On Nov 28, 2006, at 9:01 AM, Carl Lowenstein wrote:

Consider the following exercise in simple use of command-line tools:

[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ locate ntpd | grep man

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Continuing along this vein:

[EMAIL PROTECTED](pts/1):~ 21 > apropos ntpd
ntpd (1)             - Network Time Protocol (NTP) daemon.
ntpdate (1)          - set the date and time via NTP
ntpdc (1)            - the network time protocol
[EMAIL PROTECTED](pts/1):~ 22 > whatis ntpd
ntpd (1)             - Network Time Protocol (NTP) daemon.


The 'apropos' command is quite useful if you think you know what you might be looking for in terms of manpages.

Gregory

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