NAME bashmount – tool to mount and unmount removable media SYNOPSIS bashmount DESCRIPTION bashmount is a menu-driven bash script that can use different backends to easily mount, unmount or eject removable devices without dependencies on udisks or any GUI. An extensive configuration file allows many aspects of the script to be modified and custom commands…
NAME bashdb – bash debugger script SYNOPSIS bashdb [options] [–] script-name [script options] bashdb [options] -c execution-string bash –debugger [bash-options…] script-name [script options] DESCRIPTION "bashdb" is a bash script to which arranges for another bash script to be debugged. The debugger has a similar command interface as gdb(1). The way this script arranges debugging to…
NAME bashbug – report a bug in bash SYNOPSIS bashbug [–help] [–version] [bug-report-email-addresses] DESCRIPTION bashbug is a utility for reporting bugs in Bash to the maintainers. bashbug will start up your preferred editor with a preformatted bug report template for you to fill in. Save the file and quit the editor once you have completed…
NAME basepods – print out pod paths for the standard perl manpages DESCRIPTION This program uses your configuration’s "installprivlib" directory to look up the full paths to those pod pages. Any files in that directory whose names end in ".pod" will be printed to the standard output, one per line. This is normally used in…
NAME basenc – Encode/decode data and print to standard output SYNOPSIS basenc [,OPTION/]… [,FILE/] DESCRIPTION basenc encode or decode FILE, or standard input, to standard output. With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input. Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. –base64 same as ‘base64’ program (RFC4648 section…
NAME basename – strip directory and suffix from filenames SYNOPSIS basename ,NAME /[,SUFFIX/] basename ,OPTION/… ,NAME/… DESCRIPTION Print NAME with any leading directory components removed. If specified, also remove a trailing SUFFIX. Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. -a, –multiple support multiple arguments and treat each as a NAME -s,…
NAME base64 – base64 encode/decode data and print to standard output SYNOPSIS base64 [,OPTION/]… [,FILE/] DESCRIPTION Base64 encode or decode FILE, or standard input, to standard output. With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input. Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. -d, –decode decode data -i, –ignore-garbage…
NAME base32 – base32 encode/decode data and print to standard output SYNOPSIS base32 [,OPTION/]… [,FILE/] DESCRIPTION Base32 encode or decode FILE, or standard input, to standard output. With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input. Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. -d, –decode decode data -i, –ignore-garbage…
NAME barrybackup – Barry Project’s backup program for the BlackBerry handheld SYNOPSIS barrybackup [-?][-d] DESCRIPTION barrybackup is a GUI application for backing up and restoring Blackberry handheld databases. The application allows for filtering of databases for both backup and restore, so not all databases need to be backed up at once, nor all restored. Backups…
NAME bareftp – graphical file transfer client SYNOPSIS bareftp [OPTION] … DESCRIPTION bareFTP is a graphical file transfer client supporting the FTP, FTP over SSL/TLS (FTPS) and SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP). bareFTP is written in C#, targeting the Mono framework and the GNOME desktop environment. bareFTP is free and open source software released under…
NAME barcode – a stand alone program to run the barcode library SYNOPSIS barcode [-b – | string] [-e encoding] [-o – | outfile] [ other-flags ] DESCRIPTION The information below is extracted from the texinfo file, which is the preferred source of information. The barcode program is a front-end to access some features of…
NAME baobab – A graphical disk usage analyzer for the GNOME desktop SYNOPSIS baobab [OPTIONS…] [DIRECTORY] DESCRIPTION baobab (a.k.a. Disk Usage Analyzer) is able to scan either specific folders (local and remote) or devices, in order to give the user a tree representation including each directory size or percentage in the branch. It also auto-detects…
NAME Banshee – Media Management and Playback application Muinshee – Media Management and Playback application SYNOPSIS banshee [options…] [files|URIs…] muinshee [options…] [files|URIs…] DESCRIPTION Banshee is an media management and playback application for the GNOME desktop, allowing users to import audio from CDs, search their library, create playlists of selections of their library, sync music to/from…
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…