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Administration

Stow: GNU Stow.

Archiving

Cpio: Copy-in-copy-out archiver to tape or disk.
Shar utilities: Shell archiver, uuencode/uudecode.

Basics

Common options: Common options.
Coreutils: Core GNU (file, text, shell) utilities.
Date input formats
Ed: The GNU line editor
File permissions: Access modes.
Finding files: Operating on files matching certain criteria.

C++ libraries

autosprintf: Support for printf format strings in C++.

Development

CVS: Concurrent Versions System
CVS client/server: Describes the client/server protocol used by CVS.

DOS

Mtools: Mtools: utilities to access DOS disks in Unix.

Emacs

BBDB: The Insidious Big Brother Database.
Emacs FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions about Emacs.
Emacs-Goodies-el: Miscellaneous add-ons for Emacs
Org Mode: Outline-based notes management and organizer
Semantic: Infrastructure for parser based text analysis.
Semantic Application Writer's guide
Semantic Grammar Framework
Semantic Language Writer's guide
Semantic User's guide
Semantic Wisent parser development
Semantic bovine parser development
Speedbar: File/Tag summarizing utility.
Speedbar: File/Tag summarizing utility.
cogre: Graphs & UML for Emacs
ede: Objects for Emacs
eieio: Objects for Emacs
maplev: Emacs major mode for Maple V
mime-en (flim): MIME library for Emacs.
mime-ja (flim): MIME library for Emacs.
planner-el: planner.el: Day planner/organizer for Emacs.
remember-el: Random information manager for Emacs

Emacs

BBDB: The Insidious Big Brother Database.
Emacs FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions about Emacs.
Semantic: Infrastructure for parser based text analysis.
Semantic Language Writer's guide
Speedbar: File/Tag summarizing utility.
Speedbar: File/Tag summarizing utility.
cogre: Graphs & UML for Emacs
ede: Objects for Emacs
maplev: Emacs major mode for Maple V
mime-en (flim): MIME library for Emacs.

General Commands

Screen: Full-screen window manager.

GNU Emacs Lisp

Emacs-w3m: An Emacs interface to w3m
Emacs-w3m-ja: An Emacs interface to w3m (Japanese)

GNU Gettext Utilities

autopoint: Copy gettext infrastructure.
envsubst: Expand environment variables.
gettextize: Prepare a package for gettext.
gettext: GNU gettext utilities.
ISO3166: ISO 3166 country codes.
ISO639: ISO 639 language codes.
msgattrib: Select part of a PO file.
msgcat: Combine several PO files.
msgcmp: Compare a PO file and template.
msgcomm: Match two PO files.
msgconv: Convert PO file to encoding.
msgen: Create an English PO file.
msgexec: Process a PO file.
msgfilter: Pipe a PO file through a filter.
msgfmt: Make MO files out of PO files.
msggrep: Select part of a PO file.
msginit: Create a fresh PO file.
msgmerge: Update a PO file from template.
msgunfmt: Uncompile MO file into PO file.
msguniq: Unify duplicates for PO file.
ngettext: Translate a message with plural.
xgettext: Extract strings into a PO file.

GNU Utilities

acct: The GNU Accounting utilities for process and login accounting
gpg: OpenPGP encryption and signing tool (v1).

Individual utilities

arch: Print machine hardware name.
base64: Base64 encode/decode data.
basename: Strip directory and suffix.
bibtex: Maintaining bibliographies.
cat: Concatenate and write files.
chcon: Change SELinux CTX of files.
chgrp: Change file groups.
chmod: Change file permissions.
chown: Change file owners/groups.
chroot: Specify the root directory.
cksum: Print POSIX CRC checksum.
comm: Compare sorted files by line.
cp: Copy files.
csplit: Split by context.
cut: Print selected parts of lines.
cvs: Concurrent Versions System
date: Print/set system date and time.
dd: Copy and convert a file.
df: Report file system disk usage.
dircolors: Color setup for ls.
dirname: Strip last file name component.
dir: List directories briefly.
du: Report on disk usage.
dvicopy: Virtual font expansion
dvitomp: DVI to MPX (MetaPost pictures).
dvitype: DVI to human-readable text.
echo: Print a line of text.
env: Modify the environment.
expand: Convert tabs to spaces.
expr: Evaluate expressions.
factor: Print prime factors
false: Do nothing, unsuccessfully.
find: Finding and acting on files.
fmt: Reformat paragraph text.
fold: Wrap long input lines.
gftodvi: Generic font proofsheets.
gftopk: Generic to packed fonts.
gftype: GF to human-readable text.
groups: Print group names a user is in.
gzip: Compress files.
head: Output the first part of files.
hostid: Print numeric host identifier.
hostname: Print or set system name.
id: Print user identity.
install: Copy and change attributes.
join: Join lines on a common field.
kill: Send a signal to processes.
link: Make hard links between files.
ln: Make links between files.
locate: Finding files in a database.
logname: Print current login name.
ls: List directory contents.
mail-files: Send files to remote site.
mailshar: Make and send a shell archive.
md5sum: Print or check MD5 digests.
mf: Creating typeface families.
mft: Prettyprinting Metafont source.
mkdir: Create directories.
mkfifo: Create FIFOs (named pipes).
mknod: Create special files.
mktemp: Create temporary files.
mltex: Multi-lingual TeX.
mpost: Creating technical diagrams.
mv: Rename files.
nice: Modify niceness.
nl: Number lines and write files.
nohup: Immunize to hangups.
nproc: Print the number of processors.
od: Dump files in octal, etc.
paste: Merge lines of files.
patgen: Creating hyphenation patterns.
pathchk: Check file name portability.
pktogf: Packed to generic fonts.
pktype: PK to human-readable text.
pltotf: Property list to TFM.
pooltype: Display WEB pool files.
printenv: Print environment variables.
printf: Format and print data.
pr: Paginate or columnate files.
ptx: Produce permuted indexes.
pwd: Print working directory.
readlink: Print referent of a symlink.
rmdir: Remove empty directories.
rm: Remove files.
runcon: Run in specified SELinux CTX.
seq: Print numeric sequences
sha1sum: Print or check SHA-1 digests.
sha2: Print or check SHA-2 digests.
shar: Make a shell archive.
shred: Remove files more securely.
shuf: Shuffling text files.
sleep: Delay for a specified time.
sort: Sort text files.
split: Split into fixed-size pieces.
stat: Report file(system) status.
stdbuf: Modify stdio buffering.
stty: Print/change terminal settings.
sum: Print traditional checksum.
su: Modify user and group ID.
sync: Synchronize memory and disk.
tac: Reverse files.
tail: Output the last part of files.
tangle: WEB to Pascal.
tee: Redirect to multiple files.
test: File/string tests.
tex: Typesetting.
tftopl: TFM -> property list.
time: Run programs and summarize system resource usage.
timeout: Run with time limit.
touch: Change file timestamps.
true: Do nothing, successfully.
truncate: Shrink/extend size of a file.
tr: Translate characters.
tsort: Topological sort.
tty: Print terminal name.
uname: Print system information.
unexpand: Convert spaces to tabs.
uniq: Uniquify files.
unlink: Removal via unlink(2).
unshar: Explode a shell archive.
updatedb: Building the locate database.
uptime: Print uptime and load.
users: Print current user names.
uudecode: Restore file from 7-bits.
uuencode: Force binary file to 7-bits.
vdir: List directories verbosely.
vftovp: Virtual font -> virtual pl.
vptovf: Virtual pl -> virtual font.
wc: Line, word, and byte counts.
weave: WEB to TeX.
whoami: Print effective user ID.
who: Print who is logged in.
xargs: Operating on many files.
yes: Print a string indefinitely.

Information

Debian menu: The Debian menu system

Internationalization and character sets

recode: Conversion between character sets and surfaces.

Kernel

grub-install: Install GRUB on your drive
grub-mkconfig: Generate GRUB configuration
grub-mkpasswd-pbkdf2
GRUB: The GRand Unified Bootloader

Libraries

History: The GNU history library API.
RLuserman: The GNU readline library User's Manual.
Readline: The GNU readline library API.

Math

bc: An arbitrary precision calculator language.
dc: Arbitrary precision RPN "Desktop Calculator".
units: Units conversion.

Miscellaneous

Ispell: Interactive spelling corrector.
Standards: GNU coding standards.
Termcap: Termcap library of the GNU system.
ipc: System V style inter process communication

Network Applications

Wget: The non-interactive network downloader.

Programming & development tools

GDBM: The GNU database manager.

Software development

g++-4.4: The GNU C++ compiler.
gcc-4.4: The GNU Compiler Collection.
gccinstall-4.4: Installing the GNU Compiler Collection.
gccint-4.4: Internals of the GNU Compiler Collection.

TeX

Kpathsea: File lookup along search paths.
TeX Directories: A directory structure for TeX files.
Web2c: TeX, Metafont, and companion programs.
afm2tfm: Making Type 1 fonts available to TeX.
DVI-to-Postscript: Translating TeX DVI files to PostScript.
dvips: DVI-to-PostScript translator.
kpsewhich: TeX file searching.
mktexfmt: Format (fmt/base/mem) generation.
mktexlsr: Update ls-R.
mktexmf: MF source generation.
mktexpk: PK bitmap generation.
mktextex: TeX source generation.
mktextfm: TeX font metric generation.

Texinfo documentation system

Info: Documentation browsing system.
Texinfo: The GNU documentation format.
install-info: Updating info/dir entries.
makeinfo: Translate Texinfo source.
texi2dvi: Printing Texinfo documentation.
texindex: Sorting Texinfo index files.

Text creation and manipulation

M4: A powerful macro processor.
grep: Print lines matching a pattern.
sed: Stream EDitor.

Utilities

Gzip: The gzip command for compressing files.
Source-highlight: Highlights contents

XEmacs Editor

Common Lisp: GNU Emacs Common Lisp emulation package.
Customizations: Customization Library.
External Widget
FAQ: XEmacs FAQ.
Internals: XEmacs Internals Manual.
Intro: Introduction to the XEmacs Editor.
Lispref: XEmacs Lisp Reference Manual.
Term mode: Emacs terminal emulator mode.
Widgets: The Emacs Widget Library.
XEmacs: XEmacs Editor.

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