On Jan 2, 2008 3:03 PM, Karl Cunningham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/1/2008 2:00 AM, Ralph Shumaker wrote: > > Carl Lowenstein wrote: > > Anybody know of a link where I can find all the obscure (and > > not-so-obscure) command names explained? A nice bonus would be if the > > explanations would be as helpful as Carl was here and tell me ~"you > > probably don't need this one anymore if you have thus-and-such which > > essentially replaces it"~. >
I would honestly refer you to a book. The Linux Phrase book is decent. Also there are many books with "by example" that are quite handy for getting to know how to use it. Linux Bible and Dummies series are also respectable. > One not-very-elegant way is to hit the tab key twice at a command line > prompt. You'll see a list of commands within your PATH. Check out the > man page for any commands that strike your fancy. TAB TAB would list a thousand + commands. However "man" is quite helpful. > > Karl > > > -- > [email protected] > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie > -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie
