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| Command | Description | Package |
DOS/MAC to UNIX text file format converter |
dos2unix |
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Mac intosh file format transformer |
netatalk |
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convert a MacPaint file into a PBM image |
netpbm-progs |
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Save Mac files read from standard input |
macutils |
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Convert a series of files to a MacBinary stream |
macutils |
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Macintosh file de-archiver |
macutils |
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A package that deals with MacIntosh files on a Unix system |
macutils |
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computes fontsizes and magsteps |
tetex |
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send and receive mail |
mailx |
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Twisted sendmail compatibility script |
python-twisted |
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feed an email message into a news group |
inn |
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print the mail queue |
sendmail |
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display mail statistics |
sendmail |
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create or dump a ypserv database file |
ypserv |
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rebuild dbz files |
inn |
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create dependencies in makefiles |
xorg-x11 |
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GNU make utility to maintain groups of programs |
make |
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create devices |
MAKEDEV |
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make a debuggable executable |
xorg-x11-devel |
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Initialize or rebuild INN history database |
inn |
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a general purpose, formatter-independent index processor |
tetex |
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translate Texinfo documents |
texinfo |
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create database maps for sendmail |
sendmail |
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typeset labels in MetaPost pictures with TeX or Troff |
tetex |
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Helper script for conversion of (PDF or PostScript) text to Metapost graphics |
tetex |
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Build PostScript resource database file |
xorg-x11 |
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makes string table C source and header(s) |
xorg-x11 |
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Create the whatis database |
man |
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format a manual page in html |
man |
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Connect to a Twisted Manhole service |
python-twisted |
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format and display the on-line manual pages |
man |
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format and display the on-line manual pages |
man |
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load screen output mapping table |
kbd |
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Driver for Masterguard UPS equipment |
nut |
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Postfix master process |
postfix |
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searches for patterns in files |
star |
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get the default security context for the specified path from the file contexts configuration |
libselinux |
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change MSDOS file attribute flags |
mtools |
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an automated X11 demo repeatedly creating and solving a random maze |
xscreensaver-extras |
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tests a floppy disk, and marks the bad blocks in the FAT |
mtools |
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check the format of a Multiboot kernel |
grub |
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dump raw disk image |
mtools |
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change MSDOS directory |
mtools |
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Internal file editor of GNU Midnight Commander |
mc |
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generate magic cookies for xauth |
util-linux |
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copy MSDOS files to/from Unix |
mtools |
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Visual shell for Unix-like systems |
mc |
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Internal file viewer of GNU Midnight Commander |
mc |
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compute and check MD5 message digest |
coreutils |
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manage MD devices aka Linux Software Raid |
mdadm |
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assemble MD devices aka Linux Software Raid |
mdadm |
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convert a Microdesign .mda or .mdp file into a PBM image |
netpbm-progs |
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delete an MSDOS file mdeltree |
mtools |
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recursively delete an MSDOS directory and its contents |
mtools |
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display an MSDOS directory |
mtools |
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daemon to monitor MD multipath devices |
mdadm |
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mDNS service responder daemon |
howl |
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display the amount of space occupied by an MSDOS directory |
mtools |
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Mac intosh file format transformer |
netatalk |
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Manipulate Memo entries from a file or your Palm device |
pilot-link |
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scrolls a dump of its own RAM across the screen |
xscreensaver-extras |
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3D menger gasket fractal |
xscreensaver-gl-extras |
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Merges two or more capture files into one |
ethereal |
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three-way file merge |
rcs |
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merge one library into another |
xorg-x11 |
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control write access to your terminal |
SysVinit |
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program to list, add, remove, or edit metadata in one or more FLAC files |
flac |
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Driver for Meta System UPS equipment |
nut |
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a program to report mouse events |
gpm |
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nowin, inimf, virmf |
tetex |
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add an MSDOS filesystem to a low-level formatted floppy disk |
mtools |
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translate Metafont code to TeX code for prettyprinting |
tetex-fonts |
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smart modem getty |
mgetty |
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convert a MGR bitmap into a PBM image |
netpbm-progs |
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generate template code for extending the agent |
net-snmp-perl |
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play soundtracker etc. modules on a Unix machine |
mikmod |
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print the parameters of a MSDOS filesystem |
mtools |
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minimal getty for consoles |
mingetty |
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friendly serial communication program |
minicom |
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Draws a wobbly blob that distorts the image behind it |
xscreensaver-gl-extras |
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munches errors |
xscreensaver-extras |
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Convert a text-form dictionary into a binary-form dictionary |
Canna |
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creates a stand-alone boot floppy for the running system |
mkbootdisk |
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create summaries of font metric files in CID font directories |
xorg-x11 |
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Tool for creating a user dictionary |
Canna |
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makes a directory hierarchy |
xorg-x11 |
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make directories |
coreutils |
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create an MS-DOS file system under Linux |
dosfstools |
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create an ext2/ext3 filesystem |
e2fsprogs |
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make FIFOs (named pipes) |
coreutils |
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create an index of X font files in a directory |
xorg-x11-font-utils |
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create an index of scalable font files for X |
xorg-x11-font-utils |
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build a Linux file system |
util-linux |
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generate index files for HTML man pages |
xorg-x11-tools |
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script to process LaTeX index and glossary files |
tetex |
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creates initial ramdisk images for preloading modules |
mkinitrd |
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create an hybrid ISO9660/JOLIET/HFS filesystem with optional Rock Ridge attributes |
mkisofs |
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makes list of file names and their DOS 8+3 equivalent |
mtools |
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generate data for netid map |
ypserv |
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make block or character special files |
coreutils |
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frontend to otp2ocp(1) |
tetex |
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front end to mktextfm(1) |
tetex |
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generate new password, optionally apply it to a user |
expect |
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The create tool for the Linux ReiserFS filesystem |
reiserfs-utils |
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To compile romaji-kana conversion table |
Canna |
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set up a Linux swap area |
util-linux |
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create twisted.servers |
python-twisted |
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make temporary filename (unique) |
mktemp |
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utility for maintaining TeX format files |
tetex |
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create ls-R databases |
tetex-fonts |
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create a Metafont source file |
tetex-fonts |
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create a PK file for a font |
tetex-fonts |
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create a TFM file for a font |
tetex-fonts |
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create and merge .Xauthority files |
xorg-x11-xauth |
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Create a zisofs/RockRidge compressed file tree |
zisofs-tools |
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Utility create a zone file for isdnlog |
isdn4k-utils |
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make an MSDOS volume label |
mtools |
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make an MSDOS subdirectory |
mtools |
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mount an MSDOS disk |
mtools |
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move or rename an MSDOS file or subdirectory |
mtools |
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reference preprocessor |
groff-perl |
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generate Qt meta object support code |
qt-devel |
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program to show information about a Linux Kernel module |
module-init-tools |
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program to add and remove modules from the Linux Kernel |
module-init-tools |
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Escher's Moebuis Strip II, with ants |
xscreensaver-gl-extras |
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resize an image, blur, crop, despeckle, dither, draw on, flip, join, re-sample, and much more. |
ImageMagick |
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circular interference patterns |
xscreensaver-extras |
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draw circular interference patterns |
xscreensaver-extras |
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draws 3D moleclear structures |
xscreensaver-gl-extras |
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create a composite image by combining several separate images. The images are tiled on the composite image optionall adorned with a border, frame, image name, and more |
ImageMagick |
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file perusal filter for crt viewing |
util-linux |
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random 3D plots that look vaguely mountainous |
xscreensaver-extras |
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mount a file system |
util-linux |
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a Web browser for X11 derived from Netscape Communicator |
mozilla |
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print multiple pages per sheet on PostScript printer |
mpage |
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partition an MSDOS hard disk |
mtools |
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ATM MPOA (Multi-Protocol Over ATM) client daemon |
linux-atm |
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Compile LAM/MPI C/C++ programs |
lam |
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Compile LAM/MPI C/C++ programs |
lam |
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Run MPI programs on LAM nodes |
lam |
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Compile LAM FORTRAN programs |
lam |
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Monitor MPI message buffers under LAM |
lam |
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Run MPI programs on LAM nodes |
lam |
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Monitor MPI processes under LAM |
lam |
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MetaPost, a system for drawing pictures |
tetex |
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Report processors related statistics |
sysstat |
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extract labels in MetaPost pictures for typesetting |
tetex |
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remove an MSDOS subdirectory |
mtools |
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rename an existing MSDOS file |
mtools |
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convert an MRF image to PBM format |
netpbm-progs |
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What is MRTG |
mrtg |
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attribute matching and manipulation on message catalog |
gettext |
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combines several message catalogs |
gettext |
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compare message catalog and template |
gettext |
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match two message catalogs |
gettext |
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character set conversion for message catalog |
gettext |
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create English message catalog |
gettext |
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process translations of message catalog |
gettext |
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edit translations of message catalog |
gettext |
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compile message catalog to binary format |
gettext |
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pattern matching on message catalog |
gettext |
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initialize a message catalog |
gettext |
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merge message catalog and template |
gettext |
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uncompile message catalog from binary format |
gettext |
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unify duplicate translations in message catalog |
gettext |
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shows FAT clusters allocated to file |
mtools |
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convert mSQL programs for use with MySQL |
mysql-server |
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control magnetic tape drive operation |
mt-st |
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utilities to access DOS disks in Unix |
mtools |
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tests and displays the configuration |
mtools |
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a network diagnostic tool |
mtr |
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convert output from an MTV or PRT ray tracer into a PPM |
netpbm-progs |
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control SCSI media changer devices |
mtx |
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display contents of an MSDOS file |
mtools |
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multipath daemon |
device-mapper-multipath |
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Device mapper target autoconfig |
device-mapper-multipath |
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drive multiple xterms separately or together |
expectk |
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munching squares screen hack |
xscreensaver-extras |
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Driver for Mustek UPS equipment |
nut |
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The Mutt Mail User Agent |
mutt |
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Tool for renaming a user dictionary |
Canna |
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move (rename) files |
coreutils |
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The Motif Window Manager |
openmotif |
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MyISAM table-maintenance utility isamchk |
mysql-server |
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display contents of MyISAM log file isamlog |
mysql-server |
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generate compressed, read-only MyISAM tables pack_isam |
mysql-server |
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client for checking access privileges |
mysql |
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client for administering a MySQL server |
mysql |
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the MySQL command-line tool |
mysql |
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utility for processing binary log files |
mysql-server |
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a table maintenance and repair program |
mysql-server |
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the MySQL server |
mysql-server |
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a database backup program |
mysql |
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a database backup program |
mysql-server |
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a data import program |
mysql-server |
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default man page for mysql |
mysql-server |
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display database, table, and column information |
mysql |
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change protection mode and eject disk on Zip/Jaz drive |
mtools |
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