[plug] Linux Reference

[Colin Muller]

On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 06:49:24PM +0800, Leon Blackwell wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 03:53:05PM +0800, David White wrote:
> > Can anybody send me a list of linux command references?
> 
> Erm... to be pedantic (which is one thing I'm good at), "linux" doesn't
> have any commands as it's an operating system.  If you mean the commands
> you type in a shell, they're mostly programs.  This means you've a
> potentially infinite command set.
> 
> For help on a particular command, try typing:
> 
> man blerg
> (where "blerg" is the command you want help on)

And for a few bash builtins, "help blerg". Like "help cd", which I
could profitably have done before asking some questions about cd here
recently. "man cd" under bash will produce a list of commands for
which "help" is more useful than "man" - but will not tell you that
this is the case. Ya hafta wonder. Actually, you don't hafta, and will
probably be happier if you don't.

Colin