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.
aaxine – an ASCII art video player Synopsisaaxine [aalib-options] [-A<audio-driver>] [-a<audio-channel>] [-R<rec-by>] [MRL…] DescriptionThis manual page explains the aaxine program. Aaxine, is an aalib based frontend for libxine, a versatile video/multimedia player. aaxine is for those who don’t have a high end video card, but just want to watch DVDs on their good old vt100…
aafire, aainfo, aasavefont, aatest – aalib example programs Synopsisaafire [options] aainfo [options] aasavefont [options] file_name variable_name long_name short_name aatest [options] DescriptionThis manual page documents briefly the aafire, aainfo, aasavefont, and aatest programs. All of these programs exist to demonstrate the capabilities of the aalib library, an ascii art library. aafire displays burning ascii art flames….
aa, autoarchive – simple backup utility Synopsisaa/autoarchive [options] AA_SPEC… DescriptionSimple backup utility. AutoArchive is a simple python script for making backups more easily. It uses tar(1) for creating archives. The idea of the program is that every information needed for making a backup is in one file – the archive spec file (AA_SPEC). Path to…
aa-features-abi – Extract, validate and manipulate AppArmor feature abis Synopsisaa-features-abi [OPTIONS] <SOURCE> [OUTPUT OPTIONS] Descriptionaa-features-abi is used to extract a features abi and output to either stdout or a specified file. A SOURCE_OPTION must be specified. If an output option is not specified the features abi is written to stdout. Optionsaa-features-abi accepts the following arguments:…
aa-exec – confine a program with the specified AppArmor profile Synopsisaa-exec [options] [–] [<command> …] Descriptionaa-exec is used to launch a program confined by the specified profile and or namespace. If both a profile and namespace are specified command will be confined by profile in the new policy namespace. If only a namespace is specified,…
aa-enabled – test whether AppArmor is enabled Synopsisaa-enabled [options] Descriptionaa-enabled is used to determine if AppArmor is enabled. Optionsaa-enabled accepts the following arguments: -h, –help Display a brief usage guide. -q, –quiet Do not output anything to stdout. This option is intended to be used by scripts that simply want to use the exit code…
a5toa4 – arrange A5 pages in a PDF onto A4 landscape paper Synopsisa5toa4 [-b|-s] [-o] input.pdf… DescriptionArrange A5 pages in a PDF onto A4 landscape paper, either side-by-side (default) or as a booklet. OptionsProcessing options-b, –booklet Generate a booklet instead of only two pages side by side onto one page. The whole booklet will be…
a5booklet – copy two A5 pages from a .dvi file to one A4 page in another. Synopsisa5booklet file[.dvi] DescriptionA5booklet is a little script that allows you to typeset two A5 pages next to eachother on a single A4 page (landscape), combining pages from the original file in such a way that after double sided printing…
a52dec – decode ATSC A/52 audio streams Synopsisa52dec [-h] [-s [track]] [-t pid] [-c] [-r] [-o mode] [file] Description`a52dec’ plays ATSC A/52 audio streams. Input is from stdin if no file is given. -h display help and available audio modes -s use program stream demultiplexer, track 0-7 or 0x80-0x87 -t pid use transport stream demultiplexer,…
a2x – A toolchain manager for AsciiDoc (converts Asciidoc text files to other file formats) Synopsisa2x [OPTIONS] SOURCE_FILE DescriptionA DocBook toolchain manager that translates an AsciiDoc text file SOURCE_FILE to PDF, EPUB, DVI, PS, LaTeX, XHTML (single page or chunked), man page, HTML Help or plain text formats using asciidoc(1) and other applications (see REQUISITES…
a2query – retrieve runtime configuration from a local Apache 2 HTTP server Synopsisa2query [-m [MODULE]] [-s [SITE]] [-c [CONF]] [-a] [-v] [-M] [-d] [-h] Descriptiona2query is a program designed to retrieve configuration values from a locally available Apache 2 HTTP web server. It was designed to be as robust as possible by returning feasible values…
a2ps – format files for printing on a PostScript printer Synopsisa2ps [OPTION]… [FILE]… DescriptionConvert FILE(s) or standard input to PostScript. By default, the output is sent to the default printer. An output file may be specified with -o. Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. Long options marked with * require…
a2ps-lpr-wrapper — lp/lpr wrapper script for GNU a2ps on Debian Synopsisa2ps-lpr-wrapper [-d printer] [files] DescriptionThis manual page documents briefly the a2ps-lpr-wrapper command. a2ps-lpr-wrapper uses either lp or lpr to send files to printer. It determines which of the two programs is currently installed and adds the appropriate parameters. Options-d printer Destination system printer. files List…
a2ping.pl — convert between PS, EPS and PDF and other page description formats Synopsis a2ping.pl [—]help a2ping.pl [—]doc a2ping.pl [options] <inputfile> [[outformat:] outputfile] Descriptiona2ping is a UNIX command line utility written in Perl that converts many raster image and vector graphics formats to EPS or PDF and other page description formats. Accepted input file formats are: PS (PostScript), EPS, PDF, PNG, JPEG,…
a2p – Awk to Perl translator Synopsisa2p [options] [filename] DescriptionA2p takes an awk script specified on the command line (or from standard input) and produces a comparable perl script on the standard output. OPTIONSOptions include: -D<number> sets debugging flags. -F<character> tells a2p that this awk script is always invoked with this -F switch. -n<fieldlist> specifies…
Xwayland – an X server for running X clients under Wayland. SynopsisXwayland [option …] DescriptionXwayland is an X server and a Wayland client. It plays the role of a proxy between legacy X clients which do not support the Wayland protocols and the Wayland server. Usually, Xwayland is spawned automatically by the Wayland server and…
Xvnc – the X VNC server SynopsisXvnc [options] :display# DescriptionXvnc is the X VNC (Virtual Network Computing) server. It is based on a standard X server, but it has a "virtual" screen rather than a physical one. X applications display themselves on it as if it were a normal X display, but they can only…
Xvfb – virtual framebuffer X server for X Version 11 SynopsisXvfb [ option ] … DescriptionXvfb is an X server that can run on machines with no display hardware and no physical input devices. It emulates a dumb framebuffer using virtual memory. The primary use of this server was intended to be server testing. The…
Xserver – X Window System display server SynopsisX [option …] DescriptionX is the generic name for the X Window System display server. It is frequently a link or a copy of the appropriate server binary for driving the most frequently used server on a given machine. Starting The ServerThe X server is usually started from…
Xorg.wrap – Xorg X server binary wrapper DescriptionThe Xorg X server may need root rights to function properly. To start the Xorg X server with these rights your system is using a suid root wrapper installed as /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg.wrap which will execute the real X server which is installed as /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg. By default Xorg.wrap will autodetect…