The Ultimate Linux Command Reference Guide
Note: This was produced with Ubuntu.
Tip: Theres quite a few in this list so I suggest that if your looking for something spefic use the search function (ctrl+F)….
a2p – Awk to Perl translator
aconnect – ALSA sequencer connection manager
acpi – Shows battery status information
acpi_listen – ACPI event listener
addr2line – convert addresses into file names and line numbers.
akregator – a KDE RSS Aggregator
alacarte – edit freedesktop.org menus
alsamixer – soundcard mixer for ALSA soundcard driver, with ncurses interface
amidi – read from and write to ALSA RawMIDI ports
amixer – command-line mixer for ALSA soundcard driver
amor – a KDE creature for your desktop
aplay – command-line sound recorder and player for ALSA soundcard driver
aplaymidi – play Standard MIDI Files
apm – interface with the APM subsystem
apm – Alliance ProMotion video driver
apmsleep – go into suspend or standby mode and wake-up later
appletproxy – KDE kicker panel applet proxy
apport-unpack – extract the fields of a problem report to separate files
appres – list X application resource database
apropos – search the manual page names and descriptions
apt-cache – APT package handling utility – – cache manipulator
apt-cdrom – APT CDROM management utility
apt-config – APT Configuration Query program
apt-extracttemplates – Utility to extract DebConf config and templates from Debian packages
apt-ftparchive – Utility to generate index files
apt-get – APT package handling utility – – command-line interface
aptitude – high-level interface to the package manager
apt-key – APT key management utility
apt-sortpkgs – Utility to sort package index files
ar – create, modify, and extract from archives
arecord – command-line sound recorder and player for ALSA soundcard driver
arecordmidi – record Standard MIDI Files
Ark – (unknown subject)
ark – manual page for Ark
arm2hpdl – part of the printer driver foo2zjs
arping – send ARP REQUEST to a neighbour host
artscat – pipe data to sound device
artsmessage – Utility to display aRts error messages
AS – (unknown subject)
as – the portable GNU assembler.
aseqdump – show the events received at an ALSA sequencer port
aseqnet – ALSA sequencer connectors over network
asoundconf – utility to read and change the user’s ALSA library configuration
at – queue, examine or delete jobs for later execution
atlantikdesigner – game board designer for Atlantik
atobm – bitmap editor and converter utilities for the X Window System
atq – queue, examine or delete jobs for later execution
atrm – queue, examine or delete jobs for later execution
autopoint – copies standard gettext infrastructure
awk – pattern scanning and text processing language
Baobab – (unknown subject)
baobab – A graphical tool to analyse disk usage
basename – strip directory and suffix from filenames
bashbug – report a bug in bash
batch – queue, examine or delete jobs for later execution
bdftopcf – convert X font from Bitmap Distribution Format to Portable Compiled Format
bdftops – Convert X11 font from BDF to PostScript Type 1 format
bdftruncate – generate truncated BDF font from ISO 10646-1-encoded BDF font
beforelight – screen saver
bitmap – bitmap editor and converter utilities for the X Window System
blinken – electronic memory game for KDE
bmp2tiff – create a TIFF file from a Microsoft Windows Device Independent Bitmap image file
bmtoa – bitmap editor and converter utilities for the X Window System
bsd-write – send a message to another user
bsh – BeanShell: A Java scripting environment (command-line version).
c2ph – Dump C structures as generated from *(C`cc – g – S*(C’ stabs
c89 – ANSI (1989) C compiler
c89-gcc – ANSI (1989) C compiler
c99 – ANSI (1999) C compiler
c99-gcc – ANSI (1999) C compiler
cal – displays a calendar and the date of easter
calendar – reminder service
calibrate_ppa – pnm2ppa calibration tool
cancel – cancel jobs
captoinfo – convert a termcap description into a terminfo description
catchsegv – Catch segmentation faults in programs
catman – create or update the pre-formatted manual pages
cc – GNU project C and C++ compiler
ccmakedep – create dependencies in makefiles using a C compiler
cddb-slave2-properties – manual page for Gnome cddb-slave2-properties 2.0.0
cdparanoia – an audio CD reading utility which includes extra data verification features
cdrdao – reads and writes CDs in disc-at-once mode
cdrecord – write data to optical disk media
celestrongps – Celestron GPS driver for INDI telescope control
c++filt – Demangle C++ and Java symbols.
chage – change user password expiry information
charmap – character symbols to define character encodings
charset – Set an ACM for use in one of the G0/G1 charset slots.
chattr – change file attributes on a Linux second extended file system
chcon – change security context
chfn – change real user name and information
chkdupexe – find duplicate executables
chsh – change login shell
chvt – change foreground virtual terminal
ciptool – Bluetooth Common ISDN Access Profile (CIP)
cjpeg – compress an image file to a JPEG file
cksum – checksum and count the bytes in a file
cleanlinks – remove dangling symbolic links and empty directories
clear – clear the terminal screen
clear_console – clear the console
cli – Mono’s ECMA-CLI native code generator (Just-in-Time and Ahead-of-Time)
cli-gacutil – Global Assembly Cache management utility.
cli-wrapper – No manpage for this program.
cmp – compare two files byte by byte
codepage – extract a codepage from an MSDOS codepage file
col – filter reverse line feeds from input
colcrt – filter nroff output for CRT previewing
colrm – remove columns from a file
column – columnate lists
comm – compare two sorted files line by line
compiz – OpenGL window and compositing manager
compiz.real – OpenGL window and compositing manager
compose – execute programs via entries in the mailcap file
consolechars – load EGA/VGA console screen font, screen-font map, and/or application-charset map.
cpan – easily interact with CPAN from the command line
cpp – The C Preprocessor
cpp-4.1 – The C Preprocessor
c_rehash (1ssl) – Create symbolic links to files named by the hash values
crontab – maintain crontab files for individual users
crontab – tables for driving cron
csplit – split a file into sections determined by context lines
csv2vcard – Convert a CSV-formatted list of contacts to vCards
cups-calibrate – ESP CUPS Printer Calibration Tool
cupsdconf – A CUPS configuration tool
cupsdisable – stop/start printers and classes
cupsenable – stop/start printers and classes
cupstestdsc – test conformance of postscript files
cupstestppd – test conformance of ppd files
cut – remove sections from each line of files
cvs – Concurrent Versions System
cvs [cvs-pserver] – The GNU Concurrent Versions System
cvs – Concurrent Versions System support files
cvsaskpass – prompt for a password for the CVS DCOP service
cvsservice – a DCOP service for accessing CVS repositories
cxpm – Check an XPM (X PixMap) file – XPM 1, 2, or 3.
dbus-cleanup-sockets – clean up leftover sockets in a directory
dbus-daemon – Message bus daemon
dbus-launch – Utility to start a message bus from a shell script
dbus-monitor – debug probe to print message bus messages
dbus-send – Send a message to a message bus
dbus-uuidgen – Utility to generate UUIDs
dccleancrw – Canon (CRW) RAW photo file recovery utility
dcfujigreen – Alternative processing for Fuji RAW images
dcfujiturn – Alternative rotation for dcraw processed images
dcfujiturn16 – Alternative rotation for dcraw processed images
dcop – Console DCOP client
dcopfind – Find the DCOP reference of a KDE service
dcopserver – KDE DCOP server
dcopstart – Start a KDE service and return its DCOP reference
dcparse – Extract embeded thumbnail image and print CIFF/TIFF data to screen
dcraw – command-line decoder for raw digital photos
ddate – converts Gregorian dates to Discordian dates
deallocvt – deallocate unused virtual terminals
debconf – run a debconf-using program
debconf-apt-progress – install packages using debconf to display a progress bar
debconf-communicate – communicate with debconf
debconf-copydb – copy a debconf database
debconf-escape – helper when working with debconf’s escape capability
debconf-set-selections – insert new default values into the debconf database
debconf-show – query the debconf database
defoma – Debian Font Manager, a framework for automatic font configuration.
defoma-app – configure a specific application about fonts registered in Debian Font Manager.
defoma-font – register/unregister font(s) to Debian Font Manager
defoma-hints – generate font hints.
defoma-id – Manage id-cache of Debian Font Manager
defoma-subst – Modify a rulefile of Defoma font substitution system.
defoma-user – Debian Font Manager for users
desktop-file-install – install a desktop file to the applications directory
desktop-file-validate – validate a .desktop file
devdump – Utility programs for dumping and verifying iso9660 images.
dexconf – generate Xorg X server configuration file from debconf data
dga – test program for the XFree86-DGA extension
dh_installdefoma – install a defoma related scripts
dh_installxmlcatalogs – install and register XML catalog files
dh_pycentral – use the python-central framework to handle Python modules and extensions
dh_pysupport – use the python-support framework to handle Python modules
diff – compare files line by line
diff3 – compare three files line by line
diffpp – pretty-print diff outputs with GNU enscript
dig – DNS lookup utility
dircolors – color setup for ls
directomatic – Universal print filter/RIP wrapper
dirmngr – CRL and OCSP daemon
dirmngr-client – CRL and OCSP daemon
dirname – strip non-directory suffix from file name
dirsplit – splits directory into multiple with equal size
diskd – disk daemon; wait for disk to be inserted
diskseekd – disk seek daemon; simulates Messy Dos’ drive cleaning effect
djpeg – decompress a JPEG file to an image file
dpkg – package manager for Debian
dpkg-deb – Debian package archive (.deb) manipulation tool
dpkg-query – a tool to query the dpkg database
dpkg-split – Debian package archive split/join tool
dprofpp – display perl profile data
drkonqi – KDE crash handler gives the user feedback if a program crashed
dselect – Debian package management frontend
du – estimate file space usage
dumpkeys – dump keyboard translation tables
dund – BlueZ Bluetooth dial-up networking daemon
dvd+rw-booktype – format DVD+-RW/-RAM disk with a logical format
dvd+rw-format – format DVD+-RW/-RAM disk
dvd+rw-mediainfo – display information about dvd drive and disk
dvipdf – Convert TeX DVI file to PDF using ghostscript and dvips
edit – execute programs via entries in the mailcap file
editor – Nano’s ANOther editor, an enhanced free Pico clone
editres – a dynamic resource editor for X Toolkit applications
egroupwarewizard – KDE eGroupware Wizard
eject – eject removable media
enc2xs – – Perl Encode Module Generator
Enchant – (unknown subject)
enchant – a spellchecker
enscript – convert text files to PostScript, HTML, RTF, ANSI, and overstrikes
env – run a program in a modified environment
envsubst – substitutes environment variables in shell format strings
eog – a GNOME image viewer
eps2eps – Ghostscript PostScript “distiller”
epsffit – fit encapsulated PostScript file (EPSF) into constrained size
eqn – format equations for troff
esc-m – ease viewing output of driver data
esd – The Enlightened Sound Daemon
espeak – A multi-lingual software speech synthesizer.
evince – GNOME document viewer
evolution – groupware suite for GNOME containing e-mail, calendar, addressbook, to-do list and memo tools
evolution-addressbook-export – export addressbook content from Evoluion
ex – Vi IMproved, a programmers text editor
exchange-connector-setup-2.10 – configure evolution to access an exchange server
exchangewizard – MS Exchange Setup Wizard
exifautotran – Transforms Exif files so that Orientation becomes 1
expand – convert tabs to spaces
expiry – check and enforce password expiration policy
expr – evaluate expressions
extensionproxy – KDE kicker panel extension proxy
extractkmdr – extract message strings from Kommander dialogs
extractres – filter to extract resources from a PostScript document
factor – factor numbers
faillog – display faillog records or set login failure limits
faillog – login failure logging file
fax2ps – convert a TIFF facsimile to compressed
fax2tiff – create a TIFF Class F fax file from raw fax data
fdformat – Low-level formats a floppy disk
fdlist – Floppy disk mount utility
fdmount – Floppy disk mount utility
fdmountd – Floppy disk mount utility
fdrawcmd – send raw commands to the floppy disk controller
fdumount – Floppy disk mount utility
file – determine file type
file-roller – A compression utility for gnome
find – search for files in a directory hierarchy
find2perl – translate find command lines to Perl code
findsmb – list info about machines that respond to SMB name queries on a subnet
finger – user information lookup program
firefox – a Web browser for X11 derived from the Mozilla browser
fix_bs_and_del – Fix the Delete and BackSpace keys on a console
fixdlsrps – filter to fix DviLaser/PS documents to work with PSUtils
fixfmps – filter to fix Framemaker documents so PSUtils work
fixmacps – filter to fix Macintosh documents with saner version of md
fixpsditps – filter to fix Transcript psdit documents so PSUtils work
fixpspps – filter to fix PSPrint PostScript so PSUtils work
fixscribeps – filter to fix Scribe documents so PSUtils work
fixtpps – filter to fix Tpscript documents to work with PSUtils
fixwfwps – filter to fix Word for Windows documents so PSUtils work
fixwpps – filter to fix WP documents so PSUtils work
fixwwps – filter to fix Windows Write documents so PSUtils work
fliccd – Finger Lakes Instruments CCD driver for INDI telescope control
floppycontrol – floppy driver configuration utility
floppymeter – measure raw capacity and exact rotation speed of floppy drive
fmt – simple optimal text formatter
fold – wrap each input line to fit in specified width
font2c – Write PostScript Type 0 or Type 1 font as C code
font2psf – convert a 256-character fonts to PSF format
foo2hp – Convert Ghostscript pbmraw or bitcmyk format into a ZJS printer stream
foo2hp2600-wrapper – Convert Postscript into a ZJS printer stream
foo2lava – Convert Ghostscript pbmraw or bitcmyk format into a LAVAFLOW printer stream
foo2lava-wrapper – Convert Postscript into a LAVAFLOW printer stream
foo2oak-wrapper – Convert Postscript into an OAKT printer stream
foo2xqx – Convert Ghostscript pbmraw into a XQX printer stream
foo2xqx-wrapper – Convert Postscript into a XQX printer stream
foo2zjs – Convert Ghostscript pbmraw or bitcmyk format into a ZJS printer stream
foo2zjs-icc2ps – part of the printer driver foo2zjs
foo2zjs-wrapper – Convert Postscript into a ZJS printer stream
foomatic-combo-xml – <put a short description here>
foomatic-compiledb – Compile the Foomatic printer/driver database
foomatic-configure – the main configuration program of the foomatic printing system.
foomatic-datafile – Generate a PPD file for a given printer/driver combo
foomatic-gswrapper – foomatic wrapper for ghostscript
foomatic-perl-data – generate Perl data structures from XML
foomatic-ppdfile – Generate a PPD file for a given printer/driver combo
foomatic-ppd-options – show the PPD options
foomatic-printjob – manage printer jobs in a spooler-independent fashion
foomatic-rip [lpdomatic] – Universal print filter/RIP wrapper
foomatic-rip – Universal print filter/RIP wrapper
fping – send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts
fping6 – send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts
free – Display amount of free and used memory in the system
fribidi – a command line interface for the fribidi library, converts a logical string to visual
from – print names of those who have sent mail
f-spot – A program to manage a photo collection
fstobdf – generate BDF font from X font server
fsview – a filesystem viewer that graphically shows disk usage
ftp – Internet file transfer program
funzip – filter for extracting from a ZIP archive in a pipe
gacutil – Global Assembly Cache management utility.
gaim – Instant Messaging client
Gaim (3pm) – Perl extension the Gaim instant messenger.
Gaim-Text – (unknown subject)
gaim-text – A Pimpin’ Penguin console frontend for Instant Messaging client Gaim.
gcalctool – a desktop calculator
gcc – GNU project C and C++ compiler
gcc-4.1 – GNU project C and C++ compiler
gccbug – Reporting GCC Bugs
gccbug-4.1 – Reporting GCC Bugs
gccmakedep – create dependencies in makefiles using ‘gcc -M’
gcj-dbtool – Manipulate class file mapping databases for libgcj
gcj-dbtool-4.1 – Manipulate class file mapping databases for libgcj
gconf-editor – an editor for the GConf configuration system
gconftool – GNOME configuration tool
gconftool-2 – GNOME configuration tool
gcov – coverage testing tool
gcov-4.1 – coverage testing tool
gdb – The GNU Debugger
gdbserver – Remote Server for the GNU Debugger
gdbtui – The GNU Debugger
gdebi – Simple tool to install deb files
gdebi-gtk – Simple tool to install deb files
gdialog – display GTK+ dialogs
gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders – GdkPixbuf loader registration utility
gedit – text editor for the GNOME Desktop
genisoimage [mkisofs] – create ISO9660/Joliet/HFS filesystem with optional Rock Ridge attributes
genisoimage – create ISO9660/Joliet/HFS filesystem with optional Rock Ridge attributes
geqn – format equations for troff
GET – Simple command line user agent
getafm – create an AFM file for a PostScript font.
getconf – Query system configuration variables
getent – get entries from administrative database
getfdprm – print the current format information
getkeycodes – print kernel scancode-to-keycode mapping table
getopt – parse command options (enhanced)
gettext – translate message
gettext – translate message
gettextize – install or upgrade gettext infrastructure
gif2tiff – create a TIFF file from a GIF87 format image file
gij – GNU interpreter for Java bytecode
gij-4.1 – GNU interpreter for Java bytecode
gij-wrapper – a wrapper around gij
gij-wrapper-4.1 – a wrapper around gij
gimp – an image manipulation and paint program.
gimp-2.2 – an image manipulation and paint program.
gimp-remote – tells a running GIMP to open a (local or remote) image file.
gimp-remote-2.2 – tells a running GIMP to open a (local or remote) image file.
gksu – GTK+ frontend for su and sudo
gksudo – GTK+ frontend for su and sudo
glewinfo – displays GL extension info
glxdemo – a demonstration of the GLX functions
glxgears – “gears” demo for GLX
glxheads – exercise multiple GLX connections
glxinfo – show information about the GLX implementation
gnome-about – The Gnome about box.
gnome-btdownload – (unknown subject)
gnome-calculator – a desktop calculator
gnome-cd – manual page for Gnome gnome-cd 2.1.0
gnome-control-center – Desktop properties manager
gnome-cups-add – add new CUPS printers
gnome-cups-icon – notification icon for CUPS printers
gnome-cups-manager – display and edit CUPS printers
gnome-desktop-item-edit – tool to edit .desktop file
gnome-dictionary – Look up words on dictionaries
gnome-eject – Mount drives and volumes using HAL and read settings from the GNOME desktop configuration system gconf.
gnome-help – browse system documentation
gnome-keyring-manager – A graphical key management tool.
gnome-mount – Mount drives and volumes using HAL and read settings from the GNOME desktop configuration system gconf.
gnome-panel – display the GNOME panel
gnome-pilot-make-password – GNOME applet to manipulate a Palm PDA
gnome-power-manager – gnome power manager userspace daemon
gnome-power-preferences – gnome power preferences gui
gnome-search-tool – the GNOME Search Tool
gnome-session – Starts up the GNOME desktop environment
gnome-session-save – Saves the current GNOME session (or terminates it)
gnome-sound-recorder – manual page for Gnome grecord 2.1.0
gnome-system-log – the GNOME System Log Viewer
gnome-system-monitor – view and control processes
gnome-terminal – is a terminal emulation application.
gnome-terminal.wrapper – is a terminal emulation application.
gnome-text-editor – text editor for the GNOME Desktop
gnome-umount – Mount drives and volumes using HAL and read settings from the GNOME desktop configuration system gconf.
gnome-volume-control – manual page for Gnome gnome-volume-control 2.1.0
gnome-volume-manager – GNOME daemon to auto-mount and manage media devices
gnome-volume-properties – configure the gnome-volume-manager daemon.
gnome-wm – Launches the user selected window manager for the GNOME session
gnome-www-browser – a Web browser for X11 derived from the Mozilla browser
gpasswd – administer the /etc/group file
gpg – OpenPGP encryption and signing tool
gpg2 – OpenPGP encryption and signing tool
gpg-agent – Secret key management for GnuPG
gpgconf – Modify .gnupg home directories
gpg-connect-agent – Communicate with a running agent
gpg-convert-from-106 – converts your public keyring and trustdb from GnuPG 1.0.6 to later formats.
gpgsm – CMS encryption and signing tool
gpgsm-gencert.sh – Generate an X.509 certificate request
gpgsplit – Split an OpenPGP message into packets
gpgv – Verify OpenPGP signatures
gpgv2 – Verify OpenPGP signatures
gpic – compile pictures for troff or TeX
gpilot-applet – GNOME applet to manipulate a Palm PDA
gpilotd – GNOME applet to manipulate a Palm PDA
gpilotd-control-applet – GNOME applet to manipulate a Palm PDA
gpilotd-session-wrapper – GNOME applet to manipulate a Palm PDA
gpilot-install-file – gnome-pilot file conduit scheduler
gprof – display call graph profile data
grmiregistry – Remote object registry
grmiregistry-4.1 – Remote object registry
groff – front-end for the groff document formatting system
grog – guess options for groff command
grops – PostScript driver for groff
grotty – groff driver for typewriter-like devices
groups – print the groups a user is in
groupwarewizard – KDE Groupware Wizard
groupwisewizard – Novell GroupWise Setup Wizard
growisofs – combined genisoimage frontend/DVD recording program.
gs – Ghostscript (PostScript and PDF language interpreter and previewer)
gsbj – Format and print text for BubbleJet printer using ghostscript
gsdj – Format and print text for DeskJet printer using ghostscript
gsdj500 – Format and print text for DeskJet 500 BubbleJet using ghostscript
gs-esp – Ghostscript (PostScript and PDF language interpreter and previewer)
gslj – Format and print text for LaserJet printer using ghostscript
gslp – Format and print text using ghostscript
gsnd – Run ghostscript (PostScript and PDF engine) without display
gst-feedback-0.10 – generate debug info for GStreamer bug reports
gst-inspect-0.10 – print info about a GStreamer plugin or element
gst-launch-0.10 – build and run a GStreamer pipeline
gstreamer-properties – manual page for Gnome gstreamer-properties 2.2.1.1
gst-typefind-0.10 – print MIME type of file
gst-visualise-0.10 – Run a GStreamer pipeline to display an audio visualisation
gst-xmlinspect-0.10 – print info about a GStreamer plugin or element
gst-xmllaunch-0.10 – build and run a GStreamer pipeline from an XML serialization
gtbl – format tables for troff
gtf – calculate VESA GTF mode lines
gThumb – (unknown subject)
gthumb – an image viewer and browser for GNOME
gtk-query-immodules-2.0 – Input method module registration utility
gtk-update-icon-cache – Icon theme caching utility
gtk-window-decorator – Compiz window decorator using the Gtk toolkit
h2ph – convert .h C header files to .ph Perl header files
h2xs – convert .h C header files to Perl extensions
hcitool – configure Bluetooth connections
hd – ASCII, decimal, hexadecimal, octal dump
hd – MFM/IDE hard disk devices
head – output the first part of files
HEAD – Simple command line user agent
head – output the first part of files
HEAD – Simple command line user agent
helpztags – generate the help tags file for directory
hexdump – ASCII, decimal, hexadecimal, octal dump
hidd – Bluetooth HID daemon
host – DNS lookup utility
hostid – print the numeric identifier for the current host
hpijs – HP IJS server for the GhostScript IJS client driver
hsqldb-databasemanager – GUI database management tool
hsqldb-databasemanagerswing – GUI database management tool
hsqldb-querytool – GUI database management tool
hsqldb-sqltool – JDBC database console frontend
hsqldb-transfer – transfers data from one JDBC database to another
hwdb-gui – gui frontend for the ubuntu hwdb-client
hwdb-send – Sends data for the ubuntu hwdb-client
hwdb-xml – collects xml data for the ubuntu hwdb-client
i486-linux-gnu-cpp – The C Preprocessor
i486-linux-gnu-cpp-4.1 – The C Preprocessor
i486-linux-gnu-gcc – GNU project C and C++ compiler
i486-linux-gnu-gcc-4.1 – GNU project C and C++ compiler
ical2vcal – Convert calendars from iCal to Versit vCal format
iceauth – ICE authority file utility
ico – animate an icosahedron or other polyhedron
iconv – Convert encoding of given files from one encoding to another
id – print user identity
iecset – Set or dump IEC958 status bits
imake – C preprocessor interface to the make utility
imgcmp – Image comparison utility
imginfo – Image information utility
includeres – filter to include resources in a PostScript document
indiserver – INDI server for telescope control under KStars
info – read Info documents
info – readable online documentation
infobrowser – read Info documents
infocmp – compare or print out terminfo descriptions
infokey – compile customizations for Info
infotocap – convert a terminfo description into a termcap description
install – copy files and set attributes
instmodsh – A shell to examine installed modules
ipcrm – remove a message queue, semaphore set or shared memory id
ipcs – provide information on ipc facilities
isodump – Utility programs for dumping and verifying iso9660 images.
isoinfo – Utility programs for dumping and verifying iso9660 images.
isovfy – Utility programs for dumping and verifying iso9660 images.
ispell-wrapper – smart wrapper for ispell
jasper – File format converter specialized in JPEG-2000 encoding
java – a wrapper around gij
jiv – Image display utility
join – join lines of two files on a common field
jpegexiforient – reads or writes the Exif Orientation Tag
jpegorient – change the orientations of JPEG images
jpegtran – lossless transformation of JPEG files
juk – music organizer and player for KDE
jvncviewer – – Command line starter of the Java VNC viewer
kabc2mutt – kabc to mutt converter
kaboodle – KDE simple and lean Media Player
kaddprinterwizard – Start the add printer wizard
kaddressbook – The KDE Address Book
kalarm – Personal alarm message, command and email scheduler for KDE
kalarmd – KDE alarm daemon
kalzium – a chemistry teaching tool for KDE
kanagram – a letter order game for KDE
kandy – Synchronize mobile phone address books
kandy_client – DCOP client for Kandy
kappfinder – searches for program to add to the Kde menu
karm – KDE time tracker tool
kasbar – An alternative task manager
kate – KDE Advanced Text Editor
kaudiocreator – CD ripper and audio encoder front-end
kbanner.kss – Banner screen saver for KDE
kblankscrn.kss – KDE screensaver which shows a blank screen
kblob.kss – Blob screen saver for KDE
kbuildsycoca – Rebuilds the system configuration cache
kcalc – KDE Calculator
kcharselect – KDE Character Selector
kcheckpass – The KCheckPass authentication software
kclock.kss – Clock screen saver for KDE
kcminit – runs startups initialization for Control Modules.
kcolorchooser – KDE Color Chooser
kcoloredit – KDE Color Palette Editor
kconf_update – KDE Tool for updating user configuration files
kcookiejar – HTTP Cookie Daemon
kcron – Views and sets cron daemon configuration.
kdat – tar-based DAT archiver for KDE.
kdcop – A graphical DCOP browser/client
kdebugdialog – A dialog box for setting preferences for debug output
kde-config – A little program to output installation paths
kded – triggers Sycoca database updates when needed
kdepasswd – graphical frontend to change the user’s password
kdeprintfax – a interface to fax-packages
kdesu – Runs a program with elevated privileges.
kdesud – Runs a program with elevated privileges.
kdf – KDE free disk space utility
kdialog – Show KDE dialog boxes from shell scripts
kdict – The KDE Dictionary Client
kdontchangethehostname – Informs KDE about a change in hostname
kdvi – KDE DVI Viewer
kedit – KDE text editor
keditbookmarks – Konqueror Bookmark Editor
keduca – interactive form-based tests for KDE
keducabuilder – test/exam editor for KEduca
keduca-shrinker – extract a random sample from a large KEduca test file
keuphoria.kss – Euphoria screen saver for KDE
kfax – KDE Fax Viewer
kfile – A commandline tool to read and modify metadata of files
kfilereplace – Batch search and replace tool
kfind – KDE find tool
kfiresaver.kss – Fireworks 3D screen saver for KDE
kfloppy – KDE Floppy Disk Utility
kflux.kss – Flux screen saver for KDE
kfmclient – KDE tool for opening URLs from the command line
kfountain.kss – Particle Fountain screen saver for KDE
kget – An advanced download manager for KDE
kghostview – KDE PS/PDF Viewer
kgpg – a KDE frontend for GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG)
kgravity.kss – Particle Gravity screen saver for KDE
khangman – the classical hangman game for KDE
khexedit – KDE hex editor
khotkeys – daemon to bind actions to triggers and conditions
kicker – The KDE panel
kiconedit – KDE Icon Editor
killall – kill processes by name
kimagemapeditor – an HTML image map editor for KDE
kinstalltheme – KDE Tool to build a cache list of all pixmap themes installed
kio_http_cache_cleaner – KDE HTTP cache maintenance tool
kio_media_mounthelper – kio_media_mounthelper
kio_system_documenthelper – KDE helper script used by document.desktop
kio_uiserver – KDE Progress Information UI Server
kitchensync – Synchronize Data with KDE
kiten – a Japanese reference/study tool for KDE
kitengen – index table generator for Kiten
kjobviewer – a print job viewer
klatin – an application to help revise/teach Latin
kleopatra – KDE X.509 key manager
klettres – a foreign alphabet tutor for KDE
klines.kss – Lines screen saver for KDE
klinkstatus – a web link validity checker for KDE
klorenz.kss – Lorenz Attractor screen saver for KDE
kmag – A screen magnifier for KDE
kmail – KDE email client
kmail_antivir.sh – H+BEDV AntiVir backend for KMail
kmail_clamav.sh – Clam Anti-Virus backend for KMail
kmailcvt – KMail import filters
kmail_fprot.sh – F-Prot Anti-Virus backend for KMail
kmail_sav.sh – Sophos Anti-Virus backend for KMail
kmailservice – mail service
kmdr2po – create a PO-file from a Kommander dialog
kmdr-editor – editor for the Kommander visual dialog building tool
kmdr-executor – executor for the Kommander visual dialog building tool
kmdr-plugins – plugin manager for the Kommander visual dialog building tool
kmenuedit – editor for the KDE menu
Kmix – (unknown subject)
kmix – KDE audio mini-mixer
kmixctrl – Settings loader/saver for kmix
kmousetool – KDE mouse manipulation tool
kmouth – A type and say KDE front end for speech synthesizers
knetattach – KDE Network Wizard
knode – KDE news reader
knotes – Sticky notes application for KDE
kodo – mouse odometer for KDE
koi8rxterm – X terminal emulator for KOI8-R environments
kolabwizard – KDE Kolab Wizard
kolourpaint – KDE Paint Program
konqueror – Web browser, file manager, …
Konsole – (unknown subject)
konsole – X terminal emulator for KDE.
konsolekalendar – Command line interface to KDE calendars
kontact – Integrated KDE personal information management application
kooka – KDE Scan & OCR Program
kopete – A KDE-based Instant Messaging client.
korgac – KOrganizer alarm daemon
korganizer – Personal organizer for KDE
korn – Sticky notes application for KDE
kpackage – Installs, removes, and queries packages.
kpager – KDE desktop pager
kpartsaver.kss – Media screen saver for KDE
kpdf – a KDE pdf viewer based on xpdf
kpendulum.kss – Pendulum screen saver for KDE
kpersonalizer – KDE basic settings wizard
kpilot – Palm Pilot synchronization software for KDE
kpilotDaemon – KPilot server
kpolygon.kss – Polygons screen saver for KDE
kpovmodeler – KDE Povray Modeler
kprinter – a printer tool for KDE
krandom.kss – Start a random KDE screen saver
kreadconfig – Read KConfig entries (for use in shell scripts)
krec – A voice recording program
krotation.kss – Rotation screen saver for KDE
kruler – KDE Screen Ruler
kscience.kss – Science screen saver for KDE
ksendbugmail – Sends a short bug report.
ksig – a graphical tool for managing multiple email signatures
kslideshow.kss – Slide Show screen saver for KDE
ksnapshot – KDE Screen Capture Program
ksolarwinds.kss – Solar Winds screen saver for KDE
kspace.kss – Space screen saver for KDE
kstars – a desktop planetarium for KDE
kstart – Utility to launch applications with special window properties
kswarm.kss – Swarm screen saver for KDE
ksync – KDE synchronization framework
ksystraycmd – Allows any application to be kept in the system tray
ksysv – Views and sets SysV init configuration.
kteatime – KDE utility for making a fine cup of tea
ktelnetservice – telnet service
ktnef – TNEF file viewer
ktouch – a touch typing tutor for KDE
ktrash – Helper program to handle the KDE trash can
kturtle – an educational Logo programming environment
ktux – Tux screen saver for KDE
kuser – Configures users on the system.
kverbos – a Spanish verb form study application for KDE
kview – KDE Image Viewer
kviewshell – Generic framework for viewer applications
kvm.kss – Virtual Machine screen saver for KDE
kvoctrain – a vocabulary trainer for KDE
kwatchgnupg – GnuPG log viewer
kwave.kss – Bitmap Wave screen saver for KDE
kweatherreport – ask KWeatherService to display a weather report
kweatherservice – a DCOP service to provide weather data
kwifimanager – manual page for kwifimanager
kwikdisk – KDE Free disk space utility
kwordquiz – a flashcard and vocabulary learning program for KDE
kworldclock – earth watcher for KDE
kwrite – KDE text editor
kwriteconfig – Write KConfig entries (for use in shell scripts)
kxkb – A utility to switch keyboard maps
kxsconfig – KDE X screen saver configuration tool
kxsldbg – a graphical XSLT debugger for KDE
kxsrun – KDE X screen saver launcher
l2ping – Send L2CAP echo request and receive answer
last – show listing of last logged in users
lastb – show listing of last logged in users
lastlog – reports the most recent login of all users or of a given user
lavadecode – Decode a XQX stream into human readable form.
lcf – Determine which of the historical versions of a config is installed
ld – The GNU linker
ldd – print shared library dependencies
less – opposite of more
lessecho – expand metacharacters
lessfile – “input preprocessor” for less.
lesskey – specify key bindings for less
lesspipe – “input preprocessor” for less.
lexgrog – parse header information in man pages
lftp – Sophisticated file transfer program
lftpget – get a file with lftp(1)
libnetcfg – configure libnet
line – read one line
link – call the link function to create a link to a file
listres – list resources in widgets
lndir – create a shadow directory of symbolic links to another directory tree
lnkforward – open an URL in a Windows .lnk file under KDE
lnstat – unified linux network statistics
lnusertemp – tool to create KDE resources and symlinks to them
locale – Get locale-specific information.
locale – Description of multi-language support
locale – Describes a locale definition file
localedef – compile locale definition files
locate – Security Enhanced version of the GNU Locate
locate.notslocate – list files in databases that match a pattern
logger – a shell command interface to the syslog(3) system log module
logname – print user’s login name
look – display lines beginning with a given string
lorder – list dependencies for object files
lp – print files
lp – line printer devices
lpoptions – display or set printer options and defaults
lppasswd – add, change, or delete digest passwords.
lpq – show printer queue status
lpr – print files
lprm – cancel print jobs
lpstat – print cups status information
lsattr – list file attributes on a Linux second extended file system
lsb_release – print distribution-specific information
lshal – List devices and their properties
lshw – list hardware
lsof – list open files
lspci – list all PCI devices
lspgpot – extracts the ownertrust values from PGP keyrings and list them in GnuPG ownertrust format.
lsusb – list USB devices
lsusb – list USB devices
ltrace – A library call tracer
lwp-download – Fetch large files from the web
lwp-mirror – Simple mirror utility
lwp-request – Simple command line user agent
lwp-rget – Retrieve web documents recursively
lx200_16 – LX200 16″ driver for INDI telescope control
lx200autostar – LX200 Autostar driver for INDI telescope control
lx200classic – LX200 Classic driver for INDI telescope control
lx200generic – LX200 Generic driver for INDI telescope control
lx200gps – LX200 GPS driver for INDI telescope control
lxterm – locale-sensitive wrapper for xterm
lynx – a general purpose distributed information browser for the World Wide Web
make – GNU make utility to maintain groups of programs
makedepend – create dependencies in makefiles
makeg – make a debuggable executable
make-memtest86+-boot-floppy – (unknown subject)
man – an interface to the on-line reference manuals
man – macros to format man pages
mandb – create or update the manual page index caches
manpath – determine search path for manual pages
manpath – format of the /etc/manpath.config file
mawk – pattern scanning and text processing language
mbchk – check the format of a Multiboot kernel
mcookie – generate magic cookies for xauth
mcpp – Matsui CPP, an alternative C preprocessor
md5sum – compute and check MD5 message digest
md5sum.textutils – compute and check MD5 message digest
meinproc – KDE Translator for XML
mergelib – merge one library into another
mesg – control write access to your terminal
METACITY – (unknown subject)
metacity – minimal GTK2 Window Manager
METACITY-MESSAGE – (unknown subject)
metacity-message – a command to send a message to Metacity
metacity-theme-viewer – view metacity themes
metacity-window-demo – demo of window features
min12xxw – Convert pbmraw streams to Minolta PagePro 12xxW languages
mkafmmap – creates font map for AFM files
mkbimage – manual page for $Id: mkbimage, v 1.10 2002/01/01 15:24:27 tlaronde Exp $
mkdirhier – create a directory hierarchy
mkfifo – make FIFOs (named pipes)
mkfontdir – create an index of X font files in a directory
mkfontscale – create an index of scalable font files for X
mkhtmlindex – generate index files for HTML man pages
mkhybrid – create ISO9660/Joliet/HFS filesystem with optional Rock Ridge attributes
mkisofs – create ISO9660/Joliet/HFS filesystem with optional Rock Ridge attributes
mk_modmap – translate a Linux keytable file into an xmodmap file
mkpasswd – Overfeatured front end to crypt(3)
mkzftree – Create a zisofs/RockRidge compressed file tree
mono – Mono’s ECMA-CLI native code generator (Just-in-Time and Ahead-of-Time)
mozilla – a Web browser for X11 derived from the Mozilla browser
mozilla-firefox – a Web browser for X11 derived from the Mozilla browser
mscompress – compress data using LZ77 algorithm
msexpand – decompress data compressed using mscompress(1) or COMPRESS.EXE
msgattrib – attribute matching and manipulation on message catalog
msgcat – combines several message catalogs
msgcmp – compare message catalog and template
msgcomm – match two message catalogs
msgconv – character set conversion for message catalog
msgen – create English message catalog
msgexec – process translations of message catalog
msgfilter – edit translations of message catalog
msgfmt – compile message catalog to binary format
msggrep – pattern matching on message catalog
msginit – initialize a message catalog
msgmerge – merge message catalog and template
msgunfmt – uncompile message catalog from binary format
msguniq – unify duplicate translations in message catalog
mtr – a network diagnostic tool
multisynk – KDE synchronization application
namei – follow a pathname until a terminal point is found
nano – Nano’s ANOther editor, an enhanced free Pico clone
Nautilus – (unknown subject)
nautilus – the GNOME File Manager
nautilus-sendto – convenience application to send a file via email or instant messenger
nawk – pattern scanning and text processing language
ncal – displays a calendar and the date of easter
neqn – format equations for ascii output
net – Tool for administration of Samba and remote CIFS servers.
netkit-ftp – Internet file transfer program
networkstatustestservice – Test application for the NetworkStatus monitor
newgrp – log in to a new group
ngettext – translate message and choose plural form
ngettext – translate message and choose plural form
nice – run a program with modified scheduling priority
nl – number lines of files
nm – list symbols from object files
nm-applet – Network management framework
nmblookup – NetBIOS over TCP/IP client used to lookup NetBIOS names
nm-tool – utility to report NetworkManager state
nm-vpn-properties – Network management framework
noatun – fully-featured plugin-based media player for KDE
noatunsynaescope.bin – start the Synaescope visualisation plugin for Noatun
noatuntippecanoe.bin – start the Tippecanoe visualisation plugin for Noatun
noatuntyler.bin – start the Tyler visualisation plugin for Noatun
nohup – run a command immune to hangups, with output to a non-tty
nroff – emulate nroff command with groff
nslookup – query Internet name servers interactively
nsupdate – Dynamic DNS update utility
nvidia-settings – configure the NVIDIA graphics driver
nvidia-xconfig – manipulate X configuration files for the NVIDIA driver
objcopy – copy and translate object files
objdump – display information from object files.
oclock – round X clock
od – dump files in octal and other formats
omshell – OMAPI Command Shell
on_ac_power – test whether computer is running on AC power
oobase – OpenOffice.org office suite
oocalc – OpenOffice.org office suite
oodraw – OpenOffice.org office suite
ooffice – OpenOffice.org office suite
oofromtemplate – OpenOffice.org office suite
ooimpress – OpenOffice.org office suite
oomath – OpenOffice.org office suite
ooweb – OpenOffice.org office suite
oowriter – OpenOffice.org office suite
open – start a program on a new virtual terminal .
openoffice – OpenOffice.org office suite
openssl (1ssl) – OpenSSL command line tool
openssl-vulnkey – check blacklist of compromised certificates, requests and keys
openvt – start a program on a new virtual terminal .
over – pretty print and scroll source code on terminal
pager – opposite of more
pal2rgb – convert a palette color TIFF image to a full color image
pand – BlueZ Bluetooth PAN daemon
panel-test-applets – display installed applets
passwd – change user password
passwd (1ssl) – compute password hashes
passwd – the password file
paste – merge lines of files
patch – apply a diff file to an original
pathchk – check whether file names are valid or portable
pcimodules – List kernel driver modules available for all currently plugged in PCI devices
pcitweak – read/write PCI config space
pcretest – a program for testing Perl-compatible regular expressions.
pdb – the Python debugger
pdb2.5 – the Python debugger
pdf2dsc – generate a PostScript page list of a PDF document
pdf2ps – Ghostscript PDF to PostScript translator
pdffonts – Portable Document Format (PDF) font analyzer (version 3.00)
pdfimages – Portable Document Format (PDF) image extractor (version 3.00)
pdfinfo – Portable Document Format (PDF) document information extractor (version 3.00)
pdfopt – Ghostscript PDF Optimizer
pdftohtml – program to convert pdf files into html, xml and png images
pdftoppm – Portable Document Format (PDF) to Portable Pixmap (PPM) converter (version 3.00)
pdftops – Portable Document Format (PDF) to PostScript converter (version 3.00)
pdftotext – Portable Document Format (PDF) to text converter (version 3.00)
perl – Practical Extraction and Report Language
perlbug – how to submit bug reports on Perl
perlcc – generate executables from Perl programs
perlivp – Perl Installation Verification Procedure
pf2afm – Make an AFM file from Postscript (PFB/PFA/PFM) font files using ghostscript
pfbtopfa – Convert Postscript .pfb fonts to .pfa format using ghostscript
pftp – Internet file transfer program
pg – browse pagewise through text files
pgrep – look up or signal processes based on name and other attributes
pic – compile pictures for troff or TeX
pico – Nano’s ANOther editor, an enhanced free Pico clone
piconv – – iconv(1), reinvented in perl
pinentry – PIN or pass-phrase entry dialog for GnuPG
pinentry-qt – PIN or pass-phrase entry dialog for GnuPG
pinentry-x11 – PIN or pass-phrase entry dialog for GnuPG
pinky – lightweight finger
pkg-config – Return metainformation about installed libraries
pkill – look up or signal processes based on name and other attributes
pl2pm – Rough tool to translate Perl4 .pl files to Perl5 .pm modules.
plog – starts up, shuts down or lists the log of PPP connections
pmap – report memory map of a process
pmount – mount arbitrary hotpluggable devices as normal user
pmount-hal – HAL-aware wrapper around pmount
pnm2ppa – convert portable anymap (PNM) images to HP’s PPA printer format.
pod2html – convert .pod files to .html files
pod2latex – convert pod documentation to latex format
pod2man – Convert POD data to formatted *roff input
pod2text – Convert POD data to formatted ASCII text
pod2usage – print usage messages from embedded pod docs in files
podchecker – check the syntax of POD format documentation files
podselect – print selected sections of pod documentation on standard output
poff – starts up, shuts down or lists the log of PPP connections
pon – starts up, shuts down or lists the log of PPP connections
POST – Simple command line user agent
poster – Scale and tile a postscript image to print on multiple pages
ppm2tiff – create a TIFF file from PPM, PGM and PBM image files
pr – convert text files for printing
prename – renames multiple files
print – execute programs via entries in the mailcap file
printafm – Print the metrics from a Postscript font in AFM format using ghostscript
printenv – print all or part of environment
printf – format and print data
prove – – A command-line tool for running tests against Test::Harness
ps2ascii – Ghostscript translator from PostScript or PDF to ASCII
ps2epsi – generate conforming Encapsulated PostScript
ps2pdf – Convert PostScript to PDF using ghostscript
ps2pdf12 – Convert PostScript to PDF 1.2 (Acrobat 3-and-later compatible) using ghostscript
ps2pdf13 – Convert PostScript to PDF 1.3 (Acrobat 4-and-later compatible) using ghostscript
ps2pdfwr – Convert PostScript to PDF without specifying CompatibilityLevel, using ghostscript
ps2ps – Ghostscript PostScript “distiller”
psbook – rearrange pages in PostScript file into signatures
psed – a stream editor
psfaddtable – add a Unicode character table to a console font
psfgettable – extract the embedded Unicode character table from a console font
psfstriptable – remove the embedded Unicode character table from a console font
psmerge – filter to merge several PostScript files into one
psnup – multiple pages per sheet
psresize – rescales and centers a document for new output paper size
psselect – select pages from a PostScript file
pstops – shuffle pages in a PostScript file
pstree – display a tree of processes
pstree.x11 – display a tree of processes
pstruct – Dump C structures as generated from *(C`cc – g – S*(C’ stabs
ptx – produce a permuted index of file contents
pumount – umount arbitrary hotpluggable devices as normal user
pwdx – report current working directory of a process
pycentral – register and build utility for Python packages
py_compilefiles – byte-compile python .py files
pydoc – the Python documentation tool
pydoc2.5 – the Python documentation tool
pygettext – Python equivalent of xgettext(1)
pygettext2.5 – Python equivalent of xgettext(1)
pysupport-movemodules – move python modules and extensions for python-support
pysupport-parseversions – parse python-support version information files
python – an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language
python2.5 – an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language
pyversions – print python version information
quanta – a web development environment for KDE
ranlib – generate index to archive.
ras2tiff – create a TIFF file from a Sun rasterfile
raw2tiff – create a TIFF file from a raw data
rcp – secure copy (remote file copy program)
rcs2log – generates a changelog from RCS files
rdesktop – Remote Desktop Protocol client
rdjpgcom – display text comments from a JPEG file
readcd – read or write data Compact Discs
readelf – Displays information about ELF files.
readom – read or write data Compact Discs
realvncconnect – tell a VNC server to connect to a viewer
realvncpasswd – creating and changing password files to be used with VNC
realvncpasswd.real – creating and changing password files to be used with VNC
realvncserver – a X server for Virtual Network Computing
red [tc-red] – Random Early Detection
red – text editor
rename – renames multiple files
renice – alter priority of running processes
reset – terminal initialization
resize – set TERMCAP and terminal settings to current xterm window size
rev – reverse lines of a file
revpath – generate a relative path that can be used to undo a change-directory
rfcomm – RFCOMM configuration utility
rgb2ycbcr – convert non-YCbCr TIFF images to a YCbCr TIFF image
rgrep – print lines matching a pattern
rhythmbox – music player and library for tagged files using GStreamer
rhythmbox-client – controls a running instance of rhythmbox
rlogin – OpenSSH SSH client (remote login program)
rmiregistry – Remote object registry
rpcclient – tool for executing client side MS-RPC functions
rpcinfo – report RPC information
rpl8 – Firmware loader for DVD drives
rsh – OpenSSH SSH client (remote login program)
rsync – faster, flexible replacement for rcp
runcon – run command with specified security context
run-mailcap – execute programs via entries in the mailcap file
rview – Vi IMproved, a programmers text editor
rvim – Vi IMproved, a programmers text editor
s2p – a stream editor
savelog – save a log file
scanpci – scan/probe PCI buses
scdaemon – Smartcard daemon for the GnuPG system
scim – smart common input method
scim-make-table – generate data file for SCIM generic table module
scp – secure copy (remote file copy program)
screen – screen manager with VT100/ANSI terminal emulation
screendump – dump the contents of a virtual console to stdout
script – make typescript of terminal session
scriptreplay – play back typescripts, using timing information
scrollkeeper-config – print ScrollKeeper configuration information
scrollkeeper-gen-seriesid – generate a unique id for a document series for use in an OMF metadata file
scrollkeeper-preinstall – gen an OMF file, based on a existing OMF file,that has a correct URL for a document
scrollkeeper-rebuilddb – rebuild the scrollkeeper document catalog database
scrollkeeper-update – identify new/modified/removed OMF files and update the scrollkeeper databases
sdiff – side-by-side merge of file differences
sdptool – control and interrogate SDP servers
secpolicy – Views and sets PAM security policies.
see – execute programs via entries in the mailcap file
select-default-iwrap – Selects the user default ispell dictionary for use with ispell-wrapper
sensible-browser – sensible editing, paging, and web browsing
sensible-editor – sensible editing, paging, and web browsing
sensible-pager – sensible editing, paging, and web browsing
seq – print a sequence of numbers
serpentine – an application for creating audio CDs
sessreg – manage utmp/wtmp entries for non-init clients
setfdprm – sets user-provided floppy disk parameters
setkeycodes – load kernel scancode-to-keycode mapping table entries
setleds – set the keyboard leds
setlogcons – Send kernel messages to console N
setmetamode – define the keyboard meta key handling
setpci – configure PCI devices
setsid – run a program in a new session
setterm – set terminal attributes
setxkbmap – set the keyboard using the X Keyboard Extension
sftp – secure file transfer program
sg – execute command as different group ID
sha1sum – compute and check SHA1 message digest
sha224sum – compute and check SHA224 message digest
sha256sum – compute and check SHA256 message digest
sha384sum – compute and check SHA384 message digest
sha512sum – compute and check SHA512 message digest
showcfont – displays all characters in the current screen-font.
showchar – show character with information
showkey – examine the scan codes and keycodes sent by the keyboard
showrgb – uncompile an rgb color-name database
shred – overwrite a file to hide its contents, and optionally delete it
size – list section sizes and total size.
skill – send a signal or report process status
slabtop – display kernel slab cache information in real time
sliceprint – slice documents with long lines.
slocate – Security Enhanced version of the GNU Locate
slogin – OpenSSH SSH client (remote login program)
sloxwizard – KDE Openexchange Wizard
smbcacls – Set or get ACLs on an NT file or directory names
smbclient – ftp-like client to access SMB/CIFS resources on servers
smbcquotas – Set or get QUOTAs of NTFS 5 shares
smbget – wget-like utility for download files over SMB
smbpasswd – change a user’s SMB password
smbpasswd – The Samba encrypted password file
smbspool – send a print file to an SMB printer
smbtar – shell script for backing up SMB/CIFS shares directly to UNIX tape drives
smbtree – A text based smb network browser
smproxy – Session Manager Proxy
snice – send a signal or report process status
soelim – interpret .so requests in groff input
sort – sort lines of text files
sound-juicer – GNOME-desktop CD ripper and player using GStreamer
speaker-test – command-line speaker test tone generator for ALSA
splain – produce verbose warning diagnostics
split – split a file into pieces
splitfont – extract characters from an ISO-type font.
spotlight2kvtml – convert a Spotlight Online vocabulary list to a KVocTrain data file
ssh – OpenSSH SSH client (remote login program)
ssh-add – adds RSA or DSA identities to the authentication agent
ssh-agent – authentication agent
ssh-argv0 – replaces the old ssh command-name as hostname handling
ssh-askpass – prompts a user for a passphrase using GNOME
ssh-copy-id – install your identity.pub in a remote machine’s authorized_keys
ssh-keygen – authentication key generation, management and conversion
ssh-keyscan – gather ssh public keys
ssh-vulnkey – check blacklist of compromised keys
startkde – Starts up the KDE Desktop Environment
startx – initialize an X session
stat – display file or file system status
states – awk alike text processing tool
strace – trace system calls and signals
strfile – create a random access file for storing strings
strings – print the strings of printable characters in files.
strip – Discard symbols from object files.
sudo – execute a command as another user
sudoedit – execute a command as another user
sum – checksum and count the blocks in a file
superformat – format floppies
superkaramba – a program based on karamba improving the eyecandy of KDE.
sxpm – Show an XPM (X PixMap) file and/or convert XPM 1 or 2 files to XPM 3.
synclient – query/modify Synaptics TouchPad driver for XOrg/XFree86 server para’s on the fly.
syndaemon – Monitors keyboard activity and disables the touchpad when the keyboard is being used.
tac – concatenate and print files in reverse
tack – terminfo action checker
tail – output the last part of files
tasksel – a user interface for installing tasks
tbl – format tables for troff
tee – read from standard input and write to standard output and files
telnet – user interface to the TELNET protocol
telnet.netkit – user interface to the TELNET protocol
temma – Temma Takahashi driver for INDI telescope control
test – check file types and compare values
testparm – check an smb.conf configuration file for internal correctness
thumbnail – create a TIFF file with thumbnail images
tic – the terminfo entry-description compiler
tidy – Utility to clean up and pretty print HTML/XHTML/XML
tiff2bw – convert a color TIFF image to greyscale
tiff2pdf – convert a TIFF image to a PDF document
tiff2ps – convert a TIFF image to
tiff2rgba – convert a TIFF image to RGBA color space
tiffcmp – compare two TIFF files
tiffcp – copy (and possibly convert) a TIFF file
tiffdither – convert a greyscale image to bilevel using dithering
tiffdump – print verbatim information about TIFF files
tiffinfo – print information about TIFF files
tiffmedian – apply the median cut algorithm to data in a TIFF file
tiffset – set a field in a TIFF header
tiffsplit – split a multi-image TIFF into single-image TIFF files
time – run programs and summarize system resource usage
time – overview of time
tload – graphic representation of system load average
toc2cddb – translates a TOC file of cdrdao(1) into a cddb file and prints it to stdout
toc2cue – converts a TOC files of cdrdao(1) into a .cue file
toe – table of (terminfo) entries
tomboy – A simple note-taking application for Gnome
top – display Linux tasks
toshset – manipulate bios and hardware settings of Toshiba laptops
totem – GNOME-desktop movie player based on the xine backend
totem-video-thumbnailer – video thumbnailer for the GNOME desktop
touch – change file timestamps
tput – initialize a terminal or query terminfo database
tr – translate or delete characters
tracepath – traces path to a network host discovering MTU along this path
tracepath6 – traces path to a network host discovering MTU along this path
traceroute6 – traces path to a network host
troff – the troff processor of the groff text formatting system
tsclient – (unknown subject)
tset – terminal initialization
tsort – perform topological sort
tty – print the file name of the terminal connected to standard input
tty – controlling terminal
tzselect – select a time zone
tzselect – view timezones
ubuntu-bug – file a bug against an Ubuntu package
ucf – Update Configuration File: preserve user changes in configuration files
ucfq – query the ucf database
ucfr – Update Configuration File Registry: associate packages with configuration files
ucs2any – generate BDF fonts containing subsets of ISO 10646-1 codepoints
udevinfo – query udev device information
udevtest – simulate a udev run and print the action to the console
ul – do underlining
unexpand – convert spaces to tabs
unicode_start – put the console in Unicode mode.
unicode_stop – put the console out of unicode mode (ie. in 8-bit mode).
uniq – report or omit repeated lines
unlink – call the unlink function to remove the specified file
unstr – dump strings in pointer order
unzip – list, test and extract compressed files in a ZIP archive
unzipsfx – self-extracting stub for prepending to ZIP archives
updatedb – update the slocate database
updatedb.notslocate – update a file name database
update-mime-database – a program to build the Shared MIME-Info database cache
update-pciids – download new version of the PCI ID list
uptime – Tell how long the system has been running.
usbmodules – List kernel driver modules available for a plugged in USB device
usbmodules – List kernel driver modules available for a plugged in USB device
usb_printerid – part of the printer driver foo2zjs
users – print the user names of users currently logged in to the current host
uuidgen – command-line utility to create a new UUID value
uxterm – X terminal emulator for for Unicode (UTF-8) environments
v4ldriver – Video4Linux Generic driver for INDI telescope control
v4lphilips – Philips Webcam driver for INDI telescope control
vi – Vi IMproved, a programmers text editor
view – Vi IMproved, a programmers text editor
viewres – graphical class browser for Xt
vim – Vi IMproved, a programmers text editor
vimdiff – edit two or three versions of a file with Vim and show differences
visualinfo – displays GL extension and visual info
vmstat – Report virtual memory statistics
vmware – VMware SVGA video driver
vmware – Intel x86(TM)-based virtual machine
vnc4config – configure and control a VNC server
vnc4server – start or stop a VNC server
vncconfig – configure and control a VNC server
vncconnect – tell a VNC server to connect to a viewer
vncpasswd – creating and changing password files to be used with VNC
vncserver – a X server for Virtual Network Computing
vncserver [realvncserver] – a X server for Virtual Network Computing
vncviewer – VNC viewer for X
volname – return volume name
vt-is-UTF8 – check whether current VT is in UTF8- or byte-mode.
vumeter – manual page for Gnome Volume Meter 2.1.0
w – Show who is logged on and what they are doing.
w3m – a text based Web browser and pager
w3mman – an interface to the on-line reference manuals by w3m(1)
wall – write a message to users
watch – execute a program periodically, showing output fullscreen
watchgnupg – Read and print logs from a socket
wc – print the number of newlines, words, and bytes in files
wftopfa – Convert a Wadalab base font to Postscript .PFA (or .PFB) format using ghostscript
Wget – (unknown subject)
wget – The non-interactive network downloader.
whatis – display manual page descriptions
whereis – locate the binary, source, and manual page files for a command
which – locate a command
whiptail – display dialog boxes from shell scripts
who – show who is logged on
whoami – print effective userid
whois – client for the whois directory service
wodim – write data to optical disk media
wpa_passphrase – Generate a WPA PSK from an ASCII passphrase for a SSID
w.procps – Show who is logged on and what they are doing.
write – send a message to another user
wrjpgcom – insert text comments into a JPEG file
www-browser – a text based Web browser and pager
x0vnc4server – VNC server which continuously polls an X display
x0vncserver – VNC server which continuously polls an X display
x11perf – X11 server performance test program
x11perfcomp – X11 server performance comparison program
xargs – build and execute command lines from standard input
xauth – X authority file utility
xbiff – mailbox flag for X
xbsh – BeanShell: A Java scripting environment (windowed version).
xcalc – scientific calculator for X
xclipboard – X clipboard client
xclock – analog / digital clock for X
xconsole – monitor system console messages with X
xcursorgen – create an X cursor file from a collection of PNG images
xcutsel – interchange between cut buffer and selection
xdfcopy – Program to copy and format Xdf disks in Linux
xdfformat – Program to copy and format Xdf disks in Linux
xditview – display ditroff output
xdpyinfo – display information utility for X
xdriinfo – query configuration information of DRI drivers
xev – print contents of X events
xeyes – a follow the mouse X demo
xfd – display all the characters in an X font
xfontsel – point and click selection of X11 font names
xgamma – Alter a monitor’s gamma correction through the X server
xgc – X graphics demo
xgettext – extract gettext strings from source
xhost – server access control program for X
xinit – X Window System initializer
xkbcomp – compile XKB keyboard description
xkbevd – XKB event daemon
xkbprint – print an XKB keyboard description
xkill – kill a client by its X resource
xload – system load average display for X
xlogo – X Window System logo
xlsatoms – list interned atoms defined on server
xlsclients – list client applications running on a display
xlsfonts – server font list displayer for X
xmag – magnify parts of the screen
xman – Manual page display program for the X Window System
xmessage – display a message or query in a window (X-based /bin/echo)
xmkmf – create a Makefile from an Imakefile
xml2po – Creates a PO-template file from a DocBook XML file and merge it back into a (translated) XML file
xmlcatalog – Command line tool to parse and manipulate XML or SGML catalog files.
xmllint – command line XML tool
xmodmap – utility for modifying keymaps and pointer button mappings in X
xmore – plain text display program for the X Window System
Xorg – X11R7 X server
xprop – property displayer for X
xqxdecode – Decode a XQX stream into human readable form.
xrandr – primitive command line interface to RandR extension
xrdb – X server resource database utility
Xrealvnc – the X VNC server
xrealvncviewer – VNC viewer for X
xrefresh – refresh all or part of an X screen
xsane – scanner frontend for SANE
xscreensaver-getimage – put some randomly-selected image on the root window
xscreensaver-getimage-file – put a randomly-selected image on the root window
xscreensaver-getimage-video – put a video frame on the root window
xscreensaver-gl-helper – figure out which X visual to use for GL programs
xscreensaver-text – prints some text to stdout, for use by screen savers.
x-session-manager – Starts up the GNOME desktop environment
xset – user preference utility for X
xsetmode – set the mode for an X Input device
xsetpointer – set an X Input device as the main pointer
xsetroot – root window parameter setting utility for X
xsltproc – command line XSLT processor
xsm – X Session Manager
xstdcmap – X standard colormap utility
xsubpp – compiler to convert Perl XS code into C code
xterm – terminal emulator for X
x-terminal-emulator – is a terminal emulation application.
xtrapchar – XTrap sample clients
xtrapin – XTrap sample clients
xtrapinfo – XTrap sample clients
xtrapout – XTrap sample clients
xtrapproto – XTrap sample clients
xtrapreset – XTrap sample clients
xtrapstats – XTrap sample clients
xvidtune – video mode tuner for Xorg
xvinfo – Print out X-Video extension adaptor information
Xvnc – the X VNC server
Xvnc4 – the X VNC server
xvncviewer – VNC viewer for X
xwd – dump an image of an X window
x-window-manager – minimal GTK2 Window Manager
xwininfo – window information utility for X
xwud – image displayer for X
x-www-browser – a Web browser for X11 derived from the Mozilla browser
xxd – make a hexdump or do the reverse.
yelp – browse system documentation
yes – output a string repeatedly until killed
zdump – time zone dumper
zenity – display GTK+ dialogs
zip – package and compress (archive) files
zipcloak – package and compress (archive) files
zipgrep – search files in a ZIP archive for lines matching a pattern
zipinfo – list detailed information about a ZIP archive
zipnote – package and compress (archive) files
zipsplit – package and compress (archive) files
zjsdecode – Decode a ZjStream into human readable form.
zsoelim – satisfy .so requests in roff input
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