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.
xdg-desktop-icon – command line tool for (un)installing icons to the desktop Synopsis xdg-desktop-icon install [–novendor] FILE xdg-desktop-icon uninstall FILE xdg-desktop-icon {–help | –manual | –version}DescriptionThe xdg-desktop-icon program can be used to install an application launcher or other file on the desktop of the current user. An application launcher is represented by a *.desktop file. Desktop…
xdg-dbus-proxy – D-Bus proxy Synopsis xdg-dbus-proxy [OPTION…] [ADDRESS PATH [OPTION…]…]Descriptionxdg-dbus-proxy is a filtering proxy for D-Bus connections. Its arguments are one or more ADDRESS–PATH pairs specifying the buses to proxy, with options that specify what filtering to apply. Basic OperationThe proxy listens to the unix domain socket at PATH, and for each client that connects to the…
xdelta3 – VCDIFF (RFC 3284) binary diff tool Synopsisxdelta3 [command] [options] [input [output]] Descriptionxdelta3 is a binary diff tool that uses the VCDIFF (RFC 3284) format and compression. Commandsconfig prints xdelta3 configuration decode decompress the input, also set by -d encode compress the input, also set by -e (default) test run the builtin tests printdelta…
xcutsel – interchange between cut buffer and selection Synopsisxcutsel [ -toolkitoption …] [-selection selection] [-cutbuffer number] DescriptionThe xcutsel program is used to copy the current selection into a cut buffer and to make a selection that contains the current contents of the cut buffer. It acts as a bridge between applications that don’t support selections…
xcursorgen – create an X cursor file from a collection of PNG images Synopsisxcursorgen [ -V ] [ –version ] [ -? ] [ –help ] [ -p dir ] [ –prefix dir ] [ config-file [ output-file ] ] DescriptionXcursorgen reads the config-file to find the list of cursor images along with their hotspot…
xcscope.el – xemacs cscope lisp support package Descriptionxcscope is a lisp package for use in integrating cscope functionality into xemacs Installation Installation steps: 0. (It is, of course, assumed that cscope is already properly installed on the current system.) 1. Ensure that the location of cscope-indexer is located in your path 2. Ensure that the location of…
xconsole – monitor system console messages with X Synopsisxconsole [-toolkitoption …] [-file file-name] [-notify] [-stripNonprint] [-daemon] [-verbose] [-exitOnFail] DescriptionThe xconsole program displays messages which are usually sent to /dev/console. OptionsXconsole accepts all of the standard X Toolkit command line options along with the additional options listed below: -file file-name To monitor some other device, use…
xcmsdb – Device Color Characterization utility for X Color Management System Synopsisxcmsdb [ -query ] [ -remove ] [ -format 32|16|8 ] [ -help ] [ -version ] [ filename ] Descriptionxcmsdb is used to load, query, or remove Device Color Characterization data stored in properties on the root window of the screen as specified…
xcmap – displays the default colormap on X11 displays Syntaxxcmap [ [-d] display] [ [-g] geometry] Descriptionxcmap is an X11 program that displays the contents of the colormap on 4, 6, and 8-bit PseudoColor (or GreyScale) displays. It displays a grid of squares, (4×4, 8×8, or 16×16 grid, depending on the number of planes) that…
xclock – analog / digital clock for X Synopsisxclock [ -help ] [ -analog | -digital ] [ -brief ] [ -chime ] [ -hd color ] [ -hl color ] [ -update seconds ] [ -strftime format ] [ -twelve | -twentyfour | -utime ] [ -padding number ] [ -norender ] [ -render…
xclipboard – X clipboard client Synopsisxclipboard [ -toolkitoption … ] [ -w ] [ -nw ] DescriptionThe xclipboard program is used to collect and display text selections that are sent to the CLIPBOARD by other clients. It is typically used to save CLIPBOARD selections for later use. It stores each CLIPBOARD selection as a separate…
xclip – command line interface to X selections (clipboard) Synopsisxclip [OPTION] [FILE]… DescriptionReads from standard in, or from one or more files, and makes the data available as an X selection for pasting into X applications. Prints current X selection to standard out. -i, -in read text into X selection from standard input or files…
xclip-copyfile, xclip-cutfile, xclip-pastefile – copy and move files via the X clipboard Synopsisxclip-copyfile [-p] FILES… xclip-cutfile [-p] FILES… xclip-pastefile Descriptionxclip-copyfile copies files into the X clipboard, recursing into directories. xclip-cutfile copies the files, but also deletes them afterwards. -p preserve path formation xclip-pastefile pastes the files out of the clipboard ExamplesCopying a file to a…
xclip-copyfile, xclip-cutfile, xclip-pastefile – copy and move files via the X clipboard Synopsisxclip-copyfile [-p] FILES… xclip-cutfile [-p] FILES… xclip-pastefile Descriptionxclip-copyfile copies files into the X clipboard, recursing into directories. xclip-cutfile copies the files, but also deletes them afterwards. -p preserve path formation xclip-pastefile pastes the files out of the clipboard ExamplesCopying a file to a…
xclip-copyfile, xclip-cutfile, xclip-pastefile – copy and move files via the X clipboard Synopsisxclip-copyfile [-p] FILES… xclip-cutfile [-p] FILES… xclip-pastefile Descriptionxclip-copyfile copies files into the X clipboard, recursing into directories. xclip-cutfile copies the files, but also deletes them afterwards. -p preserve path formation xclip-pastefile pastes the files out of the clipboard ExamplesCopying a file to a…
xchat – manual page for xchat 2.8.8 DescriptionUsage:xchat [OPTION…]Help Options:-h, –help Show help options –help-all Show all help options –help-gtk Show GTK+ OptionsApplication Options:-a, –no-auto Don’t auto connect to servers -d, –cfgdir=PATH Use a different config directory -n, –no-plugins Don’t auto load any plugins -p, –plugindir Show plugin auto-load directory -u, –configdir Show user config…
xcfview – display GIMP xcf files Synopsisxcfview [ options ] filename [ layer names ] Descriptionxcfview is a wrapper script that uses xcf2png(1) or xcf2pnm(1) (q.v.) to flatten an XCF image and then displays the flattened image using a PNG or PPM viewer found using the mailcap(5) database. OptionsEvery command-line parameter to xcfview will be…
xcfinfo – display information about GIMP xcf files Synopsisxcfinfo [ options ] filename Descriptionxcfinfo is a command-line tool that displays information about the contents of image files in the XCF format used by gimp(1), particularly about the layers in the image. Options-h, –help Print an option summery to standard output and exit with a return…
xcf2pnm – convert from GIMP xcf files to ppm/pgm/pbm format Synopsisxcf2pnm [ options ] filename [ layer names ] Descriptionxcf2pnm is a command-line tool that converts image files in the XCF format used by gimp(1) to the generic image formats pbm(5), pgm(5), and ppm(5), flattening layers if necessary. It does not need to have the…
xcf2png – convert from GIMP xcf files to png format Synopsisxcf2png [ options ] filename [ layer names ] Descriptionxcf2png is a command-line tool that converts image files in the XCF format used by gimp(1) to the generic image format png, flattening layers if necessary. It does not need to have the Gimp engine itself…