Gertjan Klein wrote: > > Remco Blaakmeer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I think his needs are far more basic than that. He seems to be wanting a > > list of utility-names, as most first-time Linux users (including me) want. > > There are not many things more frustrating than thinking "I know it can be > > done, but I don't know how and I don't even know with what utility, so I > > don't know what man page to look at" -- if you have already discovered the > > very existance of the 'man' utility. > > I remember in my early days of Linux trying to create such a list, by > printing out a directory listing of /bin and /usr/bin, and running man > for each of the files I found there. I made a file (by hand!) with > one-line descriptions for each program I found that way. Imagine how I > felt when I heard about apropos! > > To get an idea of what's available, the original poster may want to > try something like: > > apropos -r '*' | awk '$2 ~ (1) {print}' | less > > Gertjan. > > -- > Gertjan Klein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The Boot Control home page: http://www.xs4all.nl/~gklein/bcpage.html > To get an idea of what's available, at a bash prompt hit <tab> twice and then answer yes.
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