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.
gnome-terminal – A terminal emulator for GNOME Synopsis gnome-terminal [OPTION…] [– PROGRAM [ARG…]]Descriptiongnome-terminal is a terminal emulator application for accessing a UNIX shell environment which can be used to run programs available on your system. It supports several profiles, multiple tabs and implements several keyboard shortcuts. Options–help, -h Show a brief overview of all the…
gnome-system-monitor — view and control processes Synopsisgnome-system-monitor [-s,–simple] gnome-system-monitorThe gnome-system-monitor allows you to view and control the processes running on your system. You can access detailed memory maps, send signals, and terminate the processes. In addition, the gnome-system-monitor provides an overall view of the resource usage on your system, including memory and CPU allocation. OptionsThis…
gnome-system-log – the GNOME System Log Viewer Synopsisgnome-system-log or select System Log from the System Tools submenu of the Applications menu. DescriptionGNOME System Log Viewer is a simple utility to display system log files. AuthorThe GNOME System Log Viewer was written by Cesar Miquel <miquel [at] df.uba.ar>. This manual page was written by Jochen Voss…
gnome-subtitles – video subtitling for the GNOME desktop Synopsisgnome-subtitles [options] DescriptionGnome Subtitles is a subtitle editor for the GNOME desktop. It supports the most common text-based subtitle formats and allows for subtitle editing, conversion and synchronization. Optionsfilename Specifies the subtitle file to open when Gnome Subtitles starts. If this is not specified, a blank subtitle…
gnome-ssh-askpass – prompts a user for a passphrase using GNOME Synopsisgnome-ssh-askpass Descriptiongnome-ssh-askpass is a GNOME-based passphrase dialog for use with OpenSSH. It is intended to be called by the ssh-add(1) program and not invoked directly. It allows ssh-add(1) to obtain a passphrase from a user, even if not connected to a terminal (assuming that an…
gnome-software – Install applications Synopsis gnome-software [OPTION…]DescriptionThis manual page documents briefly the gnome-software command. gnome-software allows you to add and remove applications and update your system. Options-?, –help Prints a short help text and exits. –version Prints the program version and exits. –mode MODE Starts gnome-software in the given mode. MODE can be ‘updates’, ‘updated’,…
gnome-software-editor – Design the featured banners for GNOME Software Synopsis gnome-software-editor [OPTION…]DescriptionThis manual page documents briefly the gnome-software-editor command. gnome-software-editor allows you to design featured banners for the GNOME Software overview page. Options-?, –help Prints a short help text and exits.AuthorThis manual page was written by Richard Hughes <richard [at] hughsie.com>.
gnome-shell – Graphical shell for the GNOME desktop Synopsisgnome-shell [OPTION…] DescriptionGNOME shell provides core user interface functions for the GNOME 3 desktop, like switching to windows and launching applications. GNOME shell takes advantage of the capabilities of modern graphics hardware and introduces innovative user interface concepts to provide a visually attractive and easy to use…
gnome-settings-daemon – GNOME settings daemon Synopsis gnome-settings-daemon [OPTION…]Descriptiongnome-settings-daemon provides many session-wide services and functions that require a long-running process. Among the services implemented by gnome-settings-daemon are an XSettings manager, which provides theming, font and other settings to GTK+ applications, and a clipboard manager, which preserves clipboard contents when an application exits. Many user interface elements…
gnome-session – Start the GNOME desktop environment Synopsisgnome-session [-a|–autostart=DIR] [–session=SESSION] [–failsafe|-f] [–debug] [–whale] DescriptionThe gnome-session program starts up the GNOME desktop environment. This command is typically executed by your login manager (either gdm, xdm, or from your X startup scripts). It will load either your saved session, or it will provide a default session for…
gnome-session-selector – Selects a session to use with gnome-session Synopsis gnome-session-selector [session]Descriptiongnome-session-selector can be used from a xsession desktop file to select a session before gnome-session is run. gnome-session reads and stores its session in the $XDG_DATA_HOME/gnome-session/saved-session directory. gnome-session-selector works by replacing the saved-session directory by a symlink to another directory. Since the session name…
gnome-session-save – Saves or ends the current GNOME session Synopsisgnome-session-save [–logout] [–force-logout] [–logout-dialog] [–shutdown-dialog] [–gui] [–kill [–silent]] Descriptiongnome-session-save can be used from a GNOME session to save a snapshot of the currently running applications. This session will be later restored at your next GNOME session. The –gui option will report errors in dialog boxes instead…
gnome-session-remmina – GNOME Shell session script for Remmina Descriptiongnome-session-remmina This script is part of the Remmina kiosk mode. If you have a freedesktop compliant Login Manager, a Remmina kiosk mode will be added in the list of available sessions. See Alsoremmina(1) AuthorsAn Antenore Gatta Aq Mt antenore [at] simbiosi.org
gnome-session-quit – End the current GNOME session Synopsisgnome-session-quit [–logout|–power-off|–reboot] [–force] [–no-prompt] DescriptionThe gnome-session-quit program can be used to end a GNOME session. OptionsThe following options are supported: –logout Prompt the user to confirm logout. This is the default behavior. –power-off Prompt the user to confirm system power off. –reboot Prompt the user to confirm system…
gnome-session-properties – Configure applications to start on login Synopsisgnome-session-properties DescriptionThe gnome-session-properties program enables the users to configure what applications should be started on login, in addition to the default startup applications configured on the system. It also proposes an interface to save a snapshot of the currently running applications so that they can automatically be…
gnome-session-inhibit – inhibit gnome-session functionality Synopsis gnome-session-inhibit [OPTION…] [COMMAND]Descriptiongnome-session-inhibit can inhibit certain gnome-session functionality while executing the given COMMAND. To achieve this, it calls the Inhibit() method of the gnome-session D-Bus API and creates an inhibitor. The inhibitor is automatically removed when gnome-session-inhibit exits. A typical use case is to prevent the session from going…
gnome-session – Start the GNOME desktop environment Synopsisgnome-session [-a|–autostart=DIR] [–session=SESSION] [–failsafe|-f] [–debug] [–whale] DescriptionThe gnome-session program starts up the GNOME desktop environment. This command is typically executed by your login manager (either gdm, xdm, or from your X startup scripts). It will load either your saved session, or it will provide a default session for…
gnome-session – Start the GNOME desktop environment Synopsisgnome-session [-a|–autostart=DIR] [–session=SESSION] [–failsafe|-f] [–debug] [–whale] DescriptionThe gnome-session program starts up the GNOME desktop environment. This command is typically executed by your login manager (either gdm, xdm, or from your X startup scripts). It will load either your saved session, or it will provide a default session for…
gnome-search-tool – the GNOME Search Tool Synopsisgnome-search-tool [options] or select Search for Files… from a Main Menu or from the Places menu in a Menu Bar DescriptionGNOME Search Tool is a utility for finding files on your system. To perform a basic search, you can type a filename or a partial filename, with or without…
gnome-screenshot – capture the screen, a window, or an user-defined area and save the snapshot image to a file. Synopsisgnome-screenshot [ -c ] [ -w ] [ -a ] [ -b ] [ -B ] [ -p ] [ -d SECONDS ] [ -e EFFECT ] [ -i ] [ -f FILENAME ] [ –display…