July 2005
Intermediate to advanced
944 pages
158h 24m
English
book
Linux in a Nutshell, Fifth Edition
by Ellen Siever, Aaron Weber, Stephen Figgins, Robert Love, Arnold Robbins
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--version
Display version information.
Example:
user@systemname:~> factor 60
60: 2, 2, 3 5
false
false
A null command that returns an unsuccessful (nonzero) exit status.
Normally used in bash scripts. See also true.
fc-cache
fc-cache [options] [dirs]
Create font information caches for fontconfig system. This enables
applications that use fontconfig to load fonts more rapidly. If no
directory is specified, the current font configuration directories are
used. Only fonts readable by FreeType are cached.
Options
-f, --force
Regenerate cache files, even if they seem to be up to date.
-s, --system-only
Scan directories of fonts for the whole system, not the fonts in
the user’s home directory.
-v, --verbose
Verbose mode: display status information during operation.
-V, --version
Display version information.
-?, --help
Display help information.
fc-list
fc-list [options] [pattern] [element]
Part of the fontconfig system. Lists available fonts and font styles.
The first argument will limit listed fonts to those matching the
pattern, and the second displays the listed font attribute or
element. To set the element argument without setting a pattern,
use the
: character to match all fonts. For example, fc-list : family
will display all available fonts, with their font family information.
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