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.
mkpasswd – generate new password, optionally apply it to a user Synopsismkpasswd [ args ] [ user ] Introductionmkpasswd generates passwords and can apply them automatically to users. mkpasswd is based on the code from Chapter 23 of the O’Reilly book "Exploring Expect". UsageWith no arguments, mkpasswd returns a new password. mkpasswd With a user…
kibitz – allow two people to interact with one shell Synopsiskibitz [ kibitz-args ] user [ program program-args… ] kibitz [ kibitz-args ] user [at] host [ program program-args… ] Introductionkibitz allows two (or more) people to interact with one shell (or any arbitrary program). Uses include: • A novice user can ask an expert…
Dislocate – disconnect and reconnect processes Synopsisdislocate [ program args… ] IntroductionDislocate allows processes to be disconnected and reconnected to the terminal. Possible uses: • You can disconnect a process from a terminal at work and reconnect from home, to continue working. • After having your line be dropped due to noise, you can get…
cryptdir – encrypt/decrypt all files in a directory Synopsiscryptdir [ dir ] decryptdir [ dir ] Introductioncryptdir encrypts all files in the current directory (or the given directory if one is provided as an argument). When called as decryptdir (i.e., same program, different name), all files are decrypted. NotesWhen encrypting, you are prompted twice for…
cryptdir – encrypt/decrypt all files in a directory Synopsiscryptdir [ dir ] decryptdir [ dir ] Introductioncryptdir encrypts all files in the current directory (or the given directory if one is provided as an argument). When called as decryptdir (i.e., same program, different name), all files are decrypted. NotesWhen encrypting, you are prompted twice for…
autoexpect – generate an Expect script from watching a session Synopsisautoexpect [ args ] [ program args… ] Introductionautoexpect watches you interacting with another program and creates an Expect script that reproduces your interactions. For straightline scripts, autoexpect saves substantial time over writing scripts by hand. Even if you are an Expect expert, you will…
expect – programmed dialogue with interactive programs, Version 5 Synopsisexpect [ -dDinN ] [ -c cmds ] [ [ –[f|b] ] cmdfile ] [ args ] IntroductionExpect is a program that "talks" to other interactive programs according to a script. Following the script, Expect knows what can be expected from a program and what the…
expand – convert tabs to spaces Synopsisexpand [,OPTION/]… [,FILE/]… DescriptionConvert tabs in each FILE to spaces, writing to standard output. With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input. Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. -i, –initial do not convert tabs after non blanks -t, –tabs=,N/ have tabs…
exonerate – a generic tool for sequence comparison Synopsisexonerate [ options ] <query path> <target path> Descriptionexonerate is a general tool for sequence comparison. It uses the C4 dynamic programming library. It is designed to be both general and fast. It can produce either gapped or ungapped alignments, according to a variety of different alignment…
exonerate-server – a sequence comparison server for exonerate Synopsisexonerate-server [ options ] <index path> Descriptionexonerate-server is a multi-threaded server for the exonerate sequence alignment program. It uses a set of sequences and a corresponding index file to allow fast of large datasets. OverviewFirstly, an .esd file must be made from the sequence files. The .esd…
exo-preferred-applications – Select preferred applications for Xfce desktop environment DescriptionUsage:exo-helper-1 [OPTION?]Help Options:-h, –help Show help options –help-all Show all help options –help-gtk Show GTK+ OptionsApplication Options:-V, –version Print version information and exit -c, –configure Open the Preferred Applications configuration dialog -s, –socket-id=,SOCKET/ ID Settings manager socket -l, –launch=,TYPE/ [PARAMETER] Launch the default helper of TYPE…
exo-open – Open URLs and launch preferred applications Synopsis exo-open [[url]…] exo-open –launch [category] [[parameter]…]Descriptionexo-open is a command line frontend to the Xfce Preferred Applications framework. It can either be used to open a list of urls with the default URL handler or launch the preferred application for a certain category. Invocationexo-open either takes a…
exo-desktop-item-edit – Edit freedesktop.org .desktop files DescriptionUsage:exo-desktop-item-edit [OPTION?] [FILE|FOLDER]Help Options:-h, –help Show help options –help-all Show all help options –help-gtk Show GTK+ OptionsApplication Options:-c, –create-new Create a new desktop file in the given directory -t, –type Type of desktop file to create (Application or Link) –name Preset name when creating a desktop file –comment Preset…
exo-csource – C code generation utility for arbitrary data Synopsis exo-csource [options] [file] exo-csource [options] –build-list [[name] [file]…]Descriptionexo-csource is a small utility that generates C code containing arbitrary data, useful for compiling texts or other data directly into programs. Invocationexo-csource either takes as input one file name to generate code for, or, using the –build-list option,…
exiv2 – Image metadata manipulation tool Synopsisexiv2 [options] [action] file … Descriptionexiv2 is a program to read and write Exif, IPTC and XMP image metadata and image comments. The following image formats are supported: TypeExifIPTCXMPImage comments EXVRead/WriteRead/WriteRead/WriteRead/Write CR2Read/WriteRead/WriteRead/Write– CRWRead/Write––Read/Write MRWReadReadRead– TIFFRead/WriteRead/WriteRead/Write– DNGRead/WriteRead/WriteRead/Write– NEFRead/WriteRead/WriteRead/Write– PEFRead/WriteRead/WriteRead/Write– ARWReadReadRead– RW2ReadReadRead– SR2ReadReadRead– SRWRead/WriteRead/WriteRead/Write– ORFRead/WriteRead/WriteRead/Write– PNGRead/WriteRead/WriteRead/WriteRead/Write PGFRead/WriteRead/WriteRead/WriteRead/Write RAFReadReadRead– EPS––Read/Write– XMP––Read/Write– GIF––––…
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# Nameexiftran – transform digital camera jpeg images # # Synopsisexiftran [options] file1 file2 … fileN exiftran -i [transform options] [others options] file1 file2 … fileN exiftran -o outputfile [transform options] [other options] inputfile exiftran -d file1 file2 … fileN > exifinfo # #DescriptionExiftran is a command line utility to transform digital camera jpeg images….
exiftool – Read and write meta information in files SynopsisReadingexiftool [OPTIONS] [-TAG…] [–TAG…] FILE… Writingexiftool [OPTIONS] –TAG[+-<]=[VALUE]… FILE… Copyingexiftool [OPTIONS] -tagsFromFile SRCFILE [-SRCTAG[>DSTTAG]…] FILE… Otherexiftool [ -ver | -list[w|f|r|wf|g[NUM]|d|x] ] For specific examples, see the EXAMPLES sections below. This documentation is displayed if exiftool is run without an input FILE when one is expected. DescriptionA…
exifautotran – Transforms Exif files so that Orientation becomes 1 Descriptionexifautotran [list of files] Take a list of files as input and transform them in place so that the Orientation becomes 1. Author Guido Vollbeding <guido [at] jpegclub.org> See Alsojpegtran(1) jpegexiforient(1)
exfalso – audio tag editor Synopsisexfalso [ directory ] DescriptionEx Falso displays and edits audio metadata tags. Supported formats include MP3, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, Musepack (MPC), WavPack, and MOD/XM/IT. This manual page is only a short reference for Ex Falso. Complete documentation is available at http://code.google.com/p/quodlibet/wiki/Guide. OptionsEx Falso may be given a directory to open…