Section 1: user commands and tools
NAME py3compile – byte compile Python 3 source files SYNOPSIS py3compile [-V [X.Y][-][A.B]] DIR_OR_FILE [-X REGEXPR] pycompile -p PACKAGE DESCRIPTION Wrapper around Python standard library’s py_compile module to byte-compile Python 3 files. OPTIONS –version show program’s version number and exit -h, –help show this help message and exit -f, –force force rebuild of byte-code files…
NAME py3clean – removes .pyc and .pyo files SYNOPSIS py3clean [-V VERSION] [-p PACKAGE] [DIR_OR_FILE] OPTIONS –version show program’s version number and exit -h, –help show this help message and exit -v, –verbose turn verbose more one -q, –quiet be quiet -p PACKAGE, –package=PACKAGE specify Debian package name to clean -V VERSION specify Python 3 version to clean…
NAME pxz – Parallel LZMA compressor compatible with XZ. SYNOPSIS pxz [options]… [file]… DESCRIPTION pxz is a compression utility that takes advantage of running XZ compression simultaneously on different parts of an input file on multiple cores and processors. This significantly speeds up compression time. OPTIONS -v Be verbose. -h, –help Display help. -f, –force…
NAME pxelinux-options – utility to set PXELINUX hard-coded options. SYNOPSIS pxelinux-options DESCRIPTION pxelinux-options sets PXELINUX hard-coded options. SEE ALSO syslinux(1) HOMEPAGE More information about the Syslinux project can be found on the homepage at <http://syslinux.zytor.com/>. AUTHOR pxelinux-options was written by H. Peter Anvin <hpa [at] zytor.com>. This manual page was written by Daniel Baumann <mail…
NAME pwscore – simple configurable tool for checking quality of a password SYNOPSIS pwscore [user] DESCRIPTION pwscore is a simple tool for checking quality of a password. The password is read from stdin. The tool uses the libpwquality library to perform configurable checks for minimum length, dictionary checking against cracklib dictionaries, and other checks. It…
NAME pwsafe – commandline password database utility compatible with Counterpane’s Passwordsafe SYNOPSIS pwsafe [options] command [arg] DESCRIPTION pwsafe manipulates Counterpane Passwordsafe username/password databases. It is compatible with Counterpane Passwordsafe 1.9.x and 2.0 databases. COMMANDS pwsafe accepts the following commands: –createdb Create a new database. –exportdb Export database as text. –mergedb=DATABASE_FILE Merge DATABASE_FILE into database. Common…
NAME pwqgen – Generate quality controllable random passphrase SYNOPSIS [options ] DESCRIPTION The Op Ar options program generates a random passphrase using the libpasswdqc library. Strength of the generated passphrase depends on the amount of randomness read from /dev/urandom OPTIONS random = N (default: random = 47 ) The size of randomly-generated passphrase in bits…
NAME pwqcheck – Check passphrase quality SYNOPSIS [options ] DESCRIPTION The Op Ar options program checks passphrase quality using the libpasswdqc library. By default, it expects to read 3 lines from standard input: first line is a new password, second line is an old password, and third line is either an existing account name or…
NAME pwmake – simple tool for generating random relatively easily pronounceable passwords SYNOPSIS pwmake <entropy-bits> DESCRIPTION pwmake is a simple configurable tool for generating random and relatively easily pronounceable passwords. The tool allows you to specify the number of entropy bits that are used to generate the password. The entropy is pulled from /dev/urandom. The…
NAME pwhois – Perl written whois client SYNOPSIS pwhois perl.com pwhois gnu.org pwhois -s police.co.il pwhois -c there.is.no.tld.called.foobar pwhois yahoo.com whois.networksolutions.com pwhois -T 10 funet.fi etc etc….. DESCRIPTION Just invoke with a domain name, optionally with a whois server name. Switches: -s attempt to strip the copyright message or disclaimer. -c attempts to return an empty answer…
NAME pwhich – Perl-only `which’ SYNOPSIS $ pwhich perl $ pwhich -a perl # print all matches $ pwhich perl perldoc … # look for multiple programs $ pwhich -a perl perldoc … DESCRIPTION `pwhich’ is a command-line utility program for finding paths to other programs based on the user’s "PATH". It is similar to…
NAME pwgen – generate pronounceable passwords SYNOPSIS pwgen [ OPTION ] [ pw_length ] [ num_pw ] DESCRIPTION The pwgen program generates passwords which are designed to be easily memorized by humans, while being as secure as possible. Human-memorable passwords are never going to be as secure as completely completely random passwords. In particular, passwords…
NAME pwdx – report current working directory of a process SYNOPSIS pwdx [options] pid […] OPTIONS -V, –version Output version information and exit. -h, –help Output help screen and exit. SEE ALSO ps(1), pgrep(1) STANDARDS No standards apply, but pwdx looks an awful lot like a SunOS command. AUTHOR Nicholas Miell wrote pwdx in 2004….
NAME pwdhash – Generator of password hashes SYNOPSIS pwdhash [-D config-dir] [-H] [-s scheme | -c comparepwd] password DESCRIPTION Generates password hashes which can also be used in LDIF password fields. This uses the Directory Server password generator. OPTIONS A summary of options is included below: -H Show summary of options. -s scheme Password scheme…
NAME pwd – print name of current/working directory SYNOPSIS pwd [,OPTION/]… DESCRIPTION Print the full filename of the current working directory. -L, –logical use PWD from environment, even if it contains symlinks -P, –physical avoid all symlinks –help display this help and exit –version output version information and exit If no option is specified, -P…
NAME pw-cat – Play and record media with PipeWire SYNOPSIS pw – cat[options][FILE] pw – play[options][FILE] pw – record[options][FILE] pw – midiplay[options][FILE] pw – midirecord[options][FILE] DESCRIPTION pw-cat is a simple tool for playing back or capturing raw or encoded media files on a PipeWire server. It understands all audio file formats supported by libsndfile. OPTIONS…
NAME pw-profiler – The PipeWire profiler SYNOPSIS pw-profiler [options] DESCRIPTION Start profiling a PipeWire instance. If the server has the profiler module loaded, this program will connect to it and log the profiler data. Profiler data contains times and durations when processing nodes and devices started and completed. When this program is stopped, a set…
NAME pw-cat – Play and record media with PipeWire SYNOPSIS pw – cat[options][FILE] pw – play[options][FILE] pw – record[options][FILE] pw – midiplay[options][FILE] pw – midirecord[options][FILE] DESCRIPTION pw-cat is a simple tool for playing back or capturing raw or encoded media files on a PipeWire server. It understands all audio file formats supported by libsndfile. OPTIONS…
NAME pw-mon – The PipeWire monitor SYNOPSIS pw-mon [options] DESCRIPTION Monitor objects on the PipeWire instance. OPTIONS -r | –remote=NAME The name the remote instance to monitor. If left unspecified, a connection is made to the default PipeWire instance. -h | –help Show help. –version Show version information. -N | –color=WHEN Whether to use color,…
NAME pw-cat – Play and record media with PipeWire SYNOPSIS pw – cat[options][FILE] pw – play[options][FILE] pw – record[options][FILE] pw – midiplay[options][FILE] pw – midirecord[options][FILE] DESCRIPTION pw-cat is a simple tool for playing back or capturing raw or encoded media files on a PipeWire server. It understands all audio file formats supported by libsndfile. OPTIONS…