File: dir, Node: Top, This is the top of the INFO tree.
This is the Info main menu (aka directory node).
A few useful Info commands:
'q' quits;
'H' lists all Info commands;
'h' starts the Info tutorial;
'mTexinfo RET' visits the Texinfo manual, etc.
* Menu:
Archiving
* Cpio: (cpio). Copy-in-copy-out archiver to tape or disk.
* Shar utilities: (sharutils). Shell archiver, uuencode/uudecode.
* Tar: (tar). Making tape (or disk) archives.
Basics
* Common options: (coreutils)Common options.
* Coreutils: (coreutils). Core GNU (file, text, shell) utilities.
* Date input formats: (coreutils)Date input formats.
* File permissions: (coreutils)File permissions.
Access modes.
* Finding files: (find). Operating on files matching certain criteria.
Compression
* Gzip: (gzip). General (de)compression of files (lzw).
Editors
* nano: (nano). Small and friendly text editor.
Emacs
* IDN Library: (libidn)Emacs API.
Emacs API for IDN functions.
Email-software
* The Mutt E-Mail Client: (mutt).
Text based mail reader
Encryption
* Nettle: (nettle). A low-level cryptographic library.
General Commands
* Screen: (screen). Full-screen window manager.
GNU Gettext Utilities
* ISO3166: (gettext)Country Codes.
ISO 3166 country codes.
* ISO639: (gettext)Language Codes.
ISO 639 language codes.
* autopoint: (gettext)autopoint Invocation.
Copy gettext infrastructure.
* envsubst: (gettext)envsubst Invocation.
Expand environment variables.
* gettext: (gettext). GNU gettext utilities.
* gettextize: (gettext)gettextize Invocation.
Prepare a package for gettext.
* 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.
* xgettext: (gettext)xgettext Invocation.
Extract strings into a PO file.
GNU Libraries
* libgomp: (libgomp). GNU Offloading and Multi Processing Runtime
Library.
GNU organization
* Maintaining Findutils: (find-maint).
Maintaining GNU findutils
* Standards: (standards). GNU coding standards.
GNU Packages
* Aspell: (aspell).
GNU Utilities
* gpg-agent: (gnupg). The secret key daemon.
* gpg2: (gnupg). OpenPGP encryption and signing tool.
* gpgsm: (gnupg). S/MIME encryption and signing tool.
* pinentry: (pinentry). Securely ask for a passphrase or PIN.
Individual utilities
* Gawk Work Flow: (gawkworkflow)Overview. Participating in 'gawk'
development.
* aclocal-invocation: (automake)aclocal Invocation.
Generating aclocal.m4.
* addr2line: (binutils)addr2line. Convert addresses to file and
line.
* ar: (binutils)ar. Create, modify, and extract
from archives.
* arch: (coreutils)arch invocation. Print machine hardware name.
* autoconf-invocation: (autoconf)autoconf Invocation.
How to create configuration
scripts
* autoheader: (autoconf)autoheader Invocation. How to create configuration
templates
* autom4te: (autoconf)autom4te Invocation. The Autoconf executables
backbone
* automake-invocation: (automake)automake Invocation.
Generating Makefile.in.
* autoreconf: (autoconf)autoreconf Invocation. Remaking multiple `configure'
scripts
* autoscan: (autoconf)autoscan Invocation. Semi-automatic `configure.ac'
writing
* autoupdate: (autoconf)autoupdate Invocation. Automatic update of
`configure.ac'
* awk: (gawk)Invoking gawk. Text scanning and processing.
* b2sum: (coreutils)b2sum invocation. Print or check BLAKE2 digests.
* base32: (coreutils)base32 invocation. Base32 encode/decode data.
* base64: (coreutils)base64 invocation. Base64 encode/decode data.
* basename: (coreutils)basename invocation. Strip directory and suffix.
* c++filt: (binutils)c++filt. Filter to demangle encoded C++
symbols.
* cat: (coreutils)cat invocation. Concatenate and write files.
* chcon: (coreutils)chcon invocation. Change SELinux CTX of files.
* chgrp: (coreutils)chgrp invocation. Change file groups.
* chmod: (coreutils)chmod invocation. Change access permissions.
* chown: (coreutils)chown invocation. Change file owners and groups.
* chroot: (coreutils)chroot invocation. Specify the root directory.
* cksum: (coreutils)cksum invocation. Print POSIX CRC checksum.
* cmp: (diffutils)Invoking cmp. Compare 2 files byte by byte.
* comm: (coreutils)comm invocation. Compare sorted files by line.
* config.status: (autoconf)config.status Invocation.
Recreating configurations.
* configure: (autoconf)configure Invocation. Configuring a package.
* cp: (coreutils)cp invocation. Copy files.
* csplit: (coreutils)csplit invocation. Split by context.
* cut: (coreutils)cut invocation. Print selected parts of lines.
* cxxfilt: (binutils)c++filt. MS-DOS name for c++filt.
* date: (coreutils)date invocation. Print/set system date and time.
* dd: (coreutils)dd invocation. Copy and convert a file.
* df: (coreutils)df invocation. Report file system disk usage.
* diff: (diffutils)Invoking diff. Compare 2 files line by line.
* diff3: (diffutils)Invoking diff3. Compare 3 files line by line.
* dir: (coreutils)dir invocation. List directories briefly.
* dircolors: (coreutils)dircolors invocation. Color setup for ls.
* dirname: (coreutils)dirname invocation. Strip last file name component.
* dlltool: (binutils)dlltool. Create files needed to build
and use DLLs.
* du: (coreutils)du invocation. Report on disk usage.
* echo: (coreutils)echo invocation. Print a line of text.
* elfedit: (binutils)elfedit. Update the ELF header of ELF
files.
* 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.
* find: (find)Invoking find. Finding and acting on files.
* 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.
* gunzip: (gzip)Overview. Decompression.
* gzexe: (gzip)Overview. Compress executables.
* 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 user identity.
* ifnames: (autoconf)ifnames Invocation. Listing conditionals in source.
* install: (coreutils)install invocation. Copy files and set 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.
* locate: (find)Invoking locate. Finding files in a database.
* logname: (coreutils)logname invocation. Print current login name.
* ls: (coreutils)ls invocation. List directory contents.
* md5sum: (coreutils)md5sum invocation. Print or check MD5 digests.
* mkdir: (coreutils)mkdir invocation. Create directories.
* mkfifo: (coreutils)mkfifo invocation. Create FIFOs (named pipes).
* mknod: (coreutils)mknod invocation. Create special files.
* mktemp: (coreutils)mktemp invocation. Create temporary files.
* mv: (coreutils)mv invocation. Rename files.
* nice: (coreutils)nice invocation. Modify niceness.
* nl: (coreutils)nl invocation. Number lines and write files.
* nlmconv: (binutils)nlmconv. Converts object code into an
NLM.
* nm: (binutils)nm. List symbols from object files.
* nohup: (coreutils)nohup invocation. Immunize to hangups.
* nproc: (coreutils)nproc invocation. Print the number of processors.
* numfmt: (coreutils)numfmt invocation. Reformat numbers.
* objcopy: (binutils)objcopy. Copy and translate object
files.
* objdump: (binutils)objdump. Display information from
object files.
* od: (coreutils)od invocation. Dump files in octal, etc.
* paste: (coreutils)paste invocation. Merge lines of files.
* patch: (diffutils)Invoking patch. Apply a patch to a file.
* 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.
* ranlib: (binutils)ranlib. Generate index to archive
contents.
* readelf: (binutils)readelf. Display the contents of ELF
format files.
* readlink: (coreutils)readlink invocation. Print referent of a symlink.
* realpath: (coreutils)realpath invocation. Print resolved file names.
* rm: (coreutils)rm invocation. Remove files.
* rmdir: (coreutils)rmdir invocation. Remove empty directories.
* runcon: (coreutils)runcon invocation. Run in specified SELinux CTX.
* sdiff: (diffutils)Invoking sdiff. Merge 2 files side-by-side.
* seq: (coreutils)seq invocation. Print numeric sequences
* sha1sum: (coreutils)sha1sum invocation. Print or check SHA-1 digests.
* sha2: (coreutils)sha2 utilities. Print or check SHA-2 digests.
* shar: (sharutils)shar Invocation. Make a shell archive.
* shred: (coreutils)shred invocation. Remove files more securely.
* shuf: (coreutils)shuf invocation. Shuffling text files.
* size: (binutils)size. List section sizes and total
size.
* sleep: (coreutils)sleep invocation. Delay for a specified time.
* sort: (coreutils)sort invocation. Sort text files.
* split: (coreutils)split invocation. Split into pieces.
* stat: (coreutils)stat invocation. Report file(system) status.
* stdbuf: (coreutils)stdbuf invocation. Modify stdio buffering.
* strings: (binutils)strings. List printable strings from
files.
* strip: (binutils)strip. Discard symbols.
* stty: (coreutils)stty invocation. Print/change terminal settings.
* sum: (coreutils)sum invocation. Print traditional checksum.
* sync: (coreutils)sync invocation. Synchronize memory to disk.
* tac: (coreutils)tac invocation. Reverse files.
* tail: (coreutils)tail invocation. Output the last part of files.
* tar: (tar)tar invocation. Invoking GNU 'tar'.
* tee: (coreutils)tee invocation. Redirect to multiple files.
* test: (coreutils)test invocation. File/string tests.
* testsuite: (autoconf)testsuite Invocation. Running an Autotest test suite.
* timeout: (coreutils)timeout invocation. Run with time limit.
* touch: (coreutils)touch invocation. Change file timestamps.
* tr: (coreutils)tr invocation. Translate characters.
* true: (coreutils)true invocation. Do nothing, successfully.
* truncate: (coreutils)truncate invocation. Shrink/extend size of a file.
* 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).
* unshar: (sharutils)unshar Invocation. Explode a shell archive.
* updatedb: (find)Invoking updatedb. Building the locate database.
* uptime: (coreutils)uptime invocation. Print uptime and load.
* users: (coreutils)users invocation. Print current user names.
* uudecode: (sharutils)uudecode Invocation. Restore file from 7-bits.
* uuencode: (sharutils)uuencode Invocation. Force binary file to 7-bits.
* 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.
* windmc: (binutils)windmc. Generator for Windows message
resources.
* windres: (binutils)windres. Manipulate Windows resources.
* xargs: (find)Invoking xargs. Operating on many files.
* yes: (coreutils)yes invocation. Print a string indefinitely.
* zcat: (gzip)Overview. Decompression to stdout.
* zdiff: (gzip)Overview. Compare compressed files.
* zforce: (gzip)Overview. Force .gz extension on files.
* zgrep: (gzip)Overview. Search compressed files.
* zmore: (gzip)Overview. Decompression output by pages.
Kernel
* grub2-dev: (grub2-dev). The GRand Unified Bootloader Dev
* grub2-install: (grub2)Invoking grub2-install.
Install GRUB on your drive
* grub2-mkconfig: (grub2)Invoking grub2-mkconfig.
Generate GRUB configuration
* grub2-mkpasswd-pbkdf2: (grub2)Invoking grub2-mkpasswd-pbkdf2.
* grub2-mkrelpath: (grub2)Invoking grub2-mkrelpath.
* grub2-mkrescue: (grub2)Invoking grub2-mkrescue.
Make a GRUB rescue image
* grub2-mount: (grub2)Invoking grub2-mount.
Mount a file system using GRUB
* grub2-probe: (grub2)Invoking grub2-probe.
Probe device information
* grub2-script-check: (grub2)Invoking grub2-script-check.
* GRUB2: (grub2). The GRand Unified Bootloader
Libraries
* History: (history). The GNU history library API.
* RLuserman: (rluserman). The GNU readline library User's Manual.
Localization
* idn: (libidn)Invoking idn. Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) string
conversion.
Network applications
* Wget: (wget). Non-interactive network downloader.
* awkinet: (gawkinet). TCP/IP Internetworking With 'gawk'.
Programming & development tools
* gdbm: (gdbm). The GNU Database.
Software development
* As: (as). The GNU assembler.
* Autoconf: (autoconf). Create source code configuration scripts.
* Automake: (automake). Making GNU standards-compliant Makefiles.
* Bfd: (bfd). The Binary File Descriptor library.
* Binutils: (binutils). The GNU binary utilities.
* Cpp: (cpp). The GNU C preprocessor.
* Cpplib: (cppinternals). Cpplib internals.
* Gas: (as). The GNU assembler.
* Ld: (ld). The GNU linker.
* Make: (make). The GNU make utility.
* annobin: (annobin). Annotating a compiled program
* g++: (gcc). The GNU C++ compiler.
* gcc: (gcc). The GNU Compiler Collection.
* gccinstall: (gccinstall). Installing the GNU Compiler Collection.
* gccint: (gccint). Internals of the GNU Compiler Collection.
* gcov: (gcc) Gcov. 'gcov'--a test coverage program.
* gcov-dump: (gcc) Gcov-dump. 'gcov-dump'--an offline gcda and gcno profile
dump tool.
* gcov-tool: (gcc) Gcov-tool. 'gcov-tool'--an offline gcda profile
processing program.
* gprof: (gprof). Profiling your program's execution
Software libraries
* libidn: (libidn). Internationalized string processing library.
System administration
* Which: (which). Show full path of commands.
* parted: (parted). GNU partitioning software
Miscellaneous
* bash: (bash). The Bourne Again Shell.
* bc: (bc). The GNU calculator language.
* dc: (dc). The GNU RPN calculator.
Texinfo documentation system
* info stand-alone: (info-stnd).
Read Info documents without Emacs.
Text creation and manipulation
* Diffutils: (diffutils). Comparing and merging files.
* Gawk: (gawk). A text scanning and processing language.
* Gawk Work Flow: (gawkworkflow).
Participating in 'gawk' development.
* M4: (m4). A powerful macro processor.
* grep: (grep). Print lines matching a pattern.
* sed: (sed). Stream EDitor.
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