The Linux Manuals (man pages) document is an important part of Linux documents. Linux Manuals are organized as several sections. Each section has a group of commands for a specific area in Linux usage, administration or development.
bdftopcf – convert X font from Bitmap Distribution Format to Portable Compiled Format Synopsisbdftopcf [ -pn ] [ -un ] [ -m ] [ -l ] [ -M ] [ -L ] [ -t ] [ -i ] [ -o outputfile ] fontfile.bdf DescriptionBdftopcf is a font compiler for the X server and font server….
bdf2gdfont.pl – Convert X11 "BDF" fonts into a loadable font format for GD. Synopsis % bdf2gdfont.pl courR12.bdf > courR12.fntDescriptionThis script converts BDF-style X11 font files into a format that can be loaded by the GD module using the GD::Font->load() method. There are a number of ways to obtain BDF fonts. 1. The font is already…
bdf2gdfont.pl – Convert X11 "BDF" fonts into a loadable font format for GD. Synopsis % bdf2gdfont.pl courR12.bdf > courR12.fntDescriptionThis script converts BDF-style X11 font files into a format that can be loaded by the GD module using the GD::Font->load() method. There are a number of ways to obtain BDF fonts. 1. The font is already…
bct_dump – tegra BCT disassembly tool Synopsisbct_dump bctfile DescriptionThis program is used to take a binary Tegra Boot Configuration Table (BCT) and disassemble it into a text format suitable to be compiled with cbootimage(1). Platforms supported• Tegra20 • Tegra30 • Tegra114 • Tegra124 • Tegra132 • Tegra210 Optionsbctfile Specify the BCT file to disassemble ExamplesTo…
bcrypt – blowfish file encryption Synopsisbcrypt [-orc][-sN] file … Descriptionbcrypt encrypts and decrypts files using the blowfish algorithm. Encrypted files will be saved with an extension of .bfe. Any files ending in .bfe will be assumed to be encrypted with bcrypt and will attempt to decrypt them. Any other input files will be encrypted. If…
bcp – extract subsets of Boost Synopsisbcp –list [options] module-list bcp [options] module-list output-path bcp –report [options] module-list html-file bcp –help DescriptionCopies all the files, including dependencies, found in module-list to output-path. output-path must be an existing path. With –list, prints the list of all the files in module-list, including dependencies. With –report, writes the…
bcomps – biconnected components filter for graphs Synopsisbcomps [ -stvx? ] [ -ooutfile ] [ files ] Descriptionbcomps decomposes graphs into their biconnected components, printing the components to standard output. OptionsThe following options are supported: -s No output graph is printed. Implies the -v flag. -t Print the underlying block-cutvertex tree. -x Each biconnected component…
bcm43xx-fwcutter – manual page for bcm43xx-fwcutter Synopsisbcm43xx-fwcutter [OPTION] [DRIVER] DescriptionBcm43xx-fwcutter can extract the firmware for your Broadcom 43xx hardware from different closed source drivers. The bcm43xx driver depends on this firmware files and can’t work without them. Currently bcm43xx-fwcutter supports Apple MacOS X, Microsoft Windows 98/ME/2000/XP and Linux drivers, but keep in mind that bcm43xx-fwcutter…
bchunk – CD image format conversion from bin/cue to iso/cdr Synopsisbchunk [-v] [-p] [-r] [-w] [-s] <image.bin> <image.cue> <basename> Descriptionbchunk converts a CD image in a ".bin / .cue" format (sometimes ".raw / .cue") to a set of .iso and .cdr tracks. The bin/cue format is used by some non-Unix cd-writing software, but is not…
bcharge – program to set BlackBerry handhelds to 500mA Synopsisbcharge Descriptionbcharge is a program that sends a special handshake to all BlackBerry devices it finds on the USB bus. This handshake causes the device to reset itself, and then request 500mA instead of the usual 100mA. This allows proper charging on Linux. It is safe…
bcftools – utilities for variant calling and manipulating VCFs and BCFs. Synopsisbcftools [–version|–version-only] [–help] [COMMAND] [OPTIONS] DescriptionBCFtools is a set of utilities that manipulate variant calls in the Variant Call Format (VCF) and its binary counterpart BCF. All commands work transparently with both VCFs and BCFs, both uncompressed and BGZF-compressed. Most commands accept VCF, bgzipped…
bcfg2 – reconfigure machine based on settings in BCFG2 Synopsisbcfg2 [-d] [-v] [-p] [-c cache file] [-e] [-f config file] [-I] [-q] [-b bundle] [-r removal mode] Descriptionbcfg2 Runs the bcfg2 configuration process on the current host. This process consists of first fetching and executing probes, uploading probe results, fetching the client configuration, checking the…
bccmd – Utility for the CSR BCCMD interface Synopsisbccmd bccmd [-t <transport>] [-d <device>] <command> [<args>] bccmd [-h –help] Descriptionbccmd issues BlueCore commands to Cambridge Silicon Radio devices. If run without the <command> argument, a short help page will be displayed. Options-t <transport> Specify the communication transport. Valid options are: HCI Local device with Host Controller…
bcc – Bruce’s C compiler Synopsisbcc [-03EGNOPSVcegvwxW] [-Aas_option] [-Bexecutable_prefix] [-Ddefine] [-Uundef] [-Mc_mode] [-o outfile] [-ansi] [-Ccc1_option] [-Pcpp_option] [-Iinclude_dir] [-Lld_option] [-Ttmpdir] [-Qc386_option] [-ttext_segno] [ld_options] [infiles] DescriptionBcc is a simple C compiler that produces 8086 assembler, in addition compiler compile time options allow 80386 or 6809 versions. The compiler understands traditional K&R C with just the restriction…
bc – An arbitrary precision calculator language Syntaxbc [ -hlwsqv ] [long-options] [ file … ] Descriptionbc is a language that supports arbitrary precision numbers with interactive execution of statements. There are some similarities in the syntax to the C programming language. A standard math library is available by command line option. If requested, the…
bbox – prints out the bounding box of a rawppm or rawpbm image Synopsis bbox [-l] [-r] [-h] [-V] [rawpbmfile]Descriptionbbox reads a rawppm or rawpbm file and prints out the bounding box of the image (as postscript comment and in postscript points, i.e. 1/72dpi) as well as the high resolution bounding box. Input is read…
bbl2bib.pl – convert thebibliography environment to a bib file Synopsisbbl2bib.pl [-d] [-u] [-o output] file Options[-d] Send debugging output to stdout -o output Output file. If this option is not used, the name for the output file is formed by changing the extension to ".bib" -u Do not clean URL fields. Normally "bbl2bib" recognizes URL…
bbkeys – a general XWindow keygrabber Synopsisbbkeys [OPTION] Descriptionbbkeys is the keygrabber for the blackbox window manager. bbkeys handles all keybindings and keyboard shortcuts for blackbox. It uses blackbox’s Image classes for rendering its look and feel so that bbkeys will render itself to match whatever blackbox style is used. It is highly configurable either…
baz – arch command line client tool Synopsisbaz command [ command_options ] baz command [-h|–help|-H] baz [-h|–help|-H|-V|–version] Descriptionbaz is an implementation of arch. arch is a version control system, which allows you to keep old versions of files and directories (usually source code), keep a log of who, when, and why changes occurred, etc., like…
bats – Bash Automated Testing System Synopsisbats [-c] [-p | -t] test [test …] test is the path to a Bats test file, or the path to a directory containing Bats test files. DescriptionBats is a TAP-compliant testing framework for Bash. It provides a simple way to verify that the UNIX programs you write behave…