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Linux-Commands Cheat Sheet

This list is automatically compiled from Linux man pages. All examples without any context are extracted. The idea is to be able to quickly lookup syntax variants one already does know but needs a quick reminder of. This is most useful combined with the search feature on the main page.

Examples for Mail

Mailx  will  respond  by typing its version number and date and then listing the messages

Examples for X

XOrgFoundation(7),  XStandards(7),  Xsecurity(7), appres(1), bdftopcf(1), bitmap(1), editres(1),
Xdmx(1), Xephyr(1), Xnest(1), Xquartz(1), Xvfb(1), Xvnc(1), XWin(1).  Xlib - C Language X Inter-
X Window System is a trademark of The Open Group.
X Version 11                                 xorg-docs 1.7                                         X(7)

Examples for a2disconf

a2disconf charset

Examples for a2dismod

a2dismod mime_magic

Examples for a2dissite

a2dissite 000-default

Examples for a2enconf

a2enconf security

Examples for a2enmod

a2enmod imagemap

Examples for abcde

abcde  Will work in most systems
abcde -d /dev/cdrom2
abcde -o vorbis,flac
abcde -o vorbis:"-b 192"
abcde -W 1
abcde -d singletrack.flac
abcde requires the following backend tools to work:
abcde(1)

Examples for alsaloop

alsaloop -C hw:0,0 -P hw:1,0 -t 50000
alsaloop  is  by  Jaroslav  Kysela  <[email protected]>.   This  document  is  by  Jaroslav  Kysela

Examples for amidi

amidi -p hw:0 -s my_settings.syx
amidi -S 'F0 43 10 4C 00 00 7E 00 F7'
amidi -p hw:1,2 -S F0411042110C000000000074F7 -r dump.syx -t 1
amidi -p virtual -d

Examples for amixer

amixer -c 1 sset Line,0 80%,40% unmute cap
amixer -c 1 -- sset Master playback -20dB
amixer -c 1 set PCM 2dB+
amixer -c 2 cset iface=MIXER,name='Line Playback Volume",index=1 40%
amixer -c 2 cset numid=34 40%
amixer   is   by   Jaroslav   Kysela   <[email protected]>.   This  document  is  by  Paul  Winkler

Examples for aplay

aplay -c 1 -t raw -r 22050 -f mu_law foobar

Examples for apt-ftparchive

apt-ftparchive packages directory | gzip > Packages.gz
apt-ftparchive returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error.

Examples for apt-show-versions

apt-show-versions
apt-show-versions -u
apt-show-versions -a -p libc6
apt-show-versions dpkg apt
apt-show-versions -r ^texlive

Examples for apturl

apturl apt:pidgin,pidgin-plugin-pack
apturl apt:freevial?section=universe
apturl apt:adobe-flashplugin?channel=lucid-partner
apturl apt+http://launchpad.net/~mvo/ppa?package=2vcard
apturl was written by Michael Vogt <[email protected]> for Canonical, Ltd. and this manual

Examples for arecord

arecord -d 10 -f cd -t wav -D copy foobar.wav
arecord -t wav --max-file-time 30 mon.wav
arecord -f cd -t wav --max-file-time 3600 --use-strftime %Y/%m/%d/listen-%H-%M-%v.wav
arecord and aplay are by Jaroslav Kysela <[email protected]>  This  document  is  by  Paul  Winkler

Examples for arpd

arpd -b /var/tmp/arpd.db
arpd -b /var/tmp/arpd.db -a 1 eth0 eth1
arpd -b /var/tmp/arpd.db -a 3 -k eth0 eth1

Examples for avconv

avconv -f oss -i /dev/dsp -f video4linux2 -i /dev/video0 /tmp/out.mpg
avconv -f x11grab -s cif -r 25 -i :0.0 /tmp/out.mpg
avconv -f x11grab -s cif -r 25 -i :0.0+10,20 /tmp/out.mpg
avconv -i /tmp/test%d.Y /tmp/out.mpg
avconv -i /tmp/test.yuv /tmp/out.avi
avconv -i mydivx.avi hugefile.yuv
avconv -i /tmp/a.wav -s 640x480 -i /tmp/a.yuv /tmp/a.mpg
avconv -i /tmp/a.wav -ar 22050 /tmp/a.mp2
avconv -i /tmp/a.wav -map 0:a -b 64k /tmp/a.mp2 -map 0:a -b 128k /tmp/b.mp2
avconv -i snatch_1.vob -f avi -c:v mpeg4 -b:v 800k -g 300 -bf 2 -c:a libmp3lame -b:a 128k snatch.avi

Examples for awk

awk '/myhome.html/ { system("nmap " $1 ">> logdir/myhome.html") }'

Examples for bar

bar-brace-foreground: red
bar-brace-bold: no
bar-foreground: yellow
bar-bold: yes

Examples for basename

basename /usr/bin/sort
basename include/stdio.h .h
basename -s .h include/stdio.h
basename -a any/str1 any/str2

Examples for bpsync

bpsync put
bpsync get
bpsync get mydev

Examples for byobu-ugraph

byobu-ugraph "(/usr/lib/byobu/mem_used | sed -e 's/% //g';echo)"
byobu-ugraph -m 3.0 -f $file

Examples for byobu-ulevel

byobu-ulevel 27
byobu-ulevel -c 27
byobu-ulevel -c 1.100001 -m -5.00234 -x 2.71828 -t dice_6
byobu-ulevel -m -22.613 -x 5.00212 -c 0.10203 -a -e 0
byobu-ulevel -c 83 -t stars_2
byobu-ulevel -c 60 -t diamonds_2 -ri
byobu-ulevel -l -t solid_numbers_a_10
byobu-ulevel -c 666.321 -m -273.15 -x 1370 -u ". " -w 10
byobu-ulevel -c 50 -u "a b c d e f g h i j"

Examples for cat

cat f - g
cat    Copy standard input to standard output.

Examples for cdparanoia

cdparanoia -vsQ
cdparanoia -B
cdparanoia "1[:30.12]-1[1:10]"
cdparanoia -- -3
cdparanoia  sprang  from  and  once  drew  heavily  from  the  interface  of  Heiko  Eissfeldt's
cdparanoia's homepage may be found at: http://www.xiph.org/paranoia/

Examples for chacl

chacl u::rwx,g::r-x,o::r-- file
chacl u::rwx,g::r-x,o::r--,u:bob:r--,m::r-x file1 file2
chacl -b `chacl -l olddir | \
chacl can replace the existing ACL.  To add or delete entries, you must first do chacl -l to get

Examples for chgrp

chgrp staff /u
chgrp -hR staff /u

Examples for chown

chown root /u
chown root:staff /u
chown -hR root /u
chown(2)

Examples for comm

comm -12 file1 file2
comm -3 file1 file2

Examples for cryptsetup-reencrypt

cryptsetup-reencrypt /dev/sdb1
cryptsetup-reencrypt /dev/sdb1 -c aes-xts-plain64
cryptsetup-reencrypt /dev/sdb1 --new --reduce-device-size 4096
cryptsetup-reencrypt                           June 2012                        CRYPTSETUP-REENCRYPT(8)

Examples for cupsctl

cupsctl
cupsctl --debug-logging
cupsctl | grep '^_debug_logging' | awk -F= '{print $2}'
cupsctl --no-share-printers

Examples for date

date,  and numbers.  An empty string indicates the beginning of the day.  The date string format

Examples for dbus-launch

dbus-launch --exit-with-session gnome-session
dbus-launch --exit-with-session openbox
dbus-launch --exit-with-session ~/.xsession

Examples for dbwrap_tool

dbwrap_tool --persistent winbindd_idmap.tdb listkeys
dbwrap_tool --persistent winbindd_idmap.tdb fetch "USER HWM" uint32
dbwrap_tool --persistent winbindd_idmap.tdb remove "USER HWM"
dbwrap_tool --persistent winbindd_idmap.tdb store "USER HWM" hex D6000000

Examples for dcut

dcut makes use of the dput configuration files:

Examples for ddate

ddate(1)  will produce undefined behavior if asked to produce the date for St. Tib's day and its

Examples for debconf

debconf --frontend=readline sh -x my-shell-prog
debconf-devel(7), debconf(7)

Examples for debconf-apt-progress

debconf-apt-progress -- aptitude -y install gnome x-window-system-dev
debconf-apt-progress --start
debconf-apt-progress --from 0 --to 45 -- apt-get -y install gnome
debconf-apt-progress --from 45 --to 90 -- apt-get -y install kde
debconf-apt-progress --from 90 --to 100 -- apt-get -y install xfce4
debconf-apt-progress --stop

Examples for debconf-copydb

debconf-copydb configdb backup
debconf-copydb configdb newdb --pattern='^slrn/' \
debconf-copydb configdb stdout -c Name:stdout -c Driver:Pipe \
debconf-copydb configdb pipe --config=Name:pipe \

Examples for debsecan

debsecan --suite suite --format packages --only-fixed
debsecan --suite suite --format report \
debsecan was written by Florian Weimer.

Examples for debsnap

debsnap -a amd64 xterm 256-1
debsnap -a armel xterm
debsnap --binary xterm 256-1
debsnap --binary xterm

Examples for debuild

debuild -i -us -uc -b
debuild --lintian-opts -i
debuild -k0x12345678

Examples for devhelp

devhelp
devhelp -s search-string

Examples for dget

dget --all mypackage=1.2-1
dget package should be implemented in apt-get install -d.

Examples for dh

dh binary-arch --no-act
dh $@
dh $@
dh_strip -Xfoo
dh_auto_configure -- --with-foo --disable-bar
dh $@
dh $@
dh_fixperms
dh $@ --with autotools_dev
dh $@ --with python2
dh $@ --buildsystem=perl_build
dh $@ --sourcedirectory=src
dh $@ --builddirectory=build
dh $@ --parallel
dh $@

Examples for dh_autotools-dev_restoreconfig

dh_autotools-dev_restoreconfig is usually called indirectly in a rules file via the dh command.
dh_autotools-dev_restoreconfig

Examples for dh_autotools-dev_updateconfig

dh_autotools-dev_updateconfig is usually called indirectly in a rules file via the dh command.
dh_autotools-dev_updateconfig
dh_link usr/share/man/man1/foo.1 usr/share/man/man1/bar.1
dh_link var/lib/foo usr/lib/foo \

Examples for dh_makeshlibs

dh_makeshlibs
dh_makeshlibs -V
dh_makeshlibs -V 'libfoobar1 (>= 1.0)'

Examples for dh_shlibdeps

dh_shlibdeps
dh_shlibdeps -Llibbar1 -l/usr/lib/bar

Examples for dirname

dirname /usr/bin/
dirname dir1/str dir2/str
dirname stdio.h

Examples for dirsplit

dirsplit is created by Eduard Bloch ([email protected]) and is licensed under the GPLv2.
dirsplit 0.3                                   March 2004                                   DIRSPLIT(1)

Examples for dot

dotty(1),tcldot(n),xcolors(1),libgraph(3).

Examples for dpkg

dpkg -l '*vi*'
dpkg --print-avail elvis vim | less
dpkg -r elvis
dpkg -i vim_4.5-3.deb
dpkg --get-selections >myselections
dpkg --merge-avail "$avail"
dpkg --clear-selections
dpkg --set-selections <myselections
dpkg.cfg(5), and dpkg-reconfigure(8).

Examples for dpkg-architecture

dpkg-architecture -elinux-alpha
dpkg-architecture -amips -elinux-mips
dpkg-architecture -ilinux-any
dpkg-architecture -ai386 -ilinux-any

Examples for dpkg-buildflags

dpkg-buildflags and storing the build flags in make variables.

Examples for dpkg-divert

dpkg-divert --divert /usr/bin/example.foo --rename /usr/bin/example
dpkg-divert --rename --remove /usr/bin/example
dpkg-divert --package wibble --divert /usr/bin/example.foo --rename /usr/bin/example
dpkg-divert --package wibble --rename --remove /usr/bin/example

Examples for dpkg-name

dpkg-name bar-foo.deb

Examples for duplicity

duplicity /home/me sftp://[email protected]/some_dir
duplicity full /home/me sftp://[email protected]/some_dir
duplicity --full-if-older-than 1M /home/me sftp://[email protected]/some_dir
duplicity sftp://[email protected]/some_dir /home/me
duplicity -t 3D --file-to-restore Mail/article sftp://[email protected]/some_dir
duplicity verify sftp://[email protected]/some_dir /home/me
duplicity --exclude /mnt --exclude /tmp --exclude /proc / file:///usr/local/backup
duplicity --include /home --include /etc --exclude '**' / file:///usr/local/backup
duplicity detects in what mode it should switch to by the order of target URL and local folder.

Examples for eject

eject
eject cdrom
eject /dev/cdrom
eject /mnt/cdrom/
eject hdd
eject sda
eject sda4
eject -v -c4 /dev/cdrom
eject -a on /dev/sbpcd

Examples for fakeroot

fakeroot  was  specifically  written to enable users to create Debian GNU/Linux packages (in the
fakeroot is a regular, non-setuid program. It does not enhance a user's privileges, or  decrease
fakeroot  environment,  it  should  be  set  relative  to  the   given   paths,   as   in
fakeroot doesn't wrap open(), create(), etc. So, if user joost does either
fakeroot
fakeroot
fakeroot has no way of knowing that in the first case, the owner of foo really should  be
fakeroot  .   It turned out that a minor upgrade of libc (from one where the stat() func-
fakeroot, in effect, is changing the way the system behaves. Programs that probe the sys-

Examples for fc-list

fc-list
fc-list :lang=hi
fc-list : family style file spacing

Examples for fiascotopnm

fiascotopnm foo.wfa >foo.ppm
fiascotopnm -o foo1.wfa foo2.wfa
fiascotopnm -oimage foo1.wfa
fiascotopnm --fast --magnify=-1 --double video.wfa >stream.ppm

Examples for file

file.c:   C program text
file:     ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV),
file.c:      text/x-c
file:        application/x-executable
file returns 0 on success, and non-zero on error.

Examples for filterdiff

filterdiff -i '*.c' --lines=-5 < patch
filterdiff -#1 patchfile
filterdiff -p1 Changelog
filterdiff --lines=1 patchfile | lsdiff | \
filterdiff -p1 -i file.c -#2- foo-patch
filterdiff -#1,2,5-8,10,12,27-
filterdiff --as-numbered-lines=after patch.file
filterdiff --as-numbered-lines=before
filterdiff -v --format=unified context.diff

Examples for find

find /tmp -name core -type f -print | xargs /bin/rm -f
find /tmp -name core -type f -print0 | xargs -0 /bin/rm -f
find . -type f -exec file '{}' \;
find / \
find $HOME -mtime 0
find /sbin /usr/sbin -executable \! -readable -print
find . -perm 664
find . -perm -664
find . -perm /222
find . -perm /220
find . -perm /u+w,g+w
find . -perm /u=w,g=w
find . -perm -220
find . -perm -g+w,u+w
find . -perm -444 -perm /222 ! -perm /111
find . -perm -a+r -perm /a+w ! -perm /a+x
find . -name .snapshot -prune -o \( \! -name *~ -print0 \)|

Examples for findmnt

findmnt --fstab -t nfs
findmnt --fstab /mnt/foo
findmnt --fstab --target /mnt/foo
findmnt --fstab --evaluate
findmnt -n --raw --evaluate --output=target LABEL=/boot
findmnt --poll --target /mnt/foo
findmnt --poll=umount --first-only --target /mnt/foo
findmnt --poll=remount -t ext3 -O ro

Examples for foo2hbpl2

foo2hbpl2-wrapper(1), hbpldecode(1)

Examples for foo2hbpl2-wrapper

foo2hbpl2-wrapper testpage.ps > testpage.prn
foo2hbpl2-wrapper -c testpage.ps > testpage.prn

Examples for foo2hiperc

foo2hiperc-wrapper(1), hipercdecode(1)

Examples for foo2hiperc-wrapper

foo2hiperc-wrapper testpage.ps > testpage.hc
foo2hiperc-wrapper -c testpage.ps > testpage.hc

Examples for foo2hp

foo2hp2600-wrapper(1), zjsdecode(1)

Examples for foo2hp2600-wrapper

foo2hp2600-wrapper testpage.ps > testpage.zm
foo2hp2600-wrapper -c testpage.ps > testpage.zc

Examples for foo2lava

foo2lava-wrapper(1), lavadecode(1)

Examples for foo2lava-wrapper

foo2lava-wrapper testpage.ps > testpage.zm
foo2lava-wrapper -c testpage.ps > testpage.zc

Examples for foo2oak

foo2oak-wrapper(1), oakdecode(1)

Examples for foo2oak-wrapper

foo2oak-wrapper testpage.ps > testpage.oak
foo2oak-wrapper -c testpage.ps > testpage.oak

Examples for foo2qpdl

foo2qpdl-wrapper(1), qpdldecode(1)

Examples for foo2qpdl-wrapper

foo2qpdl-wrapper testpage.ps > testpage.zm
foo2qpdl-wrapper -c testpage.ps > testpage.zc

Examples for foo2slx

foo2slx-wrapper(1), slxdecode(1)

Examples for foo2slx-wrapper

foo2slx-wrapper testpage.ps > testpage.zm
foo2slx-wrapper -c testpage.ps > testpage.zc

Examples for foo2xqx

foo2xqx-wrapper(1), xqxdecode(1)

Examples for foo2xqx-wrapper

foo2xqx-wrapper testpage.ps > testpage.xqx

Examples for foo2zjs

foo2zjs-wrapper(1), zjsdecode(1)

Examples for foo2zjs-wrapper

foo2zjs-wrapper testpage.ps > testpage.zm
foo2zjs-wrapper -c testpage.ps > testpage.zc

Examples for fstab-decode

fstab-decode umount $(awk '$3 == vfat { print $2 }' /etc/fstab)

Examples for funzip

funzip test.zip | more
funzip test.zip > /dev/null

Examples for fuser

fuser -km /home
fuser telnet/tcp
fuser  may  only  be able to gather partial information unless run with privileges.  As a conse-
fuser -m /dev/sgX will show (or kill with the -k flag) all processes, even  if  you  don't  have
fuser  cannot  report  on  any  processes  that  it  doesn't have permission to look at the file

Examples for gconftool

gconftool-2 --get /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename
gconftool-2 --type string --set /desktop/gnome/interface/font_name "Serif 12"
gconftool-2 2.2.1                            February 2006                               GCONFTOOL-2(1)

Examples for gconftool-2

gconftool-2 --get /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename
gconftool-2 --type string --set /desktop/gnome/interface/font_name "Serif 12"
gconftool-2 2.2.1                            February 2006                               GCONFTOOL-2(1)

Examples for gem

gem1.9.1 install rake
gem1.9.1 list --local
gem1.9.1 build package.gemspec
gem1.9.1 help install
gem1.9.1 1.0.0                                  Dec 2007                                    GEM1.9.1(1)

Examples for gem1.9.1

gem1.9.1 install rake
gem1.9.1 list --local
gem1.9.1 build package.gemspec
gem1.9.1 help install
gem1.9.1 1.0.0                                  Dec 2007                                    GEM1.9.1(1)

Examples for genisoimage

genisoimage may safely be installed suid root. This may be needed to allow genisoimage  to  read

Examples for getbuildlog

getbuildlog hello 2\.2-1 amd64
getbuildlog glibc "" mips.*
getbuildlog wesnoth .*bpo.*

Examples for getopt

getopt(3) can parse long options with optional arguments that are given an empty optional  argu-
getopt(3), bash(1), tcsh(1).

Examples for gitk

gitk v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi
gitk --since="2 weeks ago" -- gitk
gitk --max-count=100 --all -- Makefile

Examples for gnome-open

gnome-open www.gnome.org
gnome-open Spinach.odf
gnome-open ~
gnome-open mailto:[email protected]
gnome-open /usr/share/applications/gedit.desktop

Examples for gpg

gpg -se -r Bob file
gpg --clearsign file
gpg -sb file
gpg -u 0x12345678 -sb file
gpg --list-keys user_ID
gpg --fingerprint user_ID
gpg --verify pgpfile
gpg --verify sigfile
gpgsm  also  accepts colons between each pair of hexadecimal digits because this is the de-facto

Examples for gpg-agent

gpg-agent.conf

Examples for gpg-zip

gpg-zip --encrypt --output test1 --gpg-args  -r Bob"" mydocs
gpg-zip --list-archive test1

Examples for gpgv

gpgv pgpfile
gpgv sigfile [datafile]

Examples for gpo

gpo
gpo update && gpo download
gpo search linux outlaws
gpo youtube http://youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0
gpo webui
gpo pipe
gpodder(1)
gpodder 3.5.2                                September 2013                                      GPO(1)

Examples for groff

groff -p -t -me -T latin1 foo.me
groffer foo.me
groff source package.
groff.
groff is a GNU free software project.  All parts of the groff package are protected by GNU copy-
groffer(1), gxditview(1), xditview(1x).
groff(1), grog(1).
groff(7), groff_char(7), groff_diff(7), groff_font(5).
groff_out(7).
groff_tmac(5),  groff_man(7),  groff_mdoc(7),  groff_me(7),  groff_mm(7),  groff_mmse(7),
groff_mom(7), groff_ms(7), groff_www(7), groff_trace(7), mmroff(7).

Examples for grog

grog meintro.me
grog pic.ms
grog meintro.me pic.ms
grog: error: there are several macro packages: -me -ms
grog -ksS -Tdvi grnexmpl.g

Examples for growisofs

growisofs -Z /dev/dvd -R -J /some/files
growisofs -M /dev/dvd -R -J /more/files
growisofs -M /dev/dvd=/dev/zero
growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/dvd=image.iso
growisofs is distributed under GNU GPL.

Examples for gvmap

gvmap.sh -Ae -Ecolor=#55555522 -Tpng foo.gv > foo.png
gvmap.sh(1), sfdp(1), neato(1), gvpr(1)

Examples for gvmap.sh

gvmap.sh -Ae -Ecolor=#55555522 -Tpng foo.gv > foo.png

Examples for gvpack

gvpack unsets the bounding box attribute of all non-cluster subgraphs.

Examples for gvpr

gvpr -i 'N[color=="blue"]' file.gv
gvpr -c 'N[color=="blue"]{color = "red"}' file.gv
gvpr -c ""

Examples for h2xs

h2xs rpcsvc/rusers
h2xs -n RUSERS rpcsvc/rusers
h2xs rpcsvc::rusers
h2xs -n ONC::RPC rpcsvc/rusers
h2xs -c rpcsvc/rusers
h2xs -cfn RPC
h2xs -cfn ONC::RPC
h2xs -X My::Module
h2xs -b 5.5.3 -n Lib::Foo foo.h
h2xs -b 5.5.3 -e '^bar_' -n Lib::Foo foo.h
h2xs rpcsvc/rusers -L/opt/net/lib -lrpc
h2xs -n DCE::rgynbase -p sec_rgy_ dce/rgynbase
h2xs -n DCE::rgynbase -p sec_rgy_ \
h2xs -xAn perl1 -F "-DEXT=extern -DdEXT= -DINIT\(x\)=" perl.h
h2xs -xAn perl2 perl.h,proto.h
h2xs -M '^av_' -xAn perl2 perl.h,proto.h
h2xs -o '^[S]V \*$' -M '^av_' -xAn perl2 perl.h,proto.h
h2xs -Afn Ext::Ension
h2xs -Oxan Ext::Ension interface_simple.h interface_hairy.h
h2xs looks for header files after changing to the extension directory, so it will find your

Examples for hp-probe

hp-probe -bnet
hp-probe -busb -escan
hp-probe -bnet -slnx -escan,pcard
hp-probe -bcups
hp-probe

Examples for htdbm

htdbm /usr/local/etc/apache/.htdbm-users jsmith
htdbm -c /home/doe/public_html/.htdbm jane
htdbm -mb /usr/web/.htdbm-all jones Pwd4Steve

Examples for htpasswd

htpasswd /usr/local/etc/apache/.htpasswd-users jsmith
htpasswd will do nothing except return an error.
htpasswd -c /home/doe/public_html/.htpasswd jane
htpasswd will display a message and return an error status.
htpasswd -db /usr/web/.htpasswd-all jones Pwd4Steve

Examples for httxt2dbm

httxt2dbm -i rewritemap.txt -o rewritemap.dbm
httxt2dbm -f SDBM -i rewritemap.txt -o rewritemap.dbm

Examples for ibus-table-createdb

ibus-table-createdb -n ipa-x-sampa.db -s ipa-x-sampa.txt
ibus-table-createdb -i -n ipa-x-sampa.db

Examples for iecset

iecset -Dhw:1
iecset -x
iecset pro off audio off

Examples for ifdown

ifdown -a

Examples for ifquery

ifquery -l
ifquery -l --allow=hotplug
ifquery eth0

Examples for ifup

ifup -a
ifup eth0
ifup eth0=home
ifup, ifdown, and ifquery are actually the same program called by different names.

Examples for igawk

igawk -f test.awk

Examples for info

info   show top-level dir menu
info info
info info-stnd
info emacs
info emacs buffers
info --show-options emacs
info --subnodes -o out.txt emacs
info -f ./foo.info
[email protected].
info info
info 5.2                                     September 2013                                     INFO(1)

Examples for inkscape

inkscape filename.svg
inkscape filename.svg -p '| lpr'
inkscape filename.svg --export-png=filename.png
inkscape filename.svg --export-png=filename.png -w600 -h400
inkscape filename.svg --export-png=filename.png --export-area-drawing
inkscape filename.svg --export-id=text1555 --export-use-hints
inkscape filename.svg --export-id=text1555 --export-png=text.png --export-area-snap
inkscape filename1.svg --export-plain-svg=filename2.svg
inkscape filename.svg --export-eps=filename.eps --export-text-to-path
inkscape filename.svg --query-width --query-id text1555
inkscape filename.svg --select=path1555 --verb=EditDuplicate --verb=ObjectRotate90 --verb=FileSave --verb=FileClose

Examples for intel_gpu_top

intel_gpu_top -o "cairo-trace-gvim.log" -s 100 -e "cairo-perf-trace /tmp/gvim"

Examples for intel_reg_read

intel_reg_read 0x61230

Examples for intel_reg_write

intel_reg_write 0x61230 0x0

Examples for interdiff

interdiff -z 3.2pre1.patch.gz 3.2pre2.patch.gz
interdiff patch /dev/null
interdiff /dev/stdin /dev/null
interdiff. In this case, the strategy employed is to revert the original patch and apply the new

Examples for intltool-update

intltool-update --pot --gettext-package=foo
intltool-update --dist --gettext-package=bar --output-file=xy1.po xy
intltool-update xy

Examples for ipptool

ipptool ipp://localhost/printers/myprinter get-completed-jobs.test
ipptool -d recipient=mailto:[email protected]         ipp://localhost/printers/myprinter create-printer-subscription.test
ipptoolfile(5), RFC 2911,

Examples for itweb-settings

itweb-settings
itweb-settings reset deployment.proxy.type

Examples for join-dctrl

join-dctrl(1)

Examples for jpegtopnm

jpegtopnm foo.jpg >foo.ppm
jpegtopnm foo.jpg | ppmtopgm | pnmscale .25
jpegtopnm and this man page were derived in large part  from  djpeg,  by  the  Independent  JPEG

Examples for json_pp

json_pp -f json -t dumper -json_opt pretty,utf8,allow_bignum
json_pp -f json -t dumper -json_opt pretty

Examples for json_xs

json_xs -t none <isitreally.json
json_xs -f storable-file <file
json_xs -f storable-file -t yaml <file
json_xs -f none -e '$_ = [1, 2, 3]'

Examples for keytool

keytool -genkeypair -dname "cn=Mark Jones, ou=Java, o=Oracle, c=US"
keytool -genkeypair
keytool -certreq -file MarkJ.csr

Examples for kill

kill -9 -1
kill -l 11
kill -L
kill 123 543 2341 3453
kill(2), killall(1), nice(1), pkill(1), renice(1), signal(7), skill(1)

Examples for knock

knock myserver.example.com 123:tcp 456:udp 789:tcp
knock -u myserver.example.com 8284 4721 18592 42912
knockd is the accompanying port-knock server.
knockd 0.5                                   June 26, 2005                                     knock(1)

Examples for lame

lame sample.wav sample.mp3
lame -h sample.wav sample.mp3
lame -b 112 sample.wav sample.mp3
lame -m s sample.wav sample.mp3
lame -f sample.wav sample.mp3
lame -h -V 6 sample.wav sample.mp3
lame --preset standard sample.wav sample.mp3

Examples for lexgrog

lexgrog  attempts  to  parse  files containing .so requests, but will only be able to do so cor-

Examples for lft

lft, the sysadmin needs to read the file /usr/share/doc/lft/HOWTO-UsersLFT.txt and follow the

Examples for liblinear-predict

liblinear-predict -b 1 test_file data_file.model output_file
liblinear-predict was written by the LIBLINEAR authors at National  Taiwan  university  for  the

Examples for liblinear-train

liblinear-train data_file
liblinear-train -s 0 data_file
liblinear-train -v 5 -e 0.001 data_file
liblinear-train -c 10 -w1 2 -w2 5 -w3 2 four_class_data_file
liblinear-train -c 10 -w3 1 -w2 5 two_class_data_file
liblinear-train  was written by the LIBLINEAR authors at National Taiwan university for the LIB-

Examples for libvirt-migrate-qemu-disks

libvirt-migrate-qemu-disks is Copyright 2010, Canonical Ltd.
libvirt-migrate-qemu-disks and this manual page  was  originally  written  by  Jamie  Strandboge

Examples for libvirt-migrate-qemu-machinetype

libvirt-migrate-qemu-machinetype is Copyright 2012, Canonical Ltd.
libvirt-migrate-qemu-machinetype by Serge Hallyn <[email protected]>.

Examples for libvirtd

libvirtd (libvirt) 0.8.2
libvirtd is distributed under the terms of the GNU LGPL v2.1+.  This is free software; see the

Examples for lintian

lintian-info(1), Lintian User Manual (file:/usr/share/doc/lintian/lintian.html/index.html)

Examples for localedef

localedef -f UTF-8 -i fi_FI fi_FI.UTF-8
localedef -f UTF-8 -i fi_FI ./

Examples for locate

locate -b '\NAME'
locate attempts to be compatible to slocate (without the options used  for  creating  databases)

Examples for lockfile-create

lockfile-create /some/file

Examples for lockfile-remove

lockfile-remove /some/file

Examples for lockfile-touch

lockfile-touch /some/file &

Examples for logger

logger System rebooted
logger -p local0.notice -t HOSTIDM -f /dev/idmc
logger -n loghost.example.com System rebooted

Examples for lp

lp -d foo -o media=legal -o sides=two-sided-long-edge filename
lp -d bar -o scaling=200 filename
lp -d bar -o cpi=12 -o lpi=8 -o page-left=72 filename

Examples for lsdiff

lsdiff patch | sort -u | \
lsdiff -s patch | grep '^+' | \
lsdiff -n patch | (while read n file

Examples for lshw

lshw -short
lshw -class disk -class storage
lshw -html -class network
lshw -disable dmi
lshw is distributed under the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE (GPL) version 2.
lshw is maintained by Lyonel Vincent <[email protected]>.

Examples for lsof

lsof distribution.
lsof
lsof -i -U
lsof -i 4 -a -p 1234
lsof -i 6
lsof -i @wonderland.cc.purdue.edu:513-515
lsof -i @mace
lsof -p 456,123,789 -u 1234,abe
lsof /dev/hd4
lsof /u/abe/foo
lsof /dev/log
lsof -b /nfs/mount/point
lsof -bw /nfs/mount/point
lsof -Di
lsof -FpcfDi
lsof -c lsof -a -d 1 -d 3 -u abe -r10
lsof -c /^..o.$/i -a -d cwd
lsof [email protected]
lsof -i@[0:1:2:3:4:5:6:7]
lsof -i@[::1]
lsof -rm====%T====

Examples for man

man ls
man -a intro
man -t alias | lpr -Pps
man -l -Tdvi ./foo.1x.gz > ./foo.1x.dvi
man -k printf
man -f smail
man will search for the desired manual pages within the index database caches. If the -u  option
man will compress and store the cat file in the background.

Examples for mawk

mawk, on the other hand, allows RS to be a regular expression.  When "\n" appears in records, it

Examples for meld

meld
meld FILE1
meld DIR1
meld FILE1 FILE2
meld FILE1 FILE2 FILE3
meld DIR1 DIR2
meld DIR1 DIR2 DIR3
meld --diff FILE1 FILE2 --diff FILE3 FILE4

Examples for mkinitramfs

mkinitramfs -o ~/tmp/initramfs-$(uname -r)
mkinitramfs -k -o ~/tmp/initramfs-2.6.21-686 2.6.21-686

Examples for mlocate

mlocate                                         Sep 2012                                      locate(1)

Examples for ncat

ncat example.org 8080
ncat -l 8080
ncat --sh-exec "ncat example.org 80" -l 8080 --keep-open
ncat --exec "/bin/bash" -l 8081 --keep-open
ncat --exec "/bin/bash" --max-conns 3 --allow 192.168.0.0/24 -l 8081 --keep-open
ncat --proxy socks4host --proxy-type socks4 --proxy-auth user smtphost 25
ncat -l --proxy-type http localhost 8888

Examples for nmblookup

nmblookup can be used to query a WINS server (in the same way nslookup is used to query DNS
nmblookup -U server -R 'name'
nmblookup -U samba.org -R 'IRIX#1B'

Examples for nmcli

nmcli -t -f RUNNING nm
nmcli -t -f STATE nm
nmcli nm wifi off
nmcli -p con list
nmcli -f name,autoconnect con list
nmcli con list id "My wired connection"
nmcli -p con up id "My wired connection" iface eth0
nmcli con up uuid 6b028a27-6dc9-4411-9886-e9ad1dd43761 ap 00:3A:98:7C:42:D3
nmcli dev status
nmcli dev disconnect iface em2
nmcli -f GENERAL,WIFI-PROPERTIES dev list iface wlan0
nmcli dev wifi
nmcli dev wifi con "Cafe Hotspot 1" password caffeine name "My cafe"

Examples for ntfs-3g

ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /mnt/windows
ntfs-3g -o permissions /dev/sda3 /mnt/data
ntfs-3g /dev/sda5 /home/user/mnt -o ro,uid=1000
ntfs-3g was based on and a major improvement to ntfsmount and libntfs which were written by Yura
ntfs-3g.probe(8), ntfsprogs(8), attr(5), getfattr(1)
ntfs-3g 2013.1.13AR.1                           May 2012                                     NTFS-3G(8)

Examples for ntfs-3g.secaudit

ntfs-3g.secaudit -ar /dev/sda1
ntfs-3g.secaudit /dev/sda5 /audio/music
ntfs-3g.secaudit -r /dev/sda5 644 /audio/music
ntfs-3g.secaudit exits with a value of 0 when no error was detected, and with a value of 1  when
ntfs-3g.secaudit has been developed by Jean-Pierre Andre.
ntfs-3g.secaudit 1.4.1                       February 2010                          NTFS-3G.SECAUDIT(8)

Examples for ntfs-3g.usermap

ntfs-3g.usermap /dev/sda1
ntfs-3g.usermap  exits  with a value of 0 when no error was detected, and with a value of 1 when
ntfs-3g.usermap 1.1.2                        February 2010                           NTFS-3G.USERMAP(8)

Examples for ntfscat

ntfscat /dev/hda1 boot.ini
ntfscat /dev/hda1 /winnt/system32/drivers/etc/hosts
ntfscat /dev/hda1 -a INDEX_ROOT -i 5 | hexdump -C
ntfscat was written by Richard Russon, Anton Altaparmakov and Szabolcs Szakacsits.  It was port-
ntfscat is part of the ntfs-3g package and is available from:

Examples for ntfsclone

ntfsclone --overwrite /dev/hdc1 /dev/hda1
ntfsclone --save-image --output backup.img /dev/hda1
ntfsclone --restore-image --overwrite /dev/hda1 backup.img
ntfsclone --save-image -o - /dev/hda1 | gzip -c > backup.img.gz
ntfsclone --restore-image --overwrite /dev/hda1 -
ntfsclone --save-image --output - /dev/hda1 | \
ntfsclone --restore-image --overwrite /dev/hda1 -
ntfsclone --restore-image --overwrite /dev/hda1 -
ntfsclone --output ntfs-clone.img /dev/hda1
ntfsclone --metadata --output ntfsmeta.img /dev/hda1
ntfsclone -mst --output - /dev/hda1 | bzip2 > ntfsmeta.bz2
ntfsclone was written by Szabolcs Szakacsits with contributions from Per Olofsson (special image
ntfsclone is part of the ntfs-3g package and is available at:

Examples for ntfscluster

ntfscluster /dev/hda1
ntfscluster -c 0-500 /dev/hda1
ntfscluster was written by Richard Russon, with contributions from Anton Altaparmakov.   It  was
ntfscluster is part of the ntfs-3g package and is available from:

Examples for ntfscp

ntfscp /dev/hda1 /home/user/new_boot.ini boot.ini
ntfscp -N stream /dev/hda1 myfile /some/path
ntfscp  was  written by Yura Pakhuchiy, with contributions from Anton Altaparmakov and Hil Liao.
ntfscp is part of the ntfs-3g package and is available from:

Examples for ntfsundelete

ntfsundelete /dev/hda1
ntfsundelete /dev/hda1 -s -m '*.doc'
ntfsundelete /dev/hda1 -S 5k-6m -p 90
ntfsundelete /dev/hda1 -t 2d
ntfsundelete /dev/sda1 -u -i 2,5,100-131
ntfsundelete /dev/hda1 -u -i 3689 -o work.doc -d ~
ntfsundelete /dev/hda1 -c 3689-3690 -o debug
ntfsundelete was written by Richard Russon and Holger Ohmacht, with contributions from Anton Al-
ntfsundelete is part of the ntfs-3g package and is available from:

Examples for od

od -A x -t x1z -v
od -A o -t oS -w16

Examples for ogg123

ogg123 test.ogg
ogg123 ~/music
ogg123 -d oss test.ogg
ogg123 -d oss -o dsp:/dev/mydsp
ogg123 -d esd test.ogg
ogg123 -d wav -f test.wav test.ogg
ogg123 -d oss -d wav -f test.wav test.ogg
ogg123 -d oss -o dsp:/dev/mydsp -d raw -f test2.raw -o byteorder:big test.ogg
ogg123  -d  oss -d wav -f 1.wav -d wav -f 2.wav -d wav -f 3.wav -d wav -f 4.wav -d wav -f
ogg123 -d esd -d esd test.ogg

Examples for oggdec

oggdec enabler.ogg
oggdec --raw=1 enabler.ogg
oggdec -b 8 -s 0 -o enabler.crazymonkey enabler.ogg
oggdec -R -e 1 -b 16 enabler.ogg
oggdec -R -e 1 -b 16 -o enabler.raw - < enabler.ogg
oggdec -R -e 1 -b 16 - < enabler.ogg > enabler.raw
oggdec *.ogg

Examples for oggenc

oggenc somefile.wav
oggenc somefile.wav -o out.ogg
oggenc infile.wav -b 256 -o out.ogg
oggenc infile.wav --managed -b 128 -M 160 -o out.ogg
oggenc infile.wav -q 6 -o out.ogg
oggenc --resample 11025 --downmix infile.wav -q 1 -o out.ogg
oggenc somefile.wav -t "The track title" -a "artist  who  performed  this"  -l  "name  of
oggenc somefile.wav --lyrics lyrics.lrc --lyrics-language en -o out.oga
oggenc  -b  192  -a "The Tea Party" -l "Triptych" -t "Touch" track01.wav -t "Underground"
oggenc -

Examples for open

openvt can be used to start a shell on the next free VT, by using the command:
openvt bash
openvt -l bash
openvt -- ls -l

Examples for openvt

openvt can be used to start a shell on the next free VT, by using the command:
openvt bash
openvt -l bash
openvt -- ls -l

Examples for pam_tally

pam_tally was written by Tim Baverstock and Tomas Mraz.

Examples for pam_tally2

pam_tally2 was written by Tim Baverstock and Tomas Mraz.

Examples for pam_timestamp_check

pam_timestamp_check(8), pam.conf(5), pam.d(5), pam(8)

Examples for partx

partx --show /dev/sdb3
partx --show --nr 3 /dev/sdb
partx --show /dev/sdb3 /dev/sdb
partx --show - /dev/sdb3
partx -o START -g --nr 3 /dev/sdb
partx -o SECTORS,SIZE /dev/sda5 /dev/sda
partx --add --nr 3:5 /dev/sdd
partx -d --nr :-1 /dev/sdd

Examples for pbmtoppa

pbmtoppa was derived, see <http://www.httptech.com/ppa>.

Examples for pcimodules

pcimodules
pcimodules --class 0x20000 --classmask 0xffff00
pcimodules was written by Adam J. Richter <[email protected]>, based on public  domain  example
pcimodules  is  copyright  2000,  Yggdrasil Computing, Incorporated, and may be copied under the

Examples for pivot_root

pivot_root . old-root
pivot_root . old_root

Examples for pkill

pkill and pgrep were introduced in Sun's Solaris 7.  This implementation is fully compatible.

Examples for pnmtofiasco

pnmtofiasco < foo.ppm >foo.wfa
pnmtofiasco -2 -p "IBBPBBPBB" -fps 15 -o video.wfa foo0*.ppm

Examples for pnmtojpeg

pnmtojpeg --quality=60 foo.ppm > foo.jpg
pnmtojpeg, checks thoroughly for any lack of compliance with these restrictions, but does little

Examples for pnmtorle

pnmtorle -v file.ppm -o file.rle
pnmtorle -h file.pgm

Examples for pod2man

pod2man program > program.1
pod2man SomeModule.pm /usr/perl/man/man3/SomeModule.3
pod2man --section=7 note.pod > note.7

Examples for podebconf-report-po

podebconf-report-po --call
podebconf-report-po will ask confirmation to send the mail to the mailing list.

Examples for policyeditor

policyeditor
policyeditor -file $HOME/.config/icedtea-web/security/java.policy

Examples for ppmqvga

ppmqvga -d my_image.ppm | ppmtogif >my_image.gif

Examples for ppmtoicr

ppmtoicr ppmfile
ppmtoicr ppmfile > filename

Examples for pppd

pppd call isp
pppd proxyarp

Examples for prezip-bin

prezip-bin -d <wordlist.cwl >wordlist.txt
prezip-bin -z <wordlist.txt >wordlist.pz 2>errors.txt
prezip-bin -d <words.pz | aspell create master ./words.rws
prezip-bin-0.1.2                               2005-09-30                                 PREZIP-BIN(1)

Examples for prune

prune -n B test.gv
prune -n B -N color=red test.gv
prune returns 0 on successful completion.  It returns 1 if an error occurs.
prune(1)

Examples for ps

ps -e
ps -ef
ps -eF
ps -ely
ps ax
ps axu
ps -ejH
ps axjf
ps -eLf
ps axms
ps -eo euser,ruser,suser,fuser,f,comm,label
ps axZ
ps -eM
ps -U root -u root u
ps -eo pid,tid,class,rtprio,ni,pri,psr,pcpu,stat,wchan:14,comm
ps axo stat,euid,ruid,tty,tpgid,sess,pgrp,ppid,pid,pcpu,comm
ps -Ao pid,tt,user,fname,tmout,f,wchan
ps -C syslogd -o pid=
ps -p 42 -o comm=

Examples for ps2eps

ps2eps was written by Roland Bless.

Examples for ps2pdf

ps2pdf figure.ps
ps2pdf -dPDFSETTINGS=/prepress figure.ps proof.pdf

Examples for rc-alert

rc-alert  was  written  by Anthony DeRobertis and modified by Julian Gilbey <[email protected]> and

Examples for readom

readom dev=2,0 f=cdimage.raw
readom dev=2,0 sectors=150-10000 f=cdimage.raw
readom dev=2,0 -w f=cdimage.raw
readom.
readom: I/O error. test unit ready: scsi sendcmd: no error

Examples for readprofile

readprofile | sort -nr | less
readprofile | sort -nr +2 | head -20
readprofile | grep _ext2
readprofile -av | less
readprofile -p ~/profile.freeze -m /zImage.map.gz
readprofile only works with an 1.3.x or newer kernel, because /proc/profile changed in the  step

Examples for resize

resize program may be installed as sunsize, which causes makes it assume the -s option.

Examples for rletopnm

rletopnm --verbose lenna.rle >lenna.ppm
rletopnm --headerdump file.rle
rletopnm --alphaout=dartalpha.pgm dart.rle >dart.ppm

Examples for route

route add -net 127.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 dev lo
route add -net 192.56.76.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 dev eth0
route del default
route add default gw mango-gw
route add ipx4 sl0
route add -net 192.57.66.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 gw ipx4
route add -net 224.0.0.0 netmask 240.0.0.0 dev eth0
route add -net 10.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 reject
route cache misses (-F) or hits (-C).

Examples for rsync

rsync -Cavz . arvidsjaur:backup
rsync -avuzb --exclude '*~' samba:samba/ .
rsync -Cavuzb . samba:samba/
rsync -az -e ssh --delete ~ftp/pub/samba nimbus:"~ftp/pub/tridge"

Examples for run-parts

run-parts --list --regex '^p.*d$' /etc
run-parts is free software; see the GNU General Public License version 2 or  later  for  copying

Examples for scanimage

scanimage -L
scanimage >image.pnm
scanimage -x 100 -y 100 --format=tiff >image.tiff
scanimage -h
scanimage will attempt to open the first available device.
scanimage -f " scanner number %i device %d is a %t, model %m, produced by %v "

Examples for sdptool

sdptool browse 00:80:98:24:15:6D
sdptool browse local
sdptool add DUN
sdptool del 0x10000
sdptool(1)

Examples for setarch

setarch ppc32 rpmbuild --target=ppc --rebuild foo.src.rpm
setarch ppc32 -v -vL3 rpmbuild --target=ppc --rebuild bar.src.rpm
setarch ppc32 --32bit rpmbuild --target=ppc --rebuild foo.src.rpm

Examples for setfacl

setfacl -m u:lisa:r file
setfacl -m m::rx file
setfacl -x g:staff file

Examples for shar

shar *.c > cprog.shar
shar -Q *.[ch] > cprog.shar
shar -B -l28 -oarc.sh *.arc
shar -f /lcl/src/u*.c > u.sh

Examples for skill

skill -KILL -t /dev/pts/*
skill -STOP -u viro -u lm -u davem

Examples for smbget

smbget -R smb://rhonwyn/jelmer/src
smbget -r smb://rhonwyn/isos/FreeBSD5.1.iso
smbget -Rr smb://rhonwyn/isos
smbget -Rr smb://rhonwyn/

Examples for snice

snice -c seti -c crack +7

Examples for software-center

software-center
software-center gedit
software-center banshee?section=universe
software-center adobe-flashplugin?channel=maverick-partner
software-center cheese,gtg
software-center /home/pgg/skype.deb
software-center  was written by Michael Vogt <[email protected]>, and this manual page by Andrew

Examples for sort-dctrl

sort-dctrl /var/lib/dpkg/available
sort-dctrl -k Version:v /var/lib/dpkg/available
sort-dctrl -k Version:vr /var/lib/dpkg/available
sort-dctrl -k Package,Version:v /var/lib/dpkg/available
sort-dctrl -k Installed-Size:n,Size:nr /var/lib/dpkg/available

Examples for splain

splain, you should expect a bit of whimsy.

Examples for split-logfile

split-logfile < /var/log/apache2/other_vhosts_access.log

Examples for sudo

sudo is provided ``AS IS'' and any express or implied warranties, including, but not limited to,

Examples for sudoreplay

sudoreplay is provided ``AS IS'' and any express or implied warranties, including, but not limited

Examples for synclient

synclient EdgeMotionMinSpeed=0

Examples for sysctl

sysctl.conf(5) regex(7)

Examples for tar

tar -cf archive.tar foo bar
tar -tvf archive.tar
tar -xf archive.tar
tar(5), symlink(7), rmt(8)

Examples for tcpdmatch

tcpdmatch in.telnetd localhost
tcpdmatch in.telnetd 127.0.0.1
tcpdmatch in.telnetd paranoid

Examples for tcpdump

tcpdump host sundown
tcpdump host helios and \( hot or ace \)
tcpdump ip host ace and not helios
tcpdump net ucb-ether
tcpdump 'gateway snup and (port ftp or ftp-data)'
tcpdump ip and not net localnet
tcpdump 'tcp[tcpflags] & (tcp-syn|tcp-fin) != 0 and not src and dst net localnet'
tcpdump 'tcp port 80 and (((ip[2:2] - ((ip[0]&0xf)<<2)) - ((tcp[12]&0xf0)>>2)) != 0)'
tcpdump 'gateway snup and ip[2:2] > 576'
tcpdump 'ether[0] & 1 = 0 and ip[16] >= 224'
tcpdump 'icmp[icmptype] != icmp-echo and icmp[icmptype] != icmp-echoreply'

Examples for time

time wc /etc/hosts
time -f "\t%E real,\t%U user,\t%S sys" ls -Fs
time -a -o log emacs bork
time was written by David MacKenzie.  This man page was added by Dirk Eddelbuettel

Examples for tput

tput init
tput -T5620 reset
tput cup 0 0
tput clear
tput cols
tput -T450 cols
tput hc
tput cup 23 4
tput cup
tput longname
tput -S <<!
tput prints the following error messages and sets the corresponding exit codes.
tput -T450 lines and tput -T2621 xmc)

Examples for ucf

ucf /usr/share/foo/configuration /etc/foo.conf
ucf --purge /etc/foo.conf
ucf.conf(5),  ucfr(1), ucfq(1), and diff3(1).  The Debian Emacs policy, shipped with the package

Examples for ucfr

ucfr foo /etc/foo.conf
ucfr --purge foo /etc/foo.conf

Examples for ufw

ufw deny 53
ufw allow 80/tcp
ufw allow from 10.0.0.0/8
ufw allow from 172.16.0.0/12
ufw allow from 192.168.0.0/16
ufw deny proto udp from 1.2.3.4 to any port 514
ufw allow proto udp from 1.2.3.5 port 5469 to 1.2.3.4 port 5469
ufw does support adding rules before enabling the firewall, so administrators can do:
ufw allow proto tcp from any to any port 22
ufw  supports application integration by reading profiles located in /etc/ufw/applications.d. To
ufw app list
ufw allow <name>
ufw allow from 192.168.0.0/16 to any app <name>
ufw app info <name>
ufw app update <name>
ufw app update --add-new <name>
ufw app default <policy>
ufw supports multiple logging levels. ufw defaults to a loglevel of 'low' when a loglevel is not
ufw logging LEVEL

Examples for uniconvertor

uniconvertor drawing.cdr drawing.svg

Examples for unzip

unzip letters
unzip -j letters
unzip -tq letters
unzip -tq \*.zip
unzip -ca letters \*.tex | more
unzip -p articles paper1.dvi | dvips
unzip source.zip "*.[fch]" Makefile -d /tmp
unzip -C source.zip "*.[fch]" makefile -d /tmp
unzip -aaCL source.zip "*.[fch]" makefile -d /tmp
unzip -fo sources
unzip -uo sources
unzip -v
unzip -l file.zip
unzip -ql file.zip
unzip --ql file.zip
unzip -l-q file.zip
unzip -l--q file.zip

Examples for unzipsfx

unzipsfx  has  no  knowledge  of the user's PATH, so in general an archive must either be in the
unzipsfx will print a warning to the effect, ``can't find myself.''  This is always  true  under
unzipsfx smaller:  usage and diagnostic info, listing functions and extraction to other directo-
unzipsfx on the Amiga requires the use of a special program, MakeSFX, in order to create working
unzipsfx's exit status (error level) is identical to that of unzip(1); see the corresponding man

Examples for update-alternatives

update-alternatives --display vi
update-alternatives --config vi
update-alternatives --auto vi

Examples for update-binfmts

update-binfmts --package javawrapper \
update-binfmts is copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010,

Examples for update-exim4.conf

update-exim4.conf changes the file permissions of the output file to the value of  the  environ-
update-exim4.conf evaluates these patterns in /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf:

Examples for update-inetd

update-inetd --comment-chars '#' --disable login,shell,exec,telnet
update-inetd --comment-chars '#' --disable time,daytime
update-inetd --enable time,daytime
update-inetd --comment-chars '#' --pattern tcp --disable time,daytime
update-inetd               --group               MAIL              --add              \

Examples for update-initramfs

update-initramfs -u
update-initramfs -c -k 2.6.18-1-686

Examples for update-rc.d

update-rc.d foobar defaults
update-rc.d foobar start 20 2 3 4 5 . stop 20 0 1 6 .
update-rc.d foobar start 30 2 3 4 5 . stop 70 0 1 6 .
update-rc.d script_for_A defaults 80 20
update-rc.d script_for_B defaults 90 10
update-rc.d top_level_app defaults 98 02
update-rc.d script_depends_on_svc20 defaults 21 19
update-rc.d foobar remove
update-rc.d -f foobar remove
update-rc.d foobar stop 20 2 3 4 5 .
update-rc.d foobar start 45 S . stop 31 0 6 .
update-rc.d -f foobar remove
update-rc.d foobar stop 45 S .

Examples for updatedb

updatedb -l 0 -o db_file -U source_directory

Examples for upstart-local-bridge

upstart-local-bridge --event=foo --path=/var/foo/bar
upstart-local-bridge --event=bar --path=@/var/foo/bar

Examples for virt-image

virt-image(5), virt-install(1), the project website "http://virt-manager.org"

Examples for virtlockd

virtlockd (libvirt) 1.1.1
virtlockd is distributed under the terms of the GNU LGPL v2.1+.  This is free software; see the

Examples for vnstat

vnstat Display traffic summary for the default interface.
vnstat -i eth0+eth1+eth3
vnstat -i eth2 --xml
vnstat -u -i eth0
vnstat -u -i eth0 --nick local
vnstat -i eth2 --delete
vnstatd(1), vnstati(1), vnstat.conf(5), proc(5), ifconfig(8), units(7)

Examples for vorbiscomment

vorbiscomment -l file.ogg
vorbiscomment -l file.ogg > file.txt
vorbiscomment -w -c file.txt file.ogg newfile.ogg
vorbiscomment -a -t 'ARTIST=No One You Know' file.ogg newfile.ogg
vorbiscomment -a file.ogg

Examples for watch

watch -n 60 from
watch -d ls -l
watch -d 'ls -l | fgrep joe'
watch echo $$
watch echo '$$'
watch echo "'"'$$'"'"
watch -n 10 sleep 1
watch uname -r

Examples for who-permits-upload

who-permits-upload --search=sponsor [email protected]
who-permits-upload -s=sponsor "Arno Toll"
who-permits-upload apache2
who-permits-upload --search=uid "Paul Tagliamonte"
who-permits-upload was written by Arno Toll <[email protected]> and is licensed under the terms of

Examples for wodim

wodim -v speed=2 dev=2,0 cdimage.raw
wodim runs at priority 59 on Solaris, you should run genisoimage at no more than priority 58. On
wodim -v speed=1 dev=/dev/cdrw -audio track*.cdaudio
wodim -v -dummy speed=2 dev=/dev/cdrw -audio track*.cdaudio
wodim -v dev=2,0 cdimage.raw -audio track*.cdaudio
wodim dev=/dev/cdrw -v -dao -useinfo -text  *.wav
wodim dev=2,0 -v -dao -audio -useinfo -text *.inf

Examples for word-list-compress

word-list-compress d <wordlist.cwl >wordlist.txt
word-list-compress c <wordlist.wl >wordlist.cwl 2>errors.txt
word-list-compress d <words.cwl | aspell create master ./words.rws

Examples for wpa_supplicant

wpa_supplicant -B -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -iwlan0
wpa_supplicant -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -iwlan0 -d
wpa_supplicant -Dnl80211,wext -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -iwlan0
wpa_supplicant can control multiple interfaces (radios) either by running one process  for  each
wpa_supplicant \
wpa_supplicant  was  designed  to be portable for different drivers and operating systems. Hope-
wpa_supplicant.conf
wpa_supplicant
wpa_supplicant with following command to start it on foreground with debugging enabled:
wpa_supplicant -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -d
wpa_supplicant -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -B

Examples for xargs

xargs sh -c 'emacs "$@" < /dev/tty' emacs
xargs exits with the following status:

Examples for xdg-desktop-icon

xdg-desktop-icon install ./shinythings-webmirror.desktop
xdg-desktop-icon install ./shinythings-README

Examples for xdg-desktop-menu

xdg-desktop-menu install ./shinythings-webmirror.desktop
xdg-desktop-menu install ./shinythings-webmirror.directory \
xdg-desktop-menu install --noupdate ./shinythings-webmirror.directory \
xdg-desktop-menu install --noupdate ./shinythings-webmirror.directory \
xdg-desktop-menu forceupdate

Examples for xdg-email

xdg-email 'Jeremy White <[email protected]>'
xdg-email --attach /tmp/logo.png \
xdg-email --subject 'Your password is about to expire' \

Examples for xdg-icon-resource

xdg-icon-resource install --size 64 shinythings-myfoobar.png
xdg-icon-resource install --context mimetypes --size 48 ./mime-foobar-48.png application-x-foobar
xdg-icon-resource install --context mimetypes --size 64 ./mime-foobar-64.png application-x-foobar

Examples for xdg-mime

xdg-mime query filetype /tmp/foobar.png
xdg-mime query default image/png
xdg-mime install shinythings-shiny.xml

Examples for xdg-open

xdg-open 'http://www.freedesktop.org/'
xdg-open /tmp/foobar.png

Examples for xdg-screensaver

xdg-screensaver suspend 0x1c00007

Examples for xdg-settings

xdg-settings get default-web-browser
xdg-settings check default-web-browser firefox.desktop
xdg-settings set default-web-browser google-chrome.desktop

Examples for xinit

xinit   This will start up a server named X and run the user's .xinitrc, if it exists,  or  else
xinit -- /usr/local/bin/Xvnc  :1
xinit -geometry =80x65+10+10 -fn 8x13 -j -fg white -bg navy
xinit -e widgets -- ./Xorg -l -c
xinit /usr/ucb/rsh fasthost cpupig -display ws:1 --  :1 -a 2 -t 5
xinit /usr/local/lib/site.xinitrc -- /usr/bin/X -br

Examples for xrandr

xrandr  --output  LVDS --auto --rotate normal --pos 0x0 --output VGA --auto --rotate left
xrandr --newmode "1024x768" 63.50  1024 1072 1176 1328  768 771 775 798 -hsync +vsync
xrandr --addmode VGA 1024x768
xrandr --output VGA --mode 1024x768
xrandr --fb 1600x768 --output VGA --mode 1024x768 --panning 1600x0
xrandr  --fb  3200x2000  --output  LVDS  --scale 2.5x2.5 --output VGA --pos 0x0 --panning
xrandr --fb 1024x768 --output VGA --transform 1.24,0.16,-124,0,1.24,0,0,0.000316,1

Examples for xz

xz foo
xz -dk bar.xz
xz -dcf a.txt b.txt.xz c.txt d.txt.lzma > abcd.txt
xz --robot --list *.xz | awk '/^totals/{print $5-$4}'
xz --lzma2=preset=1,dict=32MiB foo.tar
xz -vv --lzma2=dict=192MiB big_foo.tar

Examples for zenity

zenity  --title="Select a file to remove" --file-selection
zenity   --title  "Select  Host" --entry --text "Select the host you would like to flood-
zenity   --question  --title "Alert"  --text "Microsoft Windows has been found! Would you
zenity --notification --window-icon=update.png --text "System update necessary!"
zenity --list --checklist --column "Buy" --column "Item" TRUE Apples TRUE  Oranges  FALSE

Examples for zip

zip stuff *
zip stuff .* *
zip -r foo foo
zip -j foo foo/*
zip -rm foo foo/tom
zip -rm foo foo/dick
zip -rm foo foo/harry
zip command, the last created archive is deleted, making room for the next zip command to  func-
zip -s 2g -r split.zip foo
zip inarchive.zip foo.c bar.c --out outarchive.zip
zip archive "*.[hc]"
zip archive "[a-f]*"
zip archive "*.[!o]"

Examples for zipinfo

zipinfo storage
zipinfo -l storage
zipinfo --h-t storage
zipinfo storage \*
zipinfo storage
zipinfo -t storage            [only totals line]
zipinfo -st storage           [full listing]
zipinfo -m storage unshrink.c
zipinfo -mt storage "*.[ch]" Mak\*
zipinfo -v storage | more
zipinfo -T storage | sort -nr -k 7 | sed 15q
zipinfo's listing-format behavior is unnecessarily complex and should be simplified.   (This  is

Examples for zipnote

zipnote foo.zip > foo.tmp
zipnote -w foo.zip < foo.tmp