On Wed, Dec 24, 2014 at 09:20:13AM +1100, Cameron Simpson wrote:
> On 23Dec2014 06:53, Paul Cartwright <pbcartwright@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >On 12/23/2014 03:02 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> >>On 12/23/14 15:50, Tim wrote:
> >>>I've never come to grips with multiple docs for man, depending on such
> >>>things as section numbers. And I see no difference in output between
> >>>"man 8 mount" or "man mount" Granted I haven't gone the whole way
> >>>through, but I've already gone deep into them, and not seen anything.
> >>But you do see a difference between
> >>
> >>man 8 mount and
> >>man 2 mount
> >>
> >>Yes?
> >>
> >I see the difference, but as usual with most man pages, you almost have
> >to know the syntacs you are looking for.. I always look for examples ,
> >and never find the one that applies to my situation. And I've looked at
> >man pages for 30 years..
>
> You're aware of "man -k"?
>
> Cheers,
> Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Nope. First, you need to learn how to use vi, the editor from hell
> (vi vi vi -- the number of the beast), ...
> - Dan Sorenson, DoD#1066, <z1dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Nope. The authors of vi explicitly disclaimed that vi means six.
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