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Archiving
Shar utilities- Shell archiver, uuencode/uudecode.
Basics
Common options-
Coreutils- Core GNU (file, text, shell) utilities.
Date input formats-
Ed- The GNU line editor
File permissions-
Access modes.
Finding files- Operating on files matching certain criteria.
C++ libraries
autosprintf- Support for printf format strings in C++.
Compression
Gzip- General (de)compression of files (lzw).
Development
Com_err- A Common Error Description Library for UNIX.
bzip2 and libbzip2, version 1.0.6-
A program and library for data compression
libffi- Portable foreign-function interface library.
Document Preparation
linuxdoc-sgml-
Linux Documentation Project SGML tools
DOS
Mtools- Mtools: utilities to access DOS disks in Unix.
Editors
JED- The JED editor
nano- Small and friendly text editor.
Emacs
Emacs FAQ- Frequently Asked Questions about Emacs.
Imaxima- Image support for the computer algebra system
Maxima. Interactive math minor mode.
General Commands
Screen- Full-screen window manager.
GNU Gettext Utilities
autopoint-
Copy gettext infrastructure.
envsubst-
Expand environment variables.
gettextize-
Prepare a package for gettext.
gettext- GNU gettext utilities.
ISO3166-
ISO 3166 country codes.
ISO639-
ISO 639 language codes.
msgattrib-
Select part of a PO file.
msgcat-
Combine several PO files.
msgcmp-
Compare a PO file and template.
msgcomm-
Match two PO files.
msgconv-
Convert PO file to encoding.
msgen-
Create an English PO file.
msgexec-
Process a PO file.
msgfilter-
Pipe a PO file through a filter.
msgfmt-
Make MO files out of PO files.
msggrep-
Select part of a PO file.
msginit-
Create a fresh PO file.
msgmerge-
Update a PO file from template.
msgunfmt-
Uncompile MO file into PO file.
msguniq-
Unify duplicates for PO file.
ngettext-
Translate a message with plural.
xgettext-
Extract strings into a PO file.
GNU organization
Maintaining Findutils-
Maintaining GNU findutils
GNU Utilities
dirmngr-client- X.509 CRL and OCSP client.
dirmngr- X.509 CRL and OCSP server.
gpg-agent- The secret key daemon.
gpg2- OpenPGP encryption and signing tool.
gpgsm- S/MIME encryption and signing tool.
Graphics Applications
Geomview- Programa interativo de visualizac,a~o
tridimensional.
Indent Code Formatter
Indent- C code formatter.
Individual utilities
aclocal-invocation-
Generating aclocal.m4.
arch- Print machine hardware name.
automake-invocation-
Generating Makefile.in.
b2sum- Print or check BLAKE2 digests.
base32- Base32 encode/decode data.
base64- Base64 encode/decode data.
basename- Strip directory and suffix.
bibtex- Maintaining bibliographies.
cat- Concatenate and write files.
chcon- Change SELinux CTX of files.
chgrp- Change file groups.
chmod- Change access permissions.
chown- Change file owners and groups.
chroot- Specify the root directory.
cksum- Print POSIX CRC checksum.
cmp- Compare 2 files byte by byte.
comm- Compare sorted files by line.
cp- Copy files.
csplit- Split by context.
cut- Print selected parts of lines.
date- Print/set system date and time.
dd- Copy and convert a file.
df- Report file system disk usage.
diff- Compare 2 files line by line.
diff3- Compare 3 files line by line.
dir- List directories briefly.
dircolors- Color setup for ls.
dirname- Strip last file name component.
du- Report on disk usage.
dvicopy- Virtual font expansion
dvitomp- DVI to MPX (MetaPost pictures).
dvitype- DVI to human-readable text.
echo- Print a line of text.
env- Modify the environment.
expand- Convert tabs to spaces.
expr- Evaluate expressions.
factor- Print prime factors
false- Do nothing, unsuccessfully.
find- Finding and acting on files.
fmt- Reformat paragraph text.
fold- Wrap long input lines.
gftodvi- Generic font proofsheets.
gftopk- Generic to packed fonts.
gftype- GF to human-readable text.
groups- Print group names a user is in.
gunzip- Decompression.
gzexe- Compress executables.
head- Output the first part of files.
hostid- Print numeric host identifier.
hostname- Print or set system name.
id- Print user identity.
install- Copy files and set attributes.
install-tl- Installing TeX Live.
join- Join lines on a common field.
kill- Send a signal to processes.
link- Make hard links between files.
ln- Make links between files.
locate- Finding files in a database.
logname- Print current login name.
ls- List directory contents.
md5sum- Print or check MD5 digests.
mf- Creating typeface families.
mft- Prettyprinting Metafont source.
mkdir- Create directories.
mkfifo- Create FIFOs (named pipes).
mknod- Create special files.
mktemp- Create temporary files.
mltex- Multi-lingual TeX.
mpost- Creating technical diagrams.
mv- Rename files.
nice- Modify niceness.
nl- Number lines and write files.
nohup- Immunize to hangups.
nproc- Print the number of processors.
numfmt- Reformat numbers.
od- Dump files in octal, etc.
paste- Merge lines of files.
patch- Apply a patch to a file.
patgen- Creating hyphenation patterns.
pathchk- Check file name portability.
pktogf- Packed to generic fonts.
pktype- PK to human-readable text.
pltotf- Property list to TFM.
pooltype- Display WEB pool files.
pr- Paginate or columnate files.
printenv- Print environment variables.
printf- Format and print data.
ptx- Produce permuted indexes.
pwd- Print working directory.
readlink- Print referent of a symlink.
realpath- Print resolved file names.
rm- Remove files.
rmdir- Remove empty directories.
runcon- Run in specified SELinux CTX.
sdiff- Merge 2 files side-by-side.
seq- Print numeric sequences
sha1sum- Print or check SHA-1 digests.
sha2- Print or check SHA-2 digests.
shar- Make a shell archive.
shred- Remove files more securely.
shuf- Shuffling text files.
sleep- Delay for a specified time.
sort- Sort text files.
split- Split into pieces.
stat- Report file(system) status.
stdbuf- Modify stdio buffering.
stty- Print/change terminal settings.
sum- Print traditional checksum.
sync- Synchronize memory to disk.
tac- Reverse files.
tail- Output the last part of files.
tangle- WEB to Pascal.
tee- Redirect to multiple files.
test- File/string tests.
tex- Typesetting.
tftopl- TFM -> property list.
time- Run programs and summarize
system resource usage.
timeout- Run with time limit.
tlmgr- Managing TeX Live.
touch- Change file timestamps.
tr- Translate characters.
true- Do nothing, successfully.
truncate- Shrink/extend size of a file.
tsort- Topological sort.
tty- Print terminal name.
uname- Print system information.
unexpand- Convert spaces to tabs.
uniq- Uniquify files.
unlink- Removal via unlink(2).
unshar- Explode a shell archive.
updatedb- Building the locate database.
uptime- Print uptime and load.
users- Print current user names.
uudecode- Restore file from 7-bits.
uuencode- Force binary file to 7-bits.
vdir- List directories verbosely.
vftovp- Virtual font -> virtual pl.
vptovf- Virtual pl -> virtual font.
wc- Line, word, and byte counts.
wdiff- Word difference finder.
weave- WEB to TeX.
who- Print who is logged in.
whoami- Print effective user ID.
xargs- Operating on many files.
yes- Print a string indefinitely.
zcat- Decompression to stdout.
zdiff- Compare compressed files.
zforce- Force .gz extension on files.
zgrep- Search compressed files.
zmore- Decompression output by pages.
Information
Debian menu- The Debian menu system
Internationalization and character sets
recode- Conversion between character sets and surfaces.
Libraries
RLuserman- The GNU readline library User's Manual.
libgpg-error- Error codes and common code for GnuPG.
Man-pages
Latex2man- Its Man-Page
Math
Maxima- A computer algebra system.
Octave- Interactive language for numerical
computations.
Xmaxima- Graphical interface for Maxima.
bc- An arbitrary precision calculator language.
liboctave- Octave C++ Classes
Mathematics/Maxima
abs_integrate-
Maxima share package abs_integrate for
integrating absolute value and friends.
drawutils-
Maxima share package drawutils: additional
drawing functions for package draw.
kovacicODE-
Maxima share package kovacicODE: Kovacic's
method for differential equations.
logic- Maxima share package logic for operations on
Boolean variables.
Maxima
Maxima- A computer algebra system.
Miscellaneous
dc- Arbitrary precision RPN "Desktop Calculator".
debian-policy-
Debian Policy Manual.
Network applications
Wget- Non-interactive network downloader.
Printing Tools
PreScript- Input language for a2ps
a2ps- PostScript Generating Utility
card- Print Reference Cards
fixnt- Fixing Microsoft NT PostScript Files
fixps- Fixing Some Ill Designed PostScript Files
ogonkify- Ogonkify
pdiff- Produce Pretty Comparison of Files
psmandup- Printing Duplex on Simplex Printers
psset- Inserting calls to setpagedevice
Programming
R Administration- R Installation and Administration.
R Data- R Data Import/Export.
R Extensions- Writing R Extensions.
R FAQ- The R statistical system FAQ.
R Internals- R Internals.
R Introduction- An introduction to R.
R Language- The R Language Definition.
flex- Fast lexical analyzer generator (lex
replacement).
Programming & development tools.
DDD- The Data Display Debugger.
DDD-Themes- Writing DDD Themes.
Software development
Autoconf2.13- Create configuration scripts, only for
compatibility with old source packages.
Automake- Making GNU standards-compliant Makefiles.
System administration
Stow- GNU Stow.
TeX
DVI-to-PNG- Translating TeX DVI files to Portable Network
Graphics (PNG).
DVI-to-Postscript- Translating TeX DVI files to PostScript.
Eplain- Expanding on plain Tex.
EpsPDF- Portable GUI- and command-line EPS/PS/PDF
conversion
Kpathsea- File lookup along search paths.
LaTeX2e- Unofficial LaTeX reference manual.
Naming TeX fonts- Filenames for TeX fonts.
TLbuild- TeX Live configuration and development.
TeX Directories- A directory structure for TeX files.
TeXdraw- A system for producing PostScript drawings
from TeX.
Web2c- TeX, Metafont, and companion programs.
afm2tfm-
Making Type 1 fonts available to TeX.
dvipng- A DVI-to-PNG translator.
dvips- DVI-to-PostScript translator.
kpsewhich-
TeX file searching.
mf2pt1- PostScript Type 1 fonts from Metafont source.
mktexfmt-
Format (fmt/base/mem) generation.
mktexlsr-
Update ls-R.
mktexmf-
MF source generation.
mktexpk-
PK bitmap generation.
mktextex-
TeX source generation.
mktextfm-
TeX font metric generation.
Texinfo documentation system
Pinfo- curses based lynx-style info browser.
Texi2HTML- Texinfo to HTML Converter.
Text creation and manipulation
Diffutils- Comparing and merging files.
M4- A powerful macro processor.
Word differences- GNU wdiff and diff related tools.
grep- Print lines that match patterns.
sed- Stream EDitor.
Typesetting
Groff- The GNU troff document formatting system.
Utilities
Enscript- GNU Enscript
Fdutils- Fdutils: Linux' floppy utilities
Version control
RCS- GNU Revision Control System.
Viewers
gv- The GNU PostScript and PDF viewer.
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