true. It is less to type for the lazy ones. On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 5:43 PM, Ohad Lutzky <o...@lutzky.net> wrote:
> man -k is also known as "apropos" :) > > > On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 5:36 PM, Sorana Fraier <sf10...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I would add 2 useful commands: >> >> ls -at will show the files sorted by time. The newest will appear first. >> >> The second command that I highly recommend is for those who don't know >> which command to apply. A highly educative learning tool. For instance >> >> man -k directory will print all the commands related to directory that can >> be applied. >> >> A partially output of the above command is: >> >> mdel (1) - delete an MSDOS file mdeltree - recursively >> delete an MSDOS directory and its contents >> mdeltree (1) - recursively delete an MSDOS directory and its >> contents >> mdir (1) - display an MSDOS directory >> mdu (1) - display the amount of space occupied by an >> MSDOS directory >> mkdir (2) - create a directory >> mkdir (3p) - make a directory >> mkdirat (2) - create a directory relative to a directory >> file descriptor >> mkdtemp (3) - create a unique temporary directory >> mkfifoat (3) - make a FIFO (named pipe) relative to a >> directory file descriptor >> mkfontdir (1) - create an index of X font files in a directory >> mkfontdir (1x) - create an index of X font files in a >> directory >> mklost+found (8) - create a lost+found directory on a mounted >> Linux second extended file system >> mknod (3p) - make a directory, a special file, or a >> regular file >> rm (1p) - remove directory entries >> rmdir (2) - delete a directory >> rmdir (3p) - remove a directory >> >> It doesn't require root permissions. >> >> Sorana >> >> >> On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 4:06 PM, Yossi Gil <yossi....@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Friends, >>> >>> I wrote a short "10 tips for beginner Linux users" document (see the >>> attached), but I am missing a 10th tip... So, if you had to add one more >>> tip, which one would that be? >>> >>> Note that I could not add any tips which require root privileges... Also >>> note that out of the 9 I have, 7 are command line specific, 1 is general, >>> and only 1 is GUI related. Any thoughts on a good GUI tip? >>> >>> Yossi >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Haifux mailing list >>> Haifux@haifux.org >>> http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haifux >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Haifux mailing list >> Haifux@haifux.org >> http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haifux >> >> > > > -- > Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he is the only animal > that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they > ought to be. > - William Hazlitt > > Ohad Lutzky >
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