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.
perf-diff – Read perf.data files and display the differential profile Synopsisperf diff [baseline file] [data file1] [[data file2] … ]DescriptionThis command displays the performance difference amongst two or more perf.data files captured via perf record. If no parameters are passed it will assume perf.data.old and perf.data. The differential profile is displayed only for events matching…
perf-buildid-list – List the buildids in a perf.data file Synopsisperf buildid-list <options>DescriptionThis command displays the buildids found in a perf.data file, so that other tools can be used to fetch packages with matching symbol tables for use by perf report. It can also be used to show the build id of the running kernel or…
perf-buildid-cache – Manage build-id cache. Synopsisperf buildid-cache <options>DescriptionThis command manages the build-id cache. It can add and remove files to/from the cache. In the future it should as well purge older entries, set upper limits for the space used by the cache, etc. Options-a, –add= Add specified file to the cache. -k, –kcore Add specified…
perf-bench – General framework for benchmark suites Synopsisperf bench [<common options>] <subsystem> <suite> [<options>]DescriptionThis perf bench command is a general framework for benchmark suites. Common Options-r, –repeat= Specify amount of times to repeat the run (default 10). -f, –format= Specify format style. Current available format styles are: default Default style. This is mainly for human…
perf-archive – Create archive with object files with build-ids found in perf.data file Synopsisperf archive [file]DescriptionThis command runs perf-buildid-list –with-hits, and collects the files with the buildids found so that analysis of perf.data contents can be possible on another machine. See Alsoperf-record(1), perf-buildid-list(1), perf-report(1)
perf-annotate – Read perf.data (created by perf record) and display annotated code Synopsisperf annotate [-i <file> | –input=file] [symbol_name]DescriptionThis command reads the input file and displays an annotated version of the code. If the object file has debug symbols then the source code will be displayed alongside assembly code. If there is no debug info…
pem2openpgp – translate PEM-encoded RSA keys to OpenPGP certificates Synopsispem2openpgp $USERID < mykey.pem | gpg –import PEM2OPENPGP_EXPIRATION=$((86400 * $DAYS)) PEM2OPENPGP_USAGE_FLAGS=authenticate,certify pem2openpgp $USERID <mykey.pem Descriptionpem2openpgp $USERID < mykey.pem | gpg \-\-import is a low-level utility for transforming raw, PEM-encoded RSA secret keys into OpenPGP-formatted certificates. The generated certificates include the secret key material, so they should...
peicon — extract icon resources from PE files Syntaxpeicon [-Llv] [-o virtual-shift] DescriptionExtracts the icons from PE files. Icons will be written to files of the name pe-%x:%x.ico, where the first number is the icon group number and the second is the independent icon number. Options-L
peerStats — show cjdns peers SynopsispeerStats DescriptionCjdroute talks to a number of immediate peers configured in /etc/cjdroute.conf. These can be discovered dynamically on local networks if "beacon" is enabled. Peers are enabled to connect to cjdroute by adding a login in "authorizedPasswords". Connecting out to peers is configured in "connectTo" in either the IPv4 or…
peekfd – peek at file descriptors of running processes Synopsispeekfd [-8,–eight-bit-clean] [-n,–no-headers] [-f,–follow] [-d,–duplicates-removed] [-V,–version] [-h,–help] pid [fd] [fd] … Descriptionpeekfd attaches to a running process and intercepts all reads and writes to file descriptors. You can specify the desired file descriptor numbers or dump all of them. Options-8 Do no post-processing on the bytes…
pee – tee standard input to pipes Synopsis pee [–[no-]ignore-sigpipe] [–[no-]ignore-write-errors] [["command"…]]Descriptionpee is like tee but for pipes. Each command is run and fed a copy of the standard input. The output of all commands is sent to stdout. Note that while this is similar to tee, a copy of the input is not sent…
pedigree – create a TeX file for pedigree from a csv file Synopsispedigree [-c configuration_file] [-d] [-o output_file] [-s start_id] input_file pedigree -v DescriptionThe program converts a comma separated input_file into a TeX file with pst-pdgr macros. Options-c configuration_file The configuration file to read along with the system-wide and user’s configuration files -d Debug mode…
pear, pecl, peardev – PEAR installer Synopsispear [ options ] command [command-options] <parameters> pecl [ options ] command [command-options] <parameters> peardev [ options ] command [command-options] <parameters> DescriptionPEAR is the PHP Extension and Application Repository, found at http://pear.php.net. The pear command is used to install PEAR extensions. The pecl command is used to install PECL…
pear, pecl, peardev – PEAR installer Synopsispear [ options ] command [command-options] <parameters> pecl [ options ] command [command-options] <parameters> peardev [ options ] command [command-options] <parameters> DescriptionPEAR is the PHP Extension and Application Repository, found at http://pear.php.net. The pear command is used to install PEAR extensions. The pecl command is used to install PECL…
pear, pecl, peardev – PEAR installer Synopsispear [ options ] command [command-options] <parameters> pecl [ options ] command [command-options] <parameters> peardev [ options ] command [command-options] <parameters> DescriptionPEAR is the PHP Extension and Application Repository, found at http://pear.php.net. The pear command is used to install PEAR extensions. The pecl command is used to install PECL…
dvips – convert a TeX DVI file to PostScript Synopsisdvips [ options ] file[.dvi] DescriptionTHIS MAN PAGE IS OBSOLETE! See the Texinfo documentation instead. You can read it either in Emacs or with the standalone info program which comes with the GNU texinfo distribution as prep.ai.mit.edu:pub/gnu/texinfo*.tar.gz. The program dvips takes a DVI file file[.dvi] produced…
pdsh – issue commands to groups of hosts in parallel Synopsispdsh [options]… command Descriptionpdsh is a variant of the rsh(1) command. Unlike rsh(1), which runs commands on a single remote host, pdsh can run multiple remote commands in parallel. pdsh uses a "sliding window" (or fanout) of threads to conserve resources on the initiating host…
pdnssec – PowerDNSSEC command and control Synopsispdnssec [options] command Descriptionpdnssec is a powerful command that is the operator-friendly gateway into PowerDNSSEC configuration. Behind the scenes, pdnssec manipulates a PowerDNS backend database, which also means that for many databases, pdnssec can be run remotely, and can configure key material on different servers. OptionsA summary of options…
pdns_server – The PowerDNS nameserver Synopsispdns_server [options] DescriptionOptions–daemon=yes|no Indicate if the server should run in the background as a real daemon, or in the foreground. –guardian=yes|no Run pdns_server inside a guardian. This guardian monitors the performance of the inner pdns_server instance. It is also this guardian that pdns_control talks to. –control-console Run the server in…
pdns_recursor – high-performance, simple and secure recursing nameserver Synopsispdns_recursor [OPTION]… Descriptionpdns_recursor(1) is a high performance, simple and secure recursing nameserver. It currently powers over two million internet connections. The recursor is configured via a configuration file, but each item in that file can be overridden on the command line. This manpage lists the core set…