On Thu, 2002-07-25 at 13:39, Tony Green wrote:
> Most of the time, you can use man $command ('man gzip' for example) to
> get details on how it works.The problem with man, though, is that you need to know the actual command you want to use first. A valuable sidekick to man is apropos, which will search through the manual page names and summaries. For example, running "apropos move" will, among its results, give you: mv (1) - move (rename) files As well as a couple of pages of other hits. I should probably work on my search queries. :-) Basic commands are listed at http://linuxnewbie.org/nhf/Command_Reference and you'll find a guide to installing and managing software on Red Hat at http://linuxnewbie.org/nhf/Distribution_Specific/Red_Hat_Linux (I don't use Red Hat though, so I can't comment on how good or bad it is). > If you're interested in learning more, I'd recommend coming along to the > linux workshop on Aug 3rd (http://slug.org.au/events/detail.html?id=29) -- Pete [EMAIL PROTECTED] ...there's nothing like millions of years of really frustrating trial and error to give a species moral fibre and, in some cases, backbone. (Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
