On Sat, 15 Sep 2012 09:15:58 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > 1. I'm looking for something similar to a quick reference card one might > have carried in a shirt pocket.
Like this? http://www.debian.org/doc/user-manuals#refcard > I want something organized by function rather than alphabetically. What > I found with Google were too verbose and organized alphabetically. > > 2. At the moment I do not have a functioning Linux system so I am > getting man pages from > http://manpages.debian.net/cgi-bin/man.cgi . That generally works fine. Well, man pages are a bit "spartan" and their main goal is not explaining concepts but arguments that you can append to the commands. > At the end of many pages is something similar to: > > <BEGIN QUOTE> > SEE ALSO > The full documentation for cp is maintained as a > Texinfo manual. If > the info and cp programs are properly installed at > your site, the com- > mand > > info coreutils 'cp invocation' > > should give you access to the complete manual. > <END QUOTE> > > How do I find "the complete manual" on the WEB? You mean the "info" pages? You have to run the suggested command "as is", e.g.: info coreutils 'cp invocation' Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/k326bt$200$6...@ger.gmane.org
