Re: Discovering alternative commands

[Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>]

On 06/01/2017 11:14 AM, songbird wrote:
> Richard Owlett wrote:
>
> > I'm working on a problem that requires as input an association of disk
> > partitions and their "label" (in gparted sense).
> >
> > I already have blkid and lsblk. They are obviously designed for
> > different purposes. They both _can_ supply the desired information.
> > Neither is ideal for me.
> >
> > Two questions (one asking for fish, the other asking to be taught to fish):
> > 1. what other commands should I look at?
> > 2. is there some reference that groups commands/programs by similarity?
> >
> > A contrived example of the later, you've come across an unfamiliar word.
> > Depending on your needs you might consult a thesaurus, encyclopedia, or
> > dictionary. If a dictionary is indicated, it may be bilingual, idioms,
> > abridged, or unabridged etc.
>
>   um, for general searching i use either apt-cache or
> use synaptic's search function.  that ways you can get
> a list of packages which have the word in question
> associated with them.  you can specify if you want to
> search just the name or include the description.

As I believe I've got the available storage to have full-text of all 
manpages locally and I've complete DVD sets for Squeeze and Jessie from 
which to extract those man pages.

>   for more general searching of interesting bits i use
> google or other search engines and add words like debian
> or linux to make sure i'm entering the right universe.
>
>
>   :)
>
>
>   songbird