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.
arc – pc archive utility Synopsisarc a|m|u|f|d|x|e|r|p|l|v|t|c [ biswnoq ] [ gpassword ] archive [ filename …] DescriptionArc is a general archive and file compression utility, used to maintain a compressed archive of files. An archive is a single file that combines many files, reducing storage space and allowing multiple files to be handled as…
arc-config-check – checks the arc.conf for inconsistencies, known problems or (in a future development) just general bad taste. Synopsisarc-config-check –printall DescriptionThe motivation behind this little script was to have a repository for automated tests on issues that came up on the NorduGrid developers mailing list. As such this script indicates directories that are not present,…
arara – a TeX automation tool based on rules and directives. Synopsisarara [options] documents… Descriptionarara is a TeX automation tool based on rules and directives. It gives you a way to enhance your TeX experience. The tool is an effort to provide a concise way to automate the daily TeX workflow for users and also…
arandr – visual front end for XRandR 1.2 Synopsisarandr [savedfile] DescriptionARandR is a visual front end for XRandR 1.2 (per display options), which provides full control over positioning, saving and loading to/from shell scripts and easy integration with other applications. –version show program’s version number and exit -h, –help show this help message and exit…
rancid – Cisco configuration filter Synopsisrancid [-dlCV] [-t device_type] (-f filename | hostname) rancid [-dhlCV] -t device_type (-f filename | hostname) Descriptionrancid is a collection of perl(1) scripts which uses the login scripts (see clogin(1)) to login to a device, execute commands to display the configuration, etc, then filters the output for formatting, security, and…
ar – create, modify, and extract from archives Synopsisar [-X32_64] [–]p[mod] [–plugin name] [–target bfdname] [–output dirname] [–record-libdeps libdeps] [–thin] [relpos] [count] archive [member…] DescriptionThe GNU ar program creates, modifies, and extracts from archives. An archive is a single file holding a collection of other files in a structure that makes it possible to retrieve…
apxs – APache eXtenSion tool Synopsis apxs –g [ –S name=value ] –n modname apxs –q [ –v ] [ –S name=value ] query … apxs –c [ –S name=value ] [ –o dsofile ] [ –I incdir ] [ –D name=value ] [ –L libdir ] [ –l libname ] [ –Wc,compiler-flags…
aptitude-run-state-bundle – unpack an aptitude state bundle and invoke aptitude on it Synopsis aptitude-run-state-bundle [<options>…] <input-file> [<program> [<arguments>…]]Descriptionaptitude-run-state-bundle unpacks the given aptitude state bundle created by aptitude-create-state-bundle(1) to a temporary directory, invokes <program> on it with the supplied <arguments>, and removes the temporary directory afterwards. If <program> is not supplied, it defaults to aptitude(8). OptionsThe following…
aptitude-create-state-bundle – bundle the current aptitude state Synopsis aptitude-create-state-bundle [<options>…] <output-file>Descriptionaptitude-create-state-bundle produces a compressed archive storing the files that are required to replicate the current package archive state. The following files and directories are included in the bundle: • $HOME/.aptitude• /var/lib/aptitude• /var/lib/apt• /var/cache/apt/*.bin• /etc/apt• /var/lib/dpkg/status The output of this program can be used as an…
aptdcon – command line client for aptdaemon Synopsisaptdcon [OPTIONS] Descriptionaptdcon allows to perform package management tasks, e.g. installing or removing software, using aptdaemon. There isn’t any need to be root to run this programme. Options-v, –version Show the version number of the aptdcon. -h, –help Show information about the usage of the command. -d, –debug…
aptd – package managing daemon proving a D-Bus interface Synopsisaptd [OPTIONS] Descriptionaptd allows to perform package management tasks, e.g. installing or removing software, using a D-Bus interface. The privileges are handled by PolicyKit so the client application doesn’t need to run as root. Furthermore aptd is started by D-Bus activation only when an user calls…
apt-transport-mirror – APT transport for more automated mirror selection DescriptionThis APT transport isn’t implementing a protocol to access local or remote repositories on its own, but acquires a mirrorlist and redirects all requests to the mirror(s) picked from this list, accessing them via other transports like apt-transport-http(1). The basic functionality has been available since apt…
apt-transport-https – APT transport for downloading via the HTTP Secure protocol (HTTPS) DescriptionThis APT transport allows the use of repositories accessed via the HTTP Secure protocol (HTTPS), also referred to as HTTP over TLS. It is available by default since apt 1.5 and was available before that in the package apt-transport-https. Note that a transport…
apt-transport-http – APT transport for downloading via the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) DescriptionThis APT transport allows the use of repositories accessed via the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP). It is available by default and probably the most used of all transports. Note that a transport is never called directly by a user but used by APT…
apt-sortpkgs – Utility to sort package index files Synopsis apt-sortpkgs [-s] [-o=config_string] [-c=config_file] filename… {-v | –version} {-h | –help}Descriptionapt-sortpkgs will take an index file (source index or package index) and sort the records so that they are ordered by the package name. It will also sort the internal fields of each record according to…
apt-mirror – apt sources mirroring tool Synopsisapt-mirror [configfile] DescriptionA small and efficient tool that lets you mirror a part of or the whole Debian GNU/Linux distribution or any other apt sources. Main features: * It uses a config similar to apts sources.list * It’s fully pool comply * It supports multithreaded downloading * It supports multiple architectures at the same…
apt – annotation processing tool Synopsisapt [-classpath classpath] [-sourcepath sourcepath] [-d directory] [-s directory] [-factorypath path] [-factory class] [-print] [-nocompile] [-Akey[=val] …] [javac option] sourcefiles [@files] ParametersOptions may be in any order. For a discussion of parameters which apply to a specific option, see OPTIONS below. sourcefiles Zero or more source files to be processed….
apt – annotation processing tool Synopsisapt [-classpath classpath] [-sourcepath sourcepath] [-d directory] [-s directory] [-factorypath path] [-factory class] [-print] [-nocompile] [-Akey[=val] …] [javac option] sourcefiles [@files] ParametersOptions may be in any order. For a discussion of parameters which apply to a specific option, see OPTIONS below. sourcefiles Zero or more source files to be processed….
apt – annotation processing tool Synopsisapt [-classpath classpath] [-sourcepath sourcepath] [-d directory] [-s directory] [-factorypath path] [-factory class] [-print] [-nocompile] [-Akey[=val] …] [javac option] sourcefiles [@files] ParametersOptions may be in any order. For a discussion of parameters which apply to a specific option, see OPTIONS below. sourcefiles Zero or more source files to be processed….
apt-ftparchive – Utility to generate index files Synopsis apt-ftparchive [-dsq] [–md5] [–delink] [–readonly] [–contents] [–arch architecture] [-o=config_string] [-c=config_file] {packages path… [override-file [pathprefix]] | sources path… [override-file [pathprefix]] | contents path | release path | generate config_file section… | clean config_file | {-v | –version} | {-h | –help}}Descriptionapt-ftparchive is the command line tool that generates the index files that APT uses to access a distribution source. The…