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 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,…
NAME exonerate – a generic tool for sequence comparison SYNOPSIS exonerate [ options ] <query path> <target path> DESCRIPTION exonerate is a general tool for sequence comparison. It uses the C4 dynamic programming library. It is designed to be both general and fast. It can produce either gapped or ungapped alignments, according to a variety…
NAME exonerate-server – a sequence comparison server for exonerate SYNOPSIS exonerate-server [ options ] <index path> DESCRIPTION exonerate-server is a multi-threaded server for the exonerate sequence alignment program. It uses a set of sequences and a corresponding index file to allow fast of large datasets. OVERVIEW Firstly, an .esd file must be made from the…
NAME exo-preferred-applications – Select preferred applications for Xfce desktop environment DESCRIPTION Usage: exo-helper-1 [OPTION?] Help Options: -h, –help Show help options –help-all Show all help options –help-gtk Show GTK+ Options Application Options: -V, –version Print version information and exit -c, –configure Open the Preferred Applications configuration dialog -s, –socket-id=,SOCKET/ ID Settings manager socket -l, –launch=,TYPE/…
NAME exo-open – Open URLs and launch preferred applications SYNOPSIS exo-open [[url]…] exo-open –launch [category] [[parameter]…] DESCRIPTION exo-open is a command line frontend to the Xfce Preferred Applications framework. It can either be used to open a list of urls with the default URL handler or launch the preferred application for a certain category. INVOCATION…
NAME exo-desktop-item-edit – Edit freedesktop.org .desktop files DESCRIPTION Usage: exo-desktop-item-edit [OPTION?] [FILE|FOLDER] Help Options: -h, –help Show help options –help-all Show all help options –help-gtk Show GTK+ Options Application Options: -c, –create-new Create a new desktop file in the given directory -t, –type Type of desktop file to create (Application or Link) –name Preset name…
NAME exo-csource – C code generation utility for arbitrary data SYNOPSIS exo-csource [options] [file] exo-csource [options] –build-list [[name] [file]…] DESCRIPTION exo-csource is a small utility that generates C code containing arbitrary data, useful for compiling texts or other data directly into programs. INVOCATION exo-csource either takes as input one file name to generate code for, or,…
NAME exiv2 – Image metadata manipulation tool SYNOPSIS exiv2 [options] [action] file … DESCRIPTION exiv2 is a program to read and write Exif, IPTC and XMP image metadata and image comments. The following image formats are supported: Type Exif IPTC XMP Image comments EXV Read/Write Read/Write Read/Write Read/Write CR2 Read/Write Read/Write Read/Write – CRW Read/Write…
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