Linux Manuals

clipboard-osc – implement the clipboard operating system command sequence Synopsis urxvt -pe clipboard-oscDescriptionThis extension implements the clipboard;copy Perl OSC.

block-graphics-to-ascii – map block graphics to ascii characters DescriptionA not very useful example of filtering all text output to the terminal by replacing all line-drawing characters (U+2500 .. U+259F) by a similar-looking ascii character.

bell-command – execute a command when the bell rings DescriptionRuns the command specified by the "URxvt.bell-command" resource when a bell event occurs. For example, the following pops up a notification bubble with the text “Beep, Beep” using notify-send: URxvt.bell-command: notify-send "Beep, Beep"

background – manage terminal background Synopsis urxvt –background-expr ‘background expression’ –background-border –background-interval secondsQuick And Dirty Cheat SheetJust load a random jpeg image and tile the background with it without scaling or anything else: load "/path/to/img.jpg"The same, but use mirroring/reflection instead of tiling: mirror load "/path/to/img.jpg"Load an image and scale it to exactly fill the terminal…

urlview – URL extractor/launcher Synopsisurlview filename [ filename … ] Descriptionurlview is a screen oriented program for extracting URLs from text files and displaying a menu from which you may launch a command to view a specific item. Configurationurlview attempts to read ~/.urlview upon startup. If this file doesn’t exist, it will try to read…

urlencode – convert strings to or from URL-encoded form Synopsisurlencode [-m|-d] string [string …] Descriptionurlencode encodes strings according to RFC 1738. That is, characters A-Z a-z 0-9 . _ and – are passed through unmodified, but all other characters are represented as %HH, where HH is their two-digit upper-case hexadecimal ASCII representation. For example, the…

urlview – URL extractor/launcher Synopsisurlview filename [ filename … ] Descriptionurlview is a screen oriented program for extracting URLs from text files and displaying a menu from which you may launch a command to view a specific item. Configurationurlview attempts to read ~/.urlview upon startup. If this file doesn’t exist, it will try to read…

urlview – URL extractor/launcher Synopsisurlview filename [ filename … ] Descriptionurlview is a screen oriented program for extracting URLs from text files and displaying a menu from which you may launch a command to view a specific item. Configurationurlview attempts to read ~/.urlview upon startup. If this file doesn’t exist, it will try to read…

urifind – find URIs in a document and dump them to STDOUT. Synopsis $ urifind fileDescriptionurifind is a simple script that finds URIs in one or more files (using "URI::Find"), and outputs them to to STDOUT. That’s it. To find all the URIs in file1, use: $ urifind file1To find the URIs in multiple files,…

uptime – Tell how long the system has been running. Synopsisuptime [options] Descriptionuptime gives a one line display of the following information. The current time, how long the system has been running, how many users are currently logged on, and the system load averages for the past 1, 5, and 15 minutes. This is the…

ptftopl, uptftopl – Convert Japanese pTeX font metric (JFM) files to propery list Synopsisptftopl [OPTIONS] tfm_name[.tfm] [pl_name[.pl]] DescriptionThe ptftopl program translates a Japanese pTeX font metric (JFM) file to a Japanese property list (JPL) file. It also serves as a TFM/JFM-file validating program. The uptftopl program is a Unicode-enabled version of ptftopl. In the following…

ptex, uptex, eptex, euptex – Japanese "Publishing TeX" Synopsisptex [options] [&format] [file|\commands] DescriptionpTeX (ptex) is a TeX engine with extensions for Japanese typesetting, including features related to line breaking rules, inter-character spacing and vertical writing. It was first developed by ASCII Corporation, in the aim of providing a Japanese TeX which can be used for…

ppltotf, uppltotf – Create Japanese pTeX font metric (JFM) Synopsisppltotf [options] pl_file_name[.pl] [tfm_file_name[.tfm]] DescriptionThe ppltotf program translates a Japanese property list (JPL) file to a Japanese pTeX font metric (JFM) file. The resulting JFM file can be used with pTeX and e-pTeX. The uppltotf program is a Unicode-enabled version of ppltotf. The resulting JFM file…

upower – UPower command line tool Synopsis upower [–dump] [–enumerate] [–monitor-detail] [–monitor] [–show-info] [–version] [–wakeups] [–help]Descriptionupower is a simple command line client for the UPower(7) daemon. TODO: not fully documented. Options–monitor Connect to the UPower daemon and print a line every time a power source is added, removed or changed. –monitor-detail Like –monitor but prints…

upmendex – Multilingual index processor Synopsisupmendex [-ilqrcgf] [-s sty] [-d dic] [-o ind] [-t log] [-p no] [—] [ idx0 idx1 idx2 …] upmendex –help DescriptionThe program upmendex is a general purpose multilingual hierarchical index generator working with upLaTeX, XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX; it accepts one or more input files (.idx; often produced by a text…

upldif – Barry Project’s LDIF contact uploader Synopsisupldif [-p pin][-P password][-u][-h][-v] Descriptionupldif reads a list of contacts in LDAP LDIF format from stdin, and overwrites the Blackberry’s Address Book database with those contents. Options-p pin Specify the PIN of the device to talk to. Only needed if there are multiple Blackberries plugged into your system…

latex, pdflatex, xelatex, lualatex, dvilualatex, cslatex, pdfcslatex, platex, uplatex, lamed – structured text formatting and typesetting Synopsislatex [first-line] DescriptionThis manual page is a mere skeleton. The LaTeX language is described in the book LaTeX – A Document Preparation System. LaTeX is a TeX macro package, not a modification to the TeX source program, so all…

latex-dev, pdflatex-dev, xelatex-dev, lualatex-dev, dvilualatex-dev, platex-dev, uplatex-dev – release candidate LaTeX testing Synopsislatex-dev [first-line] DescriptionThese -dev executables are intended for testing upcoming LaTeX2e kernel changes. They correspond to new formats which have been tested by the LaTeX team for stability and usability. Thus, they are not arbitrary development snapshots; more like release candidates. Wider testing…

updmap – manage TeX font maps updmap-sys – manage TeX font maps, system-wide updmap-user – manage TeX font maps, per-user Synopsisupdmap [,-user|-sys/] [,OPTION/] … [,COMMAND/] updmap-user [,OPTION/] … [,COMMAND/] updmap-sys [,OPTION/] … [,COMMAND/] Descriptionupdmap version r59152 (2021-05-09 23:49:52 +0200) Update the default font map files used by pdftex and dvipdfm(x) (pdftex.map), dvips (psfonts.map), and optionally…

updmap – manage TeX font maps updmap-sys – manage TeX font maps, system-wide updmap-user – manage TeX font maps, per-user Synopsisupdmap [,-user|-sys/] [,OPTION/] … [,COMMAND/] updmap-user [,OPTION/] … [,COMMAND/] updmap-sys [,OPTION/] … [,COMMAND/] Descriptionupdmap version r59152 (2021-05-09 23:49:52 +0200) Update the default font map files used by pdftex and dvipdfm(x) (pdftex.map), dvips (psfonts.map), and optionally…