01-21-2015, 06:57 PM
Nice, always read the manual.
Introduction to using the shell on Linux
Search the man page with /
type /shell while reading the man intro
Search the man pages for a term
display one-line manual page descriptions with whatis.
pipes help when posts are long
q to quit
For internal shell commands.

Introduction to using the shell on Linux
Code:
man intro
type /shell while reading the man intro
Search the man pages for a term
Code:
man -k download
display one-line manual page descriptions with whatis.
Code:
whatis man
pipes help when posts are long
Code:
ls -l /bin /usr/bin | less
Code:
ls -l /bin /usr/bin | more
For internal shell commands.
Code:
help

Code:
misko@misko-virtual-machine:~$ whatis help
help: nothing appropriate.