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NAME mkbitmap – transform images into bitmaps with scaling and filtering SYNOPSIS mkbitmap[options][filename…] DESCRIPTION mkbitmap reads an image, and applies one or more of the following operations to it, in this order: inversion, highpass filtering, scaling, and thresholding. Each operation can be individually controlled and turned on or off. The principal use of mkbitmap is…
NAME mkbindic – Convert a text-form dictionary into a binary-form dictionary SYNOPSYS mkbindic [-m | -s] [-name dicname] [-c version] textfile DESCRIPTION mkbindic creates a binary-form dictionary (with extension .cbd or dicname) from a text-form dictionary textfile. With -c mkbindic creates old format dictionary. Current supported versions are 3.0 and 3.7. EXAMPLE % mkbindic user.ctd…
NAME mkafmmap – creates font map for AFM files SYNOPSIS mkafmmap [options] files… DESCRIPTION The mkafmmap command will generate a font map file reading all the AFM files given in the command line. By default it will write the map to a file named font.map, a different filename can be specified with the –output-file options….
NAME mkaf – create a Performance Co-Pilot archive folio SYNOPSIS $PCP_BINADM_DIR/mkaf [findopts] filename … DESCRIPTION A collection of one or more Performance Co-Pilot (see PCPIntro(1)) archive logs may be combined with mkaf to produce a PCP archive folio and the associated archive folio control file. Some PCP tools use mkaf to create archive folios, e.g….
mkSimNodeDir – Create a /proc like files for a simulated node Synopsys mkSimNodeDir -n node-name [-g sim-guids-file] Description This utility build the /proc like file tree for the given node based on the guids dump file produced by the simulator. Arguments -n node-name The node name to create the files for. -g sim-guids-file Dump file…
MJPEG HOWTO – An introduction to the MJPEG-toolsPraschinger Bernhardv2.00MJPEG capture/editting/replay and MPEG encoding toolset description Introduction I wrote this things down, because I had many sheets with notes on them. This should be some kind of summary of collected knowledge over a long period of time. Andrew Stevens helped with encoding and VCD knowledge and…
NAME mispipe – pipe two commands, returning the exit status of the first SYNOPSIS mispipe ["command1"] ["command2"] DESCRIPTION mispipe pipes two commands together like the shell does, but unlike piping in the shell, which returns the exit status of the last command; when using mispipe, the exit status of the first command is returned. Note…
Mirmon – OO interface for mirmon objects Synopsis use Mirmon ; $m = Mirmon -> new ( [ $path-to-config ] ) $conf = $m -> conf ; # a Mirmon::Conf object $state = $m -> state ; # the mirmon state for my $url ( keys %$state ) { $mirror = $state -> { $url…
NAME mirmon – monitor the state of mirrors SYNOPSIS mirmon[-v][-q][-t timeout][-c conf][-get all | update | url url] OPTIONS -v Be verbose ; mirmon normally only reports errors and changes in the mirror list. -q Be quiet. -t timeout Set the timeout ; the default is 300. -get all | update | url <url> With…
NAME mip6d – UMIP Mobile IPv6 and NEMO Basic Support protocol implementation SYNOPSIS mip6d [options] DESCRIPTION Mobile IPv6 and NEMO Basic Support implementation OPTIONS -V, –version Display version information and copyright -?, -h, –help Display this help text -c <file> Read configuration from <file>. If option is not present, default path (/etc/mip6d.conf) is used. …
NAME Mino – a user friendly text editor for GNU/Linux console/xterm SYNOPSIS mino [file-name] [–help, -h] [–reset-config] DESCRIPTION About The mino editor Mino is a GNU software, part of the GnuDOS package. Mino is a text file editor for use with the GNU/Linux console/xterm. The idea was to provide a text editor that is user…
NAME minmax – Find extreme values in data tables SYNOPSIS minmax [ files] [ -C ] [ -EL|l|H|hcol ] [ -H[i][nrec] ] [ -I[p]dx[/dy[/dz…] ] [ -S[x][y] ] [ -Tdz[/col] ] [ -:[i|o] ] [ -bi[s|S|d|D[ncol]|c[var1/…]] ] [ -f[i|o]colinfo ] [ -m[i|o][flag] ] DESCRIPTION minmax reads its standard input [or from files] and finds the…
NAME minipro – flash various chips with Minipro TL866XX series of programmers from autoelectric.cn. SYNOPSIS minipro [-p device] [-c code|data|config] [-r|-w filename] [-e][-u][-P][-i|-I] miniprohex [-p device] [-c code|data|config] [-r|-w filename] [-e][-u][-P][-i|-I] If -c is omitted and -r is specified then the code, data (if applicable) and config (if applicable) are getting read in filename.$ext, filename.eeprom.$ext…
NAME minicom – friendly serial communication program SYNOPSIS minicom [options] [configuration] DESCRIPTION minicom is a communication program which somewhat resembles the shareware program TELIX but is free with source code and runs under most Unices. Features include dialing directory with auto-redial, support for UUCP-style lock files on serial devices, a separate script language interpreter, capture…
NAME CrossReport – Analysis tool to help cross-compilation to Windows. SYNOPSIS mingw32-crossreport [options] /path/to/linuxbinary DESCRIPTION CrossReport is a tool to help you analyze the APIs used by a compiled Linux program, in order to work out the effort required to cross-compile that program for Windows, using the Fedora MinGW cross-compiler. The simplest way to use…
NAME mingle – fast edge bundling SYNOPSIS mingle [ options ] [ -o outfile ] [ files ] DESCRIPTION mingle takes as input a graph in DOT format with node position information (the pos attribute) and bundles the edges. OPTIONS The following options are supported: -m k indicates which method to use for bundling. A…
Name minfo – print the parameters of a MSDOS filesystem Note of warning This manpage has been automatically generated from mtools’s texinfo documentation, and may not be entirely accurate or complete. See the end of this man page for details. Description The minfo command prints the parameters of a MS-DOS file system, such as number…
NAME mine_detector – a mine-finding game DESCRIPTION Mine Detector is a mine-finding game with somewhat different rules from other mine-finding games. Mine Detector rarely requires guessing. Only at the higher levels may guessing sometimes be the only way to win. For instructions on how to play, start the game and click the Rules button. AUTHORS…
NAME min12xxw – Convert pbmraw streams to Minolta PagePro 12xxW languages SYNOPSIS min12xxw [options] DESCRIPTION Min12xxw is a filter which converts pbmraw streams (produced by ghostscript, for example) to the printer language of Minolta PagePro 1[234]xxW printers. COMMAND-LINE OPTIONS -h, –help Gives usage information (help) -v, –version Displays the version number and exit -e, –ecomode…
NAME mimeview – display files, using mailcap mechanism. SYNOPSIS mimeview [,OPTION/…] ,FILE /[,FILE /…] DESCRIPTION GNU mimeview — display files, using mailcap mechanism. -a, –no-ask[=,TYPE-LIST/] do not ask for confirmation before displaying files, or, if TYPE-LIST is given, do not ask for confirmation before displaying such files whose MIME type matches one of the patterns…