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What does man [-acdfFhkKtwW] mean?
I am fairly new to using the OSX terminal, so before I move forward, I want to get good at finding information out for myself. So, I was reading about the manpages about manpages, and I saw that I ...
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Using Debian linux command 'whereis' to show files without man pages
From the 'whereis' man pages on my Debian/GNU Linux I see:
-u Search for unusual entries. A file is said to be unusual
if it does not have one entry of each requested type....
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man page command: man 3 vs. man
I'm wondering what's the difference between man 3 command vs man command?
I read in Wikipedia that man 3 is used in Linux in section 3 of the man pages. And section 3 refers to Library functions, ...
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Pointing man pages to different location
In my environment, I am installing a different vendor SSH server other than openSSH tended to meet our environment needs. When I issue a man ssh command, for example, I want it to point to the new ...
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How can I view all "man" entries in Unix?
I was trying to learn more about grep (as my coworkers suggested) since I rarely used it and needed to refresh my Unix knowledge. However, when I typed man grep, the following message was displayed:
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How to jump to a particular flag in a Unix manpage?
When reading a Unix manpage in the terminal, how can I jump easily to the description of a particular flag?
For instance, I need to know the meaning of the -o flag for mount. I run man mount and want ...
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What does the -R flag do for chflags?
I'm not clear on exactly what the -R flag does for chflags. I was wondering if someone might be able to help me.
The man page says this:
Recurse: Change the file flags of file hierarchies rooted in ...
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How to display every man page available on a unix system
How can I display every man page available on a unix system? I want to list them all in an easy manner without manually digging up all the search paths, etc.
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How do I search for a word or a phrase in the Linux 'man' command and cycle through the found solutions?
When looking for a certain word or phrase in the man page of Linux command, one can type '/' followed by the word or phrase to search for it.
What I'd like to be able to do is to search for the next ...
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