Section 1: user commands and tools
NAME axgetput – upload or download files via AX.25 / axspawn Linux login session. SYNOPSIS axgetput [-b blocksize] [-i] [-v] [-h] [?] filename axgetput [-b blocksize] [-i] -s [-v] [-h] [?] [filename] DESCRIPTION -b blocksize Set the blocksize (frame length) of transmitted data. Defaults to 256 bytes which matches typical AX.25 network confurations best. -i…
NAME boxes – text mode box and comment drawing filter SYNOPSIS boxes [-hlmrv] [-a format] [-d design] [-f file] [-i indent] [-k bool] [-p pad] [-s size] [-t tabopts] [infile [outfile]] DESCRIPTION Boxes is a text filter which can draw any kind of box around its input text. Box design choices range from simple boxes…
NAME bournal – When nobody else cares what you have to say! SYNOPSIS bournal [options] DESCRIPTION bournal is a program that allows you to write personal, password-protected journal entries, as well as search through and edit old entries. Bournal has no internet capabilities, so if you’re looking for a blogging app, boy, did you install…
NAME borg – BorgBackup is a deduplicating backup program with optional compression and authenticated encryption. Borg consists of a number of commands. Each command accepts a number of arguments and options. The following sections will describe each command in detail. GENERAL Repository URLs Local filesystem (or locally mounted network filesystem): /path/to/repo – filesystem path to…
NAME bootctl – Control EFI firmware boot settings and manage boot loader SYNOPSIS bootctl [OPTIONS…] {COMMAND} DESCRIPTION bootctl can check the EFI firmware and boot loader status, list and manage available boot loaders and boot loader entries, and install, update, or remove the systemd-boot(7) boot loader on the current system. GENERIC EFI FIRMWARE/BOOT LOADER COMMANDS…
NAME bootconf – bootconf SYNOPSIS bootconf [options…] DESCRIPTION bootconf is a small utility that provides a convenient way to set or inspect some common Linux kernel boot options. bootconf updates the GRUB configuration file (/boot/grub/grub.conf in most cases). The changes will take effect, naturally, at the next reboot. The following parameters may be specified: -titles…
NAME booldnf – converts a boolean expression to the DNF SYNOPSIS echo ‘a&(!b|c&!d)’ | booldnf > result.txt DESCRIPTION booldnf is a program that reads boolean expressions from its standard input and rewrites them in Disjunctive Normal Form on its standard output. It uses the BoolStuff library. The Disjunctive Normal Form is an ORing of ANDed…
NAME bookman – Generate a book from man pages SYNOPSIS bookman[-pPxn][-o outfile][-a author][-d date][-r release] [-t title][-v volume][-c coverfile][manfile] DESCRIPTION bookman compiles a set of man pages files specified by manfile arguments, or if no manfile is given, filenames are read from standard input. OPTIONS -p PDF output format. -P Postscript output format. -x X11…
NAME bonobo-activation-server – GNOME component tracker DESCRIPTION This application tracks information about installed components and brokers components, in conjunction with its client library; libbonobo-activation. It reads the component descriptions from ${prefix}/lib/bonobo/servers/*.server. These files provide an XML description of a components capabilities which can be queried and manipulated by clients from the client library. Bonobo-activation-server also…
NAME bond2team — Converts bonding configuration to team SYNOPSIS bond2team [options] DESCRIPTION bond2team is a tool to convert bonding options to team trying as much as possible to keep the original functionality. The resulting files are saved in a temporary directory using ifcfg style by default. In the case of converting an ifcfg file, it…
NAME bon_csv2html program to convert CSV format Bonnie++ data to a HTML form using tables suitable for display on a web page. NB Lynx can’t display this properly, and due to the size it probably requires 1024×768 monitor to display properly. bon_csv2txt program to convert CSV format Bonnie++ data to plain-text format suitable for pasting…
NAME bon_csv2html program to convert CSV format Bonnie++ data to a HTML form using tables suitable for display on a web page. NB Lynx can’t display this properly, and due to the size it probably requires 1024×768 monitor to display properly. bon_csv2txt program to convert CSV format Bonnie++ data to plain-text format suitable for pasting…
NAME bombardment – Run siege with an ever-increasing number of users SYNOPSIS bombardment [urlfile] [clients] [increment] [trials] [delay] bombardment urls.txt 5 10 20 1 DESCRIPTION bombardment is part of the siege distribution. It calls siege with an initial number of clients. When that run finishes, it immediately calls siege again with that number of clients…
NAME boltctl – control the thunderbolt device manager SYNOPSIS boltctl authorize DEVICE boltctl config boltctl domains boltctl enroll DEVICE boltctl forget DEVICE boltctl info DEVICE boltctl list boltctl monitor boltctl power DESCRIPTION boltctl is the command line interface to interact with boltd, the system daemon that manages Thunderbolt 3(TM) devices. It can be used to…
NAME boincmgr – The graphical BOINC manager for the client. SYNOPSIS boincmgr [–verbose] [-a] [-e client_dir] [-d data_dir] [-n hostname] [-g port] [-p passwd] [-b BOINC_ARGS] [-i] [-c] [-m] boincmgr [-h | –help] DESCRIPTION The BOINC manager (boincmgr) is a graphical controlling and monitoring utility for the BOINC client (boinc(1)). It communicates with a running…
NAME boinccmd – The command line interface to the BOINC client. SYNOPSIS boinccmd [–host hostname[:port]] [–passwd passwd] {command} boinccmd [-hV] Notice that the order of the options is important. The –host and –passwd options must precede any command. DESCRIPTION The BOINC command tool (boinccmd) provides a command line interface to control a running BOINC client…
NAME boinc – The BOINC client program. SYNOPSIS boinc [options] DESCRIPTION The BOINC "client", boinc, is the heart of BOINC. It controls which project applications are run on your computer, downloading "Tasks" and uploading the resulting files from completed tasks. boinc is usually run in the background, ideally as a daemon. It can then be…
NAME bogoutil – Dumps, loads, and maintains bogofilter database files SYNOPSIS bogoutil {-h | -V} bogoutil [options] {-d file | -H file | -l file | -m file | -w file | -p file} bogoutil {-r file | -R file} bogoutil {–db-print-leafpage-count file | –db-print-pagesize file | –db-verify file | –db-checkpoint directory [flag…] | –db-list-logfiles directory | –db-prune directory | –db-recover directory | –db-recover-harder directory | –db-remove-environment directory} where options is bogoutil [-v]…
NAME bogoupgrade – upgrades bogofilter database to current version SYNOPSIS bogoupgrade [-h] -d directory [-i input file] [-o output file] [-b path to bogoutil] DESCRIPTION bogoupgrade is a command to upgrade bogofilter’s databases from an old format to the current format. Since the format of the database changes once in a while, the utility is designed to make the…
NAME bogotune – find optimum parameter settings for bogofilter SYNOPSIS bogotune [-v] [-c config] [-C] [-d dir] [-D] [-r value] [-T value] -n okfile [[-n] okfile […]] -s spamfile [[-s] spamfile […]] [-M file] bogotune [-h] DESCRIPTION Bogotune tries to find optimum parameter settings for bogofilter. It needs at least one set each of spam and non-spam messages. The production wordlist is normally used, but it can be…