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Command Description Package

macbinary

Macintosh file format transformer

netatalk

macsave

Save Mac files read from standard input

macutils

macstream

Convert a series of files to a MacBinary stream

macutils

macunpack

Macintosh file de-archiver

macutils

macutil

A package that deals with MacIntosh files on a Unix system

macutils

mag

computes fontsizes and magsteps

tetex

magicfilter

automatic configurable printer filter

system-config-printer

mail

send and receive mail

mailx

mailpost

feed an email message into a news group

inn

mailq

print the mail queue

sendmail

mailstats

display mail statistics

sendmail

makedbm

create or dump a ypserv database file

ypserv

makedbz

rebuild dbz files

inn

make

GNU make utility to maintain groups of programs

make

MAKEDEV

create devices

MAKEDEV

makehistory

Initialize or rebuild INN history database

inn

makeindex

a general purpose, formatter-independent index processor

tetex

makeinfo

translate Texinfo documents

texinfo

makemap

create database maps for sendmail

sendmail

makempx

typeset labels in MetaPost pictures with TeX or Troff

tetex

makewhatis

Create the whatis database

man

man2html

format a manual page in html

man

manpath

determine user's search path for man pages

man

man

format and display the on-line manual pages

man

mapscrn

load screen output mapping table

kbd

masterguard

Driver for Masterguard UPS equipment

nut

master

Postfix master process

postfix

mattrib

change MSDOS file attribute flags

mtools

mbadblocks

tests a floppy disk, and marks the bad blocks in the FAT

mtools

mbchk

check the format of a Multiboot kernel

grub

mbexamine

examine a cyrus-format mailbox

cyrus-imapd

mbpath

translate mailbox names to filesystem paths

cyrus-imapd

mcat

dump raw disk image

mtools

mcd

change MSDOS directory

mtools

mcedit

Internal file viewer of GNU Midnight Commander

mc

mcookie

generate magic cookies for xauth

util-linux

mcopy

copy MSDOS files to/from Unix

mtools

mc

Visual shell for Unix-like systems

mc

mcview

Internal file viewer of GNU Midnight Commander

mc

md2

message digests

openssl

md4

message digests

openssl

md5sum

compute and check MD5 message digest

coreutils

md5

message digests

openssl

mdadm

manage MD devices aka Linux Software Raid

mdadm

mdc2

message digests

openssl

mdel

delete an MSDOS file mdeltree

mtools

mdeltree

recursively delete an MSDOS directory and its contents

mtools

mdir

display an MSDOS directory

mtools

mdu

display the amount of space occupied by an MSDOS directory

mtools

megatron

Macintosh file format transformer

netatalk

memos

Read or Write Memopad entries to STDOUT or files

pilot-link

mergecap

Merges two capture files into one

ethereal

merge

three-way file merge

rcs

mesg

control write access to your terminal

SysVinit

metaflac

program to list, add, remove, or edit metadata in one or more FLAC files

flac

mev

a program to report mouse events

gpm

mewcat

MIME encoder/decoder

mew-common

mewls

Message scanner for Mew

mew-common

mf

Metafont, a language for font and logo design

tetex

mformat

add an MSDOS filesystem to a low-level formatted floppy disk

mtools

mft

translate Metafont code to TeX code for prettyprinting

tetex

mgetty

smart modem getty

mgetty

mibhelp

A Table of some interesting OIDs

mrtg

mikmod

play soundtracker etc. modules on a Unix machine

mikmod

minfo

print the parameters of a MSDOS filesystem

mtools

mingetty

minimal getty for consoles

mingetty

minicom

friendly serial communication program

minicom

mkbindic

Convert a text-form dictionary into a binary-form dictionary

Canna

mkbootdisk

creates a stand-alone boot floppy for the running system

mkbootdisk

mkdep

construct Makefile dependency list

pmake

mkdic

Tool for creating a user dictionary

Canna

mkdir

make directories

coreutils

mkdosfs

create an MS-DOS file system under Linux

dosfstools

mke2fs

create an ext2/ext3 filesystem

e2fsprogs

mkfifo

make FIFOs (named pipes)

coreutils

mkfontdesc

utility to create PK font description files

tetex

mkfs

build a Linux file system

util-linux

mkindex

script to process LaTeX index and glossary files

tetex

mkinitrd

creates initial ramdisk images for preloading modules

mkinitrd

mkisofs

create an hybrid ISO9660/JOLIET/HFS filesystem with optional Rock Ridge attributes

mkisofs

mkmanifest

makes list of file names and their DOS 8+3 equivalent

mtools

mknetid

generate data for netid map

ypserv

mknmz

an indexer of Namazu

namazu

mknod

make block or character special files

coreutils

mkoctfile

Compile dynamic-load modules for GNU Octave

octave

mkpasswd

generate new password, optionally apply it to a user

expect

mkraid

initializes/upgrades RAID device arrays

raidtools

mkreiserfs

create tool for the Linux ReiserFS file system

reiserfs-utils

mkswap

set up a Linux swap area

util-linux

mktemp

make temporary filename (unique)

mktemp

mktexlsr

create ls-R databases

tetex

mktexmf

create a Metafont source file

tetex

mktexpk

create a PK file for a font

tetex

mktextfm

create a TFM file for a font

tetex

mkzftree

Create a zisofs/RockRidge compressed file tree

zisofs-tools

mkzonedb

Utility create a zone file for isdnlog

isdn4k-utils

mlabel

make an MSDOS volume label

mtools

mmd

make an MSDOS subdirectory

mtools

mmount

mount an MSDOS disk

mtools

mmove

move or rename an MSDOS file or subdirectory

mtools

moc

generate Qt meta object support code

qt-devel

modinfo

display information about a kernel module

modutils

modinfo

program to show information about a Linux Kernel module

modutils

modprobe

high level handling of loadable modules

modutils

modprobe

program to add and remove modules from the Linux Kernel

modutils

mogrify

mogrify an image

ImageMagick

montage

create a composite image by combining several separate images

ImageMagick

more

file perusal filter for crt viewing

util-linux

mount

mount a file system

util-linux

mozilla

a Web browser for X11 derived from Netscape Communicator

mozilla

mpage

print multiple pages per sheet on PostScript printer

mpage

mpartition

partition an MSDOS hard disk

mtools

mpicc

Compile LAM/MPI C/C++ programs

lam

mpiCC

Compile LAM/MPI C/C++ programs

lam

mpiexec

Run MPI programs on LAM nodes

lam

mpif77

Compile LAM FORTRAN programs

lam

mpimsg

Monitor MPI message buffers under LAM

lam

mpirun

Run MPI programs on LAM nodes

lam

mpitask

Monitor MPI processes under LAM

lam

mpost

MetaPost, a system for drawing pictures

tetex

mpstat

Report processors related statistics

sysstat

mpto

extract labels in MetaPost pictures for typesetting

tetex

mrd

remove an MSDOS subdirectory

mtools

mren

rename an existing MSDOS file

mtools

mrtg

What is MRTG

mrtg

msgattrib

attribute matching and manipulation on message catalog

gettext

msgcat

combines several message catalogs

gettext

msgcmp

compare message catalog and template

gettext

msgcomm

match two message catalogs

gettext

msgconv

character set conversion for message catalog

gettext

msgen

create English message catalog

gettext

msgexec

process translations of message catalog

gettext

msgfilter

edit translations of message catalog

gettext

msgfmt

compile message catalog to binary format

gettext

msggrep

pattern matching on message catalog

gettext

msginit

initialize a message catalog

gettext

msgmerge

merge message catalog and template

gettext

msgunfmt

uncompile message catalog from binary format

gettext

msguniq

unify duplicate translations in message catalog

gettext

mshowfat

shows FAT clusters allocated to file

mtools

mt

control magnetic tape drive operation

mt-st

mtools

utilities to access DOS disks in Unix

mtools

mtoolstest

tests and displays the configuration

mtools

mtr

a network diagnostic tool

mtr

mtx

control SCSI media changer devices

mtx

mtype

display contents of an MSDOS file

mtools

multixterm

drive multiple xterms separately or together

expectk

mupdatetest

interactive MUPDATE test program

cyrus-imapd-utils

mutt

The Mutt Mail User Agent

mutt

mvdic

Tool for renaming a user dictionary

Canna

mv

move (rename) files

coreutils

mysqladmin

A utility for performing administrative operations

mysql

mysql

text-based client for mysqld, a SQL-based relational database daemon

mysql

mysqldump

text-based client for dumping or backing up mysql databases, tables and or data

mysql

mzip

change protection mode and eject disk on Zip/Jaz drive

mtools


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