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 bsearch – manages one-time passwords SYNOPSIS bsearch [-KVvh ] [-b block-size ] [-m max-cache-size ] file [key …] DESCRIPTION The bsearch program performs binary searches of file which must be a sorted flat text file. Each line is a record. Each record starts with a key that is optionally followed by whitespace and a…
NAME tar – manipulate tape archives SYNOPSIS [bundled-flags Ao args Ac [Ao file Ac | Ao pattern Ac … ] ] Br q Fl c [options ] [files | directories ] Br q Fl r | Fl u –f archive-file [options ] [files | directories ] Br q Fl t | Fl x [options ]…
NAME bsdiff – generate a patch between two binary files SYNOPSIS Ao Ar oldfile Ac Ao Ar newfile Ac Ao Ar patchfile Ac DESCRIPTION compares Ao Ar oldfile Ac to Ao Ar newfile Ac and writes to Ao Ar patchfile Ac a binary patch suitable for use by bspatch(1). When Ao Ar oldfile Ac and…
NAME cpio – copy files to and from archives SYNOPSIS Br q Fl i [options ] [pattern … ] [< archive ] Br q Fl o [options ] < name-list [> archive ] Br q Fl p [options ] dest-dir < name-list DESCRIPTION copies files between archives and directories. This implementation can extract from tar,…
NAME write – send a message to another user SYNOPSIS user [tty ] DESCRIPTION The utility allows you to communicate with other users, by copying lines from your terminal to theirs. When you run the command, the user you are writing to gets a message of the form: Message from yourname [at] yourhost on yourtty…
NAME from – print names of those who have sent mail SYNOPSIS [-c ] [-f file ] [-s sender ] [user ] DESCRIPTION The utility prints out the mail header lines from the invoker’s mailbox. The following options are available: -c Just print a count of messages and exit. -f file The supplied file is…
NAME csh – a shell (command interpreter) with C-like syntax SYNOPSIS csh [-bcefimnstVvXx [argument … ] ] csh [-l ] DESCRIPTION csh is a command language interpreter incorporating a history mechanism (see Sx History substitutions ) , job control facilities (see Sx Jobs ) , interactive file name and user name completion (see Sx File…
NAME bs11nread – Barry Project’s program to read database serialization files. SYNOPSIS bs11nread [-f file][-h][-S] DESCRIPTION bs11nread reads Boost serialization files that were saved with the btool program, and dumps the database records in human readable format to stdout. This program is only available if Barry is compiled with Boost support enabled. OPTIONS -f file…
NAME brushtopbm – convert a doodle brush file into a portable bitmap SYNOPSIS brushtopbm [brushfile] DESCRIPTION Reads a Xerox doodle brush file as input. Produces a portable bitmap as output. Note that there is currently no pbmtobrush tool. SEE ALSO pbm(5) AUTHOR Copyright (C) 1988 by Jef Poskanzer. Index
NAME broadwayd – Broadway display server SYNOPSIS broadwayd [–port PORT] [–address ADDRESS] [–unixsocket ADDRESS] [:DISPLAY] DESCRIPTION broadwayd is a display server for the Broadway GDK backend. It allows multiple GTK+ applications to display their windows in the same web browser, by connecting to broadwayd. When using broadwayd, specify the display number to use, prefixed with a colon, similar…
NAME bro-cut – parse Bro logs SYNOPSIS bro-cut [options] [columns] DESCRIPTION Extracts the given columns from ASCII Bro logs on standard input, and outputs them to standard output. If no columns are given, all are selected. By default, bro-cut does not include format header blocks in the output. Columns are specified as a list of…
NAME brltty – refreshable braille display driver for Linux/Unix SYNOPSIS brltty [option …] DESCRIPTION brltty is a background process (daemon) which provides access to the console screen (when in text mode) for a blind person using a refreshable braille display. It drives the braille display, and provides complete screen review functionality. Some speech capability has…
NAME brecsum – Generate SHA1 sums of raw Blackberry database records. SYNOPSIS brecsum [-d db][-h][-p pin][-P pass][-v] DESCRIPTION brecsum downloads the specified database(s) and computes a SHA1 checksum on each raw record it finds. The SHA1 sums are written to stdout. This is mainly useful for verifying the integrity of restored data during testing. OPTIONS…
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 brasero – Simple and easy to use CD/DVD burning application for the GNOME Desktop SYNOPSIS brasero [options] [uri] [uri] … DESCRIPTION Brasero is an easy-to-use application for burning CD-R/Ws and DVD-R/Ws. With Brasero you can create data, audio, or video CDs, DVDs, and SVCDs. You can copy existing disks, use image files, or create…
NAME rancid – Cisco configuration filter SYNOPSIS rancid [-dlCV] [-t device_type] (-f filename | hostname) rancid [-dhlCV] -t device_type (-f filename | hostname) DESCRIPTION rancid is a collection of perl(1) scripts which uses the login scripts (see clogin(1)) to login to a device, execute commands to display the configuration, etc, then filters the output for…
NAME bpython – a fancy {curses, GTK+, urwid} interface to the Python interactive interpreter SYNOPSIS bpython [options] [file [args]] bpython-gtk [options] [file [args]] bpython-urwid [options] [file [args]] DESCRIPTION The idea is to provide the user with all the features in-line, much like modern IDEs, but in a simple, lightweight package that can be run in…
NAME axgetput – upload or download files via AX.25 / axspawn Linux login session. SYNOPSIS axgetput [-b blocksize] [-i] [-v] [-h] [?] filename axgetput [-b blocksize] [-i] -s [-v] [-h] [?] [filename] DESCRIPTION -b blocksize Set the blocksize (frame length) of transmitted data. Defaults to 256 bytes which matches typical AX.25 network confurations best. -i…
NAME boxes – text mode box and comment drawing filter SYNOPSIS boxes [-hlmrv] [-a format] [-d design] [-f file] [-i indent] [-k bool] [-p pad] [-s size] [-t tabopts] [infile [outfile]] DESCRIPTION Boxes is a text filter which can draw any kind of box around its input text. Box design choices range from simple boxes…
NAME bournal – When nobody else cares what you have to say! SYNOPSIS bournal [options] DESCRIPTION bournal is a program that allows you to write personal, password-protected journal entries, as well as search through and edit old entries. Bournal has no internet capabilities, so if you’re looking for a blogging app, boy, did you install…