WorkBook 1 Quick Tour: Chapter 6 Getting Help

Question 1

Which pager does RHEL use when displaying man pages?

Answer 1

the less pager for viewing man pages. [43]

Question 2

Give the command line that outputs the man page for the passwd file’s format?

Answer 2

man 5 passwd [43]

Question 3

Give the command line to perform a man pages keyword search on the word passwd.?

Answer 3

man 5 -k passwd [43]

Question 4

Give two reasons why you would use the info pages instead of the man command.?

Answer 4

1) Provides tutorials or help on general context

2) Provides complicated commands are more fully documented [43]

Question 5

man Chapter 1 contains who and what?

Answer 5

standard users and Commands [43]

Question 6

man Chapter 2 contains who and what?

Answer 6

developers and System Calls [43]

Question 7

man Chapter 3 contains who and what?

Answer 7

developers and Library Calls [43]

Question 8

man Chapter 4 contains who and what?

Answer 8

administrators and Device Files [43]

Question 9

man Chapter 5 contains who and what?

Answer 9

standard users and File Formats [43]

Question 10

man Chapter 6 contains who and what?

Answer 10

standard users and games??? [43]

Question 11

man Chapter 7 contains who and what?

Answer 11

standard users General Information [43]

Question 12

man Chapter 8 contains who and what?

Answer 12

administrators Administrator Commands [43]

Question 13

What does the /usr/share/doc directory contain?

Answer 13

Information about configuring the complicated file sharing service [45]