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Running `whatis cd` always returns "nothing appropriate" on Ubuntu 18.04
I was just playing around with the whatis command. For some reason, whenever I run whatis cd, I get cd: nothing appropriate. What does this mean? Why is this? It seems there is no man entry for cd ...
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non-root man pages with Linux-Ubuntu
I'm working on a Linux-Ubuntu server as non-root user. I created a small application and because I'm not a privileged user I'm going to install it under $HOME/bin directory (this directory is in the $...
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Some man pages not found
I'm running Ubuntu 12.04. I had Fedora a couple of years back and I saw the man pages for the following there:
unistd.h,
sys/types.h,
standard typedefs (suffixed by "_t") etc.
I tried this:
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what is (3pm), when I run apropos Unicode in see entries like this Unicode::CharName (3pm)
apropos unicode
Pango::ScriptIter (3pm) - used to break a string of Unicode into runs by text
Unicode::CharName (3pm) - Look up Unicode character names
Unicode::Map (3pm) - (unknown subject)
Unicode:...
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Cant find the term firewire in a man page - ubuntu
I went into a man page by typing man man and then typing /firewire but I keep getting a message that says 'pattern not found'. I have tried every possible solution
If the way I'm doing things is ...
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Local man page sections
I'm reading a book on administration and I'm wondering whether my answers are correct related to the man command. I'm running Ubuntu.
Question 1: How would you read sync’s local man page that was ...
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Where are man pages stored in Ubuntu?
I hope my question isn't too trivial, but I've never actually needed to know this before.
In which directory can I find the files of the man pages, i.e. the read-only text file opened when you type ...
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