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 acpitool – a Linux ACPI client, allowing you to query or set ACPI values SYNOPSIS acpitool [ -aAbBcefFhjlmnosStTvVwWz ] DESCRIPTION acpitool is a Linux ACPI client. It simply reads /proc/acpi or /sys/class entries and presents the output in a meaningfull, human-readable format. It provides a.o. information on battery status, AC adapter presence, thermal reading,…
NAME acpisrc – ACPICA source code conversion utility SYNOPSIS acpisrc [-c|-l|-u][-d][-s][-v][-y]<source-dir><dest-dir> <aml-file> DESCRIPTION This manual page briefly documents the acpisrc command. The option list is taken from the acpisrc interactive help. acpisrc converts the ACPICA into various forms for use with different operating systems. Source for ACPICA may be obtained from http://www.acpica.org/source/. Much more detailed…
NAME acpinames – ACPI name space dump utility SYNOPSIS acpinames <option>… <aml-file> DESCRIPTION This manual page briefly documents the acpinames command. The option list is taken from the acpinames interactive help. acpinames prints out the complete ACPI name space for an AML file. Much more detailed documentation may be found at http://www.acpica.org/documentation/. OPTIONS -? [<name-prefix>]…
NAME acpihelp – ACPI help utility SYNOPSIS acpihelp <option>… [<name-prefix>|<hex-value>] DESCRIPTION This manual page briefly documents the acpihelp command. The option list is taken from the acpihelp interactive help. acpihelp provides descriptive text for AML and ASL keywords, methods, and opcodes. Much more detailed documentation may be found at http://www.acpica.org/documentation/. If neither a <name-prefix> or…
NAME acpiexec – ACPI AML execution and debug utility SYNOPSIS acpiexec [<option>…] <aml-file> … DESCRIPTION This manual page briefly documents the acpiexec command. The option list is taken from the acpiexec interactive help. acpiexec provides a simulated execution environment for AML code so that it can be more easily tested and debugged. Much more detailed…
NAME acpidump – ACPI table dump utility SYNOPSIS acpidump [<option>…] DESCRIPTION This manual page briefly documents the acpidump command. The option list is taken from the interactive help. The acpidump command extracts the ACPI tables currently in use from the running kernel in a form usable for later processing by the acpixtract command. Invocation of…
NAME acpibin – ACPI binary AML file utility SYNOPSIS acpibin [<option>…] DESCRIPTION This manual page briefly documents the acpibin command. The option list is taken from the acpibin interactive help. acpibin is a command provided to perform some basic and common operations on AML binary files. Much more detailed documentation may be found at http://www.acpica.org/documentation/….
NAME acpi_available – test whether ACPI subsystem is available SYNOPSIS acpi_available DESCRIPTION acpi_available checks whether the ACPI ("Advanced Configuration and Power Interface") subsystem is available, as evidenced by the presence of the /proc/acpi directory. OPTIONS None. EXIT STATUS 0 (true) ACPI subsystem is available 1 (false) ACPI subsystem is not available 2 usage error (arguments…
NAME acpi – Shows battery status and other ACPI information SYNOPSIS acpi [options] DESCRIPTION acpi Shows information from the /proc or the /sys filesystem, such as battery status or thermal information. OPTIONS -b | –battery show battery information -a | –ac-adapter show ac adapter information -t | –thermal show thermal information -c | –cooling show…
NAME aconnect – ALSA sequencer connection manager SYNOPSIS aconnect [-d] [-options] sender receiver aconnect -i|-o [-options] aconnect -x DESCRIPTION aconnect is a utility to connect and disconnect two existing ports on ALSA sequencer system. The ports with the arbitrary subscription permission, such as created by aseqview(1), can be connected to any (MIDI) device ports using…
NAME aclocal – manual page for aclocal 1.16.5 SYNOPSIS aclocal [,OPTION/]… DESCRIPTION Generate ‘aclocal.m4’ by scanning ‘configure.ac’ or ‘configure.in’ OPTIONS –automake-acdir=,DIR/ directory holding automake-provided m4 files –system-acdir=,DIR/ directory holding third-party system-wide files –diff[=,COMMAND/] run COMMAND [diff -u] on M4 files that would be changed (implies –install and –dry-run) –dry-run pretend to, but do not actually…
NAME aclocal – manual page for aclocal 1.13.4 SYNOPSIS aclocal [OPTION]… DESCRIPTION Generate ‘aclocal.m4’ by scanning ‘configure.ac’ or ‘configure.in’ OPTIONS –automake-acdir=DIR directory holding automake-provided m4 files –system-acdir=DIR directory holding third-party system-wide files –diff[=COMMAND] run COMMAND [diff -u] on M4 files that would be changed (implies –install and –dry-run) –dry-run pretend to, but do not actually…
aclocal – manual page for aclocal 1.16.5 Synopsisaclocal [,OPTION/]… DescriptionGenerate ‘aclocal.m4’ by scanning ‘configure.ac’ or ‘configure.in’ Options–automake-acdir=,DIR/ directory holding automake-provided m4 files –system-acdir=,DIR/ directory holding third-party system-wide files –diff[=,COMMAND/] run COMMAND [diff -u] on M4 files that would be changed (implies –install and –dry-run) –dry-run pretend to, but do not actually update any file –force…
aclocal – manual page for aclocal 1.15.1 Synopsisaclocal [,OPTION/]… DescriptionGenerate ‘aclocal.m4’ by scanning ‘configure.ac’ or ‘configure.in’ Options–automake-acdir=,DIR/ directory holding automake-provided m4 files –system-acdir=,DIR/ directory holding third-party system-wide files –diff[=,COMMAND/] run COMMAND [diff -u] on M4 files that would be changed (implies –install and –dry-run) –dry-run pretend to, but do not actually update any file –force…
aclocal – manual page for aclocal 1.13.4 Synopsisaclocal [OPTION]… DescriptionGenerate ‘aclocal.m4’ by scanning ‘configure.ac’ or ‘configure.in’ Options–automake-acdir=DIR directory holding automake-provided m4 files –system-acdir=DIR directory holding third-party system-wide files –diff[=COMMAND] run COMMAND [diff -u] on M4 files that would be changed (implies –install and –dry-run) –dry-run pretend to, but do not actually update any file –force…
NAME ack – grep-like text finder SYNOPSIS ack[options] PATTERN[FILE…] ack – f[options][DIRECTORY…] DESCRIPTION Ack is designed as a replacement for 99% of the uses of grep. Ack searches the named input FILEs (or standard input if no files are named, or the file name – is given) for lines containing a match to the given…
NAME achfile – change type and/or creator of Apple Macintosh files (netatalk format) SYNOPSIS achfile [-t type] [-c creator] file… DESCRIPTION achfile changes the Macintosh type and/or creator of the file arguments which have a corresponding .AppleDouble file. OPTIONS -t type change the type. -c creator change the creator. DIAGNOSTICS returns exit status 0 if all files…
NAME acheck – Check common localization mistakes SYNOPSIS acheck [OPTIONS] [INPUT_FILE] DESCRIPTION This program parses a file checking for syntax rules and optionally asking Aspell for checking word spelling. It makes fix suggestions and outputs a corrected file accordingly adding review comments if requested. It tries to find the file type according to the extension…
NAME ac – print statistics about users’ connect time SYNOPSIS ac [ -d | –daily-totals ] [ -y | –print-year ] [ -p | –individual-totals ] [ people ] [ -f | –file filename ] [ -a | –all-days ] [ –complain ] [ –reboots ] [ –supplants ] [ –timewarps ] [ –compatibility ]…
NAME abxtest – double-blind ABX comparison testing script SYNOPSIS abxtest [-n min] [-m max] [-g goal] A-cmd B-cmd DESCRIPTION abxtest is a tool for conducting listening (or other subjective) tests to determine whether a listener can discern a difference between two subjects under test, denoted A and B. The listener conducts several trials in which…