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 ext2spice – convert hierarchical ext(5) extracted-circuit files to flat spice files SYNOPSIS ext2spice [ -B ] [ extcheck-options ] [ -M|m ] [ -y num ] [ -f hspice|spice3|spice2 ] [ -J hier|flat ] [ -j device:sdRclass[/subRclass]/defaultSubstrate ] root DESCRIPTION Ext2spice will convert an extracted circuit from the hierarchical ext(5) representation produced by Magic…
NAME ext2sim – convert hierarchical ext(5) extracted-circuit files to flat sim(5) files SYNOPSIS ext2sim [ -a aliasfile ] [ -l labelsfile ] [ -o simfile ] [ -A ] [ -B ] [ -F ] [ -L ] [ -t ] [ extcheck-options ] [ -y num ] [ -f mit|lbl|su ] [ -J hier|flat…
NAME expresso – A JavaScript TDD framework written for Node.js SYNOPSIS Usage: expresso [options] <file …> DESCRIPTION Expresso is a JavaScript test-driven development (TDD) framework written for Node.js. Expresso is extremely fast, and is packed with features including additional assertion methods and code coverage reporting. OPTIONS -g, –growl Enable growl notifications -c, –coverage Generate and…
NAME expr – evaluate expressions SYNOPSIS expr ,EXPRESSION/ expr ,OPTION/ DESCRIPTION –help display this help and exit –version output version information and exit Print the value of EXPRESSION to standard output. A blank line below separates increasing precedence groups. EXPRESSION may be: ARG1 | ARG2 ARG1 if it is neither null nor 0, otherwise ARG2…
NAME bash, :, ., [, alias, bg, bind, break, builtin, caller, cd, command, compgen, complete, compopt, continue, declare, dirs, disown, echo, enable, eval, exec, exit, export, false, fc, fg, getopts, hash, help, history, jobs, kill, let, local, logout, mapfile, popd, printf, pushd, pwd, read, readonly, return, set, shift, shopt, source, suspend, test, times, trap, true,…
NAME expiry – check and enforce password expiration policy SYNOPSIS expiry option DESCRIPTION The expiry command checks (-c) the current password expiration and forces (-f) changes when required. It is callable as a normal user command. OPTIONS The options which apply to the expiry command are: -c, –check Check the password expiration of the current…
NAME expectk – Expect with Tk support SYNOPSIS expectk [ args ] INTRODUCTION Expectk is a combination of Expect with Tk. (See their respective man pages for a more comprehensive explanation of either.) Expectk should run any wish or Expect script (with minor changes – see below). The differences between the Expectk and Expect environment…
NAME xkibitz – allow multiple people to interact in an xterm SYNOPSIS xkibitz [ xkibitz-args ] [ program program-args… ] INTRODUCTION xkibitz allows users in separate xterms to share one shell (or any program that runs in an xterm). Uses include: • A novice user can ask an expert user for help. Using xkibitz, the…
NAME unbuffer – unbuffer output SYNOPSIS unbuffer program [ args ] INTRODUCTION unbuffer disables the output buffering that occurs when program output is redirected from non-interactive programs. For example, suppose you are watching the output from a fifo by running it through od and then more. od -c /tmp/fifo | more You will not see…
NAME tknewsbiff – pop up a window when news appears SYNOPSIS tknewsbiff [ server or config-file ] INTRODUCTION tknewsbiff pops up a window when there is unread news in your favorite newsgroups and removes the window after you’ve read the news. tknewsbiff can optionally play a sound, start your newsreader, etc. SELECTING NEWSGROUPS By default,…
NAME passmass – change password on multiple machines SYNOPSIS passmass [ host1 host2 host3 … ] INTRODUCTION Passmass changes a password on multiple machines. If you have accounts on several machines that do not share password databases, Passmass can help you keep them all in sync. This, in turn, will make it easier to change…
NAME multixterm – drive multiple xterms separately or together SYNOPSIS multixterm [ args ] DESCRIPTION Multixterm creates multiple xterms that can be driven together or separately. In its simplest form, multixterm is run with no arguments and commands are interactively entered in the first entry field. Press return (or click the "new xterm" button) to…
NAME mkpasswd – generate new password, optionally apply it to a user SYNOPSIS mkpasswd [ args ] [ user ] INTRODUCTION mkpasswd generates passwords and can apply them automatically to users. mkpasswd is based on the code from Chapter 23 of the O’Reilly book "Exploring Expect". USAGE With no arguments, mkpasswd returns a new password….
NAME kibitz – allow two people to interact with one shell SYNOPSIS kibitz [ kibitz-args ] user [ program program-args… ] kibitz [ kibitz-args ] user [at] host [ program program-args… ] INTRODUCTION kibitz allows two (or more) people to interact with one shell (or any arbitrary program). Uses include: • A novice user can…
NAME Dislocate – disconnect and reconnect processes SYNOPSIS dislocate [ program args… ] INTRODUCTION Dislocate allows processes to be disconnected and reconnected to the terminal. Possible uses: • You can disconnect a process from a terminal at work and reconnect from home, to continue working. • After having your line be dropped due to noise,…
NAME cryptdir – encrypt/decrypt all files in a directory SYNOPSIS cryptdir [ dir ] decryptdir [ dir ] INTRODUCTION cryptdir encrypts all files in the current directory (or the given directory if one is provided as an argument). When called as decryptdir (i.e., same program, different name), all files are decrypted. NOTES When encrypting, you…
NAME cryptdir – encrypt/decrypt all files in a directory SYNOPSIS cryptdir [ dir ] decryptdir [ dir ] INTRODUCTION cryptdir encrypts all files in the current directory (or the given directory if one is provided as an argument). When called as decryptdir (i.e., same program, different name), all files are decrypted. NOTES When encrypting, you…
NAME autoexpect – generate an Expect script from watching a session SYNOPSIS autoexpect [ args ] [ program args… ] INTRODUCTION autoexpect watches you interacting with another program and creates an Expect script that reproduces your interactions. For straightline scripts, autoexpect saves substantial time over writing scripts by hand. Even if you are an Expect…
NAME expect – programmed dialogue with interactive programs, Version 5 SYNOPSIS expect [ -dDinN ] [ -c cmds ] [ [ –[f|b] ] cmdfile ] [ args ] INTRODUCTION Expect is a program that "talks" to other interactive programs according to a script. Following the script, Expect knows what can be expected from a program…
NAME expand – convert tabs to spaces SYNOPSIS expand [,OPTION/]… [,FILE/]… DESCRIPTION Convert tabs in each FILE to spaces, writing to standard output. With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input. Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. -i, –initial do not convert tabs after non blanks -t,…