lookups. It is normally used to convert names to IP addresses and vice versa. When no arguments or options are given, host prints a short summary of its com... |
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hostid(1) -- print the numeric identifier for the current host
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Print the numeric identifier (in hexadecimal) for the current host. --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit |
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hostname(1) -- show or set the system's host name
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Hostname is used to either set or display the current host or domain name of the system. This name is used by many of the networking programs to identify the machine. The domain name is also used by N... |
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html2text(1) -- an advanced HTML-to-text converter
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html2text reads HTML 3.2 documents from the input-uris, formats each into a stream of plain text characters (ISO 8859-1) and writes the result to standard output (or into output-file, if the -o comman... |
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iconv(1) -- Convert encoding of given files from one encoding to another
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The iconv program converts the encoding of characters in inputfile from one coded character set to another. The result is written to standard output unless otherwise specified by the --output option. ... |
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id(1) -- print real and effective UIDs and GIDs
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Print information for USERNAME, or the current user. -a ignore, for compatibility with other versions -g, --group print only the group ID -G, --groups print only the supplementary groups -n, --name pr... |
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idxmerge(1) -- merge fweb-produced index files.
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idxmerge merges index files produced by the invocation of fweave with option -XI. |
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ifnames(1) -- print identifiers that a package uses in C preprocessor conditionals
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ifnames can help when writing a configure.ac for a software package. It prints the identifiers that the package already uses in C preprocessor conditionals. If a package has already been set up to hav... |
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ifnames2.13(1) -- print identifiers that a package uses in C preprocessor conditionals
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ifnames2.13 can help when writing a configure.in for a software package. It prints the identifiers that the package already uses in C preprocessor conditionals. If a package has already been set up to... |
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indent(1) -- changes the appearance of a C program by inserting or deleting whitespace.
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This man page is generated from the file indent.texinfo. This is Edition of "The indent Manual", for Indent Version , last updated . The indent program can be used to make code easier to read. It ca... |
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info(1) -- read Info documents
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Read documentation in Info format. |
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infocmp(1) -- compare or print out terminfo descriptions
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infocmp can be used to compare a binary terminfo entry with other terminfo entries, rewrite a terminfo description to take advantage of the use= terminfo field, or print out a terminfo description fro... |
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infotocap(1) -- convert a terminfo description into a termcap description
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infotocap looks in file for terminfo descriptions. For each one found, an equivalent termcap description is written to standard output. Terminfo use capabilities are translated directly to termcap tc ... |
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install(1) -- copy files and set attributes
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In the first two formats, copy SOURCE to DEST or multiple SOURCE(s) to the existing DIRECTORY, while setting permission modes and owner/group. In the third format, create all components of the given D... |
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intro(1) -- Introduction to user commands
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This chapter describes user commands. |
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itclsh3.1(1) -- Simple shell for [incr Tcl]
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itclsh is a shell-like application that reads Tcl commands from its standard input, or from a file, and evaluates them. It is just like tclsh, but includes the [incr Tcl] extensions for object-oriente... |
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itkwish3.1(1) -- Simple windowing shell for [incr Tcl] / [incr Tk]
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itkwish is a simple program consisting of the Tcl command language, the Tk toolkit, the [incr Tcl] extension for object-oriented programming, and the [incr Tk] extension for building mega-widgets. The... |
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join(1) -- join lines of two files on a common field
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For each pair of input lines with identical join fields, write a line to standard output. The default join field is the first, delimited by whitespace. When FILE1 or FILE2 (not both) is -, read standa... |
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kbd_mode(1) -- report or set the keyboard mode
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Without argument, kbd_mode prints the current keyboard mode. With argument, it sets the keyboard mode as indicated: -s: scancode mode (RAW), -k: keycode mode (MEDIUMRAW), -a: ASCII mode (XLATE), -u: U... |
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kernelversion(1) -- program to report major version of kernel
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kernelversion is a small program for Debian/GNU Linux to report the major version of the kernel. This version is used by the modutils package to calculate the directories for kernel modules. See /etc/... |
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kill(1) -- report process status
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The default signal for kill is TERM. Use -l or -L to list available signals. Particularly useful signals include HUP, INT, KILL, STOP, CONT, and 0. Alternate signals may be specified in three ways: -9... |
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killall(1) -- kill processes by name
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killall sends a signal to all processes running any of the specified commands. If no signal name is specified, SIGTERM is sent. Signals can be specified either by name (e.g. -HUP) or by number (e.g. -... |
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ksh(1) -- Public domain Korn shell
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ksh is a command interpreter that is intended for both interactive and shell script use. Its command language is a superset of the sh(1) shell language. Shell Startup [Toc] [Back] The following ... |
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last(1) -- show listing of last logged in users
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Last searches back through the file /var/log/wtmp (or the file designated by the -f flag) and displays a list of all users logged in (and out) since that file was created. Names of users and tty's ca... |
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lastb(1) --
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ld(1) -- Using LD, the GNU linker
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ld combines a number of object and archive files, relocates their data and ties up symbol references. Usually the last step in compiling a program is to run ld. ld accepts Linker Command Language file... |
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ldd(1) -- print shared library dependencies
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ldd prints the shared libraries required by each program or shared library specified on the command line. |
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less(1) -- opposite of more
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Less is a program similar to more (1), but which allows backward movement in the file as well as forward movement. Also, less does not have to read the entire input file before starting, so with large... |
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lessecho(1) -- expand metacharacters, such as * and ?, in filenames on Unix systems.
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This manual page documents briefly the lessecho command. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a manual page. lessecho is a prog... |
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lesskey(1) -- specify key bindings for less
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Lesskey is used to specify a set of key bindings to be used by less. The input file is a text file which describes the key bindings, If the input file is "-", standard input is read. If no input fil... |
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lesspipe(1) -- "input preprocessor" for less.
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This manual page documents briefly the lessfile, and lesspipe commands. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the input preprocessor scripts are provided by Debian... |
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lexgrog(1) -- parse header information in man pages
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lexgrog is an implementation of the traditional "groff guess" utility in lex. It reads the list of files on its command line as either man page source files or preformatted "cat" pages, and displa... |
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libtool(1) -- Provide generalized library-building support services.
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The `libtool' program provides a standard way to generate both static and shared libraries. It hides the complexities of platform-specific library generation behind an interface that is the same acro... |
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libtoolize(1) -- add libtool support to your package
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The `libtoolize' program provides a standard way to add libtool support to your package. In the future, it may implement better usage checking, or other features to make libtool even easier to use. |
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link(1) -- link a file
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Create a new directory entry FILE2 pointing to the same file as FILE1. --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit |
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ln(1) -- make links between files
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Create a link to the specified TARGET with optional LINK_NAME. If LINK_NAME is omitted, a link with the same basename as the TARGET is created in the current directory. When using the second form with... |
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loadkeys(1) -- load keyboard translation tables
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The loadkeys program reads the file or files specified by filename... Its main purpose is to load the kernel keymap for the console. |
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loadshlib(1) -- Gnome Object Activation Directory
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loadshlib GOAD is the GNOME Object Activation Directory. It keeps track of the CORBA object implementations available on the system, and allows applications to activate these implementations or access... |
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locale(1) -- Get locale-specific information.
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The locale program writes information about the current locale environment, or all locales, to standard output. When invoked without arguments, locale summarizes the current locale environment for eac... |
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localedef(1) -- compile locale definition files
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The localedef program reads the indicated charmap and input files, compiles them to a form usable by the locale(7) functions in the C library, and places the six output files in the outputpath directo... |
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locate(1) -- list files in databases that match a pattern
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This manual page documents the GNU version of locate. For each given pattern, locate searches one or more databases of file names and displays the file names that contain the pattern. Patterns can con... |
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logger(1) -- make entries in the system log
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Logger provides a shell command interface to the syslog(3) system log module. Options: -i Log the process id of the logger process with each line. -s Log the message to standard error, as well as the ... |
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login(1) -- Begin session on the system
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login is used to establish a new session with the system. It is normally invoked automatically by responding to the login: prompt on the user's terminal. login may be special to the shell and may not... |
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logname(1) -- print user's login name
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Print the name of the current user. --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit |
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look(1) -- display lines beginning with a given string
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The look utility displays any lines in file which contain string as a prefix. As look performs a binary search, the lines in file must be sorted. If file is not specified, the file /usr/share/dict/wor... |
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lorder(1) -- list dependencies for object files
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The lorder utility uses nm(1) to determine interdependencies in the list of object files specified on the command line. Lorder outputs a list of file names where the first file contains a symbol which... |
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ls(1) -- list directory contents
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List information about the FILEs (the current directory by default). Sort entries alphabetically if none of -cftuSUX nor --sort. -a, --all do not hide entries starting with . -A, --almost-all do not l... |
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lsattr(1) -- list file attributes on a Linux second extended file system
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lsattr lists the file attributes on a second extended file system. See chattr(1) for a description of the attributes and what they mean. |
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m4(1) -- GNU macro processor
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magic2mime(1) -- determine file type
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This manual page documents version 3.37-3.1 of the magic2mime command. This command receives the output of the file(1) command and outputs a posible mime type for the data described; e. g.: file -b fi... |
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mail(1) -- send and receive mail
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mail is an intelligent mail processing system which has a command syntax reminiscent of ed(1) with lines replaced by messages. The options are as follows: -v Verbose mode. The details of delivery are ... |
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make(1) -- GNU make utility to maintain groups of programs
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The purpose of the make utility is to determine automatically which pieces of a large program need to be recompiled, and issue the commands to recompile them. The manual describes the GNU implementati... |
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man(1) -- an interface to the on-line reference manuals
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man is the system's manual pager. Each page argument given to man is normally the name of a program, utility or function. The manual page associated with each of these arguments is then found and dis... |
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manpath(1) -- determine search path for manual pages
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If $MANPATH is set, manpath will simply display its contents and issue a warning. If not, manpath will determine a suitable manual page hierarchy search path and display the results. The colon-delimit... |
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mawk(1) -- pattern scanning and text processing language
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mawk is an interpreter for the AWK Programming Language. The AWK language is useful for manipulation of data files, text retrieval and processing, and for prototyping and experimenting with algorithms... |
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mcookie(1) -- generate magic cookies for xauth
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mcookie generates a 128-bit random hexadecimal number for use with the X authority system. Typical usage: xauth add :0 . `mcookie` The "random" number generated is actually the output of the MD5 mes... |
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md5sum(1) -- generates or checks MD5 message digests
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md5sum generates or checks MD5 checksums. The algorithm to generate the checksum is reasonably fast and strong enough for most cases. Exact specification of the algorithm is in RFC 1321. Normally md5s... |
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md5sum.textutils(1) -- compute and check MD5 message digest
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Print or check MD5 checksums. With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input. -b, --binary read files in binary mode (default on DOS/Windows) -c, --check check MD5 sums against given list -t, --... |
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mesg(1) -- control write access to your terminal
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Mesg controls the access to your terminal by others. It's typically used to allow or disallow other users to write to your terminal (see write(1)). |
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mkdir(1) -- make directories
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Create the DIRECTORY(ies), if they do not already exist. -m, --mode=MODE set permission mode (as in chmod), not rwxrwxrwx - umask -p, --parents no error if existing, make parent directories as needed ... |
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mkfifo(1) -- make FIFOs (named pipes)
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Create named pipes (FIFOs) with the given NAMEs. -m, --mode=MODE set permission mode (as in chmod), not a=rw - umask --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit |
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mknod(1) -- make block or character special files
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Create the special file NAME of the given TYPE. -m, --mode=MODE set permission mode (as in chmod), not a=rw - umask --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit MAJO... |
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mktemp(1) -- make temporary filename (unique)
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The mktemp utility takes the given filename template and overwrites a portion of it to create a unique filename. The template may be any filename with some number of `Xs' appended to it, for example ... |
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more(1) -- file perusal filter for crt viewing
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More is a filter for paging through text one screenful at a time. This version is especially primitve. Users should realize that less(1) provides more(1) emulation and extensive enhancements. |
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mozilla-1.0.0(1) -- a Web browser for X11 derived from Netscape Communicator
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Mozilla is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance and portability. |
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mpack(1) -- pack a file in MIME format
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The mpack program encodes the the named file in one or more MIME messages. The resulting messages are mailed to one or more recipients, written to a named file or set of files, or posted to a set of n... |
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msgcmp(1) -- compare two message catalogs
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Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. -D, --directory=DIRECTORY add DIRECTORY to list for input files search -h, --help display a help message and exit -V, --version... |
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msgcomm(1) -- search catalogs for common messages
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Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. -d, --default-domain=NAME use NAME.po for output (instead of messages.po) -D, --directory=DIRECTORY add DIRECTORY to list for i... |
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msgfmt(1) -- compile message catalogs
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Generate binary message catalog from textual translation description. Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. -a, --alignment=NUMBER align strings to NUMBER bytes (def... |
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msgmerge(1) -- merge two message catalogs
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Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. -C, --compendium=FILE additional library of message translations, may be specified more than once -D, --directory=DIRECTORY add... |
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msgunfmt(1) -- decompile message catalogs
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Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. -e, --no-escape do not use C escapes in output (default) -E, --escape use C escapes in output, no extended chars --force-po wri... |
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mt-gnu(1) -- control magnetic tape drive operation
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This manual page documents the GNU version of mt. mt performs the given operation, which must be one of the tape operations listed below, on a tape drive. The default tape device to operate on is take... |
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munpack(1) -- unpack messages in MIME or split-uuencode format
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The munpack program reads each RFC-822 message filename and writes all non-text MIME parts or split-uuencoded files as files. If no filename argument is given, munpack reads from standard input. If th... |
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mv(1) -- move (rename) files
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Rename SOURCE to DEST, or move SOURCE(s) to DIRECTORY. --backup[=CONTROL] make a backup of each existing destination file -b like --backup but does not accept an argument -f, --force never prompt befo... |
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namei(1) -- follow a pathname until a terminal point is found
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Namei uses its arguments as pathnames to any type of Unix file (symlinks, files, directories, and so forth). Namei then follows each pathname until a terminal point is found (a file, directory, char d... |
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nano(1) -- Nano's ANOther editor, an enhanced free Pico Clone
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This manual page documents briefly the nano command. nano is a small, free and friendly editor which aims to replace Pico, the default editor included in the non-free Pine package. Rather than just co... |
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ncal(1) -- displays a calendar and the date of easter
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Cal displays a simple calendar in traditional format and ncal offers an alternative layout, more options and the date of easter. The new format is a little cramped but it makes a year fit on a 25x80 t... |
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neqn(1) -- format equations for ascii output
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The neqn program is actually just a shell script which invokes the eqn(1) command with the ascii output device. Note that eqn does not support low-resolution, typewriter-like devices (although it may ... |
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new-object(1) -- Add new CORBA object
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new-object GOAD is the GNOME Object Activation Directory. It keeps track of the CORBA object implementations available on the system, and allows applications to activate these implementations or acces... |
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newgrp(1) -- Change group ID
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newgrp is used to change the current group ID during a login session. If the optional - flag is given, the user's environment will be reinitialized as though the user had logged in, otherwise the cur... |
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ngettext(1) -- print out string using translation with singular/plural
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The ngettext program prints out a translation. It chooses between the singular and plural forms according to the COUNT parameter. -d, --domain=TEXTDOMAIN retrieve translated message from TEXTDOMAIN -e... |
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nice(1) -- run a program with modified scheduling priority
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Run COMMAND with an adjusted scheduling priority. With no COMMAND, print the current scheduling priority. ADJUST is 10 by default. Range goes from -20 (highest priority) to 19 (lowest). -ADJUST increm... |
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nl(1) -- number lines of files
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Write each FILE to standard output, with line numbers added. With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input. -b, --body-numbering=STYLE use STYLE for numbering body lines -d, --section-delimiter... |
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nlmconv(1) -- converts object code into an NLM.
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nlmconv converts the relocatable i386 object file infile into the NetWare Loadable Module outfile, optionally reading headerfile for NLM header information. For instructions on writing the NLM command... |
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nm(1) -- list symbols from object files
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GNU nm lists the symbols from object files objfile.... If no object files are listed as arguments, nm assumes the file a.out. For each symbol, nm shows: o The symbol value, in the radix selected by op... |
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nohup(1) -- run a command immune to hangups, with output to a non-tty
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Run COMMAND, ignoring hangup signals. --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit |
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nroff(1) -- emulate nroff command with groff
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The nroff script emulates the nroff command using groff. Only ascii, ascii8, latin1, utf8, nippon, and cp1047 are valid arguments for the -T option. If an invalid or no -T option is given, nroff check... |
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nslookup(1) -- query Internet name servers interactively
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Nslookup is a program to query Internet domain name servers. Nslookup has two modes: interactive and non-interactive. Interactive mode allows the user to query name servers for information about vario... |
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ntpdate(1) -- set the date and time via NTP
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ntpdate sets the local date and time by polling the Network Time Protocol (NTP) server(s) given as the server arguments to determine the correct time. It must be run as root on the local host. A numbe... |
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ntptimeset(1) -- the network time protocol
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The NTP distribution does not include man pages, but it does include a thorough manual in HTML. To help Debian users manage disk space, this documentation is packaged separately from the executables. ... |
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nvi(1) -- text editors
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Vi is a screen oriented text editor. Ex is a line-oriented text editor. Ex and vi are different interfaces to the same program, and it is possible to switch back and forth during an edit session. View... |
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oafd(1) -- the GNOME Object Activation Daemon.
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The oafd daemon provides a simple naming-service wrapper for GNOME applicatinos that are using CORBA, Orbit, OAF and/or Bonobo. oafd is normally started automatically when the gnome desktop is started... |
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objcopy(1) -- copy and translate object files
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The GNU objcopy utility copies the contents of an object file to another. objcopy uses the GNU BFD Library to read and write the object files. It can write the destination object file in a format diff... |
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objdump(1) -- display information from object files.
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objdump displays information about one or more object files. The options control what particular information to display. This information is mostly useful to programmers who are working on the compila... |
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od(1) -- dump files in octal and other formats
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Write an unambiguous representation, octal bytes by default, of FILE to standard output. With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input. -A, --address-radix=RADIX decide how file offsets are pri... |
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oldps(1) -- report process status
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ps gives a snapshot of the current processes. If you want a repetitive update of this status, use top. This man page documents the /proc- based version of ps, or tries to. |
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openvt(1) -- start a program on a new virtual terminal (VT).
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openvt will find the first available VT, and run on it the given com- mand with the given command options, standard input, output and error are directed to that terminal. The current search path ($PAT... |
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paperconf(1) -- print paper configuration informations
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paperconf prints informations about a given paper. The informations that can be obtaineed are the name of the paper, its size and its width or height. When called without arguments, paperconf prints t... |
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passwd(1) -- change user password
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passwd changes passwords for user and group accounts. A normal user may only change the password for their own account, the super user may change the password for any account. The administrator of a g... |
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paste(1) -- merge lines of files
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Write lines consisting of the sequentially corresponding lines from each FILE, separated by TABs, to standard output. With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input. -d, --delimiters=LIST reuse ... |
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patch(1) -- apply a diff file to an original
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patch takes a patch file patchfile containing a difference listing produced by the diff program and applies those differences to one or more original files, producing patched versions. Normally the pa... |
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pathchk(1) -- check whether file names are valid or portable
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Diagnose unportable constructs in NAME. -p, --portability check for all POSIX systems, not only this one --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit |
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pdf2dsc(1) -- generate a PostScript page list of a PDF document
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pdf2dsc uses gs(1) to read an Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) document "input.pdf" and create a PostScript(tm) document "output.dsc" that conforms to Adobe's Document Structuring Conventions... |
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pdf2ps(1) -- Ghostscript PDF to PostScript translator
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pdf2ps uses gs(1) to convert the Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) file "input.pdf" to PostScript(tm) in "output.ps". Normally the output is allowed to use PostScript Level 2 (but not PostScrip... |
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pdffonts(1) -- Portable Document Format (PDF) font analyzer (version 1.00)
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Pdffonts lists the fonts used in a Portable Document Format (PDF) file along with various information for each font. The following information is listed for each font: name the font name, exactly as g... |
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pdfimages(1) -- Portable Document Format (PDF) image extractor (version 1.00)
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Pdfimages saves images from a Portable Document Format (PDF) file as Portable Pixmap (PPM), Portable Bitmap (PBM), or JPEG files. Pdfimages reads the PDF file, scans one or more pages, PDF-file, and w... |
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pdfinfo(1) -- Portable Document Format (PDF) document information extractor (version 1.00)
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Pdfinfo prints the contents of the 'Info' dictionary (plus some other useful information) from a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. The 'Info' dictionary contains the following values: title sub... |
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pdfopt(1) -- Ghostscript PDF Optimizer
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pdfopt uses gs(1) to convert the Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) file "input.pdf" to a so-called optimized form in "output.pdf". Optimization puts the elements of the file into a more linear ... |
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pdftopbm(1) -- Portable Document Format (PDF) to Portable Bitmap (PBM) converter (version 1.00)
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Pdftopbm converts Portable Document Format (PDF) files to black-andwhite image files in Portable Bitmap (PBM) format. Pdftopbm reads the PDF file, PDF-file, and writes one PBM file for each page, PBM-... |
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pdftops(1) -- Portable Document Format (PDF) to PostScript converter (version 1.00)
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Pdftops converts Portable Document Format (PDF) files to PostScript so they can be printed. Pdftops reads the PDF file, PDF-file, and writes a PostScript file, PS- file. If PS-file is not specified, p... |
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pdftotext(1) -- Portable Document Format (PDF) to text converter (version 1.00)
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Pdftotext converts Portable Document Format (PDF) files to plain text. Pdftotext reads the PDF file, PDF-file, and writes a text file, text- file. If text-file is not specified, pdftotext converts fil... |
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perl(1) -- Practical Extraction and Report Language
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Perl is a language optimized for scanning arbitrary text files, extracting information from those text files, and printing reports based on that information. It's also a good language for many system... |
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perlbug(1) -- how to submit bug reports on Perl
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A program to help generate bug reports about perl or the modules that come with it, and mail them. If you have found a bug with a non-standard port (one that was not part of the standard distribution)... |
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perlcc(1) -- generate executables from Perl programs
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perlcc creates standalone executables from Perl programs, using the code generators provided by the B module. At present, you may either create executable Perl bytecode, using the "-B" option, or ge... |
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pf2afm(1) -- Make an AFM file from Postscript (PFB/PFA/PFM) font files using ghostscript
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This script invokes gs(1) to make an AFM file from PFB / PFA and (optionally) PFM files. Output goes to fontfilename.afm, which must not already exist. |
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pgrep(1) -- look up or signal processes based on name and other attributes
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pgrep looks through the currently running processes and lists the process IDs which matches the selection criteria to stdout. All the criteria have to match. For example, pgrep -u root sshd will only ... |
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pic(1) -- compile pictures for troff or TeX
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This manual page describes the GNU version of pic, which is part of the groff document formatting system. pic compiles descriptions of pictures embedded within troff or TeX input files into commands t... |
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pinky(1) -- lightweight finger
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-l do long format output -b omit the user's home directory and shell in long format -h omit the user's project file in long format -p omit the user's plan file in long format -s do short format out... |
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pl2pm(1) -- Rough tool to translate Perl4 .pl files to Perl5 .pm modules.
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pl2pm is a tool to aid in the conversion of Perl4-style .pl library files to Perl5-style library modules. Usually, your old .pl file will still work fine and you should only use this tool if you plan ... |
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pod2html(1) -- convert .pod files to .html files
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Converts files from pod format (see perlpod) to HTML format. |
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pod2latex(1) -- convert pod documentation to latex format
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"pod2latex" is a program to convert POD format documentation (perlpod) into latex. It can process multiple input documents at a time and either generate a latex file per input document or a single c... |
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pod2man(1) -- Convert POD data to formatted *roff input
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pod2man is a front-end for Pod::Man, using it to generate *roff input from POD source. The resulting *roff code is suitable for display on a terminal using nroff(1), normally via man(1), or printing u... |
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pod2text(1) -- Convert POD data to formatted ASCII text
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pod2text is a front-end for Pod::Text and its subclasses. It uses them to generate formatted ASCII text from POD source. It can optionally use either termcap sequences or ANSI color escape sequences t... |
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pod2usage(1) -- print usage messages from embedded pod docs in files
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pod2usage will read the given input file looking for pod documentation and will print the corresponding usage message. If no input file is specifed than standard input is read. pod2usage invokes the <... |
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podchecker(1) -- check the syntax of POD format documentation files
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podchecker will read the given input files looking for POD syntax errors in the POD documentation and will print any errors it find to STDERR. At the end, it will print a status message indicating the... |
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podselect(1) -- print selected sections of pod documentation on standard output
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podselect will read the given input files looking for pod documentation and will print out (in raw pod format) all sections that match one ore more of the given section specifications. If no section s... |
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pon(1) -- starts up, shuts down or lists the log of PPP connections
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This manual page describes the pon, plog and poff scripts, which allow users to control PPP connections. pon pon, invoked without arguments, runs the /etc/ppp/ppp_on_boot file, if it exists and is exe... |
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pr(1) -- convert text files for printing
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Paginate or columnate FILE(s) for printing. +FIRST_PAGE[:LAST_PAGE], --pages=FIRST_PAGE[:LAST_PAGE] begin [stop] printing with page FIRST_[LAST_]PAGE -COLUMN, --columns=COLUMN produce COLUMN-column ou... |
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printenv(1) -- print all or part of environment
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If no environment VARIABLE specified, print them all. --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit |
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printf(1) -- format and print data
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NOTE: your shell may have its own version of printf which will supercede the version described here. Please refer to your shell's documentation for details about the options it supports. Print ARGUME... |
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ps(1) -- report process status
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ps gives a snapshot of the current processes. If you want a repetitive update of this status, use top. This man page documents the /proc-based version of ps, or tries to. |
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ps2ascii(1) -- Ghostscript translator from PostScript or PDF to ASCII
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ps2ascii uses gs(1) to extract ASCII text from PostScript(tm) or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files. If no files are specified on the command line, gs reads from standard input; but PDF input ... |
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ps2epsi(1) -- generate conforming Encapsulated PostScript
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ps2epsi uses gs(1) to process a PostScript(tm) file and generate as output a new file which conforms to Adobe's Encapsulated PostScript Interchange (EPSI) format. EPSI is a special form of encapsulat... |
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ps2pdf(1) -- Convert PostScript to PDF using ghostscript
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The ps2pdf scripts are work-alikes for nearly all the functionality (but not the user interface) of Adobe's Acrobat(TM) Distiller(TM) product: they convert PostScript files to Portable Document Forma... |
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ps2pdfwr(1) -- Convert PostScript to PDF without specifying CompatibilityLevel, using ghostscript
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This script invokes gs(1) with following arguments -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite as well as the -dOutputFile argument, all preceded and followed by any command-line arguemnts. |
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ps2ps(1) -- Ghostscript PostScript "distiller"
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ps2ps uses gs(1) to convert PostScript(tm) file "input.ps" to simpler and (usually) faster PostScript in "output.ps". Normally the output is allowed to use PostScript Level 2 constructs, but the -... |
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psfaddtable(1) -- add a Unicode character table to a console font
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psfaddtable takes a console font in .psf format given by fontfile and merges it with the Unicode character table given by tablefile to produce a font file with an embedded character table, which is wr... |
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psfgettable(1) -- extract the embedded Unicode character table from a console font
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psfgettable extracts the embedded Unicode character table from a .psf format console font into a human readable ASCII file of the format used by psfaddtable(1). If the font file name is a single dash ... |
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psfstriptable(1) -- remove the embedded Unicode character table from a console font
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psfstriptable reads a .psf format console font from fontfile, or standard input if fontfile is a single dash (-), which may have an embedded Unicode font table, and writes (to standard output or the s... |
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pstree(1) -- display a tree of processes
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pstree shows running processes as a tree. The tree is rooted at either pid or init if pid is omitted. If a user name is specified, all process trees rooted at processes owned by that user are shown. p... |
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pstruct(1) -- Dump C structures as generated from "cc -g -S" stabs
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The following is the old c2ph.doc documentation by Tom Christiansen Date: 25 Jul 91 08:10:21 GMT Once upon a time, I wrote a program called pstruct. It was a perl program that tried... |
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ptx(1) -- produce a permuted index of file contents
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Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. -A, --auto-reference output automatically generated references -C, --copyright display Copyright and copying conditions -G, --t... |
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pwd(1) -- print name of current/working directory
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NOTE: your shell may have its own version of pwd which will supercede the version described here. Please refer to your shell's documentation for details about the options it supports. Print the full ... |
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python2.1(1) -- an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language
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Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language that combines remarkable power with very clear syntax. For an introduction to programming in Python you are referred to the ... |
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ranlib(1) -- generate index to archive.
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ranlib generates an index to the contents of an archive and stores it in the archive. The index lists each symbol defined by a member of an archive that is a relocatable object file. You may use nm -s... |
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rbash(1) -- restricted bash, see bash(1)
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rcs2log(1) -- generates a changelog from RCS files
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rcslog generates a change log from RCS files, which can possibly be located in a CVS repository, and outputs the new change log to standard output. If no FILE is specified, rcs2log will use the files ... |
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readelf(1) -- Displays information about ELF files.
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readelf displays information about one or more ELF format object files. The options control what particular information to display. elffile... are the object files to be examined. At the moment, reade... |
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readlink(1) -- display target of symbolic link on standard output
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The readlink utility when invoked with the pathname of a symbolic link as its argument dereferences the symbolic link and prints the name of target on standard output. If readlink is invoked with an a... |
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readprofile(1) -- a tool to read kernel profiling information
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The readprofile command uses the /proc/profile information to print ascii data on standard output. The output is organized in three columns: the first is the number of clock ticks, the second is the n... |
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rename(1) -- renames multiple files
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"rename" renames the filenames supplied according to the rule specified as the first argument. The perlexpr argument is a Perl expression which is expected to modify the $_ string in Perl for at lea... |
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renice(1) -- alter priority of running processes
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Renice alters the scheduling priority of one or more running processes. The following who parameters are interpreted as process ID's, process group ID's, or user names. Renice'ing a process group c... |
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replay(1) -- play back typescripts, using timing information
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This program replays a typescript, using timing information to ensure that output happens at the same speed as it originally appeared when the script was recorded. It is only guaranteed to work preper... |
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rev(1) -- reverse lines of a file
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The rev utility copies the specified files to the standard output, reversing the order of characters in every line. If no files are specified, the standard input is read. FreeBSD 5.2.1 March 21, 1992 ... |
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rm(1) -- remove files or directories
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This manual page documents the GNU version of rm. rm removes each specified file. By default, it does not remove directories. If a file is unwritable, the standard input is a tty, and the -f or --forc... |
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rmccmt(1) -- remove comments from C and C++ programs
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This program removes comments from C source code, both traditional and C++ style comments. Each traditional comment is replaced with one space, and C++ style comment is replaced with a newline. With t... |
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rmdir(1) -- remove empty directories
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Remove the DIRECTORY(ies), if they are empty. --ignore-fail-on-non-empty ignore each failure that is solely because a directory is nonempty -p, --parents remove DIRECTORY, then try to remove each dire... |
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rpcgen(1) -- an RPC protocol compiler
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rpcgen is a tool that generates C code to implement an RPC protocol. The input to rpcgen is a language similar to C known as RPC Language (Remote Procedure Call Lan... |
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rusers(1) -- who is logged in to machines on local network
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The rusers command produces output similar to who, but for the list of hosts or all machines on the local network. For each host responding to the rusers query, the hostname with the names of the user... |
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s2p(1) -- Sed to Perl translator
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s2p takes a sed script specified on the command line (or from standard input) and produces a comparable perl script on the standard output. Options [Toc] [Back] Options include: -D sets ... |
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sane-find-scanner(1) -- find SCSI and USB scanners and their device files
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sane-find-scanner is a command-line tool to find SCSI and some USB scanners and determine their Unix device files. It's part of the sanebackends package. It checks the default generic SCSI devices, e... |
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saned(1) -- SANE network daemon
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saned is the SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy) daemon that allows remote clients to access image acquisition devices available on the local host. |
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scanimage(1) -- scan an image
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scanimage is a command-line interface to control image acquisition devices such as flatbed scanners or cameras. The device is controlled via command-line options. After command-line processing, scanim... |
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script(1) -- make typescript of terminal session
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Script makes a typescript of everything printed on your terminal. It is useful for students who need a hardcopy record of an interactive session as proof of an assignment, as the typescript file can b... |
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sdiff(1) -- find differences between two files and merge interactively
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The sdiff command merges two files and interactively outputs the results to outfile. If from-file is a directory and to-file is not, sdiff compares the file in from-file whose file name is that of to-... |
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sed(1) -- a Stream EDitor
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Sed is a stream editor. A stream editor is used to perform basic text transformations on an input stream (a file or input from a pipeline). While in some ways similar to an editor which permits script... |
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sensible-editor(1) -- sensible editing and paging
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sensible-editor and sensible-pager make sensible decisions on which editor and pager to call, respectively. Programs under Debian GNU/Linux can use these scripts as their default editor and pager or e... |
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seq(1) -- prints a sequence of numbers
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This manual page documents briefly the GNU seq command. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution (but may be used by others), because the original program does not have a man... |
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setfdprm(1) --
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setleds(1) -- set the keyboard leds
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setleds reports and changes the led flag settings of the current VT (namely NumLock, CapsLock and ScrollLock). Without arguments, setleds prints the current settings. With arguments, it sets or clears... |
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setmetamode(1) -- define the keyboard meta key handling
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Without argument, setmetamode prints the current Meta key mode. With argument, it sets the Meta key mode as indicated. The setting before and after the change are reported. The Meta key mode is specif... |
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setterm(1) -- set terminal attributes
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setterm writes to standard output a character string that will invoke the specified terminal capabilities. Where possible terminfo is consulted to find the string to use. Some options however (marked ... |
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sfconvert(1) -- convert between various audio formats
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The sfconvert tool can be used to convert audio files from one audio format to another. The files' audio formats have to be supported by libaudiofile. |
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sfinfo(1) -- display information about audio files
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Given one or more input audio files, sfinfo displays information about the audio data and the sound file itself, like the file format, audio encoding, sampling rate, or duration. The file format must ... |
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showcfont(1) -- displays all characters in the current screen-font.
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showfont uses successive switches of the Application Charset Map in 8-bit console-mode to have all 256 or 512 characters in the current font displayed on the screen. |
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showkey(1) -- examine the scan codes and keycodes sent by the keyboard
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showkey prints to standard output either the scan codes, the keycode, or the character of each key pressed/released. The program runs until 10 seconds (or the amount of time specified by the --timeout... |
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shred(1) -- delete a file securely, first overwriting it to hide its contents
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Overwrite the specified FILE(s) repeatedly, in order to make it harder for even very expensive hardware probing to recover the data. -f, --force change permissions to allow writing if necessary -n, --... |
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size(1) -- list section sizes and total size.
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The GNU size utility lists the section sizes---and the total size---for each of the object or archive files objfile in its argument list. By default, one line of output is generated for each object fi... |
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skill(1) -- report process status
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The default signal for skill is TERM. Use -l or -L to list available signals. Particularly useful signals include HUP, INT, KILL, STOP, CONT, and 0. Alternate signals may be specified in three ways: -... |
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sleep(1) -- delay for a specified amount of time
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Pause for NUMBER seconds. SUFFIX may be `s' for seconds (the default), `m' for minutes, `h' for hours or `d' for days. Unlike most implementations that require NUMBER be an integer, here NUMBER ma... |
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soelim(1) -- interpret .so requests in groff input
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soelim reads files and replaces lines of the form .so file by the contents of file. It is useful if files included with so need to be preprocessed. Normally, soelim should be invoked with the -s optio... |
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sort(1) -- sort lines of text files
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Write sorted concatenation of all FILE(s) to standard output. +POS1 [-POS2] start a key at POS1, end it *before* POS2 (obsolescent) field numbers and character offsets are numbered starting with zero ... |
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splain(1) -- standalone program to do the same thing
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The "diagnostics" Pragma This module extends the terse diagnostics normally emitted by both the perl compiler and the perl interpreter, augmenting them with the more explicative and endearing descri... |
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split(1) -- split a file into pieces
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Output fixed-size pieces of INPUT to PREFIXaa, PREFIXab, ...; default PREFIX is `x'. With no INPUT, or when INPUT is -, read standard input. -b, --bytes=SIZE put SIZE bytes per output file -C, --line... |
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strace(1) -- trace system calls and signals
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In the simplest case strace runs the specified command until it exits. It intercepts and records the system calls which are called by a process and the signals which are received by a process. The nam... |
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strings(1) -- print the strings of printable characters in files.
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For each file given, GNU strings prints the printable character sequences that are at least 4 characters long (or the number given with the options below) and are followed by an unprintable character.... |
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strip(1) -- Discard symbols from object files.
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GNU strip discards all symbols from object files objfile. The list of object files may include archives. At least one object file must be given. strip modifies the files named in its argument, rather ... |
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stty(1) -- change and print terminal line settings
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Print or change terminal characteristics. -a, --all print all current settings in human-readable form -g, --save print all current settings in a stty-readable form -F, --file=DEVICE open and use the s... |
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su(1) -- Change user ID or become super-user
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su is used to become another user during a login session. Invoked without a username, su defaults to becoming the super user. The optional argument - may be used to provide an environment similiar to ... |
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sum(1) -- checksum and count the blocks in a file
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Print checksum and block counts for each FILE. -r defeat -s, use BSD sum algorithm, use 1K blocks -s, --sysv use System V sum algorithm, use 512 bytes blocks --help display this help and exit --versio... |
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superformat(1) --
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sync(1) -- flush filesystem buffers
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Force changed blocks to disk, update the super block. --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit |
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tac(1) -- concatenate and print files in reverse
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Write each FILE to standard output, last line first. With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input. -b, --before attach the separator before instead of after -r, --regex interpret the separator... |
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tack(1) -- terminfo action checker
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The tack program has three purposes: (1) to help you build a new terminfo entry describing an unknown terminal, (2) to test the correctness of an existing entry, and (3) to develop the correct pad tim... |
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tail(1) -- output the last part of files
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Print the last 10 lines of each FILE to standard output. With more than one FILE, precede each with a header giving the file name. With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input. --retry keep tr... |
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tar(1) -- The GNU version of the tar archiving utility
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This manual page documents the GNU version of tar , an archiving program designed to store and extract files from an archive file known as a tarfile. A tarfile may be made on a tape drive, however, it... |
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tbl(1) -- format tables for troff
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This manual page describes the GNU version of tbl, which is part of the groff document formatting system. tbl compiles descriptions of tables embedded within troff input files into commands that are u... |
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tclsh8.0(1) -- Simple shell containing Tcl interpreter
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Tclsh is a shell-like application that reads Tcl commands from its standard input or from a file and evaluates them. If invoked with no arguments then it runs interactively, reading Tcl commands from ... |
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tclsh8.3(1) -- Simple shell containing Tcl interpreter
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Tclsh is a shell-like application that reads Tcl commands from its standard input or from a file and evaluates them. If invoked with no arguments then it runs interactively, reading Tcl commands from ... |
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tcsh(1) -- C shell with file name completion and command line editing
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tcsh is an enhanced but completely compatible version of the Berkeley UNIX C shell, csh(1). It is a command language interpreter usable both as an interactive login shell and a shell script command pr... |
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tee(1) -- read from standard input and write to standard output and files
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Copy standard input to each FILE, and also to standard output. -a, --append append to the given FILEs, do not overwrite -i, --ignore-interrupts ignore interrupt signals --help display this help and ex... |
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telnet.netkit(1) -- user interface to the TELNET protocol
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The telnet command is used for interactive communication with another host using the TELNET protocol. It begins in command mode, where it prints a telnet prompt ("telnet> "). If telnet is invoked wi... |
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tempfile(1) -- create a temporary file in a safe manner
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tempfile creates a temporary file in a safe manner. It uses tempnam(3) to choose the name and opens it with O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_EXCL. The filename is printed on standard output. The directory to plac... |
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test(1) -- check file types and compare values
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Exit with the status determined by EXPRESSION. --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit EXPRESSION is true or false and sets exit status. It is one of: ( EXPRESS... |
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tic(1) -- the terminfo entry-description compiler
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The command tic translates a terminfo file from source format into compiled format. The compiled format is necessary for use with the library routines in ncurses(3X). The results are normally placed i... |
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tixwish4.1(1) -- Windowing shell for interpreting Tix commands.
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Tixwish is a simple program consisting of the Tcl command language, the Tk toolkit, and a main program that reads commands from standard input or from a file. It creates a main window and then process... |
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tload(1) -- graphic representation of system load average
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tload prints a graph of the current system load average to the specified tty (or the tty of the tload process if none is specified). Options [Toc] [Back] The -s scale option allows a vertical sc... |
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toe(1) -- table of (terminfo) entries
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With no options, toe lists all available terminal types by primary name with descriptions. File arguments specify the directories to be scanned; if no such arguments are given, your default terminfo d... |
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top(1) -- display top CPU processes
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top provides an ongoing look at processor activity in real time. It displays a listing of the most CPU-intensive tasks on the system, and can provide an interactive interface for manipulating processe... |
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touch(1) -- change file timestamps
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Update the access and modification times of each FILE to the current time. -a change only the access time -c, --no-create do not create any files -d, --date=STRING parse STRING and use it instead of c... |
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tput(1) -- initialize a terminal or query terminfo database
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The tput utility uses the terminfo database to make the values of terminal-dependent capabilities and information available to the shell (see sh(1)), to initialize or reset the terminal, or return the... |
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tr(1) -- translate or delete characters
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Translate, squeeze, and/or delete characters from standard input, writing to standard output. -c, --complement first complement SET1 -d, --delete delete characters in SET1, do not translate -s, --sque... |
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troff(1) -- format documents
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This manual page describes the GNU version of troff, which is part of the groff document formatting system. It is highly compatible with UNIX troff. Usually it should be invoked using the groff comman... |
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true(1) -- do nothing, successfully
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Exit with a status code indicating success. These option names may not be abbreviated. --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit |
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tset(1) -- terminal initialization
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Tset initializes terminals. Tset first determines the type of terminal that you are using. This determination is done as follows, using the first terminal type found. 1. The terminal argument specifie... |
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tsort(1) -- perform topological sort
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Write totally ordered list consistent with the partial ordering in FILE. With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input. --help display this help and exit --version output version information an... |
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tty(1) -- print the file name of the terminal connected to standard input
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Print the file name of the terminal connected to standard input. -s, --silent, --quiet print nothing, only return an exit status --help display this help and exit --version output version information ... |
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tzselect(1) -- view timezones
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This manual page explains how you can use the tzselect utility to view the installed timezone. It comes handy when you want to know what time it is in other countries, or if you just wonder what timez... |
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ul(1) -- do underlining
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Ul reads the named files (or standard input if none are given) and translates occurrences of underscores to the sequence which indicates underlining for the terminal in use, as specified by the enviro... |
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uname(1) -- print system information
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Print certain system information. With no OPTION, same as -s. -a, --all print all information -m, --machine print the machine (hardware) type -n, --nodename print the machine's network node hostname ... |
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unexpand(1) -- convert spaces to tabs
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Convert spaces in each FILE to tabs, writing to standard output. With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input. -a, --all convert all whitespace, instead of initial whitespace -t, --tabs=NUMBER... |
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unicode_start(1) -- put the console in Unicode mode.
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The unicode_start command puts both the screen and the keyboard in Uni- code mode, and maybe load the given font and screen-font map. If no args are given, the current font and screen-font map will be... |
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unicode_stop(1) -- put the console out of unicode mode (ie. in 8-bit mode).
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The unicode_stop command puts both the screen and the keyboard in 8-bit mode, canceling the effect of a previous call to unicode_start(1). |
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uniq(1) -- remove duplicate lines from a sorted file
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Discard all but one of successive identical lines from INPUT (or standard input), writing to OUTPUT (or standard output). -c, --count prefix lines by the number of occurrences -d, --repeated only prin... |
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unlink(1) -- unlink a file
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unlink the FILE. --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit |
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untrigraph(1) -- remove trigraphs from C source code
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untrigraph converts trigraphs into their single character equivalents. See the entrigraph(1) manual page for a description of trigraphs. |
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updatedb(1) -- update a file name database
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This manual page documents the GNU version of updatedb, which updates file name databases used by GNU locate. The file name databases contain lists of files that were in particular directory trees whe... |
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uptime(1) -- Tell how long the system has been running.
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uptime gives a one line display of the following information. The current time, how long the system has been running, how many users are currently logged on, and the system load averages for the past ... |
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users(1) -- print the user names of users currently logged in to the current host
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Output who is currently logged in according to FILE. If FILE is not specified, use /var/run/utmp. /var/log/wtmp as FILE is common. --help display this help and exit --version output version informatio... |
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uuidgen(1) -- command-line utility to create a new UUID value
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The uuidgen program creates a new universally unique identifier (UUID) using the libuuid(3) library. The new UUID can reasonably be considered unique among all UUIDs created on the local system, and a... |
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vdir(1) -- list directory contents
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List information about the FILEs (the current directory by default). Sort entries alphabetically if none of -cftuSUX nor --sort. -a, --all do not hide entries starting with . -A, --almost-all do not l... |
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vim(1) -- Vi IMproved, a programmers text editor
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Vim is a text editor that is upwards compatible to Vi. It can be used to edit all kinds of plain text. It is especially useful for editing programs. There are a lot of enhancements above Vi: multi lev... |
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vimdiff(1) -- edit two or three versions of a file with Vim and show differences
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Vimdiff starts Vim on two (or three) files. Each file gets its own window. The differences between the files are highlighted. This is a nice way to inspect changes and to move changes from one version... |
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vimtutor(1) -- the Vim tutor
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Vimtutor starts the Vim tutor. It copies the tutor file first, so that it can be modified without changing the original file. The Vimtutor is useful for people that want to learn their first Vim comma... |
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vt-is-UTF8(1) -- check whether current VT is in UTF8- or byte-mode.
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vt-is-UTF8 checks whether the current VT is in UTF8 mode, by writing (and erasing afterwards) a 3-byte-long UTF8 sequence, and looking how much chars where displayed by the console driver. A message t... |
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w.procps(1) -- Show who is logged on and what they are doing.
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w displays information about the users currently on the machine, and their processes. The header shows, in this order, the current time, how long the system has been running, how many users are curren... |
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wall(1) -- write a message to users
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Wall displays the contents of file or, by default, its standard input, on the terminals of all currently logged in users. Only the super-user can write on the terminals of users who have chosen to den... |
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watch(1) -- execute a program periodically, showing output fullscreen
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watch runs command repeatedly, displaying its output (the first screenfull). This allows you to watch the program output change over time. By default, the program is run every 2 seconds; use -n or --i... |
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wc(1) -- print the number of bytes, words, and lines in files
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Print line, word, and byte counts for each FILE, and a total line if more than one FILE is specified. With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input. -c, --bytes, --chars print the byte counts -... |
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whatis(1) -- display manual page descriptions
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Each manual page has a short description available within it. whatis searches the manual page names and displays the manual page descriptions of any name matched. name may contain wildcards (-w) or be... |
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whereis(1) -- locate the binary, source, and manual page files for a command
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whereis locates source/binary and manuals sections for specified files. The supplied names are first stripped of leading pathname components and any (single) trailing extension of the form .ext, for e... |
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which(1) -- locate a command
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which returns the files which would be executed had its arguments been given as commands. Debian GNU/Linux 15 May 1997 WHICH(1) |
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whiptail(1) -- display dialog boxes from shell scripts
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whiptail is a program that will let you to present a variety of questions or display messages using dialog boxes from a shell script. Currently, these types of dialog boxes are implemented: yes/no box... |
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who(1) -- show who is logged on
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-a, --all same as -b -d --login -p -r -t -T -u -b, --boot time of last system boot -d, --dead print dead processes -H, --heading print line of column headings -i, --idle add idle time as HOURS:MINUTES... |
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whoami(1) -- print effective userid
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Print the user name associated with the current effective user id. Same as id -un. --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit |
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windres(1) -- manipulate Windows resources.
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windres reads resources from an input file and copies them into an output file. Either file may be in one of three formats: "rc" A text format read by the Resource Compiler. "res" A binary format ... |
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wish8.3(1) -- Simple windowing shell
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Wish is a simple program consisting of the Tcl command language, the Tk toolkit, and a main program that reads commands from standard input or from a file. It creates a main window and then processes ... |
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write(1) -- send a message to another user
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Write allows you to communicate with other users, by copying lines from your terminal to theirs. When you run the write command, the user you are writing to gets a message of the form: Message from yo... |
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xargs(1) -- build and execute command lines from standard input
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This manual page documents the GNU version of xargs. xargs reads arguments from the standard input, delimited by blanks (which can be protected with double or single quotes or a backslash) or newlines... |
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xdfcopy(1) --
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xgettext(1) -- extract translatable string from given input files
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Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. -a, --extract-all extract all strings -c, --add-comments[=TAG] place comment block with TAG (or those preceding keyword lines) ... |
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xpdf(1) -- Portable Document Format (PDF) file viewer for X (version 1.00)
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Xpdf is a viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF) files. (These are also sometimes also called 'Acrobat' files, from the name of Adobe's PDF software.) Xpdf runs under the X Window System on UNIX... |
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xvfb-run(1) -- run specified X client or command in a virtual X server environment
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xvfb-run is a wrapper for the Xvfb(1) command which simplifies the task of running commands (typically an X client, or a script containing a list of clients to be run) within a virtual X server enviro... |
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xxd(1) -- make a hexdump or do the reverse.
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xxd creates a hex dump of a given file or standard input. It can also convert a hex dump back to its original binary form. Like uuencode(1) and uudecode(1) it allows the transmission of binary data in... |
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yes(1) -- output a string repeatedly until killed
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Repeatedly output a line with all specified STRING(s), or `y'. --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit |
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ypcat(1) -- print values of all keys in a NIS database
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ypcat prints the values of all keys from the NIS database specified by mapname, which may be a map name or a map nickname. |
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ypchfn(1) --
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ypchsh(1) --
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ypmatch(1) -- print the values of one or more keys from a NIS map
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ypmatch prints the values of one or more keys from the NIS database specified by mapname, which may be a map name or a map nickname. |
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yppasswd(1) -- change your password in the NIS database
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The standard passwd(1), chfn(1) and chsh(1) cannot be used under Linux to change the users NIS password, shell and GECOS information, because they only modify the password file on the local host. For ... |
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ypwhich(1) -- return name of NIS server or map master
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ypwhich returns the name of the NIS server that supplies the NIS services to a NIS client, or which is the master for a map. If invoked without arguments, it gives the NIS server for the local machine... |
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yyextract(1) -- extract grammar rules from a yacc grammar
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The yyextract utility extracts the grammar rules from a yacc grammar. The options are as follows: -b Select the Backus-Naur Form (BNF) for the output. -e Select the Extended Backus-Naur Form (EBNF) fo... |
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yyref(1) -- generate cross-reference for yacc input
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yyref generates cross-references for yacc input files. The output consists of a number listing of the header and rules part, followed by the cross-reference. The options are as follows: -o Set the out... |
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zdiff(1) -- compare compressed files
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Zcmp and zdiff are used to invoke the cmp or the diff program on compressed files. All options specified are passed directly to cmp or diff. If only 1 file is specified, then the files compared are fi... |
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zdump(1) -- time zone dumper
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Zdump prints the current time in each zonename named on the command line. These options are available: -v For each zonename on the command line, print the time at the lowest possible time value, the t... |
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zforce(1) -- force a '.gz' extension on all gzip files
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zforce forces a .gz extension on all gzip files so that gzip will not compress them twice. This can be useful for files with names truncated after a file transfer. On systems with a 14 char limitation... |
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zgrep(1) -- search possibly compressed files for a regular expression
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Zgrep is used to invoke the grep on compress'ed or gzip'ed files. All options specified are passed directly to grep. If no file is specified, then the standard input is decompressed if necessary and... |
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zless(1) -- file perusal filter for crt viewing of compressed text
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Zless is a filter which allows examination of compressed or plain text files one screenful at a time on a soft-copy terminal. It is the equivalent of setting the environment variable PAGER to less, an... |
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zmore(1) -- file perusal filter for crt viewing of compressed text
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Zmore is a filter which allows examination of compressed or plain text files one screenful at a time on a soft-copy terminal. zmore works on files compressed with compress, pack or gzip, and also on u... |
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znew(1) -- recompress .Z files to .gz files
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Znew recompresses files from .Z (compress) format to .gz (gzip) format. If you want to recompress a file already in gzip format, rename the file to force a .Z extension then apply znew. |
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zsoelim(1) -- satisfy .so requests in roff input
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zsoelim parses file arguments, or if none are specified, its standard input for lines of the form: .so These requests are replaced by the contents of the filename specified. If the request ... |
