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.
netmask – a netmask generation and conversion program Synopsisnetmask [ options ] spec [ spec … ] DescriptionThis program accepts and produces a variety of common network address and netmask formats. Not only can it convert address and netmask notations, but it will optimize the masks to generate the smallest list of rules. This is…
Linux NetKit (0.17) Nameftp – Internet file transfer program Synopsisftp [-46pinegvd ] [host [port ] ] pftp [-46inegvd ] [host [port ] ] DescriptionFtp is the user interface to the Internet standard File Transfer Protocol. The program allows a user to transfer files to and from a remote network site. Options may be specified at…
netkey-tool – administrative utility for Netkey E4 cards Synopsisnetkey-tool [OPTIONS] [COMMAND] DescriptionThe netkey-tool utility can be used from the command line to perform some smart card operations with NetKey E4 cards that cannot be done easily with other OpenSC-tools, such as changing local PINs, storing certificates into empty NetKey E4 cert-files or displaying the initial…
nc – arbitrary TCP and UDP connections and listens Synopsisnc [-46bCDdFhklNnrStUuvZz [-I length ] ] [-i interval ] [-M ttl ] [-m minttl ] [-O length ] [-P proxy_username ] [-p source_port ] [-q seconds ] [-s sourceaddr ] [-T keyword ] [-V rtable ] [-W recvlimit ] [-w timeout ] [-X proxy_protocol ] [-x…
netatalk-config – script to get information about the installed version of netatalk Synopsis netatalk-config [–prefix [=DIR]] [–exec_prefix [=DIR]] [–help] [–version] [–libs] [–libs-dirs] [–libs-names] [–cflags] [–macros]Descriptionnetatalk-config is a tool that is used to determine the compiler and linker flags that should be used to compile and link programs that use the netatalk run-time libraries. Optionsnetatalk-config accepts the following…
Net Activity Viewer – a graphical network connections viewer Synopsisnetactview DescriptionWith netactview you can view the active network connections using a graphical interface. AuthorsWritten by Mihai Varzaru <mihaiv [at] gmail.com>.
netCDFPerl – perl extension for netCDF dataset access Synopsisuse netCDF; NetCDF::create("foo.nc", NetCDF::CLOBBER); …DescriptionnetCDFPerl is a Perl 5 extension-module interface to the services provided by the netCDF version 2 API, netcdf2(3). The functions in the netCDF version 2 library can be accessed by a Perl 5 script by replacing the `nc‘ prefix of the regular netCDF…
net-snmp-create-v3-user – create a SNMPv3 user in net-snmp configuration file Synopsisnet-snmp-create-v3-user [-ro] [-a authpass] [-x privpass] [-X DES|AES] [username] DescriptionThe net-snmp-create-v3-user shell script is designed to create a new user in net-snmp configuration file (/var/net-snmp/snmpd.conf by default). Options–version displays the net-snmp version number -ro create an user with read-only permissions -a authpass specify authentication password…
net-snmp-config – returns information about installed net-snmp libraries and binaries Synopsisnet-snmp-config [OPTIONS] DescriptionThe net-snmp-config shell script is designed to retrieve the configuration information about the libraries and binaries dealing with the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), built from the net-snmp source package. The information is particularly useful for applications that need to link against the…
net-server – Base Net::Server starting module Synopsis net-server [base type] [net server arguments] net-server PreFork ipv ‘*’ net-server HTTP net-server HTTP app foo.cgi net-server HTTP app foo.cgi app /=bar.cgi net-server HTTP port 8080 port 8443/ssl ipv ‘*’ server_type PreFork –SSL_key_file=my.key –SSL_cert_file=my.crt access_log_file STDERRDescriptionThe net-server program gives a simple way to test out code and try…
nessus – The client part of the Nessus Security Scanner Synopsisnessus [-v] [-h] [-n] [-T <type>] [-q [-pPS] host port user password targets results] nessus -i in.[nsr|nbe] -o out.[html|xml|nsr|nbe] DescriptionThe Nessus Security Scanner is a security auditing tool made up of two parts: a server, and a client. The server, nessusd is in charge of the attacks, whereas…
nessus-mkrand – Creates a file with random bytes Synopsisnessus-mkrand [filename [entropy] ] DescriptionThe Nessus Security Scanner protects the communication between the client and the server by using SSL. To work securely, the OpenSSL library needs a suitable amount of random bytes. On most system, it uses EGD or /dev/random (or /dev/urandom). On systems which have none of these,…
nessus-mkcert-client – Creates a client certificate Synopsisnessus-mkcert-client DescriptionThe Nessus Security Scanner protects the communication between the client and the server by using SSL. SSL requires the server to present a certificate to the client, and the client can optionally present a certificate to the server. This script nessus-mkcert-client generates a client certificate. See Alsonessus(1), nessus-mkcert(8), openssl(1) More…
nessus-fetch – A simple utility to retrieve plugins from www.nessus.org Synopsisnessus-fetch –plugins nessus-fetch –plugins-md5 nessus-fetch –register <code> nessus-fetch –check nessus-fetch –url <url> <localfile> [<http_login> <http_password>] Descriptionnessus-fetch is a simple utility is used by nessus-update-plugins to fetch the newest Nessus plugins from www.nessus.org and to register a Nessus installation with plugins.nessus.org. It can also be used…
nessus-config – displays compiler/linker flags for the Nessus libraries Synopsisnessus-config <[–cflags] [–ldflags] [–libs]> Descriptionnessus-config script displays the compiler/linker flags other program sources can use to link to the Nessus libraries. Options–cflags Show $(CFLAGS) variable. –libs Show $(LIBS) variable. –version Show the version of the Nessus libraries.See Alsonessus(1), nessusd(8). AuthorNessus is made by Renaud Deraison <deraison…
neqn – format equations for ASCII output Synopsis[eqn-options] Descriptionneqn invokes the eqn(1) command with the ascii output device. Note that eqn does not support low-resolution, typewriter-like devices (although it may work adequately for very simple input). See Alsoeqn(1)
neotoppm – convert an Atari Neochrome .neo into a portable pixmap Synopsisneotoppm [neofile] DescriptionReads an Atari Neochrome .neo file as input. Produces a portable pixmap as output. See Alsoppmtoneo(1), ppm(5) AuthorCopyright (C) 2001 by Teemu Hukkanen <tjhukkan [at] iki.fi>, based on pi1toppm by Steve Belczyk (seb3 [at] gte.com) and Jef Poskanzer.
neon-config – script providing information about installed copy of neon library Synopsis neon-config [–prefix] [[–cflags] | [–libs] | [–la-file] | [–support feature] | [–help] | [–version]]DescriptionThe neon-config script provides information about an installed copy of the neon library. The –cflags and –libs options instruct how to compile and link an application against the library; the –version…
Neofetch – A fast, highly customizable system info script Synopsisneofetch ,func_name –option "value" –option "value"/ DescriptionNeofetch is a CLI system information tool written in BASH. Neofetch displays information about your system next to an image, your OS logo, or any ASCII file of your choice. NOTE: Every launch flag has a config option. OptionsInfo:func_name Specify…
nemo – the Cinnamon File Manager Synopsisnemo [options] URIs… DescriptionThis manual page documents briefly the nemo command. Nemo is the file manager for the Cinnamon desktop. OptionsNemo follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-‘). A summary of options is included below. -c –check Perform a quick set…