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NAME update-mime-database – a program to build the Shared MIME-Info database cache SYNOPSIS update-mime-database -h | -v | [ -V | -n ] MIME-DIR DESCRIPTION update-mime-database is a program which is responsible for updating the shared mime-info cache according to the system described in the Shared MIME-Info Database specification from the X Desktop Group. OPTIONS…
NAME update-inetd – create, remove, enable or disable entry /etc/inetd.conf SYNOPSIS update-inetd [option…] command argument DESCRIPTION update-inetd can be used to add, remove, enable or disable entries in the /etc/inetd.conf file (you can specify a different file by using the –file option). After the /etc/inetd.conf file has been changed, update-inetd will send a SIGHUP signal…
NAME update-gtk-immodules – Update GTK+ immodule cache SYNOPSIS update-gtk-immodules [HOST_TRIPLET] DESCRIPTION update-gtk-immodules is a wrapper around gtk-query-immodules-2.0 that tries to help with multilib installations. It is meant to be used in %post scripts of rpm packages that install input method modules for GTK+ 2.x. It needs to be given a GNU-style host triplet as argument,…
NAME update-desktop-database – Build cache database of MIME types handled by desktop files SYNOPSIS update-desktop-database [-q|–quiet] [-v|–verbose] [DIRECTORY…] DESCRIPTION The update-desktop-database program is a tool to build a cache database of the MIME types handled by desktop files. The cache database contains the list of MIME types that can be handled by desktop files, as…
NAME update-alternatives – maintain symbolic links determining default commands SYNOPSIS update-alternatives [option…] command DESCRIPTION update-alternatives creates, removes, maintains and displays information about the symbolic links comprising the Debian alternatives system. It is possible for several programs fulfilling the same or similar functions to be installed on a single system at the same time. For example,…
NAME zstd – zstd, zstdmt, unzstd, zstdcat – Compress or decompress .zst files SYNOPSIS zstd [OPTIONS] [-|INPUT-FILE] [-o OUTPUT-FILE] zstdmt is equivalent to zstd -T0 unzstd is equivalent to zstd -d zstdcat is equivalent to zstd -dcf DESCRIPTION zstd is a fast lossless compression algorithm and data compression tool, with command line syntax similar to…
NAME unzipsfx – self-extracting stub for prepending to ZIP archives SYNOPSIS <name of unzipsfx+archive combo> [-cfptuz[ajnoqsCLV$]] [file(s) … [-x xfile(s) …]] DESCRIPTION unzipsfx is a modified version of unzip(1) designed to be prepended to existing ZIP archives in order to form self-extracting archives. Instead of taking its first non-flag argument to be the zipfile(s) to be extracted, unzipsfx…
NAME unzip – list, test and extract compressed files in a ZIP archive SYNOPSIS unzip [-Z] [-cflptTuvz[abjnoqsCDKLMUVWX$/:^]] file[.zip] [file(s) …] [-x xfile(s) …] [-d exdir] DESCRIPTION unzip will list, test, or extract files from a ZIP archive, commonly found on MS-DOS systems. The default behavior (with no options) is to extract into the current directory (and subdirectories below it)…
NAME xz, unxz, xzcat, lzma, unlzma, lzcat – Compress or decompress .xz and .lzma files SYNOPSIS xz [option…] [file…] COMMAND ALIASES unxz is equivalent to xz –decompress. xzcat is equivalent to xz –decompress –stdout. lzma is equivalent to xz –format=lzma. unlzma is equivalent to xz –format=lzma –decompress. lzcat is equivalent to xz –format=lzma –decompress –stdout….
NAME unxrandr – inverse tool of xrandr SYNOPSIS unxrandr DESCRIPTION unxrandr is a tool that queries the XRandR state using ARandR’s libraries and outputs an xrandr command line that reproduces the state (as far as it is supported by the library). The command sh -c "unxrandr" should never modify the configured state. It takes no…
NAME unwrapdiff – demangle word-wrapped patches SYNOPSIS unwrapdiff [-v] [file…] unwrapdiff {[–help] | [–version]} DESCRIPTION unwrapdiff demangles patches that have been word-wrapped, in an attempt to make them useful. The corrected diff is sent to standard output. Note that you will probably need to use the -l option when applying the patch, in order to…
NAME unsquashfs – tool to uncompress squashfs filesystems SYNOPSIS unsquashfs [OPTIONS] FILESYSTEM [directories or files to extract] DESCRIPTION Squashfs is a highly compressed read-only filesystem for Linux. It uses zlib compression to compress both files, inodes and directories. Inodes in the system are very small and all blocks are packed to minimize data overhead. Block…
NAME megatron, unhex, unbin, unsingle, hqx2bin, single2bin, macbinary – Macintosh file format transformer SYNOPSIS megatron [sourcefile…] unbin [sourcefile…] unhex [sourcefile…] unsingle [sourcefile…] hqx2bin [sourcefile…] single2bin [sourcefile…] macbinary [sourcefile…] DESCRIPTION megatron is used to transform files from BinHex, MacBinary, AppleSingle, or netatalk style AppleDouble formats into MacBinary or netatalk style AppleDouble formats. The netatalk style AppleDouble…
NAME unshield – extract CAB files from an InstallShield installer archive SYNOPSIS unshield [-c COMPONENT] [-d DIRECTORY] [-D LEVEL] [-g GROUP] [-h] [-j] [-L] [-n] [-o] [-O] [-r] [-v] [-V] c|g|l|t|x CABFILE DESCRIPTION Unshield extracts CAB files from InstallShield installers, used to install software on Microsoft Windows based machines. OPTIONS -c COMPONENT Only list/extract this…
NAME unshare – run program in new namespaces SYNOPSIS unshare [options] [program [arguments]] DESCRIPTION The unshare command creates new namespaces (as specified by the command-line options described below) and then executes the specified program. If program is not given, then "${SHELL}" is run (default: /bin/sh). By default, a new namespace persists only as long as…
NAME unsf – break up SoundFont .sf2 files into GUS-type instrument patches. SYNOPSIS unsf [-v|-s|-m|-d|-n|-V] [-M <bank>:<instrument>=<layer>] [-D <bank>:<instrument>=<layer>] soundfont-file DESCRIPTION Unsf is a tool to convert SoundFont files into GUS patches. Some reasons you might want to do such a thing are: (1) Your midi player can use GUS patches but doesn’t know how…
NAME bash, :, ., [, alias, bg, bind, break, builtin, caller, cd, command, compgen, complete, compopt, continue, declare, dirs, disown, echo, enable, eval, exec, exit, export, false, fc, fg, getopts, hash, help, history, jobs, kill, let, local, logout, mapfile, popd, printf, pushd, pwd, read, readonly, return, set, shift, shopt, source, suspend, test, times, trap, true,…
NAME new – report on folders with new messages fnext – set current folder to next folder with new messages fprev – set current folder to previous folder with new messages unseen – scan new messages in all folders with new messages SYNOPSIS new [sequences] [-mode mode] [-folders foldersfile] [-version] [-help] fnext is equivalent to…
NAME UnRTF – converts document in RTF format to other formats SYNOPSIS unrtf [options] [file…] Options: [–nopict] [–noremap] [-P config_search_path] [–html] [–text] [–vt] [–rtf] [–latex] [–help] [–verbose] [–quiet] [–version] [-t tags_file] DESCRIPTION The program unrtf is a converter from Rich Text Format (RTF) to a growing number of document formats. At present it supports Hypertext…
NAME unrar – extract files from rar archives SYNOPSIS unrar command [-switch …] archive [file …] [@listfiles …] [path …] [path_to_extract/] DESCRIPTION This manual page documents briefly the unrar command. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a manual page. Commands and options described here…