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.
NAME netmask – a netmask generation and conversion program SYNOPSIS netmask [ options ] spec [ spec … ] DESCRIPTION This 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…
Linux NetKit (0.17) NAME ftp – Internet file transfer program SYNOPSIS ftp [-46pinegvd ] [host [port ] ] pftp [-46inegvd ] [host [port ] ] DESCRIPTION Ftp 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…
NAME netkey-tool – administrative utility for Netkey E4 cards SYNOPSIS netkey-tool [OPTIONS] [COMMAND] DESCRIPTION The 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…
NAME nc – arbitrary TCP and UDP connections and listens SYNOPSIS nc [-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…
NAME 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] DESCRIPTION netatalk-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. OPTIONS…
NAME Net Activity Viewer – a graphical network connections viewer SYNOPSIS netactview DESCRIPTION With netactview you can view the active network connections using a graphical interface. AUTHORS Written by Mihai Varzaru <mihaiv [at] gmail.com>. Index
netCDFPerl – perl extension for netCDF dataset access Synopsis use netCDF; NetCDF::create("foo.nc", NetCDF::CLOBBER); … Description netCDFPerl 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…
NAME net-snmp-create-v3-user – create a SNMPv3 user in net-snmp configuration file SYNOPSIS net-snmp-create-v3-user [-ro] [-a authpass] [-x privpass] [-X DES|AES] [username] DESCRIPTION The 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…
NAME net-snmp-config – returns information about installed net-snmp libraries and binaries SYNOPSIS net-snmp-config [OPTIONS] DESCRIPTION The 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…
NAME 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 =…
NAME nessus – The client part of the Nessus Security Scanner SYNOPSIS nessus [-v] [-h] [-n] [-T <type>] [-q [-pPS] host port user password targets results] nessus -i in.[nsr|nbe] -o out.[html|xml|nsr|nbe] DESCRIPTION The 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…
NAME nessus-mkrand – Creates a file with random bytes SYNOPSIS nessus-mkrand [filename [entropy] ] DESCRIPTION The 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…
NAME nessus-mkcert-client – Creates a client certificate SYNOPSIS nessus-mkcert-client DESCRIPTION The 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….
NAME nessus-fetch – A simple utility to retrieve plugins from www.nessus.org SYNOPSIS nessus-fetch –plugins nessus-fetch –plugins-md5 nessus-fetch –register <code> nessus-fetch –check nessus-fetch –url <url> <localfile> [<http_login> <http_password>] DESCRIPTION nessus-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…
NAME nessus-config – displays compiler/linker flags for the Nessus libraries SYNOPSIS nessus-config <[–cflags] [–ldflags] [–libs]> DESCRIPTION nessus-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 ALSO nessus(1), nessusd(8). AUTHOR…
NAME neqn – format equations for ASCII output SYNOPSIS [eqn-options] DESCRIPTION neqn 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 ALSO eqn(1) Index
NAME neon-config – script providing information about installed copy of neon library SYNOPSIS neon-config [–prefix] [[–cflags] | [–libs] | [–la-file] | [–support feature] | [–help] | [–version]] DESCRIPTION The 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…
NAME Neofetch – A fast, highly customizable system info script SYNOPSIS neofetch ,func_name –option "value" –option "value"/ DESCRIPTION Neofetch 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…
NAME nemo – the Cinnamon File Manager SYNOPSIS nemo [options] URIs… DESCRIPTION This manual page documents briefly the nemo command. Nemo is the file manager for the Cinnamon desktop. OPTIONS Nemo follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-‘). A summary of options is included below. -c –check…