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Development
Autoconf- Create source code configuration scripts
Autoconf2.13- Create source code configuration scripts
CVS- Concurrent Versions System
CVS client/server- Describes the client/server protocol used by
CVS.
Flex- A fast scanner generator
Gcj-300- Ahead-of-time compiler for the Java language
(Version 3.00)
Gdbm- The GNU Database Routines.
iostream-295- The C++ input/output facility (GCC 2.95.x).
Ipc- System V interprocess communication facilities
Make- The GNU make utility.
Python2.1-api- Python/C 2.1 API Reference Manual
Python2.1-dist- Distributing Python Modules (2.1)
Python2.1-ext- Extending & Embedding Python 2.1
Python2.1-lib- Python 2.1 Library Reference
Python2.1-ref- Python 2.1 Reference Manual
Python2.1-tut- Python 2.1 Tutorial
Gettext- GNU gettext utilities.
gettextize- Prepare a package for gettext.
msgfmt- Make MO files out of PO files.
msgmerge- Update two PO files into one.
xgettext- Extract strings into a PO file.
DejaGnu- The GNU testing framework.
gmp2- GNU Multiple Precision Arithmetic Library.
M4- The GNU m4 macro preprocessor.
Pcl-cvs- Concurrent Versions System Emacs front-end
wine- The Windows Emulator.
Information
Jargon- The definitive compendium of hacker slang
(menu). The Debian menu system
Administration commands
Accounting- The GNU process accounting utilities
Stow- GNU Stow.
Xlogmaster- Quick and easy monitoring of a UNIX system
Emacs
bbdb- The insidious Big Brother Database for mail and
news.
CL- Partial Common Lisp support for Emacs Lisp.
Dired-X- Dired Extra Features.
Ediff- A visual interface for comparing and merging
programs.
Emacs- The extensible self-documenting text editor.
FLIM-en- MIME features of FLIM, a fundamental library to
process Internet Messages for GNU Emacsen.
FLIM-ja- MIME features of FLIM, a fundamental library to
process Internet Messages for GNU Emacsen.
Forms- Emacs package for editing data bases by filling in
forms.
Gnus- The newsreader Gnus.
Info- Documentation browsing system.
Ispell- Using ISPELL, an interactive spelling corrector,
inside Emacs.
Message- Mail and news composition mode that goes with
Gnus.
MH-E- Emacs interface to the MH mail system.
reftex- Support for LaTeX labels, references, and
citations with Emacs.
SC- Supercite lets you cite parts of messages you're
replying to, in flexible ways.
SEMI-en- SEMI, a MIME user interface for GNU Emacs.
SEMI-ja- SEMI, a MIME user interface for GNU Emacs.
VIP- An older VI-emulation for Emacs.
VIPER- The newest Emacs VI-emulation mode. (also, A VI Plan
for Emacs Rescue or the VI PERil.)
Widget- Documenting the "widget" package used by the Emacs
Custom facility.
Miscellaneous
cssc- The GNU work-alike replacement for SCCS.
Groff- The GNU troff document formatting system.
Rluserman- GNU Readline Library API
Mail
Exim- Exim Mail Transfer Agent
Exim-filter- Exim MTA mail filtering
Exim-overview- Exim Overview
GNU packages
Gcal- GNU calendar program.
Tcal- Run Gcal with tomorrow's date.
Txt2gcal- Calendar text to resource file.
Gcal2txt- Calendar resource to text file.
The Algorithmic Language Scheme
Scm- A Scheme language interpreter
Slib- The SLIB portable Scheme library
Programming
libjs- The JavaScript interpreter library.
js- JavaScript interpreter.
ColdSync Documentation
Conduits- Specification and Hacker's Guide.
Console utilities
Enscript- GNU Enscript
Disk Management
Fdutils- Linux floppy utilities
Editors
Jed- Programmers editor.
Math
Gnuplot- Gnuplot plotting program
Net Utilities
ulog-acctd- A Network-Accounting Daemon for Netfilter
Wget- The non-interactive network downloader.
teTeX
dvips- Translating TeX DVI files to PostScript.
Kpathsea- File lookup along search paths.
LaTeX2e- LaTeX2e help 1.6.
Web2c- TeX, Metafont and companion programs.
General Commands
Af- An advanced mail reader and composer.
Bzip2- A program and library for data compression.
dc- Arbritrary precision RPN "Desktop Calculator".
Diff- GNU diff and related utilities
Gawk- A text scanning and processing language.
Gawkinet- TCP/IP Internetworking With `gawk'.
grep- Print lines matching a pattern.
Gzip- The gzip command for compressing files.
Mgetty- Use modems for Logins, and data, fax and voice
Oleo- Oleo, the GNU spreadsheet.
Recode- Character set conversion utility.
Remsync- Synchronize remote files
Screen- Full-screen window manager.
SFS- Self-certifying file system
Tar- Making tape (or disk) archives.
Shar utilities- GNU shar utilities.
shar- Make a shell archive.
unshar- Explode a shell archive.
Ed- The `ed' command, which has the purpose of editing
text files.
Shell utilities- GNU shell utilities.
basename- Strip directory and suffix.
chroot- Specify the root directory.
date- Print/set system date and time.
dirname- Strip non-directory suffix.
echo- Print a line of text.
env- Modify the environment.
expr- Evaluate expressions.
factor- Print prime factors
false- Do nothing, unsuccessfully.
groups- Print group names a user is in.
hostid- Print numeric host identifier.
hostname- Print or set system name.
id- Print real/effective uid/gid.
logname- Print current login name.
nice- Modify scheduling priority.
nohup- Immunize to hangups.
pathchk- Check file name portability.
printenv- Print environment variables.
printf- Format and print data.
pwd- Print working directory.
seq- Print numeric sequences
sleep- Delay for a specified time.
stty- Print/change terminal settings.
su- Modify user and group id.
tee- Redirect to multiple files.
test- File/string tests.
true- Do nothing, successfully.
tty- Print terminal name.
uname- Print system information.
users- Print current user names.
who- Print who is logged in.
whoami- Print effective user id.
yes- Print a string indefinitely.
Finding Files- Listing and operating on files that match certain
criteria.
sed- Stream EDitor.
File utilities- GNU file utilities.
chgrp- Change file groups.
chown- Change file owners/groups.
chmod- Change file permissions.
cp- Copy files.
dd- Copy and convert a file.
df- Report filesystem disk usage.
dir- List directories briefly.
dircolors- Color setup for ls.
du- Report on disk usage.
install- Copy and change attributes.
ln- Make links between files.
ls- List directory contents.
mkdir- Create directories.
mkfifo- Create FIFOs (named pipes).
mknod- Create special files.
mv- Rename files.
rm- Remove files.
rmdir- Remove empty directories.
shred- Remove files more securely.
sync- Synchronize memory and disk.
touch- Change file timestamps.
vdir- List directories verbosely.
A2ps- The GNU a2ps 'anything to postscript' converter and
pretty-printer
Cpio- A program to manage archives of files.
Ogonkify- Adds composite characters to fonts and converts ps
output
Uucp- Taylor uucp -- File transport without an IP network.
cftp- Comfortable FTP.
Zile- An emacs-like editor.
Mtools- Mtools: utilities to access DOS disks in Unix.
Text utilities- GNU text utilities.
cat- Concatenate and write files.
cksum- Print POSIX CRC checksum.
comm- Compare sorted files by line.
csplit- Split by context.
cut- Print selected parts of lines.
expand- Convert tabs to spaces.
fmt- Reformat paragraph text.
fold- Wrap long input lines.
head- Output the first part of files.
join- Join lines on a common field.
md5sum- Print or check message-digests.
nl- Number lines and write files.
od- Dump files in octal, etc.
paste- Merge lines of files.
pr- Paginate or columnate files.
ptx- Produce permuted indexes.
sort- Sort text files.
split- Split into fixed-size pieces.
sum- Print traditional checksum.
tac- Reverse files.
tail- Output the last part of files.
tsort- Topological sort.
tr- Translate characters.
unexpand- Convert spaces to tabs.
uniq- Uniquify files.
wc- Byte, word, and line counts.
info standalone- Read Info documents without Emacs.
infokey- Compile Info customizations.
Texinfo- The GNU documentation format.
install-info- Update info/dir entries.
texi2dvi- Print Texinfo documents.
texindex- Sort Texinfo index files.
makeinfo- Translate Texinfo source.
Libbow- Bag-Of-Words Library
bison- GNU Project parser generator (yacc replacement).
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