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? > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > > > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- 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
