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.
initdb – create a new PostgreSQL database cluster Synopsis initdb [option…] [–pgdata | -D] directoryDescriptioninitdb creates a new PostgreSQL database cluster. A database cluster is a collection of databases that are managed by a single server instance. Creating a database cluster consists of creating the directories in which the database data will live, generating the…
systemd, init – systemd system and service manager Synopsis /lib/systemd/systemd [OPTIONS…] init [OPTIONS…] {COMMAND}Descriptionsystemd is a system and service manager for Linux operating systems. When run as first process on boot (as PID 1), it acts as init system that brings up and maintains userspace services. Separate instances are started for logged-in users to start…
squeak, inisqueak – Unix Squeak virtual machine and installer Synopsisinisqueak squeak [ option… ] [ image ] [ script [ argument… ] ] Descriptionsqueak is the virtual machine for the Squeak Smalltalk system. It requires three files to operate correctly: an image file containing a `snapshot’ of a live Squeak session, a changes file containing…
mf, inimf, mf-nowin – Metafont, a language for font and logo design Synopsismf [options] [commands] DescriptionMetafont reads the program in the specified files and outputs font rasters (in gf format) and font metrics (in tfm format). The Metafont language is described in The Metafontbook. Like TeX, Metafont is normally used with a large body of…
ini2po – Convert .ini files to Gettext PO localization files. Synopsisini2po [–version] [-h|–help] [–manpage] [–progress PROGRESS] [–errorlevel ERRORLEVEL] [-i|–input] INPUT [-x|–exclude EXCLUDE] [-o|–output] OUTPUT [-t|–template TEMPLATE] [-S|–timestamp] [-P|–pot] [–duplicates DUPLICATESTYLE] DescriptionSee: http://docs.translatehouse.org/projects/translate-toolkit/en/latest/commands/ini2po.html for examples and usage instructions. Options–version show program’s version number and exit -h/–help show this help message and exit –manpage output a manpage…
infotopam – convert Amiga .info icons to PAM Synopsisinfotopam [-forcecolor] [-numcolors numcolors] [-selected] [index color …] [filename] Minimum unique abbreviation of option is acceptable. You may use double hyphens instead of single hyphen to denote options. You may use white space in place of the equals sign to separate an option name from its value….
infotocap – convert a terminfo description into a termcap description Synopsisinfotocap [-vn width] [-V] [-1] [-w width] file … Descriptioninfotocap looks in each given text file for terminfo descriptions. For each terminfo description found, an equivalent termcap description is written to standard output. Terminfo use capabilities are translated directly to termcap tc capabilities. -v print…
infokey – compile customizations for Info Synopsisinfokey [OPTION]… [INPUT-FILE] DescriptionCompile infokey source file to infokey file. Reads INPUT-FILE (default $HOME/.infokey) and writes compiled key file to (by default) $HOME/.info. Options–output FILE output to FILE instead of $HOME/.info –help display this help and exit. –version display version information and exit.Reporting BugsEmail bug reports to bug-texinfo [at]…
infocmp – compare or print out terminfo descriptions Synopsisinfocmp [-1CDEFGIKLTUVWcdegilnpqrtux] [-v n] [-s d| i| l| c] [-Q n] [-R subset] [-w width] [-A directory] [-B directory] [termname…] Descriptioninfocmp can be used to compare a binary terminfo entry with other terminfo entries, rewrite a terminfo description to take advantage of the use= terminfo field, or print out a terminfo description from the binary file (term) in a variety of…
info – read Info documents Synopsisinfo [,OPTION/]… [,MENU-ITEM/…] DescriptionRead documentation in Info format. Frequently-used options:-a, –all use all matching manuals -k, –apropos=,STRING/ look up STRING in all indices of all manuals -d, –directory=,DIR/ add DIR to INFOPATH -f, –file=,MANUAL/ specify Info manual to visit -h, –help display this help and exit –index-search=,STRING/ go to node…
info – read Info documents Synopsisinfo [,OPTION/]… [,MENU-ITEM/…] DescriptionRead documentation in Info format. Frequently-used options:-a, –all use all matching manuals -k, –apropos=,STRING/ look up STRING in all indices of all manuals -d, –directory=,DIR/ add DIR to INFOPATH -f, –file=,MANUAL/ specify Info manual to visit -h, –help display this help and exit –index-search=,STRING/ go to node…
infinoted – dedicated server for the infinote protocol (e.g. Gobby) Synopsisinfinoted-0.6 [options] Descriptioninfinoted is a dedicated server which allows clients to edit plain text documents and source files collaboratively over a network. Changes to the documents are synchronized instantly to the other clients. This server supports the infinote protocol as implemented by libinfinity. Example clients…
infadd – infinite additions to LDAP server Synopsisinfadd -s suffix -u bindDN -w password [options] Descriptioninfadd is used to measure performance of the add operation. It can span multiple threads in order to test the performance under heavy locking. Options-h hostname hostname (default: localhost) -p port port (default: 389) -t threads number of threads to…
inews – Post a Usenet article to the local news server Synopsisinews [-ADhNORSVW] [-acdeFfnortwx value] [-p port] [file] Descriptioninews reads a Usenet news article, perhaps with headers, from file or standard input if no file is given. It adds some headers and performs some consistency checks. If the article does not meet those checks, the…
GNU Network Utilities Nametraceroute – trace the route to a host Synopsistraceroute [option … ] host DescriptionPrint the route packets trace to network host Options-f , -first-hop = start Set the initial hop distance, that is the time-to-live. -g , -gateways = gates List of gateways for loose source routing. -I , -icmp Use ICMP…
GNU Network Utilities Namelogger – make entries in the system log Synopsislogger [options … ] [message … ] Descriptionlogger provides a shell command interface to the syslog(3) system log module. Options-4, -ipv4 Use IPv4 to connect to hosts. -6, -ipv6 Use IPv6 to connect to hosts. -S , -source ip Set source IP address. -h…
GNU Network Utilities Nameifconfig – configure network interfaces Synopsisifconfig [option … ] name [addr ] [broadcast brdaddr ] [{ pointopoint | dstaddr } dstaddr ] [netmask mask ] [{ ether | hwaddr | lladdr } macaddr ] [metric n ] [mtu n ] [txqueuelen n ] [up | down ] [flags ] DescriptionConfigure network interfaces….
GNU Network Utilities Namehostname – show or set the system host name Synopsishostname [option … ] [name ] DescriptionShow the system’s host name, or set it if name is specified. Options-a , -aliases Also show aliases for the host name. -d , -domain Show the DNS domain name. -f , -fqdn , -long Show the…
GNU Network Utilities Namednsdomainname – show DNS domain name Synopsisdnsdomainname [option … ] DescriptionShow the domain part of the system’s fully qualified host name. The tool uses gethostname(2) to get the host name of the system and getaddrinfo(2) to resolve it into a canonical name. The part after the first period (`.’ ) of the…
indxbib – make inverted index for bibliographic databases Synopsis[ -w ] [ -c file ] [ -d dir ] [ -f file ] [ -h n ] [ -i string ] [ -k n ] [ -l n ] [ -n n ] [ -o file ] [ -t n ] [filename …] –help -v…