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.
a5toa4 – arrange A5 pages in a PDF onto A4 landscape paper Synopsisa5toa4 [-b|-s] [-o] input.pdf… DescriptionArrange A5 pages in a PDF onto A4 landscape paper, either side-by-side (default) or as a booklet. OptionsProcessing options-b, –booklet Generate a booklet instead of only two pages side by side onto one page. The whole booklet will be…
a5booklet – copy two A5 pages from a .dvi file to one A4 page in another. Synopsisa5booklet file[.dvi] DescriptionA5booklet is a little script that allows you to typeset two A5 pages next to eachother on a single A4 page (landscape), combining pages from the original file in such a way that after double sided printing…
a52dec – decode ATSC A/52 audio streams Synopsisa52dec [-h] [-s [track]] [-t pid] [-c] [-r] [-o mode] [file] Description`a52dec’ plays ATSC A/52 audio streams. Input is from stdin if no file is given. -h display help and available audio modes -s use program stream demultiplexer, track 0-7 or 0x80-0x87 -t pid use transport stream demultiplexer,…
a2x – A toolchain manager for AsciiDoc (converts Asciidoc text files to other file formats) Synopsisa2x [OPTIONS] SOURCE_FILE DescriptionA DocBook toolchain manager that translates an AsciiDoc text file SOURCE_FILE to PDF, EPUB, DVI, PS, LaTeX, XHTML (single page or chunked), man page, HTML Help or plain text formats using asciidoc(1) and other applications (see REQUISITES…
a2query – retrieve runtime configuration from a local Apache 2 HTTP server Synopsisa2query [-m [MODULE]] [-s [SITE]] [-c [CONF]] [-a] [-v] [-M] [-d] [-h] Descriptiona2query is a program designed to retrieve configuration values from a locally available Apache 2 HTTP web server. It was designed to be as robust as possible by returning feasible values…
a2ps – format files for printing on a PostScript printer Synopsisa2ps [OPTION]… [FILE]… DescriptionConvert FILE(s) or standard input to PostScript. By default, the output is sent to the default printer. An output file may be specified with -o. Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. Long options marked with * require…
a2ps-lpr-wrapper — lp/lpr wrapper script for GNU a2ps on Debian Synopsisa2ps-lpr-wrapper [-d printer] [files] DescriptionThis manual page documents briefly the a2ps-lpr-wrapper command. a2ps-lpr-wrapper uses either lp or lpr to send files to printer. It determines which of the two programs is currently installed and adds the appropriate parameters. Options-d printer Destination system printer. files List…
a2ping.pl — convert between PS, EPS and PDF and other page description formats Synopsis a2ping.pl [—]help a2ping.pl [—]doc a2ping.pl [options] <inputfile> [[outformat:] outputfile] Descriptiona2ping is a UNIX command line utility written in Perl that converts many raster image and vector graphics formats to EPS or PDF and other page description formats. Accepted input file formats are: PS (PostScript), EPS, PDF, PNG, JPEG,…
a2p – Awk to Perl translator Synopsisa2p [options] [filename] DescriptionA2p takes an awk script specified on the command line (or from standard input) and produces a comparable perl script on the standard output. OPTIONSOptions include: -D<number> sets debugging flags. -F<character> tells a2p that this awk script is always invoked with this -F switch. -n<fieldlist> specifies…
Xwayland – an X server for running X clients under Wayland. SynopsisXwayland [option …] DescriptionXwayland is an X server and a Wayland client. It plays the role of a proxy between legacy X clients which do not support the Wayland protocols and the Wayland server. Usually, Xwayland is spawned automatically by the Wayland server and…
Xvnc – the X VNC server SynopsisXvnc [options] :display# DescriptionXvnc is the X VNC (Virtual Network Computing) server. It is based on a standard X server, but it has a "virtual" screen rather than a physical one. X applications display themselves on it as if it were a normal X display, but they can only…
Xvfb – virtual framebuffer X server for X Version 11 SynopsisXvfb [ option ] … DescriptionXvfb is an X server that can run on machines with no display hardware and no physical input devices. It emulates a dumb framebuffer using virtual memory. The primary use of this server was intended to be server testing. The…
Xserver – X Window System display server SynopsisX [option …] DescriptionX is the generic name for the X Window System display server. It is frequently a link or a copy of the appropriate server binary for driving the most frequently used server on a given machine. Starting The ServerThe X server is usually started from…
Xorg.wrap – Xorg X server binary wrapper DescriptionThe Xorg X server may need root rights to function properly. To start the Xorg X server with these rights your system is using a suid root wrapper installed as /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg.wrap which will execute the real X server which is installed as /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg. By default Xorg.wrap will autodetect…
Xorg – X11R7 X server SynopsisXorg [:display] [option …] DescriptionXorg is a full featured X server that was originally designed for UNIX and UNIX-like operating systems running on Intel x86 hardware. It now runs on a wider range of hardware and OS platforms. This work was derived by the X.Org Foundation from the XFree86 Project’s…
Xnest – a nested X server SynopsisXnest [ options ] DescriptionXnest is both an X client and an X server. Xnest is a client of the real server which manages windows and graphics requests on its behalf. Xnest is a server to its own clients. Xnest manages windows and graphics requests on their behalf. To…
Xmark – summarize x11perf results SyntaxXmark datafile DescriptionXmark is a shell script that reads the indicated datafile and compiles a benchmark which it writes to standard output. It writes three numbers: A weighted performance number for the x11perf results. A weighted performance number for a standard SparcStation 1, with SunOS 4.1.2, X11R5 Xsun, and a…
Xephyr – X server outputting to a window on a pre-existing X display SynopsisXephyr [:display] [option …] DescriptionXephyr is a kdrive server that outputs to a window on a pre-existing "host" X display. Think Xnest but with support for modern extensions like composite, damage and randr. Unlike Xnest which is an X proxy, i.e. limited…
Xdmx – Distributed Multi-head X server SynopsisXdmx [:display] [option …] DescriptionXdmx is a proxy X server that uses one or more other X servers as its display devices. It provides multi-head X functionality for displays that might be located on different machines. Xdmx functions as a front-end X server that acts as a proxy to…
XMLRPCsh.pl – Interactive shell for XMLRPC calls Synopsis perl XMLRPCsh.pl http://betty.userland.com/RPC2 > examples.getStateName(2) > examples.getStateNames(1,2,3,7) > examples.getStateList([1,9]) > examples.getStateStruct({a=>1, b=>24}) > Ctrl-D (Ctrl-Z on Windows)or # all parameters after uri will be executed as methods perl XMLRPCsh.pl http://betty.userland.com/RPC2 examples.getStateName(2) > Ctrl-D (Ctrl-Z on Windows)DescriptionXMLRPCsh.pl is a shell for making XMLRPC calls. It takes one parameter,…