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 a5booklet – copy two A5 pages from a .dvi file to one A4 page in another. SYNOPSIS a5booklet file[.dvi] DESCRIPTION A5booklet is a little script that allows you to typeset two A5 pages next to eachother on a single A4 page (landscape), combining pages from the original file in such a way that after…
NAME a52dec – decode ATSC A/52 audio streams SYNOPSIS a52dec [-h] [-s [track]] [-t pid] [-c] [-r] [-o mode] [file] DESCRIPTION `a52dec’ plays ATSC A/52 audio streams. Input is from stdin if no file is given. -h display help and available audio modes -s use program stream demultiplexer, track 0-7 or 0x80-0x87 -t pid use…
NAME a2x – A toolchain manager for AsciiDoc (converts Asciidoc text files to other file formats) SYNOPSIS a2x [OPTIONS] SOURCE_FILE DESCRIPTION A DocBook toolchain manager that translates an AsciiDoc text file SOURCE_FILE to PDF, EPUB, DVI, PS, LaTeX, XHTML (single page or chunked), man page, HTML Help or plain text formats using asciidoc(1) and other…
NAME a2query – retrieve runtime configuration from a local Apache 2 HTTP server SYNOPSIS a2query [-m [MODULE]] [-s [SITE]] [-c [CONF]] [-a] [-v] [-M] [-d] [-h] DESCRIPTION a2query is a program designed to retrieve configuration values from a locally available Apache 2 HTTP web server. It was designed to be as robust as possible by…
NAME a2ps – format files for printing on a PostScript printer SYNOPSIS a2ps [OPTION]… [FILE]… DESCRIPTION Convert FILE(s) or standard input to PostScript. By default, the output is sent to the default printer. An output file may be specified with -o. Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. Long options marked…
NAME a2ps-lpr-wrapper — lp/lpr wrapper script for GNU a2ps on Debian SYNOPSIS a2ps-lpr-wrapper [-d printer] [files] DESCRIPTION This manual page documents briefly the a2ps-lpr-wrapper command. a2ps-lpr-wrapper uses either lp or lpr to send files to printer. It determines which of the two programs is currently installed and adds the appropriate parameters. OPTIONS -d printer Destination…
NAME a2ping.pl — convert between PS, EPS and PDF and other page description formats SYNOPSIS a2ping.pl [—]help a2ping.pl [—]doc a2ping.pl [options] <inputfile> [[outformat:] outputfile] DESCRIPTION a2ping is a UNIX command line utility written in Perl that converts many raster image and vector graphics formats to EPS or PDF and other page description formats. Accepted input file formats are: PS (PostScript), EPS,…
NAME a2p – Awk to Perl translator SYNOPSIS a2p [options] [filename] DESCRIPTION A2p takes an awk script specified on the command line (or from standard input) and produces a comparable perl script on the standard output. OPTIONS Options include: -D<number> sets debugging flags. -F<character> tells a2p that this awk script is always invoked with this…
Xwayland – an X server for running X clients under Wayland. SynopsisXwayland [option …] DescriptionXwayland is an X server and a Wayland client. It plays the role of a proxy between legacy X clients which do not support the Wayland protocols and the Wayland server. Usually, Xwayland is spawned automatically by the Wayland server and…
Xvnc – the X VNC server SynopsisXvnc [options] :display# DescriptionXvnc is the X VNC (Virtual Network Computing) server. It is based on a standard X server, but it has a "virtual" screen rather than a physical one. X applications display themselves on it as if it were a normal X display, but they can only…
Xvfb – virtual framebuffer X server for X Version 11 SynopsisXvfb [ option ] … DescriptionXvfb is an X server that can run on machines with no display hardware and no physical input devices. It emulates a dumb framebuffer using virtual memory. The primary use of this server was intended to be server testing. The…
Xserver – X Window System display server SynopsisX [option …] DescriptionX is the generic name for the X Window System display server. It is frequently a link or a copy of the appropriate server binary for driving the most frequently used server on a given machine. Starting The ServerThe X server is usually started from…
Xorg.wrap – Xorg X server binary wrapper DescriptionThe Xorg X server may need root rights to function properly. To start the Xorg X server with these rights your system is using a suid root wrapper installed as /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg.wrap which will execute the real X server which is installed as /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg. By default Xorg.wrap will autodetect…
Xorg – X11R7 X server SynopsisXorg [:display] [option …] DescriptionXorg is a full featured X server that was originally designed for UNIX and UNIX-like operating systems running on Intel x86 hardware. It now runs on a wider range of hardware and OS platforms. This work was derived by the X.Org Foundation from the XFree86 Project’s…
Xnest – a nested X server SynopsisXnest [ options ] DescriptionXnest is both an X client and an X server. Xnest is a client of the real server which manages windows and graphics requests on its behalf. Xnest is a server to its own clients. Xnest manages windows and graphics requests on their behalf. To…
Xmark – summarize x11perf results SyntaxXmark datafile DescriptionXmark is a shell script that reads the indicated datafile and compiles a benchmark which it writes to standard output. It writes three numbers: A weighted performance number for the x11perf results. A weighted performance number for a standard SparcStation 1, with SunOS 4.1.2, X11R5 Xsun, and a…
Xephyr – X server outputting to a window on a pre-existing X display SynopsisXephyr [:display] [option …] DescriptionXephyr is a kdrive server that outputs to a window on a pre-existing "host" X display. Think Xnest but with support for modern extensions like composite, damage and randr. Unlike Xnest which is an X proxy, i.e. limited…
Xdmx – Distributed Multi-head X server SynopsisXdmx [:display] [option …] DescriptionXdmx is a proxy X server that uses one or more other X servers as its display devices. It provides multi-head X functionality for displays that might be located on different machines. Xdmx functions as a front-end X server that acts as a proxy to…
XMLRPCsh.pl – Interactive shell for XMLRPC calls Synopsis perl XMLRPCsh.pl http://betty.userland.com/RPC2 > examples.getStateName(2) > examples.getStateNames(1,2,3,7) > examples.getStateList([1,9]) > examples.getStateStruct({a=>1, b=>24}) > Ctrl-D (Ctrl-Z on Windows)or # all parameters after uri will be executed as methods perl XMLRPCsh.pl http://betty.userland.com/RPC2 examples.getStateName(2) > Ctrl-D (Ctrl-Z on Windows)DescriptionXMLRPCsh.pl is a shell for making XMLRPC calls. It takes one parameter,…
Wand-config – get information about the installed version of the Magick Wand SynopsisWand-config [–cflags] [–cppflags] [–exec-prefix] [–ldflags] [–libs] [–prefix] [–version] DescriptionWand-config prints the compiler and linker flags required to compile and link programs that use the Wand Application Programmer Interface. ExamplesTo print the version of the installed distribution of Wand, use: Wand-config –version To compile…