Linux Commands Index - A

Below given are the list of Linux commands which starts with A. We have provided a breif description for each command. To know more about each command and its usage try the following.

man command-name

Example:
man accept

List of all Linux Commands Under Index - A

Index - A

accept - accept a connection on a socket
accept - accept a new connection on a socket

access - check user's permissions for a file
access - determine accessibility of a file
access.conf [access] - the login access control table file

aconnect - ALSA sequencer connection manager

acpid - Advanced Configuration and Power Interface event daemon
acpid - ACPI Event Daemon

addr2line - convert addresses into file names and line numbers

addresses - Dumps the Palm Address Book entries to STDOUT in a simple format

agetty - alternative Linux getty

alsactl - advanced controls for ALSA soundcard driver

amidi - read from and write to ALSA RawMIDI ports

amixer - command-line mixer for ALSA soundcard driver

anacron - runs commands periodically
anacron - A cron-like program that can run jobs lost during downtime.

aplay - command-line sound recorder and player for ALSA soundcard driver

aplaymidi - play Standard MIDI Files

apm - interface with the APM subsystem
apm - Alliance ProMotion video driver

apmd - Advanced Power Management (APM) daemon
apmd - Advanced Power Management (APM) BIOS utilities for laptops.

apropos - search the whatis database for strings

ar - create, modify, and extract from archives
ar - create and maintain library archives

arch - print machine architecture

arecord [aplay] - command-line sound recorder and player for ALSA soundcard driver

arecordmidi - record Standard MIDI Files

arp - Linux ARP kernel module
arp - manipulate the system ARP cache

AS [as] - the portable GNU assembler

at - queue, examine or delete jobs for later execution
at - execute commands at a later time
at - Job spooling tools.
at-spi - Assistive Technology Service Provider Interface
at.allow [at] - determine who can submit jobs via at or batch
at.deny [at] - determine who can submit jobs via at or batch

atd - run jobs queued for later execution

atq - queue, examine or delete jobs for later execution

atrm - queue, examine or delete jobs for later execution