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.
bzip2, bunzip2 – a block-sorting file compressor, v1.0.8 bzcat – decompresses files to stdout bzip2recover – recovers data from damaged bzip2 files Synopsisbzip2 [ -cdfkqstvzVL123456789 ] [ filenames … ] bzip2 [ -h|–help ] bunzip2 [ -fkvsVL ] [ filenames … ] bunzip2 [ -h|–help ] bzcat [ -s ] [ filenames … ] bzcat…
byzanz-record – record your desktop session to an animated GIF Synopsisbyzanz-record [options] filename.gif DescriptionByzanz records your desktop session to an animated GIF. You can record your entire screen, a single window, or an arbitrary region. byzanz-record allows you to make recordings from the command line. Graphical users may want to use the panel applet instead….
byobu – wrapper script for seeding a user’s byobu configuration and launching a text based window manager (either screen or tmux) Synopsisbyobu [screen options] byobu-screen [screen options] byobu-tmux [tmux options] Options to byobu are simply passed through screen(1) or tmux(1). Descriptionbyobu is a script that launches a text based window manager (either screen(1) or tmux(1))…
byobu-ulevel – helper script for notification level indicators Descriptionbyobu-ulevel is a helper script that can be used to create history graphs with UTF8 characters Usagebyobu-ulevel [options] -c <current_num> byobu-ulevel [options] <current_num> byobu-ulevel <current_num> Options -a : Accessibility mode: only output ASCII. (Also enabled if variable ‘$a11y_variable’ set). -b : Display current value as space if zero, rather than lowest ‘value’ of theme. -c <num> :…
byobu-ugraph – helper script for notification history graphs Descriptionbyobu-ugraph is a helper script that can be used to create history graphs Usagebyobu-ugraph [options] [command [args…]] Options -f <file> : File to read data points from. (only required if no command specified). -h : Show this help. -m <num> : Minimum value (default=$min_default). -n : Supress output of newline character. -p <points> : Specify number of data…
byobu-tmux – Launch byobu with tmux as the backend Descriptionbyobu-tmux launches byobu(1) with tmux(1) as the backend window manager. See Alsobyobu(1), tmux(1) http://byobu.co AuthorThis manpage and the utility were written by Dustin Kirkland <kirkland [at] byobu.co> for Ubuntu systems (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document…
byobu-status – displays status suitable for printing by the BYOBU_BACKEND Descriptionbyobu-status is a program periodically called by the BYOBU_BACKEND to gather the formatted status strings displayed in to lower status bar(s). http://byobu.co AuthorThis manpage and the utility were written by Dustin Kirkland <kirkland [at] byobu.co> for Ubuntu systems (but may be used by others). Permission…
byobu-status-detail – Wrapper that uses a sensible pager Descriptionbyobu-status-detail is a simple script that uses a sensible pager for displaying the detailed status of all byobu status scripts. http://byobu.co AuthorThis manpage and the utility were written by Dustin Kirkland <kirkland [at] byobu.co> for Ubuntu systems (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to…
byobu-silent- Silence all of Byobu’s status indicators, eliminate the hardstatus line, and the window list Usagebyobu-silent [–undo] Descriptionbyobu-silent will disable ALL of Byobu’s status indicators, eliminate the hardstatus line, and the window list. Some administrators, in some environments, at some times may prefer a very minimal, quiet Byobu, without the potentially distracting status indicators and…
byobu-shell – Print the message of the day and launch a shell Descriptionbyobu-shell is a simple script that prints the message of the day (/etc/motd) and launches a shell. $SHELL will be invoked if it exists. Otherwise, /bin/sh will be used. http://byobu.co AuthorThis manpage and the utility were written by Dustin Kirkland <kirkland [at] byobu.co>…
byobu-select-session – select and connect to a byobu session Descriptionbyobu-select-session is an application that lists the available screen sessions running on the system, and prompts the user to select one. The user also has the option to create a new Byobu session, or launch the default shell without Byobu. If an invalid selection is chosen…
byobu-select-profile – select your Byobu foreground and background colors Descriptionbyobu-select-profile is an application that lists the available Byobu colors and allows you to select the foreground and background color. See Alsobyobu(1) http://byobu.co AuthorThis manpage and the utility were written by Dustin Kirkland <kirkland [at] byobu.co> for Ubuntu systems (but may be used by others). Permission…
byobu-select-backend – select your default Byobu backend window manager Synopsisbyobu-select-backend [screen|tmux] Descriptionbyobu-select-backend is an application that lists the available Byobu backends and allows you to select your default. You can select one of either screen(1) or tmux(1) on the command line, or giving no command line parameters, the utility will run interactively. This utility will…
byobu-screen – Launch byobu with screen as the backend Descriptionbyobu-screen launches byobu(1) with screen(1) as the backend window manager. See Alsobyobu(1), screen(1) http://byobu.co AuthorThis manpage and the utility were written by Dustin Kirkland <kirkland [at] byobu.co> for Ubuntu systems (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document…
byobu-reconnect-sockets – Sourcable script that updates GPG_AGENT_INFO and DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS in the environment Descriptionbyobu-reconnect-sockets is a sourcable bit of shell code that will update the GPG_AGENT_INFO and DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS environment variables in the current shell, such that you may restablish connection to gpg-agent(1) and dbus-daemon(1). This is often useful when reattaching to a detached Byobu session. http://byobu.co…
byobu-quiet – Silence all of Byobu’s status indicators and eliminate the hardstatus line Usagebyobu-quiet [–undo] Descriptionbyobu-quiet will disable ALL of Byobu’s status indicators and eliminate the hardstatus line. Some administrators, in some environments, at some times may prefer a very minimal, quiet Byobu, without the potentially distracting status indicators and eye candy. However, the window…
byobu-prompt, byobu-enable-prompt, byobu-disable-prompt – add and remove a nice color prompt to your shell configuration Synopsisbyobu-prompt byobu-enable-prompt byobu-disable-prompt DescriptionByobu provides a special PS1 prompt command, compatible with Bash shells. It will display the previous command’s exit code, if it’s not zero. It will use 3 separate colors for the local username, hostname, and the current…
byobu-layout – Save and restore byobu-tmux laouts Usagebyobu-layout [save|restore] [name] Descriptionbyobu-layout will save and restore byobu-tmux(1) split window layouts. If ‘name’ is blank, it operates interactively. Note that this only works with Byobu when backed by tmux(1), and not screen(1). See Alsobyobu(1), tmux(1) http://byobu.co AuthorThis manpage and the utility were written by Dustin Kirkland <kirkland…
byobu-launcher – Byobu Launcher Descriptionbyobu-launcher is a simple application that will launch screen(1) in a byobu(1) configuration, reconnecting to an existing detached session (if available). See Alsoscreen(1), byobu(1) http://byobu.co AuthorThis manpage and the utility were written by Dustin Kirkland <kirkland [at] byobu.co> for Ubuntu systems (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to…
byobu-launcher-uninstall – Byobu Launcher uninstallation utility Synopsisbyobu-launcher-uninstall Descriptionbyobu-launcher-uninstall(1) is a simple utilty that removes the line added to your $HOME/.profile by byobu-launcher-install(1) which launches byobu(1) any time you login through ssh(1) or on a console(4). See Alsoscreen(1), byobu(1), ssh(1), console(4), byobu-launcher-install(1) http://byobu.co AuthorThis manpage and the utility were written by Dustin Kirkland <kirkland [at] byobu.co>…