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.
colordiff – a tool to colorize diff output Synopsis colordiff [diff options] [colordiff options] {file1} {file2}Descriptioncolordiff is a wrapper for diff and produces the same output as diff but with coloured syntax highlighting at the command line to improve readability. The output is similar to how a diff-generated patch might appear in Vim or Emacs…
colmux – multiplex communications to multiple systems running collectl from a single system Synopsiscolmux [-command "collectl-switches… [-p filespec]]" [-address addr1[,addr2,…]|-addr filename] [-cols col1[,col2…]] | [-column num] DescriptionThis utility gathers up data generated by collectl from multiple systems and multiplexes it into a single consolidated format. It runs in essentially 2 distinct modes, the first is…
collectl2pcp – import collectl data to a PCP archive Synopsiscollectl2pcp [-F] [-v] [-?] file [file …] archive Descriptioncollectl2pcp reads raw collectl(1) data from each file and creates a new PCP archive with basename archive. Each input file may be gzipped (with .gz suffix). The PCP archive and at least one input file are required arguments….
collectl – Collects data that describes the current system status. SynopsisRecord Mode – read data from live system and write to file or display on terminal collectl [-f file] [options] Playback Mode – read data from one or more raw data files and display on terminal collectl -p file1 [file2 …] [options] OptionsRecord Mode In…
collectdmon – Monitoring daemon for collectd Synopsiscollectdmon [options] [– collectd options] Descriptioncollectdmon is a small “wrapper” daemon which starts and monitors the collectd daemon. If collectd terminates it will automatically be restarted, unless collectdmon was told to shut it down. Optionscollectdmon supports the following options: -c <path> Specify the pathname of the collectd binary. You…
collectdctl – Control interface for collectd Synopsiscollectdctl [options] <command> [command options] Descriptioncollectdctl provides a control interface for collectd, which may be used to interact with the daemon using the "unixsock plugin". Optionscollectdctl supports the following options: -s socket Path to the UNIX socket opened by collectd’s "unixsock plugin". Default: /var/run/collectd-unixsock -h Display usage information and…
collectd – System statistics collection daemon Synopsiscollectd [options] Descriptioncollectd is a daemon that receives system statistics and makes them available in a number of ways. The main daemon itself doesn’t have any real functionality apart from loading, querying and submitting to plugins. For a description of available plugins please see “PLUGINS” below. OptionsMost of collectd’s…
collectd-tg – Traffic generator for collectd. Synopsiscollectd-tg -n num_vl -H num_hosts -p num_plugins -i interval -d dest -D dport Descriptioncollectd-tg generates bogus collectd network traffic. While host, plugin and values are generated randomly, the generated traffic tries to mimic “real” traffic as closely as possible. Arguments And OptionsThe following options are understood by collectd-tg. The…
collectd-nagios – Nagios plugin for querying collectd Synopsiscollectd-nagios -s socket -n value_spec -H hostname [options] DescriptionThis small program is the glue between collectd and nagios. collectd collects various performance statistics which it provides via the "unixsock plugin", see collectd-unixsock(5). This program is called by Nagios, connects to the UNIX socket and reads the values from…
collateindex.pl – generate DocBook index files Synopsiscollateindex.pl [-f] [-g] [-i id] [-I scope] [-N] [-o file] [-p] [-P file] [-q] [-s name] [-S scope] [-t name] [-x] file Descriptioncollateindex.pl creates index data for DocBook XML or SGML files. Options-f Force the output file to be written, even if it appears to have been edited by hand. -g Group terms with IndexDiv based on the first letter of…
collateindex.pl – generate DocBook index files Synopsiscollateindex.pl [-f] [-g] [-i id] [-I scope] [-N] [-o file] [-p] [-P file] [-q] [-s name] [-S scope] [-t name] [-x] file Descriptioncollateindex.pl creates index data for DocBook XML or SGML files. Options-f Force the output file to be written, even if it appears to have been edited by hand. -g Group terms with IndexDiv based on the first letter of…
colcrt – filter nroff output for CRT previewing Synopsiscolcrt [options] [file …] Descriptioncolcrt provides virtual half-line and reverse line feed sequences for terminals without such capability, and on which overstriking is destructive. Half-line characters and underlining (changed to dashing `-‘) are placed on new lines in between the normal output lines. Options–, –no-underlining Suppress all…
col – filter reverse line feeds from input Synopsiscol options Descriptioncol filters out reverse (and half-reverse) line feeds so the output is in the correct order, with only forward and half-forward line feeds. It also replaces any whitespace characters with tabs where possible. This can be useful in processing the output of nroff(1) and tbl(1)….
codesnippets – Stand-alone app for the codesnippets Code::Blocks plugin. Synopsiscodesnippets Descriptioncodesnippets allows you to use codesnippets outside Code::Blocks, as a stand-alone application. AuthorPecan HeberHistory2007 – Initial version
codepage – extract a codepage from an MSDOS codepage file Synopsiscodepage [ -c | -l | -L | -a | nnn ] file.cpi DescriptionThe codepage command extracts codepages from an MSDOS codepage file. Options-c Input file is a single codepage -L Print header info (you don’t want to see this). -l List all codepages contained…
Code::Blocks – The open-source, cross-platform IDE Synopsiscodeblocks [-h] [-ns] [-d] [–prefix <str>] [-p <str>] [–profile <str>] [–rebuild] [–build] [–target <str>] [–no-batch-window-close] [–batch-build-notify] [filename(s)…] Descriptioncodeblocks launches the Code::Blocks IDE. Its various command-line arguments are listed below. Options-h, –help Displays the list of accepted command-line arguments. -ns Do not display a splash screen on startup. The splash…
cockpit – Cockpit DescriptionCockpit is a web accessible interactive admin interface for Linux machines. Cockpit can usually be accessed on port 9090 of the machine it’s installed on. Cockpit starts on demand. Use your system credentials to log in. ComponentsThe cockpit-ws web service listens on port 9090 and is started on demand by systemd. The…
cockpit-bridge – Cockpit Host Bridge Synopsis cockpit-bridge [–help] [–packages]DescriptionThe cockpit-bridge program is used by Cockpit to relay messages and commands from the Web front end to the server. Among other things it relays DBus, and spawns processes on behalf of the Web user interface. This program is not routinely run by users or administrators. It…
cobbler – a provisioning and update server cobbler is a provisioning (installation) and update server. It supports deployments via PXE (network booting), virtualization (Xen, QEMU/KVM, or VMware), and re-installs of existing Linux systems. The latter two features are enabled by usage of ‘koan’ on the remote system. Update server features include yum mirroring and integration…
cobbler-register – create a cobbler system record Synopsiscobbler-register [–server=<cobbler.example.org>] –profile=<cobbler-profile-name> [–fqdn=<hostname>] DescriptionRunning cobbler-register on a system will create a cobbler system record for that system on a remote cobbler server. No changes will be made on the system itself. DetailsWhen installing new machines into a cobbler managed datacenter/lab, it helps to not have to manually…