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.
pipe, pipe2 – create pipe Synopsis#include <unistd.h> /* On Alpha, IA-64, MIPS, SuperH, and SPARC/SPARC64; see NOTES */ struct fd_pair { long fd[2]; }; struct fd_pair pipe(); /* On all other architectures */ int pipe(int pipefd[2]); #define _GNU_SOURCE /* See feature_test_macros(7) */ #include <fcntl.h> /* Obtain O_* constant definitions */ #include <unistd.h> int pipe2(int pipefd[2],…
rm – remove files or directories Synopsisrm [,OPTION/]… [,FILE/]… DescriptionThis manual page documents the GNU version of rm. rm removes each specified file. By default, it does not remove directories. If the -I or –interactive=once option is given, and there are more than three files or the -r, -R, or –recursive are given, then rm…
ps – report a snapshot of the current processes. Synopsisps [,options/] Descriptionps displays information about a selection of the active processes. If you want a repetitive update of the selection and the displayed information, use top instead. This version of ps accepts several kinds of options: 1 UNIX options, which may be grouped and must…
less – opposite of more Synopsisless -? less –help less -V less –version less [-[+]aABcCdeEfFgGiIJKLmMnNqQrRsSuUVwWX~] [-b space/] [-h lines/] [-j line/] [-k keyfile/] [-{oO} logfile/] [-p pattern/] [-P prompt/] [-t tag/] [-T tagsfile/] [-x tab/,…] [-y lines/] [-[z] lines/] [-# shift/] [+[+]cmd/] [–] [filename/]… (See the OPTIONS section for alternate option syntax with long option…
mmap, munmap – map or unmap files or devices into memory Synopsis#include <sys/mman.h> void *mmap(void *addr, size_t length, int prot, int flags, int fd, off_t offset); int munmap(void *addr, size_t length);See NOTES for information on feature test macro requirements. Descriptionmmap() creates a new mapping in the virtual address space of the calling process. The starting…
fork – create a child process Synopsis#include <sys/types.h> #include <unistd.h> pid_t fork(void); Descriptionfork() creates a new process by duplicating the calling process. The new process is referred to as the child process. The calling process is referred to as the parent process. The child process and the parent process run in separate memory spaces. At…
dup, dup2, dup3 – duplicate a file descriptor Synopsis#include <unistd.h> int dup(int oldfd); int dup2(int oldfd, int newfd); #define _GNU_SOURCE /* See feature_test_macros(7) */ #include <fcntl.h> /* Obtain O_* constant definitions */ #include <unistd.h> int dup3(int oldfd, int newfd, int flags);DescriptionThe dup() system call creates a copy of the file descriptor oldfd, using the lowest-numbered…
close – close a file descriptor Synopsis#include <unistd.h> int close(int fd);Descriptionclose() closes a file descriptor, so that it no longer refers to any file and may be reused. Any record locks (see fcntl(2)) held on the file it was associated with, and owned by the process, are removed (regardless of the file descriptor that was…
sort – sort lines of text files Synopsissort [,OPTION/]… [,FILE/]… sort [,OPTION/]… ,–files0-from=F/ DescriptionWrite sorted concatenation of all FILE(s) to standard output. With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input. Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. Ordering options: -b, –ignore-leading-blanks ignore leading blanks -d, –dictionary-order consider only…
rm – remove files or directories Synopsisrm [,OPTION/]… [,FILE/]… DescriptionThis manual page documents the GNU version of rm. rm removes each specified file. By default, it does not remove directories. If the -I or –interactive=once option is given, and there are more than three files or the -r, -R, or –recursive are given, then rm…
ps – report a snapshot of the current processes. Synopsisps [,options/] Descriptionps displays information about a selection of the active processes. If you want a repetitive update of the selection and the displayed information, use top instead. This version of ps accepts several kinds of options: 1 UNIX options, which may be grouped and must…
mv – move (rename) files Synopsismv [,OPTION/]… [,-T/] ,SOURCE DEST/ mv [,OPTION/]… ,SOURCE/… ,DIRECTORY/ mv [,OPTION/]… ,-t DIRECTORY SOURCE/… DescriptionRename SOURCE to DEST, or move SOURCE(s) to DIRECTORY. Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. –backup[=,CONTROL/] make a backup of each existing destination file -b like –backup but does not accept…
mkdir – make directories Synopsismkdir [,OPTION/]… ,DIRECTORY/… DescriptionCreate the DIRECTORY(ies), if they do not already exist. Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. -m, –mode=,MODE/ set file mode (as in chmod), not a=rwx – umask -p, –parents no error if existing, make parent directories as needed -v, –verbose print a message…
less – opposite of more Synopsisless -? less –help less -V less –version less [-[+]aABcCdeEfFgGiIJKLmMnNqQrRsSuUVwWX~] [-b space/] [-h lines/] [-j line/] [-k keyfile/] [-{oO} logfile/] [-p pattern/] [-P prompt/] [-t tag/] [-T tagsfile/] [-x tab/,…] [-y lines/] [-[z] lines/] [-# shift/] [+[+]cmd/] [–] [filename/]… (See the OPTIONS section for alternate option syntax with long option…
kill – send a signal to a process Synopsiskill [options] <pid> […] DescriptionThe default signal for kill is TERM. Use -l or -L to list available signals. Particularly useful signals include HUP, INT, KILL, STOP, CONT, and 0. Alternate signals may be specified in three ways: -9, -SIGKILL or -KILL. Negative PID values may be…
lwp-request, GET, POST, HEAD – Simple command line user agent Synopsislwp-request [-afPuUsSedvhx] [-m method] [-b base URL] [-t timeout] [-i if-modified-since] [-c content-type] [-C credentials] [-p proxy-url] [-o format] url… DescriptionThis program can be used to send requests to WWW servers and your local file system. The request content for POST and PUT methods is read from stdin. The content of the response is…
gzip, gunzip, zcat – compress or expand files Synopsisgzip [ -acdfhklLnNrtvV19 ] [-S suffix] [ name … ] gunzip [ -acfhklLnNrtvV ] [-S suffix] [ name … ] zcat [ -fhLV ] [ name … ] DescriptionGzip reduces the size of the named files using Lempel-Ziv coding (LZ77). Whenever possible, each file is replaced by…
find – search for files in a directory hierarchy Synopsisfind [-H] [-L] [-P] [-D debugopts] [-Olevel] [starting-point…] [expression] DescriptionThis manual page documents the GNU version of find. GNU find searches the directory tree rooted at each given starting-point by evaluating the given expression from left to right, according to the rules of precedence (see section…
diff – compare files line by line Synopsisdiff [OPTION]… FILES DescriptionCompare FILES line by line. Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. –normal output a normal diff (the default) -q, –brief report only when files differ -s, –report-identical-files report when two files are the same -c, -C NUM, –context[=NUM] output NUM…
date – print or set the system date and time Synopsisdate [,OPTION/]… [,+FORMAT/] date [,-u|–utc|–universal/] [,MMDDhhmm/[[,CC/],YY/][,.ss/]] DescriptionDisplay the current time in the given FORMAT, or set the system date. Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. -d, –date=,STRING/ display time described by STRING, not ‘now’ –debug annotate the parsed date, and…