Changeset 3ed279f for chapter06


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  • chapter06/autoconf.xml

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    5757
    58 <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
     58<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short descriptions</bridgehead>
     59<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
    5960
    6061<varlistentry id="autoconf">
    6162<term><command>autoconf</command></term>
    6263<listitem>
    63 <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoconf"><primary sortas="b-autoconf">autoconf</primary></indexterm>
    6464<para>is a tool for producing shell scripts that automatically
    6565configure software source code packages to adapt to many kinds of
    6666Unix-like systems. The configuration scripts it produces are
    6767independent -- running them does not require the autoconf program.</para>
     68<indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoconf"><primary sortas="b-autoconf">autoconf</primary></indexterm>
    6869</listitem>
    6970</varlistentry>
     
    7273<term><command>autoheader</command> </term>
    7374<listitem>
    74 <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoheader"><primary sortas="b-autoheader">autoheader</primary></indexterm>
    7575<para>a tool for creating template files of C
    7676<emphasis>#define</emphasis> statements for configure to use.</para>
     77<indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoheader"><primary sortas="b-autoheader">autoheader</primary></indexterm>
    7778</listitem>
    7879</varlistentry>
     
    8182<term><command>autom4te</command></term>
    8283<listitem>
     84<para>a wrapper for the M4 macro processor.</para>
    8385<indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autom4te"><primary sortas="b-autom4te">autom4te</primary></indexterm>
    84 <para>a wrapper for the M4 macro processor.</para>
    8586</listitem>
    8687</varlistentry>
     
    8990<term><command>autoreconf</command></term>
    9091<listitem>
    91 <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoreconf"><primary sortas="b-autoreconf">autoreconf</primary></indexterm>
    9292<para>automatically runs <command>autoconf</command>,
    9393<command>autoheader</command>, <command>aclocal</command>,
     
    9595<command>libtoolize</command> in the correct order to save you time
    9696when changes are made to autoconf and automake template files.</para>
     97<indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoreconf"><primary sortas="b-autoreconf">autoreconf</primary></indexterm>
    9798</listitem>
    9899</varlistentry>
     
    101102<term><command>autoscan</command> </term>
    102103<listitem>
    103 <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoscan"><primary sortas="b-autoscan">autoscan</primary></indexterm>
    104104<para>helps to create a <filename>configure.in</filename> file for a
    105105software package. It examines the source files in a directory tree,
     
    108108preliminary <filename>configure.in</filename> file for the
    109109package.</para>
     110<indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoscan"><primary sortas="b-autoscan">autoscan</primary></indexterm>
    110111</listitem>
    111112</varlistentry>
     
    114115<term><command>autoupdate</command></term>
    115116<listitem>
    116 <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoupdate"><primary sortas="b-autoupdate">autoupdate</primary></indexterm>
    117117<para>modifies a <filename>configure.in</filename> file that still
    118118calls autoconf macros by their old names to use the current macro
    119119names.</para>
     120<indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoupdate"><primary sortas="b-autoupdate">autoupdate</primary></indexterm>
    120121</listitem>
    121122</varlistentry>
     
    124125<term><command>ifnames</command> </term>
    125126<listitem>
    126 <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf ifnames"><primary sortas="b-ifnames">ifnames</primary></indexterm>
    127127<para>is helpful when writing a <filename>configure.in</filename> file
    128128for a software package. It prints the identifiers that the package
     
    132132gaps in a <filename>configure.in</filename> file generated by
    133133autoscan.</para>
     134<indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf ifnames"><primary sortas="b-ifnames">ifnames</primary></indexterm>
    134135</listitem>
    135136</varlistentry>
  • chapter06/automake.xml

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    5757</segmentedlist>
    5858
    59 <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
     59<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short descriptions</bridgehead>
     60<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
    6061
    6162<varlistentry id="acinstall">
    6263<term><command>acinstall</command></term>
    6364<listitem>
     65<para>a script that installs aclocal-style M4 files.</para>
    6466<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake acinstall"><primary sortas="b-acinstall">acinstall</primary></indexterm>
    65 <para>a script that installs aclocal-style M4 files.</para>
    6667</listitem>
    6768</varlistentry>
     
    7071<term><command>aclocal</command></term>
    7172<listitem>
    72 <indexterm zone="ch-system-automake aclocal"><primary sortas="b-aclocal">aclocal</primary></indexterm>
    7373<para>generates <filename>aclocal.m4</filename>
    7474files based on the contents of <filename>configure.in</filename> files.</para>
     75<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake aclocal"><primary sortas="b-aclocal">aclocal</primary></indexterm>
    7576</listitem>
    7677</varlistentry>
     
    7980<term><command>automake</command></term>
    8081<listitem>
    81 <indexterm zone="ch-system-automake automake"><primary sortas="b-automake">automake</primary></indexterm>
    8282<para>a tool for automatically generating
    8383<filename>Makefile.in</filename> files from
     
    8888appropriate <filename>Makefile.am</filename> file and generate the
    8989corresponding <filename>Makefile.in</filename> file.</para>
     90<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake automake"><primary sortas="b-automake">automake</primary></indexterm>
    9091</listitem>
    9192</varlistentry>
     
    9495<term><command>compile</command></term>
    9596<listitem>
     97<para>a wrapper for compilers.</para>
    9698<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake compile"><primary sortas="b-compile">compile</primary></indexterm>
    97 <para>a wrapper for compilers.</para>
    9899</listitem>
    99100</varlistentry>
     
    102103<term><command>config.guess</command> </term>
    103104<listitem>
    104 <indexterm zone="ch-system-automake config.guess"><primary sortas="b-config.guess">config.guess</primary></indexterm>
    105105<para>a script that attempts to guess
    106106the canonical triplet for the given build, host, or target architecture.</para>
     107<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake config.guess"><primary sortas="b-config.guess">config.guess</primary></indexterm>
    107108</listitem>
    108109</varlistentry>
     
    111112<term><command>config.sub</command></term>
    112113<listitem>
     114<para>a configuration validation subroutine script.</para>
    113115<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake config.su"><primary sortas="b-config.su">config.su</primary></indexterm>
    114 <para>a configuration validation subroutine script.</para>
    115116</listitem>
    116117</varlistentry>
     
    119120<term><command>depcomp</command></term>
    120121<listitem>
    121 <indexterm zone="ch-system-automake depcomp"><primary sortas="b-depcomp">depcomp</primary></indexterm>
    122122<para>a script for compiling a program so that dependency information
    123123is generated in addition to the desired output.</para>
     124<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake depcomp"><primary sortas="b-depcomp">depcomp</primary></indexterm>
    124125</listitem>
    125126</varlistentry>
     
    128129<term><command>elisp-comp</command></term>
    129130<listitem>
     131<para>byte-compiles Emacs Lisp code.</para>
    130132<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake elisp-comp"><primary sortas="b-elisp-comp">elisp-comp</primary></indexterm>
    131 <para>byte-compiles Emacs Lisp code.</para>
    132133</listitem>
    133134</varlistentry>
     
    136137<term><command>install-sh</command></term>
    137138<listitem>
     139<para>a script that installs a program, a script, or a data file.</para>
    138140<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake install-sh"><primary sortas="b-install-sh">install-sh</primary></indexterm>
    139 <para>a script that installs a program, a script, or a data file.</para>
    140141</listitem>
    141142</varlistentry>
     
    144145<term><command>mdate-sh</command></term>
    145146<listitem>
     147<para>a script that prints the modification time of a file or directory.</para>
    146148<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake mdate-sh"><primary sortas="b-mdate-sh">mdate-sh</primary></indexterm>
    147 <para>a script that prints the modification time of a file or directory.</para>
    148149</listitem>
    149150</varlistentry>
     
    152153<term><command>missing</command></term>
    153154<listitem>
    154 <indexterm zone="ch-system-automake missing"><primary sortas="b-missing">missing</primary></indexterm>
    155155<para>a script acting as a common stub for missing GNU programs during
    156156an installation.</para>
     157<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake missing"><primary sortas="b-missing">missing</primary></indexterm>
    157158</listitem>
    158159</varlistentry>
     
    161162<term><command>mkinstalldirs</command></term>
    162163<listitem>
     164<para>a script that creates a directory tree.</para>
    163165<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake mkinstalldirs"><primary sortas="b-mkinstalldirs">mkinstalldirs</primary></indexterm>
    164 <para>a script that creates a directory tree.</para>
    165166</listitem>
    166167</varlistentry>
     
    169170<term><command>py-compile</command></term>
    170171<listitem>
     172<para>compiles a Python program.</para>
    171173<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake py-compile"><primary sortas="b-py-compile">py-compile</primary></indexterm>
    172 <para>compiles a Python program.</para>
    173174</listitem>
    174175</varlistentry>
     
    177178<term><command>symlink-tree</command></term>
    178179<listitem>
     180<para>a script to create a symlink tree of a directory tree.</para>
    179181<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake symlink-tree"><primary sortas="b-symlink-tree">symlink-tree</primary></indexterm>
    180 <para>a script to create a symlink tree of a directory tree.</para>
    181182</listitem>
    182183</varlistentry>
     
    185186<term><command>ylwrap</command></term>
    186187<listitem>
     188<para>a wrapper for <command>lex</command> and <command>yacc</command>.</para>
    187189<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake ylwrap"><primary sortas="b-ylwrap">ylwrap</primary></indexterm>
    188 <para>a wrapper for <command>lex</command> and <command>yacc</command>.</para>
    189190</listitem>
    190191</varlistentry>
  • chapter06/bash.xml

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    7070
    71 <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
     71<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short descriptions</bridgehead>
     72<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
    7273
    7374<varlistentry id="bash">
    7475<term><command>bash</command></term>
    7576<listitem>
    76 <indexterm zone="ch-system-bash bash"><primary sortas="b-bash">bash</primary></indexterm>
    7777<para>a widely-used command interpreter. It performs many types of
    7878expansions and substitutions on a given command line before executing
    7979it, thus making this interpreter a powerful tool.</para>
     80<indexterm zone="ch-system-bash bash"><primary sortas="b-bash">bash</primary></indexterm>
    8081</listitem>
    8182</varlistentry>
     
    8485<term><command>bashbug</command></term>
    8586<listitem>
    86 <indexterm zone="ch-system-bash bashbug"><primary sortas="b-bashbug">bashbug</primary></indexterm>
    8787<para>a shell script to help the user compose and mail bug reports
    8888concerning <command>bash</command> in a standard format.</para>
     89<indexterm zone="ch-system-bash bashbug"><primary sortas="b-bashbug">bashbug</primary></indexterm>
    8990</listitem>
    9091</varlistentry>
     
    9394<term><command>sh</command></term>
    9495<listitem>
    95 <indexterm zone="ch-system-bash sh"><primary sortas="b-sh">sh</primary></indexterm>
    9696<para>a symlink to the bash program. When invoked
    9797as <command>sh</command>, <command>bash</command> tries to mimic the
    9898startup behavior of historical versions of <command>sh</command> as
    9999closely as possible, while conforming to the POSIX standard as well.</para>
     100<indexterm zone="ch-system-bash sh"><primary sortas="b-sh">sh</primary></indexterm>
    100101</listitem>
    101102</varlistentry>
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    107107
    108 <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
     108<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short descriptions</bridgehead>
     109<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
    109110
    110111<varlistentry id="addr2line">
    111112<term><command>addr2line</command></term>
    112113<listitem>
    113 <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils addr2line"><primary sortas="b-addr2line">addr2line</primary></indexterm>
    114114<para>translates program addresses to file names and line numbers.
    115115Given an address and the name of an executable, it uses the debugging
    116116information in the executable to determine which source file and line
    117117number are associated with the address.</para>
     118<indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils addr2line"><primary sortas="b-addr2line">addr2line</primary></indexterm>
    118119</listitem>
    119120</varlistentry>
     
    122123<term><command>ar</command></term>
    123124<listitem>
    124 <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils ar"><primary sortas="b-ar">ar</primary></indexterm>
    125125<para>creates, modifies, and extracts from archives. An archive is a
    126126single file holding a collection of other files in a structure that
    127127makes it possible to retrieve the original individual files (called
    128128members of the archive).</para>
     129<indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils ar"><primary sortas="b-ar">ar</primary></indexterm>
    129130</listitem>
    130131</varlistentry>
     
    133134<term><command>as</command></term>
    134135<listitem>
    135 <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils as"><primary sortas="b-as">as</primary></indexterm>
    136136<para>an assembler. It assembles the output of gcc into object
    137137files.</para>
     138<indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils as"><primary sortas="b-as">as</primary></indexterm>
    138139</listitem>
    139140</varlistentry>
     
    142143<term><command>c++filt</command></term>
    143144<listitem>
    144 <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils c-filt"><primary sortas="b-c++filt">c++filt</primary></indexterm>
    145145<para>used by the linker to de-mangle C++ and Java symbols and to keep
    146146overloaded functions from clashing.</para>
     147<indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils c-filt"><primary sortas="b-c++filt">c++filt</primary></indexterm>
    147148</listitem>
    148149</varlistentry>
     
    151152<term><command>gprof</command></term>
    152153<listitem>
     154<para>displays call graph profile data.</para>
    153155<indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils gprof"><primary sortas="b-gprof">gprof</primary></indexterm>
    154 <para>displays call graph profile data.</para>
    155156</listitem>
    156157</varlistentry>
     
    159160<term><command>ld</command></term>
    160161<listitem>
    161 <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils ld"><primary sortas="b-ld">ld</primary></indexterm>
    162162<para>a linker. It combines a number of object and archive files into a single file,
    163163relocating their data and tying up symbol references.</para>
     164<indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils ld"><primary sortas="b-ld">ld</primary></indexterm>
    164165</listitem>
    165166</varlistentry>
     
    168169<term><command>nm</command></term>
    169170<listitem>
     171<para>lists the symbols occurring in a given object file.</para>
    170172<indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils nm"><primary sortas="b-nm">nm</primary></indexterm>
    171 <para>lists the symbols occurring in a given object file.</para>
    172173</listitem>
    173174</varlistentry>
     
    176177<term><command>objcopy</command></term>
    177178<listitem>
     179<para>used to translate one type of object file into another.</para>
    178180<indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils objcopy"><primary sortas="b-objcopy">objcopy</primary></indexterm>
    179 <para>used to translate one type of object file into another.</para>
    180181</listitem>
    181182</varlistentry>
     
    184185<term><command>objdump</command></term>
    185186<listitem>
    186 <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils objdump"><primary sortas="b-objdump">objdump</primary></indexterm>
    187187<para>displays information about the given object file, with options
    188188controlling the particular information to display. The information
    189189shown is useful to programmers who are working on the compilation
    190190tools.</para>
     191<indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils objdump"><primary sortas="b-objdump">objdump</primary></indexterm>
    191192</listitem>
    192193</varlistentry>
     
    195196<term><command>ranlib</command></term>
    196197<listitem>
    197 <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils ranlib"><primary sortas="b-ranlib">ranlib</primary></indexterm>
    198198<para>generates an index of the contents of an archive and stores it
    199199in the archive. The index lists all of the symbols defined by archive
    200200members that are relocatable object files.</para>
     201<indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils ranlib"><primary sortas="b-ranlib">ranlib</primary></indexterm>
    201202</listitem>
    202203</varlistentry>
     
    205206<term><command>readelf</command></term>
    206207<listitem>
     208<para>displays information about ELF type binaries.</para>
    207209<indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils readelf"><primary sortas="b-readelf">readelf</primary></indexterm>
    208 <para>displays information about ELF type binaries.</para>
    209210</listitem>
    210211</varlistentry>
     
    213214<term><command>size</command></term>
    214215<listitem>
     216<para>lists the section sizes and the total size for the given object files.</para>
    215217<indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils size"><primary sortas="b-size">size</primary></indexterm>
    216 <para>lists the section sizes and the total size for the given object files.</para>
    217218</listitem>
    218219</varlistentry>
     
    221222<term><command>strings</command></term>
    222223<listitem>
    223 <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils strings"><primary sortas="b-strings">strings</primary></indexterm>
    224224<para>outputs, for each given file, the sequences of printable
    225225characters that are of at least the specified length (defaulting to
     
    227227the initializing and loading sections. For other types of files, it
    228228scans the whole file.</para>
     229<indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils strings"><primary sortas="b-strings">strings</primary></indexterm>
    229230</listitem>
    230231</varlistentry>
     
    233234<term><command>strip</command></term>
    234235<listitem>
     236<para>discards symbols from object files.</para>
    235237<indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils strip"><primary sortas="b-strip">strip</primary></indexterm>
    236 <para>discards symbols from object files.</para>
    237238</listitem>
    238239</varlistentry>
     
    241242<term><filename class="libraryfile">libiberty</filename></term>
    242243<listitem>
    243 <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils libiberty"><primary sortas="c-libiberty">libiberty</primary></indexterm>
    244244<para>contains routines used by various GNU programs, including
    245245<command>getopt</command>, <command>obstack</command>,
    246246<command>strerror</command>, <command>strtol</command> and
    247247<command>strtoul</command>.</para>
     248<indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils libiberty"><primary sortas="c-libiberty">libiberty</primary></indexterm>
    248249</listitem>
    249250</varlistentry>
     
    252253<term><filename class="libraryfile">libbfd</filename></term>
    253254<listitem>
     255<para>the Binary File Descriptor library.</para>
    254256<indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils libbfd"><primary sortas="c-libbfd">libbfd</primary></indexterm>
    255 <para>the Binary File Descriptor library.</para>
    256257</listitem>
    257258</varlistentry>
     
    260261<term><filename class="libraryfile">libopcodes</filename></term>
    261262<listitem>
    262 <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils libopcodes"><primary sortas="c-libopcodes">libopcodes</primary></indexterm>
    263263<para>a library for dealing with opcodes.
    264264It is used for building utilities like <command>objdump</command>. Opcodes are the <quote>readable
    265265text</quote> versions of instructions for the processor.</para>
     266<indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils libopcodes"><primary sortas="c-libopcodes">libopcodes</primary></indexterm>
    266267</listitem>
    267268</varlistentry>
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    5656
    57 <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
     57<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short descriptions</bridgehead>
     58<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
    5859
    5960<varlistentry id="bison">
    6061<term><command>bison</command></term>
    6162<listitem>
    62 <indexterm zone="ch-system-bison bison"><primary sortas="b-bison">bison</primary></indexterm>
    6363<para>generates, from a series of rules, a program for analyzing the
    6464structure of text files.  <application>Bison</application> is a
    6565replacement for <application>Yacc</application> (Yet Another Compiler
    6666Compiler).</para>
     67<indexterm zone="ch-system-bison bison"><primary sortas="b-bison">bison</primary></indexterm>
    6768</listitem>
    6869</varlistentry>
     
    7172<term><command>yacc</command></term>
    7273<listitem>
    73 <indexterm zone="ch-system-bison yacc"><primary sortas="b-yacc">yacc</primary></indexterm>
    7474<para>a wrapper for <command>bison</command>, meant for programs
    7575that still call <command>yacc</command> instead of <command>bison</command>.
    7676It calls <command>bison</command> with the <parameter>-y</parameter> option.</para>
     77<indexterm zone="ch-system-bison yacc"><primary sortas="b-yacc">yacc</primary></indexterm>
    7778</listitem>
    7879</varlistentry>
     
    8182<term><filename class="libraryfile">liby.a</filename></term>
    8283<listitem>
    83 <indexterm zone="ch-system-bison liby.a"><primary sortas="c-liby.a">liby.a</primary></indexterm>
    8484<para>the Yacc library containing implementations of Yacc-compatible
    8585<emphasis>yyerror</emphasis> and <emphasis>main</emphasis> functions.
    8686This library is normally not very useful, but POSIX requires
    8787it.</para>
     88<indexterm zone="ch-system-bison liby.a"><primary sortas="c-liby.a">liby.a</primary></indexterm>
    8889</listitem>
    8990</varlistentry>
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    80 <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
     80<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short descriptions</bridgehead>
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    8182
    8283<varlistentry id="bunzip2">
    8384<term><command>bunzip2</command></term>
    8485<listitem>
     86<para>decompresses bzipped files.</para>
    8587<indexterm zone="ch-system-bzip2 bunzip2"><primary sortas="b-bunzip2">bunzip2</primary></indexterm>
    86 <para>decompresses bzipped files.</para>
    8788</listitem>
    8889</varlistentry>
     
    9192<term><command>bzcat</command></term>
    9293<listitem>
     94<para>decompresses to standard output.</para>
    9395<indexterm zone="ch-system-bzip2 bzcat"><primary sortas="b-bzcat">bzcat</primary></indexterm>
    94 <para>decompresses to standard output.</para>
    9596</listitem>
    9697</varlistentry>
     
    99100<term><command>bzcmp</command></term>
    100101<listitem>
     102<para>runs <command>cmp</command> on bzipped files.</para>
    101103<indexterm zone="ch-system-bzip2 bzcmp"><primary sortas="b-bzcmp">bzcmp</primary></indexterm>
    102 <para>runs <command>cmp</command> on bzipped files.</para>
    103104</listitem>
    104105</varlistentry>
     
    107108<term><command>bzdiff</command></term>
    108109<listitem>
     110<para>runs <command>diff</command> on bzipped files.</para>
    109111<indexterm zone="ch-system-bzip2 bzdiff"><primary sortas="b-bzdiff">bzdiff</primary></indexterm>
    110 <para>runs <command>diff</command> on bzipped files.</para>
    111112</listitem>
    112113</varlistentry>
     
    115116<term><command>bzgrep</command></term>
    116117<listitem>
     118<para>runs <command>grep</command> on bzipped files.</para>
    117119<indexterm zone="ch-system-bzip2 bzgrep"><primary sortas="b-bzgrep">bzgrep</primary></indexterm>
    118 <para>runs <command>grep</command> on bzipped files.</para>
    119120</listitem>
    120121</varlistentry>
     
    123124<term><command>bzegrep</command></term>
    124125<listitem>
     126<para>runs <command>egrep</command> on bzipped files.</para>
    125127<indexterm zone="ch-system-bzip2 bzegrep"><primary sortas="b-bzegrep">bzegrep</primary></indexterm>
    126 <para>runs <command>egrep</command> on bzipped files.</para>
    127128</listitem>
    128129</varlistentry>
     
    131132<term><command>bzfgrep</command></term>
    132133<listitem>
     134<para>runs <command>fgrep</command> on bzipped files.</para>
    133135<indexterm zone="ch-system-bzip2 bzfgrep"><primary sortas="b-bzfgrep">bzfgrep</primary></indexterm>
    134 <para>runs <command>fgrep</command> on bzipped files.</para>
    135136</listitem>
    136137</varlistentry>
     
    139140<term><command>bzip2</command></term>
    140141<listitem>
    141 <indexterm zone="ch-system-bzip2 bzip2"><primary sortas="b-bzip2">bzip2</primary></indexterm>
    142142<para>compresses files using the Burrows-Wheeler block sorting text
    143143compression algorithm with Huffman coding. The compression rate is
    144144better than that achieved by more conventional compressors using
    145145LZ77/LZ78, like <command>gzip</command>.</para>
     146<indexterm zone="ch-system-bzip2 bzip2"><primary sortas="b-bzip2">bzip2</primary></indexterm>
    146147</listitem>
    147148</varlistentry>
     
    150151<term><command>bzip2recover</command></term>
    151152<listitem>
     153<para>tries to recover data from damaged bzipped files.</para>
    152154<indexterm zone="ch-system-bzip2 bzip2recover"><primary sortas="b-bzip2recover">bzip2recover</primary></indexterm>
    153 <para>tries to recover data from damaged bzipped files.</para>
    154155</listitem>
    155156</varlistentry>
     
    158159<term><command>bzless</command></term>
    159160<listitem>
     161<para>runs <command>less</command> on bzipped files.</para>
    160162<indexterm zone="ch-system-bzip2 bzless"><primary sortas="b-bzless">bzless</primary></indexterm>
    161 <para>runs <command>less</command> on bzipped files.</para>
    162163</listitem>
    163164</varlistentry>
     
    166167<term><command>bzmore</command></term>
    167168<listitem>
     169<para>runs <command>more</command> on bzipped files.</para>
    168170<indexterm zone="ch-system-bzip2 bzmore"><primary sortas="b-bzmore">bzmore</primary></indexterm>
    169 <para>runs <command>more</command> on bzipped files.</para>
    170171</listitem>
    171172</varlistentry>
     
    174175<term><filename class="libraryfile">libbz2*</filename></term>
    175176<listitem>
    176 <indexterm zone="ch-system-bzip2 libbz2"><primary sortas="c-libbz2*">libbz2*</primary></indexterm>
    177177<para>the library implementing lossless, block-sorting data
    178178compression, using the Burrows-Wheeler algorithm.</para>
     179<indexterm zone="ch-system-bzip2 libbz2"><primary sortas="c-libbz2*">libbz2*</primary></indexterm>
    179180</listitem>
    180181</varlistentry>
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    111111</segmentedlist>
    112112
    113 <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
     113<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short descriptions</bridgehead>
     114<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
    114115
    115116<varlistentry id="basename">
    116117<term><command>basename</command></term>
    117118<listitem>
     119<para>strips any path and a given suffix from a given file name.</para>
    118120<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils basename"><primary sortas="b-basename">basename</primary></indexterm>
    119 <para>strips any path and a given suffix from a given file name.</para>
    120121</listitem>
    121122</varlistentry>
     
    124125<term><command>cat</command></term>
    125126<listitem>
     127<para>concatenates files to standard output.</para>
    126128<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils cat"><primary sortas="b-cat">cat</primary></indexterm>
    127 <para>concatenates files to standard output.</para>
    128129</listitem>
    129130</varlistentry>
     
    132133<term><command>chgrp</command></term>
    133134<listitem>
    134 <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils chgrp"><primary sortas="b-chgrp">chgrp</primary></indexterm>
    135135<para>changes the group ownership of each given file to the given
    136136group. The group can either be either given a name or a numeric
    137137ID.</para>
     138<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils chgrp"><primary sortas="b-chgrp">chgrp</primary></indexterm>
    138139</listitem>
    139140</varlistentry>
     
    142143<term><command>chmod</command></term>
    143144<listitem>
    144 <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils chmod"><primary sortas="b-chmod">chmod</primary></indexterm>
    145145<para>changes the permissions of each file to the given mode. The mode
    146146can be either a symbolic representation of the changes to make or an
    147147octal number representing the new permissions.</para>
     148<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils chmod"><primary sortas="b-chmod">chmod</primary></indexterm>
    148149</listitem>
    149150</varlistentry>
     
    152153<term><command>chown</command></term>
    153154<listitem>
    154 <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils chown"><primary sortas="b-chown">chown</primary></indexterm>
    155155<para>changes the user and/or group ownership of
    156156each given file to the given user/group pair.</para>
     157<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils chown"><primary sortas="b-chown">chown</primary></indexterm>
    157158</listitem>
    158159</varlistentry>
     
    161162<term><command>chroot</command></term>
    162163<listitem>
    163 <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils chroot"><primary sortas="b-chroot">chroot</primary></indexterm>
    164164<para>runs a given command with the specified directory as the
    165165<filename class="directory">/</filename> directory. The given command can be an interactive shell.
    166166On most systems only <emphasis>root</emphasis> can do this.</para>
     167<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils chroot"><primary sortas="b-chroot">chroot</primary></indexterm>
    167168</listitem>
    168169</varlistentry>
     
    171172<term><command>cksum</command></term>
    172173<listitem>
    173 <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils cksum"><primary sortas="b-cksum">cksum</primary></indexterm>
    174174<para>prints the Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) checksum and the byte
    175175counts of each specified file.</para>
     176<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils cksum"><primary sortas="b-cksum">cksum</primary></indexterm>
    176177</listitem>
    177178</varlistentry>
     
    180181<term><command>comm</command></term>
    181182<listitem>
    182 <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils comm"><primary sortas="b-comm">comm</primary></indexterm>
    183183<para>compares two sorted files, outputting in three columns the lines
    184184that are unique and the lines that are common.</para>
     185<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils comm"><primary sortas="b-comm">comm</primary></indexterm>
    185186</listitem>
    186187</varlistentry>
     
    189190<term><command>cp</command></term>
    190191<listitem>
     192<para>copies files.</para>
    191193<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils cp"><primary sortas="b-cp">cp</primary></indexterm>
    192 <para>copies files.</para>
    193194</listitem>
    194195</varlistentry>
     
    197198<term><command>csplit</command></term>
    198199<listitem>
    199 <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils csplit"><primary sortas="b-csplit">csplit</primary></indexterm>
    200200<para>splits a given file into several new files, separating them
    201201according to given patterns or line numbers and outputting the byte
    202202count of each new file.</para>
     203<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils csplit"><primary sortas="b-csplit">csplit</primary></indexterm>
    203204</listitem>
    204205</varlistentry>
     
    207208<term><command>cut</command></term>
    208209<listitem>
    209 <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils cut"><primary sortas="b-cut">cut</primary></indexterm>
    210210<para>prints sections of lines, selecting the parts according to given
    211211fields or positions.</para>
     212<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils cut"><primary sortas="b-cut">cut</primary></indexterm>
    212213</listitem>
    213214</varlistentry>
     
    216217<term><command>date</command></term>
    217218<listitem>
    218 <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils date"><primary sortas="b-date">date</primary></indexterm>
    219219<para>displays the current time in the given format, or sets the
    220220system date.</para>
     221<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils date"><primary sortas="b-date">date</primary></indexterm>
    221222</listitem>
    222223</varlistentry>
     
    225226<term><command>dd</command> </term>
    226227<listitem>
    227 <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils dd"><primary sortas="b-dd">dd</primary></indexterm>
    228228<para>copies a file using the given block size and count, while
    229229optionally performing conversions on it.</para>
     230<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils dd"><primary sortas="b-dd">dd</primary></indexterm>
    230231</listitem>
    231232</varlistentry>
     
    234235<term><command>df</command></term>
    235236<listitem>
    236 <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils df"><primary sortas="b-df">df</primary></indexterm>
    237237<para>reports the amount of disk space available (and used) on all
    238238mounted file systems, or only on the file systems holding the selected
    239239files.</para>
     240<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils df"><primary sortas="b-df">df</primary></indexterm>
    240241</listitem>
    241242</varlistentry>
     
    244245<term><command>dir</command></term>
    245246<listitem>
    246 <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils dir"><primary sortas="b-dir">dir</primary></indexterm>
    247247<para>lists the contents of each given directory. (the same as
    248248the <command>ls</command> command).</para>
     249<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils dir"><primary sortas="b-dir">dir</primary></indexterm>
    249250</listitem>
    250251</varlistentry>
     
    253254<term><command>dircolors</command></term>
    254255<listitem>
    255 <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils dircolors"><primary sortas="b-dircolors">dircolors</primary></indexterm>
    256256<para>outputs commands to set the <emphasis>LS_COLOR</emphasis>
    257257environment variable to change the color scheme used by
    258258<command>ls</command>.</para>
     259<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils dircolors"><primary sortas="b-dircolors">dircolors</primary></indexterm>
    259260</listitem>
    260261</varlistentry>
     
    263264<term><command>dirname</command></term>
    264265<listitem>
     266<para>strips the non-directory suffix from a file name.</para>
    265267<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils dirname"><primary sortas="b-dirname">dirname</primary></indexterm>
    266 <para>strips the non-directory suffix from a file name.</para>
    267268</listitem>
    268269</varlistentry>
     
    271272<term><command>du</command></term>
    272273<listitem>
    273 <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils du"><primary sortas="b-du">du</primary></indexterm>
    274274<para>reports the amount of disk space used by the current directory,
    275275by each of the given directories (including all subdirectories), or by
    276276each of the given files.</para>
     277<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils du"><primary sortas="b-du">du</primary></indexterm>
    277278</listitem>
    278279</varlistentry>
     
    281282<term><command>echo</command></term>
    282283<listitem>
     284<para>displays the given strings.</para>
    283285<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils echo"><primary sortas="b-echo">echo</primary></indexterm>
    284 <para>displays the given strings.</para>
    285286</listitem>
    286287</varlistentry>
     
    289290<term><command>env</command></term>
    290291<listitem>
     292<para>runs a command in a modified environment.</para>
    291293<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils env"><primary sortas="b-env">env</primary></indexterm>
    292 <para>runs a command in a modified environment.</para>
    293294</listitem>
    294295</varlistentry>
     
    297298<term><command>expand</command></term>
    298299<listitem>
     300<para>converts tabs to spaces.</para>
    299301<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils expand"><primary sortas="b-expand">expand</primary></indexterm>
    300 <para>converts tabs to spaces.</para>
    301302</listitem>
    302303</varlistentry>
     
    305306<term><command>expr</command></term>
    306307<listitem>
     308<para>evaluates expressions.</para>
    307309<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils expr"><primary sortas="b-expr">expr</primary></indexterm>
    308 <para>evaluates expressions.</para>
    309310</listitem>
    310311</varlistentry>
     
    313314<term><command>factor</command></term>
    314315<listitem>
     316<para>prints the prime factors of all specified integer numbers.</para>
    315317<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils factor"><primary sortas="b-factor">factor</primary></indexterm>
    316 <para>prints the prime factors of all specified integer numbers.</para>
    317318</listitem>
    318319</varlistentry>
     
    321322<term><command>false</command></term>
    322323<listitem>
    323 <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils false"><primary sortas="b-false">false</primary></indexterm>
    324324<para>does nothing, unsuccessfully. It always exits with a status code
    325325indicating failure.</para>
     326<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils false"><primary sortas="b-false">false</primary></indexterm>
    326327</listitem>
    327328</varlistentry>
     
    330331<term><command>fmt</command></term>
    331332<listitem>
     333<para>reformats the paragraphs in the given files.</para>
    332334<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils mt"><primary sortas="b-mt">mt</primary></indexterm>
    333 <para>reformats the paragraphs in the given files.</para>
    334335</listitem>
    335336</varlistentry>
     
    338339<term><command>fold</command></term>
    339340<listitem>
     341<para>wraps the lines in the given files.</para>
    340342<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils fold"><primary sortas="b-fold">fold</primary></indexterm>
    341 <para>wraps the lines in the given files.</para>
    342343</listitem>
    343344</varlistentry>
     
    346347<term><command>groups</command></term>
    347348<listitem>
     349<para>reports a user's group memberships.</para>
    348350<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils groups-coreutils"><primary sortas="b-groups-coreutils">groups</primary></indexterm>
    349 <para>reports a user's group memberships.</para>
    350351</listitem>
    351352</varlistentry>
     
    354355<term><command>head</command></term>
    355356<listitem>
     357<para>prints the first ten lines (or the given number of lines) of each given file.</para>
    356358<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils head"><primary sortas="b-head">head</primary></indexterm>
    357 <para>prints the first ten lines (or the given number of lines) of each given file.</para>
    358359</listitem>
    359360</varlistentry>
     
    362363<term><command>hostid</command></term>
    363364<listitem>
     365<para>reports the numeric identifier (in hexadecimal) of the host.</para>
    364366<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils hostid"><primary sortas="b-hostid">hostid</primary></indexterm>
    365 <para>reports the numeric identifier (in hexadecimal) of the host.</para>
    366367</listitem>
    367368</varlistentry>
     
    370371<term><command>hostname</command></term>
    371372<listitem>
     373<para>reports or sets the name of the host.</para>
    372374<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils hostname"><primary sortas="b-hostname">hostname</primary></indexterm>
    373 <para>reports or sets the name of the host.</para>
    374375</listitem>
    375376</varlistentry>
     
    378379<term><command>id</command></term>
    379380<listitem>
    380 <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils id"><primary sortas="b-id">id</primary></indexterm>
    381381<para>reports the effective user ID, group ID, and
    382382group memberships of the current user or specified user.</para>
     383<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils id"><primary sortas="b-id">id</primary></indexterm>
    383384</listitem>
    384385</varlistentry>
     
    387388<term><command>install</command> </term>
    388389<listitem>
    389 <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils install"><primary sortas="b-install">install</primary></indexterm>
    390390<para>copies files while setting their
    391391permission modes and, if possible, their owner and group.</para>
     392<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils install"><primary sortas="b-install">install</primary></indexterm>
    392393</listitem>
    393394</varlistentry>
     
    396397<term><command>join</command></term>
    397398<listitem>
    398 <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils join"><primary sortas="b-join">join</primary></indexterm>
    399399<para>joins the lines that have identical join fields from two
    400400separate files.</para>
     401<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils join"><primary sortas="b-join">join</primary></indexterm>
    401402</listitem>
    402403</varlistentry>
     
    405406<term><command>link</command></term>
    406407<listitem>
     408<para>creates a hard link with the given name to a file.</para>
    407409<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils link"><primary sortas="b-link">link</primary></indexterm>
    408 <para>creates a hard link with the given name to a file.</para>
    409410</listitem>
    410411</varlistentry>
     
    413414<term><command>ln</command></term>
    414415<listitem>
     416<para>makes hard links or soft (symbolic) links between files.</para>
    415417<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils ln"><primary sortas="b-ln">ln</primary></indexterm>
    416 <para>makes hard links or soft (symbolic) links between files.</para>
    417418</listitem>
    418419</varlistentry>
     
    421422<term><command>logname</command></term>
    422423<listitem>
     424<para>reports the current user's login name.</para>
    423425<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils logname"><primary sortas="b-logname">logname</primary></indexterm>
    424 <para>reports the current user's login name.</para>
    425426</listitem>
    426427</varlistentry>
     
    429430<term><command>ls</command></term>
    430431<listitem>
     432<para>lists the contents of each given directory.</para>
    431433<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils ls"><primary sortas="b-ls">ls</primary></indexterm>
    432 <para>lists the contents of each given directory.</para>
    433434</listitem>
    434435</varlistentry>
     
    437438<term><command>md5sum</command></term>
    438439<listitem>
     440<para>reports or checks Message Digest 5 (MD5) checksums.</para>
    439441<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils md5sum"><primary sortas="b-md5sum">md5sum</primary></indexterm>
    440 <para>reports or checks Message Digest 5 (MD5) checksums.</para>
    441442</listitem>
    442443</varlistentry>
     
    445446<term><command>mkdir</command></term>
    446447<listitem>
     448<para>creates directories with the given names.</para>
    447449<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils mkdir"><primary sortas="b-mkdir">mkdir</primary></indexterm>
    448 <para>creates directories with the given names.</para>
    449450</listitem>
    450451</varlistentry>
     
    453454<term><command>mkfifo</command></term>
    454455<listitem>
    455 <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils mkfifo"><primary sortas="b-mkfifo">mkfifo</primary></indexterm>
    456456<para>creates First-In, First-Outs (FIFOs), a <quote>named
    457457pipe</quote> in UNIX parlance, with the given names.</para>
     458<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils mkfifo"><primary sortas="b-mkfifo">mkfifo</primary></indexterm>
    458459</listitem>
    459460</varlistentry>
     
    462463<term><command>mknod</command></term>
    463464<listitem>
    464 <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils mknod"><primary sortas="b-mknod">mknod</primary></indexterm>
    465465<para>creates device nodes with the given names. A device node is a
    466466character special file, a block special file, or a FIFO.</para>
     467<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils mknod"><primary sortas="b-mknod">mknod</primary></indexterm>
    467468</listitem>
    468469</varlistentry>
     
    471472<term><command>mv</command></term>
    472473<listitem>
     474<para>moves or renames files or directories.</para>
    473475<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils mv"><primary sortas="b-mv">mv</primary></indexterm>
    474 <para>moves or renames files or directories.</para>
    475476</listitem>
    476477</varlistentry>
     
    479480<term><command>nice</command></term>
    480481<listitem>
     482<para>runs a program with modified scheduling priority.</para>
    481483<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils nice"><primary sortas="b-nice">nice</primary></indexterm>
    482 <para>runs a program with modified scheduling priority.</para>
    483484</listitem>
    484485</varlistentry>
     
    487488<term><command>nl</command></term>
    488489<listitem>
     490<para>numbers the lines from the given files.</para>
    489491<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils nl"><primary sortas="b-nl">nl</primary></indexterm>
    490 <para>numbers the lines from the given files.</para>
    491492</listitem>
    492493</varlistentry>
     
    495496<term><command>nohup</command></term>
    496497<listitem>
    497 <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils nohup"><primary sortas="b-nohup">nohup</primary></indexterm>
    498498<para>runs a command immune to hangups, with its output redirected to
    499499a log file.</para>
     500<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils nohup"><primary sortas="b-nohup">nohup</primary></indexterm>
    500501</listitem>
    501502</varlistentry>
     
    504505<term><command>od</command></term>
    505506<listitem>
     507<para>dumps files in octal and other formats.</para>
    506508<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils od"><primary sortas="b-od">od</primary></indexterm>
    507 <para>dumps files in octal and other formats.</para>
    508509</listitem>
    509510</varlistentry>
     
    512513<term><command>paste</command></term>
    513514<listitem>
    514 <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils paste"><primary sortas="b-paste">paste</primary></indexterm>
    515515<para>merges the given files, joining sequentially corresponding lines
    516516side by side, separated by tab characters.</para>
     517<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils paste"><primary sortas="b-paste">paste</primary></indexterm>
    517518</listitem>
    518519</varlistentry>
     
    521522<term><command>pathchk</command></term>
    522523<listitem>
     524<para>checks if file names are valid or portable.</para>
    523525<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils pathchk"><primary sortas="b-pathchk">pathchk</primary></indexterm>
    524 <para>checks if file names are valid or portable.</para>
    525526</listitem>
    526527</varlistentry>
     
    529530<term><command>pinky</command></term>
    530531<listitem>
     532<para>is a lightweight finger client. It reports some information about the given users.</para>
    531533<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils pinky"><primary sortas="b-pinky">pinky</primary></indexterm>
    532 <para>is a lightweight finger client. It reports some information about the given users.</para>
    533534</listitem>
    534535</varlistentry>
     
    537538<term><command>pr</command></term>
    538539<listitem>
     540<para>paginates and columnates files for printing.</para>
    539541<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils pr"><primary sortas="b-pr">pr</primary></indexterm>
    540 <para>paginates and columnates files for printing.</para>
    541542</listitem>
    542543</varlistentry>
     
    545546<term><command>printenv</command></term>
    546547<listitem>
     548<para>prints the environment.</para>
    547549<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils printenv"><primary sortas="b-printenv">printenv</primary></indexterm>
    548 <para>prints the environment.</para>
    549550</listitem>
    550551</varlistentry>
     
    553554<term><command>printf</command></term>
    554555<listitem>
    555 <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils printf"><primary sortas="b-printf">printf</primary></indexterm>
    556556<para>prints the given arguments according to the given format, much
    557557like the C printf function.</para>
     558<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils printf"><primary sortas="b-printf">printf</primary></indexterm>
    558559</listitem>
    559560</varlistentry>
     
    562563<term><command>ptx</command></term>
    563564<listitem>
    564 <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils ptx"><primary sortas="b-ptx">ptx</primary></indexterm>
    565565<para>produces a permuted index from the contents of the given files,
    566566with each keyword in its context.</para>
     567<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils ptx"><primary sortas="b-ptx">ptx</primary></indexterm>
    567568</listitem>
    568569</varlistentry>
     
    571572<term><command>pwd</command></term>
    572573<listitem>
     574<para>reports the name of the current working directory.</para>
    573575<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils pwd"><primary sortas="b-pwd">pwd</primary></indexterm>
    574 <para>reports the name of the current working directory.</para>
    575576</listitem>
    576577</varlistentry>
     
    579580<term><command>readlink</command></term>
    580581<listitem>
     582<para>reports the value of the given symbolic link.</para>
    581583<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils readlink"><primary sortas="b-readlink">readlink</primary></indexterm>
    582 <para>reports the value of the given symbolic link.</para>
    583584</listitem>
    584585</varlistentry>
     
    587588<term><command>rm</command></term>
    588589<listitem>
     590<para>removes files or directories.</para>
    589591<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils rm"><primary sortas="b-rm">rm</primary></indexterm>
    590 <para>removes files or directories.</para>
    591592</listitem>
    592593</varlistentry>
     
    595596<term><command>rmdir</command></term>
    596597<listitem>
     598<para>removes directories if they are empty.</para>
    597599<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils rmdir"><primary sortas="b-rmdir">rmdir</primary></indexterm>
    598 <para>removes directories if they are empty.</para>
    599600</listitem>
    600601</varlistentry>
     
    603604<term><command>seq</command></term>
    604605<listitem>
    605 <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils seq"><primary sortas="b-seq">seq</primary></indexterm>
    606606<para>prints a sequence of numbers within a given range and with a
    607607given increment.</para>
     608<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils seq"><primary sortas="b-seq">seq</primary></indexterm>
    608609</listitem>
    609610</varlistentry>
     
    612613<term><command>sha1sum</command></term>
    613614<listitem>
     615<para>prints or checks 160-bit Secure Hash Algorithm 1 (SHA1) checksums.</para>
    614616<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils sha1sum"><primary sortas="b-sha1sum">sha1sum</primary></indexterm>
    615 <para>prints or checks 160-bit Secure Hash Algorithm 1 (SHA1) checksums.</para>
    616617</listitem>
    617618</varlistentry>
     
    620621<term><command>shred</command></term>
    621622<listitem>
    622 <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils shred"><primary sortas="b-shred">shred</primary></indexterm>
    623623<para>overwrites the given files repeatedly with complex patterns,
    624624making it difficult to recover the data.</para>
     625<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils shred"><primary sortas="b-shred">shred</primary></indexterm>
    625626</listitem>
    626627</varlistentry>
     
    629630<term><command>sleep</command></term>
    630631<listitem>
     632<para>pauses for the given amount of time.</para>
    631633<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils sleep"><primary sortas="b-sleep">sleep</primary></indexterm>
    632 <para>pauses for the given amount of time.</para>
    633634</listitem>
    634635</varlistentry>
     
    637638<term><command>sort</command></term>
    638639<listitem>
     640<para>sorts the lines from the given files.</para>
    639641<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils sort"><primary sortas="b-sort">sort</primary></indexterm>
    640 <para>sorts the lines from the given files.</para>
    641642</listitem>
    642643</varlistentry>
     
    645646<term><command>split</command></term>
    646647<listitem>
     648<para>splits the given file into pieces, by size or by number of lines.</para>
    647649<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils split"><primary sortas="b-split">split</primary></indexterm>
    648 <para>splits the given file into pieces, by size or by number of lines.</para>
    649650</listitem>
    650651</varlistentry>
     
    653654<term><command>stty</command></term>
    654655<listitem>
     656<para>sets or reports terminal line settings.</para>
    655657<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils stty"><primary sortas="b-stty">stty</primary></indexterm>
    656 <para>sets or reports terminal line settings.</para>
    657658</listitem>
    658659</varlistentry>
     
    661662<term><command>su</command></term>
    662663<listitem>
     664<para>runs a shell with substitute user and group IDs.</para>
    663665<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils su"><primary sortas="b-su">su</primary></indexterm>
    664 <para>runs a shell with substitute user and group IDs.</para>
    665666</listitem>
    666667</varlistentry>
     
    669670<term><command>sum</command></term>
    670671<listitem>
     672<para>prints checksum and block counts for each given file.</para>
    671673<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils sum"><primary sortas="b-sum">sum</primary></indexterm>
    672 <para>prints checksum and block counts for each given file.</para>
    673674</listitem>
    674675</varlistentry>
     
    677678<term><command>sync</command></term>
    678679<listitem>
    679 <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils sync"><primary sortas="b-sync">sync</primary></indexterm>
    680680<para>flushes file system buffers. It forces changed blocks to disk
    681681and updates the super block.</para>
     682<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils sync"><primary sortas="b-sync">sync</primary></indexterm>
    682683</listitem>
    683684</varlistentry>
     
    686687<term><command>tac</command></term>
    687688<listitem>
     689<para>concatenates the given files in reverse.</para>
    688690<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils tac"><primary sortas="b-tac">tac</primary></indexterm>
    689 <para>concatenates the given files in reverse.</para>
    690691</listitem>
    691692</varlistentry>
     
    694695<term><command>tail</command></term>
    695696<listitem>
    696 <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils tail"><primary sortas="b-tail">tail</primary></indexterm>
    697697<para>prints the last ten lines (or the given number of lines) of each
    698698given file.</para>
     699<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils tail"><primary sortas="b-tail">tail</primary></indexterm>
    699700</listitem>
    700701</varlistentry>
     
    703704<term><command>tee</command></term>
    704705<listitem>
    705 <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils tee"><primary sortas="b-tee">tee</primary></indexterm>
    706706<para>reads from standard input while writing both to standard output
    707707and to the given files.</para>
     708<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils tee"><primary sortas="b-tee">tee</primary></indexterm>
    708709</listitem>
    709710</varlistentry>
     
    712713<term><command>test</command></term>
    713714<listitem>
     715<para>compares values and checks file types.</para>
    714716<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils test"><primary sortas="b-test">test</primary></indexterm>
    715 <para>compares values and checks file types.</para>
    716717</listitem>
    717718</varlistentry>
     
    720721<term><command>touch</command></term>
    721722<listitem>
    722 <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils touch"><primary sortas="b-touch">touch</primary></indexterm>
    723723<para>changes file timestamps, setting the access and modification
    724724times of the given files to the current time. Files that do not exist
    725725are created with zero length.</para>
     726<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils touch"><primary sortas="b-touch">touch</primary></indexterm>
    726727</listitem>
    727728</varlistentry>
     
    730731<term><command>tr</command></term>
    731732<listitem>
    732 <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils tr"><primary sortas="b-tr">tr</primary></indexterm>
    733733<para>translates, squeezes, and deletes the given characters from
    734734standard input.</para>
     735<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils tr"><primary sortas="b-tr">tr</primary></indexterm>
    735736</listitem>
    736737</varlistentry>
     
    739740<term><command>true</command></term>
    740741<listitem>
    741 <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils true"><primary sortas="b-true">true</primary></indexterm>
    742742<para>does nothing, successfully. It always exits with a status code
    743743indicating success.</para>
     744<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils true"><primary sortas="b-true">true</primary></indexterm>
    744745</listitem>
    745746</varlistentry>
     
    748749<term><command>tsort</command></term>
    749750<listitem>
    750 <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils tsort"><primary sortas="b-tsort">tsort</primary></indexterm>
    751751<para>performs a topological sort. It writes a totally ordered list
    752752according to the partial ordering in a given file.</para>
     753<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils tsort"><primary sortas="b-tsort">tsort</primary></indexterm>
    753754</listitem>
    754755</varlistentry>
     
    757758<term><command>tty</command></term>
    758759<listitem>
    759 <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils tty"><primary sortas="b-tty">tty</primary></indexterm>
    760760<para>reports the file name of the terminal connected to standard
    761761input.</para>
     762<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils tty"><primary sortas="b-tty">tty</primary></indexterm>
    762763</listitem>
    763764</varlistentry>
     
    766767<term><command>uname</command></term>
    767768<listitem>
     769<para>reports system information.</para>
    768770<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils uname"><primary sortas="b-uname">uname</primary></indexterm>
    769 <para>reports system information.</para>
    770771</listitem>
    771772</varlistentry>
     
    774775<term><command>unexpand</command></term>
    775776<listitem>
     777<para>converts spaces to tabs.</para>
    776778<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils unexpand"><primary sortas="b-unexpand">unexpand</primary></indexterm>
    777 <para>converts spaces to tabs.</para>
    778779</listitem>
    779780</varlistentry>
     
    782783<term><command>uniq</command></term>
    783784<listitem>
    784 <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils uniq"><primary sortas="b-uniq">uniq</primary></indexterm>
    785785<para>discards all but one of successive identical lines.</para>
     786<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils unexpand"><primary sortas="b-unexpand">unexpand</primary></indexterm>
    786787</listitem>
    787788</varlistentry>
     
    790791<term><command>unlink</command></term>
    791792<listitem>
     793<para>removes the given file.</para>
    792794<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils unlink"><primary sortas="b-unlink">unlink</primary></indexterm>
    793 <para>removes the given file.</para>
    794795</listitem>
    795796</varlistentry>
     
    798799<term><command>uptime</command></term>
    799800<listitem>
    800 <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils uptime-coreutils"><primary sortas="b-uptime-coreutils">uptime</primary></indexterm>
    801801<para>reports how long the system has been running, how many users are
    802802logged on, and the system load averages.</para>
     803<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils uptime-coreutils"><primary sortas="b-uptime-coreutils">uptime</primary></indexterm>
    803804</listitem>
    804805</varlistentry>
     
    807808<term><command>users</command></term>
    808809<listitem>
     810<para>reports the names of the users currently logged on.</para>
    809811<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils users"><primary sortas="b-users">users</primary></indexterm>
    810 <para>reports the names of the users currently logged on.</para>
    811812</listitem>
    812813</varlistentry>
     
    815816<term><command>vdir</command></term>
    816817<listitem>
     818<para>is the same as <command>ls -l</command>.</para>
    817819<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils vdir"><primary sortas="b-vdir">vdir</primary></indexterm>
    818 <para>is the same as <command>ls -l</command>.</para>
    819820</listitem>
    820821</varlistentry>
     
    823824<term><command>wc</command></term>
    824825<listitem>
    825 <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils wc"><primary sortas="b-wc">wc</primary></indexterm>
    826826<para>reports the number of lines, words, and bytes for each given
    827827file, as well as a total line when more than one file is given.</para>
     828<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils wc"><primary sortas="b-wc">wc</primary></indexterm>
    828829</listitem>
    829830</varlistentry>
     
    832833<term><command>who</command></term>
    833834<listitem>
     835<para>reports who is logged on.</para>
    834836<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils who"><primary sortas="b-who">who</primary></indexterm>
    835 <para>reports who is logged on.</para>
    836837</listitem>
    837838</varlistentry>
     
    840841<term><command>whoami</command></term>
    841842<listitem>
     843<para>reports the user name associated with the current effective user ID.</para>
    842844<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils whoami"><primary sortas="b-whoami">whoami</primary></indexterm>
    843 <para>reports the user name associated with the current effective user ID.</para>
    844845</listitem>
    845846</varlistentry>
     
    848849<term><command>yes</command></term>
    849850<listitem>
     851<para>outputs <quote>y</quote>, or a given string, repeatedly until killed.</para>
    850852<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils yes"><primary sortas="b-yes">yes</primary></indexterm>
    851 <para>outputs <quote>y</quote>, or a given string, repeatedly until killed.</para>
    852853</listitem>
    853854</varlistentry>
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    5252</segmentedlist>
    5353
    54 <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
     54<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short descriptions</bridgehead>
     55<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
    5556
    5657<varlistentry id="cmp">
    5758<term><command>cmp</command></term>
    5859<listitem>
     60<para>compares two files and reports whether or in which bytes they differ.</para>
    5961<indexterm zone="ch-system-diffutils cmp"><primary sortas="b-cmp">cmp</primary></indexterm>
    60 <para>compares two files and reports whether or in which bytes they differ.</para>
    6162</listitem>
    6263</varlistentry>
     
    6566<term><command>diff</command></term>
    6667<listitem>
     68<para>compares two files or directories and reports which lines in the files differ.</para>
    6769<indexterm zone="ch-system-diffutils diff"><primary sortas="b-diff">diff</primary></indexterm>
    68 <para>compares two files or directories and reports which lines in the files differ.</para>
    6970</listitem>
    7071</varlistentry>
     
    7374<term><command>diff3</command></term>
    7475<listitem>
     76<para>compares three files line by line.</para>
    7577<indexterm zone="ch-system-diffutils diff3"><primary sortas="b-diff3">diff3</primary></indexterm>
    76 <para>compares three files line by line.</para>
    7778</listitem>
    7879</varlistentry>
     
    8182<term><command>sdiff</command></term>
    8283<listitem>
     84<para>merges two files and interactively outputs the results.</para>
    8385<indexterm zone="ch-system-diffutils sdiff"><primary sortas="b-sdiff">sdiff</primary></indexterm>
    84 <para>merges two files and interactively outputs the results.</para>
    8586</listitem>
    8687</varlistentry>
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    107107
    108 <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
     108<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short descriptions</bridgehead>
     109<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
    109110
    110111<varlistentry id="badblocks">
    111112<term><command>badblocks</command></term>
    112113<listitem>
     114<para>searches a device (usually a disk partition) for bad blocks.</para>
    113115<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs badblocks"><primary sortas="b-badblocks">badblocks</primary></indexterm>
    114 <para>searches a device (usually a disk partition) for bad blocks.</para>
    115116</listitem>
    116117</varlistentry>
     
    119120<term><command>blkid</command></term>
    120121<listitem>
     122<para>a command line utility to locate and print block device attributes.</para>
    121123<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs blkid"><primary sortas="b-blkid">blkid</primary></indexterm>
    122 <para>a command line utility to locate and print block device attributes.</para>
    123124</listitem>
    124125</varlistentry>
     
    127128<term><command>chattr</command></term>
    128129<listitem>
    129 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs chattr"><primary sortas="b-chattr">chattr</primary></indexterm>
    130130<para>changes the attributes of files on a second extended (ext2) file system, and
    131131also ext3 file systems, the journaling version of ext2 file systems.</para>
     132<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs chattr"><primary sortas="b-chattr">chattr</primary></indexterm>
    132133</listitem>
    133134</varlistentry>
     
    136137<term><command>compile_et</command></term>
    137138<listitem>
    138 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs compile_et"><primary sortas="b-compile_et">compile_et</primary></indexterm>
    139139<para>an error table compiler. It
    140140converts a table of error-code names and messages into a C source file
    141141suitable for use with the <filename class="libraryfile">com_err</filename> library.</para>
     142<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs compile_et"><primary sortas="b-compile_et">compile_et</primary></indexterm>
    142143</listitem>
    143144</varlistentry>
     
    146147<term><command>debugfs</command></term>
    147148<listitem>
    148 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs debugfs"><primary sortas="b-debugfs">debugfs</primary></indexterm>
    149149<para>a file system debugger. It can be used to examine and change the
    150150state of an ext2 file system.</para>
     151<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs debugfs"><primary sortas="b-debugfs">debugfs</primary></indexterm>
    151152</listitem>
    152153</varlistentry>
     
    155156<term><command>dumpe2fs</command></term>
    156157<listitem>
    157 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs dumpe2fs"><primary sortas="b-dumpe2fs">dumpe2fs</primary></indexterm>
    158158<para>prints the super block and blocks group information for the file
    159159system present on a given device.</para>
     160<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs dumpe2fs"><primary sortas="b-dumpe2fs">dumpe2fs</primary></indexterm>
    160161</listitem>
    161162</varlistentry>
     
    164165<term><command>e2fsck</command></term>
    165166<listitem>
    166 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs e2fsck"><primary sortas="b-e2fsck">e2fsck</primary></indexterm>
    167167<para>is used to check, and optionally repair, second extended (ext2)
    168168file systems, and also ext3 file systems.</para>
     169<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs e2fsck"><primary sortas="b-e2fsck">e2fsck</primary></indexterm>
    169170</listitem>
    170171</varlistentry>
     
    173174<term><command>e2image</command></term>
    174175<listitem>
     176<para>is used to save critical ext2 file system data to a file.</para>
    175177<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs e2image"><primary sortas="b-e2image">e2image</primary></indexterm>
    176 <para>is used to save critical ext2 file system data to a file.</para>
    177178</listitem>
    178179</varlistentry>
     
    181182<term><command>e2label</command></term>
    182183<listitem>
    183 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs e2label"><primary sortas="b-e2label">e2label</primary></indexterm>
    184184<para>will display or change the file system label on the ext2 file
    185185system present on a given device.</para>
     186<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs e2label"><primary sortas="b-e2label">e2label</primary></indexterm>
    186187</listitem>
    187188</varlistentry>
     
    190191<term><command>findfs</command></term>
    191192<listitem>
    192 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs findfs"><primary sortas="b-findfs">findfs</primary></indexterm>
    193193<para>finds a file system by label or Universally Unique Identifier
    194194(UUID).</para>
     195<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs findfs"><primary sortas="b-findfs">findfs</primary></indexterm>
    195196</listitem>
    196197</varlistentry>
     
    199200<term><command>fsck</command></term>
    200201<listitem>
    201 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs fsck"><primary sortas="b-fsck">fsck</primary></indexterm>
    202202<para>is used to check, and optionally repair, file systems. By
    203203default, it checks the file systems listed in
    204204<filename>/etc/fstab</filename></para>
     205<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs fsck"><primary sortas="b-fsck">fsck</primary></indexterm>
    205206</listitem>
    206207</varlistentry>
     
    209210<term><command>logsave</command></term>
    210211<listitem>
     212<para>saves the output of a command in a log file.</para>
    211213<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs logsave"><primary sortas="b-logsave">logsave</primary></indexterm>
    212 <para>saves the output of a command in a log file.</para>
    213214</listitem>
    214215</varlistentry>
     
    217218<term><command>lsattr</command></term>
    218219<listitem>
     220<para>lists the attributes of files on a second extended file system.</para>
    219221<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs lsattr"><primary sortas="b-lsattr">lsattr</primary></indexterm>
    220 <para>lists the attributes of files on a second extended file system.</para>
    221222</listitem>
    222223</varlistentry>
     
    225226<term><command>mk_cmds</command></term>
    226227<listitem>
    227 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs mk_cmds"><primary sortas="b-mk_cmds">mk_cmds</primary></indexterm>
    228228<para>converts a table of command names and help messages into a C
    229229source file suitable for use with the <filename
    230230class="libraryfile">libss</filename> subsystem library.</para>
     231<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs mk_cmds"><primary sortas="b-mk_cmds">mk_cmds</primary></indexterm>
    231232</listitem>
    232233</varlistentry>
     
    235236<term><command>mke2fs</command></term>
    236237<listitem>
    237 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs mke2fs"><primary sortas="b-mke2fs">mke2fs</primary></indexterm>
    238238<para>is used to create a second extended file system on the given
    239239device.</para>
     240<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs mke2fs"><primary sortas="b-mke2fs">mke2fs</primary></indexterm>
    240241</listitem>
    241242</varlistentry>
     
    244245<term><command>mklost+found</command></term>
    245246<listitem>
    246 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs mklost-found"><primary sortas="b-mklost+found">mklost+found</primary></indexterm>
    247247<para>used to create a <filename
    248248class="directory">lost+found</filename> directory on a second extended
    249249file system.  It pre-allocates disk blocks to this directory to
    250250lighten the task of <command>e2fsck</command>.</para>
     251<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs mklost-found"><primary sortas="b-mklost+found">mklost+found</primary></indexterm>
    251252</listitem>
    252253</varlistentry>
     
    255256<term><command>resize2fs</command></term>
    256257<listitem>
     258<para>can be used to enlarge or shrink an ext2 file system.</para>
    257259<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs resize2fs"><primary sortas="b-resize2fs">resize2fs</primary></indexterm>
    258 <para>can be used to enlarge or shrink an ext2 file system.</para>
    259260</listitem>
    260261</varlistentry>
     
    263264<term><command>tune2fs</command></term>
    264265<listitem>
    265 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs tune2fs"><primary sortas="b-tune2fs">tune2fs</primary></indexterm>
    266266<para>used adjust tunable file system parameters on a second
    267267extended file system.</para>
     268<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs tune2fs"><primary sortas="b-tune2fs">tune2fs</primary></indexterm>
    268269</listitem>
    269270</varlistentry>
     
    272273<term><command>uuidgen</command></term>
    273274<listitem>
    274 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs uuidgen"><primary sortas="b-uuidgen">uuidgen</primary></indexterm>
    275275<para>creates new UUID. Each new UUID can reasonably be considered unique
    276276among all UUIDs created, on the local system and on other systems, in the
    277277past and in the future.</para>
     278<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs uuidgen"><primary sortas="b-uuidgen">uuidgen</primary></indexterm>
    278279</listitem>
    279280</varlistentry>
     
    282283<term><filename class="libraryfile">libblkid</filename></term>
    283284<listitem>
     285<para>contains routines for device identification and token extraction.</para>
    284286<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs libblkid"><primary sortas="c-libblkid">libblkid</primary></indexterm>
    285 <para>contains routines for device identification and token extraction.</para>
    286287</listitem>
    287288</varlistentry>
     
    290291<term><filename class="libraryfile">libcom_err</filename></term>
    291292<listitem>
     293<para>the common error display routine.</para>
    292294<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs libcom_err"><primary sortas="c-libcom_err">libcom_err</primary></indexterm>
    293 <para>the common error display routine.</para>
    294295</listitem>
    295296</varlistentry>
     
    298299<term><filename class="libraryfile">libe2p</filename></term>
    299300<listitem>
    300 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs libe2p"><primary sortas="c-libe2p">libe2p</primary></indexterm>
    301301<para>used by <command>dumpe2fs</command>, <command>chattr</command>,
    302302and <command>lsattr</command>.</para>
     303<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs libe2p"><primary sortas="c-libe2p">libe2p</primary></indexterm>
    303304</listitem>
    304305</varlistentry>
     
    307308<term><filename class="libraryfile">libext2fs</filename></term>
    308309<listitem>
    309 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs libext2fs"><primary sortas="c-libext2fs">libext2fs</primary></indexterm>
    310310<para>contains routines to enable user-level programs to manipulate an
    311311ext2 file system.</para>
     312<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs libext2fs"><primary sortas="c-libext2fs">libext2fs</primary></indexterm>
    312313</listitem>
    313314</varlistentry>
     
    316317<term><filename class="libraryfile">libss</filename></term>
    317318<listitem>
     319<para>used by <command>debugfs</command>.</para>
    318320<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs libss"><primary sortas="c-libss">libss</primary></indexterm>
    319 <para>used by <command>debugfs</command>.</para>
    320321</listitem>
    321322</varlistentry>
     
    324325<term><filename class="libraryfile">libuuid</filename></term>
    325326<listitem>
    326 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs libuuid"><primary sortas="c-libuuid">libuuid</primary></indexterm>
    327327<para>contains routines for generating unique identifiers for objects
    328328that may be accessible beyond the local system.</para>
     329<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs libuuid"><primary sortas="c-libuuid">libuuid</primary></indexterm>
    329330</listitem>
    330331</varlistentry>
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    5252</segmentedlist>
    5353
    54 <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
     54<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short descriptions</bridgehead>
     55<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
    5556
    5657<varlistentry id="file">
    5758<term><command>file</command></term>
    5859<listitem>
    59 <indexterm zone="ch-system-file file"><primary sortas="b-file">file</primary></indexterm>
    6060<para>tries to classify each given file. It does this by performing
    6161several tests: file system tests, magic number tests, and language
    6262tests. The first test that succeeds determines the result.</para>
     63<indexterm zone="ch-system-file file"><primary sortas="b-file">file</primary></indexterm>
    6364</listitem>
    6465</varlistentry>
     
    6768<term><filename class="libraryfile">libmagic</filename></term>
    6869<listitem>
    69 <indexterm zone="ch-system-file libmagic"><primary sortas="c-libmagic">libmagic</primary></indexterm>
    7070<para>contains routines for magic number recognition, used by the
    7171<command>file</command> program.</para>
     72<indexterm zone="ch-system-file libmagic"><primary sortas="c-libmagic">libmagic</primary></indexterm>
    7273</listitem>
    7374</varlistentry>
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    6262</segmentedlist>
    6363
    64 <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
     64<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short descriptions</bridgehead>
     65<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
    6566
    6667<varlistentry id="bigram">
    6768<term><command>bigram</command></term>
    6869<listitem>
     70<para>was formerly used to produce <command>locate</command> databases.</para>
    6971<indexterm zone="ch-system-findutils bigram"><primary sortas="b-bigram">bigram</primary></indexterm>
    70 <para>was formerly used to produce <command>locate</command> databases.</para>
    7172</listitem>
    7273</varlistentry>
     
    7576<term><command>code</command></term>
    7677<listitem>
    77 <indexterm zone="ch-system-findutils code"><primary sortas="b-code">code</primary></indexterm>
    7878<para>was formerly used to produce <command>locate</command>
    7979databases. It is the ancestor of <command>frcode</command>.</para>
     80<indexterm zone="ch-system-findutils code"><primary sortas="b-code">code</primary></indexterm>
    8081</listitem>
    8182</varlistentry>
     
    8485<term><command>find</command></term>
    8586<listitem>
     87<para>searches given directory trees for files matching the specified criteria.</para>
    8688<indexterm zone="ch-system-findutils find"><primary sortas="b-find">find</primary></indexterm>
    87 <para>searches given directory trees for files matching the specified criteria.</para>
    8889</listitem>
    8990</varlistentry>
     
    9293<term><command>frcode</command></term>
    9394<listitem>
    94 <indexterm zone="ch-system-findutils frcode"><primary sortas="b-frcode">frcode</primary></indexterm>
    9595<para>is called by <command>updatedb</command> to compress the list of file names. It uses
    9696front-compression, reducing the database size by a factor of four to
    9797five.</para>
     98<indexterm zone="ch-system-findutils frcode"><primary sortas="b-frcode">frcode</primary></indexterm>
    9899</listitem>
    99100</varlistentry>
     
    102103<term><command>locate</command></term>
    103104<listitem>
    104 <indexterm zone="ch-system-findutils locate"><primary sortas="b-locate">locate</primary></indexterm>
    105105<para>searches through a database of file names and reports the names
    106106that contain a given string or match a given pattern.</para>
     107<indexterm zone="ch-system-findutils locate"><primary sortas="b-locate">locate</primary></indexterm>
    107108</listitem>
    108109</varlistentry>
     
    111112<term><command>updatedb</command></term>
    112113<listitem>
    113 <indexterm zone="ch-system-findutils updatedb"><primary sortas="b-updatedb">updatedb</primary></indexterm>
    114114<para>updates the <command>locate</command> database. It scans
    115115the entire file system (including other file systems that are currently mounted,
    116116unless told not to) and puts every file name it finds to the database.</para>
     117<indexterm zone="ch-system-findutils updatedb"><primary sortas="b-updatedb">updatedb</primary></indexterm>
    117118</listitem>
    118119</varlistentry>
     
    121122<term><command>xargs</command></term>
    122123<listitem>
     124<para>can be used to apply a given command to a list of files.</para>
    123125<indexterm zone="ch-system-findutils xargs"><primary sortas="b-xargs">xargs</primary></indexterm>
    124 <para>can be used to apply a given command to a list of files.</para>
    125126</listitem>
    126127</varlistentry>
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    9090</segmentedlist>
    9191
    92 <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
     92<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short descriptions</bridgehead>
     93<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
    9394
    9495<varlistentry id="flex">
    9596<term><command>flex</command></term>
    9697<listitem>
    97 <indexterm zone="ch-system-flex flex"><primary sortas="b-flex">flex</primary></indexterm>
    9898<para>a tool for generating programs that recognize patterns in text.
    9999Pattern recognition is useful in many applications.
     
    103103the rules for a pattern-finding, eradicating the need to develop a
    104104specialized program.</para>
     105<indexterm zone="ch-system-flex flex"><primary sortas="b-flex">flex</primary></indexterm>
    105106</listitem>
    106107</varlistentry>
     
    109110<term><command>flex++</command></term>
    110111<listitem>
     112<para>invokes a version of <command>flex</command> that is used exclusively for C++ scanners.</para>
    111113<indexterm zone="ch-system-flex flex-"><primary sortas="b-flex++">flex++</primary></indexterm>
    112 <para>invokes a version of <command>flex</command> that is used exclusively for C++ scanners.</para>
    113114</listitem>
    114115</varlistentry>
     
    117118<term><filename class="libraryfile">libfl.a</filename></term>
    118119<listitem>
     120<para>the flex library.</para>
    119121<indexterm zone="ch-system-flex libfl.a"><primary sortas="c-libfl.a">libfl.a</primary></indexterm>
    120 <para>the flex library.</para>
    121122</listitem>
    122123</varlistentry>
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    5555</segmentedlist>
    5656
    57 <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
     57<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short descriptions</bridgehead>
     58<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
    5859
    5960<varlistentry id="gawk">
    6061<term><command>gawk</command></term>
    6162<listitem>
    62 <indexterm zone="ch-system-gawk gawk"><primary sortas="b-gawk">gawk</primary></indexterm>
    6363<para>a program for manipulating text files.  It is the GNU
    6464implementation of <command>awk</command>.</para>
     65<indexterm zone="ch-system-gawk gawk"><primary sortas="b-gawk">gawk</primary></indexterm>
    6566</listitem>
    6667</varlistentry>
     
    6970<term><command>grcat</command></term>
    7071<listitem>
     72<para>dumps the group database <filename>/etc/group</filename>.</para>
    7173<indexterm zone="ch-system-gawk grcat"><primary sortas="b-grcat">grcat</primary></indexterm>
    72 <para>dumps the group database <filename>/etc/group</filename>.</para>
    7374</listitem>
    7475</varlistentry>
     
    7778<term><command>igawk</command></term>
    7879<listitem>
     80<para>gives <command>gawk</command> the ability to include files.</para>
    7981<indexterm zone="ch-system-gawk igawk"><primary sortas="b-igawk">igawk</primary></indexterm>
    80 <para>gives <command>gawk</command> the ability to include files.</para>
    8182</listitem>
    8283</varlistentry>
     
    8586<term><command>pgawk</command></term>
    8687<listitem>
     88<para>the profiling version of <command>gawk</command>.</para>
    8789<indexterm zone="ch-system-gawk pgawk"><primary sortas="b-pgawk">pgawk</primary></indexterm>
    88 <para>the profiling version of <command>gawk</command>.</para>
    8990</listitem>
    9091</varlistentry>
     
    9394<term><command>pwcat</command></term>
    9495<listitem>
     96<para>dumps the password database <filename>/etc/passwd</filename>.</para>
    9597<indexterm zone="ch-system-gawk pwcat"><primary sortas="b-pwcat">pwcat</primary></indexterm>
    96 <para>dumps the password database <filename>/etc/passwd</filename>.</para>
    9798</listitem>
    9899</varlistentry>
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    118118</segmentedlist>
    119119
    120 <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
     120<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short descriptions</bridgehead>
     121<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
    121122
    122123<varlistentry id="cpp">
    123124<term><command>cpp</command></term>
    124125<listitem>
    125 <indexterm zone="ch-system-gcc cpp"><primary sortas="b-cpp">cpp</primary></indexterm>
    126126<para>the C preprocessor. It is used by the compiler expand the
    127127#include, #define, and similar statements in the source files.</para>
     128<indexterm zone="ch-system-gcc cpp"><primary sortas="b-cpp">cpp</primary></indexterm>
    128129</listitem>
    129130</varlistentry>
     
    132133<term><command>g++</command></term>
    133134<listitem>
     135<para>the C++ compiler.</para>
    134136<indexterm zone="ch-system-gcc g"><primary sortas="b-g++">g++</primary></indexterm>
    135 <para>the C++ compiler.</para>
    136137</listitem>
    137138</varlistentry>
     
    140141<term><command>gcc</command></term>
    141142<listitem>
     143<para>the C compiler.</para>
    142144<indexterm zone="ch-system-gcc gcc"><primary sortas="b-gcc">gcc</primary></indexterm>
    143 <para>the C compiler.</para>
    144145</listitem>
    145146</varlistentry>
     
    148149<term><command>gccbug</command></term>
    149150<listitem>
     151<para>a shell script used to help create useful bug reports.</para>
    150152<indexterm zone="ch-system-gcc gccbug"><primary sortas="b-gccbug">gccbug</primary></indexterm>
    151 <para>a shell script used to help create useful bug reports.</para>
    152153</listitem>
    153154</varlistentry>
     
    156157<term><command>gcov</command></term>
    157158<listitem>
    158 <indexterm zone="ch-system-gcc gcov"><primary sortas="b-gcov">gcov</primary></indexterm>
    159159<para>a coverage testing tool. It is used to analyze programs to
    160160determine where optimizations will have the most effect.</para>
     161<indexterm zone="ch-system-gcc gcov"><primary sortas="b-gcov">gcov</primary></indexterm>
    161162</listitem>
    162163</varlistentry>
     
    165166<term><filename class="libraryfile">libgcc*</filename></term>
    166167<listitem>
     168<para>contains run-time support for <command>gcc</command>.</para>
    167169<indexterm zone="ch-system-gcc libgcc"><primary sortas="c-libgcc*">libgcc*</primary></indexterm>
    168 <para>contains run-time support for <command>gcc</command>.</para>
    169170</listitem>
    170171</varlistentry>
     
    173174<term><filename class="libraryfile">libstdc++</filename></term>
    174175<listitem>
     176<para>the standard C++ library.</para>
    175177<indexterm zone="ch-system-gcc libstdc"><primary sortas="c-libstdc++">libstdc++</primary></indexterm>
    176 <para>the standard C++ library.</para>
    177178</listitem>
    178179</varlistentry>
     
    181182<term><filename class="libraryfile">libsupc++</filename></term>
    182183<listitem>
     184<para>provides supporting routines for the c++ programming language.</para>
    183185<indexterm zone="ch-system-gcc libsupc"><primary sortas="c-libsupc++">libsupc++</primary></indexterm>
    184 <para>provides supporting routines for the c++ programming language.</para>
    185186</listitem>
    186187</varlistentry>
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    6262</segmentedlist>
    6363
    64 <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
     64<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short descriptions</bridgehead>
     65<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
    6566
    6667<varlistentry id="autopoint">
    6768<term><command>autopoint</command></term>
    6869<listitem>
     70<para>copies standard Gettext infrastructure files into a source package.</para>
    6971<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext autopoint"><primary sortas="b-autopoint">autopoint</primary></indexterm>
    70 <para>copies standard Gettext infrastructure files into a source package.</para>
    7172</listitem>
    7273</varlistentry>
     
    7576<term><command>config.charset</command></term>
    7677<listitem>
     78<para>outputs a system-dependent table of character encoding aliases.</para>
    7779<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext config.charset"><primary sortas="b-config.charset">config.charset</primary></indexterm>
    78 <para>outputs a system-dependent table of character encoding aliases.</para>
    7980</listitem>
    8081</varlistentry>
     
    8384<term><command>config.rpath</command></term>
    8485<listitem>
     86<para>outputs a system-dependent set of variables, describing how to set the
     87runtime search path of shared libraries in an executable.</para>
    8588<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext config.rpath"><primary sortas="b-config.rpath">config.rpath</primary></indexterm>
    86 <para>outputs a system-dependent set of variables, describing how to set the
    87 runtime search path of shared libraries in an executable.</para>
    8889</listitem>
    8990</varlistentry>
     
    9293<term><command>envsubst</command></term>
    9394<listitem>
     95<para>substitutes environment variables in shell format strings.</para>
    9496<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext envsubst"><primary sortas="b-envsubst">envsubst</primary></indexterm>
    95 <para>substitutes environment variables in shell format strings.</para>
    9697</listitem>
    9798</varlistentry>
     
    100101<term><command>gettext</command></term>
    101102<listitem>
    102 <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext gettext"><primary sortas="b-gettext">gettext</primary></indexterm>
    103103<para>translates a natural language message into the user's language
    104104by looking up the translation in a message catalog.</para>
     105<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext gettext"><primary sortas="b-gettext">gettext</primary></indexterm>
    105106</listitem>
    106107</varlistentry>
     
    109110<term><command>gettextize</command></term>
    110111<listitem>
    111 <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext gettextize"><primary sortas="b-gettextize">gettextize</primary></indexterm>
    112112<para>copies all standard Gettext files into the given top-level
    113113directory of a package to begin internationalizing it.</para>
     114<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext gettextize"><primary sortas="b-gettextize">gettextize</primary></indexterm>
    114115</listitem>
    115116</varlistentry>
     
    118119<term><command>hostname</command></term>
    119120<listitem>
     121<para>displays a network hostname in various forms.</para>
    120122<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext hostname-gettext"><primary sortas="b-hostname-gettext">hostname</primary></indexterm>
    121 <para>displays a network hostname in various forms.</para>
    122123</listitem>
    123124</varlistentry>
     
    126127<term><command>msgattrib</command></term>
    127128<listitem>
    128 <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgattrib"><primary sortas="b-msgattrib">msgattrib</primary></indexterm>
    129129<para>filters the messages of a translation catalog according to their
    130130attributes and manipulates the attributes.</para>
     131<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgattrib"><primary sortas="b-msgattrib">msgattrib</primary></indexterm>
    131132</listitem>
    132133</varlistentry>
     
    135136<term><command>msgcat</command></term>
    136137<listitem>
     138<para>concatenates and merges the given <filename class="extension">.po</filename> files.</para>
    137139<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgcat"><primary sortas="b-msgcat">msgcat</primary></indexterm>
    138 <para>concatenates and merges the given <filename class="extension">.po</filename> files.</para>
    139140</listitem>
    140141</varlistentry>
     
    143144<term><command>msgcmp</command></term>
    144145<listitem>
    145 <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgcmp"><primary sortas="b-msgcmp">msgcmp</primary></indexterm>
    146146<para>compares two <filename class="extension">.po</filename>
    147147files to check that both contain the same set of msgid strings.</para>
     148<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgcmp"><primary sortas="b-msgcmp">msgcmp</primary></indexterm>
    148149</listitem>
    149150</varlistentry>
     
    152153<term><command>msgcomm</command></term>
    153154<listitem>
    154 <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgcomm"><primary sortas="b-msgcomm">msgcomm</primary></indexterm>
    155155<para>finds the messages that are common to
    156156to the given <filename class="extension">.po</filename> files.</para>
     157<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgcomm"><primary sortas="b-msgcomm">msgcomm</primary></indexterm>
    157158</listitem>
    158159</varlistentry>
     
    161162<term><command>msgconv</command></term>
    162163<listitem>
     164<para>converts a translation catalog to a different character encoding.</para>
    163165<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgconv"><primary sortas="b-msgconv">msgconv</primary></indexterm>
    164 <para>converts a translation catalog to a different character encoding.</para>
    165166</listitem>
    166167</varlistentry>
     
    169170<term><command>msgen</command></term>
    170171<listitem>
     172<para>creates an English translation catalog.</para>
    171173<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgen"><primary sortas="b-msgen">msgen</primary></indexterm>
    172 <para>creates an English translation catalog.</para>
    173174</listitem>
    174175</varlistentry>
     
    177178<term><command>msgexec</command></term>
    178179<listitem>
     180<para>applies a command to all translations of a translation catalog.</para>
    179181<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgexec"><primary sortas="b-msgexec">msgexec</primary></indexterm>
    180 <para>applies a command to all translations of a translation catalog.</para>
    181182</listitem>
    182183</varlistentry>
     
    185186<term><command>msgfilter</command></term>
    186187<listitem>
     188<para>applies a filter to all translations of a translation catalog.</para>
    187189<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgfilter"><primary sortas="b-msgfilter">msgfilter</primary></indexterm>
    188 <para>applies a filter to all translations of a translation catalog.</para>
    189190</listitem>
    190191</varlistentry>
     
    193194<term><command>msgfmt</command></term>
    194195<listitem>
     196<para>generates a binary message catalog from from a translation catalog.</para>
    195197<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgfmt"><primary sortas="b-msgfmt">msgfmt</primary></indexterm>
    196 <para>generates a binary message catalog from from a translation catalog.</para>
    197198</listitem>
    198199</varlistentry>
     
    201202<term><command>msggrep</command></term>
    202203<listitem>
    203 <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msggrep"><primary sortas="b-msggrep">msggrep</primary></indexterm>
    204204<para>extracts all messages of a translation catalog that match a
    205205given pattern or belong to some given source files.</para>
     206<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msggrep"><primary sortas="b-msggrep">msggrep</primary></indexterm>
    206207</listitem>
    207208</varlistentry>
     
    210211<term><command>msginit</command></term>
    211212<listitem>
    212 <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msginit"><primary sortas="b-msginit">msginit</primary></indexterm>
    213213<para>creates a new <filename class="extension">.po</filename> file, initializing the meta
    214214information with values from the user's environment.</para>
     215<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msginit"><primary sortas="b-msginit">msginit</primary></indexterm>
    215216</listitem>
    216217</varlistentry>
     
    219220<term><command>msgmerge</command></term>
    220221<listitem>
     222<para>combines two raw translations into a single file.</para>
    221223<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgmerge"><primary sortas="b-msgmerge">msgmerge</primary></indexterm>
    222 <para>combines two raw translations into a single file.</para>
    223224</listitem>
    224225</varlistentry>
     
    227228<term><command>msgunfmt</command></term>
    228229<listitem>
     230<para>decompiles a binary message catalog into raw translation text.</para>
    229231<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgunfmt"><primary sortas="b-msgunfmt">msgunfmt</primary></indexterm>
    230 <para>decompiles a binary message catalog into raw translation text.</para>
    231232</listitem>
    232233</varlistentry>
     
    235236<term><command>msguniq</command></term>
    236237<listitem>
     238<para>unifies duplicate translations in a translation catalog.</para>
    237239<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msguniq"><primary sortas="b-msguniq">msguniq</primary></indexterm>
    238 <para>unifies duplicate translations in a translation catalog.</para>
    239240</listitem>
    240241</varlistentry>
     
    243244<term><command>ngettext</command></term>
    244245<listitem>
    245 <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext ngettext"><primary sortas="b-ngettext">ngettext</primary></indexterm>
    246246<para>displays native language translations of a textual message whose
    247247grammatical form depends on a number.</para>
     248<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext ngettext"><primary sortas="b-ngettext">ngettext</primary></indexterm>
    248249</listitem>
    249250</varlistentry>
     
    252253<term><command>xgettext</command></term>
    253254<listitem>
    254 <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext xgettext"><primary sortas="b-xgettext">xgettext</primary></indexterm>
    255255<para>extracts the translatable message lines from the given source
    256256files to make the first translation template.</para>
     257<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext xgettext"><primary sortas="b-xgettext">xgettext</primary></indexterm>
    257258</listitem>
    258259</varlistentry>
     
    261262<term><filename class="libraryfile">libasprintf</filename></term>
    262263<listitem>
    263 <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext libasprintf"><primary sortas="c-libasprintf">libasprintf</primary></indexterm>
    264264<para>defines the <emphasis>autosprintf</emphasis> class, which makes
    265265C formatted output routines usable in C++ programs, for use with the
    266266<emphasis>&lt;string&gt;</emphasis> strings and the
    267267<emphasis>&lt;iostream&gt;</emphasis> streams.</para>
     268<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext libasprintf"><primary sortas="c-libasprintf">libasprintf</primary></indexterm>
    268269</listitem>
    269270</varlistentry>
     
    272273<term><filename class="libraryfile">libgettextlib</filename></term>
    273274<listitem>
    274 <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext libgettextlib"><primary sortas="c-libgettextlib">libgettextlib</primary></indexterm>
    275275<para>a private library containing common routines used by the various Gettext
    276276programs. These are not intended for general use.</para>
     277<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext libgettextlib"><primary sortas="c-libgettextlib">libgettextlib</primary></indexterm>
    277278</listitem>
    278279</varlistentry>
     
    281282<term><filename class="libraryfile">libgettextpo</filename></term>
    282283<listitem>
    283 <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext libgettextpo"><primary sortas="c-libgettextpo">libgettextpo</primary></indexterm>
    284284<para>used to write specialized programs that process <filename
    285285class="extension">.po</filename> files. This library is used when the
     
    288288<command>msgattrib</command> and <command>msgen</command>) will not
    289289suffice.</para>
     290<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext libgettextpo"><primary sortas="c-libgettextpo">libgettextpo</primary></indexterm>
    290291</listitem>
    291292</varlistentry>
     
    294295<term><filename class="libraryfile">libgettextsrc</filename></term>
    295296<listitem>
     297<para>a private library containing common routines used by the various Gettext
     298programs. These are not intended for general use.</para>
    296299<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext libgettextsrc"><primary sortas="c-libgettextsrc">libgettextsrc</primary></indexterm>
    297 <para>a private library containing common routines used by the various Gettext
    298 programs. These are not intended for general use.</para>
    299300</listitem>
    300301</varlistentry>
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    293293</segmentedlist>
    294294
    295 <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
     295<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short descriptions</bridgehead>
     296<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
    296297
    297298<varlistentry id="catchsegv">
    298299<term><command>catchsegv</command></term>
    299300<listitem>
    300 <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc catchsegv"><primary sortas="b-catchsegv">catchsegv</primary></indexterm>
    301301<para>can be used to create a stack trace when a program
    302302terminates with a segmentation fault.</para>
     303<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc catchsegv"><primary sortas="b-catchsegv">catchsegv</primary></indexterm>
    303304</listitem>
    304305</varlistentry>
     
    307308<term><command>gencat</command></term>
    308309<listitem>
     310<para>generates message catalogues.</para>
    309311<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc gencat"><primary sortas="b-gencat">gencat</primary></indexterm>
    310 <para>generates message catalogues.</para>
    311312</listitem>
    312313</varlistentry>
     
    315316<term><command>getconf</command></term>
    316317<listitem>
     318<para>displays the system configuration values for file system specific variables.</para>
    317319<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc getconf"><primary sortas="b-getconf">getconf</primary></indexterm>
    318 <para>displays the system configuration values for file system specific variables.</para>
    319320</listitem>
    320321</varlistentry>
     
    323324<term><command>getent</command></term>
    324325<listitem>
     326<para>gets entries from an administrative database.</para>
    325327<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc getent"><primary sortas="b-getent">getent</primary></indexterm>
    326 <para>gets entries from an administrative database.</para>
    327328</listitem>
    328329</varlistentry>
     
    331332<term><command>glibcbug</command></term>
    332333<listitem>
     334<para>creates a bug report and mails it to the bug email address.</para>
    333335<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc glibcbug"><primary sortas="b-glibcbug">glibcbug</primary></indexterm>
    334 <para>creates a bug report and mails it to the bug email address.</para>
    335336</listitem>
    336337</varlistentry>
     
    339340<term><command>iconv</command></term>
    340341<listitem>
     342<para>performs character set conversion.</para>
    341343<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc iconv"><primary sortas="b-iconv">iconv</primary></indexterm>
    342 <para>performs character set conversion.</para>
    343344</listitem>
    344345</varlistentry>
     
    347348<term><command>iconvconfig</command></term>
    348349<listitem>
     350<para>creates fastloading <command>iconv</command> module configuration files.</para>
    349351<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc iconvconfig"><primary sortas="b-iconvconfig">iconvconfig</primary></indexterm>
    350 <para>creates fastloading <command>iconv</command> module configuration files.</para>
    351352</listitem>
    352353</varlistentry>
     
    355356<term><command>ldconfig</command></term>
    356357<listitem>
     358<para>configures the dynamic linker runtime bindings.</para>
    357359<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc ldconfig"><primary sortas="b-ldconfig">ldconfig</primary></indexterm>
    358 <para>configures the dynamic linker runtime bindings.</para>
    359360</listitem>
    360361</varlistentry>
     
    363364<term><command>ldd</command></term>
    364365<listitem>
    365 <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc ldd"><primary sortas="b-ldd">ldd</primary></indexterm>
    366366<para>reports which shared libraries are required
    367367by each given program or shared library.</para>
     368<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc ldd"><primary sortas="b-ldd">ldd</primary></indexterm>
    368369</listitem>
    369370</varlistentry>
     
    372373<term><command>lddlibc4</command></term>
    373374<listitem>
     375<para>assists <command>ldd</command> with object files.</para>
    374376<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc lddlibc4"><primary sortas="b-lddlibc4">lddlibc4</primary></indexterm>
    375 <para>assists <command>ldd</command> with object files.</para>
    376377</listitem>
    377378</varlistentry>
     
    380381<term><command>locale</command></term>
    381382<listitem>
    382 <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc locale"><primary sortas="b-locale">locale</primary></indexterm>
    383383<para>a Perl program that tells the compiler
    384384to enable or disable the use of POSIX locales for built-in operations.</para>
     385<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc locale"><primary sortas="b-locale">locale</primary></indexterm>
    385386</listitem>
    386387</varlistentry>
     
    389390<term><command>localedef</command></term>
    390391<listitem>
     392<para>compiles locale specifications.</para>
    391393<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc localedef"><primary sortas="b-localedef">localedef</primary></indexterm>
    392 <para>compiles locale specifications.</para>
    393394</listitem>
    394395</varlistentry>
     
    397398<term><command>mtrace</command></term>
    398399<listitem>
    399 <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc mtrace"><primary sortas="b-mtrace">mtrace</primary></indexterm>
    400400<para>a program that reads and interprets a memory trace file and
    401401ouputs a summary in human-readable format.</para>
     402<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc mtrace"><primary sortas="b-mtrace">mtrace</primary></indexterm>
    402403</listitem>
    403404</varlistentry>
     
    406407<term><command>nscd</command></term>
    407408<listitem>
    408 <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc nscd"><primary sortas="b-nscd">nscd</primary></indexterm>
    409409<para>a daemon that provides a cache for the most common name
    410410service requests.</para>
     411<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc nscd"><primary sortas="b-nscd">nscd</primary></indexterm>
    411412</listitem>
    412413</varlistentry>
     
    415416<term><command>nscd_nischeck</command></term>
    416417<listitem>
     418<para>checks whether or not secure mode is necessary for NIS+ lookup.</para>
    417419<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc nscd_nischeck"><primary sortas="b-nscd_nischeck">nscd_nischeck</primary></indexterm>
    418 <para>checks whether or not secure mode is necessary for NIS+ lookup.</para>
    419420</listitem>
    420421</varlistentry>
     
    423424<term><command>pcprofiledump</command></term>
    424425<listitem>
     426<para>dumps information generated by PC profiling.</para>
    425427<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc pcprofiledump"><primary sortas="b-pcprofiledump">pcprofiledump</primary></indexterm>
    426 <para>dumps information generated by PC profiling.</para>
    427428</listitem>
    428429</varlistentry>
     
    431432<term><command>pt_chown</command></term>
    432433<listitem>
    433 <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc pt_chown"><primary sortas="b-pt_chown">pt_chown</primary></indexterm>
    434434<para>is a helper program for <command>grantpt</command> to set
    435435the owner, group and access permissions of a slave pseudo terminal.</para>
     436<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc pt_chown"><primary sortas="b-pt_chown">pt_chown</primary></indexterm>
    436437</listitem>
    437438</varlistentry>
     
    440441<term><command>rpcgen</command></term>
    441442<listitem>
     443<para>generates C code to implement the Remote Procecure call (RPC) protocol.</para>
    442444<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc rpcgen"><primary sortas="b-rpcgen">rpcgen</primary></indexterm>
    443 <para>generates C code to implement the Remote Procecure call (RPC) protocol.</para>
    444445</listitem>
    445446</varlistentry>
     
    448449<term><command>rpcinfo</command></term>
    449450<listitem>
     451<para>makes an RPC call to an RPC server.</para>
    450452<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc rpcinfo"><primary sortas="b-rpcinfo">rpcinfo</primary></indexterm>
    451 <para>makes an RPC call to an RPC server.</para>
    452453</listitem>
    453454</varlistentry>
     
    456457<term><command>sln</command></term>
    457458<listitem>
     459<para>a statically linked <command>ln</command> program.</para>
    458460<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc sln"><primary sortas="b-sln">sln</primary></indexterm>
    459 <para>a statically linked <command>ln</command> program.</para>
    460461</listitem>
    461462</varlistentry>
     
    464465<term><command>sprof</command></term>
    465466<listitem>
     467<para>reads and displays shared object profiling data.</para>
    466468<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc sprof"><primary sortas="b-sprof">sprof</primary></indexterm>
    467 <para>reads and displays shared object profiling data.</para>
    468469</listitem>
    469470</varlistentry>
     
    472473<term><command>tzselect</command></term>
    473474<listitem>
    474 <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc tzselect"><primary sortas="b-tzselect">tzselect</primary></indexterm>
    475475<para>asks the user about the location of the
    476476system and reports the corresponding time zone description.</para>
     477<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc tzselect"><primary sortas="b-tzselect">tzselect</primary></indexterm>
    477478</listitem>
    478479</varlistentry>
     
    481482<term><command>xtrace</command></term>
    482483<listitem>
    483 <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc xtrace"><primary sortas="b-xtrace">xtrace</primary></indexterm>
    484484<para>traces the execution of a program by
    485485printing the currently executed function.</para>
     486<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc xtrace"><primary sortas="b-xtrace">xtrace</primary></indexterm>
    486487</listitem>
    487488</varlistentry>
     
    490491<term><command>zdump</command></term>
    491492<listitem>
     493<para>the time zone dumper.</para>
    492494<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc zdump"><primary sortas="b-zdump">zdump</primary></indexterm>
    493 <para>the time zone dumper.</para>
    494495</listitem>
    495496</varlistentry>
     
    498499<term><command>zic</command></term>
    499500<listitem>
     501<para>the time zone compiler.</para>
    500502<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc zic"><primary sortas="b-zic">zic</primary></indexterm>
    501 <para>the time zone compiler.</para>
    502503</listitem>
    503504</varlistentry>
     
    506507<term><filename class="libraryfile">ld.so</filename></term>
    507508<listitem>
     509<para>the helper program for shared library executables.</para>
    508510<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc ld.so"><primary sortas="c-ld.so">ld.so</primary></indexterm>
    509 <para>the helper program for shared library executables.</para>
    510511</listitem>
    511512</varlistentry>
     
    514515<term><filename class="libraryfile">libBrokenLocale</filename></term>
    515516<listitem>
     517<para>used by programs, such as Mozilla, to solve broken locales.</para>
    516518<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libBrokenLocale"><primary sortas="c-libBrokenLocale">libBrokenLocale</primary></indexterm>
    517 <para>used by programs, such as Mozilla, to solve broken locales.</para>
    518519</listitem>
    519520</varlistentry>
     
    522523<term><filename class="libraryfile">libSegFault</filename></term>
    523524<listitem>
     525<para>the segmentation fault signal handler.</para>
    524526<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libSegFault"><primary sortas="c-libSegFault">libSegFault</primary></indexterm>
    525 <para>the segmentation fault signal handler.</para>
    526527</listitem>
    527528</varlistentry>
     
    530531<term><filename class="libraryfile">libanl</filename></term>
    531532<listitem>
     533<para>an asynchronous name lookup library.</para>
    532534<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libanl"><primary sortas="c-libanl">libanl</primary></indexterm>
    533 <para>an asynchronous name lookup library.</para>
    534535</listitem>
    535536</varlistentry>
     
    538539<term><filename class="libraryfile">libbsd-compat</filename></term>
    539540<listitem>
    540 <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libbsd-compat"><primary sortas="c-libbsd-compat">libbsd-compat</primary></indexterm>
    541541<para>provides the portability needed
    542542in order to run certain BSD programs under Linux.</para>
     543<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libbsd-compat"><primary sortas="c-libbsd-compat">libbsd-compat</primary></indexterm>
    543544</listitem>
    544545</varlistentry>
     
    547548<term><filename class="libraryfile">libc</filename></term>
    548549<listitem>
     550<para>the main C library.</para>
    549551<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libc"><primary sortas="c-libc">libc</primary></indexterm>
    550 <para>the main C library.</para>
    551552</listitem>
    552553</varlistentry>
     
    555556<term><filename class="libraryfile">libcrypt</filename></term>
    556557<listitem>
     558<para>the cryptography library.</para>
    557559<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libcrypt"><primary sortas="c-libcrypt">libcrypt</primary></indexterm>
    558 <para>the cryptography library.</para>
    559560</listitem>
    560561</varlistentry>
     
    563564<term><filename class="libraryfile">libdl</filename></term>
    564565<listitem>
     566<para>the dynamic linking interface library.</para>
    565567<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libdl"><primary sortas="c-libdl">libdl</primary></indexterm>
    566 <para>the dynamic linking interface library.</para>
    567568</listitem>
    568569</varlistentry>
     
    571572<term><filename class="libraryfile">libg</filename></term>
    572573<listitem>
     574<para>a runtime library for <command>g++</command>.</para>
    573575<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libg"><primary sortas="c-libg">libg</primary></indexterm>
    574 <para>a runtime library for <command>g++</command>.</para>
    575576</listitem>
    576577</varlistentry>
     
    579580<term><filename class="libraryfile">libieee</filename></term>
    580581<listitem>
     582<para>the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) floating point library.</para>
    581583<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libieee"><primary sortas="c-libieee">libieee</primary></indexterm>
    582 <para>the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) floating point library.</para>
    583584</listitem>
    584585</varlistentry>
     
    587588<term><filename class="libraryfile">libm</filename></term>
    588589<listitem>
     590<para>the mathematical library.</para>
    589591<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libm"><primary sortas="c-libm">libm</primary></indexterm>
    590 <para>the mathematical library.</para>
    591592</listitem>
    592593</varlistentry>
     
    595596<term><filename class="libraryfile">libmcheck</filename></term>
    596597<listitem>
     598<para>contains code run at boot.</para>
    597599<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libmcheck"><primary sortas="c-libmcheck">libmcheck</primary></indexterm>
    598 <para>contains code run at boot.</para>
    599600</listitem>
    600601</varlistentry>
     
    603604<term><filename class="libraryfile">libmemusage</filename></term>
    604605<listitem>
    605 <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libmemusage"><primary sortas="c-libmemusage">libmemusage</primary></indexterm>
    606606<para>used by <command>memusage</command> to help collect
    607607information about the memory usage of a program.</para>
     608<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libmemusage"><primary sortas="c-libmemusage">libmemusage</primary></indexterm>
    608609</listitem>
    609610</varlistentry>
     
    612613<term><filename class="libraryfile">libnsl</filename></term>
    613614<listitem>
     615<para>the network services library.</para>
    614616<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libnsl"><primary sortas="c-libnsl">libnsl</primary></indexterm>
    615 <para>the network services library.</para>
    616617</listitem>
    617618</varlistentry>
     
    620621<term><filename class="libraryfile">libnss*</filename></term>
    621622<listitem>
    622 <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libnss"><primary sortas="c-libnss*">libnss*</primary></indexterm>
    623623<para>the Name Service Switch libraries,
    624624containing functions for resolving host names, user names, group names,
    625625aliases, services, protocols, etc.</para>
     626<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libnss"><primary sortas="c-libnss*">libnss*</primary></indexterm>
    626627</listitem>
    627628</varlistentry>
     
    630631<term><filename class="libraryfile">libpcprofile</filename></term>
    631632<listitem>
    632 <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libpcprofile"><primary sortas="c-libpcprofile">libpcprofile</primary></indexterm>
    633633<para>contains profiling functions used
    634634to track the amount of CPU time spent in which source code lines.</para>
     635<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libpcprofile"><primary sortas="c-libpcprofile">libpcprofile</primary></indexterm>
    635636</listitem>
    636637</varlistentry>
     
    639640<term><filename class="libraryfile">libpthread</filename></term>
    640641<listitem>
     642<para>is the POSIX threads library.</para>
    641643<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libpthread"><primary sortas="c-libpthread">libpthread</primary></indexterm>
    642 <para>is the POSIX threads library.</para>
    643644</listitem>
    644645</varlistentry>
     
    647648<term><filename class="libraryfile">libresolv</filename></term>
    648649<listitem>
    649 <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libresolv"><primary sortas="c-libresolv">libresolv</primary></indexterm>
    650650<para>contains functions for creating,
    651651sending, and interpreting packets to the Internet domain name servers.</para>
     652<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libresolv"><primary sortas="c-libresolv">libresolv</primary></indexterm>
    652653</listitem>
    653654</varlistentry>
     
    656657<term><filename class="libraryfile">librpcsvc</filename></term>
    657658<listitem>
     659<para>contains functions providing miscellaneous RPC services.</para>
    658660<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc librpcsvc"><primary sortas="c-librpcsvc">librpcsvc</primary></indexterm>
    659 <para>contains functions providing miscellaneous RPC services.</para>
    660661</listitem>
    661662</varlistentry>
     
    664665<term><filename class="libraryfile">librt</filename></term>
    665666<listitem>
    666 <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc librt"><primary sortas="c-librt">librt</primary></indexterm>
    667667<para>contains functions providing most of the
    668668interfaces specified by the POSIX.1b Realtime Extension.</para>
     669<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc librt"><primary sortas="c-librt">librt</primary></indexterm>
    669670</listitem>
    670671</varlistentry>
     
    673674<term><filename class="libraryfile">libthread_db</filename></term>
    674675<listitem>
    675 <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libthread_db"><primary sortas="c-libthread_db">libthread_db</primary></indexterm>
    676676<para>contains functions useful for
    677677building debuggers for multi-threaded programs.</para>
     678<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libthread_db"><primary sortas="c-libthread_db">libthread_db</primary></indexterm>
    678679</listitem>
    679680</varlistentry>
     
    682683<term><filename class="libraryfile">libutil</filename></term>
    683684<listitem>
     685<para>contains code for <quote>standard</quote> functions used in many different Unix utilities.</para>
    684686<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libutil"><primary sortas="c-libutil">libutil</primary></indexterm>
    685 <para>contains code for <quote>standard</quote> functions used in many different Unix utilities.</para>
    686687</listitem>
    687688</varlistentry>
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    5454</segmentedlist>
    5555
    56 <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
     56<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short descriptions</bridgehead>
     57<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
    5758
    5859<varlistentry id="egrep">
    5960<term><command>egrep</command></term>
    6061<listitem>
     62<para>prints lines matching an extended regular expression.</para>
    6163<indexterm zone="ch-system-grep egrep"><primary sortas="b-egrep">egrep</primary></indexterm>
    62 <para>prints lines matching an extended regular expression.</para>
    6364</listitem>
    6465</varlistentry>
     
    6768<term><command>fgrep</command></term>
    6869<listitem>
     70<para>prints lines matching a list of fixed strings.</para>
    6971<indexterm zone="ch-system-grep fgrep"><primary sortas="b-fgrep">fgrep</primary></indexterm>
    70 <para>prints lines matching a list of fixed strings.</para>
    7172</listitem>
    7273</varlistentry>
     
    7576<term><command>grep</command></term>
    7677<listitem>
     78<para>prints lines matching a basic regular expression.</para>
    7779<indexterm zone="ch-system-grep grep"><primary sortas="b-grep">grep</primary></indexterm>
    78 <para>prints lines matching a basic regular expression.</para>
    7980</listitem>
    8081</varlistentry>
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    6767</segmentedlist>
    6868
    69 <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
     69<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short descriptions</bridgehead>
     70<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
    7071
    7172<varlistentry id="addftinfo">
    7273<term><command>addftinfo</command></term>
    7374<listitem>
    74 <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff addftinfo"><primary sortas="b-addftinfo">addftinfo</primary></indexterm>
    7575<para>reads a troff font file and adds some
    7676additional font-metric information that is used by the <command>groff</command> system.</para>
     77<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff addftinfo"><primary sortas="b-addftinfo">addftinfo</primary></indexterm>
    7778</listitem>
    7879</varlistentry>
     
    8182<term><command>afmtodit</command></term>
    8283<listitem>
     84<para>creates a font file for use with <command>groff</command> and <command>grops</command>.</para>
    8385<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff afmtodit"><primary sortas="b-afmtodit">afmtodit</primary></indexterm>
    84 <para>creates a font file for use with <command>groff</command> and <command>grops</command>.</para>
    8586</listitem>
    8687</varlistentry>
     
    8990<term><command>eqn</command></term>
    9091<listitem>
    91 <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff eqn"><primary sortas="b-eqn">eqn</primary></indexterm>
    9292<para>compiles descriptions of equations embedded
    9393within troff input files into commands that are understood by <command>troff</command>.</para>
     94<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff eqn"><primary sortas="b-eqn">eqn</primary></indexterm>
    9495</listitem>
    9596</varlistentry>
     
    9899<term><command>eqn2graph</command></term>
    99100<listitem>
     101<para>converts a troff EQN (equation) into a cropped image.</para>
    100102<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff eqn2graph"><primary sortas="b-eqn2graph">eqn2graph</primary></indexterm>
    101 <para>converts a troff EQN (equation) into a cropped image.</para>
    102103</listitem>
    103104</varlistentry>
     
    106107<term><command>grn</command></term>
    107108<listitem>
     109<para>a <command>groff</command> preprocessor for gremlin files.</para>
    108110<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff grn"><primary sortas="b-grn">grn</primary></indexterm>
    109 <para>a <command>groff</command> preprocessor for gremlin files.</para>
    110111</listitem>
    111112</varlistentry>
     
    114115<term><command>grodvi</command></term>
    115116<listitem>
     117<para>a driver for <command>groff</command> that produces TeX dvi format.</para>
    116118<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff grodvi"><primary sortas="b-grodvi">grodvi</primary></indexterm>
    117 <para>a driver for <command>groff</command> that produces TeX dvi format.</para>
    118119</listitem>
    119120</varlistentry>
     
    122123<term><command>groff</command></term>
    123124<listitem>
    124 <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff groff"><primary sortas="b-groff">groff</primary></indexterm>
    125125<para>a front-end to the groff document
    126126formatting system. Normally, it runs the <command>troff</command> program and a post-processor
    127127appropriate for the selected device.</para>
     128<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff groff"><primary sortas="b-groff">groff</primary></indexterm>
    128129</listitem>
    129130</varlistentry>
     
    132133<term><command>groffer</command></term>
    133134<listitem>
     135<para>displays groff files and man pages on X and tty terminals.</para>
    134136<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff groffer"><primary sortas="b-groffer">groffer</primary></indexterm>
    135 <para>displays groff files and man pages on X and tty terminals.</para>
    136137</listitem>
    137138</varlistentry>
     
    140141<term><command>grog</command></term>
    141142<listitem>
    142 <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff grog"><primary sortas="b-grog">grog</primary></indexterm>
    143143<para>reads files and guesses which of the <command>groff</command>
    144144options <parameter>-e</parameter>, <parameter>-man</parameter>,
     
    147147and <parameter>-t</parameter> are required for printing
    148148files, and reports the <command>groff</command> command including those options.</para>
     149<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff grog"><primary sortas="b-grog">grog</primary></indexterm>
    149150</listitem>
    150151</varlistentry>
     
    153154<term><command>grolbp</command></term>
    154155<listitem>
    155 <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff grolbp"><primary sortas="b-grolbp">grolbp</primary></indexterm>
    156156<para>is a <command>groff</command> driver for Canon CAPSL printers
    157157(LBP-4 and LBP-8 series laser printers).</para>
     158<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff grolbp"><primary sortas="b-grolbp">grolbp</primary></indexterm>
    158159</listitem>
    159160</varlistentry>
     
    162163<term><command>grolj4</command></term>
    163164<listitem>
    164 <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff grolj4"><primary sortas="b-grolj4">grolj4</primary></indexterm>
    165165<para>is a driver for <command>groff</command> that produces output
    166166in PCL5 format suitable for an HP Laserjet 4 printer.</para>
     167<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff grolj4"><primary sortas="b-grolj4">grolj4</primary></indexterm>
    167168</listitem>
    168169</varlistentry>
     
    171172<term><command>grops</command></term>
    172173<listitem>
     174<para>translates the output of GNU <command>troff</command> to PostScript.</para>
    173175<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff grops"><primary sortas="b-grops">grops</primary></indexterm>
    174 <para>translates the output of GNU <command>troff</command> to PostScript.</para>
    175176</listitem>
    176177</varlistentry>
     
    179180<term><command>grotty</command></term>
    180181<listitem>
    181 <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff grotty"><primary sortas="b-grotty">grotty</primary></indexterm>
    182182<para>translates the output of GNU <command>troff</command> into
    183183a form suitable for typewriter-like devices.</para>
     184<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff grotty"><primary sortas="b-grotty">grotty</primary></indexterm>
    184185</listitem>
    185186</varlistentry>
     
    188189<term><command>gtbl</command></term>
    189190<listitem>
     191<para>is the GNU implementation of <command>tbl</command>.</para>
    190192<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff gtbl"><primary sortas="b-gtbl">gtbl</primary></indexterm>
    191 <para>is the GNU implementation of <command>tbl</command>.</para>
    192193</listitem>
    193194</varlistentry>
     
    196197<term><command>hpftodit</command></term>
    197198<listitem>
    198 <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff hpftodit"><primary sortas="b-hpftodit">hpftodit</primary></indexterm>
    199199<para>creates a font file for use with
    200200<command>groff -Tlj4</command> from an HP-tagged font metric file.</para>
     201<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff hpftodit"><primary sortas="b-hpftodit">hpftodit</primary></indexterm>
    201202</listitem>
    202203</varlistentry>
     
    205206<term><command>indxbib</command></term>
    206207<listitem>
    207 <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff indxbib"><primary sortas="b-indxbib">indxbib</primary></indexterm>
    208208<para>creates an inverted index for the bibliographic databases with a specified file for
    209209use with <command>refer</command>, <command>lookbib</command>, and <command>lkbib</command>.</para>
     210<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff indxbib"><primary sortas="b-indxbib">indxbib</primary></indexterm>
    210211</listitem>
    211212</varlistentry>
     
    214215<term><command>lkbib</command></term>
    215216<listitem>
    216 <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff lkbib"><primary sortas="b-lkbib">lkbib</primary></indexterm>
    217217<para>searches bibliographic databases for references that contain
    218218specified keys and reports any references found.</para>
     219<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff lkbib"><primary sortas="b-lkbib">lkbib</primary></indexterm>
    219220</listitem>
    220221</varlistentry>
     
    223224<term><command>lookbib</command></term>
    224225<listitem>
    225 <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff lookbib"><primary sortas="b-lookbib">lookbib</primary></indexterm>
    226226<para>prints a prompt on the standard error (unless the standard input
    227227is not a terminal), reads from the standard input a line containing a
     
    230230found on the standard output, and repeats this process until the end
    231231of input.</para>
     232<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff lookbib"><primary sortas="b-lookbib">lookbib</primary></indexterm>
    232233</listitem>
    233234</varlistentry>
     
    236237<term><command>mmroff</command></term>
    237238<listitem>
     239<para>a simple preprocessor for <command>groff</command>.</para>
    238240<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff mmroff"><primary sortas="b-mmroff">mmroff</primary></indexterm>
    239 <para>a simple preprocessor for <command>groff</command>.</para>
    240241</listitem>
    241242</varlistentry>
     
    244245<term><command>neqn</command></term>
    245246<listitem>
    246 <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff neqn"><primary sortas="b-neqn">neqn</primary></indexterm>
    247247<para>formats equations for American Standard Code for Information
    248248Interchange (ASCII) output.</para>
     249<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff neqn"><primary sortas="b-neqn">neqn</primary></indexterm>
    249250</listitem>
    250251</varlistentry>
     
    253254<term><command>nroff</command></term>
    254255<listitem>
     256<para>a script that emulates the <command>nroff</command> command using <command>groff</command>.</para>
    255257<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff nroff"><primary sortas="b-nroff">nroff</primary></indexterm>
    256 <para>a script that emulates the <command>nroff</command> command using <command>groff</command>.</para>
    257258</listitem>
    258259</varlistentry>
     
    261262<term><command>pfbtops</command></term>
    262263<listitem>
     264<para>translates a PostScript font in <filename class="extension">.pfb</filename> format to ASCII.</para>
    263265<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff pfbtops"><primary sortas="b-pfbtops">pfbtops</primary></indexterm>
    264 <para>translates a PostScript font in <filename class="extension">.pfb</filename> format to ASCII.</para>
    265266</listitem>
    266267</varlistentry>
     
    269270<term><command>pic</command></term>
    270271<listitem>
    271 <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff pic"><primary sortas="b-pic">pic</primary></indexterm>
    272272<para>compiles descriptions of pictures embedded
    273273within troff or TeX input files into commands understood by TeX or <command>troff</command>.</para>
     274<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff pic"><primary sortas="b-pic">pic</primary></indexterm>
    274275</listitem>
    275276</varlistentry>
     
    278279<term><command>pic2graph</command></term>
    279280<listitem>
     281<para>converts a PIC diagram into a cropped image.</para>
    280282<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff pic2graph"><primary sortas="b-pic2graph">pic2graph</primary></indexterm>
    281 <para>converts a PIC diagram into a cropped image.</para>
    282283</listitem>
    283284</varlistentry>
     
    286287<term><command>pre-grohtml </command></term>
    287288<listitem>
     289<para>translates the output of GNU <command>troff</command> to html.</para>
    288290<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff pre-grohtml"><primary sortas="b-pre-grohtml">pre-grohtml</primary></indexterm>
    289 <para>translates the output of GNU <command>troff</command> to html.</para>
    290291</listitem>
    291292</varlistentry>
     
    294295<term><command>post-grohtml</command></term>
    295296<listitem>
     297<para>translates the output of GNU <command>troff</command> to html.</para>
    296298<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff post-grohtml"><primary sortas="b-post-grohtml">post-grohtml</primary></indexterm>
    297 <para>translates the output of GNU <command>troff</command> to html.</para>
    298299</listitem>
    299300</varlistentry>
     
    302303<term><command>refer</command></term>
    303304<listitem>
    304 <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff refer"><primary sortas="b-refer">refer</primary></indexterm>
    305305<para>copies the contents of a file to the standard output, except
    306306that lines between <emphasis>.[</emphasis> and <emphasis>.]</emphasis>
     
    308308<emphasis>.R1</emphasis> and <emphasis>.R2</emphasis> are interpreted
    309309as commands about how citations are to be processed.</para>
     310<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff refer"><primary sortas="b-refer">refer</primary></indexterm>
    310311</listitem>
    311312</varlistentry>
     
    314315<term><command>soelim</command></term>
    315316<listitem>
    316 <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff soelim"><primary sortas="b-soelim">soelim</primary></indexterm>
    317317<para>reads files and replaces lines of the form
    318318<emphasis>.so file</emphasis> by the contents of the mentioned
    319319<emphasis>file</emphasis>.</para>
     320<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff soelim"><primary sortas="b-soelim">soelim</primary></indexterm>
    320321</listitem>
    321322</varlistentry>
     
    324325<term><command>tbl</command></term>
    325326<listitem>
    326 <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff tbl"><primary sortas="b-tbl">tbl</primary></indexterm>
    327327<para>compiles descriptions of tables embedded
    328328within troff input files into commands that are understood by <command>troff</command>.</para>
     329<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff tbl"><primary sortas="b-tbl">tbl</primary></indexterm>
    329330</listitem>
    330331</varlistentry>
     
    333334<term><command>tfmtodit</command></term>
    334335<listitem>
     336<para>creates a font file for use with <command>groff -Tdvi</command>.</para>
    335337<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff tfmtodit"><primary sortas="b-tfmtodit">tfmtodit</primary></indexterm>
    336 <para>creates a font file for use with <command>groff -Tdvi</command>.</para>
    337338</listitem>
    338339</varlistentry>
     
    341342<term><command>troff</command></term>
    342343<listitem>
    343 <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff troff"><primary sortas="b-troff">troff</primary></indexterm>
    344344<para>is highly compatible with Unix <command>troff</command>. Usually it should be invoked using the
    345345<command>groff</command> command, which will also run preprocessors and post-processors in the
    346346appropriate order and with the appropriate options.</para>
     347<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff troff"><primary sortas="b-troff">troff</primary></indexterm>
    347348</listitem>
    348349</varlistentry>
     
    351352<term><command>zsoelim</command></term>
    352353<listitem>
     354<para>is the GNU implementation of <command>soelim</command>.</para>
    353355<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff zsoelim"><primary sortas="b-zsoelim">zsoelim</primary></indexterm>
    354 <para>is the GNU implementation of <command>soelim</command>.</para>
    355356</listitem>
    356357</varlistentry>
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    7575</segmentedlist>
    7676
    77 <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
     77<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short descriptions</bridgehead>
     78<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
    7879
    7980<varlistentry id="grub">
    8081<term><command>grub</command></term>
    8182<listitem>
     83<para>the Grand Unified Bootloader's command shell.</para>
    8284<indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub"><primary sortas="b-grub">grub</primary></indexterm>
    83 <para>the Grand Unified Bootloader's command shell.</para>
    8485</listitem>
    8586</varlistentry>
     
    8889<term><command>grub-install</command></term>
    8990<listitem>
     91<para>installs GRUB on the given device.</para>
    9092<indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-install"><primary sortas="b-grub-install">grub-install</primary></indexterm>
    91 <para>installs GRUB on the given device.</para>
    9293</listitem>
    9394</varlistentry>
     
    9697<term><command>grub-md5-crypt</command></term>
    9798<listitem>
     99<para>encrypts a password in MD5 format.</para>
    98100<indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-md5-crypt"><primary sortas="b-grub-md5-crypt">grub-md5-crypt</primary></indexterm>
    99 <para>encrypts a password in MD5 format.</para>
    100101</listitem>
    101102</varlistentry>
     
    104105<term><command>grub-terminfo</command></term>
    105106<listitem>
    106 <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-terminfo"><primary sortas="b-grub-terminfo">grub-terminfo</primary></indexterm>
    107107<para>generates a terminfo command from a terminfo name. It can be
    108108employed if an unknown terminal is being used.</para>
     109<indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-terminfo"><primary sortas="b-grub-terminfo">grub-terminfo</primary></indexterm>
    109110</listitem>
    110111</varlistentry>
     
    113114<term><command>mbchk</command></term>
    114115<listitem>
     116<para>checks the format of a multi-boot kernel.</para>
    115117<indexterm zone="ch-system-grub mbchk"><primary sortas="b-mbchk">mbchk</primary></indexterm>
    116 <para>checks the format of a multi-boot kernel.</para>
    117118</listitem>
    118119</varlistentry>
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    6969</segmentedlist>
    7070
    71 <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
     71<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short descriptions</bridgehead>
     72<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
    7273
    7374<varlistentry id="gunzip">
    7475<term><command>gunzip</command></term>
    7576<listitem>
     77<para>decompresses gzipped files.</para>
    7678<indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip gunzip"><primary sortas="b-gunzip">gunzip</primary></indexterm>
    77 <para>decompresses gzipped files.</para>
    7879</listitem>
    7980</varlistentry>
     
    8283<term><command>gzexe</command></term>
    8384<listitem>
     85<para>used to create self-uncompressing executable files.</para>
    8486<indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip gzexe"><primary sortas="b-gzexe">gzexe</primary></indexterm>
    85 <para>used to create self-uncompressing executable files.</para>
    8687</listitem>
    8788</varlistentry>
     
    9091<term><command>gzip</command></term>
    9192<listitem>
     93<para>compresses the given files, using Lempel-Ziv (LZ77) coding.</para>
    9294<indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip gzip"><primary sortas="b-gzip">gzip</primary></indexterm>
    93 <para>compresses the given files, using Lempel-Ziv (LZ77) coding.</para>
    9495</listitem>
    9596</varlistentry>
     
    9899<term><command>zcat</command></term>
    99100<listitem>
     101<para>uncompresses the given gzipped files to standard output.</para>
    100102<indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip zcat"><primary sortas="b-zcat">zcat</primary></indexterm>
    101 <para>uncompresses the given gzipped files to standard output.</para>
    102103</listitem>
    103104</varlistentry>
     
    106107<term><command>zcmp</command></term>
    107108<listitem>
     109<para>runs <command>cmp</command> on gzipped files.</para>
    108110<indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip zcmp"><primary sortas="b-zcmp">zcmp</primary></indexterm>
    109 <para>runs <command>cmp</command> on gzipped files.</para>
    110111</listitem>
    111112</varlistentry>
     
    114115<term><command>zdiff</command></term>
    115116<listitem>
     117<para>runs <command>diff</command> on gzipped files.</para>
    116118<indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip zdiff"><primary sortas="b-zdiff">zdiff</primary></indexterm>
    117 <para>runs <command>diff</command> on gzipped files.</para>
    118119</listitem>
    119120</varlistentry>
     
    122123<term><command>zegrep</command></term>
    123124<listitem>
     125<para>runs <command>egrep</command> on gzipped files.</para>
    124126<indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip zegrep"><primary sortas="b-zegrep">zegrep</primary></indexterm>
    125 <para>runs <command>egrep</command> on gzipped files.</para>
    126127</listitem>
    127128</varlistentry>
     
    130131<term><command>zfgrep</command></term>
    131132<listitem>
     133<para>runs <command>fgrep</command> on gzipped files.</para>
    132134<indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip zfgrep"><primary sortas="b-zfgrep">zfgrep</primary></indexterm>
    133 <para>runs <command>fgrep</command> on gzipped files.</para>
    134135</listitem>
    135136</varlistentry>
     
    138139<term><command>zforce</command></term>
    139140<listitem>
    140 <indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip zforce"><primary sortas="b-zforce">zforce</primary></indexterm>
    141141<para>forces a <filename class="extension">.gz</filename> extension on all given files
    142142that are gzipped files, so that <command>gzip</command> will not compress them again. This can be
    143143useful when file names were truncated during a file transfer.</para>
     144<indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip zforce"><primary sortas="b-zforce">zforce</primary></indexterm>
    144145</listitem>
    145146</varlistentry>
     
    148149<term><command>zgrep</command></term>
    149150<listitem>
     151<para>runs <command>grep</command> on gzipped files.</para>
    150152<indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip zgrep"><primary sortas="b-zgrep">zgrep</primary></indexterm>
    151 <para>runs <command>grep</command> on gzipped files.</para>
    152153</listitem>
    153154</varlistentry>
     
    156157<term><command>zless</command></term>
    157158<listitem>
     159<para>runs <command>less</command> on gzipped files.</para>
    158160<indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip zless"><primary sortas="b-zless">zless</primary></indexterm>
    159 <para>runs <command>less</command> on gzipped files.</para>
    160161</listitem>
    161162</varlistentry>
     
    164165<term><command>zmore</command></term>
    165166<listitem>
     167<para>runs <command>more</command> on gzipped files.</para>
    166168<indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip zmore"><primary sortas="b-zmore">zmore</primary></indexterm>
    167 <para>runs <command>more</command> on gzipped files.</para>
    168169</listitem>
    169170</varlistentry>
     
    172173<term><command>znew</command></term>
    173174<listitem>
    174 <indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip znew"><primary sortas="b-znew">znew</primary></indexterm>
    175175<para>re-compresses files from <command>compress</command> format to <command>gzip</command> format
    176176-- <filename class="extension">.Z</filename> to <filename class="extension">.gz</filename>.</para>
     177<indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip znew"><primary sortas="b-znew">znew</primary></indexterm>
    177178</listitem>
    178179</varlistentry>
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    109109</segmentedlist>
    110110
    111 <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
     111<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short descriptions</bridgehead>
     112<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
    112113
    113114<varlistentry id="ftp">
    114115<term><command>ftp</command></term>
    115116<listitem>
     117<para>is the file transfer protocol program.</para>
    116118<indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils ftp"><primary sortas="b-ftp">ftp</primary></indexterm>
    117 <para>is the file transfer protocol program.</para>
    118119</listitem>
    119120</varlistentry>
     
    122123<term><command>ping</command></term>
    123124<listitem>
     125<para>sends echo-request packets and reports how long the replies take.</para>
    124126<indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils ping"><primary sortas="b-ping">ping</primary></indexterm>
    125 <para>sends echo-request packets and reports how long the replies take.</para>
    126127</listitem>
    127128</varlistentry>
     
    130131<term><command>rcp</command></term>
    131132<listitem>
     133<para>performs remote file copy.</para>
    132134<indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rcp"><primary sortas="b-rcp">rcp</primary></indexterm>
    133 <para>performs remote file copy.</para>
    134135</listitem>
    135136</varlistentry>
     
    138139<term><command>rlogin</command></term>
    139140<listitem>
     141<para>performs remote login.</para>
    140142<indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rlogin"><primary sortas="b-rlogin">rlogin</primary></indexterm>
    141 <para>performs remote login.</para>
    142143</listitem>
    143144</varlistentry>
     
    146147<term><command>rsh</command></term>
    147148<listitem>
     149<para>runs a remote shell.</para>
    148150<indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rsh"><primary sortas="b-rsh">rsh</primary></indexterm>
    149 <para>runs a remote shell.</para>
    150151</listitem>
    151152</varlistentry>
     
    154155<term><command>talk</command></term>
    155156<listitem>
     157<para>used to chat with another user.</para>
    156158<indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils talk"><primary sortas="b-talk">talk</primary></indexterm>
    157 <para>used to chat with another user.</para>
    158159</listitem>
    159160</varlistentry>
     
    162163<term><command>telnet</command></term>
    163164<listitem>
     165<para>an interface to the TELNET protocol.</para>
    164166<indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils telnet"><primary sortas="b-telnet">telnet</primary></indexterm>
    165 <para>an interface to the TELNET protocol.</para>
    166167</listitem>
    167168</varlistentry>
     
    170171<term><command>tftp</command></term>
    171172<listitem>
     173<para>a trivial file transfer program.</para>
    172174<indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils tftp"><primary sortas="b-tftp">tftp</primary></indexterm>
    173 <para>a trivial file transfer program.</para>
    174175</listitem>
    175176</varlistentry>
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    7777    </segmentedlist>
    7878
    79     <variablelist>
    80       <title>Short descriptions</title>
     79    <variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short descriptions</bridgehead>
     80<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
    8181
    8282      <varlistentry id="ifstat">
     
    8585        </term>
    8686        <listitem>
     87          <para>shows the interfaces statistic including the amount of transmitted
     88                and received packages by interface.</para>
    8789          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 ifstat">
    8890            <primary sortas="b-ifstat">ifstat</primary>
    8991          </indexterm>
    90           <para>shows the interfaces statistic including the amount of transmitted
    91                 and received packages by interface.</para>
    9292        </listitem>
    9393      </varlistentry>
     
    9898        </term>
    9999        <listitem>
    100           <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 ip">
    101             <primary sortas="b-ip">ip</primary>
    102           </indexterm>
    103100
    104101          <para>is the main executable. Has several different functions.</para>
     
    140137                devices, addresses and routes continuously.
    141138          </para>
     139          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 ip">
     140            <primary sortas="b-ip">ip</primary>
     141          </indexterm>
    142142        </listitem>
    143143      </varlistentry>
     
    148148        </term>
    149149        <listitem>
     150          <para>shows network statistics.</para>
    150151          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 nstat">
    151152            <primary sortas="b-nstat">nstat</primary>
    152153          </indexterm>
    153           <para>shows network statistics.</para>
    154154        </listitem>
    155155      </varlistentry>
     
    160160        </term>
    161161        <listitem>
     162          <para>a component of ip route. This is for flushing the routing
     163                tables.
     164          </para>
    162165          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 routef">
    163166            <primary sortas="b-routef">routef</primary>
    164167          </indexterm>
    165           <para>a component of ip route. This is for flushing the routing
     168        </listitem>
     169      </varlistentry>
     170
     171      <varlistentry id="routel">
     172        <term>
     173          <command>routel</command>
     174        </term>
     175        <listitem>
     176          <para>a component of ip route. This is for listing the routing
    166177                tables.
    167178          </para>
    168         </listitem>
    169       </varlistentry>
    170 
    171       <varlistentry id="routel">
    172         <term>
    173           <command>routel</command>
    174         </term>
    175         <listitem>
    176179          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 routel">
    177180            <primary sortas="b-routel">routel</primary>
    178181          </indexterm>
    179           <para>a component of ip route. This is for listing the routing
    180                 tables.
    181           </para>
    182182        </listitem>
    183183      </varlistentry>
     
    188188        </term>
    189189        <listitem>
     190          <para>Route Monitoring Utility.</para>
    190191          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 rtmon">
    191192            <primary sortas="b-rtmon">rtmon</primary>
    192193          </indexterm>
    193           <para>Route Monitoring Utility.</para>
    194194        </listitem>
    195195      </varlistentry>
     
    200200        </term>
    201201        <listitem>
     202          <para>Route Status Utility</para>
    202203          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 rtstat">
    203204            <primary sortas="b-rtstat">rtstat</primary>
    204205          </indexterm>
    205           <para>Route Status Utility</para>
    206206        </listitem>
    207207      </varlistentry>
     
    212212        </term>
    213213        <listitem>
     214          <para>similar to the netstat command. Shows active connections.</para>
    214215          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 ss">
    215216            <primary sortas="b-ss">ss</primary>
    216217          </indexterm>
    217           <para>similar to the netstat command. Shows active connections.</para>
    218218        </listitem>
    219219      </varlistentry>
     
    224224        </term>
    225225        <listitem>
     226          <para>Traffic Controlling Executable. This is for QOS/COS
     227                implementations.
     228          </para>
     229
     230          <para><command>tc qdisc</command> allows you to setup the queueing
     231                discipline.
     232          </para>
     233
     234          <para><command>tc class</command> allows you to setup classes based on
     235                the queuing discipline scheduling.
     236          </para>
     237
     238          <para><command>tc estimator</command> allows you to estimate the
     239                network flow into a network.
     240          </para>
     241
     242          <para><command>tc filter</command> allows you to setup the QOS/COS
     243                packet filtering.
     244          </para>
     245
     246          <para><command>tc policy</command> allows you to setup the QOS/COS
     247                policies.
     248          </para>
    226249          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 ss">
    227250            <primary sortas="b-tc">tc</primary>
    228251          </indexterm>
    229           <para>Traffic Controlling Executable. This is for QOS/COS
    230                 implementations.
    231           </para>
    232 
    233           <para><command>tc qdisc</command> allows you to setup the queueing
    234                 discipline.
    235           </para>
    236 
    237           <para><command>tc class</command> allows you to setup classes based on
    238                 the queuing discipline scheduling.
    239           </para>
    240 
    241           <para><command>tc estimator</command> allows you to estimate the
    242                 network flow into a network.
    243           </para>
    244 
    245           <para><command>tc filter</command> allows you to setup the QOS/COS
    246                 packet filtering.
    247           </para>
    248 
    249           <para><command>tc policy</command> allows you to setup the QOS/COS
    250                 policies.
    251           </para>
    252252        </listitem>
    253253      </varlistentry>
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    5555</segmentedlist>
    5656
    57 <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
     57<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short descriptions</bridgehead>
     58<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
    5859
    5960<varlistentry id="chvt">
    6061<term><command>chvt</command></term>
    6162<listitem>
     63<para>changes the foreground virtual terminal.</para>
    6264<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd chvt"><primary sortas="b-chvt">chvt</primary></indexterm>
    63 <para>changes the foreground virtual terminal.</para>
    6465</listitem>
    6566</varlistentry>
     
    6869<term><command>deallocvt</command></term>
    6970<listitem>
     71<para>deallocates unused virtual terminals.</para>
    7072<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd deallocvt"><primary sortas="b-deallocvt">deallocvt</primary></indexterm>
    71 <para>deallocates unused virtual terminals.</para>
    7273</listitem>
    7374</varlistentry>
     
    7677<term><command>dumpkeys</command></term>
    7778<listitem>
     79<para>dumps the keyboard translation tables.</para>
    7880<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd dumpkeys"><primary sortas="b-dumpkeys">dumpkeys</primary></indexterm>
    79 <para>dumps the keyboard translation tables.</para>
    8081</listitem>
    8182</varlistentry>
     
    8485<term><command>fgconsole</command></term>
    8586<listitem>
     87<para>prints the number of the active virtual terminal.</para>
    8688<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd fgconsole"><primary sortas="b-fgconsole">fgconsole</primary></indexterm>
    87 <para>prints the number of the active virtual terminal.</para>
    8889</listitem>
    8990</varlistentry>
     
    9293<term><command>getkeycodes</command></term>
    9394<listitem>
     95<para>prints the kernel scancode-to-keycode mapping table.</para>
    9496<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd getkeycodes"><primary sortas="b-getkeycodes">getkeycodes</primary></indexterm>
    95 <para>prints the kernel scancode-to-keycode mapping table.</para>
    9697</listitem>
    9798</varlistentry>
     
    100101<term><command>getunimap</command></term>
    101102<listitem>
     103<para>prints the currently used unimap.</para>
    102104<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd getunimap"><primary sortas="b-getunimap">getunimap</primary></indexterm>
    103 <para>prints the currently used unimap.</para>
    104105</listitem>
    105106</varlistentry>
     
    108109<term><command>kbd_mode</command></term>
    109110<listitem>
     111<para>reports or sets the keyboard mode.</para>
    110112<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd kbd_mode"><primary sortas="b-kbd_mode">kbd_mode</primary></indexterm>
    111 <para>reports or sets the keyboard mode.</para>
    112113</listitem>
    113114</varlistentry>
     
    116117<term><command>kbdrate</command></term>
    117118<listitem>
     119<para>sets the keyboard repeat and delay rates.</para>
    118120<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd kbdrate"><primary sortas="b-kbdrate">kbdrate</primary></indexterm>
    119 <para>sets the keyboard repeat and delay rates.</para>
    120121</listitem>
    121122</varlistentry>
     
    124125<term><command>loadkeys</command></term>
    125126<listitem>
     127<para>loads the keyboard translation tables.</para>
    126128<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd loadkeys"><primary sortas="b-loadkeys">loadkeys</primary></indexterm>
    127 <para>loads the keyboard translation tables.</para>
    128129</listitem>
    129130</varlistentry>
     
    132133<term><command>loadunimap</command></term>
    133134<listitem>
     135<para>loads the kernel unicode-to-font mapping table.</para>
    134136<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd loadunimap"><primary sortas="b-loadunimap">loadunimap</primary></indexterm>
    135 <para>loads the kernel unicode-to-font mapping table.</para>
    136137</listitem>
    137138</varlistentry>
     
    140141<term><command>mapscrn</command></term>
    141142<listitem>
    142 <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd mapscrn"><primary sortas="b-mapscrn">mapscrn</primary></indexterm>
    143143<para>an obsolete program that used to load
    144144a user-defined output character mapping tables into the console driver. This is
    145145now done by <command>setfont</command>.</para>
     146<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd mapscrn"><primary sortas="b-mapscrn">mapscrn</primary></indexterm>
    146147</listitem>
    147148</varlistentry>
     
    150151<term><command>openvt</command></term>
    151152<listitem>
     153<para>starts a program on a new virtual terminal (VT).</para>
    152154<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd openvt"><primary sortas="b-openvt">openvt</primary></indexterm>
    153 <para>starts a program on a new virtual terminal (VT).</para>
    154155</listitem>
    155156</varlistentry>
     
    158159<term><command>psf*</command></term>
    159160<listitem>
    160 <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd psf"><primary sortas="b-psf*">psf*</primary></indexterm>
    161161<para>are a set of tools for handling Unicode character tables for
    162162console fonts.</para>
     163<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd psf"><primary sortas="b-psf*">psf*</primary></indexterm>
    163164</listitem>
    164165</varlistentry>
     
    167168<term><command>resizecons</command></term>
    168169<listitem>
     170<para>changes the kernel idea of the console size.</para>
    169171<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd resizecons"><primary sortas="b-resizecons">resizecons</primary></indexterm>
    170 <para>changes the kernel idea of the console size.</para>
    171172</listitem>
    172173</varlistentry>
     
    175176<term><command>setfont</command></term>
    176177<listitem>
     178<para>lets you change the EGA/VGA fonts on the console.</para>
    177179<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setfont"><primary sortas="b-setfont">setfont</primary></indexterm>
    178 <para>lets you change the EGA/VGA fonts on the console.</para>
    179180</listitem>
    180181</varlistentry>
     
    183184<term><command>setkeycodes</command></term>
    184185<listitem>
    185 <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setkeycodes"><primary sortas="b-setkeycodes">setkeycodes</primary></indexterm>
    186186<para>loads kernel scancode-to-keycode mapping table entries. This is
    187187useful if ther are unusual keys on your keyboard.</para>
     188<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setkeycodes"><primary sortas="b-setkeycodes">setkeycodes</primary></indexterm>
    188189</listitem>
    189190</varlistentry>
     
    192193<term><command>setleds</command></term>
    193194<listitem>
    194 <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setleds"><primary sortas="b-setleds">setleds</primary></indexterm>
    195195<para>sets the keyboard flags and LEDs. For example, many people find
    196196it useful to have <quote>Num Lock</quote> on by default.</para>
     197<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setleds"><primary sortas="b-setleds">setleds</primary></indexterm>
    197198</listitem>
    198199</varlistentry>
     
    201202<term><command>setlogcons</command></term>
    202203<listitem>
     204<para>sends kernel messages to the console.</para>
    203205<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setlogcons"><primary sortas="b-setlogcons">setlogcons</primary></indexterm>
    204 <para>sends kernel messages to the console.</para>
    205206</listitem>
    206207</varlistentry>
     
    209210<term><command>setmetamode</command></term>
    210211<listitem>
     212<para>defines the keyboard meta-key handling.</para>
    211213<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setmetamode"><primary sortas="b-setmetamode">setmetamode</primary></indexterm>
    212 <para>defines the keyboard meta-key handling.</para>
    213214</listitem>
    214215</varlistentry>
     
    217218<term><command>setvesablank</command></term>
    218219<listitem>
    219 <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setvesablank"><primary sortas="b-setvesablank">setvesablank</primary></indexterm>
    220220<para>lets you fiddle with the built-in hardware screensaver (a blank
    221221screen).</para>
     222<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setvesablank"><primary sortas="b-setvesablank">setvesablank</primary></indexterm>
    222223</listitem>
    223224</varlistentry>
     
    226227<term><command>showconsolefont</command></term>
    227228<listitem>
     229<para>shows the current EGA/VGA console screen font.</para>
    228230<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd showconsolefont"><primary sortas="b-showconsolefont">showconsolefont</primary></indexterm>
    229 <para>shows the current EGA/VGA console screen font.</para>
    230231</listitem>
    231232</varlistentry>
     
    234235<term><command>showkey</command></term>
    235236<listitem>
    236 <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd showkey"><primary sortas="b-showkey">showkey</primary></indexterm>
    237237<para>reports the scancodes,keycodes, and ASCII codes of the keys
    238238pressed on the keyboard.</para>
     239<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd showkey"><primary sortas="b-showkey">showkey</primary></indexterm>
    239240</listitem>
    240241</varlistentry>
     
    243244<term><command>unicode_start</command></term>
    244245<listitem>
    245 <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd unicode_start"><primary sortas="b-unicode_start">unicode_start</primary></indexterm>
    246246<para>puts the keyboard and console in UNICODE mode. Never use it on LFS,
    247247because applications are not configured to support UNICODE.</para>
     248<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd unicode_start"><primary sortas="b-unicode_start">unicode_start</primary></indexterm>
    248249</listitem>
    249250</varlistentry>
     
    252253<term><command>unicode_stop</command></term>
    253254<listitem>
     255<para>reverts keyboard and console from UNICODE mode.</para>
    254256<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd unicode_stop"><primary sortas="b-unicode_stop">unicode_stop</primary></indexterm>
    255 <para>reverts keyboard and console from UNICODE mode.</para>
    256257</listitem>
    257258</varlistentry>
  • chapter06/less.xml

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    6060</segmentedlist>
    6161
    62 <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
     62<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short descriptions</bridgehead>
     63<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
    6364
    6465<varlistentry id="less">
    6566<term><command>less</command></term>
    6667<listitem>
    67 <indexterm zone="ch-system-less less"><primary sortas="b-less">less</primary></indexterm>
    6868<para>a file viewer or pager. It displays the contents of the given
    6969file, letting the user scroll, find strings, and jump to marks.</para>
     70<indexterm zone="ch-system-less less"><primary sortas="b-less">less</primary></indexterm>
    7071</listitem>
    7172</varlistentry>
     
    7475<term><command>lessecho</command></term>
    7576<listitem>
    76 <indexterm zone="ch-system-less lessecho"><primary sortas="b-lessecho">lessecho</primary></indexterm>
    7777<para>needed to expand meta-characters, such as <emphasis>*</emphasis>
    7878and <emphasis>?</emphasis>, in filenames on Unix systems.</para>
     79<indexterm zone="ch-system-less lessecho"><primary sortas="b-lessecho">lessecho</primary></indexterm>
    7980</listitem>
    8081</varlistentry>
     
    8384<term><command>lesskey</command></term>
    8485<listitem>
     86<para>used to specify the key bindings for <command>less</command>.</para>
    8587<indexterm zone="ch-system-less lesskey"><primary sortas="b-lesskey">lesskey</primary></indexterm>
    86 <para>used to specify the key bindings for <command>less</command>.</para>
    8788</listitem>
    8889</varlistentry>
  • chapter06/libtool.xml

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    5757</segmentedlist>
    5858
    59 <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
     59<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short descriptions</bridgehead>
     60<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
    6061
    6162<varlistentry id="libtool">
    6263<term><command>libtool</command></term>
    6364<listitem>
     65<para>provides generalized library-building support services.</para>
    6466<indexterm zone="ch-system-libtool libtool"><primary sortas="b-libtool">libtool</primary></indexterm>
    65 <para>provides generalized library-building support services.</para>
    6667</listitem>
    6768</varlistentry>
     
    7071<term><command>libtoolize</command></term>
    7172<listitem>
     73<para>provides a standard way to add libtool support to a package.</para>
    7274<indexterm zone="ch-system-libtool libtoolize"><primary sortas="b-libtoolize">libtoolize</primary></indexterm>
    73 <para>provides a standard way to add libtool support to a package.</para>
    7475</listitem>
    7576</varlistentry>
     
    7879<term><filename class="libraryfile">libltdl</filename></term>
    7980<listitem>
     81<para>hides the various difficulties of dlopening libraries.</para>
    8082<indexterm zone="ch-system-libtool libltdl"><primary sortas="c-libltdl">libltdl</primary></indexterm>
    81 <para>hides the various difficulties of dlopening libraries.</para>
    8283</listitem>
    8384</varlistentry>
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    6262</segmentedlist>
    6363
    64 <variablelist><title>Short description</title>
     64<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short descriptions</bridgehead>
     65<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
    6566
    6667<varlistentry id="linux-libc-headers">
    6768<term><filename class="headerfile">/usr/include/{asm,linux}/*.h</filename></term>
    6869<listitem>
     70<para>the Linux headers API.</para>
    6971<indexterm zone="ch-system-linux-libc-headers linux-libc-headers"><primary sortas="e-/usr/include/{asm,linux}/*.h">/usr/include/{asm,linux}/*.h</primary></indexterm>
    70 <para>the Linux headers API.</para>
    7172</listitem>
    7273</varlistentry>
  • chapter06/m4.xml

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    5454</segmentedlist>
    5555
    56 <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
     56<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short descriptions</bridgehead>
     57<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
    5758
    5859<varlistentry id="m4">
    5960<term><command>m4</command></term>
    6061<listitem>
    61 <indexterm zone="ch-system-m4 m4"><primary sortas="b-m4">m4</primary></indexterm>
    6262<para>copies the given files while expanding the macros that they
    6363contain. These macros are either built-in or user-defined and can take
     
    6868<command>m4</command> program can be used either as a front-end to a compiler or as a
    6969macro processor in its own right.</para>
     70<indexterm zone="ch-system-m4 m4"><primary sortas="b-m4">m4</primary></indexterm>
    7071</listitem>
    7172</varlistentry>
  • chapter06/make.xml

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    5454</segmentedlist>
    5555
    56 <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
     56<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short descriptions</bridgehead>
     57<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
    5758
    5859<varlistentry id="make">
    5960<term><command>make</command></term>
    6061<listitem>
    61 <indexterm zone="ch-system-make make"><primary sortas="b-make">make</primary></indexterm>
    6262<para>automatically determines which pieces of a large package need to
    6363be recompiled, and then issues the relevant commands.</para>
     64<indexterm zone="ch-system-make make"><primary sortas="b-make">make</primary></indexterm>
    6465</listitem>
    6566</varlistentry>
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    4242</segmentedlist>
    4343
    44 <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
     44<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short descriptions</bridgehead>
     45<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
    4546
    4647<varlistentry id="manual-pages">
    4748<term><emphasis>manual pages</emphasis></term>
    4849<listitem>
    49 <indexterm zone="ch-system-man-pages manual-pages"><primary sortas="e-manual-pages">manual pages</primary></indexterm>
    5050<para>manual pages describing the C and C++ functions, important
    5151device files, and important configuration files.</para>
     52<indexterm zone="ch-system-man-pages manual-pages"><primary sortas="e-manual-pages">manual pages</primary></indexterm>
    5253</listitem>
    5354</varlistentry>
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    118118</segmentedlist>
    119119
    120 <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
     120<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short descriptions</bridgehead>
     121<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
    121122
    122123<varlistentry id="apropos">
    123124<term><command>apropos</command></term>
    124125<listitem>
    125 <indexterm zone="ch-system-man apropos"><primary sortas="b-apropos">apropos</primary></indexterm>
    126126<para>searches the whatis database and displays the short descriptions
    127127of system commands that contain a given string.</para>
     128<indexterm zone="ch-system-man apropos"><primary sortas="b-apropos">apropos</primary></indexterm>
    128129</listitem>
    129130</varlistentry>
     
    132133<term><command>makewhatis</command></term>
    133134<listitem>
    134 <indexterm zone="ch-system-man makewhatis"><primary sortas="b-makewhatis">makewhatis</primary></indexterm>
    135135<para>builds the whatis database. It reads all the manual pages in the
    136136manpath and writes the name and a short description in the whatis
    137137database for each page.</para>
     138<indexterm zone="ch-system-man makewhatis"><primary sortas="b-makewhatis">makewhatis</primary></indexterm>
    138139</listitem>
    139140</varlistentry>
     
    142143<term><command>man</command></term>
    143144<listitem>
     145<para>formats and displays the requested on-line manual page.</para>
    144146<indexterm zone="ch-system-man man"><primary sortas="b-man">man</primary></indexterm>
    145 <para>formats and displays the requested on-line manual page.</para>
    146147</listitem>
    147148</varlistentry>
     
    150151<term><command>man2dvi</command></term>
    151152<listitem>
     153<para>converts a manual page into dvi format.</para>
    152154<indexterm zone="ch-system-man man2dvi"><primary sortas="b-man2dvi">man2dvi</primary></indexterm>
    153 <para>converts a manual page into dvi format.</para>
    154155</listitem>
    155156</varlistentry>
     
    158159<term><command>man2html</command></term>
    159160<listitem>
     161<para>converts a manual page into html.</para>
    160162<indexterm zone="ch-system-man man2html"><primary sortas="b-man2html">man2html</primary></indexterm>
    161 <para>converts a manual page into html.</para>
    162163</listitem>
    163164</varlistentry>
     
    166167<term><command>whatis</command></term>
    167168<listitem>
    168 <indexterm zone="ch-system-man whatis"><primary sortas="b-whatis">whatis</primary></indexterm>
    169169<para>searches the whatis database and displays the short descriptions
    170170of system commands that contain the given keyword as a separate
    171171word.</para>
     172<indexterm zone="ch-system-man whatis"><primary sortas="b-whatis">whatis</primary></indexterm>
    172173</listitem>
    173174</varlistentry>
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    7070</segmentedlist>
    7171
    72 <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
     72<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short descriptions</bridgehead>
     73<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
    7374
    7475<varlistentry id="mktemp">
    7576<term><command>mktemp</command></term>
    7677<listitem>
     78<para>creates temporary files in a secure manner. It is used in scripts.</para>
    7779<indexterm zone="ch-system-mktemp mktemp"><primary sortas="b-mktemp">mktemp</primary></indexterm>
    78 <para>creates temporary files in a secure manner. It is used in scripts.</para>
    7980</listitem>
    8081</varlistentry>
     
    8384<term><command>tempfile</command></term>
    8485<listitem>
    85 <indexterm zone="ch-system-mktemp tempfile"><primary sortas="b-tempfile">tempfile</primary></indexterm>
    8686<para>creates temporary files in a less secure manner than
    8787<command>mktemp</command>. It is installed for backwards-compatibility.</para>
     88<indexterm zone="ch-system-mktemp tempfile"><primary sortas="b-tempfile">tempfile</primary></indexterm>
    8889</listitem>
    8990</varlistentry>
  • chapter06/module-init-tools.xml

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    5858</segmentedlist>
    5959
    60 <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
     60<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short descriptions</bridgehead>
     61<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
    6162
    6263<varlistentry id="depmod">
    6364<term><command>depmod</command></term>
    6465<listitem>
    65 <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools depmod"><primary sortas="b-depmod">depmod</primary></indexterm>
    6666<para>creates a dependency file based on the symbols it finds in the
    6767existing set of modules. This dependency file is used by modprobe to
    6868automatically load the required modules.</para>
     69<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools depmod"><primary sortas="b-depmod">depmod</primary></indexterm>
    6970</listitem>
    7071</varlistentry>
     
    7374<term><command>genksyms</command></term>
    7475<listitem>
     76<para>generates symbol version information.</para>
    7577<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools genksyms"><primary sortas="b-genksyms">genksyms</primary></indexterm>
    76 <para>generates symbol version information.</para>
    7778</listitem>
    7879</varlistentry>
     
    8182<term><command>insmod</command></term>
    8283<listitem>
     84<para>installs a loadable module in the running kernel.</para>
    8385<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools insmod"><primary sortas="b-insmod">insmod</primary></indexterm>
    84 <para>installs a loadable module in the running kernel.</para>
    8586</listitem>
    8687</varlistentry>
     
    8990<term><command>insmod_ksymoops_clean</command></term>
    9091<listitem>
     92<para>deletes saved ksyms and modules not accessed for two days.</para>
    9193<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools insmod_ksymoops_clean"><primary sortas="b-insmod_ksymoops_clean">insmod_ksymoops_clean</primary></indexterm>
    92 <para>deletes saved ksyms and modules not accessed for two days.</para>
    9394</listitem>
    9495</varlistentry>
     
    9798<term><command>kallsyms</command></term>
    9899<listitem>
     100<para>extracts all kernel symbols for debugging.</para>
    99101<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools kallsyms"><primary sortas="b-kallsyms">kallsyms</primary></indexterm>
    100 <para>extracts all kernel symbols for debugging.</para>
    101102</listitem>
    102103</varlistentry>
     
    105106<term><command>kernelversion</command></term>
    106107<listitem>
     108<para>reports the major version of the running kernel.</para>
    107109<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools kernelversion"><primary sortas="b-kernelversion">kernelversion</primary></indexterm>
    108 <para>reports the major version of the running kernel.</para>
    109110</listitem>
    110111</varlistentry>
     
    113114<term><command>ksyms</command></term>
    114115<listitem>
     116<para>displays exported kernel symbols.</para>
    115117<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools ksyms"><primary sortas="b-ksyms">ksyms</primary></indexterm>
    116 <para>displays exported kernel symbols.</para>
    117118</listitem>
    118119</varlistentry>
     
    121122<term><command>lsmod</command></term>
    122123<listitem>
     124<para>lists currently loaded modules.</para>
    123125<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools lsmod"><primary sortas="b-lsmod">lsmod</primary></indexterm>
    124 <para>lists currently loaded modules.</para>
    125126</listitem>
    126127</varlistentry>
     
    129130<term><command>modinfo</command></term>
    130131<listitem>
    131 <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools modinfo"><primary sortas="b-modinfo">modinfo</primary></indexterm>
    132132<para>examines an object file associated with a kernel module and
    133133displays any information that it can glean.</para>
     134<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools modinfo"><primary sortas="b-modinfo">modinfo</primary></indexterm>
    134135</listitem>
    135136</varlistentry>
     
    138139<term><command>modprobe</command></term>
    139140<listitem>
    140 <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools modprobe"><primary sortas="b-modprobe">modprobe</primary></indexterm>
    141141<para>uses a dependency file, created by
    142142<command>depmod</command>, to automatically load relevant modules.</para>
     143<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools modprobe"><primary sortas="b-modprobe">modprobe</primary></indexterm>
    143144</listitem>
    144145</varlistentry>
     
    147148<term><command>rmmod</command></term>
    148149<listitem>
     150<para>unloads modules from the running kernel.</para>
    149151<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools rmmod"><primary sortas="b-rmmod">rmmod</primary></indexterm>
    150 <para>unloads modules from the running kernel.</para>
    151152</listitem>
    152153</varlistentry>
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    7474</segmentedlist>
    7575
    76 <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
     76<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short descriptions</bridgehead>
     77<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
    7778
    7879<varlistentry id="captoinfo">
    7980<term><command>captoinfo</command></term>
    8081<listitem>
     82<para>converts a termcap description into a terminfo description.</para>
    8183<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses captoinfo"><primary sortas="b-captoinfo">captoinfo</primary></indexterm>
    82 <para>converts a termcap description into a terminfo description.</para>
    8384</listitem>
    8485</varlistentry>
     
    8788<term><command>clear</command></term>
    8889<listitem>
     90<para>clears the screen, if this is possible.</para>
    8991<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses clear"><primary sortas="b-clear">clear</primary></indexterm>
    90 <para>clears the screen, if this is possible.</para>
    9192</listitem>
    9293</varlistentry>
     
    9596<term><command>infocmp</command></term>
    9697<listitem>
     98<para>compares or prints out terminfo descriptions.</para>
    9799<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses infocmp"><primary sortas="b-infocmp">infocmp</primary></indexterm>
    98 <para>compares or prints out terminfo descriptions.</para>
    99100</listitem>
    100101</varlistentry>
     
    103104<term><command>infotocap</command></term>
    104105<listitem>
     106<para>converts a terminfo description into a termcap description.</para>
    105107<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses infotocap"><primary sortas="b-infotocap">infotocap</primary></indexterm>
    106 <para>converts a terminfo description into a termcap description.</para>
    107108</listitem>
    108109</varlistentry>
     
    111112<term><command>reset</command></term>
    112113<listitem>
     114<para>reinitializes a terminal to its default values.</para>
    113115<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses reset"><primary sortas="b-reset">reset</primary></indexterm>
    114 <para>reinitializes a terminal to its default values.</para>
    115116</listitem>
    116117</varlistentry>
     
    119120<term><command>tack</command></term>
    120121<listitem>
    121 <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tack"><primary sortas="b-tack">tack</primary></indexterm>
    122122<para>the terminfo action checker. It is mainly used to test the
    123123accuracy of an entry in the terminfo database.</para>
     124<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tack"><primary sortas="b-tack">tack</primary></indexterm>
    124125</listitem>
    125126</varlistentry>
     
    128129<term><command>tic</command></term>
    129130<listitem>
    130 <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tic"><primary sortas="b-tic">tic</primary></indexterm>
    131131<para>the terminfo entry-description compiler. It translates a
    132132terminfo file from source format into the binary format needed for the
    133133ncurses library routines. A terminfo file contains information on the
    134134capabilities of a certain terminal.</para>
     135<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tic"><primary sortas="b-tic">tic</primary></indexterm>
    135136</listitem>
    136137</varlistentry>
     
    139140<term><command>toe</command></term>
    140141<listitem>
    141 <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses toe"><primary sortas="b-toe">toe</primary></indexterm>
    142142<para>lists all available terminal types, giving the primary name and
    143143description for each.</para>
     144<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses toe"><primary sortas="b-toe">toe</primary></indexterm>
    144145</listitem>
    145146</varlistentry>
     
    148149<term><command>tput</command></term>
    149150<listitem>
    150 <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tput"><primary sortas="b-tput">tput</primary></indexterm>
    151151<para>makes the values of terminal-dependent capabilities available to
    152152the shell. It can also be used to reset or initialize a terminal or
    153153report its long name.</para>
     154<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tput"><primary sortas="b-tput">tput</primary></indexterm>
    154155</listitem>
    155156</varlistentry>
     
    158159<term><command>tset</command></term>
    159160<listitem>
     161<para>can be used to initialize terminals.</para>
    160162<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tset"><primary sortas="b-tset">tset</primary></indexterm>
    161 <para>can be used to initialize terminals.</para>
    162163</listitem>
    163164</varlistentry>
     
    166167<term><filename class="libraryfile">>libncurses*</filename></term>
    167168<listitem>
    168 <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libncurses"><primary sortas="c-libncurses*">libncurses*</primary></indexterm>
    169169<para>contains functions to display text in many complicated ways on a
    170170terminal screen. A good example of the use of these functions is the
    171171menu displayed during the kernel's <command>make menuconfig</command>.</para>
     172<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libncurses"><primary sortas="c-libncurses*">libncurses*</primary></indexterm>
    172173</listitem>
    173174</varlistentry>
     
    176177<term><filename class="libraryfile">libform*</filename></term>
    177178<listitem>
     179<para>contains functions to implement forms.</para>
    178180<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libform"><primary sortas="c-libform*">libform*</primary></indexterm>
    179 <para>contains functions to implement forms.</para>
    180181</listitem>
    181182</varlistentry>
     
    184185<term><filename class="libraryfile">libmenu*</filename></term>
    185186<listitem>
     187<para>contains functions to implement menus.</para>
    186188<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libmenu"><primary sortas="c-libmenu*">libmenu*</primary></indexterm>
    187 <para>contains functions to implement menus.</para>
    188189</listitem>
    189190</varlistentry>
     
    192193<term><filename class="libraryfile">libpanel*</filename></term>
    193194<listitem>
     195<para>contains functions to implement panels.</para>
    194196<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libpanel"><primary sortas="c-libpanel*">libpanel*</primary></indexterm>
    195 <para>contains functions to implement panels.</para>
    196197</listitem>
    197198</varlistentry>
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    5353</segmentedlist>
    5454
    55 <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
     55<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short descriptions</bridgehead>
     56<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
    5657
    5758<varlistentry id="patch">
    5859<term><command>patch</command></term>
    5960<listitem>
    60 <indexterm zone="ch-system-patch patch"><primary sortas="b-patch">patch</primary></indexterm>
    6161<para>modifies files according to a patch file. A patch file normally
    6262is a difference listing created with the <command>diff</command> program. By applying
    6363these differences to the original files, <command>patch</command> creates the patched
    6464versions.</para>
     65<indexterm zone="ch-system-patch patch"><primary sortas="b-patch">patch</primary></indexterm>
    6566</listitem>
    6667</varlistentry>
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    8080</segmentedlist>
    8181
    82 <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
     82<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short descriptions</bridgehead>
     83<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
    8384
    8485<varlistentry id="a2p">
    8586<term><command>a2p</command></term>
    8687<listitem>
     88<para>translates awk to Perl.</para>
    8789<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl a2p"><primary sortas="b-a2p">a2p</primary></indexterm>
    88 <para>translates awk to Perl.</para>
    8990</listitem>
    9091</varlistentry>
     
    9394<term><command>c2ph</command></term>
    9495<listitem>
     96<para>dumps C structures as generated from <quote>cc -g -S</quote>.</para>
    9597<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl c2ph"><primary sortas="b-c2ph">c2ph</primary></indexterm>
    96 <para>dumps C structures as generated from <quote>cc -g -S</quote>.</para>
    9798</listitem>
    9899</varlistentry>
     
    101102<term><command>dprofpp</command></term>
    102103<listitem>
     104<para>displays Perl profile data.</para>
    103105<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl dprofpp"><primary sortas="b-dprofpp">dprofpp</primary></indexterm>
    104 <para>displays Perl profile data.</para>
    105106</listitem>
    106107</varlistentry>
     
    109110<term><command>en2cxs</command></term>
    110111<listitem>
    111 <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl en2cxs"><primary sortas="b-en2cxs">en2cxs</primary></indexterm>
    112112<para>builds a Perl extension for the Encode module, from either
    113113Unicode Character Mappings or Tcl Encoding Files.</para>
     114<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl en2cxs"><primary sortas="b-en2cxs">en2cxs</primary></indexterm>
    114115</listitem>
    115116</varlistentry>
     
    118119<term><command>find2perl</command></term>
    119120<listitem>
     121<para>translates find commands to Perl.</para>
    120122<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl find2perl"><primary sortas="b-find2perl">find2perl</primary></indexterm>
    121 <para>translates find commands to Perl.</para>
    122123</listitem>
    123124</varlistentry>
     
    126127<term><command>h2ph</command></term>
    127128<listitem>
    128 <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl h2ph"><primary sortas="b-h2ph">h2ph</primary></indexterm>
    129129<para>converts <filename class="extension">.h</filename> C header files to
    130130<filename class="extension">.ph</filename> Perl header files.</para>
     131<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl h2ph"><primary sortas="b-h2ph">h2ph</primary></indexterm>
    131132</listitem>
    132133</varlistentry>
     
    135136<term><command>h2xs</command></term>
    136137<listitem>
     138<para>converts <filename class="extension">.h</filename> C header files to Perl extensions.</para>
    137139<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl h2xs"><primary sortas="b-h2xs">h2xs</primary></indexterm>
    138 <para>converts <filename class="extension">.h</filename> C header files to Perl extensions.</para>
    139140</listitem>
    140141</varlistentry>
     
    143144<term><command>libnetcfg</command></term>
    144145<listitem>
     146<para>can be used to configure the <filename class="libraryfile">libnet</filename>.</para>
    145147<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl libnetcfg"><primary sortas="b-libnetcfg">libnetcfg</primary></indexterm>
    146 <para>can be used to configure the <filename class="libraryfile">libnet</filename>.</para>
    147148</listitem>
    148149</varlistentry>
     
    151152<term><command>perl</command></term>
    152153<listitem>
    153 <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perl"><primary sortas="b-perl">perl</primary></indexterm>
    154154<para>combines some of the best features of C, sed, awk and sh into a
    155155single swiss-army language.</para>
     156<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perl"><primary sortas="b-perl">perl</primary></indexterm>
    156157</listitem>
    157158</varlistentry>
     
    160161<term><command>perlbug</command></term>
    161162<listitem>
    162 <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perlbug"><primary sortas="b-perlbug">perlbug</primary></indexterm>
    163163<para>used to generate bug reports about Perl or the modules that come
    164164with it, and mail them.</para>
     165<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perlbug"><primary sortas="b-perlbug">perlbug</primary></indexterm>
    165166</listitem>
    166167</varlistentry>
     
    169170<term><command>perlcc</command></term>
    170171<listitem>
     172<para>generates executables from Perl programs.</para>
    171173<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perlcc"><primary sortas="b-perlcc">perlcc</primary></indexterm>
    172 <para>generates executables from Perl programs.</para>
    173174</listitem>
    174175</varlistentry>
     
    177178<term><command>perldoc</command></term>
    178179<listitem>
    179 <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perldoc"><primary sortas="b-perldoc">perldoc</primary></indexterm>
    180180<para>displays a piece of documentation in pod format that is embedded
    181181in the Perl installation tree or in a Perl script.</para>
     182<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perldoc"><primary sortas="b-perldoc">perldoc</primary></indexterm>
    182183</listitem>
    183184</varlistentry>
     
    186187<term><command>perlivp</command></term>
    187188<listitem>
    188 <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perlivp"><primary sortas="b-perlivp">perlivp</primary></indexterm>
    189189<para>the Perl Installation Verification Procedure. It can be used to
    190190verify that Perl and its libraries have been installed
    191191correctly.</para>
     192<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perlivp"><primary sortas="b-perlivp">perlivp</primary></indexterm>
    192193</listitem>
    193194</varlistentry>
     
    196197<term><command>piconv</command></term>
    197198<listitem>
    198 <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl piconv"><primary sortas="b-piconv">piconv</primary></indexterm>
    199199<para>is a Perl version of the character encoding converter
    200200<command>iconv</command>.</para>
     201<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl piconv"><primary sortas="b-piconv">piconv</primary></indexterm>
    201202</listitem>
    202203</varlistentry>
     
    205206<term><command>pl2pm</command></term>
    206207<listitem>
    207 <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pl2pm"><primary sortas="b-pl2pm">pl2pm</primary></indexterm>
    208208<para>is a rough tool for converting Perl4 <filename class="extension">.pl</filename>
    209209files to Perl5 <filename class="extension">.pm</filename> modules.</para>
     210<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pl2pm"><primary sortas="b-pl2pm">pl2pm</primary></indexterm>
    210211</listitem>
    211212</varlistentry>
     
    214215<term><command>pod2html</command></term>
    215216<listitem>
     217<para>converts files from pod format to HTML format.</para>
    216218<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2html"><primary sortas="b-pod2html">pod2html</primary></indexterm>
    217 <para>converts files from pod format to HTML format.</para>
    218219</listitem>
    219220</varlistentry>
     
    222223<term><command>pod2latex</command></term>
    223224<listitem>
     225<para>converts files from pod format to LaTeX format.</para>
    224226<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2latex"><primary sortas="b-pod2latex">pod2latex</primary></indexterm>
    225 <para>converts files from pod format to LaTeX format.</para>
    226227</listitem>
    227228</varlistentry>
     
    230231<term><command>pod2man</command></term>
    231232<listitem>
     233<para>converts pod data to formatted *roff input.</para>
    232234<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2man"><primary sortas="b-pod2man">pod2man</primary></indexterm>
    233 <para>converts pod data to formatted *roff input.</para>
    234235</listitem>
    235236</varlistentry>
     
    238239<term><command>pod2text</command></term>
    239240<listitem>
     241<para>converts pod data to formatted ASCII text.</para>
    240242<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2text"><primary sortas="b-pod2text">pod2text</primary></indexterm>
    241 <para>converts pod data to formatted ASCII text.</para>
    242243</listitem>
    243244</varlistentry>
     
    246247<term><command>pod2usage</command></term>
    247248<listitem>
     249<para>prints usage messages from embedded pod docs in files.</para>
    248250<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2usage"><primary sortas="b-pod2usage">pod2usage</primary></indexterm>
    249 <para>prints usage messages from embedded pod docs in files.</para>
    250251</listitem>
    251252</varlistentry>
     
    254255<term><command>podchecker</command></term>
    255256<listitem>
     257<para>checks the syntax of pod format documentation files.</para>
    256258<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl podchecker"><primary sortas="b-podchecker">podchecker</primary></indexterm>
    257 <para>checks the syntax of pod format documentation files.</para>
    258259</listitem>
    259260</varlistentry>
     
    262263<term><command>podselect</command></term>
    263264<listitem>
     265<para>displays selected sections of pod documentation.</para>
    264266<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl podselect"><primary sortas="b-podselect">podselect</primary></indexterm>
    265 <para>displays selected sections of pod documentation.</para>
    266267</listitem>
    267268</varlistentry>
     
    270271<term><command>psed</command></term>
    271272<listitem>
     273<para>a Perl version of the stream editor <command>sed</command>.</para>
    272274<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl psed"><primary sortas="b-psed">psed</primary></indexterm>
    273 <para>a Perl version of the stream editor <command>sed</command>.</para>
    274275</listitem>
    275276</varlistentry>
     
    278279<term><command>pstruct</command></term>
    279280<listitem>
     281<para>dumps C structures as generated from <quote>cc -g -S</quote> stabs.</para>
    280282<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pstruct"><primary sortas="b-pstruct">pstruct</primary></indexterm>
    281 <para>dumps C structures as generated from <quote>cc -g -S</quote> stabs.</para>
    282283</listitem>
    283284</varlistentry>
     
    286287<term><command>s2p</command></term>
    287288<listitem>
     289<para>translates sed to Perl.</para>
    288290<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl s2p"><primary sortas="b-s2p">s2p</primary></indexterm>
    289 <para>translates sed to Perl.</para>
    290291</listitem>
    291292</varlistentry>
     
    294295<term><command>splain</command></term>
    295296<listitem>
     297<para>is used to force verbose warning diagnostics in Perl.</para>
    296298<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl splain"><primary sortas="b-splain">splain</primary></indexterm>
    297 <para>is used to force verbose warning diagnostics in Perl.</para>
    298299</listitem>
    299300</varlistentry>
     
    302303<term><command>xsubpp</command></term>
    303304<listitem>
     305<para>converts Perl XS code into C code.</para>
    304306<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl xsubpp"><primary sortas="b-xsubpp">xsubpp</primary></indexterm>
    305 <para>converts Perl XS code into C code.</para>
    306307</listitem>
    307308</varlistentry>
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    5454</segmentedlist>
    5555
    56 <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
     56<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short descriptions</bridgehead>
     57<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
    5758
    5859<varlistentry id="free">
    5960<term><command>free</command></term>
    6061<listitem>
    61 <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps free"><primary sortas="b-free">free</primary></indexterm>
    6262<para>reports the amount of free and used memory (both physical and
    6363swap memory) in the system.</para>
     64<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps free"><primary sortas="b-free">free</primary></indexterm>
    6465</listitem>
    6566</varlistentry>
     
    6869<term><command>kill</command></term>
    6970<listitem>
     71<para>sends signals to processes.</para>
    7072<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps kill"><primary sortas="b-kill">kill</primary></indexterm>
    71 <para>sends signals to processes.</para>
    7273</listitem>
    7374</varlistentry>
     
    7677<term><command>pgrep</command></term>
    7778<listitem>
     79<para>looks up processes based on their name and other attributes.</para>
    7880<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps pgrep"><primary sortas="b-pgrep">pgrep</primary></indexterm>
    79 <para>looks up processes based on their name and other attributes.</para>
    8081</listitem>
    8182</varlistentry>
     
    8485<term><command>pkill</command></term>
    8586<listitem>
     87<para>signals processes based on their name and other attributes.</para>
    8688<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps pkill"><primary sortas="b-pkill">pkill</primary></indexterm>
    87 <para>signals processes based on their name and other attributes.</para>
    8889</listitem>
    8990</varlistentry>
     
    9293<term><command>pmap</command></term>
    9394<listitem>
     95<para>reports the memory map of the given process.</para>
    9496<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps pmap"><primary sortas="b-pmap">pmap</primary></indexterm>
    95 <para>reports the memory map of the given process.</para>
    9697</listitem>
    9798</varlistentry>
     
    100101<term><command>ps</command></term>
    101102<listitem>
     103<para>lists the current running processes.</para>
    102104<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps ps"><primary sortas="b-ps">ps</primary></indexterm>
    103 <para>lists the current running processes.</para>
    104105</listitem>
    105106</varlistentry>
     
    108109<term><command>skill</command></term>
    109110<listitem>
     111<para>sends signals to processes matching the given criteria.</para>
    110112<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps skill"><primary sortas="b-skill">skill</primary></indexterm>
    111 <para>sends signals to processes matching the given criteria.</para>
    112113</listitem>
    113114</varlistentry>
     
    116117<term><command>snice</command></term>
    117118<listitem>
     119<para>changes the scheduling priority of processes matching the given criteria.</para>
    118120<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps snice"><primary sortas="b-snice">snice</primary></indexterm>
    119 <para>changes the scheduling priority of processes matching the given criteria.</para>
    120121</listitem>
    121122</varlistentry>
     
    124125<term><command>sysctl</command></term>
    125126<listitem>
     127<para>modifies kernel parameters at run time.</para>
    126128<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps sysctl"><primary sortas="b-sysctl">sysctl</primary></indexterm>
    127 <para>modifies kernel parameters at run time.</para>
    128129</listitem>
    129130</varlistentry>
     
    132133<term><command>tload</command></term>
    133134<listitem>
     135<para>prints a graph of the current system load average.</para>
    134136<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps tload"><primary sortas="b-tload">tload</primary></indexterm>
    135 <para>prints a graph of the current system load average.</para>
    136137</listitem>
    137138</varlistentry>
     
    140141<term><command>top</command></term>
    141142<listitem>
    142 <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps top"><primary sortas="b-top">top</primary></indexterm>
    143143<para>displays the top CPU processes. It provides an ongoing look at
    144144processor activity in real time.</para>
     145<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps top"><primary sortas="b-top">top</primary></indexterm>
    145146</listitem>
    146147</varlistentry>
     
    149150<term><command>uptime</command></term>
    150151<listitem>
    151 <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps uptime"><primary sortas="b-uptime">uptime</primary></indexterm>
    152152<para>reports how long the system has been running, how many users are
    153153logged on, and the system load averages.</para>
     154<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps uptime"><primary sortas="b-uptime">uptime</primary></indexterm>
    154155</listitem>
    155156</varlistentry>
     
    158159<term><command>vmstat</command></term>
    159160<listitem>
    160 <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps vmstat"><primary sortas="b-vmstat">vmstat</primary></indexterm>
    161161<para>reports virtual memory statistics, giving information about
    162162processes, memory, paging, block IO, traps, and CPU activity.</para>
     163<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps vmstat"><primary sortas="b-vmstat">vmstat</primary></indexterm>
    163164</listitem>
    164165</varlistentry>
     
    167168<term><command>w</command></term>
    168169<listitem>
     170<para>shows which users are currently logged on, where, and since when.</para>
    169171<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps w"><primary sortas="b-w">w</primary></indexterm>
    170 <para>shows which users are currently logged on, where, and since when.</para>
    171172</listitem>
    172173</varlistentry>
     
    175176<term><command>watch</command></term>
    176177<listitem>
    177 <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps watch"><primary sortas="b-watch">watch</primary></indexterm>
    178178<para>runs a given command repeatedly, displaying the first screen-full of its
    179179output. This allows a user to watch the output change over time.</para>
     180<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps watch"><primary sortas="b-watch">watch</primary></indexterm>
    180181</listitem>
    181182</varlistentry>
     
    184185<term><filename class="libraryfile">libproc</filename></term>
    185186<listitem>
     187<para>contains the functions used by most programs in this package.</para>
    186188<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps libproc"><primary sortas="c-libproc">libproc</primary></indexterm>
    187 <para>contains the functions used by most programs in this package.</para>
    188189</listitem>
    189190</varlistentry>
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    8585</segmentedlist>
    8686
    87 <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
     87<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short descriptions</bridgehead>
     88<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
    8889
    8990<varlistentry id="fuser">
    9091<term><command>fuser</command></term>
    9192<listitem>
     93<para>reports the PIDs of processes that use the given files or file systems.</para>
    9294<indexterm zone="ch-system-psmisc fuser"><primary sortas="b-fuser">fuser</primary></indexterm>
    93 <para>reports the PIDs of processes that use the given files or file systems.</para>
    9495</listitem>
    9596</varlistentry>
     
    9899<term><command>killall</command></term>
    99100<listitem>
    100 <indexterm zone="ch-system-psmisc killall"><primary sortas="b-killall">killall</primary></indexterm>
    101101<para>kills processes by name. It sends a signal to all processes
    102102running any of the given commands.</para>
     103<indexterm zone="ch-system-psmisc killall"><primary sortas="b-killall">killall</primary></indexterm>
    103104</listitem>
    104105</varlistentry>
     
    107108<term><command>pstree</command></term>
    108109<listitem>
     110<para>displays running processes as a tree.</para>
    109111<indexterm zone="ch-system-psmisc pstree"><primary sortas="b-pstree">pstree</primary></indexterm>
    110 <para>displays running processes as a tree.</para>
    111112</listitem>
    112113</varlistentry>
     
    115116<term><command>pstree.x11</command></term>
    116117<listitem>
     118<para>same as pstree except that it waits for confirmation before exiting.</para>
    117119<indexterm zone="ch-system-psmisc pstree.x11"><primary sortas="b-pstree.x11">pstree.x11</primary></indexterm>
    118 <para>same as pstree except that it waits for confirmation before exiting.</para>
    119120</listitem>
    120121</varlistentry>
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    6464</segmentedlist>
    6565
    66 <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
     66<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short descriptions</bridgehead>
     67<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
    6768
    6869<varlistentry id="libhistory">
    6970<term><filename class="libraryfile">libhistory</filename></term>
    7071<listitem>
    71 <indexterm zone="ch-system-readline libhistory"><primary sortas="c-libhistory">libhistory</primary></indexterm>
    7272<para>a programming tool that provides a consistent user interface
    7373for recalling lines of history.</para>
     74<indexterm zone="ch-system-readline libhistory"><primary sortas="c-libhistory">libhistory</primary></indexterm>
    7475</listitem>
    7576</varlistentry>
     
    7879<term><filename class="libraryfile">libreadline</filename></term>
    7980<listitem>
    80 <indexterm zone="ch-system-readline libreadline"><primary sortas="c-libreadline">libreadline</primary></indexterm>
    8181<para>a utility which aids in the consistency of user interface
    8282across discrete programs that need to provide a command line
    8383interface.</para>
     84<indexterm zone="ch-system-readline libreadline"><primary sortas="c-libreadline">libreadline</primary></indexterm>
    8485</listitem>
    8586</varlistentry>
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    5454</segmentedlist>
    5555
    56 <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
     56<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short descriptions</bridgehead>
     57<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
    5758
    5859<varlistentry id="sed">
    5960<term><command>sed</command></term>
    6061<listitem>
     62<para>used to filter and transform text files in a single pass.</para>
    6163<indexterm zone="ch-system-sed sed"><primary sortas="b-sed">sed</primary></indexterm>
    62 <para>used to filter and transform text files in a single pass.</para>
    6364</listitem>
    6465</varlistentry>
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    161161</segmentedlist>
    162162
    163 <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
     163<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short descriptions</bridgehead>
     164<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
    164165
    165166<varlistentry id="chage">
    166167<term><command>chage</command></term>
    167168<listitem>
    168 <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow chage"><primary sortas="b-chage">chage</primary></indexterm>
    169169<para> used to change the maximum number of days between obligatory
    170170password changes.</para>
     171<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow chage"><primary sortas="b-chage">chage</primary></indexterm>
    171172</listitem>
    172173</varlistentry>
     
    175176<term><command>chfn</command></term>
    176177<listitem>
     178<para>used to change a user's full name and other info.</para>
    177179<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow chfn"><primary sortas="b-chfn">chfn</primary></indexterm>
    178 <para>used to change a user's full name and other info.</para>
    179180</listitem>
    180181</varlistentry>
     
    183184<term><command>chpasswd</command></term>
    184185<listitem>
    185 <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow chpasswd"><primary sortas="b-chpasswd">chpasswd</primary></indexterm>
    186186<para>used to update the passwords of an entire series of user
    187187accounts.</para>
     188<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow chpasswd"><primary sortas="b-chpasswd">chpasswd</primary></indexterm>
    188189</listitem>
    189190</varlistentry>
     
    192193<term><command>chsh</command></term>
    193194<listitem>
     195<para>used to change a user's default login shell.</para>
    194196<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow chsh"><primary sortas="b-chsh">chsh</primary></indexterm>
    195 <para>used to change a user's default login shell.</para>
    196197</listitem>
    197198</varlistentry>
     
    200201<term><command>expiry</command></term>
    201202<listitem>
     203<para>checks and enforces the current password expiration policy.</para>
    202204<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow expiry"><primary sortas="b-expiry">expiry</primary></indexterm>
    203 <para>checks and enforces the current password expiration policy.</para>
    204205</listitem>
    205206</varlistentry>
     
    208209<term><command>faillog</command></term>
    209210<listitem>
     211<para>is used to examine the log of login failures, to set a maximum number of
     212failures before an account is blocked, or to reset the failure count.</para>
    210213<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow faillog"><primary sortas="b-faillog">faillog</primary></indexterm>
    211 <para>is used to examine the log of login failures, to set a maximum number of
    212 failures before an account is blocked, or to reset the failure count.</para>
    213214</listitem>
    214215</varlistentry>
     
    217218<term><command>gpasswd</command></term>
    218219<listitem>
     220<para>is used to add and delete members and administrators to groups.</para>
    219221<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow gpasswd"><primary sortas="b-gpasswd">gpasswd</primary></indexterm>
    220 <para>is used to add and delete members and administrators to groups.</para>
    221222</listitem>
    222223</varlistentry>
     
    225226<term><command>groupadd</command></term>
    226227<listitem>
     228<para>creates a group with the given name.</para>
    227229<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow groupadd"><primary sortas="b-groupadd">groupadd</primary></indexterm>
    228 <para>creates a group with the given name.</para>
    229230</listitem>
    230231</varlistentry>
     
    233234<term><command>groupdel</command></term>
    234235<listitem>
     236<para>deletes the group with the given name.</para>
    235237<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow groupdel"><primary sortas="b-groupdel">groupdel</primary></indexterm>
    236 <para>deletes the group with the given name.</para>
    237238</listitem>
    238239</varlistentry>
     
    241242<term><command>groupmod</command></term>
    242243<listitem>
     244<para>is used to modify the given group's name or GID.</para>
    243245<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow groupmod"><primary sortas="b-groupmod">groupmod</primary></indexterm>
    244 <para>is used to modify the given group's name or GID.</para>
    245246</listitem>
    246247</varlistentry>
     
    249250<term><command>groups</command></term>
    250251<listitem>
     252<para>reports the groups of which the given users are members.</para>
    251253<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow groups"><primary sortas="b-groups">groups</primary></indexterm>
    252 <para>reports the groups of which the given users are members.</para>
    253254</listitem>
    254255</varlistentry>
     
    257258<term><command>grpck</command></term>
    258259<listitem>
     260<para>verifies the integrity of the group files, <filename>/etc/group</filename>
    259261<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow grpck"><primary sortas="b-grpck">grpck</primary></indexterm>
    260 <para>verifies the integrity of the group files, <filename>/etc/group</filename>
    261262and <filename>/etc/gshadow</filename>.</para>
    262263</listitem>
     
    266267<term><command>grpconv</command></term>
    267268<listitem>
     269<para>creates or updates the shadow group file from the normal group file.</para>
    268270<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow grpconv"><primary sortas="b-grpconv">grpconv</primary></indexterm>
    269 <para>creates or updates the shadow group file from the normal group file.</para>
    270271</listitem>
    271272</varlistentry>
     
    274275<term><command>grpunconv</command></term>
    275276<listitem>
    276 <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow grpunconv"><primary sortas="b-grpunconv">grpunconv</primary></indexterm>
    277277<para>updates <filename>/etc/group</filename>
    278278from <filename>/etc/gshadow</filename> and then deletes the latter.</para>
     279<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow grpunconv"><primary sortas="b-grpunconv">grpunconv</primary></indexterm>
    279280</listitem>
    280281</varlistentry>
     
    283284<term><command>lastlog</command></term>
    284285<listitem>
     286<para>reports the most recent login of all users, or of a given user.</para>
    285287<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow lastlog"><primary sortas="b-lastlog">lastlog</primary></indexterm>
    286 <para>reports the most recent login of all users, or of a given user.</para>
    287288</listitem>
    288289</varlistentry>
     
    291292<term><command>login</command></term>
    292293<listitem>
     294<para>is used by the system to let users sign on.</para>
    293295<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow login"><primary sortas="b-login">login</primary></indexterm>
    294 <para>is used by the system to let users sign on.</para>
    295296</listitem>
    296297</varlistentry>
     
    299300<term><command>logoutd</command></term>
    300301<listitem>
     302<para>is a daemon used to enforce restrictions on log-on time and ports.</para>
    301303<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow logoutd"><primary sortas="b-logoutd">logoutd</primary></indexterm>
    302 <para>is a daemon used to enforce restrictions on log-on time and ports.</para>
    303304</listitem>
    304305</varlistentry>
     
    307308<term><command>mkpasswd</command></term>
    308309<listitem>
     310<para>generates random passwords.</para>
    309311<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow mkpasswd"><primary sortas="b-mkpasswd">mkpasswd</primary></indexterm>
    310 <para>generates random passwords.</para>
    311312</listitem>
    312313</varlistentry>
     
    315316<term><command>newgrp</command></term>
    316317<listitem>
     318<para>is used to change the current GID during a login session.</para>
    317319<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow newgrp"><primary sortas="b-newgrp">newgrp</primary></indexterm>
    318 <para>is used to change the current GID during a login session.</para>
    319320</listitem>
    320321</varlistentry>
     
    323324<term><command>newusers</command></term>
    324325<listitem>
     326<para>is used to create or update an entire series of user accounts.</para>
    325327<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow newusers"><primary sortas="b-newusers">newusers</primary></indexterm>
    326 <para>is used to create or update an entire series of user accounts.</para>
    327328</listitem>
    328329</varlistentry>
     
    331332<term><command>passwd</command></term>
    332333<listitem>
     334<para>is used to change the password for a user or group account.</para>
    333335<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow passwd"><primary sortas="b-passwd">passwd</primary></indexterm>
    334 <para>is used to change the password for a user or group account.</para>
    335336</listitem>
    336337</varlistentry>
     
    339340<term><command>pwck</command></term>
    340341<listitem>
    341 <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow pwck"><primary sortas="b-pwck">pwck</primary></indexterm>
    342342<para>verifies the integrity of the password files,
    343343<filename>/etc/passwd</filename> and <filename>/etc/shadow</filename>.</para>
     344<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow pwck"><primary sortas="b-pwck">pwck</primary></indexterm>
    344345</listitem>
    345346</varlistentry>
     
    348349<term><command>pwconv</command></term>
    349350<listitem>
    350 <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow pwconv"><primary sortas="b-pwconv">pwconv</primary></indexterm>
    351351<para>creates or updates the shadow password file from the normal
    352352password file.</para>
     353<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow pwconv"><primary sortas="b-pwconv">pwconv</primary></indexterm>
    353354</listitem>
    354355</varlistentry>
     
    357358<term><command>pwunconv</command></term>
    358359<listitem>
    359 <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow pwunconv"><primary sortas="b-pwunconv">pwunconv</primary></indexterm>
    360360<para>updates <filename>/etc/passwd</filename>
    361361from <filename>/etc/shadow</filename> and then deletes the latter.</para>
     362<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow pwunconv"><primary sortas="b-pwunconv">pwunconv</primary></indexterm>
    362363</listitem>
    363364</varlistentry>
     
    366367<term><command>sg</command></term>
    367368<listitem>
    368 <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow sg"><primary sortas="b-sg">sg</primary></indexterm>
    369369<para>executes a given command while the user's GID
    370370is set to that of the given group.</para>
     371<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow sg"><primary sortas="b-sg">sg</primary></indexterm>
    371372</listitem>
    372373</varlistentry>
     
    375376<term><command>useradd</command></term>
    376377<listitem>
    377 <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow useradd"><primary sortas="b-useradd">useradd</primary></indexterm>
    378378<para>creates a new user with the given name, or updates the default
    379379new-user information.</para>
     380<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow useradd"><primary sortas="b-useradd">useradd</primary></indexterm>
    380381</listitem>
    381382</varlistentry>
     
    384385<term><command>userdel</command></term>
    385386<listitem>
     387<para>deletes the given user account.</para>
    386388<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow userdel"><primary sortas="b-userdel">userdel</primary></indexterm>
    387 <para>deletes the given user account.</para>
    388389</listitem>
    389390</varlistentry>
     
    392393<term><command>usermod</command></term>
    393394<listitem>
    394 <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow usermod"><primary sortas="b-usermod">usermod</primary></indexterm>
    395395<para>is used to modify the given user's login name, UID (User Identification),
    396396shell, initial group, home directory, etc.</para>
     397<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow usermod"><primary sortas="b-usermod">usermod</primary></indexterm>
    397398</listitem>
    398399</varlistentry>
     
    401402<term><command>vigr</command></term>
    402403<listitem>
     404<para>can be used to edit the <filename>/etc/group</filename> or
     405<filename>/etc/gshadow</filename> files.</para>
    403406<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow vigr"><primary sortas="b-vigr">vigr</primary></indexterm>
    404 <para>can be used to edit the <filename>/etc/group</filename> or
    405 <filename>/etc/gshadow</filename> files.</para>
    406407</listitem>
    407408</varlistentry>
     
    410411<term><command>vipw</command></term>
    411412<listitem>
    412 <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow vipw"><primary sortas="b-vipw">vipw</primary></indexterm>
    413413<para>can be used to edit the <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> or
    414414<filename>/etc/shadow</filename> files.</para>
     415<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow vipw"><primary sortas="b-vipw">vipw</primary></indexterm>
    415416</listitem>
    416417</varlistentry>
     
    419420<term><filename class="libraryfile">libshadow</filename></term>
    420421<listitem>
     422<para>contains functions used by most programs in this package.</para>
    421423<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow libshadow"><primary sortas="c-libshadow">libshadow</primary></indexterm>
    422 <para>contains functions used by most programs in this package.</para>
    423424</listitem>
    424425</varlistentry>
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    8585</segmentedlist>
    8686
    87 <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
     87<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short descriptions</bridgehead>
     88<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
    8889
    8990<varlistentry id="klogd">
    9091<term><command>klogd</command></term>
    9192<listitem>
     93<para>is a system daemon for intercepting and logging kernel messages.</para>
    9294<indexterm zone="ch-system-sysklogd klogd"><primary sortas="b-klogd">klogd</primary></indexterm>
    93 <para>is a system daemon for intercepting and logging kernel messages.</para>
    9495</listitem>
    9596</varlistentry>
     
    9899<term><command>syslogd</command></term>
    99100<listitem>
    100 <indexterm zone="ch-system-sysklogd syslogd"><primary sortas="b-syslogd">syslogd</primary></indexterm>
    101101<para>logs the messages that system programs offer for logging. Every
    102102logged message contains at least a date stamp and a hostname, and
    103103normally the program's name too depending on how ?trusting? the
    104104logging daemon is told to be.</para>
     105<indexterm zone="ch-system-sysklogd syslogd"><primary sortas="b-syslogd">syslogd</primary></indexterm>
    105106</listitem>
    106107</varlistentry>
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    121121</segmentedlist>
    122122
    123 <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
     123<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short descriptions</bridgehead>
     124<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
    124125
    125126<varlistentry id="halt">
    126127<term><command>halt</command></term>
    127128<listitem>
    128 <indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit halt"><primary sortas="b-halt">halt</primary></indexterm>
    129129<para>normally invokes <command>shutdown</command> with the
    130130<parameter>-h</parameter> option, except when already in run-level 0,
     
    132132file <filename>/var/log/wtmp</filename> that the system is being
    133133brought down.</para>
     134<indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit halt"><primary sortas="b-halt">halt</primary></indexterm>
    134135</listitem>
    135136</varlistentry>
     
    138139<term><command>init</command></term>
    139140<listitem>
    140 <indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit init"><primary sortas="b-init">init</primary></indexterm>
    141141<para>the first process to be started when the kernel has initialized
    142142the hardware. Init takes over the boot process and starts all the
    143143proceses it is instructed to.</para>
     144<indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit init"><primary sortas="b-init">init</primary></indexterm>
    144145</listitem>
    145146</varlistentry>
     
    148149<term><command>killall5</command></term>
    149150<listitem>
    150 <indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit killall5"><primary sortas="b-killall5">killall5</primary></indexterm>
    151151<para>sends a signal to all processes, except the processes in its own
    152152session so it won't kill the shell running the script that called
    153153it.</para>
     154<indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit killall5"><primary sortas="b-killall5">killall5</primary></indexterm>
    154155</listitem>
    155156</varlistentry>
     
    158159<term><command>last</command></term>
    159160<listitem>
    160 <indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit last"><primary sortas="b-last">last</primary></indexterm>
    161161<para>shows which users last logged in (and out),
    162162searching back through the <filename>/var/log/wtmp</filename> file. It
    163163also show system boots, shutdowns, and run-level changes.</para>
     164<indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit last"><primary sortas="b-last">last</primary></indexterm>
    164165</listitem>
    165166</varlistentry>
     
    168169<term><command>lastb</command></term>
    169170<listitem>
    170 <indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit lastb"><primary sortas="b-lastb">lastb</primary></indexterm>
    171171<para>shows the failed login attempts, as logged in
    172172<filename>/var/log/btmp</filename>.</para>
     173<indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit lastb"><primary sortas="b-lastb">lastb</primary></indexterm>
    173174</listitem>
    174175</varlistentry>
     
    177178<term><command>mesg</command></term>
    178179<listitem>
    179 <indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit mesg"><primary sortas="b-mesg">mesg</primary></indexterm>
    180180<para>controls whether other users can send messages to the current
    181181user's terminal.</para>
     182<indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit mesg"><primary sortas="b-mesg">mesg</primary></indexterm>
    182183</listitem>
    183184</varlistentry>
     
    186187<term><command>pidof</command></term>
    187188<listitem>
     189<para>reports the PIDs of the given programs.</para>
    188190<indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit pidof"><primary sortas="b-pidof">pidof</primary></indexterm>
    189 <para>reports the PIDs of the given programs.</para>
    190191</listitem>
    191192</varlistentry>
     
    194195<term><command>poweroff</command></term>
    195196<listitem>
    196 <indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit poweroff"><primary sortas="b-poweroff">poweroff</primary></indexterm>
    197197<para>tells the kernel to halt the system and switch off the computer
    198198(see <command>halt</command>).</para>
     199<indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit poweroff"><primary sortas="b-poweroff">poweroff</primary></indexterm>
    199200</listitem>
    200201</varlistentry>
     
    203204<term><command>reboot</command></term>
    204205<listitem>
    205 <indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit reboot"><primary sortas="b-reboot">reboot</primary></indexterm>
    206206<para>tells the kernel to reboot the system (see
    207207<command>halt</command>).</para>
     208<indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit reboot"><primary sortas="b-reboot">reboot</primary></indexterm>
    208209</listitem>
    209210</varlistentry>
     
    212213<term><command>runlevel</command></term>
    213214<listitem>
    214 <indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit runlevel"><primary sortas="b-runlevel">runlevel</primary></indexterm>
    215215<para>reports the previous and the current run-level, as noted in the last run-level
    216216record in <filename>/var/run/utmp</filename>.</para>
     217<indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit runlevel"><primary sortas="b-runlevel">runlevel</primary></indexterm>
    217218</listitem>
    218219</varlistentry>
     
    221222<term><command>shutdown</command></term>
    222223<listitem>
    223 <indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit shutdown"><primary sortas="b-shutdown">shutdown</primary></indexterm>
    224224<para>brings the system down in a secure way, signaling all processes
    225225and notifying all logged-in users.</para>
     226<indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit shutdown"><primary sortas="b-shutdown">shutdown</primary></indexterm>
    226227</listitem>
    227228</varlistentry>
     
    230231<term><command>sulogin</command></term>
    231232<listitem>
    232 <indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit sulogin"><primary sortas="b-sulogin">sulogin</primary></indexterm>
    233233<para>allows <emphasis>root</emphasis> to log in. It is
    234234normally invoked by <command>init</command> when the system goes into single user mode.</para>
     235<indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit sulogin"><primary sortas="b-sulogin">sulogin</primary></indexterm>
    235236</listitem>
    236237</varlistentry>
     
    239240<term><command>telinit</command></term>
    240241<listitem>
     242<para>tells <command>init</command> which run-level to change to.</para>
    241243<indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit telinit"><primary sortas="b-telinit">telinit</primary></indexterm>
    242 <para>tells <command>init</command> which run-level to change to.</para>
    243244</listitem>
    244245</varlistentry>
     
    247248<term><command>utmpdump</command></term>
    248249<listitem>
    249 <indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit utmpdump"><primary sortas="b-utmpdump">utmpdump</primary></indexterm>
    250250<para>displays the content of the given login file in a more
    251251user-friedly format.</para>
     252<indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit utmpdump"><primary sortas="b-utmpdump">utmpdump</primary></indexterm>
    252253</listitem>
    253254</varlistentry>
     
    256257<term><command>wall</command></term>
    257258<listitem>
     259<para>writes a message to all logged-in users.</para>
    258260<indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit wall"><primary sortas="b-wall">wall</primary></indexterm>
    259 <para>writes a message to all logged-in users.</para>
    260261</listitem>
    261262</varlistentry>
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    5555
    56 <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
     56<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short descriptions</bridgehead>
     57<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
    5758
    5859<varlistentry id="rmt">
    5960<term><command>rmt</command></term>
    6061<listitem>
    61 <indexterm zone="ch-system-tar rmt"><primary sortas="b-rmt">rmt</primary></indexterm>
    6262<para>is used to remotely manipulate a magnetic
    6363tape drive, through an interprocess communication connection.</para>
     64<indexterm zone="ch-system-tar rmt"><primary sortas="b-rmt">rmt</primary></indexterm>
    6465</listitem>
    6566</varlistentry>
     
    6869<term><command>tar</command></term>
    6970<listitem>
     71<para>is used to create and extract files from archives, also known as tarballs.</para>
    7072<indexterm zone="ch-system-tar tar"><primary sortas="b-tar">tar</primary></indexterm>
    71 <para>is used to create and extract files from archives, also known as tarballs.</para>
    7273</listitem>
    7374</varlistentry>
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    8585</segmentedlist>
    8686
    87 <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
     87<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short descriptions</bridgehead>
     88<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
    8889
    8990<varlistentry id="info">
    9091<term><command>info</command></term>
    9192<listitem>
    92 <indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo info"><primary sortas="b-info">info</primary></indexterm>
    9393<para>used to read Info documents. Info documents are similar to man
    9494pages, but often go much deeper than just explaining all the command
    9595line options. Compare for example <command>man bison</command> and
    9696<command>info bison</command>.</para>
     97<indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo info"><primary sortas="b-info">info</primary></indexterm>
    9798</listitem>
    9899</varlistentry>
     
    101102<term><command>infokey</command></term>
    102103<listitem>
    103 <indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo infokey"><primary sortas="b-infokey">infokey</primary></indexterm>
    104104<para>compiles a source file containing Info customizations into a
    105105binary format.</para>
     106<indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo infokey"><primary sortas="b-infokey">infokey</primary></indexterm>
    106107</listitem>
    107108</varlistentry>
     
    110111<term><command>install-info</command></term>
    111112<listitem>
    112 <indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo install-info"><primary sortas="b-install-info">install-info</primary></indexterm>
    113113<para>used to install Info files. It updates entries in the Info index
    114114file.</para>
     115<indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo install-info"><primary sortas="b-install-info">install-info</primary></indexterm>
    115116</listitem>
    116117</varlistentry>
     
    119120<term><command>makeinfo</command></term>
    120121<listitem>
    121 <indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo makeinfo"><primary sortas="b-makeinfo">makeinfo</primary></indexterm>
    122122<para>translates the given Texinfo source documents into various other
    123123formats: Info files, plain text, or HTML.</para>
     124<indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo makeinfo"><primary sortas="b-makeinfo">makeinfo</primary></indexterm>
    124125</listitem>
    125126</varlistentry>
     
    128129<term><command>texi2dvi</command></term>
    129130<listitem>
    130 <indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo texi2dvi"><primary sortas="b-texi2dvi">texi2dvi</primary></indexterm>
    131131<para>used to format the given Texinfo document into a
    132132device-independent file that can be printed.</para>
     133<indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo texi2dvi"><primary sortas="b-texi2dvi">texi2dvi</primary></indexterm>
    133134</listitem>
    134135</varlistentry>
     
    137138<term><command>texindex</command></term>
    138139<listitem>
     140<para>used to sort Texinfo index files.</para>
    139141<indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo texindex"><primary sortas="b-texindex">texindex</primary></indexterm>
    140 <para>used to sort Texinfo index files.</para>
    141142</listitem>
    142143</varlistentry>
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    6161
    62 <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
     62<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short descriptions</bridgehead>
     63<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
    6364                                                                               
    6465<varlistentry id="udev">
    6566<term><command>udev</command></term>
    66 <listitem><indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udev"><primary sortas="b-udev">udev</primary></indexterm>
     67<listitem>
    6768<para>is used to create device nodes in <filename
    6869class="directory">/dev</filename> or to rename network interfaces (not
    6970in LFS) in response to hotplug events.</para>
     71<indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udev"><primary sortas="b-udev">udev</primary></indexterm>
    7072</listitem></varlistentry>
    7173
    7274<varlistentry id="udevd">
    7375<term><command>udevd</command></term>
    74 <listitem> <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevd"><primary sortas="b-udevd">udevd</primary></indexterm>
     76<listitem>
    7577<para>is a daemon that reorders hotplug events before submitting them to
    7678<command>udev</command>,
    7779thus avoiding various race conditions.</para>
     80<indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevd"><primary sortas="b-udevd">udevd</primary></indexterm>
    7881</listitem></varlistentry>
    7982
    8083<varlistentry id="udevsend">
    8184<term><command>udevsend</command></term>
    82 <listitem> <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevsend"><primary sortas="b-udevsend">udevsend</primary></indexterm>
     85<listitem>
    8386<para>is used to deliver hotplug events to <command>udevd</command>.</para>
     87<indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevsend"><primary sortas="b-udevsend">udevsend</primary></indexterm>
    8488</listitem></varlistentry>
    8589
    8690<varlistentry id="udevstart">
    8791<term><command>udevstart</command></term>
    88 <listitem> <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevstart"><primary sortas="b-udevstart">udevstart</primary></indexterm>
     92<listitem>
    8993<para>is used to create device nodes in <filename
    9094class="directory">/dev</filename> that correspond to drivers compiled directly
     
    9397filesystem has not been mounted) and submitting such synthetic hotplug events
    9498to <command>udev</command>.</para>
     99<indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevstart"><primary sortas="b-udevstart">udevstart</primary></indexterm>
    95100</listitem>
    96101</varlistentry>
     
    98103<varlistentry id="udevinfo">
    99104<term><command>udevinfo</command></term>
    100 <listitem> <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevinfo"><primary sortas="b-udevinfo">udevinfo</primary></indexterm>
     105<listitem>
    101106<para>allows users to query the <command>udev</command> database for
    102107information on any device currently present on the system. It also
     
    104109class="filesystem">sysfs</systemitem> tree to help creating udev
    105110rules.</para>
     111<indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevinfo"><primary sortas="b-udevinfo">udevinfo</primary></indexterm>
    106112</listitem></varlistentry>
    107113
    108114<varlistentry id="udevtest">
    109115<term><command>udevtest</command></term>
    110 <listitem> <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevtest"><primary sortas="b-udevtest">udevtest</primary></indexterm>
     116<listitem>
    111117<para>simulates a <command>udev</command> run for the given device,
    112118and prints out the name of the node the real <command>udev</command> would
    113119have created, or (not in LFS) the name of the renamed network interface.</para>
     120<indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevtest"><primary sortas="b-udevtest">udevtest</primary></indexterm>
    114121</listitem></varlistentry>
    115122
    116123<varlistentry id="etc-dev-d">
    117124<term><filename class="directory">/etc/dev.d</filename></term>
    118 <listitem> <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev etc-dev-d"><primary sortas="e-etc-dev-d">/etc/dev.d</primary></indexterm>
     125<listitem>
    119126<para>directory contains user-written handlers for device
    120127creation hotplug events.</para>
     128<indexterm zone="ch-system-udev etc-dev-d"><primary sortas="e-etc-dev-d">/etc/dev.d</primary></indexterm>
    121129</listitem></varlistentry>
    122130
    123131<varlistentry id="etc-udev">
    124132<term><filename class="directory">/etc/udev</filename></term>
    125 <listitem> <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev etc-udev"><primary sortas="e-etc-udev">/etc/udev</primary></indexterm>
     133<listitem>
    126134<para>directory contains <command>udev</command> configuation files,
    127135device permissions and rules for device naming.</para>
     136<indexterm zone="ch-system-udev etc-udev"><primary sortas="e-etc-udev">/etc/udev</primary></indexterm>
    128137</listitem></varlistentry>
    129138</variablelist>
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    9898
    99 <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
     99<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short descriptions</bridgehead>
     100<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
    100101
    101102<varlistentry id="agetty">
    102103<term><command>agetty</command></term>
    103104<listitem>
    104 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux agetty"><primary sortas="b-agetty">agetty</primary></indexterm>
    105105<para>opens a tty port, prompts for a login name,
    106106and then invokes the <command>login</command> program.</para>
     107<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux agetty"><primary sortas="b-agetty">agetty</primary></indexterm>
    107108</listitem>
    108109</varlistentry>
     
    111112<term><command>arch</command></term>
    112113<listitem>
     114<para>reports the machine's architecture.</para>
    113115<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux arch"><primary sortas="b-arch">arch</primary></indexterm>
    114 <para>reports the machine's architecture.</para>
    115116</listitem>
    116117</varlistentry>
     
    119120<term><command>blockdev</command></term>
    120121<listitem>
     122<para>allows you to call block device ioctls from the command line.</para>
    121123<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux blockdev"><primary sortas="b-blockdev">blockdev</primary></indexterm>
    122 <para>allows you to call block device ioctls from the command line.</para>
    123124</listitem>
    124125</varlistentry>
     
    127128<term><command>cal</command></term>
    128129<listitem>
     130<para>displays a simple calendar.</para>
    129131<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux cal"><primary sortas="b-cal">cal</primary></indexterm>
    130 <para>displays a simple calendar.</para>
    131132</listitem>
    132133</varlistentry>
     
    135136<term><command>cfdisk</command></term>
    136137<listitem>
     138<para>is used to manipulate the partition table of the given device.</para>
    137139<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux cfdisk"><primary sortas="b-cfdisk">cfdisk</primary></indexterm>
    138 <para>is used to manipulate the partition table of the given device.</para>
    139140</listitem>
    140141</varlistentry>
     
    143144<term><command>chkdupexe</command></term>
    144145<listitem>
     146<para>finds duplicate executables.</para>
    145147<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux chkdupexe"><primary sortas="b-chkdupexe">chkdupexe</primary></indexterm>
    146 <para>finds duplicate executables.</para>
    147148</listitem>
    148149</varlistentry>
     
    151152<term><command>col</command></term>
    152153<listitem>
     154<para>filters out reverse line feeds.</para>
    153155<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux col"><primary sortas="b-col">col</primary></indexterm>
    154 <para>filters out reverse line feeds.</para>
    155156</listitem>
    156157</varlistentry>
     
    159160<term><command>colcrt</command></term>
    160161<listitem>
    161 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux colcrt"><primary sortas="b-colcrt">colcrt</primary></indexterm>
    162162<para>is used to filter <command>nroff</command> output for terminals
    163163that lack some capabilities such as overstriking and half-lines.</para>
     164<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux colcrt"><primary sortas="b-colcrt">colcrt</primary></indexterm>
    164165</listitem>
    165166</varlistentry>
     
    168169<term><command>colrm</command></term>
    169170<listitem>
     171<para>filters out the given columns.</para>
    170172<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux colrm"><primary sortas="b-colrm">colrm</primary></indexterm>
    171 <para>filters out the given columns.</para>
    172173</listitem>
    173174</varlistentry>
     
    176177<term><command>column</command></term>
    177178<listitem>
     179<para>formats a given file into multiple columns.</para>
    178180<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux column"><primary sortas="b-column">column</primary></indexterm>
    179 <para>formats a given file into multiple columns.</para>
    180181</listitem>
    181182</varlistentry>
     
    184185<term><command>ctrlaltdel</command></term>
    185186<listitem>
    186 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ctrlaltdel"><primary sortas="b-ctrlaltdel">ctrlaltdel</primary></indexterm>
    187187<para>sets the function of the Ctrl+Alt+Del key combination to a hard or a
    188188soft reset.</para>
     189<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ctrlaltdel"><primary sortas="b-ctrlaltdel">ctrlaltdel</primary></indexterm>
    189190</listitem>
    190191</varlistentry>
     
    193194<term><command>cytune</command></term>
    194195<listitem>
    195 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux cytune"><primary sortas="b-cytune">cytune</primary></indexterm>
    196196<para>is used to tune the parameters of the serial line drivers for
    197197Cyclades cards.</para>
     198<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux cytune"><primary sortas="b-cytune">cytune</primary></indexterm>
    198199</listitem>
    199200</varlistentry>
     
    202203<term><command>ddate</command></term>
    203204<listitem>
    204 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ddate"><primary sortas="b-ddate">ddate</primary></indexterm>
    205205<para>gives the Discordian date, or converts the given Gregorian date
    206206to a Discordian one.</para>
     207<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ddate"><primary sortas="b-ddate">ddate</primary></indexterm>
    207208</listitem>
    208209</varlistentry>
     
    211212<term><command>dmesg</command></term>
    212213<listitem>
     214<para>dumps the kernel boot messages.</para>
    213215<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux dmesg"><primary sortas="b-dmesg">dmesg</primary></indexterm>
    214 <para>dumps the kernel boot messages.</para>
    215216</listitem>
    216217</varlistentry>
     
    219220<term><command>elvtune</command></term>
    220221<listitem>
    221 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux elvtune"><primary sortas="b-elvtune">elvtune</primary></indexterm>
    222222<para>can be used to tune the performance and interactivity of a block
    223223device.</para>
     224<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux elvtune"><primary sortas="b-elvtune">elvtune</primary></indexterm>
    224225</listitem>
    225226</varlistentry>
     
    228229<term><command>fdformat</command></term>
    229230<listitem>
     231<para>low-level formats a floppy disk.</para>
    230232<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fdformat"><primary sortas="b-fdformat">fdformat</primary></indexterm>
    231 <para>low-level formats a floppy disk.</para>
    232233</listitem>
    233234</varlistentry>
     
    236237<term><command>fdisk</command></term>
    237238<listitem>
     239<para>could be used to manipulate the partition table of the given device.</para>
    238240<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fdisk"><primary sortas="b-fdisk">fdisk</primary></indexterm>
    239 <para>could be used to manipulate the partition table of the given device.</para>
    240241</listitem>
    241242</varlistentry>
     
    244245<term><command>fsck.cramfs</command></term>
    245246<listitem>
    246 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fsck.cramfs"><primary sortas="b-fsck.cramfs">fsck.cramfs</primary></indexterm>
    247247<para>performs a consistency check on the Cramfs file system on the
    248248given device.</para>
     249<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fsck.cramfs"><primary sortas="b-fsck.cramfs">fsck.cramfs</primary></indexterm>
    249250</listitem>
    250251</varlistentry>
     
    253254<term><command>fsck.minix</command></term>
    254255<listitem>
    255 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fsck.minix"><primary sortas="b-fsck.minix">fsck.minix</primary></indexterm>
    256256<para>performs a consistency check on the Minix file system on the
    257257given device.</para>
     258<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fsck.minix"><primary sortas="b-fsck.minix">fsck.minix</primary></indexterm>
    258259</listitem>
    259260</varlistentry>
     
    262263<term><command>getopt</command></term>
    263264<listitem>
     265<para>parses options in the given command line.</para>
    264266<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux getopt"><primary sortas="b-getopt">getopt</primary></indexterm>
    265 <para>parses options in the given command line.</para>
    266267</listitem>
    267268</varlistentry>
     
    270271<term><command>hexdump</command></term>
    271272<listitem>
     273<para>dumps the given file in hexadecimal, or in another given format.</para>
    272274<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux hexdump"><primary sortas="b-hexdump">hexdump</primary></indexterm>
    273 <para>dumps the given file in hexadecimal, or in another given format.</para>
    274275</listitem>
    275276</varlistentry>
     
    278279<term><command>hwclock</command></term>
    279280<listitem>
    280 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux hwclock"><primary sortas="b-hwclock">hwclock</primary></indexterm>
    281281<para>is used to read or set the system's hardware clock, also called
    282282the Real-Time Clock (RTC)) or Basic Input-Output System (BIOS)
    283283clock.</para>
     284<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux hwclock"><primary sortas="b-hwclock">hwclock</primary></indexterm>
    284285</listitem>
    285286</varlistentry>
     
    288289<term><command>ipcrm</command></term>
    289290<listitem>
     291<para>removes the given Inter-Process Communication (IPC) resource.</para>
    290292<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ipcrm"><primary sortas="b-ipcrm">ipcrm</primary></indexterm>
    291 <para>removes the given Inter-Process Communication (IPC) resource.</para>
    292293</listitem>
    293294</varlistentry>
     
    296297<term><command>ipcs</command></term>
    297298<listitem>
     299<para>provides IPC status information.</para>
    298300<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ipcs"><primary sortas="b-ipcs">ipcs</primary></indexterm>
    299 <para>provides IPC status information.</para>
    300301</listitem>
    301302</varlistentry>
     
    304305<term><command>isosize</command></term>
    305306<listitem>
     307<para>reports the size of an iso9660 file system.</para>
    306308<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux isosize"><primary sortas="b-isosize">isosize</primary></indexterm>
    307 <para>reports the size of an iso9660 file system.</para>
    308309</listitem>
    309310</varlistentry>
     
    312313<term><command>line</command></term>
    313314<listitem>
     315<para>copies a single line.</para>
    314316<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux line"><primary sortas="b-line">line</primary></indexterm>
    315 <para>copies a single line.</para>
    316317</listitem>
    317318</varlistentry>
     
    320321<term><command>logger</command></term>
    321322<listitem>
     323<para>enters the given message into the system log.</para>
    322324<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux logger"><primary sortas="b-logger">logger</primary></indexterm>
    323 <para>enters the given message into the system log.</para>
    324325</listitem>
    325326</varlistentry>
     
    328329<term><command>look</command></term>
    329330<listitem>
     331<para>displays lines that begin with the given string.</para>
    330332<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux look"><primary sortas="b-look">look</primary></indexterm>
    331 <para>displays lines that begin with the given string.</para>
    332333</listitem>
    333334</varlistentry>
     
    336337<term><command>losetup</command></term>
    337338<listitem>
     339<para>is used to set up and control loop devices.</para>
    338340<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux losetup"><primary sortas="b-losetup">losetup</primary></indexterm>
    339 <para>is used to set up and control loop devices.</para>
    340341</listitem>
    341342</varlistentry>
     
    344345<term><command>mcookie</command></term>
    345346<listitem>
    346 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mcookie"><primary sortas="b-mcookie">mcookie</primary></indexterm>
    347347<para>generates magic cookies (128-bit random hexadecimal numbers) for
    348348<command>xauth</command>.</para>
     349<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mcookie"><primary sortas="b-mcookie">mcookie</primary></indexterm>
    349350</listitem>
    350351</varlistentry>
     
    353354<term><command>mkfs</command></term>
    354355<listitem>
    355 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs"><primary sortas="b-mkfs">mkfs</primary></indexterm>
    356356<para>is used to build a file system on a device (usually a hard disk
    357357partition).</para>
     358<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs"><primary sortas="b-mkfs">mkfs</primary></indexterm>
    358359</listitem>
    359360</varlistentry>
     
    362363<term><command>mkfs.bfs</command></term>
    363364<listitem>
     365<para>creates an Santa Cruz Operations (SCO) bfs file system.</para>
    364366<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs.bfs"><primary sortas="b-mkfs.bfs">mkfs.bfs</primary></indexterm>
    365 <para>creates an Santa Cruz Operations (SCO) bfs file system.</para>
    366367</listitem>
    367368</varlistentry>
     
    370371<term><command>mkfs.cramfs</command></term>
    371372<listitem>
     373<para>creates a cramfs file system.</para>
    372374<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs.cramfs"><primary sortas="b-mkfs.cramfs">mkfs.cramfs</primary></indexterm>
    373 <para>creates a cramfs file system.</para>
    374375</listitem>
    375376</varlistentry>
     
    378379<term><command>mkfs.minix</command></term>
    379380<listitem>
     381<para>creates a Minix file system.</para>
    380382<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs.minix"><primary sortas="b-mkfs.minix">mkfs.minix</primary></indexterm>
    381 <para>creates a Minix file system.</para>
    382383</listitem>
    383384</varlistentry>
     
    386387<term><command>mkswap</command></term>
    387388<listitem>
     389<para>initializes the given device or file to be used as a swap area.</para>
    388390<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkswap"><primary sortas="b-mkswap">mkswap</primary></indexterm>
    389 <para>initializes the given device or file to be used as a swap area.</para>
    390391</listitem>
    391392</varlistentry>
     
    394395<term><command>more</command></term>
    395396<listitem>
     397<para>is a filter for paging through text one screen at a time.</para>
    396398<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux more"><primary sortas="b-more">more</primary></indexterm>
    397 <para>is a filter for paging through text one screen at a time.</para>
    398399</listitem>
    399400</varlistentry>
     
    402403<term><command>mount</command></term>
    403404<listitem>
    404 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mount"><primary sortas="b-mount">mount</primary></indexterm>
    405405<para>attaches the file system on the given device to a specified
    406406directory in the file-system tree.</para>
     407<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mount"><primary sortas="b-mount">mount</primary></indexterm>
    407408</listitem>
    408409</varlistentry>
     
    411412<term><command>namei</command></term>
    412413<listitem>
     414<para>shows the symbolic links in the given pathnames.</para>
    413415<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux namei"><primary sortas="b-namei">namei</primary></indexterm>
    414 <para>shows the symbolic links in the given pathnames.</para>
    415416</listitem>
    416417</varlistentry>
     
    419420<term><command>pg</command></term>
    420421<listitem>
     422<para>displays a text file one screen full at a time.</para>
    421423<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux pg"><primary sortas="b-pg">pg</primary></indexterm>
    422 <para>displays a text file one screen full at a time.</para>
    423424</listitem>
    424425</varlistentry>
     
    427428<term><command>pivot_root</command></term>
    428429<listitem>
    429 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux pivot_root"><primary sortas="b-pivot_root">pivot_root</primary></indexterm>
    430430<para>makes the given file system the new root file system of the
    431431current process.</para>
     432<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux pivot_root"><primary sortas="b-pivot_root">pivot_root</primary></indexterm>
    432433</listitem>
    433434</varlistentry>
     
    436437<term><command>ramsize</command></term>
    437438<listitem>
     439<para>is used to set the size of the RAM disk in a bootable image.</para>
    438440<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ramsize"><primary sortas="b-ramsize">ramsize</primary></indexterm>
    439 <para>is used to set the size of the RAM disk in a bootable image.</para>
    440441</listitem>
    441442</varlistentry>
     
    444445<term><command>rdev</command></term>
    445446<listitem>
    446 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux rdev"><primary sortas="b-rdev">rdev</primary></indexterm>
    447447<para>is used to query and set the root device among other things in a
    448448bootable image.</para>
     449<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux rdev"><primary sortas="b-rdev">rdev</primary></indexterm>
    449450</listitem>
    450451</varlistentry>
     
    453454<term><command>readprofile</command></term>
    454455<listitem>
     456<para>reads kernel profiling information.</para>
    455457<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux readprofile"><primary sortas="b-readprofile">readprofile</primary></indexterm>
    456 <para>reads kernel profiling information.</para>
    457458</listitem>
    458459</varlistentry>
     
    461462<term><command>rename</command></term>
    462463<listitem>
     464<para>renames the given files, replacing a given string with another.</para>
    463465<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux rename"><primary sortas="b-rename">rename</primary></indexterm>
    464 <para>renames the given files, replacing a given string with another.</para>
    465466</listitem>
    466467</varlistentry>
     
    469470<term><command>renice</command></term>
    470471<listitem>
     472<para>is used to alter the priority of running processes.</para>
    471473<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux renice"><primary sortas="b-renice">renice</primary></indexterm>
    472 <para>is used to alter the priority of running processes.</para>
    473474</listitem>
    474475</varlistentry>
     
    477478<term><command>rev</command></term>
    478479<listitem>
     480<para>reverses the lines of a given file.</para>
    479481<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux rev"><primary sortas="b-rev">rev</primary></indexterm>
    480 <para>reverses the lines of a given file.</para>
    481482</listitem>
    482483</varlistentry>
     
    485486<term><command>rootflags</command></term>
    486487<listitem>
     488<para>is used to set the rootflags in a bootable image.</para>
    487489<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux rootflags"><primary sortas="b-rootflags">rootflags</primary></indexterm>
    488 <para>is used to set the rootflags in a bootable image.</para>
    489490</listitem>
    490491</varlistentry>
     
    493494<term><command>script</command></term>
    494495<listitem>
    495 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux script"><primary sortas="b-script">script</primary></indexterm>
    496496<para>makes a typescript of a terminal session (everything printed to
    497497the terminal.</para>
     498<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux script"><primary sortas="b-script">script</primary></indexterm>
    498499</listitem>
    499500</varlistentry>
     
    502503<term><command>setfdprm</command></term>
    503504<listitem>
     505<para>sets user-provided floppy disk parameters.</para>
    504506<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux setfdprm"><primary sortas="b-setfdprm">setfdprm</primary></indexterm>
    505 <para>sets user-provided floppy disk parameters.</para>
    506507</listitem>
    507508</varlistentry>
     
    510511<term><command>setsid</command></term>
    511512<listitem>
     513<para>runs the given program in a new session.</para>
    512514<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux setsid"><primary sortas="b-setsid">setsid</primary></indexterm>
    513 <para>runs the given program in a new session.</para>
    514515</listitem>
    515516</varlistentry>
     
    518519<term><command>setterm</command></term>
    519520<listitem>
     521<para>is used to set terminal attributes.</para>
    520522<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux setterm"><primary sortas="b-setterm">setterm</primary></indexterm>
    521 <para>is used to set terminal attributes.</para>
    522523</listitem>
    523524</varlistentry>
     
    526527<term><command>sfdisk</command></term>
    527528<listitem>
     529<para>is a disk partition table manipulator.</para>
    528530<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux sfdisk"><primary sortas="b-sfdisk">sfdisk</primary></indexterm>
    529 <para>is a disk partition table manipulator.</para>
    530531</listitem>
    531532</varlistentry>
     
    534535<term><command>swapdev</command></term>
    535536<listitem>
     537<para>is used to set the swap device in a bootable image.</para>
    536538<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux swapdev"><primary sortas="b-swapdev">swapdev</primary></indexterm>
    537 <para>is used to set the swap device in a bootable image.</para>
    538539</listitem>
    539540</varlistentry>
     
    542543<term><command>swapoff</command></term>
    543544<listitem>
     545<para>disables devices and files for paging and swapping.</para>
    544546<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux swapoff"><primary sortas="b-swapoff">swapoff</primary></indexterm>
    545 <para>disables devices and files for paging and swapping.</para>
    546547</listitem>
    547548</varlistentry>
     
    550551<term><command>swapon</command></term>
    551552<listitem>
     553<para>enables devices and files for paging and swapping.</para>
    552554<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux swapon"><primary sortas="b-swapon">swapon</primary></indexterm>
    553 <para>enables devices and files for paging and swapping.</para>
    554555</listitem>
    555556</varlistentry>
     
    558559<term><command>tunelp</command></term>
    559560<listitem>
     561<para>is used to tune the parameters of the line printer.</para>
    560562<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux tunelp"><primary sortas="b-tunelp">tunelp</primary></indexterm>
    561 <para>is used to tune the parameters of the line printer.</para>
    562563</listitem>
    563564</varlistentry>
     
    566567<term><command>ul</command></term>
    567568<listitem>
    568 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ul"><primary sortas="b-ul">ul</primary></indexterm>
    569569<para>is a filter for translating underscores into
    570570escape sequences indicating underlining for the terminal in use.</para>
     571<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ul"><primary sortas="b-ul">ul</primary></indexterm>
    571572</listitem>
    572573</varlistentry>
     
    575576<term><command>umount</command></term>
    576577<listitem>
     578<para>disconnects a file system from the system's file tree.</para>
    577579<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux umount"><primary sortas="b-umount">umount</primary></indexterm>
    578 <para>disconnects a file system from the system's file tree.</para>
    579580</listitem>
    580581</varlistentry>
     
    583584<term><command>vidmode</command></term>
    584585<listitem>
     586<para>could be used to set the video mode in a bootable image.</para>
    585587<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux vidmode"><primary sortas="b-vidmode">vidmode</primary></indexterm>
    586 <para>could be used to set the video mode in a bootable image.</para>
    587588</listitem>
    588589</varlistentry>
     
    591592<term><command>whereis</command></term>
    592593<listitem>
    593 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux whereis"><primary sortas="b-whereis">whereis</primary></indexterm>
    594594<para>reports the location of binary, the source, and the manual page
    595595for the given command.</para>
     596<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux whereis"><primary sortas="b-whereis">whereis</primary></indexterm>
    596597</listitem>
    597598</varlistentry>
     
    600601<term><command>write</command></term>
    601602<listitem>
    602 <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux write"><primary sortas="b-write">write</primary></indexterm>
    603603<para>sends a message to the given user,
    604604<emphasis>if</emphasis> that user has not disabled receipt of such messages.</para>
     605<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux write"><primary sortas="b-write">write</primary></indexterm>
    605606</listitem>
    606607</varlistentry>
  • chapter06/vim.xml

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    144144</segmentedlist>
    145145
    146 <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
     146<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short descriptions</bridgehead>
     147<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
    147148
    148149<varlistentry id="efm_filter.pl">
    149150<term><command>efm_filter.pl</command></term>
    150151<listitem>
     152<para>a filter for creating an error file that can be read by <command>vim</command>.</para>
    151153<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim efm_filter.pl"><primary sortas="b-efm_filter.pl">efm_filter.pl</primary></indexterm>
    152 <para>a filter for creating an error file that can be read by <command>vim</command>.</para>
    153154</listitem>
    154155</varlistentry>
     
    157158<term><command>efm_perl.pl</command></term>
    158159<listitem>
    159 <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim efm_perl.pl"><primary sortas="b-efm_perl.pl">efm_perl.pl</primary></indexterm>
    160160<para>reformats the error messages of the
    161161Perl interpreter for use with the <quote>quickfix</quote> mode of <command>vim</command>.</para>
     162<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim efm_perl.pl"><primary sortas="b-efm_perl.pl">efm_perl.pl</primary></indexterm>
    162163</listitem>
    163164</varlistentry>
     
    166167<term><command>ex</command></term>
    167168<listitem>
     169<para>starts <command>vim</command> in ex mode.</para>
    168170<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim ex"><primary sortas="b-ex">ex</primary></indexterm>
    169 <para>starts <command>vim</command> in ex mode.</para>
    170171</listitem>
    171172</varlistentry>
     
    174175<term><command>less.sh</command></term>
    175176<listitem>
     177<para>a script that starts <command>vim</command> with less.vim.</para>
    176178<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim less.sh"><primary sortas="b-less.sh">less.sh</primary></indexterm>
    177 <para>a script that starts <command>vim</command> with less.vim.</para>
    178179</listitem>
    179180</varlistentry>
     
    182183<term><command>mve.awk</command></term>
    183184<listitem>
     185<para>processes <command>vim</command> errors.</para>
    184186<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim mve.awk"><primary sortas="b-mve.awk">mve.awk</primary></indexterm>
    185 <para>processes <command>vim</command> errors.</para>
    186187</listitem>
    187188</varlistentry>
     
    190191<term><command>pltags.pl</command></term>
    191192<listitem>
     193<para>creates a tags file for Perl code, for use by <command>vim</command>.</para>
    192194<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim pltags.pl"><primary sortas="b-pltags.pl">pltags.pl</primary></indexterm>
    193 <para>creates a tags file for Perl code, for use by <command>vim</command>.</para>
    194195</listitem>
    195196</varlistentry>
     
    198199<term><command>ref</command></term>
    199200<listitem>
     201<para>checks the spelling of arguments.</para>
    200202<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim ref"><primary sortas="b-ref">ref</primary></indexterm>
    201 <para>checks the spelling of arguments.</para>
    202203</listitem>
    203204</varlistentry>
     
    206207<term><command>rview</command></term>
    207208<listitem>
    208 <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim rview"><primary sortas="b-rview">rview</primary></indexterm>
    209209<para>is a restricted version of <command>view</command>: no shell
    210210commands can be started and <command>view</command> cannot be suspended.</para>
     211<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim rview"><primary sortas="b-rview">rview</primary></indexterm>
    211212</listitem>
    212213</varlistentry>
     
    215216<term><command>rvim</command></term>
    216217<listitem>
    217 <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim rvim"><primary sortas="b-rvim">rvim</primary></indexterm>
    218218<para>is a restricted version of <command>vim</command>: no shell
    219219commands can be started and <command>vim</command> cannot be suspended.</para>
     220<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim rvim"><primary sortas="b-rvim">rvim</primary></indexterm>
    220221</listitem>
    221222</varlistentry>
     
    224225<term><command>shtags.pl</command></term>
    225226<listitem>
     227<para>generates a tag file for Perl scripts.</para>
    226228<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim shtags.pl"><primary sortas="b-shtags.pl">shtags.pl</primary></indexterm>
    227 <para>generates a tag file for Perl scripts.</para>
    228229</listitem>
    229230</varlistentry>
     
    232233<term><command>tcltags</command></term>
    233234<listitem>
     235<para>generates a tag file for TCL code.</para>
    234236<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim tcltags"><primary sortas="b-tcltags">tcltags</primary></indexterm>
    235 <para>generates a tag file for TCL code.</para>
    236237</listitem>
    237238</varlistentry>
     
    240241<term><command>view</command></term>
    241242<listitem>
     243<para>starts <command>vim</command> in read-only mode.</para>
    242244<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim view"><primary sortas="b-view">view</primary></indexterm>
    243 <para>starts <command>vim</command> in read-only mode.</para>
    244245</listitem>
    245246</varlistentry>
     
    248249<term><command>vim</command></term>
    249250<listitem>
     251<para>is the editor.</para>
    250252<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vim"><primary sortas="b-vim">vim</primary></indexterm>
    251 <para>is the editor.</para>
    252253</listitem>
    253254</varlistentry>
     
    256257<term><command>vim132</command></term>
    257258<listitem>
     259<para>starts <command>vim</command> with the terminal in 132-column mode.</para>
    258260<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vim132"><primary sortas="b-vim132">vim132</primary></indexterm>
    259 <para>starts <command>vim</command> with the terminal in 132-column mode.</para>
    260261</listitem>
    261262</varlistentry>
     
    264265<term><command>vim2html.pl</command></term>
    265266<listitem>
     267<para>converts Vim documentation to HTML.</para>
    266268<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vim2html.pl"><primary sortas="b-vim2html.pl">vim2html.pl</primary></indexterm>
    267 <para>converts Vim documentation to HTML.</para>
    268269</listitem>
    269270</varlistentry>
     
    272273<term><command>vimdiff</command></term>
    273274<listitem>
     275<para>edits two or three versions of a file with <command>vim</command> and show differences.</para>
    274276<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vimdiff"><primary sortas="b-vimdiff">vimdiff</primary></indexterm>
    275 <para>edits two or three versions of a file with <command>vim</command> and show differences.</para>
    276277</listitem>
    277278</varlistentry>
     
    280281<term><command>vimm</command></term>
    281282<listitem>
     283<para>enables the DEC locator input model on a remote terminal.</para>
    282284<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vimm"><primary sortas="b-vimm">vimm</primary></indexterm>
    283 <para>enables the DEC locator input model on a remote terminal.</para>
    284285</listitem>
    285286</varlistentry>
     
    288289<term><command>vimspell.sh</command></term>
    289290<listitem>
    290 <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vimspell.sh"><primary sortas="b-vimspell.sh">vimspell.sh</primary></indexterm>
    291291<para>a script which spells a file and generates the syntax statements necessary
    292292to highlight in <command>vim</command>. This script requires the old Unix <command>spell</command>
    293293command, which is provided neither in LFS nor in BLFS.</para>
     294<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vimspell.sh"><primary sortas="b-vimspell.sh">vimspell.sh</primary></indexterm>
    294295</listitem>
    295296</varlistentry>
     
    298299<term><command>vimtutor</command></term>
    299300<listitem>
     301<para>teaches you the basic keys and commands of <command>vim</command>.</para>
    300302<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vimtutor"><primary sortas="b-vimtutor">vimtutor</primary></indexterm>
    301 <para>teaches you the basic keys and commands of <command>vim</command>.</para>
    302303</listitem>
    303304</varlistentry>
     
    306307<term><command>xxd</command></term>
    307308<listitem>
    308 <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim xxd"><primary sortas="b-xxd">xxd</primary></indexterm>
    309309<para>creates a hex dump of the given file. It can
    310310also do the reverse, so it can be used for binary patching.</para>
     311<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim xxd"><primary sortas="b-xxd">xxd</primary></indexterm>
    311312</listitem>
    312313</varlistentry>
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    9898</segmentedlist>
    9999
    100 <variablelist><title>Short description</title>
     100<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short descriptions</bridgehead>
     101<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
    101102
    102103<varlistentry id="libz">
    103104<term><filename class="libraryfile">libz*</filename></term>
    104105<listitem>
    105 <indexterm zone="ch-system-zlib libz"><primary sortas="c-libz*">libz*</primary></indexterm>
    106106<para>contains compression and un-compression
    107107functions used by some programs.</para>
     108<indexterm zone="ch-system-zlib libz"><primary sortas="c-libz*">libz*</primary></indexterm>
    108109</listitem>
    109110</varlistentry>
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