Remco Blaakmeer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think his needs are far more basic than that. He seems to be wanting a > list of utility-names, as most first-time Linux users (including me) want. > There are not many things more frustrating than thinking "I know it can be > done, but I don't know how and I don't even know with what utility, so I > don't know what man page to look at" -- if you have already discovered the > very existance of the 'man' utility.
I remember in my early days of Linux trying to create such a list, by printing out a directory listing of /bin and /usr/bin, and running man for each of the files I found there. I made a file (by hand!) with one-line descriptions for each program I found that way. Imagine how I felt when I heard about apropos! To get an idea of what's available, the original poster may want to try something like: apropos -r '*' | awk '$2 ~ (1) {print}' | less Gertjan. -- Gertjan Klein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Boot Control home page: http://www.xs4all.nl/~gklein/bcpage.html -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .