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 dfbg – DirectFB background configuration tool SYNOPSIS dfbg [options] <filename>|<color> DESCRIPTION dfbg is a small utility to configure the background of the DirectFB desktop. It loads the specified image and sets it as background image. dfbg requires DirectFB with the multi-application core enabled. OPTIONS -c, –color Set color fill mode using <color> in AARRGGBB…
NAME df – report file system disk space usage SYNOPSIS df [,OPTION/]… [,FILE/]… DESCRIPTION This manual page documents the GNU version of df. df displays the amount of disk space available on the file system containing each file name argument. If no file name is given, the space available on all currently mounted file systems…
NAME dex SYNOPSIS dex [-c command] [-t tag] [-r rcfile] [-V] [file]… DESCRIPTION A small and flexible text editor. COMMAND LINE OPTIONS -c command Run this command after reading the rc file and opening any files specified on command line. -r rcfile Read this rc file instead of ~/.dex/rc or /usr/share/dex/rc. -t tag Go to…
NAME deweb – strips away C & CWEB commands from CWEB sources SYNOPSIS deweb [ file1 file2 … ] DESCRIPTION deweb filters away all C & CWEB commands from a CWEB source code. This leaves only the LaTeX code. This stripped code, in turn, may then be passed to a suitable syntax checker for LaTeX,…
NAME devnag – Devanagari for TeX preprocessor SYNOPSIS devnag in[.dn] [out[.tex]] DESCRIPTION devnag is a preprocessor that reads transliterated Devanagari input delimited by \dn and converts it into a form with which TeX is familiar. The preprocessor handles the details of character placement such as the alignment of vowel diacritics and consonant ligatures. The rest…
NAME devkit-power – DeviceKit-power command line tool SYNOPSIS devkit-power [–enumerate] [–monitor] [–monitor-detail] [–help] DESCRIPTION devkit-power is a simple command line client for the DeviceKit-power(7) daemon. TODO: not fully documented. OPTIONS –monitor Connect to the DeviceKit-power daemon and print a line every time a power source is added, removed or changed. –monitor-detail Like –monitor but prints…
NAME devio – program to read and write from block devices SYNOPSIS devio [options] files… DESCRIPTION This manual page documents briefly the devio command. devio is a command line program intended to read and write from block devices. OPTIONS This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes…
NAME Devilspie2 – perform scripted actions on windows as they are created Description Devilspie2 is a program that detects windows as they are created, and performs scripted actions on them. The scripts are written in LUA, allowing a great deal of customisation. More details in /usr/share/doc/devilspie2. Options –version Displays the version of Devilspie2. –folder folder…
NAME devilspie – perform actions on windows as they are created SYNOPSIS devilspie [OPTION]… configuration-files… DESCRIPTION devilspie is a program which can detect windows as they are created, and perform actions on them if they match as set of criteria. The configuration files are a set of s-expressions. Command-lines options: -a –apply-to-existing Apply to all…
NAME devdump, isoinfo, isovfy, isodump – Utility programs for dumping and verifying iso9660 images. SYNOPSIS devdump isoimage isodump isoimage isoinfo [ -d ] [ -h ] [ -R ] [ -J ] [ -j charset ] [ -f ] [ -l ] [ -p ] [ -T sector ] [ -N sector ] [ -i…
NAME devassistant – setup development environment and create basic projects in various languages SYNOPSIS devassistant [–debug] [–no-cache] [ ASSISTANT_TYPE ] [ OPTIONS ] [[ SUBASSISTANT ] [OPTIONS] …] devassistant [–debug] [–no-cache] [ ACTION ] [ OPTIONS ] DESCRIPTION Please note that the da command is the recommended way of running DevAssistant (even though it works…
NAME detex – a filter to strip TeX commands from a .tex file. SYNOPSIS detex [ -clnstw ] [ -e environment-list ] [ filename[.tex] … ] DESCRIPTION Detex reads each file in sequence, removes all comments and TeX control sequences and writes the remainder on the standard output. All text in math mode and display…
NAME desktop-file-validate – Validate desktop entry files SYNOPSIS desktop-file-validate [–no-hints] [–no-warn-deprecated] [–warn-kde] FILE… DESCRIPTION The desktop-file-validate program is a tool to validate desktop entry files according to the Desktop Entry specification 1.4. The specification describes a file format to provide information such as name, icon and description for an application. Such a file can then…
NAME desktop-file-install, desktop-file-edit – Installation and edition of desktop files SYNOPSIS desktop-file-install [–dir=DIR] [-m MODE|–mode=MODE] [–vendor=VENDOR] [–delete-original] [–rebuild-mime-info-cache] [EDITOPTION]… FILE… desktop-file-edit [EDITOPTION]… FILE DESCRIPTION The desktop-file-install program is a tool to install, and optionally edit, desktop files. The desktop-file-edit program is a tool to edit a desktop file. They are mostly useful for developers and…
NAME desktop-file-install, desktop-file-edit – Installation and edition of desktop files SYNOPSIS desktop-file-install [–dir=DIR] [-m MODE|–mode=MODE] [–vendor=VENDOR] [–delete-original] [–rebuild-mime-info-cache] [EDITOPTION]… FILE… desktop-file-edit [EDITOPTION]… FILE DESCRIPTION The desktop-file-install program is a tool to install, and optionally edit, desktop files. The desktop-file-edit program is a tool to edit a desktop file. They are mostly useful for developers and…
NAME derrick — a simple network stream recorder SYNOPSIS derrick [-mvVh] [-i interface] [-r file] [-f expression] [-l file] [-b bytes] [-t lines] DESCRIPTION derrick is a simple tool for recording data streams of TCP and UDP traffic. It shares similarities with other network recorders, such as tcpflow and wireshark, where it is more advanced…
NAME derdump_ – Dumps C-sequence strings from a DER encoded certificate file SYNOPSIS derdump [-r] [-i input-file] [-o output-file] STATUS This documentation is still work in progress. Please contribute to the initial review in m[blue]Mozilla NSS bug 836477m[][1] DESCRIPTION derdump dumps C-sequence strings from a DER encode certificate file OPTIONS -r For formatted items, dump raw bytes…
NAME derb – disassemble a resource bundle SYNOPSIS derb [ -h, -?, –help ] [ -V, –version ] [ -v, –verbose ] [ -e, –encoding encoding ] [ –bom ] [ -t, –truncate [ size ] ] [ -s, –sourcedir source ] [ -d, –destdir destination ] [ -i, –icudatadir directory ] [ -c, –to-stdout…
NAME demangle – Undo C++ name mangling for symbols SYNOPSIS demangle DESCRIPTION demangle reads a list of C++ mangled symbol names from standard input and converts these names to human-readable form on standard output. This utility is part of the KDE Software Development Kit. EXAMPLE Create a file called names containing the following mangled symbol…
NAME delwords – Deleting words from specified dictionary collectively SYNOPSIS delwords [{-cs|-cannaserver} cannaserver] dicname DESCRIPTION delwords deletes words from specified dictionary according to the word information from the standard input. The standard input must be in a format of “Text Dictionary format” of Canna. dicname must be a “Text Dictionary format” which can be rewritten….