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.
latexdiff – determine and markup differences between two latex files Synopsislatexdiff [ OPTIONS ] old.tex new.tex > diff.tex DescriptionBriefly, latexdiff is a utility program to aid in the management of revisions of latex documents. It compares two valid latex files, here called "old.tex" and "new.tex", finds significant differences between them (i.e., ignoring the number of…
latexdiff-vc – wrapper script that calls latexdiff for different versions of a file under version management (CVS, RCS or SVN) Synopsislatexdiff-vc [ latexdiff-options ] [ latexdiff-vc-options ] -r [rev1] [-r rev2] file1.tex [ file2.tex …] orlatexdiff-vc [ latexdiff-options ] [ latexdiff-vc-options ][ –postscript | –pdf ] old.tex new.tex Descriptionlatexdiff-vc is a wrapper script that applies…
latex2rtf – Convert a LaTeX file to an RTF file Syntaxlatex2rtf [-hlpFSVW] [ -d# ] [ -D# ] [ -M# ] [ -se#] [ -sf#] [ -t# ] [ -Z# ] [ -a auxfile ] [ -b bblfile ] [ -C codepage ] [ -i language ] [ -o outputfile ] [ -P /path/to/cfg ]…
latex2png – manual page for latex2png 1.1 Descriptionlatex2png — Convert a LaTeX file to a PNG image USAGE: latex2png [-d density] [-h] [-k] [-c] [-g] [-m] [-H home dir] file[.tex|.eps] The latex2png command converts a LaTeX file into a PNG image. The first page is translated into an image at the specified resolution. latex2png can…
Latex2man is a tool to translate UNIX manual pages written with LaTeXinto a format understood by the UNIX man(1)-command. Alternatively HTML, TexInfo, or LaTeX code can be produced too. Output of parts of the text may be suppressed using the conditional text feature (for this, LaTeX generation may be used). Synopsislatex2man [-ttransfile] [-cCSSfile] [-HMTL] [-h]…
latex2html – translate LaTeX files to HTML (HyperText Markup Language) Synopsislatex2html [options] [target [target …]] DescriptionThis manual page explains the LaTeX2HTML utility, which is a Perl program that translates LaTeX document into HTML format. For each source file given as an argument the translator will create a directory containing the corresponding HTML files. For details…
latex, pdflatex, xelatex, lualatex, dvilualatex, cslatex, pdfcslatex, platex, uplatex, lamed – structured text formatting and typesetting Synopsislatex [first-line] DescriptionThis manual page is a mere skeleton. The LaTeX language is described in the book LaTeX – A Document Preparation System. LaTeX is a TeX macro package, not a modification to the TeX source program, so all…
latex-git-log – Generates the version history of a git project as LaTeX source code. Synopsislatex-git-log [options] Options: –author set this if you want the author included –startcommit set the start value of count commit –width set the width in cm of the commit message field in the LaTeX table –git-c-add set an base URL to…
latex-dev, pdflatex-dev, xelatex-dev, lualatex-dev, dvilualatex-dev, platex-dev, uplatex-dev – release candidate LaTeX testing Synopsislatex-dev [first-line] DescriptionThese -dev executables are intended for testing upcoming LaTeX2e kernel changes. They correspond to new formats which have been tested by the LaTeX team for stability and usability. Thus, they are not arbitrary development snapshots; more like release candidates. Wider testing…
lastcomm – print out information about previously executed commands. Synopsislastcomm [ command-name … ] [ user-name … ] [ terminal-name … ] [ OPTION … ]Descriptionlastcomm prints out information about previously executed commands. If no arguments are specified, lastcomm will print info about all of the commands in acct (the record file). If called with…
last, lastb – show a listing of last logged in users Synopsislast [options] [username…] [tty…] lastb [options] [username…] [tty…] Descriptionlast searches back through the /var/log/wtmp file (or the file designated by the -f option) and displays a list of all users logged in (and out) since that file was created. One or more usernames and/or…
last, lastb – show a listing of last logged in users Synopsislast [options] [username…] [tty…] lastb [options] [username…] [tty…] Descriptionlast searches back through the /var/log/wtmp file (or the file designated by the -f option) and displays a list of all users logged in (and out) since that file was created. One or more usernames and/or…
laptop-detect – attempt to detect a laptop Synopsislaptop-detect [-h|–help|-v|–verbose|-V|–version|-D|–debug] DescriptionLaptop-detect attempts to determine whether it is being run on a laptop or a desktop and appraises its caller of this. Options-h –help Output help information and exit. -v –verbose be verbose (messages go to STDOUT) -V –version Output version information and exit. -D –debug Debug…
aleph – extended Unicode TeX Synopsisaleph [options] [&format] [file|\commands] DescriptionRun the Aleph typesetter on file, usually creating file.dvi. If the file argument has no extension, ".tex" will be appended to it. Instead of a filename, a set of Aleph commands can be given, the first of which must start with a backslash. With a &format…
lame – create mp3 audio files Synopsislame [options] <infile> <outfile> DescriptionLAME is a program which can be used to create compressed audio files. (Lame ain’t an MP3 encoder). These audio files can be played back by popular MP3 players such as mpg123 or madplay. To read from stdin, use "-" for <infile>. To write to…
omega, iniomega, viromega – extended unicode TeX Synopsisomega [options] [& format ] [ file | \ commands ] DescriptionRun the Omega typesetter on file, usually creating file.dvi. If the file argument has no extension, ".tex" will be appended to it. Instead of a filename, a set of Omega commands can be given, the first of…
lacheck – A consistency checker for LaTeX documents. Synopsislacheck filename [ .tex ] DescriptionLaCheck is a general purpose consistency checker for LaTeX documents. It reads a LaTeX document and displays warning messages, if it finds bad sequences. It should be noted, that the badness is very subjective. LaCheck is designed to help find common mistakes…
l4p-tmpl – Print out a Log4perl template configurationSynopsis l4p-tmpl >l4p.confDescriptionl4p-tmpl prints out the text of a template Log4perl configuration for starting a new Log4perl configuration file. LicenseCopyright 2002-2013 by Mike Schilli <m@perlmeister.com> and Kevin Goess <cpan [at] goess.org>. This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as…
l3build – Checking and building packages Synopsisl3build <command> [<options>] [<names>] DescriptionThe l3build system is a Lua script for building TeX packages, with particular emphasis on regression testing. It is written in cross-platform Lua code, so can be used by any modern TeX distribution with the texlua interpreter. A package for building with l3build can be…
l2test – L2CAP testing tool Descriptionl2test – L2CAP testing tool Usage: l2test <mode> [options] [bdaddr]Modes: -r listen and receive -w listen and send -d listen and dump incoming data -x listen, then send, then dump incoming data -t listen, then send and receive at the same time -q connect, then send and receive at the…