Linux Commands Examples

A great documentation place for Linux commands

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C

c++ - GNU project C and C++ compiler
c++filt - Demangle C++ and Java symbols.
c2ph - , pstruct Dump C structures as generated from "cc -g -S" stabs
c89 - ANSI (1989) C compiler
c89-gcc - ANSI (1989) C compiler
c99 - ANSI (1999) C compiler
c99-gcc - ANSI (1999) C compiler
cabextract - program to extract files from Microsoft cabinet (.cab) archives
cal - displays a calendar and the date of Easter
calendar - reminder service
calibrate_ppa - pnm2ppa calibration tool
canberra-gtk-play - play a sound event
cancel - cancel jobs
capsh - ’bash’ wrapper to raise and lower the bset and pI capabilities
captoinfo - convert a termcap description into a terminfo description
cat - concatenate files and print on the standard output
catchsegv - Catch segmentation faults in programs
catman - create or update the pre-formatted manual pages
cautious-launcher
cc - GNU project C and C++ compiler
cd - change directory
cd-create-profile - Color Manager Profile Creation Tool
cd-fix-profile - Color Manager Testing Tool
cdparanoia - an audio CD reading utility which includes extra data verification features
cdrdao - reads and writes CDs in disc-at-once mode
cdrecord
cdxa2mpeg - manual page for cdxa2mpeg 0.7.24
cfdisk - display or manipulate disk partition table
chacl - change the access control list of a file or directory
chage - change user password expiry information
chardet - universal character encoding detector
charmap - Unicode character picker and font browser
chat - Automated conversational script with a modem
chattr - change file attributes on a Linux file system
chcon - change file security context
check-language-support - returns the list of missing packages in order to provide a complete language environment
checkbox-qt - cli, checkbox-urwid, checkbox-gtk - Application for system testing
checkcites
checkgid - checks the gid
check_forensic - tool to extract mod_log_forensic output from apache log files
chem - groff preprocessor for producing chemical structure diagrams
chfn - change real user name and information
chgpasswd - update group passwords in batch mode
chgrp - change group ownership
childsplay - Educational games for young children.
chkdupexe - find duplicate executables
chmod - change file mode bits
chown - change file owner and group
chpasswd - update passwords in batch mode
chromium-browser - the web browser from Google
chroot - run command or interactive shell with special root directory
chrt - manipulate the real-time attributes of a process
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
ck-history
ck-launch-session
ck-list-sessions
ck-log-system-restart
ck-log-system-start
ck-log-system-stop
ckbcomp - compile a XKB keyboard description to a keymap suitable for loadkeys
cksum - checksum and count the bytes in a file
clambc - Bytecode Testing Tool
clamscan - scan files and directories for viruses
clamtk - Graphical user interface (gui) for Clam AntiVirus
clear - clear the terminal screen
clear_console - clear the console
clipit - Lightweight GTK+ Clipboard Manager
cmp - compare two files byte by byte
cmuwmtopbm - convert a CMU window manager bitmap into a portable bitmap
codepage - extract a codepage from an MSDOS codepage file
col - filter reverse line feeds from input
colcrt - filter nroff output for CRT previewing
colormgr - Color Manager Testing Tool
colrm - remove columns from a file
column - columnate lists
combinediff - create a cumulative unified patch from two incremental patches
comm - compare two sorted files line by line
command2foo2lava-pjl
compare - mathematically and visually annotate the difference between an image and its reconstruction.
compare.im6 - mathematically and visually annotate the difference between an image and its reconstruction.
compiz - OpenGL window and compositing manager
compiz-decorator
compose - , print execute programs via entries in the mailcap file
composite - overlaps one image over another.
composite.im6 - overlaps one image over another.
config_data - Query or change configuration of Perl modules
conjure - interprets and executes scripts written in the Magick Scripting Language (MSL).
conjure.im6 - interprets and executes scripts written in the Magick Scripting Language (MSL).
console-kit-daemon
convert - between image formats as well as resize an image, blur, crop, despeckle, dither, draw on, flip, join, resample, and much more.
convert-ly - manual page for convert-ly 2.16.0
convert.im6 - convert between image formats as well as resize an image, blur, crop, despeckle, dither, draw on, flip, join, re-sample, and much more.
corelist - a commandline frontend to Module::CoreList
cp - copy files and directories
cpan - easily interact with CPAN from the command line
cpan2dist - The CPANPLUS distribution creator
cpanp - The CPANPLUS launcher
cpanp-run-perl
cpgr - copy with locking the given file to the password or group file
cpio - copy files to and from archives
cpp - The C Preprocessor
cpp-4.7 - The C Preprocessor
cppw - , cpgr copy with locking the given file to the password or group file
cracklib-check - Check passwords using libcrack2
cracklib-format - packer, cracklib-unpacker - cracklib dictionary utilities
cracklib-packer - packer, cracklib-unpacker - cracklib dictionary utilities
cracklib-unpacker - cracklib dictionary utilities
crc32 - compute CRC-32 checksums for the given files
crda - send to the kernel a wireless regulatory domain for a given ISO / IEC 3166 alpha2
create-cracklib-dict - Check passwords using libcrack2
credentials-preferences
cron - daemon to execute scheduled commands (Vixie Cron)
crontab - maintain crontab files for individual users (Vixie Cron)
cryptsetup - manage plain dm-crypt and LUKS encrypted volumes
csplit - split a file into sections determined by context lines
ctangle - , cweave translate CWEB to C and/or TeX
ctie - merge or apply CWEB change files
ctrlaltdel - set the function of the Ctrl-Alt-Del combination
ctstat - unified linux network statistics
cups-browsed
cups-calibrate - ESP CUPS Printer Calibration Tool
cups-genppdupdate - update CUPS+Gutenprint PPD files
cupsaccept - accept/reject jobs sent to a destination
cupsaddsmb - export printers to samba for windows clients
cupsctl - configure cupsd.conf options
cupsd - cups scheduler
cupsdisable - stop/start printers and classes
cupsenable - stop/start printers and classes
cupsfilter - convert a file to another format using cups filters
cupsreject - accept/reject jobs sent to a destination
cupstestdsc - test conformance of postscript files
cupstestppd - test conformance of ppd files
cut - remove sections from each line of files
cvlc - the VLC media player
cvt - calculate VESA CVT mode lines
cweave - translate CWEB to C and/or TeX
cytune - tune driver parameters for Cyclades-Z multiport serial card
c_rehash - Create symbolic links to files named by the hash values

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