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.
lshell – Limited Shell Synopsislshell [OPTIONS] Descriptionlshell provides a limited shell configured per user. The configuration is done quite simply using a configuration file. Coupled with ssh’s authorized_keys or with /etc/shells and /etc/passwd , it becomes very easy to restrict user’s access to a limited set of command. Options–config <FILE> Specify config file –log <DIR>…
lshal – list HAL devices Synopsislshal [options] Descriptionlshal is a utility for displaying items in the HAL device database. For more information about both the big picture and specific HAL properties, refer to the HAL spec which can be found in /usr/share/doc/hal-0.5.13/spec/hal-spec.html depending on the distribution. OptionsThe following options are supported: -m, –monitor Print changes…
lsdvd – read the content info of a DVD Synopsislsdvd [ options ] [-t track_number] [dvd path] DescriptionAn application for reading the contents of a DVD and printing the contents to your terminal and dump for further processing in external applications. Options For Extra Information-a Dump information about audio streams. -d Dump information about cells….
lsdiff – show which files are modified by a patch Synopsis lsdiff [[-n] | [–line-number]] [[-p n] | [–strip-match=n]] [–strip=n] [–addprefix=PREFIX] [[-s] | [–status]] [[-E] | [–empty-files-as-removed]] [[-i PATTERN] | [–include=PATTERN]] [[-x PATTERN] | [–exclude=PATTERN]] [[-z] | [–decompress]] [[-# RANGE] | [–hunks=RANGE]] [–lines=RANGE] [[-FRANGE] | [–files=RANGE]] [[-H] | [–with-filename]] [[-h] | [–no-filename]] [[-v] | [–verbose]…] [file…] lsdiff {[–help] |…
lsdic – Display the user dictionary list Synopsislsdic [{-cs|-cannaserver} canna-server] [-i|-u user-name] Descriptionlsdic displays the list of the user’s dictionaries. To display the list of another user, specify the user name by -u option. To display the system dictionary list, specify the -i option. Options-cs canna-server (or -cannaserver canna-server) Specifies the name of the server…
lscpu – display information about the CPU architecture Synopsislscpu [options] Descriptionlscpu gathers CPU architecture information from sysfs, /proc/cpuinfo and any applicable architecture-specific libraries (e.g. librtas on Powerpc). The command output can be optimized for parsing or for easy readability by humans. The information includes, for example, the number of CPUs, threads, cores, sockets, and Non-Uniform…
lscp – list NILFS2 checkpoints Synopsislscp [options] [device] Descriptionlscp is a utility for displaying checkpoints or snapshots of the NILFS2 file system found in device. When device is omitted, /proc/mounts is examined to find a NILFS2 file system. This command will fail if the device has no active mounts of a NILFS2 file system. Options-r…
lscgroup – list all cgroups Synopsislscgroup [[-g] <controllers>:<path>] […] lscgroup [-h|–help] DescriptionList all/chosen cgroups. <controllers>:<path> defines the control groups whose subgroups will be shown. If this parameter is not used, the command will list all existing cgroups. Environment VariablesCGROUP_LOGLEVEL controls verbosity of the tool. Allowed values are DEBUG, INFO, WARNING or ERROR. Exampleslscgroup -g cpu:/…
lsb_release – print distribution-specific information Synopsislsb_release [options] DescriptionThe lsb_release command provides certain LSB (Linux Standard Base) and distribution-specific information. If no options are given, the -v option is assumed. OptionsThe program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`–‘). A summary of options are included below. -v, –version…
lsattr – list file attributes on a Linux second extended file system Synopsislsattr [ -RVadlpv ] [ files… ] Descriptionlsattr lists the file attributes on a second extended file system. See chattr(1) for a description of the attributes and what they mean. Options-R Recursively list attributes of directories and their contents. -V Display the program…
lsar – list archive file contents Synopsislsar [OPTION]… ARCHIVE… DescriptionList the contents of ARCHIVEs. Options-l, -long Print more information about each file in the archive. -t, -test Test the integrity of the files in the archive, if possible. -p, -password PASSWORD The password to use for decrypting protected archives. -e, -encoding ENCODING The encoding to…
lrzuntar – Extract whole tarball from .tar.lrz files Synopsis lrzuntar [options] DIRECTORY.tar.lrzDescriptionlrzuntar is identical to "lrztar -d" used to decompress lrzip compressed tarballs. OptionsSee lrzip(1) EnvironmentNone. FilesNone. See Alsolrzip.conf(5), lrztar(1), lrzip(1), lrunzip(1), lrzcat(1), bzip2(1), gzip(1), lzop(1), rzip(1), zip(1) AuthorsThis manual page was written by Con Kolivas <kernel [at] kolivas.org> (but may be used by others)….
lrztar – Directory wrapper for lrzip Synopsis lrztar [options] DIRECTORY lrztar -d [options] DIRECTORY.tar.lrz lrzuntar [options] DIRECTORY.tar.lrzDescriptionlrztar is a wrapper for compressing and decompressing whole directories with lrzip(1) to corresponding file "DIRECTORY.tar.lrz". lrzuntar is identical to "lrztar -d". lrztar takes the same options as lrzip. OptionsSee lrzip(1). EnvironmentNone. FilesNone. See Alsolrzip.conf(5), lrzuntar(1), lrzip(1), lrunzip(1), lrzcat(1),…
lrzip – a large-file compression program Synopsislrzip [OPTIONS] <file> lrzip -d [OPTIONS] <file> lrunzip [OPTIONS] <file> lrzcat [OPTIONS] <file> lrztar [lrzip options] <directory> lrztar -d [lrzip options] <directory> lrzuntar [lrzip options] <directory> LRZIP=NOCONFIG [lrzip|lrunzip] [OPTIONS] <file> DescriptionLRZIP is a file compression program designed to do particularly well on very large files containing long distance redundancy….
lrzcat – Uncompress LRZ files to STDOUT Synopsis lrzcat [options] FILE [… FILE]Descriptionlrzcat is identical to "lrzip -d -o -" used to decompress files to STDOUT. OptionsSee lrzip(1). EnvironmentNone. FilesNone. See Alsolrzip.conf(5), lrzip(1), lrunzip(1), lrztar(1), lrzuntar(1), bzip2(1), gzip(1), lzop(1), rzip(1), zip(1) AuthorsThis manual page was written by Con Kolivas <kernel [at] kolivas.org> (but may be…
lrunzip – Uncompress LRZ files Synopsis lrunzip [options] FILE [… FILE]Descriptionlrunzip is identical to "lrzip -d" used to decompress files. OptionsSee lrzip(1). EnvironmentNone. FilesNone. See Alsolrzip.conf(5), lrzip(1), lrzcat(1), lrztar(1), lrzuntar(1), bzip2(1), gzip(1), lzop(1), rzip(1), zip(1) AuthorsProgram was written by Con Kolivas. This manual page was written by Jari Aalto <jari.aalto [at] cante.net> (but may be…
LRS (Linear Referencing System)A Linear Referencing System (LRS) is a system where features (points or segments) are localized by a measure along a linear element. The LRS can be used to reference events for any network of linear features, for example roads, railways, rivers, pipelines, electric and telephone lines, water and sewer networks. An event…
lrfviewer – view LRF ebook Usagelrfviewer [options] book.lrf DescriptionRead the LRF ebook book.lrf Whenever you pass arguments to lrfviewer that have spaces in them, enclose the arguments in quotation marks. Main Options–version show program’s version number and exit -h, –help show this help message and exit –redirect-console-output Redirect console output to a dialog window (both…
lpstat – print cups status information Synopsislpstat [ -E ] [ -H ] [ -U username ] [ -h hostname[:port] ] [ -l ] [ -W which-jobs ] [ -a [ destination(s) ] ] [ -c [ class(es) ] ] [ -d ] [ -e ] [ -o [ destination(s) ] ] [ -p […
lpstat – print cups status information Synopsislpstat [ -E ] [ -H ] [ -U username ] [ -h hostname[:port] ] [ -l ] [ -W which-jobs ] [ -a [ destination(s) ] ] [ -c [ class(es) ] ] [ -d ] [ -o [ destination(s) ] ] [ -p [ printer(s) ] ]…