symphonix
Scratch & Sniff Committee
An important command to remember is "man" which provides the manual page for a given command.
Suppose you want to know more about the rm command, you would enter:
man rm
And you will see a detailed description of the command and its options.
Another useful one to keep around is "apropos" which searches for a manual relating to a keyword. This is handy if you know what it is you want to do, but can't remember what the command is to do it.
For instance, if you knew you wanted to do something to do with mail but couldn't recall the command you needed, you would enter:
apropos mail
and you'd be given a list of all the commands that feature the word "mail" in their brief description.
Suppose you want to know more about the rm command, you would enter:
man rm
And you will see a detailed description of the command and its options.
Another useful one to keep around is "apropos" which searches for a manual relating to a keyword. This is handy if you know what it is you want to do, but can't remember what the command is to do it.
For instance, if you knew you wanted to do something to do with mail but couldn't recall the command you needed, you would enter:
apropos mail
and you'd be given a list of all the commands that feature the word "mail" in their brief description.
