Thanks, I use man -k a lot. I've never had too much trouble finding out what I need from either the man pages, the web, or real admins. A couple of the unix admins here are linux/bsd geeks so they are also a big help. The problem is every time I need to do something, I have to stop,' search, ask, etc.... I'm looking a solid reference that will be on stop shopping. The Linux Administration Handbook looks to be what I'm looking for. I'll order that today.
Thanks for all the help, Kenny mike ledoux wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 11:43:39AM -0500, Derek D. Martin wrote: > > and read all about this wonderful command. It's also worth noting > > that the commands > > > > $ man -k <keyword> > > $ apropos <keyword> > > > > will produce a list of commands that are most relevant to the keyword > > you specify (both commands do the same thing). For example: > > Also don't forget 'man -K <string>', which searches the actual man pages > for <string>, but is very slow. 'man -k' and 'apropos' are much faster, > but only search the whatis database, so they don't always return what > you're looking for, particularly if the whatis database hasn't been > regularly updated. -- Ken Donahue Software Engineer phone: 978 967-1820 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mercury Computers, Inc. System OS - Host Development Team ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
