Some impressions on Linux

[Janina Sajka]

Well, I suppose the first thing to notice is that there are sections
with titles like "SYNOPSIS," and "DESCRIPTIONand SEE ALSO."

But, there's a lot more, and you can use man to find out about it:

man man

Notice, also, that learning how to use your pager is associated with
learning to use man, because man uses something else, namely a pager by
default, to show you its contents. So, you would want to learn:

man more

or better still:

man less

Now, here's another cool one that you'll want to pipe through more (or
less):

man man -k |less

Oh, and one more thing for our non-native English speakers, you can get
man output in languages other than English. Do the 'man man' thing to
find out how.


Chris writes:
> From: "Chris" <chris at mailvision.ath.cx>
> 
> OK this may be benefitial to me:
> 
> how are they structured, and how do I go about learning how they are
> structured?
> 
> 
> Also, can someone give me an idea of what is different about the man command
> verses the info command and maybe say I want to look up cp for copy, then
> how would the info command for that be done?  i'm assuming
> 
> info cp?
> 
> 
> Chris.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at rednote.net>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 11:52 AM
> Subject: Re: Some impressions on Linux
> 
> 
> > Hi, Jes:
> >
> > Sounds right to me.
> >
> > As a worthy next step you might want to take note of the structure of
> > man pages. Figuring out how man pages are put together will help you get
> > to the part you care aabout more quickly every time you use a man page.
> >
> >
> > Jes and guide dog Harley writes:
> > > From: "Jes and guide dog Harley" <jesman598 at triad.rr.com>
> > >
> > > Hi again all,
> > > I have some initial impressions about Linux that I would like TO SHARE
> WITH THIS LIST> I want to know if I have a basic good
> > > knowledge of learning Linux. First, from reading documentation, Linux is
> an operating system where you, the user have full, 100%
> > > control. It seems to me that even though the configuration files may be
> tricky to edit or understand at first, with practice and
> > > time you will get the hang of it. It also appears to me that the first
> thing you should do besides setting the root password and
> > > the user account is to use the man command a lot, and read
> documentation. Am I on the right track or not?
> > >
> > >
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				Janina Sajka, Director
				Technology Research and Development
				Governmental Relations Group
				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

Email: janina at afb.net		Phone: (202) 408-8175