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.
login – begin session on the system Synopsis login [-p] [-h host] [username] [ENV=VAR…] login [-p] [-h host] -f username login [-p] -r hostDescriptionThe login program is used to establish a new session with the system. It is normally invoked automatically by responding to the login: prompt on the user’s terminal. login may be special to the shell…
logger – enter messages into the system log Synopsislogger [options] message Descriptionlogger makes entries in the system log. When the optional message argument is present, it is written to the log. If it is not present, and the -f option is not given either, then standard input is logged. Options-d, –udp Use datagrams (UDP) only….
loggen – Generate syslog messages at a specified rate Synopsis loggen [options]target [port]DescriptionNOTE: The loggen application is distributed with the syslog-ng system logging application, and is usually part of the syslog-ng package. The latest version of the syslog-ng application is available at m[blue]the official syslog-ng websitem[][1]. This manual page is only an abstract; for the…
logfactor5 – GUI tool for viewing logging events Synopsislogfactor5 DescriptionLogFactor5 is a Swing based GUI tool for viewing logging events that leverages the power of Log4j logging framework and provides developers with a sophisticated, feature-rich, logging interface for managing log messages. LogFactor5 seamlessly plugs into Log4j and provides developers with an alternate destination for outputting…
logconv.pl – analyzes Directory Server access log files Synopsislogconv.pl [-h] [-d <rootDN>] [-s <size limit>] [-v] [-V] [-S <start time>] [-E <end time>] [-T <min etime>] [-efcibaltnxgjuU] [ access log … … ] DescriptionAnalyzes Directory Server access log files for specific information defined on the command line OptionsA summary of options is included below: -h,…
logconv.pl – analyzes Directory Server access log files Synopsislogconv.pl [-h] [-d <rootDN>] [-s <size limit>] [-v] [-V] [-S <start time>] [-E <end time>] [-efcibaltnxgju] [ access log … … ] DescriptionAnalyzes Directory Server access log files for specific information defined on the command line OptionsA summary of options is included below: -h help/usage -d <Directory…
logcheck-test – test new logcheck rules easily Synopsislogcheck-test [-q|-i] [-a|-s|-l FILE] [-e] [-P PREFIX] [-S SUFFIX] RULE logcheck-test [-q|-i] [-a|-s|-l FILE] -r RULEFILE Descriptionlogcheck-test parses a log file for matching lines specified by a single rule or a rule file. If using a single RULE you can set a PREFIX and a SUFFIX to write…
log4c-config – script to get information about the installed version of log4c Synopsislog4c-config [–prefix] [–libs] [–cflags] [–version] [–help] Descriptionlog4c-config is a tool that is used to determine the compile and linker flags that should be used to compile and link programs that use log4c. Optionslog4c-config accepts the following options: –version Print the currently installed version…
log2pcap – Extract network traces from Samba log files Synopsislog2pcap [-h] [-q] [logfile] [pcap_file]DescriptionThis tool is part of the samba(7) suite. log2pcap reads in a samba log file and generates a pcap file (readable by most sniffers, such as ethereal or tcpdump) based on the packet dumps in the log file. The log file must…
libreoffice – LibreOffice office suite Synopsislibreoffice [–accept=accept-string] [–base] [–calc] [–convert-to output_file_extension[:output_filter_name] [–outdir output_dir] file]… [–display display] [–draw] [–global] [–headless] [–help|-h|-?] [–impress] [–invisible] [–infilter="<filter>"] [–math] [–minimized] [-n file]… [–nodefault] [–nolockcheck] [–nologo] [–norestore] [-o file]… [-p file…] [–print-to-file [–printer-name printer_name] [–outdir output_dir] file]… [–pt printername file…] [–show Impress file]… [–unaccept=accept-string] [–terminate_after_init] [–view file]… [–web] [–writer] [file…] lobase…
libreoffice – LibreOffice office suite Synopsislibreoffice [–accept=accept-string] [–base] [–calc] [–convert-to output_file_extension[:output_filter_name] [–outdir output_dir] file]… [–display display] [–draw] [–global] [–headless] [–help|-h|-?] [–impress] [–invisible] [–infilter="<filter>"] [–math] [–minimized] [-n file]… [–nodefault] [–nolockcheck] [–nologo] [–norestore] [-o file]… [-p file…] [–print-to-file [–printer-name printer_name] [–outdir output_dir] file]… [–pt printername file…] [–show Impress file]… [–unaccept=accept-string] [–terminate_after_init] [–view file]… [–web] [–writer] [file…] lobase…
libreoffice – LibreOffice office suite Synopsislibreoffice [–accept=accept-string] [–base] [–calc] [–convert-to output_file_extension[:output_filter_name] [–outdir output_dir] file]… [–display display] [–draw] [–global] [–headless] [–help|-h|-?] [–impress] [–invisible] [–infilter="<filter>"] [–math] [–minimized] [-n file]… [–nodefault] [–nolockcheck] [–nologo] [–norestore] [-o file]… [-p file…] [–print-to-file [–printer-name printer_name] [–outdir output_dir] file]… [–pt printername file…] [–show Impress file]… [–unaccept=accept-string] [–terminate_after_init] [–view file]… [–web] [–writer] [file…] lobase…
locktest – Find differences in locking between two SMB servers Synopsis locktest {//server1/share1} {//server2/share2} [-U user%pass] [-U user%pass] [-s seed] [-o numops] [-a] [-O] [-E] [-Z] [-R range] [-B base] [-M min]Descriptionlocktest is a utility for detecting differences in behaviour in locking between SMB servers. It will run a random set of locking operations against…
lockmail – create mail lock files Synopsis lockmail [-r] [-t timeout] {lockfile} {program} [argument…]Descriptionlockmail is a helper utility for working with mailbox files. Mailbox files must be locked to prevent other applications from modifying the mailbox at the same time. Different system use different locking conventions. lockmail uses two of the most common locking mechanisms in…
lockfile – conditional semaphore-file creator Synopsislockfile –sleeptime | -r retries | -l locktimeout | -s suspend | -! | -ml | -mu | filename … Descriptionlockfile can be used to create one or more semaphore files. If lockfile can’t create all the specified files (in the specified order), it waits sleeptime (defaults to 8)…
lockfile-progs – command-line programs to safely lock and unlock files and mailboxes (via liblockfile). Synopsismail-lock [–use-pid] [–retry retry-count] mail-unlock mail-touchlock [–oneshot] lockfile-create [–use-pid] [–retry retry-count] [–lock-name] filename lockfile-remove [–lock-name] filename lockfile-touch [–oneshot] [–lock-name] filename lockfile-check [–use-pid] [–lock-name] filenameDescriptionLockfile-progs provides a set a programs that can be used to lock and unlock mailboxes and files safely…
locate – find files by name Synopsislocate [OPTION]… PATTERN… Descriptionlocate reads one or more databases prepared by updatedb(8) and writes file names matching at least one of the PATTERNs to standard output, one per line. If –regex is not specified, PATTERNs can contain globbing characters. If any PATTERN contains no globbing characters, locate behaves as…
localedef – compile locale definition files Synopsislocaledef [options] outputpath localedef –add-to-archive [options] compiledpath localedef –delete-from-archive [options] localename … localedef –list-archive [options] localedef –help localedef –usage localedef –version DescriptionThe localedef program reads the indicated charmap and input files, compiles them to a binary form quickly usable by the locale functions in the C library (setlocale(3), localeconv(3),…
localectl – Control the system locale and keyboard layout settings Synopsis localectl [OPTIONS…] {COMMAND}Descriptionlocalectl may be used to query and change the system locale and keyboard layout settings. It communicates with systemd-localed(8) to modify files such as /etc/locale.conf and /etc/vconsole.conf. The system locale controls the language settings of system services and of the UI before…
locale – get locale-specific information Synopsislocale [option] locale [option] -a locale [option] -m locale [option] name…DescriptionThe locale command displays information about the current locale, or all locales, on standard output. When invoked without arguments, locale displays the current locale settings for each locale category (see locale(5)), based on the settings of the environment variables that…