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 bannergrab – a network service banner grabbing tool SYNOPSIS bannergrab [options] host port DESCRIPTION bannergrab performs connection, trigger and basic service information collection. There are basic banner grabbing modes, the first mode (the default one) sends triggers to the services and performs basic information collection. The second mode (–no-triggers), only connects to the service…
NAME banner – prints a short string to the console in very large letters SYNOPSIS banner string DESCRIPTION This is a classic-style banner program similar to the one found in Solaris or AIX in the late 1990s. It prints a short string to the console in very large letters. Banners that do not fit in…
NAME Balsa – the GNOME email client. DESCRIPTION You can use Balsa to fetch, read, write and send e-mails. It supports * local mailboxes in maildir, mbox and/or mh format, * nested mailboxes, * protocols POP3, IMAP and SMTP, * multithreaded mail retrieval, * GnuPG/GPG encryption, LDAP, Kerberos and SSL, * MIME (view images, save parts), * multiple character sets, * GPE address book,…
NAME balance 3.42 – A simple TCP proxy with load balancing and failover mechanisms. SYNOPSIS balance [ -b addr ] [ -B addr ] [ -t sec ] [ -T sec ] [ -adfpHM ] port host1[:port1[:maxc]] [!|%] [ … hostn[:portn[:maxc]]] balance [ -b addr ] -i [ -d ] [ -M ] port balance…
NAME bakefilize – prepare Bakefile project for use with Autoconf SYNOPSIS bakefilize [–copy] [–dry-run] [–force] [–verbose] [–help] DESCRIPTION For the "autoconf" format, Bakefile creates Makefile.in files that depend on the availability of common pieces of a GNU build system. (config.guess, install-sh, etc.) These tools are part of Automake, which can copy these files into a…
NAME bakefile_gen – batch bakefile generation SYNOPSIS bakefile_gen [-dDESCFILE…] [-FFORMATS…] [-DVAR=VALUE…] [-IPATH…] [-c] [–list-files] [-j] [-p] [–dry-run] [-k] [-n] [-v] [-V] DESCRIPTION Calls bakefile with flags listed in description file (Bakefiles.bkgen or file specified using the –desc option). COMMAND LINE OPTIONS –desc=DESCFILE Uses given description file instead of Bakefiles.bkgen. –formats=FORMATS Calls Bakefile to generate only…
NAME bakefile – native makefiles generator SYNOPSIS bakefile [–version] [–help] -fFORMAT -oOUTFILE [–eol=[format|dos|unix|mac|native]] [–wrap-output=[no|LENGTH]] [-DVAR=VALUE…] [-IPATH…] [-v] [-q] [–dry-run] [–touch] [–dump] file.bkl DESCRIPTION bakefile creates various types of Makefiles and project files from a single project description called a "Bakefile". COMMAND LINE OPTIONS –version Display Bakefile version and exit. -h, –help Display usage information and…
NAME bacula-tray-monitor – Bacula’s ‘System Tray’ monitor SYNOPSIS bacula-tray-monitor [options] DESCRIPTION This manual page documents briefly the bacula-tray-monitor command, a simple monitor for the ‘system tray’ in KDE/GNOME OPTIONS bacula-tray-monitor [-c config_file] [-d debug_level] [-t] -c <config> Specify configuration file. -d <nn> Set debug level to nn. -t Test config mode: read configuration and exit. -? Show…
NAME bwx-console – Bacula’s management Console SYNOPSIS bwx-console [options] DESCRIPTION This manual page documents briefly the bwx-console command, the wxWidgets version of the Bacula administration console. OPTIONS bwx-console [-s] [-c config_file] [-d debug_level] [-t] -c <config> Specify configuration file. -d <nn> Set debug level to nn. -s No signals. -t Test config mode: read configuration…
NAME bgnome-console – Bacula’s management Console, GUI version. DESCRIPTION This manual page documents briefly the bgnome-console command, the Gnome GUI version of the Bacula administration console. The Console allows the administrator or user to communicate with the Bacula Director. This is the Gnome version. It will also run under KDE. This Gnome GUI interface is…
NAME BACKUPNINJA – A lightweight, extensible meta-backup system "a silent flower blossom death strike to lost data." SYNOPSIS backupninja [ -h ] [ -d ] [ -n ] [ -t ] [ -f filename ] [ –run filename ] DESCRIPTION Backupninja allows you to coordinate system backups by dropping a few simple configuration files into…
NAME Backup-light – backups up the active users $HOME directory SYNOPSIS backup-light [option(s)] DESCRIPTION Backup-light backups up the active users $HOME directory in eather .tar.bz2 or .tar.gz. It is able to backup to not only the internal hard drive, but any external hard drives, and removable mediums such as a CD or DVD or USB…
NAME backtracker – Generate forward and backward flowlines and hotspot tracks SYNOPSIS backtracker [ table ] rot_file|lon/lat/angle [ [young/old] ] [ f|b ] [ drift.txt ] [ f|bstep ] [ upper_age ] [ fixed_age ] [ filestem ] [ zero_age ] [ [level] ] [ [a|t] ] [ -b<binary> ] [ -d<nodata> ] [ -h<headers>…
NAME backintime – a simple backup tool for Linux. This is command line tool. The graphical tools are: backintime-gnome and backintime-kde4. SYNOPSIS backintime [ –backup | –backup-job | –snapshots-path | –snapshots-list | –snapshots-list-path | –last-snapshot | –last-snapshot-path | –help | –version | –license ] DESCRIPTION Back In Time is a simple backup tool for Linux….
NAME backintime-gnome – a simple backup tool for Gnome. SYNOPSIS backintime-gnome [ [–snapshots] path | –backup | –backup-job | –snapshots-path | –snapshots-list | –snapshots-list-path | –last-snapshot | –last-snapshot-path | –help | –version | –license ] DESCRIPTION Back In Time is a simple backup tool for Linux. This is the Gnome version. For more information about…
NAME babeltrace — Babeltrace Trace Viewer and Converter SYNOPSIS babeltrace [OPTIONS] FILE… DESCRIPTION Babeltrace is a trace viewer and converter reading and writing the Common Trace Format (CTF). Its main use is to pretty-print CTF traces into a human-readable text output ordered by time. This program follow the usual GNU command line syntax with long…
NAME babeltrace-log — Babeltrace Log Converter SYNOPSIS babeltrace-log [OPTIONS] OUTPUT DESCRIPTION Convert for a text log (read from standard input) to CTF. This program follow the usual GNU command line syntax with long options starting with two dashes. Below is a summary of the available options. OUTPUT Output trace path -t With timestamps (format: [sec.usec]…
NAME babel , obabel – a converter for chemistry and molecular modeling data files SYNOPSIS [-H help-options ] [OPTIONS ] [-i input-type ] infile [-o output-type ] outfile obabel [-H help-options ] obabel [OPTIONS ] [-i input-type | –: Qo SMILES-string Qc infile ] [-o output-type ] –O outfile DESCRIPTION is a cross-platform program designed…
NAME b43-fwcutter – Utility for extracting Broadcom 43xx firmware SYNOPSIS b43-fwcutter [OPTION] [DRIVER] DESCRIPTION b43-fwcutter can extract the firmware for your Broadcom 43xx hardware from different closed source drivers. The b43 driver depends on these firmware files and can’t work without them. Currently b43-fwcutter supports Apple MacOS X, Microsoft Windows and Linux drivers, but keep…
NAME b2sum – compute and check BLAKE2 message digest SYNOPSIS b2sum [,OPTION/]… [,FILE/]… DESCRIPTION Print or check BLAKE2 (512-bit) checksums. With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input. -b, –binary read in binary mode -c, –check read BLAKE2 sums from the FILEs and check them -l, –length digest length in bits; must…