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.
dvicopy, odvicopy – produce modified copy of DVI file Synopsisdvicopy [options] [infile[.dvi] [outfile[.dvi]]] DescriptionThis manual page is not meant to be exhaustive. The complete documentation for this version of TeX can be found in the info file or manual Web2C: A TeX implementation. dvicopy reads a DVI file, expands any references to virtual fonts to…
dviconcat – concatenate DVI files Synopsisdviconcat [ -m magnification ] [ -o outfile ] list of files DescriptionDviconcat concatenates the named files (or standard input, if no file names are given) onto the standard output or the given outfile, creating a new DVI file usable by any of the TeX conversion programs, or even by…
dvibook – rearrange pages in DVI file into signatures Synopsisdvibook [ -q ] [ -s<num> ] [ -r ] [ -i infile ] [ -o outfile ] [ infile [ outfile ] ] DescriptionDvibook rearranges pages from a DVI file produced by TeX into “signatures” for printing books or booklets, creating a new DVI file…
DVIasm – a TeX utility program for editing DVI files directly Synopsisdviasm [<options>] <dvi_file>|<dvi_dump_file> DescriptionDVIasm is a TeX utility program which is designed for editing DeVice-Independent (DVI) files directly. It consists of a single Python script, dviasm.py, in a human readable text format. It runs on any platform in which Python 3 is installed. Features…
dvi2tty – preview a TeX DVI file on an ordinary ASCII terminal Synopsisdvi2tty [ options ] dvifile Descriptiondvi2tty converts a TeX DVI file to a format that is appropriate for terminals and line printers. The program is intended to be used for preliminary proofreading of TeX-ed documents. By default the output is directed to the…
dvi2fax – convert a TeX DVI file to G3 fax format Synopsisdvi2fax [-hi|-lo] file[.dvi] [options for dvips] Descriptiondvi2fax uses dvips(1) to convert a TeX DVI file to PostScript, then gs(1) to convert the PostScript to G3 fax file format. Options-hi use high fax resolution (204×196 dpi) (default). -lo use low fax resolution (204×98). dvips options…
dvgrab — Capture DV or MPEG-2 Transport Stream (HDV) video and audio data from FireWire Synopsisdvgrab [options] [base] [-] Descriptiondvgrab is a program that captures DV or HDV (MPEG2-TS) video and audio data from digital camcorders via FireWire (IEEE 1394). The data is stored in one or several files and can later be processed by…
dvdxchap – Extract chapter information from DVDs Synopsisdvdxchap [options] DVD-SOURCE DescriptionThis program extracts chapter information from a DVD and displays it in a form usable by ogmmerge(1). -t, –title num Use title ‘num‘. Default is 1. -c, –chapter start[-end] Only output the given range of chapters and adjust all timecodes so that they start at…
dvdunauthor – Decodes DVD-Video file structure Synopsisdvdunauthor [ path ] Descriptiondvdunauthor decodes the specified DVD-Video directory structure, putting into the current directory an XML control file and corresponding MPEG-2 files (with a .vob extension) that dvdauthor can (hopefully) interpret to recreate the DVD-Video directory structure. Usagedvdunauthor path CaveatsNone. BugsDepends on libdvdread to decode the DVD-Video…
DVDISASTER – data loss/scratch/aging protection for optical media Synopsisdvdisaster [-r|-c|-f|-s|-t[q]|-u] [-d device] [-p prefix] [-i image] [-e eccfile] [-o file|image] [-a method-list] [-j n] [-n n%] [-m n] [-v] [-x n] [–adaptive-read] [–auto-suffix] [–cache-size n] [–dao] [–defective-dump d] [–driver d] [–eject] [–encoding-algorithm n] [–encoding-io-strategy n] [–fill-unreadable n] [–ignore-fatal-sense] [–ignore-iso-size] [–internal-rereads n] [–medium-info] [–old-ds-marker] [–prefetch-sectors n]…
dvddirdel – Deletes a previously authored DVD directory structure in DIR Synopsisdvddirdel [ -o DIR ] Descriptiondvddirdel safely deletes a previously authored DVD directory structure in DIR. Only items that look like part of a DVD-Video directory structure are removed. If you just want to replace an existing output directory with a new one, dvdauthor(1)…
dvdbackup – Tool to backup DVDs Synopsisdvdbackup [OPTION]… DescriptionThis manual page documents briefly the dvdbackup command. This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page. dvdbackup is a tool to extract data from video DVDs. It has the advantages of being small, fast, and easy…
dvdauthor – assembles multiple mpeg program streams into a suitable DVD filesystem Synopsisdvdauthor [ -o output-dir ] -x xml-control-file dvdauthor [ -o output-dir ] [ -j | –jumppad | -g | –allgprm ] [ -T | –toc ] [ menu or title options ] Dvd BackgroundAt a high level, a DVD is a collection of…
dev-ram-control – checks features of DVD-RAM discs Synopsisdvd-ram-control [-arre] [-awre] [-rdonly|-rdwr] /dev/dvd DescriptionThe dvd-ram-control command allows the user to check/set features of DVD-RAM discs. One such information is the Persistent Write Protection, controlling if the disc can be in read-only mode or if both reads and writes are enabled. It also allows the user to…
dvd+rw-mediainfo – display information about dvd drive and disk Synopsisdvd+rw-mediainfo /dev/dvd DescriptionThe dvd+rw-mediainfo command displays information about the drive and disk in the specified dvd drive (e.g. /dev/dvd). This is especially useful for debugging purposes and it is requested that its output be included when reporting bugs found in the dvd+rw-tools package. OptionsThis program does…
dvd+rw-format – format DVD+-RW/-RAM disk Synopsisdvd+rw-format [-force[=full]] [-lead-out | -blank[=full]] [-ssa[=none | default | max]] /dev/dvd DescriptionThe dvd+rw-format command formats dvd disk in the specified dvd drive (e.g. /dev/dvd). Options-force[=full] This forces to format dvd as new while wiping any existing data. -blank[=full] This blanks dvd while changing to sequential mode. -lead-out This relocates the…
dvd+rw-booktype – format DVD+-RW/-RAM disk with a logical format Synopsisdvd+rw-booktype [-dvd-rom-spec | -dvd+rw-spec | -dvd+r-spec | -inq] [ -media | -unit| -unit+rw | -unit+r] /dev/dvd DescriptionThe dvd+rw-booktype command formats dvd disk in the specified dvd drive (e.g. /dev/dvd) with a specified logical format. You can’t expect this utility to work with all recorders. Options-dvd-rom This is…
dvcont – send control commands to DV cameras Synopsisdvcont <command1> [ <command2> … ] Descriptiondvcont is a command line tool to send control commands via an IEEE1394 link to a device that implements the AV/C specifications by the 1394 Trade Association. Or for the non-techies: dvcont lets you remote control your DV camera via a…
dvconnect – receive or transmit raw DV using the video1394 device Synopsisdvconnect [ options ] raw dv files or ‘– -‘ for stdin/stdout Descriptiondvconnect captures raw DV streams from or sends raw DV streams to the Linux IEEE 1394 video1394 device. –version show dvconnect version number. -s, –send send data instead of capturing. -v, –verbose…
dv2dt – convert a binary TeX DVI file to DTL text representation Synopsisdv2dt input-DVI-file output-DTL-file If the filenames are omitted, then stdin and stdout are assumed. Descriptiondv2dt converts a binary TeX DVI file to an editable text file in DTL (DVI Text Language) format. The companion dt2dv(1) utility can convert the DTL file back to…