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.
pxelinux-options – utility to set PXELINUX hard-coded options. Synopsispxelinux-options Descriptionpxelinux-options sets PXELINUX hard-coded options. See Alsosyslinux(1) HomepageMore information about the Syslinux project can be found on the homepage at <http://syslinux.zytor.com/>. Authorpxelinux-options was written by H. Peter Anvin <hpa [at] zytor.com>. This manual page was written by Daniel Baumann <mail [at] daniel-baumann.ch>.
pwscore – simple configurable tool for checking quality of a password Synopsispwscore [user] Descriptionpwscore 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 either reports an…
pwsafe – commandline password database utility compatible with Counterpane’s Passwordsafe Synopsispwsafe [options] command [arg] Descriptionpwsafe manipulates Counterpane Passwordsafe username/password databases. It is compatible with Counterpane Passwordsafe 1.9.x and 2.0 databases. Commandspwsafe accepts the following commands: –createdb Create a new database. –exportdb Export database as text. –mergedb=DATABASE_FILE Merge DATABASE_FILE into database. Common entries are merged interactively….
pwqgen – Generate quality controllable random passphrase Synopsis[options ] DescriptionThe 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 Optionsrandom = N (default: random = 47 ) The size of randomly-generated passphrase in bits (24 to 85). config…
pwqcheck – Check passphrase quality Synopsis[options ] DescriptionThe 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 a passwd(5) entry….
pwmake – simple tool for generating random relatively easily pronounceable passwords Synopsispwmake <entropy-bits> Descriptionpwmake 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 minimum number of…
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.fietc etc….. DescriptionJust 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 for failed searches….
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 the usualy Unix…
pwgen – generate pronounceable passwords Synopsispwgen [ OPTION ] [ pw_length ] [ num_pw ] DescriptionThe pwgen program generates passwords which are designed to be easily memorized by humans, while being as secure as possible. Human-memorable passwords are never going to be as secure as completely completely random passwords. In particular, passwords generated by pwgen…
pwdx – report current working directory of a process Synopsispwdx [options] pid […] Options-V, –version Output version information and exit. -h, –help Output help screen and exit.See Alsops(1), pgrep(1) StandardsNo standards apply, but pwdx looks an awful lot like a SunOS command. AuthorNicholas Miell wrote pwdx in 2004. Reporting BugsPlease send bug reports to
pwdhash – Generator of password hashes Synopsispwdhash [-D config-dir] [-H] [-s scheme | -c comparepwd] password DescriptionGenerates password hashes which can also be used in LDIF password fields. This uses the Directory Server password generator. OptionsA summary of options is included below: -H Show summary of options. -s scheme Password scheme to be used (e.g….
pwd – print name of current/working directory Synopsispwd [,OPTION/]… DescriptionPrint the full filename of the current working directory. -L, –logical use PWD from environment, even if it contains symlinks -P, –physical avoid all symlinks –help display this help and exit –version output version information and exit If no option is specified, -P is assumed. NOTE:…
pw-cat – Play and record media with PipeWire Synopsispw-cat [options] [FILE] pw-play [options] [FILE] pw-record [options] [FILE] pw-midiplay [options] [FILE] pw-midirecord [options] [FILE]Descriptionpw-cat is a simple tool for playing back or capturing raw or encoded media files on a PipeWire server. It understands all audio file formats supported by libsndfile. Options-h | –help Show help….
pw-profiler – The PipeWire profiler Synopsispw-profiler [options]DescriptionStart profiling a PipeWire instance. If the server has the profiler module loaded, this program will connect to it and log the profiler data. Profiler data contains times and durations when processing nodes and devices started and completed. When this program is stopped, a set of gnuplot files and…
pw-cat – Play and record media with PipeWire Synopsispw-cat [options] [FILE] pw-play [options] [FILE] pw-record [options] [FILE] pw-midiplay [options] [FILE] pw-midirecord [options] [FILE]Descriptionpw-cat is a simple tool for playing back or capturing raw or encoded media files on a PipeWire server. It understands all audio file formats supported by libsndfile. Options-h | –help Show help….
pw-mon – The PipeWire monitor Synopsispw-mon [options]DescriptionMonitor objects on the PipeWire instance. Options-r | –remote=NAME The name the remote instance to monitor. If left unspecified, a connection is made to the default PipeWire instance. -h | –help Show help. –version Show version information. -N | –color=WHEN Whether to use color, one of ‘never’, ‘always’, or…
pw-cat – Play and record media with PipeWire Synopsispw-cat [options] [FILE] pw-play [options] [FILE] pw-record [options] [FILE] pw-midiplay [options] [FILE] pw-midirecord [options] [FILE]Descriptionpw-cat is a simple tool for playing back or capturing raw or encoded media files on a PipeWire server. It understands all audio file formats supported by libsndfile. Options-h | –help Show help….
pw-cat – Play and record media with PipeWire Synopsispw-cat [options] [FILE] pw-play [options] [FILE] pw-record [options] [FILE] pw-midiplay [options] [FILE] pw-midirecord [options] [FILE]Descriptionpw-cat is a simple tool for playing back or capturing raw or encoded media files on a PipeWire server. It understands all audio file formats supported by libsndfile. Options-h | –help Show help….
pw-mididump – The PipeWire MIDI dump Synopsispw-mididump [options] [FILE]DescriptionDump MIDI messages to stdout. When a MIDI file is given, the events inside the file are printed. When no file is given, pw-mididump creates a PipeWire MIDI input stream and will print all MIDI events received on the port to stdout. Options-r | –remote=NAME The name…
pw-metadata – The PipeWire metadata Synopsispw-metadata [options] [id [key [value [type ] ] ] ]DescriptionMonitor, set and delete metadata on PipeWire objects. Metadata are key/type/value triplets attached to objects identified by id. The metadata is shared between all applications binding to the same metadata object. When an object is destroyed, all its metadata is automatically…