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In Debian GNU/Linux, Info `dir' entries are added with the command 
`install-info'.  Please refer to install-info(8) for usage details. 
 
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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.