Novell Open Enterprise Server Administrators Handbook, SUSE LINUX Edition

Perhaps the most important tools on the command line are those that you can use to get help. Table A.1 lists a few of these important tools.

Table A.1. Using Terminal-Based Help Systems

COMMAND

GENERAL USAGE

DESCRIPTION

apropos

apropos STRING

Searches the NAME field of all manual pages.

Same as man -k [string].

info

info [OPTIONS] INFO_PAGE

Displays the information pages for the specified command.

man

man [OPTIONS] MANPAGE

Displays the manual pages for the specified command, configuration file, system call, and so on.

Common options include

-k [string] Searches NAME field of man pages for specified string

whatis

whatis KEYWORD

Displays the NAME field from the man page for the specified keyword.

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