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lamstex lamstex - structured text formatting and typesetting
laser laser - draws vaguely laser-like moving lines
last last, lastb - show listing of last logged in users
lastb last, lastb - show listing of last logged in users
lastcomm lastcomm - print out information about previously exe-
cuted commands.
latex latex - structured text formatting and typesetting
lbxproxy lbxproxy - Low BandWidth X proxy
ld ld - the GNU linker
ldd ldd - print shared library dependencies
less less - opposite of more
lesskey lesskey - specify key bindings for less
lightning lightning - draws fractal lightning bolts
lintopvf pvf tools - utilities to convert various sound formats
lisa lisa - draws animated full-loop lisajous figures
lispmtopgm lispmtopgm - convert a Lisp Machine bitmap file into pgm
format
listalias listalias - list user and system aliases
listres listres - list resources in widgets
lkbib lkbib - search bibliographic databases
lmorph lmorph - morphing lines
ln ln - make links between files
lndir lndir - create a shadow directory of symbolic links to
another directory tree
loadkeys loadkeys - load keyboard translation tables
locate locate - list files in databases that match a pattern
lockfile lockfile - conditional semaphore-file creator
logger logger - make entries in the system log
login login - sign on
logname logname - print user's login name
look look - display lines beginning with a given string
lookbib lookbib - search bibliographic databases
lout lout - prepare Lout document for printing
lpq lpq - spool queue examination program
lpr lpr - off line print
lprm lprm - remove jobs from the line printer spooling queue
lptest lptest - generate lineprinter ripple pattern
ls ls, dir, vdir - list contents of directories
lsattr lsattr - list file attributes on a Linux second extended
file system
lsmod lsmod - list loaded modules.
lynx lynx - a general purpose distributed information browser
for the World Wide Web
macptopbm macptopbm - convert a MacPaint file into a portable bitmap
macsave macsave - Save Mac files read from standard input
macstream macstream - Convert a series of files to a MacBinary
stream
macunpack macunpack - Macintosh file de-archiver
macutil macutil - A package that deals with MacIntosh files on a
Unix system
mag mag - computes fontsizes and magsteps
Mail mail - send and receive mail
mailq mailq - print the mail queue
mailto mailto - Simple mutlimedia mail sending program
mailto-hebrew mailto-hebrew - Run the mailto program to send
Hebrew/English mail
make make - GNU make utility to maintain groups of programs
makedepend makedepend - create dependencies in makefiles
makeg makeg - make a debuggable executable
makeindex makeindex - a general purpose, formatter-independent index
processor
makestrs makestrs - makes string table C source and header(s)
man man - format and display the on-line manual pages
manpath - determine user's search path for man pages
mark mark - manipulate message sequences
mattrib  
mawk mawk - pattern scanning and text processing language
maze maze - an automated X11 demo repeatedly creating and solv-
ing a random maze
mbadblocks  
mc mc - Visual shell for Unix-like systems.
mcd  
mcedit mcedit - Full featured terminal text editor for Unix-like
systems.
mcookie mcookie - generate magic cookies for xauth
mcopy  
md5sum md5sum - compute and check MD5 message digest
mdel  
mdeltree  
mdir  
merge merge - three-way file merge
mesg mesg - control write access to your terminal
messages messages - quick count of messages in mailbox or folder
metamail metamail - infrastructure for mailcap-based multimedia
mail handling
metasend metasend - Crude interface for sending non-text mail
mev mev - a program to report mouse events
mf mf, inimf, virmf - Metafont, a language for font and logo
design
mformat  
mft mft - translate Metafont code to TeX code for prettyprint-
ing
mgetty_fax fax - fax sending and receiving with mgetty+sendfax
mgrtopbm mgrtopbm - convert a MGR bitmap into a portable bitmap
mh-chart mh-chart - Chart of nmh Commands
mhbuild mhbuild - translate MIME composition draft
mhl mhl - produce formatted listings of nmh messages
mhmail mhmail - send or read mail
mhn mhn - display/list/store/cache MIME messages
mhparam mhparam - print nmh profile components
mhpath mhpath - print full pathnames of nmh messages and folders
mime MIME - Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
mimencode mimencode - Translate to and from mail-oriented encoding
formats
minicom minicom - friendly serial communication program
mkdir mkdir - make directories
mkdirhier mkdirhier - makes a directory hierarchy
mkfatimage16 mkfatimage16 - generate a virtual drive image suitable for
DOSEMU
mkfifo mkfifo - make FIFOs (named pipes)
mkfontdir mkfontdir, fonts.dir, fonts.scale, fonts.alias - create an
index of X font files in a directory
mkmanifest  
mknod mknod - make special files
mkpasswd mkpasswd - generate new password, optionally apply it to a
user
mktemp mktemp - make temporary file name (unique)
mkxauth mkxauth - create and merge .Xauthority files
mlabel  
mmd  
mmencode mimencode - Translate to and from mail-oriented encoding
formats
mmount  
mmove  
modinfo modinfo - display information about a kernel module
modprobe depmod, modprobe - handle loadable modules automatically
mogrify mogrify - transform an image or sequence of images
moire halo - draw circular interference patterns
montage montage - creates a composite image by combining several
separate images
moonclock oclock - display time of day and moon phase
more more - file perusal filter for crt viewing
mp mp, inimp, virmp - MetaPost, a system for drawing pictures
mpage mpage - print multiple pages per sheet on PostScript
printer
mrd  
mread  
mren  
msgchk msgchk - check for messages
msh msh - nmh shell (and BBoard reader)
mt mt - control magnetic tape drive operation
mtools  
mtoolstest  
mtvtoppm mtvtoppm - convert output from the MTV or PRT ray tracers
into a portable pixmap
mtype  
munch munch - munching squares screen hack
munchlist ispell, buildhash, munchlist, findaffix, tryaffix, icom-
bine, ijoin - Interactive spelling checking
mutt mutt - The Mutt Mail User Agent
mv mv - rename files
mwrite  
mzip  
namei namei - follow a pathname until a terminal point is found
ncftp NcFTP - Internet file transfer program
ncopy ncopy - NetWare file copy
nenscript nenscript - format an ASCII file and convert to PostScript
netreport netreport - request notification of network interface
changes
newalias newalias - install new elm aliases for user and/or system
newaliases newaliases - rebuild the data base for the mail aliases file
newgrp newgrp - log in to a new group
newmail newmail,wnewmail - programs to asynchronously notify of
new mail
newsetup newsetup - a program to set up a .newsrc file
newsgroups newsgroups - a program to list unsubscribed newsgroups.
next next - show the next message
nice nice - run a program with modified scheduling priority
nisdomainname hostname - show or set the system's host name
domainname - show or set the system's NIS/YP domain name
dnsdomainname - show the system's DNS domain name
nisdomainname - show or set system's NIS/YP domain name
ypdomainname - show or set the system's NIS/YP domain name
nl nl - number lines of files
nlmconv nlmconv - converts object code into an NLM
nm nm - list symbols from object files.
nmh nmh - new MH message system
nntpget nntpget - get Usenet articles from a remote NNTP server
nohup nohup - run a command immune to hangups, with output to a
non-tty
noseguy noseguy - a little guy with a big nose wanders around
being witty
nprint nprint - NetWare print client
nroff nroff - emulate nroff command with groff
nsend nsend - Send messages to users
nsgmls nsgmls - a validating SGML parser
nstat nstat - print network statistics
nwauth nwauth - Verify username/password
nwbols nwbols - List NetWare Bindery Objects
nwboprops nwboprops - List properies of a NetWare Bindery Object
nwbpset nwbpset - Create a bindery property or set its value
nwbpvalues nwbpvalues - Print a NetWare Bindery Propery's contents
nwfsinfo nwfsinfo - Print some information about the file server
nwfstime nwfstime - Display / Set a NetWare server's date and time
nwpasswd nwpasswd - Change a user's password
nwrights nwrights - Show effective rights for file or directory
nwsfind nwsfind - Find a NetWare Server
nwtrustee nwtrustee - List an object's trustee directory assignments
nwuserlist nwuserlist - List Users logged in at a NetWare server
nwvolinfo nwvolinfo - Diplay info on NetWare Volumes
nxterm xterm - terminal emulator for X
objcopy objcopy - copy and translate object files
objdump objdump - display information from object files.
oclock oclock - display time of day and moon phase
od od - dump files in octal and other formats
open open - start a program on a new virtual terminal (VT).
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