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.
lexgrog – parse header information in man pages Synopsislexgrog [-m|-c] [-dfw?V] [-E encoding] file … Descriptionlexgrog is an implementation of the traditional “groff guess” utility in lex. It reads the list of files on its command line as either man page source files or preformatted “cat” pages, and displays their name and description as used…
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LessTif – an open-source Motif replacement SummaryLessTif is a free replacement for OSF/Motif®. As with Motif®, LessTif consists of a widget set, a window manager, and a UIL implementation (libMrm and the UIL compiler). In LessTif, our main area of attention is the widget set. We also have a working window manager mwm, but UIL…
lessfile, lesspipe – "input preprocessor" for less. Synopsislessfile, lesspipe DescriptionThis manual page documents briefly the lessfile, and lesspipe commands. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the input preprocessor scripts are provided by Debian GNU/Linux and are not part of the original program. lessfile and lesspipe are programs that can be…
lesskey – specify key bindings for less SYNOPSIS (deprecated)lesskey [-o output] [–] [input] lesskey [–output=output] [–] [input] lesskey -V lesskey –version ScopeThis document describes the format of the lesskey source file, which is used by less version 582 and later. In previous versions of less, a separate program called lesskey was used to compile the…
lessfile, lesspipe – "input preprocessor" for less. Synopsislessfile, lesspipe DescriptionThis manual page documents briefly the lessfile, and lesspipe commands. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the input preprocessor scripts are provided by Debian GNU/Linux and are not part of the original program. lessfile and lesspipe are programs that can be…
lessecho – expand metacharacters Synopsislessecho [-ox] [-cx] [-pn] [-dn] [-mx] [-nn] [-ex] [-a] file … Descriptionlessecho is a program that simply echos its arguments on standard output. But any metacharacter in the output is preceded by an "escape" character, which by default is a backslash. OptionsA summary of options is included below. -ex Specifies "x",…
lefty – A Programmable Graphics Editor Synopsislefty [ options ] [ file ] Descriptionlefty is a two-view graphics editor for technical pictures. This editor has no hardwired knowledge about specific picture layouts or editing operations. Each picture is described by a program that contains functions to draw the picture and functions to perform editing operations…
ledger – Command-line, double-entry account reporting tool Synopsis[command ] [options ] [arguments ] Descriptionis a command-line accounting tool based on the power and completeness of double-entry accounting. It is only a reporting tool, which means it never modifies your data files, but it does offer a large selection of reports, and different ways to customize…
leaftoppm – convert Interleaf image format to a portable anymap Synopsisleaftoppm [leaffile] DescriptionReads a portable pixmap (PPM file) as input. Generates an Interleaf image file as output. Interleaf is a now-defunct (actually purchased ca. 2000 by BroadVision) technical publishing software company. See Alsoppm(5) AuthorThe program is copyright (C) 1994 by Bill O’Donnell.
leaf – Lightweight Editor of Ascii(and more) Files Synopsis leaf [-f] [-d dictionary] [+n] [filename]Usageleaf is a simple console text file editor, with paragraph word-wrapping and spell checking. leaf is based on the text editor in the Cone mail reader and composer. leaf opens filename, positioning the cursor on the first line, or line #n, if…
ldrdf – link RDOFF objects and libraries produced by rdflib(1) Synopsisldrdf [-o output-file] object-file… [-llibrary…] Descriptionldrdf is a version of unix ld(1) (or DOS LINK) for use with RDOFF files. It is capable of linking RDOFF objects, and libraries produced with the rdflib(1) utility. Libraries must be specified with their path as no search is…
ldo65 – linker for o65 object files Synopsisldo65 [OPTION]… FILE… Descriptionldo65 is a linker for files in the `o65′ object format, formerly ld65 but renamed to avoid conflicts with the cc65 package (a separate product). Options-b? addr Relocate segment ? to addr. ? must be either t, d, b or z to indicate the text,…
ldnsd – simple daemon example code Synopsisldnsd port zone zonefile Descriptionldnsd is a simple daemon that answers queries for a zone. This is NOT a full-fledged authoritative nameserver! Optionsldnsd takes a port, zone and zonefile as arguments. AuthorWritten by the ldns team as an example for ldns usage. Reporting BugsReport bugs to <ldns-team [at] nlnetlabs.nl>….
ldns-zsplit – split up a zone file Synopsisldns-zsplit [ OPTIONS ] zonefile DescriptionOptions-n NUMBER Split after NUMBER RRs, ldns-zsplit will not split in the middle of an RRs. Each part is saved with a numerical suffix, starting with .000. The largest suffix is thus .999. -o ORIGIN use ORIGIN as origin when reading the zonefile….
ldns-zcat – reunite (z)split up a zone files Synopsisldns-zcat zonefiles Descriptionldns-zcat will read in a bunch of (z)split up zonefiles and creates a new larger zone file. The SOA record in the first part is used as the SOA record in the generated zone. The resulted zone file is printed to standard output. Options-o ORIGIN…
ldns-walk – Retrieve the contents of a DNSSEC signed zone Synopsisldns-walk [ OPTION ] ZONE Descriptionldns-walk is used to retrieve the contents of a DNSSEC signed zone. It does this through NSEC-walking (following the chain of NSEC records) and ‘guessing’ the next non-existent owner name for each NSEC. Note that it might get stuck on…
ldns-version – print out the version of the ldns-library and tools on this system Synopsisldns-version Descriptionldns-version is used to print out version information of the ldns library and tools Optionsldns-version has no options. AuthorWritten by the ldns team as an example for ldns usage. Reporting BugsReport bugs to <ldns-team [at] nlnetlabs.nl>. CopyrightCopyright (C) 2005 NLnet…
ldns-verify-zone – read a DNSSEC signed zone and verify it. Synopsisldns-verify-zone ZONEFILE Descriptionldns-verify-zone reads a DNS zone file and verifies it. RRSIG resource records are checked against the DNSKEY set at the zone apex. Each name is checked for an NSEC(3), if appropriate. Options-h Show usage and exit -a Apex only, check only the zone…
ldns-update – send a dynamic update packet Synopsisldns-update [ zone ] ip [ tsig_name tsig_als tsig_hmac ] Descriptionldns-update is used to send a dynamic update packet. Optionszone Use this zone instead of trying to read it from the zonefile’s SOA record. ip Send the update to this IP address tsig_name tsig_alg tsig_hmac Use TSIG (rfc2845)…