Info Catalog
This (the Directory node) gives a menu of major topics. Typing "q" exits, "H" lists all Info commands, "d" returns here, "h" gives a primer for first-timers, "mEmacs<Return>" visits the Emacs manual, etc. In Emacs, you can click mouse button 2 on a menu item or cross reference to select it.
Basics
· Common options Common options.
· Coreutils Core GNU (file, text, shell) utilities.
· Date input formats Date input formats.
· Ed The GNU line editor
· File permissions File permissions.
Access modes.
· Finding files Operating on files matching certain criteria.
· Time time
C++ libraries
· autosprintf Support for printf format strings in C++.
Compression
· Gzip General (de)compression of files (lzw).
· Lzip LZMA lossless data compressor
Development
· SSIP Speech Synthesis Interface Protocol.
· Speech Dispatcher
Speech Dispatcher.
DOS
· Mtools Mtools: utilities to access DOS disks in Unix.
Editors
· nano Small and friendly text editor.
General Commands
· Screen Full-screen window manager.
GNU Gettext Utilities
· autopoint autopoint Invocation.
Copy gettext infrastructure.
· envsubst envsubst Invocation.
Expand environment variables.
· gettextize gettextize Invocation.
Prepare a package for gettext.
· gettext GNU gettext utilities.
· ISO3166 Country Codes.
ISO 3166 country codes.
· ISO639 Language Codes.
ISO 639 language codes.
· msgattrib msgattrib Invocation.
Select part of a PO file.
· msgcat msgcat Invocation.
Combine several PO files.
· msgcmp msgcmp Invocation.
Compare a PO file and template.
· msgcomm msgcomm Invocation.
Match two PO files.
· msgconv msgconv Invocation.
Convert PO file to encoding.
· msgen msgen Invocation.
Create an English PO file.
· msgexec msgexec Invocation.
Process a PO file.
· msgfilter msgfilter Invocation.
Pipe a PO file through a filter.
· msgfmt msgfmt Invocation.
Make MO files out of PO files.
· msggrep msggrep Invocation.
Select part of a PO file.
· msginit msginit Invocation.
Create a fresh PO file.
· msgmerge msgmerge Invocation.
Update a PO file from template.
· msgunfmt msgunfmt Invocation.
Uncompile MO file into PO file.
· msguniq msguniq Invocation.
Unify duplicates for PO file.
· ngettext ngettext Invocation.
Translate a message with plural.
· xgettext xgettext Invocation.
Extract strings into a PO file.
GNU organization
· Maintaining Findutils
Maintaining GNU findutils
GNU Utilities
· acct The GNU Accounting utilities for process and
login accounting
· dirmngr X.509 CRL and OCSP server.
· dirmngr-client X.509 CRL and OCSP client.
· gpg-agent The secret key daemon.
· gpg2 OpenPGP encryption and signing tool.
· gpgsm S/MIME encryption and signing tool.
Individual utilities
· arch arch invocation. Print machine hardware name.
· b2sum b2sum invocation. Print or check BLAKE2 digests.
· base32 base32 invocation. Base32 encode/decode data.
· base64 base64 invocation. Base64 encode/decode data.
· basename basename invocation. Strip directory and suffix.
· basenc basenc invocation. Encoding/decoding of data.
· bibtex bibtex invocation. Maintaining bibliographies.
· cat cat invocation. Concatenate and write files.
· chcon chcon invocation. Change SELinux CTX of files.
· chgrp chgrp invocation. Change file groups.
· chmod chmod invocation. Change access permissions.
· chown chown invocation. Change file owners and groups.
· chroot chroot invocation. Specify the root directory.
· cksum cksum invocation. Print POSIX CRC checksum.
· cmp Invoking cmp. Compare 2 files byte by byte.
· comm comm invocation. Compare sorted files by line.
· cp cp invocation. Copy files.
· csplit csplit invocation. Split by context.
· cut cut invocation. Print selected parts of lines.
· date date invocation. Print/set system date and time.
· dd dd invocation. Copy and convert a file.
· df df invocation. Report file system usage.
· diff Invoking diff. Compare 2 files line by line.
· diff3 Invoking diff3. Compare 3 files line by line.
· dir dir invocation. List directories briefly.
· dircolors dircolors invocation. Color setup for ls.
· dirname dirname invocation. Strip last file name component.
· du du invocation. Report file usage.
· dvicopy dvicopy invocation. Virtual font expansion
· dvitomp dvitomp invocation. DVI to MPX (MetaPost pictures).
· dvitype dvitype invocation. DVI to human-readable text.
· echo echo invocation. Print a line of text.
· env env invocation. Modify the environment.
· expand expand invocation. Convert tabs to spaces.
· expr expr invocation. Evaluate expressions.
· factor factor invocation. Print prime factors
· false false invocation. Do nothing, unsuccessfully.
· find Invoking find. Finding and acting on files.
· fmt fmt invocation. Reformat paragraph text.
· fold fold invocation. Wrap long input lines.
· gftodvi gftodvi invocation. Generic font proofsheets.
· gftopk gftopk invocation. Generic to packed fonts.
· gftype gftype invocation. GF to human-readable text.
· groups groups invocation. Print group names a user is in.
· gunzip Overview. Decompression.
· gzexe Overview. Compress executables.
· head head invocation. Output the first part of files.
· hostid hostid invocation. Print numeric host identifier.
· hostname hostname invocation. Print or set system name.
· id id invocation. Print user identity.
· install install invocation. Copy files and set attributes.
· install-tl Installing TeX Live.
· join join invocation. Join lines on a common field.
· kill kill invocation. Send a signal to processes.
· link link invocation. Make hard links between files.
· ln ln invocation. Make links between files.
· locate Invoking locate. Finding files in a database.
· logname logname invocation. Print current login name.
· ls ls invocation. List directory contents.
· md5sum md5sum invocation. Print or check MD5 digests.
· mf mf invocation. Creating typeface families.
· mft mft invocation. Prettyprinting Metafont source.
· mkdir mkdir invocation. Create directories.
· mkfifo mkfifo invocation. Create FIFOs (named pipes).
· mknod mknod invocation. Create special files.
· mktemp mktemp invocation. Create temporary files.
· mltex MLTeX. Multi-lingual TeX.
· mpost mpost invocation. Generating PostScript.
· mv mv invocation. Rename files.
· nice nice invocation. Modify niceness.
· nl nl invocation. Number lines and write files.
· nohup nohup invocation. Immunize to hangups.
· nproc nproc invocation. Print the number of processors.
· numfmt numfmt invocation. Reformat numbers.
· od od invocation. Dump files in octal, etc.
· paste paste invocation. Merge lines of files.
· patch Invoking patch. Apply a patch to a file.
· patgen patgen invocation. Creating hyphenation patterns.
· pathchk pathchk invocation. Check file name portability.
· pktogf pktogf invocation. Packed to generic fonts.
· pktype pktype invocation. PK to human-readable text.
· pltotf pltotf invocation. Property list to TFM.
· pooltype pooltype invocation. Display WEB pool files.
· pr pr invocation. Paginate or columnate files.
· printenv printenv invocation. Print environment variables.
· printf printf invocation. Format and print data.
· ptx ptx invocation. Produce permuted indexes.
· pwd pwd invocation. Print working directory.
· readlink readlink invocation. Print referent of a symlink.
· realpath realpath invocation. Print resolved file names.
· rm rm invocation. Remove files.
· rmdir rmdir invocation. Remove empty directories.
· runcon runcon invocation. Run in specified SELinux CTX.
· sdiff Invoking sdiff. Merge 2 files side-by-side.
· seq seq invocation. Print numeric sequences
· sha1sum sha1sum invocation. Print or check SHA-1 digests.
· sha2 sha2 utilities. Print or check SHA-2 digests.
· shred shred invocation. Remove files more securely.
· shuf shuf invocation. Shuffling text files.
· sleep sleep invocation. Delay for a specified time.
· sort sort invocation. Sort text files.
· split split invocation. Split into pieces.
· stat stat invocation. Report file(system) status.
· stdbuf stdbuf invocation. Modify stdio buffering.
· stty stty invocation. Print/change terminal settings.
· sum sum invocation. Print traditional checksum.
· sync sync invocation. Sync files to stable storage.
· tac tac invocation. Reverse files.
· tail tail invocation. Output the last part of files.
· tangle tangle invocation. WEB to Pascal.
· tee tee invocation. Redirect to multiple files.
· test test invocation. File/string tests.
· tex tex invocation. Typesetting.
· tftopl tftopl invocation. TFM -> property list.
· timeout timeout invocation. Run with time limit.
· tlmgr Managing TeX Live.
· touch touch invocation. Change file timestamps.
· tr tr invocation. Translate characters.
· true true invocation. Do nothing, successfully.
· truncate truncate invocation. Shrink/extend size of a file.
· tsort tsort invocation. Topological sort.
· tty tty invocation. Print terminal name.
· uname uname invocation. Print system information.
· unexpand unexpand invocation. Convert spaces to tabs.
· uniq uniq invocation. Uniquify files.
· unlink unlink invocation. Removal via unlink(2).
· updatedb Invoking updatedb. Building the locate database.
· uptime uptime invocation. Print uptime and load.
· users users invocation. Print current user names.
· vdir vdir invocation. List directories verbosely.
· vftovp vftovp invocation. Virtual font -> virtual pl.
· vptovf vptovf invocation. Virtual pl -> virtual font.
· wc wc invocation. Line, word, and byte counts.
· weave weave invocation. WEB to TeX.
· who who invocation. Print who is logged in.
· whoami whoami invocation. Print effective user ID.
· xargs Invoking xargs. Operating on many files.
· yes yes invocation. Print a string indefinitely.
· zcat Overview. Decompression to stdout.
· zdiff Overview. Compare compressed files.
· zforce Overview. Force .gz extension on files.
· zgrep Overview. Search compressed files.
· zmore Overview. Decompression output by pages.
Kernel
· GRUB The GRand Unified Bootloader
· grub-dev The GRand Unified Bootloader Dev
· grub-install Invoking grub-install.
Install GRUB on your drive
· grub-mkconfig Invoking grub-mkconfig.
Generate GRUB configuration
· grub-mkpasswd-pbkdf2 Invoking grub-mkpasswd-pbkdf2.
· grub-mkrelpath Invoking grub-mkrelpath.
· grub-mkrescue Invoking grub-mkrescue.
Make a GRUB rescue image
· grub-mount Invoking grub-mount.
Mount a file system using GRUB
· grub-probe Invoking grub-probe.
Probe device information
· grub-script-check Invoking grub-script-check.
Libraries
· RLuserman The GNU readline library User's Manual.
Math
· bc An arbitrary precision calculator language.
Miscellaneous
· acct User specific process accounting.
· dc Arbitrary precision RPN "Desktop Calculator".
Network applications
· Wget Non-interactive network downloader.
Programming
· flex Fast lexical analyzer generator (lex
replacement).
Sound
· SSIP Speech Synthesis Interface Protocol.
· Say for Speech Dispatcher
Say.
· Speech Dispatcher
Speech Dispatcher.
TeX
· DVI-to-PostScript Translating TeX DVI files to PostScript.
· Kpathsea File lookup along search paths.
· TLbuild TeX Live configuration and development.
· Web2c TeX, Metafont, and companion programs.
· afm2tfm Invoking afm2tfm.
Making Type 1 fonts available to TeX.
· dvips Invoking Dvips. DVI-to-PostScript translator.
· kpsewhich Invoking kpsewhich.
TeX file searching.
· mktexfmt mktex scripts.
Format (fmt/base/mem) generation.
· mktexlsr Filename database.
Update ls-R.
· mktexmf mktex scripts.
MF source generation.
· mktexpk mktex scripts.
PK bitmap generation.
· mktextex mktex scripts.
TeX source generation.
· mktextfm mktex scripts.
TeX font metric generation.
Texinfo documentation system
· info stand-alone
Read Info documents without Emacs.
Text creation and manipulation
· Diffutils Comparing and merging files.
· M4 A powerful macro processor.
· grep Print lines that match patterns.
· sed Stream EDitor.
Typesetting
· Groff The GNU roff document formatting system.
Version control
· RCS GNU Revision Control System.