July 2005
Intermediate to advanced
944 pages
158h 24m
English
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Linux in a Nutshell, Fifth Edition
by Ellen Siever, Aaron Weber, Stephen Figgins, Robert Love, Arnold Robbins
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Chapter 3: Linux Commands
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--target-directory= directory
Create links in the specified directory.
-v, --verbose
Verbose mode.
--version
Print version information and then exit.
loadkeys
loadkeys [options] [filename]
Load a keymap from a specified file, usually one of the keymaps
stored in /lib/kbd/keymaps. If you create your own keymap file, the
related commands showkey, keymaps, and dumpkeys will be useful
as well. Note that loadkeys applies only to virtual consoles; to change
your X keyboard configuration, use xmodmap or setxkbmap, or the
graphical keyboard-layout switching tools that are included with your
desktop environment.
Options
-c, --clearcompose
Clear the compose, or accent, table in the kernel.
-d, --default
Load the default keymap. The same as running loadkeys
defkeymap.
-h, --help
Display help and usage information.
-m, --mktable
Instead of loading the table, output maps as C language
declarations.
-q, --quiet
Operate in quiet mode.
-s, --clearstrings
Clear the string table in the kernel.
-v, --verbose
Operate verbosely. For extra effect, repeat.
locale
locale [options] [name]
Print report on current locale settings. Locales determine the
country-specific settings for a system, including character encod-
ings, the formatting of dates, honorifics, diagnostic messages,
currency, printer-paper ...
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