From: Scott Technoir (technoir_at_sympatico.ca)
Date: Thu Jan 30 2003 - 18:05:56 PST
On Jeudi, janvier 30, 2003, at 12:23 PM, Jim Anderson wrote:
> Eric wrote:
>> Actually, I've found the 'man' pages quite helpful -- IF you=20
>> know what command you need! If you don't know the name of=20
>> the command that you need to learn about, then 'man' is=20
>> (obviously) useless. Admittedly, the last time I did Unix=20
>> was on a Silly-G about 5 years ago, so maybe documentation=20
>> has advanced, but I always thought 'man' needed a good topical index.
>
> That's what the "apropos" command is for.
in addition to these i find the "info" command helpful. info <cmd> is a
nice alternative to the oft-arcane man page.
your pal,
st
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