For all of these linux commands (a few thousand) you can use:
man xxx
So, to answer your question for yourself, use:
man man
man grep
The | bit is used to "pipe" the output of the command on the left into the
command on the right for further processing.
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From: Scott Mebberson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Newsgroups: php.general
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 2:23 AM
Subject: Re: [PHP] `pwd` - what does this mean?
> Thanks for your reply but what does this (man -k "" | grep "(1)") do?
>
> Thanks
>
>
> "Don Read" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >
> > On 15-Aug-2001 Scott Mebberson wrote:
> > > Hi Guys,
> > >
> > > I actually know what it means. Well, I think it means the current
> directory?
> >
> > It executes the Unix command pwd.
> > pwd - print working (current) directory.
> >
> > > Anyway... what exactly is it and where can I find some more
information
> > > about it? I couldn't find much on php.net
> >
> > man pwd
> >
> > > - also, is there any other
> > > ones(whatever it is) like this?
> >
> > man -k "" | grep "(1)"
> >
> > Regards,
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