Linux Documentation Flashcards
What is the main source for linux documentation?
Manual Pages
What provides info on programs, utilities, and configuration files?
Manual Pages
What is the standard documentation format for the GNU project?
GNU Info System
What documentation uses links to connect topics and topics on info page are referred to as nodes that contain menus and sublinked topics?
GNU Info System
What shows a sypnosis of built-in popular commands?
{command} –help -h
What command is used to list files and directories?
ls
How do you list all available pages in the man documentation for a particular command (what option can you use)
man -f {command name (install, ls etc)}
What will this do? man -k list
This will give us any command that has to do with list
How do you jump to a particular page in man for a command?
man {page number}{command}
man 5 printf
How to access GNU?
info
Man pages are divided into chapters/sections ordered?
1-9
