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.
getopt – parse command options (enhanced) Synopsisgetopt optstring parameters getopt [options] [—] optstring parameters getopt [options] -o|–options optstring [options] [—] parameters Descriptiongetopt is used to break up (parse) options in command lines for easy parsing by shell procedures, and to check for valid options. It uses the GNU getopt(3) routines to do this. The parameters…
getmails – wrapper for getmail to access multiple mailboxes Synopsisgetmails [-p] [OPTION] … Descriptiongetmails is a wrapper script for getmail to retrieve messages with multiple independent configuration files ~/.getmail/config/* instead of a single ~/.getmailrc file. The configuration file name can be any arbitrary names. It’s good idea to use the corresponding email address as its…
getmail_mbox – read a message from stdin and deliver to a named mboxrd-format mbox file with fcntl-style locking. Synopsisgetmail_mbox [OPTION] PATH DescriptionDeliver a mail message from standard input, to the mboxrd-format mbox file named PATH. PATH must start with a dot or a slash and must not end with a slash. fcntl-type locking is used;…
getmail_maildir – read a message from stdin and deliver to a named maildir Synopsisgetmail_maildir [OPTION] PATH DescriptionDeliver a mail message from standard input, to the maildir named PATH. PATH must start with a dot or a slash and end with a slash. getmail_maildir uses the SENDER environment variable to construct a Return-Path: header field and…
getmail_fetch – retrieve messages from one or more POP3 or POP3-over-SSL mailboxes and deliver to a maildir, mboxrd-format mbox file, or external MDA Synopsisgetmail_fetch [OPTIONS] SERVER USERNAME PASSWORD DESTINATION Descriptiongetmail_fetch retrieves messages from POP3 or POP3-over-SSL mailboxes and delivers to a maildir, mboxrd, or external MDA. This command is intended primarily for scripting, and as…
getmail – retrieve messages from one or more POP3, IMAP4, or SDPS mailboxes and deliver to a maildir, mboxrd-format mbox file, or external MDA Synopsisgetmail [OPTION] … Descriptiongetmail can retrieve messages from POP3, IMAP4, and SDPS mailboxes. SSL-wrapped POP3 and IMAP are also supported. Single-user and domain (multi-drop) mailboxes are supported. getmail has built-in support…
getlist – Get a list from an NNTP server Synopsisgetlist [-AR] [-h host] [-p port] [list [pattern [types]]] Descriptiongetlist obtains a list from an NNTP server and sends it to standard output. list may be one of "active" (which is the default value), "active.times", "distrib.pats", or "newsgroups". "active" contains a list of all newsgroups carried…
getkey – wait until a key is pressed Synopsisgetkey [OPTION]… [KEYS] Descriptiongetkey waits until one of KEYS is pressed. If KEYS are not specified, any key is accepted. KEYS are matched case-insensitive. Exit Statusgetkey exits with status 0 if one of the expected keys is pressed. If invalid arguments are specified, getkey exits with status…
gethostip — convert an IP address into various formats Synopsisgethostip [-dxnf] [HOSTNAME|IP] DescriptionThis manual page documents briefly the gethostip command. The gethostip utility converts the given hostname or IP address into a variety formats. It is provided by the syslinux package to make it easier to calculate the appropriate names for pxelinux configuration files. These…
gethead – Print FITS or IRAF header keyword values Synopsisgethead [-hptv] [-d pathname] [-n num] <FITS or IRAF file> kw1 kw2 … kwn DescriptionPrint values of the specified keywords from the given image header. By default they are all listed on one line, separated by spaces. The -v flag causes the keyword names and values…
getfattr – get extended attributes of filesystem objects Synopsisgetfattr [-hRLP] -n name [-e en] pathname… getfattr [-hRLP] -d [-e en] [-m pattern] pathname…DescriptionFor each file, getfattr displays the file name, and the set of extended attribute names (and optionally values) which are associated with that file. Per default only attributes in the user namespace are…
getfacl – get file access control lists Synopsisgetfacl [-aceEsRLPtpndvh] file … getfacl [-aceEsRLPtpndvh] – DescriptionFor each file, getfacl displays the file name, owner, the group, and the Access Control List (ACL). If a directory has a default ACL, getfacl also displays the default ACL. Non-directories cannot have default ACLs. If getfacl is used on a…
getent – get entries from Name Service Switch libraries Synopsisgetent [option]… database key… DescriptionThe getent command displays entries from databases supported by the Name Service Switch libraries, which are configured in /etc/nsswitch.conf. If one or more key arguments are provided, then only the entries that match the supplied keys will be displayed. Otherwise, if no key is provided,…
geteltorito – an El Torito boot image extractor Synopsisgeteltorito <image|device> [-o outputfile] Descriptiongeteltorito is a Perl script which extracts the initial/default El Torito boot image from a CD if one exists. It will not extract any of other boot images that are allowed by the El Torito standard. The boot image file is written to…
getdefs – AutoGen Definition Extraction Tool Synopsisgetdefs [opt-name[=value]]… All arguments are named options. If no input argument is provided or is set to simply "-", and if stdin is not a tty, then the list of input files will be read from stdin. DescriptionThis program extracts AutoGen definitions from a list of source files. Definitions…
getconf – Query system configuration variables Synopsisgetconf -a getconf [-v specification] system_var getconf [-v specification] path_var pathname Description-a Displays all configuration variables for the current system and their values.-v Indicate the specification and version for which to obtain configuration variables.system_var A system configuration variable, as defined by sysconf(3) or confstr(3).path_var A system configuration variable as…
getcol – Extract specified columns from an ASCII table file Synopsisgetcol [-amv][-n num][-r lines][-s num] filename [column number range] DescriptionExtract specified columns from an ASCII table file Optionsfilename Name of a ASCII table file. At least one of these must be present for any values to be printed. If it is stdin or STDIN, an…
getcifsacl – Userspace helper to display an ACL in a security descriptor for Common Internet File System (CIFS) Synopsisgetcifsacl [-v|-r] {file system object}DescriptionThis tool is part of the cifs-utils suite. getcifsacl is a userspace helper program for the Linux CIFS client file system. It is intended to display a security descriptor including ACL for a…
getcert Synopsis getcert request [options] getcert resubmit [options] getcert start-tracking [options] getcert status [options] getcert stop-tracking [options] getcert list [options] getcert list-cas [options] getcert refresh-cas [options] DescriptionThe getcert tool issues requests to a org.fedorahosted.certmonger service on behalf of the invoking user. It can ask the service to begin enrollment, optionally generating a key pair to use, it can ask the service to begin monitoring…
getcert Synopsisgetcert stop-tracking [options] DescriptionTells certmonger to stop monitoring or attempting to obtain or refresh a certificate. Tracking Options-i NAME The certificate was tracked using the request with the specified nickname. If this option is not specified, some combination of -d and -n or -f can be used to specify which certificate should henceforth be…