Section 1: user commands and tools
zlib-flate – raw zlib compression program Synopsiszlib-flate -compress | -uncompress DescriptionThe zlib-flate program is part of the qpdf package. The zlib-flate program reads from standard input and writes to standard output either compressing or uncompressing its input using raw zlib compression. It can be used to uncompress or compress raw PDF streams or other data…
zless – file perusal filter for crt viewing of compressed text Synopsiszless [ name … ] DescriptionZless 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 LESSOPEN to ‘|gzip -cdfq — %s’, and the…
ziptorrent – torrentzip zip archives Synopsisziptorrent [-hnVv] archive Op … Descriptionziptorrent torrentzips archive. This is a restricted file format used for using bittorrent on zip files. Please see zip_set_archive_flag(3) for details on what information gets lost through this process. Supported options: -h Display a short help message and exit. -n Don’t actually change archives, just…
zipsplit – split a zipfile into smaller zipfiles Synopsiszipsplit [-t] [-i] [-p] [-s] [-n size] [-r room] [-b path] [-h] [-v] [-L] zipfile Argumentszipfile Zipfile to split. Options-t Report how many files it will take, but don’t make them. -i Make index (zipsplit.idx) and count its size against first zip file. -n size Make zip files…
zipnote – write the comments in zipfile to stdout, edit comments and rename files in zipfile Synopsiszipnote [-w] [-b path] [-h] [-v] [-L] zipfile Argumentszipfile Zipfile to read comments from or edit. Options-w Write comments to a zipfile from stdin (see below). -b path Use path for the temporary zip file. -h Show a short help….
zipmerge – merge zip archives Synopsiszipmerge [-DhIiSsV] target-zip source-zip Op source-zip … Descriptionzipmerge merges the source zip archives source-zip into the target zip archive target-zip. By default, files in the source zip archives overwrite existing files of the same name in the target zip archive. Supported options: -D Ignore directory components in file name comparisons….
zipinfo – list detailed information about a ZIP archive Synopsiszipinfo [-12smlvhMtTz] file[.zip] [file(s) …] [-x xfile(s) …] unzip -Z [-12smlvhMtTz] file[.zip] [file(s) …] [-x xfile(s) …] Descriptionzipinfo lists technical information about files in a ZIP archive, most commonly found on MS-DOS systems. Such information includes file access permissions, encryption status, type of compression, version and operating system or file system of…
zipgrep – search files in a ZIP archive for lines matching a pattern Synopsiszipgrep [egrep_options] pattern file[.zip] [file(s) …] [-x xfile(s) …] Descriptionzipgrep will search files within a ZIP archive for lines matching the given string or pattern. zipgrep is a shell script and requires egrep(1) and unzip(1) to function. Its output is identical to that of egrep(1)….
zipdetails – display the internal structure of zip files Synopsis zipdetails [-v][–scan] zipfile.zip zipdetails -h zipdetails –versionDescriptionZipdetails displays information about the internal record structure of zip files. It is not concerned with displaying any details of the compressed data stored in the zip file. The program assumes prior understanding of the internal structure of a…
zipcmp – compare contents of zip archives Synopsiszipcmp [-hiqVv] zip1 zip2 Descriptionzipcmp compares the zip archives zip1 and zip2 and checks if they contain the same files, comparing their names, uncompressed sizes, and CRCs. File order and compressed size differences are ignored. Supported options: -h Display a short help message and exit. -i Compare names…
zipcloak – encrypt entries in a zipfile Synopsiszipcloak [-d] [-b path] [-h] [-v] [-L] zipfile Argumentszipfile Zipfile to encrypt entries in Options-b path –temp-path path Use the directory given by path for the temporary zip file. -d –decrypt Decrypt encrypted entries (copy if given wrong password). -h –help Show a short help. -L –license Show software…
zip – package and compress (archive) files Synopsiszip [-aABcdDeEfFghjklLmoqrRSTuvVwXyz!@$] [–longoption …] [-b path] [-n suffixes] [-t date] [-tt date] [zipfile [file …]] [-xi list] zipcloak (see separate man page) zipnote (see separate man page) zipsplit (see separate man page) Note: Command line processing in zip has been changed to support long options and handle all…
zim – A Desktop Wiki Editor Synopsisusage: zim [OPTIONS] [NOTEBOOK [PAGE]] or: zim –server [OPTIONS] [NOTEBOOK] or: zim –export [OPTIONS] NOTEBOOK [PAGE] or: zim –search NOTEBOOK QUERY or: zim –index NOTEBOOK or: zim –plugin PLUGIN [ARGUMENTS] or: zim –manual [OPTIONS] [PAGE] or: zim –help DescriptionZim is a graphical text editor used to maintain a collection of wiki pages. Each page can contain links to…
Zile – Zile Is Lossy Emacs Synopsiszile [OPTION-OR-FILENAME]… DescriptionZile is a lightweight Emacs clone that provides a subset of Emacs’s functionality suitable for basic editing. Run Zile, the lightweight Emacs clone. Initialization options: –no-init-file, -q do not load ~/.zile –funcall, -f FUNC call Zile Lisp function FUNC with no arguments –load, -l FILE load Zile…
zgrep – search possibly compressed files for a regular expression Synopsiszgrep [ grep_options ] [ -e ] pattern filename… DescriptionZgrep invokes grep on compressed or gzipped files. All options specified are passed directly to grep. If no file is specified, then the standard input is decompressed if necessary and fed to grep. Otherwise the given files are…
zforce – force a ‘.gz’ extension on all gzip files Synopsiszforce [ name … ] Descriptionzforce 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 on file names,…
zgrep – search possibly compressed files for a regular expression Synopsiszgrep [ grep_options ] [ -e ] pattern filename… DescriptionZgrep invokes grep on compressed or gzipped files. All options specified are passed directly to grep. If no file is specified, then the standard input is decompressed if necessary and fed to grep. Otherwise the given files are…
zenmap – Graphical Nmap frontend and results viewer Synopsis zenmap [options] [results file]DescriptionZenmap is a multi-platform graphical Nmap frontend and results viewer. Zenmap aims to make Nmap easy for beginners to use while giving experienced Nmap users advanced features. Frequently used scans can be saved as profiles to make them easy to run repeatedly. A…
zenity – display GTK+ dialogs Synopsiszenity [options] Descriptionzenity is a program that will display GTK+ dialogs, and return (either in the return code, or on standard output) the users input. This allows you to present information, and ask for information from the user, from all manner of shell scripts. For example, zenity –question will return…
zeitgeist-datahub – passive loggers for Zeitgeist Synopsiszeitgeist-datahub [OPTION] Descriptionzeitgeist-datahub is a daemon which centralizes all passive data sources into a single process, and interfaces between said data sources (also known as loggers) and zeitgeist-daemon (with which it communicates via D-Bus). Passive data sources are those which run in the background and look for activities independently…