Hi Ned -- Did you try to remove the |lpr at the end of the line? Just look at the output of the grep command. The vertical bar followed by lpr only "pipes" the output of the grep command to the printer. As for the manual to read, pick a command or even a library function name (in C anyway -- perhaps also C++) and type man NameOfCommandOrFunction As for typing "man command", did you think to try simply typing "man" and seeing what it prints? -- actually, does this print just the usage message, or a list of commands available? If the latter, the output would be quite large, as the "man" command looks in multiple places for documentation. Good luck. --le ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ned" <ngranic@xxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 1:44 AM Subject: Having trouble to print out password line Hi all, I am a total novice in Linux (well, the class is intro to Unix), so I need a little help on this. "This" refers to the following instructions: 6. Print out your line of the password file. Please note the space after your name and before the file name /etc/passwd. It is needed. username at gort ~ $ grep your-username /etc/passwd | lpr ------ So I did substitute my username in the example command line above, but nothing happens. Tried a number of times. Let's resume: Turn in the printout from part marked as follows: your-name *** Lab 4.1: Setup UNIX account the number of hidden files in your directory. ------ We are using PuTTY and SSH. I successfully changed my initial password with passwd command, but this second part of the first lab about printing out the password line can't get to work. Also, when I enter man command, it asks me what manual do I want? Is there any for a beginner like myself that will be useful to start with? Many thanks in advance! Ned _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
