Linux newbies

🇵🇸 Free Palestine 🇵🇸@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago

Jo Miran@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago

Manpages that include a section full of the most common usage examples are the true MVP.

yote_zip@pawb.social · edit-2 5 months ago

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rosa666parks@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 years ago

Isn’t that —help?

yote_zip@pawb.social · edit-2 5 months ago

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rosa666parks@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 years ago

Gotcha I’m still learning Linux, thanks for the clarification.

somerandomperson@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 month ago

tldr is superior

ubluntu@kbin.social · 2 years ago

man -k Keyword search. For when you can’t remember the name of the thing you forgot.

Malgas@beehaw.org · 2 years ago

apropos is also helpful in that situation.

Igotz80HDnImWinning@kbin.social · 2 years ago

—help

lowleveldata@programming.dev · 2 years ago

you can always learn from history…

SomeBoyo@feddit.de · 2 years ago

Or tldr for those of us that are afraid of man

cy_narrator@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 years ago

man touch

Saturdaycat@kbin.social · 2 years ago

Lool