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.
Banshee – Media Management and Playback application Muinshee – Media Management and Playback application Synopsisbanshee [options…] [files|URIs…] muinshee [options…] [files|URIs…] DescriptionBanshee is an media management and playback application for the GNOME desktop, allowing users to import audio from CDs, search their library, create playlists of selections of their library, sync music to/from iPods and other…
bannergrab – a network service banner grabbing tool Synopsisbannergrab [options] host port Descriptionbannergrab performs connection, trigger and basic service information collection. There are basic banner grabbing modes, the first mode (the default one) sends triggers to the services and performs basic information collection. The second mode (–no-triggers), only connects to the service and returns the…
banner – prints a short string to the console in very large letters Synopsisbanner string DescriptionThis is a classic-style banner program similar to the one found in Solaris or AIX in the late 1990s. It prints a short string to the console in very large letters. Banners that do not fit in the terminal will…
Balsa – the GNOME email client. DescriptionYou can use Balsa to fetch, read, write and send e-mails. It supports * local mailboxes in maildir, mbox and/or mh format, * nested mailboxes, * protocols POP3, IMAP and SMTP, * multithreaded mail retrieval, * GnuPG/GPG encryption, LDAP, Kerberos and SSL, * MIME (view images, save parts), * multiple character sets, * GPE address book, * printing and…
balance 3.42 – A simple TCP proxy with load balancing and failover mechanisms. Synopsisbalance [ -b addr ] [ -B addr ] [ -t sec ] [ -T sec ] [ -adfpHM ] port host1[:port1[:maxc]] [!|%] [ … hostn[:portn[:maxc]]] balance [ -b addr ] -i [ -d ] [ -M ] port balance [ -b…
bakefilize – prepare Bakefile project for use with Autoconf Synopsis bakefilize [–copy] [–dry-run] [–force] [–verbose] [–help]DescriptionFor the "autoconf" format, Bakefile creates Makefile.in files that depend on the availability of common pieces of a GNU build system. (config.guess, install-sh, etc.) These tools are part of Automake, which can copy these files into a project’s directory during…
bakefile_gen – batch bakefile generation Synopsis bakefile_gen [-dDESCFILE…] [-FFORMATS…] [-DVAR=VALUE…] [-IPATH…] [-c] [–list-files] [-j] [-p] [–dry-run] [-k] [-n] [-v] [-V]DescriptionCalls bakefile with flags listed in description file (Bakefiles.bkgen or file specified using the –desc option). Command Line Options–desc=DESCFILE Uses given description file instead of Bakefiles.bkgen. –formats=FORMATS Calls Bakefile to generate only makefiles for specified formats….
bakefile – native makefiles generator Synopsis bakefile [–version] [–help] -fFORMAT -oOUTFILE [–eol=[format|dos|unix|mac|native]] [–wrap-output=[no|LENGTH]] [-DVAR=VALUE…] [-IPATH…] [-v] [-q] [–dry-run] [–touch] [–dump] file.bklDescriptionbakefile creates various types of Makefiles and project files from a single project description called a "Bakefile". Command Line Options–version Display Bakefile version and exit. -h, –help Display usage information and exit. -fFORMAT, –format=FORMAT Specify…
bacula-tray-monitor – Bacula’s ‘System Tray’ monitor Synopsisbacula-tray-monitor [options] DescriptionThis manual page documents briefly the bacula-tray-monitor command, a simple monitor for the ‘system tray’ in KDE/GNOME Optionsbacula-tray-monitor [-c config_file] [-d debug_level] [-t] -c <config> Specify configuration file. -d <nn> Set debug level to nn. -t Test config mode: read configuration and exit. -? Show version and usage of…
bwx-console – Bacula’s management Console Synopsisbwx-console [options] DescriptionThis manual page documents briefly the bwx-console command, the wxWidgets version of the Bacula administration console. Optionsbwx-console [-s] [-c config_file] [-d debug_level] [-t] -c <config> Specify configuration file. -d <nn> Set debug level to nn. -s No signals. -t Test config mode: read configuration and exit. -? Show…
bgnome-console – Bacula’s management Console, GUI version. DescriptionThis manual page documents briefly the bgnome-console command, the Gnome GUI version of the Bacula administration console. The Console allows the administrator or user to communicate with the Bacula Director. This is the Gnome version. It will also run under KDE. This Gnome GUI interface is for the…
BACKUPNINJA – A lightweight, extensible meta-backup system "a silent flower blossom death strike to lost data." Synopsisbackupninja [ -h ] [ -d ] [ -n ] [ -t ] [ -f filename ] [ –run filename ] DescriptionBackupninja allows you to coordinate system backups by dropping a few simple configuration files into /etc/backup.d/. Most programs…
Backup-light – backups up the active users $HOME directory Synopsisbackup-light [option(s)] DescriptionBackup-light backups up the active users $HOME directory in eather .tar.bz2 or .tar.gz. It is able to backup to not only the internal hard drive, but any external hard drives, and removable mediums such as a CD or DVD or USB device. Backup-light also…
backtracker – Generate forward and backward flowlines and hotspot tracks Synopsisbacktracker [ table ] rot_file|lon/lat/angle [ [young/old] ] [ f|b ] [ drift.txt ] [ f|bstep ] [ upper_age ] [ fixed_age ] [ filestem ] [ zero_age ] [ [level] ] [ [a|t] ] [ -b<binary> ] [ -d<nodata> ] [ -h<headers> ] […
backintime – a simple backup tool for Linux. This is command line tool. The graphical tools are: backintime-gnome and backintime-kde4. Synopsisbackintime [ –backup | –backup-job | –snapshots-path | –snapshots-list | –snapshots-list-path | –last-snapshot | –last-snapshot-path | –help | –version | –license ] DescriptionBack In Time is a simple backup tool for Linux. The backup is…
backintime-gnome – a simple backup tool for Gnome. Synopsisbackintime-gnome [ [–snapshots] path | –backup | –backup-job | –snapshots-path | –snapshots-list | –snapshots-list-path | –last-snapshot | –last-snapshot-path | –help | –version | –license ] DescriptionBack In Time is a simple backup tool for Linux. This is the Gnome version. For more information about Back In Time…
babeltrace — Babeltrace Trace Viewer and Converter Synopsisbabeltrace [OPTIONS] FILE…DescriptionBabeltrace is a trace viewer and converter reading and writing the Common Trace Format (CTF). Its main use is to pretty-print CTF traces into a human-readable text output ordered by time. This program follow the usual GNU command line syntax with long options starting with two…
babeltrace-log — Babeltrace Log Converter Synopsisbabeltrace-log [OPTIONS] OUTPUTDescriptionConvert for a text log (read from standard input) to CTF. This program follow the usual GNU command line syntax with long options starting with two dashes. Below is a summary of the available options. OUTPUT Output trace path -t With timestamps (format: [sec.usec] string\n) See Alsobabeltrace(1), lttng(1),…
babel , obabel – a converter for chemistry and molecular modeling data files Synopsis[-H help-options ] [OPTIONS ] [-i input-type ] infile [-o output-type ] outfile obabel [-H help-options ] obabel [OPTIONS ] [-i input-type | –: Qo SMILES-string Qc infile ] [-o output-type ] –O outfile Descriptionis a cross-platform program designed to interconvert between…
b43-fwcutter – Utility for extracting Broadcom 43xx firmware Synopsisb43-fwcutter [OPTION] [DRIVER] Descriptionb43-fwcutter can extract the firmware for your Broadcom 43xx hardware from different closed source drivers. The b43 driver depends on these firmware files and can’t work without them. Currently b43-fwcutter supports Apple MacOS X, Microsoft Windows and Linux drivers, but keep in mind that…