Linux Commands Examples

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l2ping - Send L2CAP echo request and receive answer
l2test - L2CAP testing
lame - create mp3 audio files
landscape-client-ui-install
laptop-detect - attempt to detect a laptop
last - b show listing of last logged in users
lastb - show listing of last logged in users
lastlog - reports the most recent login of all users or of a given user
latex - structured text formatting and typesetting
lav2mpeg - easy conversion of lav files to mpeg
lav2wav - Extract the audio out of MJPEG container files to stdout
lav2yuv - Convert a MJPEG file to raw yuv
lavaddwav
lavadecode - Decode a LAVAFLOW stream into human readable form.
lavinfo
lavpipe - creates raw YUV streams from pipe list scripts
lavplay - Playback and edit MJPEG video
lavtrans - Convert MJPEG videos to other MJPEG video formats
lcf - Determine which of the historical versions of a config is installed
lconvert
ld - The GNU linker
ld.bfd - The GNU linker
ld.gold - The GNU ELF linker
ldattach - attach a line discipline to a serial line
ldconfig - configure dynamic linker run-time bindings
ldconfig.real
ldd - print shared library dependencies
leaftoppm - convert Interleaf image format to a portable anymap
less - opposite of more
lessecho - expand metacharacters
lessfile - "input preprocessor" for less.
lesskey - specify key bindings for less
lesspipe - "input preprocessor" for less.
lexgrog - parse header information in man pages
libnetcfg - configure libnet
libreoffice
lightdm - a display manager
lightdm-guest-session-wrapper
lightdm-session
lilymidi - manual page for lilymidi 2.16.0
lilypond - manual page for LilyPond 2.16.0
lilypond-book - manual page for lilypond-book 2.16.0
lilypond-invoke-editor - manual page for lilypond-invoke-editor 2.16.0
lilysong - manual page for lilysong 2.16.0
line - read one line
linguist
link - call the link function to create a link to a file
lintian - Static analysis tool for Debian packages
lintian-info - give detailed information about Lintian’s error tags
linux-boot-prober
linux32 - change reported architecture in new program environment and set personality flags
linux64 - change reported architecture in new program environment and set personality flags
lispmtopgm - convert a Lisp Machine bitmap file into pgm format
listres - list resources in widgets
lkbib - search bibliographic databases
lletters - linux letters and games for young kids
ln - make links between files
lnstat - unified linux network statistics
loadkeys - load keyboard translation tables
loadunimap - load the kernel unicode-to-font mapping table
localc
locale - specific information.
locale-gen - compile a list of locale definition files
localectl - Control the system locale and keyboard layout settings
localedef - compile locale definition files
locate - find files by name
lockfile-check - command-line programs to safely lock and unlock files and mailboxes (via liblockfile).
lockfile-create - command-line programs to safely lock and unlock files and mailboxes (via liblockfile).
lockfile-remove - command-line programs to safely lock and unlock files and mailboxes (via liblockfile).
lockfile-touch - command-line programs to safely lock and unlock files and mailboxes (via liblockfile).
lodraw
loffice
lofromtemplate
logger - a shell command interface to the syslog(3) system log module
login - begin session on the system
loginctl - Control the systemd login manager
logname - print user´s login name
logresolve - Resolve IP-addresses to hostnames in Apache log files
logrotate - rotates, compresses, and mails system logs
logsave - save the output of a command in a logfile
loimpress
lomath
look - display lines beginning with a given string
lookbib - search bibliographic databases
lorder - list dependencies for object files
losetup - set up and control loop devices
loweb
lowntfs-3g - Third Generation Read/Write NTFS Driver
lowriter
lp - print files
lpadmin - configure cups printers and classes
lpc - line printer control program
lpdomatic - Universal print filter/RIP wrapper
lpinfo - show available devices or drivers
lpmove - move a job or all jobs to a new destination
lpoptions - display or set printer options and defaults
lppasswd - add, change, or delete digest passwords.
lpq - show printer queue status
lpr - print files
lprm - cancel print jobs
lpstat - print cups status information
lrelease
ls - list directory contents
lsattr - list file attributes on a Linux second extended file system
lsblk - list block devices
lsb_release - print distribution-specific information
lscpu - display information on CPU architecture
lsdiff - show which files are modified by a patch
lsdvd - read the content info of a DVD
lshw - list hardware
lsinitramfs - list content of an initramfs image
lsmod - Show the status of modules in the Linux Kernel
lsof - list open files
lspci - list all PCI devices
lspcmcia - display extended PCMCIA debugging information
lspgpot - extracts the ownertrust values from PGP keyrings and list them in GnuPG ownertrust format.
lss16toppm - Convert an LSS-16 image to PPM
lsusb - list USB devices
ltrace - A library call tracer
lualatex
luatex - , texlua, texluac An extended version of pdfTeX using Lua as an embedded scripting language
luciole - Image per Image capture tool for movie animations.
luit - Locale and ISO 2022 support for Unicode terminals
luksformat - Create and format an encrypted LUKS device
lupdate
lwp-download - Fetch large files from the web
lwp-dump - See what headers and content is returned for a URL
lwp-mirror - Simple mirror utility
lwp-request - request, GET, POST, HEAD - Simple command line user agent
lxterm - locale-sensitive wrapper for xterm
lz - gunzips and shows a listing of a gzip’d tar’d archive
lzcat - Compress or decompress .xz and .lzma files
lzcmp - , lzdiff compare compressed files
lzdiff - compare compressed files
lzegrep - search compressed files for a regular expression
lzfgrep - search compressed files for a regular expression
lzgrep - search compressed files for a regular expression
lzless - view xz or lzma compressed (text) files
lzma - , lzcat Compress or decompress .xz and .lzma files
lzmainfo - show information stored in the .lzma file header
lzmore - view xz or lzma compressed (text) files

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