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.
afm2pl – convert AFM font metrics to TeX pl font metrics Synopsis afm2pl [-p encoding_file] [-o] [-e extension_factor] [-s slant_factor] [-f font_dimensions] [-k] [-m letter_spacing] [-l ligkern_spec] [-L ligkern_spec] [-n] input_file[.afm] [output_file[.pl]] afm2pl [–help] | [–version]Descriptionafm2pl converts an afm (Adobe Font Metric) file into a pl (Property List) file, which in its turn can be converted to a tfm (TeX Font Metric)…
afm2afm – reencode an afm file Synopsisafm2afm [-help] [-version] [-encoding=<encodingfile>] [-kpx=<kpxfile>] [-output=<outputfile>] <afmfile>Descriptionafm2afm re-encodes an afm file. Metrics (including kerning data) for characters not present in the chosen encoding are excluded from the output, which resuls in (potentially much) smaller files. Additional kerning pairs can be added to the output file. If you don’t specify…
afile – display type and creator of Apple Macintosh files (netatalk format) Synopsis afile [-a] file… Descriptionafile displays the name and Macintosh type and creator of the file arguments. Tests whether the file is an AppleDouble header, in which case it checks the corresponding data fork exists, or assumes it is a data fork in…
afcat – Output contents of an image file to stdout. Synopsisafcat [options] image [images] Descriptionaffcat outputs the contents of an image file to stdout. Image files that are not raw but are recognized by AFF will be output in raw format. Missing pages will not be padded, but the fact that they are missing will…
afcat – Output contents of an image file to stdout. Synopsisafcat [options] image [images] Descriptionaffcat outputs the contents of an image file to stdout. Image files that are not raw but are recognized by AFF will be output in raw format. Missing pages will not be padded, but the fact that they are missing will…
aespipe – AES encrypting or decrypting pipe Synopsisaespipe [options] <inputfile >outputfile Descriptionaespipe reads from standard input and writes to standard output. It can be used to create and restore encrypted tar or cpio archives. It can be used to encrypt and decrypt loop-AES compatible encrypted disk images. aespipe encrypts and decrypts blocks of data. If…
aecho – send AppleTalk Echo Protocol packets to network hosts Synopsisaecho [ -c count ] ( address | nbpname ) Descriptionaecho repeatedly sends an Apple Echo Protocol (AEP) packet to the host specified by the given AppleTalk address or nbpname and reports whether a reply was received. Requests are sent at the rate of one…
advzip – AdvanceCOMP ZIP Compression Utility Synopsisadvzip [-a, –add] [-x, –extract] [-l, –list] [-z, –recompress] [-t, –test] [-0, –shrink-store] [-1, –shrink-fast] [-2, –shrink-normal] [-3, –shrink-extra] [-4, –shrink-insane] [-i, –iter N] [-k, –keep-file-time] [-p, –pedantic] [-q, –quiet] [-h, –help] [-V, –version] ARCHIVES… [FILES…] DescriptionThe main purpose of this utility is to recompress and test the zip…
advpng – AdvanceCOMP PNG Compression Utility Synopsisadvpng [-l, –list] [-z, –recompress] [-0, –shrink-0] [-1, –shrink-fast] [-2, –shrink-normal [-3, –shrink-extra] [-4, –shrink-insane] [-i, –iter N] [-f, –force] [-q, –quiet] [-h, –help] [-V, –version] FILES… DescriptionThe main purpose of this utility is to recompress png files to get the smallest possible size. Please note that this utility…
advmng – AdvanceCOMP MNG Compression Utility Synopsisadvmng [-l, –list] [-z, –recompress] [-x, –extract] [-a, –add RATE MNG_FILE PNG_FILES…] [-0, –shrink-store] [-1, –shrink-fast] [-2, –shrink-normal] [-3, –shrink-extra] [-4, –shrink-insane] [-i, –iter N] [-s, –scroll HxV] [-S, –scroll-square] [-e, –expand] [-r, –reduce] [-c, –lc] [-C, –vlc] [-f, –force] [-q, –quiet] [-v, –verbose] [-h, –help] [-V, –version] FILES……
advdef – AdvanceCOMP Deflate Compression Utility Synopsisadvdef [-z, –recompress] [-0, –shrink-store] [-1, –shrink-fast] [-2, –shrink-normal] [-3, –shrink-extra] [-4, –shrink-insane] [-i, –iter N] [-f, –force] [-q, –quiet] [-h, –help] [-V, –version] FILES… DescriptionThe main purpose of this utility is to recompress the data present in the .png, .mng, .gz, .tgz and .svgz files. The internal structure…
adplugdb – AdPlug database maintenance utility Synopsisadplugdb [OPTION]… COMMAND [ARGUMENT]… Descriptionadplugdb maintains database files in AdPlug database format. It can add, list and remove records within a central database, or merge a set of databases together into one single database. adplugdb always operates on a central database file. The location of this database file is…
adplay – AdPlay/UNIX console-based OPL2 audio player Synopsisadplay [OPTION]… FILE… DescriptionAdPlay/UNIX is AdPlug’s UNIX console-based frontend. It tries to play back all given FILEs, using one of many available output mechanisms. AdPlay/UNIX plays endlessly, if only one file is given. With multiple files, it plays them in a sequence and exits after the last file….
ADMesh – a program for processing triangulated solid meshes Synopsisadmesh [OPTION]… file DescriptionADMesh is a program for processing triangulated solid meshes. Currently, ADMesh only reads the STL file format that is used for rapid prototyping applications, although it can write STL, VRML, OFF, and DXF files. By default, ADMesh performs all of the mesh checking…
addwords – Adding words to specified dictionary collectively Synopsisaddwords [{-cs|-cannaserver} cannaserver][-l file] dicname Descriptionaddwords adds words to specified dictionary according to the word information from the standard input. The standard input must be in a format of “Text Dictionary format” of Canna. dicname must be a “Text Dictionary format” which can be rewritten. Options-is cannaserver…
addr2name, name2addr – perform DNS lookups from scripts Synopsisaddr2name [-46cmnr] [HOSTNAMES] name2addr [-46cn] [HOSTNAMES] DescriptonWrite addresses or canonical hostname of specified names to the standard output. If no names are specified via the command line, they are read from the standard input. Options-4 or –ipv4 Only try to perform IPv4 lookups. -6 or –ipv6 Only…
addr2line – convert addresses into file names and line numbers Synopsisaddr2line [-a|–addresses] [-b bfdname|–target=bfdname] [-C|–demangle[=style]] [-r|–no-recurse-limit] [-R|–recurse-limit] [-e filename|–exe=filename] [-f|–functions] [-s|–basename] [-i|–inlines] [-p|–pretty-print] [-j|–section=name] [-H|–help] [-V|–version] [addr addr …] Descriptionaddr2line translates addresses into file names and line numbers. Given an address in an executable or an offset in a section of a relocatable object, it uses the debugging information…
addftinfo – add information to troff font files for use with groff Synopsis[ -asc-height n ] [ -body-depth n ] [ -body-height n ] [ -cap-height n ] [ -comma-depth n ] [ -desc-depth n ] [ -fig-height n ] [ -x-height n ] res unitwidth font –help -v –version Descriptionaddftinfo reads a troff font…
adddebug – Modifies Makefile(s) to add debug info Synopsis adddebug [-k] [-r] [-n]Descriptionadddebug modifies the Makefile in the current directory (and optionally in its subdirectories) to add debug info (-g3). It will also remove optimisations (-O[1-9]). This utility is part of the KDE Software Development Kit. Options-k Keep optimisations (do not remove -O[1-9]? flags which…
add-apt-repository – Adds a repository into the /etc/apt/sources.list or /etc/apt/sources.list.d or removes an existing one Synopsisadd-apt-repository [OPTIONS] [LINE] Descriptionadd-apt-repository is a script which adds an external APT repository to either /etc/apt/sources.list or a file in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ or removes an already existing repository. OptionsNote that the –list, –ppa, –cloud, –uri, –sourceslist, and LINE parameters are mutually…