Command Line Help Flashcards
1
Q
standard manual pages
A
man
2
Q
section 1
A
Executable programs and shell commands
3
Q
section 2
A
System calls provided by the program libraries
4
Q
section 3
A
Library calls provided by the program libraries
5
Q
section 4
A
Device file (usually stored in /dev)
6
Q
section 5
A
File formats
7
Q
section 6
A
Games
8
Q
section 7
A
misc
9
Q
section 8
A
System administration commands (mostly or exclusively run by root
10
Q
section 9
A
Kernel routines
11
Q
how to get a specific man section
A
man num command
eg man 3 passwd
12
Q
what is whatis
A
will return a one line summery for every command it finds after whatis
~$ whatis passwd
13
Q
apropos
A
return documentation of everything that has whatever command written in it.
14
Q
better way to write apropos
A
man -k
15
Q
pageup in less
A
ctrl B
