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.
asa – convert ASA (Fortran) carriage control charachters Synopsisasa [file…] Descriptionasa reads text with ASA cariage control characters from the files specified as its command arguments, or standard input if none are specified, and converts them into line printer control sequences. These control characters are traditionally used in Fortran programs. The first character of every…
as86 – Assembler for 8086..80386 processors Synopsisas86 [-0123agjuw] [-lm[list]] [-n name] [-o obj] [-b[bin]] [-s sym] [-t textseg] src as86_encap prog.s prog.v [prefix_] [as86_options] Descriptionas86 is an assembler for the 8086..80386 processors, it’s syntax is closer to the intel/microsoft form rather than the more normal generic form of the unix system assembler. The src file…
AS – the portable GNU assembler. Synopsisas [-a[cdghlns][=file]] [–alternate] [-D] [–compress-debug-sections] [–nocompress-debug-sections] [–debug-prefix-map old=new] [–defsym sym=val] [-f] [-g] [–gstabs] [–gstabs+] [–gdwarf-<N>] [–gdwarf-sections] [–gdwarf-cie-version=VERSION] [–help] [-I dir] [-J] [-K] [-L] [–listing-lhs-width=NUM] [–listing-lhs-width2=NUM] [–listing-rhs-width=NUM] [–listing-cont-lines=NUM] [–keep-locals] [–no-pad-sections] [-o objfile] [-R] [–statistics] [-v] [-version] [–version] [-W] [–warn] [–fatal-warnings] [-w] [-x] [-Z] [@FILE] [–sectname-subst] [–size-check=[error|warning]] [–elf-stt-common=[no|yes]] [–generate-missing-build-notes=[no|yes]] [–multibyte-handling=[allow|warn|warn-sym-only]] [–target-help] [target-options] [—|files …] TargetTarget AArch64 options: [-EB|-EL] [-mabi=ABI] Target Alpha options: [-mcpu] [-mdebug | -no-mdebug] [-replace | -noreplace] [-relax] [-g] [-Gsize] [-F] [-32addr] Target ARC options: [-mcpu=cpu] [-mA6|-mARC600|-mARC601|-mA7|-mARC700|-mEM|-mHS] [-mcode-density] [-mrelax] [-EB|-EL] Target ARM options:…
Artha – An cross-platform thesaurus based on WordNet DescriptionArtha is an open thesaurus based on the WordNet database, created with simplicity in mind. Once executed, Artha monitors for a user preset global hotkey combination. When the user selects some text in any window, and presses this hotkey combo, Artha looks up WordNet thesaurus for the…
rancid – Cisco configuration filter Synopsisrancid [-dlCV] [-t device_type] (-f filename | hostname) rancid [-dhlCV] -t device_type (-f filename | hostname) Descriptionrancid is a collection of perl(1) scripts which uses the login scripts (see clogin(1)) to login to a device, execute commands to display the configuration, etc, then filters the output for formatting, security, and…
arpaname – translate IP addresses to the corresponding ARPA names Synopsis arpaname {ipaddress …}Descriptionarpaname translates IP addresses (IPv4 and IPv6) to the corresponding IN-ADDR.ARPA or IP6.ARPA names. See AlsoBIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual. AuthorInternet Systems Consortium CopyrightCopyright © 2009 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
arp-scan – The ARP scanner Synopsisarp-scan [options] [hosts…] Target hosts must be specified on the command line unless the –file option is given, in which case the targets are read from the specified file instead, or the –localnet option is used, in which case the targets are generated from the network interface IP address and…
arp-fingerprint – Fingerprint a system using ARP Synopsisarp-fingerprint [options] target The target should be specified as a single IP address or hostname. You cannot specify multiple targets, IP networks or ranges. If you use an IP address for the target, you can use the -o option to pass the –numeric option to arp-scan, which will…
Arora – Lightweight web browser based on Qt and WebKit Synopsisarora [Qt options] [url] DescriptionArora is a lightweight, cross-platform web browser using the Qt 4.4 port of the WebKit layout engine. It is based on the demo browser application shipped with Qt demos. OptionsCommon Qt Options-style style, -style=style Specify the Qt widget style to use…
arora-placesimport – a tool for importing browser history from Firefox 3 and up Synopsisarora-placesinfo ~/.mozilla/firefox/[profile-dir]/places.sqlite DescriptionhtmlToXBel is a tool for importing browser history from Firefox 3 and up. BugsPlease report bugs to http://code.google.com/p/arora/issues/list. AuthorThe author of htmlToXBel is Benjamin C. Meyer <ben [at] meyerhome.net>. This manual page was written by Benjamin C. Meyer <ben [at]…
arora-cacheinfo – a tool for extracting files and metadata out of Arora cache files. Synopsisarora-cacheinfo [-o cachefile] [file | url] DescriptionArora-cacheinfo is a tool for extracting files and displaying metadata out of an Arora cache files that are stored on the disk. Every cache file contains both the cached file (sometimes compressed) and metadata associated…
arm4_report – report on ARM 4 transactions Synopsisarm4_report –help|-h arm4_report –version|-V arm4_report [[–summary|-s] | [–detailed|-d]] [–config|-C config_file] [–archive|-a archive_directory] WarningThis program is deprecated and may not exist in a future release DescriptionThe arm4_report program is a simple reporting interface to the ARM 4 transaction database. Two types of reports are available. The summary report shows response…
arm4_export – export the ARM 4 database in XML format Synopsisarm4_export –help|-h arm4_export –version|-V arm4_export [–config|-C config_file] [–archive|-a archive_directory] DescriptionThe arm4_export program exports the ARM 4 agent database to XML. This can then be used to archive the data or to facilitate conversion from one database type to another, or for upgrading agent versions. This…
arm4_dump – dump the ARM 4 database Synopsisarm4_dump –help|-h arm4_dump –version|-V arm4_dump [–config|-C config_file] [–archive|-a archive_directory] DescriptionThe arm4_dump program dumps the ARM 4 agent database in a human readable format. It is intended primarily as a debugging tool and not as a user tool. Options-h, –help display the command line options. -V, –Version display the…
arm4_daemon – ARM 4 collection agent Synopsisarm4_daemon –help|-h arm4_daemon –version|-V arm4_daemon [–verbose|-v] [–debug|-d] [–config|-C config_file] [–stats|-s] [–off|-o] DescriptionThe arm4_daemon program collects ARM 4 measurement data from the ARM 4 libraries and saves the measurements in a local database. While there will normally be many instances of the instrumented applications, there will typically be only one instance…
arm4_control – ARM 4 agent control program Synopsisarm4_control –help|-h arm4_control –version|-V arm4_control [–config|-C config_file] [commands…] DescriptionThe arm4_control program controls the arm4_daemon program. Options-h, –help display the command line options. -V, –Version display the program version and exit. -C, –Config config_file specifies a configuration file for this instance instead of using the default configuration file. The…
strip – Discard symbols from object files. Synopsisstrip [-F bfdname |–target=bfdname] [-I bfdname |–input-target=bfdname] [-O bfdname |–output-target=bfdname] [-s|–strip-all] [-S|-g|-d|–strip-debug] [-K symbolname |–keep-symbol=symbolname] [-N symbolname |–strip-symbol=symbolname] [-w|–wildcard] [-x|–discard-all] [-X |–discard-locals] [-R sectionname |–remove-section=sectionname] [-o file] [-p|–preserve-dates] [–only-keep-debug] [-v |–verbose] [-V|–version] [–help] [–info] objfile… DescriptionGNU strip discards all symbols from object files objfile. The list of object files may include archives. At least one object file must be given. strip modifies the files named…
strings – print the strings of printable characters in files. Synopsisstrings [-afov] [–min-len] [-n min-len] [–bytes=min-len] [-t radix] [–radix=radix] [-e encoding] [–encoding=encoding] [–] [–all] [–print-file-name] [–target=bfdname] [–help] [–version] file… DescriptionFor each file given, GNU strings prints the printable character sequences that are at least 4 characters long (or the number given with the options below) and are followed by an unprintable character. By default, it…
size – list section sizes and total size. Synopsissize [-A|-B|–format=compatibility] [–help] [-d|-o|-x|–radix=number] [-t|–totals] [–target=bfdname] [-V|–version] [objfile…] DescriptionThe GNU size utility lists the section sizes—and the total size—for each of the object or archive files objfile in its argument list. By default, one line of output is generated for each object file or each module in an…
readelf – Displays information about ELF files. Synopsisreadelf [-a|–all] [-h|–file-header] [-l|–program-headers|–segments] [-S|–section-headers|–sections] [-g|–section-groups] [-e|–headers] [-s|–syms|–symbols] [-n|–notes] [-r|–relocs] [-u|–unwind] [-d|–dynamic] [-V|–version-info] [-A|–arch-specific] [-D|–use-dynamic] [-x <number>|–hex-dump=<number>] [-w[liaprmfFsoR]| –debug-dump[=line,=info,=abbrev,=pubnames,=aranges,=macro,=frames,=frames-interp,=str,=loc,=Ranges]] [-I|-histogram] [-v|–version] [-W|–wide] [-H|–help] elffile… Descriptionreadelf displays information about one or more ELF format object files. The options control what particular information to display. elffile… are the object files to…