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.
bsmtp – Bacula’s SMTP client (mail submission program) Synopsisbsmtp [options] <recipient> <…> Descriptionbsmtp is a simple mail user agent designed to permit more flexibility than the standard mail programs typically found on Unix systems, and to ease portability. It can even run on Windows machines. It is used by the Director daemon to send notifications and…
bsetroot – blackbox utility to change root window appearance Synopsisbsetroot -help bsetroot [ -display display ] -solid color bsetroot [ -display display ] -mod x y -fg color -bg color bsetroot [ -display display ] -gradient texture -from color -to color DescriptionBsetroot is a utility that can control the appearance of the root window in…
bsetbg – utility to manipulate the appearance of the X11 desktop’s root window. Synopsisbsetbg [options] image Descriptionbsetbg is intended to provide a standard method for the Blackbox window manager to alter the background of the root window (although it will work with any other window manager as well). bsetbg acts as a wrapper both to…
bsearch – manages one-time passwords Synopsisbsearch [-KVvh ] [-b block-size ] [-m max-cache-size ] file [key …] DescriptionThe bsearch program performs binary searches of file which must be a sorted flat text file. Each line is a record. Each record starts with a key that is optionally followed by whitespace and a value. Whitespace may…
tar – manipulate tape archives Synopsis[bundled-flags Ao args Ac [Ao file Ac | Ao pattern Ac … ] ] Br q Fl c [options ] [files | directories ] Br q Fl r | Fl u –f archive-file [options ] [files | directories ] Br q Fl t | Fl x [options ] [patterns ]…
bsdiff – generate a patch between two binary files SynopsisAo Ar oldfile Ac Ao Ar newfile Ac Ao Ar patchfile Ac Descriptioncompares Ao Ar oldfile Ac to Ao Ar newfile Ac and writes to Ao Ar patchfile Ac a binary patch suitable for use by bspatch(1). When Ao Ar oldfile Ac and Ao Ar newfile…
cpio – copy files to and from archives SynopsisBr q Fl i [options ] [pattern … ] [< archive ] Br q Fl o [options ] < name-list [> archive ] Br q Fl p [options ] dest-dir < name-list Descriptioncopies files between archives and directories. This implementation can extract from tar, pax, cpio, zip,…
write – send a message to another user Synopsisuser [tty ] DescriptionThe utility allows you to communicate with other users, by copying lines from your terminal to theirs. When you run the command, the user you are writing to gets a message of the form: Message from yourname [at] yourhost on yourtty at hh:mm ……
from – print names of those who have sent mail Synopsis[-c ] [-f file ] [-s sender ] [user ] DescriptionThe utility prints out the mail header lines from the invoker’s mailbox. The following options are available: -c Just print a count of messages and exit. -f file The supplied file is examined instead of…
csh – a shell (command interpreter) with C-like syntax Synopsiscsh [-bcefimnstVvXx [argument … ] ] csh [-l ] Descriptioncsh is a command language interpreter incorporating a history mechanism (see Sx History substitutions ) , job control facilities (see Sx Jobs ) , interactive file name and user name completion (see Sx File name completion )…
bs11nread – Barry Project’s program to read database serialization files. Synopsisbs11nread [-f file][-h][-S] Descriptionbs11nread reads Boost serialization files that were saved with the btool program, and dumps the database records in human readable format to stdout. This program is only available if Barry is compiled with Boost support enabled. Options-f file Filename of Boost serialization…
brushtopbm – convert a doodle brush file into a portable bitmap Synopsisbrushtopbm [brushfile] DescriptionReads a Xerox doodle brush file as input. Produces a portable bitmap as output. Note that there is currently no pbmtobrush tool. See Alsopbm(5) AuthorCopyright (C) 1988 by Jef Poskanzer.
broadwayd – Broadway display server Synopsis broadwayd [–port PORT] [–address ADDRESS] [–unixsocket ADDRESS] [:DISPLAY]Descriptionbroadwayd is a display server for the Broadway GDK backend. It allows multiple GTK+ applications to display their windows in the same web browser, by connecting to broadwayd. When using broadwayd, specify the display number to use, prefixed with a colon, similar to X. The…
bro-cut – parse Bro logs Synopsisbro-cut [options] [columns] DescriptionExtracts the given columns from ASCII Bro logs on standard input, and outputs them to standard output. If no columns are given, all are selected. By default, bro-cut does not include format header blocks in the output. Columns are specified as a list of space-separated field names….
brltty – refreshable braille display driver for Linux/Unix Synopsisbrltty [option …] Descriptionbrltty is a background process (daemon) which provides access to the console screen (when in text mode) for a blind person using a refreshable braille display. It drives the braille display, and provides complete screen review functionality. Some speech capability has also been incorporated….
brecsum – Generate SHA1 sums of raw Blackberry database records. Synopsisbrecsum [-d db][-h][-p pin][-P pass][-v] Descriptionbrecsum downloads the specified database(s) and computes a SHA1 checksum on each raw record it finds. The SHA1 sums are written to stdout. This is mainly useful for verifying the integrity of restored data during testing. Options-d db Specify the…
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brasero – Simple and easy to use CD/DVD burning application for the GNOME Desktop Synopsisbrasero [options] [uri] [uri] … DescriptionBrasero is an easy-to-use application for burning CD-R/Ws and DVD-R/Ws. With Brasero you can create data, audio, or video CDs, DVDs, and SVCDs. You can copy existing disks, use image files, or create new projects. Brasero…
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…
bpython – a fancy {curses, GTK+, urwid} interface to the Python interactive interpreter Synopsisbpython [options] [file [args]] bpython-gtk [options] [file [args]] bpython-urwid [options] [file [args]] DescriptionThe idea is to provide the user with all the features in-line, much like modern IDEs, but in a simple, lightweight package that can be run in a terminal window….