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Development
* CVS: (cvs). Concurrent Versions System
* CVS client/server: (cvsclient). Describes the client/server protocol
used by CVS.
* Flex: (flex). A fast scanner generator
* Gdb: (gdb). The GNU debugger.
* Gdb-Internals: (gdbint). The GNU debugger's internals.
* gettext: (gettext). GNU gettext utilities.
* autopoint: (gettext)autopoint Invocation.
Copy gettext infrastructure.
* envsubst: (gettext)envsubst Invocation.
Expand environment variables.
* gettextize: (gettext)gettextize Invocation.
Prepare a package for gettext.
* Ipc: (ipc). System V interprocess communication
facilities
* M4: (m4). The GNU m4 macro preprocessor.
* msgattrib: (gettext)msgattrib Invocation.
Select part of a PO file.
* msgcat: (gettext)msgcat Invocation. Combine several PO files.
* msgcmp: (gettext)msgcmp Invocation. Compare a PO file and template.
* msgcomm: (gettext)msgcomm Invocation. Match two PO files.
* msgconv: (gettext)msgconv Invocation. Convert PO file to encoding.
* msgen: (gettext)msgen Invocation. Create an English PO file.
* msgexec: (gettext)msgexec Invocation. Process a PO file.
* msgfilter: (gettext)msgfilter Invocation.
Pipe a PO file through a filter.
* msgfmt: (gettext)msgfmt Invocation. Make MO files out of PO files.
* msggrep: (gettext)msggrep Invocation. Select part of a PO file.
* msginit: (gettext)msginit Invocation. Create a fresh PO file.
* msgmerge: (gettext)msgmerge Invocation.
Update a PO file from template.
* msgunfmt: (gettext)msgunfmt Invocation.
Uncompile MO file into PO file.
* msguniq: (gettext)msguniq Invocation. Unify duplicates for PO file.
* ngettext: (gettext)ngettext Invocation.
Translate a message with plural.
* Stabs: (stabs). The "stabs" debugging information
format.
* xgettext: (gettext)xgettext Invocation.
Extract strings into a PO file.
* ISO639: (gettext)Language Codes. ISO 639 language codes.
* ISO3166: (gettext)Country Codes. ISO 3166 country codes.
* Make: (make). The GNU make utility.
Emacs
* Ada mode: (emacs-21/ada-mode). The GNU Emacs mode for editing Ada.
* Autotype: (emacs-21/autotype). Convenient features for text that you
enter frequently in Emacs.
* CC Mode: (emacs-21/ccmode). Emacs mode for editing C, C++,
Objective-C, Java, Pike, and IDL code.
* CL: (emacs-21/cl). Partial Common Lisp support for Emacs
Lisp.
* Dired-X: (emacs-21/dired-x). Dired Extra Features.
* Ebrowse: (emacs-21/ebrowse). A C++ class browser for Emacs.
* Ediff: (emacs-21/ediff). A visual interface for comparing and
merging programs.
* Emacs: (emacs-21/emacs). The extensible self-documenting text
editor.
* Emacs FAQ: (emacs-21/efaq). Frequently Asked Questions about
Emacs.
* Emacs MIME: (emacs-21/emacs-mime). The MIME de/composition library.
* Eshell: (emacs-21/eshell). A command shell implemented in Emacs
Lisp.
* EUDC: (emacs-21/eudc). A client for directory servers (LDAP,
PH)
* Forms: (emacs-21/forms). Emacs package for editing data bases
by filling in forms.
* Gnus: (emacs-21/gnus). The newsreader Gnus.
* IDLWAVE: (emacs-21/idlwave). Major mode and shell for IDL and
WAVE/CL files.
* Info: (emacs-21/info). Documentation browsing system.
* Ispell: (ispell). Using ISPELL, an interactive spelling
corrector, inside Emacs.
* Message: (emacs-21/message). Mail and news composition mode that
goes with Gnus.
* MH-E: (emacs-21/mh-e). Emacs interface to the MH mail system.
* PCL-CVS: (emacs-21/pcl-cvs). Emacs front-end to CVS.
* RefTeX: (emacs-21/reftex). Emacs support for LaTeX
cross-references and citations.
* SC: (emacs-21/sc). Supercite lets you cite parts of
messages you're replying to, in
flexible ways.
* Speedbar: (emacs-21/speedbar). File/Tag summarizing utility.
* VIP: (emacs-21/vip). An older VI-emulation for Emacs.
* VIPER: (emacs-21/viper). The newest Emacs VI-emulation mode.
(also, A VI Plan for Emacs Rescue or
the VI PERil.)
* Widget: (emacs-21/widget). Documenting the "widget" package used
by the Emacs Custom facility.
* WoMan: (emacs-21/woman). Browse UN*X Manual Pages `Wo (without)
Man'.
Miscellaneous
* Rl5userman: (rl5userman). GNU Readline Library API (v5)
* Rluserman: (rluserman). GNU Readline Library API
Disk Management
* Fdutils: (fdutils). Linux floppy utilities
Network Applications
* Wget: (wget). The non-interactive network
downloader.
Basics
* Finding files: (find). Operating on files matching certain
criteria.
Editors
* nano: (nano). Small and friendly text editor.
GNU programming tools
* bison: (bison). GNU parser generator (Yacc
replacement).
* cutils: (cutils). C programmers' utilities.
* Indent: (indent). A C language source code beautifier
Software development
* automake-1.7: (automake-1.7). Making Makefile.in's
Utilities
* gzip: (gzip). The gzip command for compressing
files.
Python
* Python2.3-api: (python2.3-api). Python/C 2.3 API Reference Manual
* Python2.3-dist: (python2.3-dist). Distributing Python Modules (2.3)
* Python2.3-ext: (python2.3-ext). Extending & Embedding Python 2.3
* Python2.3-lib: (python2.3-lib). Python 2.3 Library Reference
* Python2.3-ref: (python2.3-ref). Python 2.3 Reference Manual
* Python2.3-tut: (python2.3-tut). Python 2.3 Tutorial
Texinfo documentation system
* Texinfo: (texinfo). The GNU documentation format.
* install-info: (texinfo)Invoking install-info.
Update info/dir entries.
* texi2dvi: (texinfo)Format with texi2dvi.
Print Texinfo documents.
* texindex: (texinfo)Format with tex/texindex.
Sort Texinfo index files.
* makeinfo: (texinfo)Invoking makeinfo. Translate Texinfo source.
* Info: (info). How to use the documentation browsing
system.
* info standalone: (info-stnd). Read Info documents without Emacs.
* infokey: (info-stnd)Invoking infokey. Compile Info customizations.
GNU libraries
* Libc: (libc). C library.
General Commands
* Bzip2: (bzip2). A program and library for data
compression.
* Gawk: (gawk). A text scanning and processing
language.
* Gawkinet: (gawkinet). TCP/IP Internetworking With `gawk'.
* Recode: (recode). Character set conversion utility.
* Remsync: (remsync). Synchronize remote files
* Screen: (screen). Full-screen window manager.
* sed: (sed). Stream EDitor.
* Time: (time). A utility to time the execution of a
command
* Shar utilities: (sharutils). GNU shar utilities.
* shar: (sharutils)shar invocation. Make a shell archive.
* unshar: (sharutils)unshar invocation. Explode a shell archive.
* Cpio: (cpio). A program to manage archives of files.
* dc: (dc). Arbitrary precision RPN "Desktop
Calculator".
* diff: (diff)Invoking diff. Compare 2 files line by line.
* diff3: (diff)Invoking diff3. Compare 3 files line by line.
* Ed: (ed). The `ed' command, which has the
purpose of editing text files.
* patch: (diff)Invoking patch. Apply a patch to a file.
* sdiff: (diff)Invoking sdiff. Merge 2 files side-by-side.
* Tar: (tar). Making tape (or disk) archives.
*
* basename: (coreutils)basename invocation.
Strip directory and suffix.
* cat: (coreutils)cat invocation. Concatenate and write files.
* chgrp: (coreutils)chgrp invocation. Change file groups.
* chmod: (coreutils)chmod invocation. Change file permissions.
* chown: (coreutils)chown invocation. Change file owners/groups.
* chroot: (coreutils)chroot invocation. Specify the root directory.
* cksum: (coreutils)cksum invocation. Print POSIX CRC checksum.
* comm: (coreutils)comm invocation. Compare sorted files by line.
* cp: (coreutils)cp invocation. Copy files.
* csplit: (coreutils)csplit invocation. Split by context.
* cut: (coreutils)cut invocation. Print selected parts of lines.
* date: (coreutils)date invocation. Print/set system date and time.
* dd: (coreutils)dd invocation. Copy and convert a file.
* df: (coreutils)df invocation. Report filesystem disk usage.
* dir: (coreutils)dir invocation. List directories briefly.
* dircolors: (coreutils)dircolors invocation.
Color setup for ls.
* dirname: (coreutils)dirname invocation.
Strip non-directory suffix.
* du: (coreutils)du invocation. Report on disk usage.
* echo: (coreutils)echo invocation. Print a line of text.
* env: (coreutils)env invocation. Modify the environment.
* expand: (coreutils)expand invocation. Convert tabs to spaces.
* expr: (coreutils)expr invocation. Evaluate expressions.
* factor: (coreutils)factor invocation. Print prime factors
* false: (coreutils)false invocation. Do nothing, unsuccessfully.
* fmt: (coreutils)fmt invocation. Reformat paragraph text.
* fold: (coreutils)fold invocation. Wrap long input lines.
* groups: (coreutils)groups invocation. Print group names a user is in.
* head: (coreutils)head invocation. Output the first part of files.
* hostid: (coreutils)hostid invocation. Print numeric host identifier.
* hostname: (coreutils)hostname invocation.
Print or set system name.
* id: (coreutils)id invocation. Print real/effective uid/gid.
* install: (coreutils)install invocation.
Copy and change attributes.
* join: (coreutils)join invocation. Join lines on a common field.
* kill: (coreutils)kill invocation. Send a signal to processes.
* link: (coreutils)link invocation. Make hard links between files.
* ln: (coreutils)ln invocation. Make links between files.
* logname: (coreutils)logname invocation.
Print current login name.
* ls: (coreutils)ls invocation. List directory contents.
* md5sum: (coreutils)md5sum invocation. Print or check message-digests.
* mkdir: (coreutils)mkdir invocation. Create directories.
* mkfifo: (coreutils)mkfifo invocation. Create FIFOs (named pipes).
* mknod: (coreutils)mknod invocation. Create special files.
* mv: (coreutils)mv invocation. Rename files.
* nice: (coreutils)nice invocation. Modify scheduling priority.
* nl: (coreutils)nl invocation. Number lines and write files.
* nohup: (coreutils)nohup invocation. Immunize to hangups.
* od: (coreutils)od invocation. Dump files in octal, etc.
* paste: (coreutils)paste invocation. Merge lines of files.
* pathchk: (coreutils)pathchk invocation.
Check file name portability.
* pr: (coreutils)pr invocation. Paginate or columnate files.
* printenv: (coreutils)printenv invocation.
Print environment variables.
* printf: (coreutils)printf invocation. Format and print data.
* ptx: (coreutils)ptx invocation. Produce permuted indexes.
* pwd: (coreutils)pwd invocation. Print working directory.
* readlink: (coreutils)readlink invocation.
Print referent of a symlink.
* rm: (coreutils)rm invocation. Remove files.
* rmdir: (coreutils)rmdir invocation. Remove empty directories.
* seq: (coreutils)seq invocation. Print numeric sequences
* shred: (coreutils)shred invocation. Remove files more securely.
* sleep: (coreutils)sleep invocation. Delay for a specified time.
* sort: (coreutils)sort invocation. Sort text files.
* split: (coreutils)split invocation. Split into fixed-size pieces.
* stat: (coreutils)stat invocation. Report file(system) status.
* stty: (coreutils)stty invocation. Print/change terminal settings.
* su: (coreutils)su invocation. Modify user and group id.
* sum: (coreutils)sum invocation. Print traditional checksum.
* sync: (coreutils)sync invocation. Synchronize memory and disk.
* tac: (coreutils)tac invocation. Reverse files.
* tail: (coreutils)tail invocation. Output the last part of files.
* tee: (coreutils)tee invocation. Redirect to multiple files.
* test: (coreutils)test invocation. File/string tests.
* touch: (coreutils)touch invocation. Change file timestamps.
* tr: (coreutils)tr invocation. Translate characters.
* true: (coreutils)true invocation. Do nothing, successfully.
* tsort: (coreutils)tsort invocation. Topological sort.
* tty: (coreutils)tty invocation. Print terminal name.
* uname: (coreutils)uname invocation. Print system information.
* unexpand: (coreutils)unexpand invocation.
Convert spaces to tabs.
* uniq: (coreutils)uniq invocation. Uniquify files.
* unlink: (coreutils)unlink invocation. Removal via unlink(2).
* users: (coreutils)users invocation. Print current user names.
* vdir: (coreutils)vdir invocation. List directories verbosely.
* wc: (coreutils)wc invocation. Line, word, and byte counts.
* who: (coreutils)who invocation. Print who is logged in.
* whoami: (coreutils)whoami invocation. Print effective user id.
* yes: (coreutils)yes invocation. Print a string indefinitely.
* Mtools: (mtools). Mtools: utilities to access DOS disks
in Unix.