[plug] Just introducing myself to the group

[Craig Ringer]

>>It's not helped by the fact that 'the answer' can be in the local
>>docs, but until you know that the command you want is `zqukkp-cfg`
>>you're kind of stuck.
> 
> That's what "man -k" is for  :)

Or `apropos`. Nonetheless, it won't cover everything - especially with 
everybody's faviourite, the totally undocumented tool, or with something 
that isn't actually installed already. I've run into things before where 
I know what I want, I know it can be done, and I /just can't/ find the 
utility to do it. Typically it's present but has a strange name and 
stranger summary, or it's lurking on some obscure corner of the 'net, 
often only mentioned by name.

Tools like apropos, locate, man -k, and grepping /usr/share/doc in 
frustration can often find the answer. I can, however, easily understand 
why someone who's been using *nix for 2 years will still stumble across 
something and go "wow! that's how you do that ... I knew there had to be 
something, but could never find it...."

Craig Ringer


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