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a2dismod - enable or disable an apache2 module
a2dissite - enable or disable an apache2 site / virtual host
a2enmod - enable or disable an apache2 module
a2ensite - enable or disable an apache2 site / virtual host
a2p - Awk to Perl translator
aa-status - display various information about the current AppArmor policy.
ab - Apache HTTP server benchmarking tool
abc2ly - manual page for abc2ly (LilyPond) 2.16.0
accept - accept/reject jobs sent to a destination
accessdb - dumps the content of a man-db database in a human readable format
aconnect - ALSA sequencer connection manager
acpid - Advanced Configuration and Power Interface event daemon
acpi_available - test whether ACPI subsystem is available
acpi_fakekey - acpi event wrapper
acpi_listen - ACPI event listener
add-apt-repository - Adds a repository into the /etc/apt/sources.list or /etc/apt/sources.list.d or removes an existing one
add-shell - add shells to the list of valid login shells
addftinfo - add information to troff font files for use with groff
addgroup - add a user or group to the system
addpart - simple wrapper around the "add partition" ioctl
addr2line - convert addresses into file names and line numbers.
adduser - add a user or group to the system
afm2pl - convert AFM font metrics to TeX pl font metrics
afm2tfm - convert Adobe font metrics to TeX font metrics
afmtodit - create font files for use with groff -Tps and -Tpdf
agetty - alternative Linux getty
airbase-ng - multi-purpose tool aimed at attacking clients as opposed to the Access Point (AP) itself
aircrack-ng - a 802.11 WEP / WPA-PSK key cracker
airdecap-ng - decrypt a WEP/WPA crypted pcap file
airdecloak-ng - Removes wep cloaked framed from a pcap file.
airdriver-ng - automatically install/uninstall and patch drivers and 802.11 stacks
aireplay-ng - inject packets into a wireless network to generate traffic
airmon-ng - bash script designed to turn wireless cards into monitor mode.
airodump-ng - a wireless packet capture tool for aircrack-ng
airodump-ng-oui-update - IEEE oui list updater for airodump-ng
airolib-ng - manage and create a WPA/WPA2 pre-computed hashes tables
airserv-ng - a wireless card server
airtun-ng - a virtual tunnel interface creator for aircrack-ng
aleph - extended Unicode TeX
alias
allcm - force the most important Computer-Modern-fonts to be calculated
allec - force the most important Computer-Modern-fonts to be calculated
allneeded - force the calculation of all fonts now needed
alsa
alsactl - advanced controls for ALSA soundcard driver
alsaloop - command-line PCM loopback
alsamixer - soundcard mixer for ALSA soundcard driver, with ncurses interface
alsaucm
alsa_in - Jack clients that perform I/O with an alternate audio interface
alsa_out - Jack clients that perform I/O with an alternate audio interface
amarok - The audio player for KDE
amarokcollectionscanner - Collection Scanner for Amarok
amarokmp3tunesharmonydaemon - Handles AutoSync for the MP3Tunes service in Amarok.
amarokpkg
amarok_afttagger
amidi - read from and write to ALSA RawMIDI ports
amixer - command-line mixer for ALSA soundcard driver
amuFormat.sh
amzdownloader
anacron - runs commands periodically
animate - animates an image or image sequence on any X server.
animate.im6 - animates an image or image sequence on any X server.
anytopnm - attempt to convert an unknown type of image file to a portable anymap
apache2 - Apache Hypertext Transfer Protocol Server
apache2ctl - Apache HTTP server control interface
apachectl - Apache HTTP server control interface
apg - generates several random passwords
apgbfm - APG Bloom filter management program
aplay - command-line sound recorder and player for ALSA soundcard driver
aplaymidi - play Standard MIDI Files
apm_available - test whether APM subsystem is available
apparmor_parser - loads AppArmor profiles into the kernel
apparmor_status - display various information about the current AppArmor policy.
appletviewer - The Java Applet Viewer The appletviewer command allows you to run applets outside of a web browser.
apport-bug - file a bug report using Apport, or update an existing report
apport-cli - gtk, apport-kde - Apport user interfaces for reporting problems
apport-collect - file a bug report using Apport, or update an existing report
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-add-repository - Adds a repository into the /etc/apt/sources.list or /etc/apt/sources.list.d or removes an existing one
apt-cache - query the APT cache
apt-cdrom - APT CD-ROM 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
apt-key - APT key management utility
apt-mark - mark/unmark a package as being automatically-installed
apt-sortpkgs - Utility to sort package index files
aptd - package managing daemon proving a D-Bus interface
aptdcon - command line client for aptdaemon
apturl - graphical apt-protocol interpreting package installer
apturl-gtk - graphical apt-protocol interpreting package installer
ar - create, modify, and extract from archives
arch - print machine hardware name (same as uname -m)
arecord - , aplay command-line sound recorder and player for ALSA soundcard driver
arecordmidi - record Standard MIDI Files
arm2hpdl - Add HP download header/trailer to an ARM ELF binary.
arp - manipulate the system ARP cache
arpd - userspace arp daemon.
arping - send ARP REQUEST to a neighbour host
as - the portable GNU assembler.
asciitopgm - convert ASCII graphics into a portable graymap
aseqdump - show the events received at an ALSA sequencer port
aseqnet - ALSA sequencer connectors over network
aspell - interactive spell checker
aspell-autobuildhash - Autobuilding aspell hash files for some dicts
aspell-import - import old personal dictionaries into GNU Aspell
assistant
asunder - graphical audio CD ripper and encoder
at - rm queue, examine or delete jobs for later execution
atd - run jobs queued for later execution
atktopbm - convert Andrew Toolkit raster object to portable bitmap
atobm - bitmap editor and converter utilities for the X Window System
atq - , atrm queue, examine or delete jobs for later execution
atrm - queue, examine or delete jobs for later execution
audacity - Graphical cross-platform audio editor
avahi-autoipd - IPv4LL network address configuration daemon
avahi-browse - Browse for mDNS/DNS-SD services using the Avahi daemon
avahi-browse-domains - Browse for mDNS/DNS-SD services using the Avahi daemon
avahi-daemon - The Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD daemon
avahi-publish - Register an mDNS/DNS-SD service or host name or address mapping using the Avahi daemon
avahi-publish-address - Register an mDNS/DNS-SD service or host name or address mapping using the Avahi daemon
avahi-publish-service - Register an mDNS/DNS-SD service or host name or address mapping using the Avahi daemon
avahi-resolve - Resolve one or more mDNS/DNS host name(s) to IP address(es) (and vice versa) using the Avahi daemon
avahi-resolve-address - Resolve one or more mDNS/DNS host name(s) to IP address(es) (and vice versa) using the Avahi daemon
avahi-resolve-host-name - Resolve one or more mDNS/DNS host name(s) to IP address(es) (and vice versa) using the Avahi daemon
avahi-set-host-name - Change mDNS host name
avconv - avconv video converter
avg_audioplayer - audio player
avg_checktouch - test application for multitouch devices
avg_checkvsync - vsync test application
avg_chromakey - test application for libavg chromakey filter
avg_showcamera - camera discovery and display tool
avg_showfile - display an avg file
avg_showfont - font enumeration and preview tool
avg_showsvg - basic svg rasterizer
avg_videoinfo - video inspection tool
avg_videoplayer - video player
avifix - fix header of AVI-file
aviindex - Write and read text files describing the index of an AVI file
avimerge - merge several AVI-files into one
avisplit - split AVI-files into chunks of a maximum size
avisync - adjust audio synchronisation
avivotool
avplay - AVplay media player
avprobe - avprobe media prober
avserver - avserver video server
awk - pattern scanning and processing language
axi-cache - query the Apt Xapian Index

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