On Sun, 31 Dec 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> >that's great! i knew there had to be a simpler way of getting the pid.
> >thanks.
>
> I always say that no one every fully knows their shell or editor, so I
> try to skim the man pages every now and then. It's surprising what
> you sometimes stumble across.
when i'm really in dork mode i start taking man page reference hikes --
that is, i open the man page for some command i know and skip to the "see
also" section. i pick the least familiar command and read its man page,
then go to the "see also" section of that command, and so on. it would
be neat if someone were to make a graphical display of the man page
interconnections. nodes with wires between them or something...well maybe
it would be neat. on second thought it would be incredibly dorky.
.d
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