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 dnsget – DNS lookup utility SYNOPSYS dnsget [-v|-q] [-c class] [-t type] [-o opt,opt,…] name… DESCRIPTION dnsget is a simple command-line to perform DNS lookups, similar to host(1) and dig(1). It is useable for both interactive/debugging scenarious and in scripts. The program is implemented using udns(3) library. By default, dnsget produces a human-readable output,…
SYNOPSIS dnsfilter [OPTIONS] DESCRIPTION dnsfilter does the opposite of dnsip. It inverse queries the DNS to convert a given IP address to the corresponding host name. When a query returns the host name, dnsfilter prints the result as <ip-address>=<host-name> and in case of any error it goes like <ip-address>:<error-message> OPTIONS -c <number> do <number> queries in parallel…
NAME hostname – show or set the system’s host name domainname – show or set the system’s NIS/YP domain name ypdomainname – show or set the system’s NIS/YP domain name nisdomainname – show or set the system’s NIS/YP domain name dnsdomainname – show the system’s DNS domain name SYNOPSIS hostname [-a|–alias] [-d|–domain] [-f|–fqdn|–long] [-A|–all-fqdns] [-i|–ip-address]…
NAME dnsdist – tool to balance DNS queries over downstream servers SYNOPSIS dnsdist [OPTION]… ADDRESS… DESCRIPTION dnsdist receives DNS queries and relays them to one or more downstream servers. It subsequently sends back responses to the original requestor. dnsdist operates over TCP and UDP, and strives to deliver very high performance over both. Currently, queries…
NAME dmxtodmx – dmx configuration file parser and printer SYNOPSIS dmxtodmx DESCRIPTION dmxtodmx reads the standard input, parsing a configuration file for the Xdmx distributed multi-head X server. After a successful parse, the file is pretty-printed to standard output. SEE ALSO Xdmx(1), vdltodmx(1), xdmxconfig(1) Index
NAME dmtxwrite – create Data Matrix barcodes SYNOPSIS dmtxwrite [OPTION]… [FILE] DESCRIPTION dmtxwrite encodes data from a file or standard input, and writes the resulting ECC200 Data Matrix barcode as an image. OPTIONS -c, –codewords Print codeword listing instead of creating barcode. -d, –module=N Module size in pixels. -m, –margin=N Margin size in pixels. -e,…
NAME dmtxread – scan Data Matrix barcodes SYNOPSIS dmtxread [options] [FILE]… DESCRIPTION dmtxread searches the named input FILEs (or standard input if no files are named or the filename "-" is given) for ECC200 Data Matrix barcodes, reads their contents, and writes the decoded messages to standard output. OPTIONS -c, –codewords Only print the codewords…
NAME dmtxquery – extract information from dmtxread output SYNOPSIS dmtxquery PROPERTY [OPTION]… [FILE]… DESCRIPTION dmtxquery extracts information from the XML output from dmtxread for individual or grouped barcode scan results. PROPERTY barcode.count count of all barcodes found in image barcode.N.BPROP print BPROP property of Nth barcode message.count count of all messages found in image message.N.MPROP…
NAME dmp – translate Troff output to low-level MetaPost input SYNOPSIS dmp [option] ditrofffile [mpxfile] DESCRIPTION This manual page is not meant to be exhaustive. The complete documentation for this version of TeX can be found in the info file or manual Web2C: A TeX implementation. The dmp program generates MetaPost source code from the…
NAME dmesg – print or control the kernel ring buffer SYNOPSIS dmesg [options] dmesg –clear dmesg –read-clear [options] dmesg –console-level level dmesg –console-on dmesg –console-off DESCRIPTION dmesg is used to examine or control the kernel ring buffer. The default action is to display all messages from the kernel ring buffer. OPTIONS The –clear, –read-clear, –console-on,…
NAME dmenu – dynamic menu SYNOPSIS dmenu [-bfiv] [-l lines] [-m monitor] [-p prompt] [-fn font] [-nb color] [-nf color] [-sb color] [-sf color] [-w windowid] dmenu_run … DESCRIPTION dmenu is a dynamic menu for X, which reads a list of newline-separated items from stdin. When the user selects an item and presses Return, their…
NAME dmascc_cfg – Configure dmascc devices SYNOPSIS dmascc <interface> [<options>] DESCRIPTION dmascc_cfg is used to configure dmascc devices such as PI2 and PackeTwin cards. The –show option can be used by any user, all other options must be used by root. OPTIONS –speed frequency Set frequency of baud rate generator to frequency. A value of…
NAME dmail – procmail Mail Delivery Module SYNOPSIS dmail [-D] [-f from_name] [-s] [-k keyword_list] [user][+folder] DESCRIPTION dmail delivers mail to a user’s INBOX or a designated folder. dmail may be configured as a drop-in replacement for binmail(1), mail.local(1) for use with a mail delivery filter such as procmail(1). Because of security considerations (see below)…
NAME dm_zdump – timezone dumper SYNOPSIS This performs the same operation as the unix ‘zdump’ command, but using the Date::Manip module. dm_zdump[-v][-c YEAR][ZONE ZONE…] DESCRIPTION This displays the current time in each ZONE named on the command line unless the -v option is given. -h, –help Print online help. -v, –verbose This displays all critical…
NAME dm_date – print out the system date and time SYNOPSIS This performs the same operation as the unix ‘date’ command, but using the Date::Manip module. dm_date[OPTION]…[+FORMAT] DESCRIPTION This displays information about the current system time, or some other time. Options are: -h, –help Print online help. -d STRING, –date=STRING Display time described by STRING….
NAME dm-tool – a tool to control the display manager SYNOPSIS dm-tool [ OPTIONS ] COMMAND [ ARGS ] DESCRIPTION dm-tool is a tool to communicate with the LightDM display manager. OPTIONS -h, –help Show help options –version Show release version –session-bus Attempt to connect to the display manager using the session bus. This is…
NAME dltest – A simple library symbol test SYNOPSIS dltest library symbol DESCRIPTION dltest is simple test of occurence of the symbol in the library. The library must be a full (with path) file name of the shared object, in which the search for symbol should be performed. Without any parameters, dltest print short help…
NAME dlltool – Create files needed to build and use DLLs. SYNOPSIS dlltool [-d|–input-def def-file-name] [-b|–base-file base-file-name] [-e|–output-exp exports-file-name] [-z|–output-def def-file-name] [-l|–output-lib library-file-name] [-y|–output-delaylib library-file-name] [–export-all-symbols] [–no-export-all-symbols] [–exclude-symbols list] [–no-default-excludes] [-S|–as path-to-assembler] [-f|–as-flags options] [-D|–dllname name] [-m|–machine machine] [-a|–add-indirect] [-U|–add-underscore] [–add-stdcall-underscore] [-k|–kill-at] [-A|–add-stdcall-alias] [-p|–ext-prefix-alias prefix] [-x|–no-idata4] [-c|–no-idata5] [–use-nul-prefixed-import-tables] [-I|–identify library-file-name] [–identify-strict] [-i|–interwork] [-n|–nodelete] [-t|–temp-prefix prefix] [-v|–verbose] [-h|–help] [-V|–version] [–no-leading-underscore] [–leading-underscore] [object-file …] DESCRIPTION dlltool reads its inputs, which can come from the -d and -b options as well…
NAME clogin – Cisco login script SYNOPSIS clogin [-autoenable] [-noenable] [-dSV] [-c command] [-E var=x] [-e enable-password] [-f cloginrc-file] [-p user-password] [-s script-file] [-t timeout] [-u username] [-v vty-password] [-w enable-username] [-x command-file] [-y ssh_cypher_type] router [router…] DESCRIPTION clogin is an expect(1) script to automate the process of logging into a Cisco router, Catalyst switch,…
NAME djvutoxml, djvuxmlparser – DjVuLibre XML Tools. SYNOPSIS djvutoxml [options] inputdjvufile [outputxmlfile] djvuxmlparser [ -o djvufile ] inputxmlfile DESCRIPTION The DjVuLibre XML Tools provide for editing the metadata, hyperlinks and hidden text associated with DjVu files. Unlike djvused(1) the DjVuLibre XML Tools rely on the XML technology and can take advantage of XML editors and…