Re: debian command list
will trillich(will@serensoft.com)@Thu, Feb 15, 2001 at 10:42:26PM -0600:
> On Thu, Feb 15, 2001 at 08:40:19AM -0800, Mike Egglestone wrote:
> > Hi all...
> > I'm looking for a web site that would have
> > a nice list and basic description of debian commands.....
> > Anyone know of such a place?
> >
> > or even just linux commands for that matter...
>
> one cool trick most linux shells offer is 'completion' meaning:
>
> type a few letters and press TAB, to see what's available
> that starts with that 'string' of letters.
>
> try
>
> mo<TAB>
> apt<TAB>
> add<TAB>
> loc<TAB>
>
> and then to find more out about any of those, try
>
> man <command>
> info <command>
> [browse to] localhost/doc/<command> or <command>-doc
> <command> --help
>
> commands available to your account are those in directories
> mentioned in your $PATH variable. try
>
> echo $PATH
>
> to see them -- then nose around in each to see what's there.
>
What you can also do, and how I learned a lot is :
cd /bin
whatis *
that will give you a small description of every command in there.
Try it for /bin, /usr/bin, /sbin, /usr/sbin, /usr/local/bin, ...
Then you can do man <command> or info <command> to get more information.
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