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NAME pydb — enhanced Python debugger SYNOPSIS pydb [debugger-options] python-script [script-options…] DESCRIPTION This manual page documents briefly the pydb command. pydb is an extended Python debugger. It extends the Python standard debugger pdb and is suited for use with the graphical debugger DDD. The purpose of a debugger such as this one is to allow…
NAME pycompile – byte compile Python source files SYNOPSIS pycompile [-V [X.Y][-][A.B]] DIR_OR_FILE [-X REGEXPR] pycompile -p PACKAGE DESCRIPTION Wrapper around Python standard library’s py_compile module to byte-compile Python files. OPTIONS –version show program’s version number and exit -h, –help show this help message and exit -f, –force force rebuild of byte-code files even if…
NAME pycolor – Colorize a python file or stdin using ANSI and print to stdout. SYNOPSIS pycolor [options] [file] DESCRIPTION Prints a colorized version of the input file (or standard input if no file is given, or the file name – is given) to standard out. OPTIONS -h, –help Output a brief help message. -s,…
NAME pycodestyle – pycodestyle documentation Python style guide checker pycodestyle (formerly pep8) is a tool to check your Python code against some of the style conventions in PEP 8. Contents: INTRODUCTION pycodestyle is a tool to check your Python code against some of the style conventions in PEP 8. • Features • Disclaimer • Installation…
NAME pyclean – removes .pyc and .pyo files SYNOPSIS pyclean [-p PACKAGE | DIR_OR_FILE] OPTIONS –version show program’s version number and exit -h, –help show this help message and exit -v, –verbose turn verbose more one -q, –quiet be quiet -p PACKAGE, –package=PACKAGE specify Debian package name to clean (combining with DIR_OR_FILE will additionally limit list of…
NAME pybuild – invokes various build systems for requested Python versions in order to build modules and extensions SYNOPSIS pybuild [ACTION] [BUILD SYSTEM ARGUMENTS] [DIRECTORIES] [OPTIONS] DEBHELPER COMMAND SEQUENCER INTEGRATION • build depend on dh-python, • build depend on python3-all, python-all-dbg, pypy, etc. (for all supported Python interpreters, pybuild will use it to create a…
NAME pybabelfishd – convert Python objects into human-readable strings SYNOPSIS pybabelfishd [options] DESCRIPTION This script starts a daemon process in the background that convert Python objects into human-readable strings for the NWS web interface. -h <host> hostname of the NWS server -p <port> port number of the NWS server AUTHOR Written by REvolution Computing, Inc….
NAME pybabelfish – convert Python objects into human-readable strings SYNOPSIS pybabelfish [options] DESCRIPTION This script converts Python objects into human-readable strings for the NWS web interface. -h <host> hostname of the NWS server -p <port> port number of the NWS server AUTHOR Written by REvolution Computing, Inc. REPORTING BUGS To report a bug, visit http://sourceforge.net/projects/nws-py/…
NAME pyacc – Pascal Yacc compiler compiler. USAGE yacc [options] yacc-file[.y] [output-file[.pas]] SH OPTIONS -v Verbose: Pascal Yacc generates a readable description of the generated parser, written to yacc-file with new extension .lst. -d Debug: TP Yacc generates a parser with debugging output. DESCRIPTION TP Yacc is a program that lets you prepare parsers from…
NAME py3compile – byte compile Python 3 source files SYNOPSIS py3compile [-V [X.Y][-][A.B]] DIR_OR_FILE [-X REGEXPR] pycompile -p PACKAGE DESCRIPTION Wrapper around Python standard library’s py_compile module to byte-compile Python 3 files. OPTIONS –version show program’s version number and exit -h, –help show this help message and exit -f, –force force rebuild of byte-code files…
NAME py3clean – removes .pyc and .pyo files SYNOPSIS py3clean [-V VERSION] [-p PACKAGE] [DIR_OR_FILE] OPTIONS –version show program’s version number and exit -h, –help show this help message and exit -v, –verbose turn verbose more one -q, –quiet be quiet -p PACKAGE, –package=PACKAGE specify Debian package name to clean -V VERSION specify Python 3 version to clean…
NAME pxz – Parallel LZMA compressor compatible with XZ. SYNOPSIS pxz [options]… [file]… DESCRIPTION pxz is a compression utility that takes advantage of running XZ compression simultaneously on different parts of an input file on multiple cores and processors. This significantly speeds up compression time. OPTIONS -v Be verbose. -h, –help Display help. -f, –force…
NAME pxelinux-options – utility to set PXELINUX hard-coded options. SYNOPSIS pxelinux-options DESCRIPTION pxelinux-options sets PXELINUX hard-coded options. SEE ALSO syslinux(1) HOMEPAGE More information about the Syslinux project can be found on the homepage at <http://syslinux.zytor.com/>. AUTHOR pxelinux-options was written by H. Peter Anvin <hpa [at] zytor.com>. This manual page was written by Daniel Baumann <mail…
NAME pwscore – simple configurable tool for checking quality of a password SYNOPSIS pwscore [user] DESCRIPTION pwscore is a simple tool for checking quality of a password. The password is read from stdin. The tool uses the libpwquality library to perform configurable checks for minimum length, dictionary checking against cracklib dictionaries, and other checks. It…
NAME pwsafe – commandline password database utility compatible with Counterpane’s Passwordsafe SYNOPSIS pwsafe [options] command [arg] DESCRIPTION pwsafe manipulates Counterpane Passwordsafe username/password databases. It is compatible with Counterpane Passwordsafe 1.9.x and 2.0 databases. COMMANDS pwsafe accepts the following commands: –createdb Create a new database. –exportdb Export database as text. –mergedb=DATABASE_FILE Merge DATABASE_FILE into database. Common…
NAME pwqgen – Generate quality controllable random passphrase SYNOPSIS [options ] DESCRIPTION The Op Ar options program generates a random passphrase using the libpasswdqc library. Strength of the generated passphrase depends on the amount of randomness read from /dev/urandom OPTIONS random = N (default: random = 47 ) The size of randomly-generated passphrase in bits…
NAME pwqcheck – Check passphrase quality SYNOPSIS [options ] DESCRIPTION The Op Ar options program checks passphrase quality using the libpasswdqc library. By default, it expects to read 3 lines from standard input: first line is a new password, second line is an old password, and third line is either an existing account name or…
NAME pwmake – simple tool for generating random relatively easily pronounceable passwords SYNOPSIS pwmake <entropy-bits> DESCRIPTION pwmake is a simple configurable tool for generating random and relatively easily pronounceable passwords. The tool allows you to specify the number of entropy bits that are used to generate the password. The entropy is pulled from /dev/urandom. The…
NAME pwhois – Perl written whois client SYNOPSIS pwhois perl.com pwhois gnu.org pwhois -s police.co.il pwhois -c there.is.no.tld.called.foobar pwhois yahoo.com whois.networksolutions.com pwhois -T 10 funet.fi etc etc….. DESCRIPTION Just invoke with a domain name, optionally with a whois server name. Switches: -s attempt to strip the copyright message or disclaimer. -c attempts to return an empty answer…
NAME pwhich – Perl-only `which’ SYNOPSIS $ pwhich perl $ pwhich -a perl # print all matches $ pwhich perl perldoc … # look for multiple programs $ pwhich -a perl perldoc … DESCRIPTION `pwhich’ is a command-line utility program for finding paths to other programs based on the user’s "PATH". It is similar to…