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fc-validate – validate font files Synopsisfc-validate [ -Vhv ]  [  [ -i index ]  [ –index index ]  ]  [  [ -l lang ]  [ –lang lang ]  ]  [ –verbose ]  [ –version ]  [ –help ]  font-file… Descriptionfc-validate validates font-file(s) if each fonts satisfies the language coverage according to the orthography files in fontconfig. If –index is given, only one face of each file is validated, otherwise all faces are validated. OptionsThis program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long…

fc-scan – scan font files or directories Synopsisfc-scan [ -Vh ]  [  [ -f format ]  [ –format format ]  ]  [ –version ]  [ –help ]  file… Descriptionfc-scan scans file(s) recursively and prints out font pattern for each face found. OptionsThis program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-‘). A summary of options is included below. -f Format output according to the…

fc-query – query font files Synopsisfc-query [ -Vh ]  [  [ -b ]  [ –ignore-blanks ]  ]  [  [ -i index ]  [ –index index ]  ]  [  [ -f format ]  [ –format format ]  ]  [ –version ]  [ –help ]  font-file… Descriptionfc-query queries font-file(s) using the normal fontconfig rules and prints out font pattern for each face found. If –index is given, only one face of each file is queried, otherwise all faces are queried. OptionsThis program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long…

fc-pattern – parse and show pattern Synopsisfc-pattern [ -cdVh ] [ –config ] [ –default ] [ [ -f format ] [ –format format ] ] [ –version ] [ –help ]  [ pattern  [ element… ]   ]  Descriptionfc-pattern parses pattern (empty pattern by default) and shows the parsed result. If –config is given, config substitution is performed on the…

fc-match – match available fonts Synopsisfc-match [ -asvVh ] [ –all ] [ –sort ] [ –verbose ] [ [ -f format ] [ –format format ] ] [ –version ] [ –help ]  [ pattern  [ element… ]   ]  Descriptionfc-match matches pattern (empty pattern by default) using the normal fontconfig matching rules to find the best font available. If…

fc-list – list available fonts Synopsisfc-list [ -vVh ] [ –verbose ] [ [ -f format ] [ –format format ] ] [ [ -q ] [ –quiet ] ] [ –version ] [ –help ]  [ pattern  [ element… ]   ]  Descriptionfc-list lists fonts and styles available on the system for applications using fontconfig. If any elements are specified,…

fc-conflist – Show the ruleset files information on the system Synopsisfc-conflist [ -Vh ]  [ –version ]  [ –help ]  Descriptionfc-conflist shows the ruleset files’ information being installed on the system. OptionsThis program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-‘). A summary of options is included below. -V Show version of the…

fc-cat – read font information cache files Synopsisfc-cat [ -rvVh ] [ –recurse ] [ –verbose ] [ –version ] [ –help ]  [  [ fonts-cache-%version%-files ]  [ dirs ] … ]  Descriptionfc-cat reads the font information from cache files or related to font directories and emits it in ASCII form. OptionsThis program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options…

fc-cache – build font information cache files Synopsisfc-cache [ -EfrsvVh ] [ –error-on-no-fonts ] [ –force ] [ –really-force ] [ [ -y dir ] [ –sysroot dir ] ] [ –system-only ] [ –verbose ] [ –version ] [ –help ] [ dir… ] Descriptionfc-cache scans the font directories on the system and builds…

fbtv – a console program for watching TV Synopsisfbtv [ options ] [ station name ] Descriptionfbtv is a program for watching TV with your linux box. It runs on top of a graphic framebuffer device (/dev/fb0). You’ll need a new 2.1.x kernel to play with this. fbtv shares the config file ($HOME/.xawtv) with the…

FbTerm – a fast Frame Buffer based TERMinal emulator for linux Synopsisfbterm [options] [–] [command [arguments]] DescriptionFbTerm is a fast terminal emulator for linux with frame buffer device or VESA video card. Features include:      * mostly as fast as terminal of linux kernel while accelerated scrolling is enabled   * select font with fontconfig and draw text…

fbsvcmgr – access services API of Firebird Synopsysfbsvcmgr service_mgr parameter… fbsvcmgr host:service_mgr parameter… DescriptionFirebird (like interbase 6 and before) never had a way to access services API from command line. With the exception of -service switch of gbak(1) and total use of services API in gsec(1) since version 2.0, to use services one had to…

fbstat – analyze firebird database Synopsis fbstat [command] [option…] [server:]database fbstat -h server:db fbstat -all server:db fbstat -data server:dbDescription(Note: Due to file-level conflict, the Debian package has changed the name of gstat to fbstat.) fbstat Analyzes Firebird databases and produces different kinds of reports. These are useful when analyzing where all this huge disk space…

fbsetroot – a simple background utility used by the fluxbox(1) window manager, originally written for and by the original blackbox(1) window manager. Synopsisfbsetroot [-display display] -solid color fbsetroot [-display display] -mod x y -fg color -bg color fbsetroot [-display display] -gradient texture -from color -to color fbsetroot -help Descriptionfbsetroot(1) is a utility that can control…

fbsetbg – Set a background wallpaper or pattern Synopsisfbsetbg [-uU wallpapersetter] [-fFcCtTaA] wallpaper fbsetbg [-uU wallpapersetter] -rR path fbsetbg -bB fbsetrootoptions… fbsetbg [-l|h|i|p] Descriptionfbsetbg(1) is a wrapper that tries to find a suitable background-setting app and then tries to set the wallpaper using that app. You don’t have to configure fbsetbg. It just uses the…

fbrun – display run dialog window Synopsisfbrun [options] Descriptionfbrun(1) is basically equivalent to the “Run…” dialog in other desktop environments. This means that it is an easy way to start a program that isn’t contained in the menu (or needs a special set of parameters for this particular invocation). Pressing “Enter” will close the window…

fbpanel – a NETWM compliant lightweight GTK2-based panel for UNIX desktop. Synopsisfbpanel [OPTION] Descriptionfbpanel is desktop panel which provides graphical information and feedback about desktop activity and allows interaction with the window manager. It features: * taskbar – shows a list of the managed windows (tasks) * pager – thumbnailed view of the desktop. *…

# Namefbi – Linux framebuffer imageviewer # # Synopsisfbi [options] file … # # DescriptionFbi displays the specified file(s) on the linux console using the framebuffer device. PhotoCD, jpeg, ppm, gif, tiff, xwd, bmp, png and webp formats are supported natively. For other fbi tries to use ImageMagick(1)’s convert(1). # # Options-h, –help Print usage…

# Namefbgs – Poor man’s PostScript/pdf viewer for the linux framebuffer console. # # Synopsisfbgs  [-l|-xl|-xxl|-r n] [-c] [-b] [-p password] [–fp number] [–lp number] [fbi options] file # # DescriptionFbgs is a simple wrapper script which takes a PostScript (PS) or Portable Document Format (PDF) file as input, renders the pages using gs(1) – GhostScript – into a temporary directory and finally calls fbi(1) to…

gnash, gtk-gnash, qt4-gnash, dump-gnash, fb-gnash, sdl-gnash, gnash-gtk-launcher, gnash-qt-launcher – GNU Flash (SWF) Player Synopsisgnash [option]… [URL]DescriptionRun the SWF movie player. -h, –help Print usage info. -V, –version Print the version number, and the configuration, of the Gnash player. Please provide this information when submitting bug reports. -s factor, –scale factor Scale the movie up/down by…