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.
minicom – friendly serial communication program Synopsisminicom [options] [configuration] Descriptionminicom is a communication program which somewhat resembles the shareware program TELIX but is free with source code and runs under most Unices. Features include dialing directory with auto-redial, support for UUCP-style lock files on serial devices, a separate script language interpreter, capture to file, multiple…
CrossReport – Analysis tool to help cross-compilation to Windows. Synopsis mingw32-crossreport [options] /path/to/linuxbinaryDescriptionCrossReport is a tool to help you analyze the APIs used by a compiled Linux program, in order to work out the effort required to cross-compile that program for Windows, using the Fedora MinGW cross-compiler. The simplest way to use it is to…
mingle – fast edge bundling Synopsismingle [ options ] [ -o outfile ] [ files ] Descriptionmingle takes as input a graph in DOT format with node position information (the pos attribute) and bundles the edges. OptionsThe following options are supported: -m k indicates which method to use for bundling. A value of 0 corresponds…
minfo – print the parameters of a MSDOS filesystem Note of warningThis manpage has been automatically generated from mtools’s texinfo documentation, and may not be entirely accurate or complete. See the end of this man page for details. DescriptionThe minfo command prints the parameters of a MS-DOS file system, such as number of sectors, heads…
mine_detector – a mine-finding game DescriptionMine Detector is a mine-finding game with somewhat different rules from other mine-finding games. Mine Detector rarely requires guessing. Only at the higher levels may guessing sometimes be the only way to win. For instructions on how to play, start the game and click the Rules button. AuthorsMine Detector was…
min12xxw – Convert pbmraw streams to Minolta PagePro 12xxW languages Synopsismin12xxw [options] DescriptionMin12xxw is a filter which converts pbmraw streams (produced by ghostscript, for example) to the printer language of Minolta PagePro 1[234]xxW printers. Command-Line Options-h, –help Gives usage information (help) -v, –version Displays the version number and exit -e, –ecomode Enables economic mode which…
mimeview – display files, using mailcap mechanism. Synopsismimeview [,OPTION/…] ,FILE /[,FILE /…] DescriptionGNU mimeview — display files, using mailcap mechanism. -a, –no-ask[=,TYPE-LIST/] do not ask for confirmation before displaying files, or, if TYPE-LIST is given, do not ask for confirmation before displaying such files whose MIME type matches one of the patterns from TYPE-LIST -d,…
mimetype – Determine file type Synopsismimetype [options] [-] files DescriptionThis script tries to determine the mime type of a file using the Shared MIME-info database. It is intended as a kind of file(1) work-alike, but uses mimetypes instead of descriptions. If one symlinks the file command to mimetype it will behave a little more compatible,…
mimesend – send files via MIME mail, from the command line UsagePretty basic: mimesend [-n] [-t to] [-s subj] (-f file [-m type])+ -n Don’t actually send it; just print it to stdout. -t to The "to" address. -s subj The subject of the message. -f file Path to attached file, or – for STDIN….
mimepostcard – send/output a multipart/alternative message SynopsisUsage: mimepostcard /path/to/some/graphic.jpg to [at] addr.comYou can point it at a .gif file as well. The special address “-” just causes the message to go to STDOUT. DescriptionThis sends a mesasge both as HTML and plain text. I use “Data”; you would probably use “Path”. AuthorEryq, eryq [at] zeegee.com
mimeopen – Open files by mimetype Synopsismimeopen [options] [-] files DescriptionThis script tries to determine the mimetype of a file and open it with the default desktop application. If no default application is configured the user is prompted with an “open with” menu in the terminal. To use this script you need the freedesktop mime-info…
mimeexplode – explode one or more MIME messages Synopsis mimeexplode <mime-msg-file> <mime-msg-file> … someprocess | mimeexplode –DescriptionTakes one or more files from the command line that contain MIME messages, and explodes their contents out into subdirectories of the current working directory. The subdirectories are just called "msg0", "msg1", "msg2", etc. Existing directories are skipped over….
mimeencode – encode a file Synopsis mimeencode Give usage. mimeencode [-d] encoding <infile >outfile Encode/decode stdin to stdout.DescriptionEncode (or, with -d, decode) stdin with the given encoding, writing results to stdout. This does not do MIME parsing; it merely exercises the decoder modules. AuthorEryq, eryq [at] zeegee.com
mimedump – dump out the contents of a parsed MIME message DescriptionRead a MIME stream from the stdin, and dump its contents to the stdout. Synopsis mimedump < mime.msgAuthorAndreas Koenig suggested this, and wrote the original code. Eryq perverted the hell out of it.
mimedefang-util — Utility script for message structure debugging Synopsis # Print a "pretty" version of an input message mimedefang-util –prettyprint < input.msg # Print the message structure mimedefang-util –structure < input.msg # Parse and re-MIME the message mimedefang-util –dump < input.msgDescriptionThis script provides some debug tools formerly provided as part of mimedefang.pl Options–prettyprint Parses a…
mimedb – lookup file information via the mime database Synopsismimedb [OPTIONS] FILES… Description* FILES is a list of files to analyse * -t, –input-file-data the specified files type should be determined both by their filename and by their contents (Default) * -f, –input-filename the specified files type should be determined by their filename * -i,…
mime-construct – construct and optionally mail MIME messages Synopsismime-construct switch… Sorry, it’s hard to provide a meaningful synopsis. See the examples. Descriptionmime-construct constructs and (by default) mails MIME messages. It is entirely driven from the command line, it is designed to be used by other programs, or people who act like programs. OptionsGlobal Settings–debug Turn…
mikmod – play soundtracker etc. modules on a Unix machine. Synopsismikmod [-options]… [module|playlist]… DescriptionMikMod is a very portable module player based on libmikmod, written originally by Jean-Paul Mikkers (MikMak). It will play the IT, XM, MOD, MTM, S3M, STM, ULT, FAR, MED, DSM, AMF, IMF and 669 module formats. It works under AIX, FreeBSD, HP-UX,…
migratecred – Migrate credentials from one instance of Directory Server to another Synopsismigratecred -o OldInstancePath -n NewInstancePath -c OldCredential [-p NewPluginPath] Descriptionmigratecred migrates credentials from one Directory Server instance to the other. New plugin path defaults to [libdir/dirsrv/plugins] if not given migratecred is a program that migrates credentials used for replication and chaining. That is…
migrate-pubring-from-classic-gpg – Migrate a public keyring from "classic" to "modern" GnuPG Synopsismigrate-pubring-from-classic-gpg [ GPGHOMEDIR | –default ] Descriptionmigrate-pubring-from-classic-gpg migrates the public keyring in GnuPG home directory GPGHOMEDIR from the "classic" keyring format (pubring.gpg) to the "modern" keybox format using GnuPG versions 2.1 or 2.2 (pubring.kbx). Specifying –default selects the standard GnuPG home directory (looking at…