perley@einstein (Donald P Perley) (12/16/89)
In article <38703@lanl.gov>, tjf@lanl (Tom J Farish) writes: >want to do a DIRectory? Use 'ls' of course! >Want to REName a file? Use 'mv' of course! others write: > complaints about how do you find a command in the manual > if you don't know what the command is. "man -k <string>" will search for commands that have <string> in the short description, so you don't have to know the name of the command to find it. Try something like "man -k directory" which should give you all the commands having to do with directories. (including 'ls') "man -k rename" would likewise tell you about 'mv', among other things that do renaming. hope this helps. -don perley perley@trub.crd.ge.com
ag@amix.commodore.com (Keith Gabryelski) (12/16/89)
In article <10403@vdsvax.crd.ge.com> perley@einstein (Donald P Perley) writes: >others write: > >> complaints about how do you find a command in the manual >> if you don't know what the command is. > >"man -k <string>" will search for commands that have <string> in the short >description, so you don't have to know the name of the command to find it. This is a Berekelyism that does not exist on standard SysV releases, although it does exists on Amix. It may exist in SysV4.0. Pax, Keith -- ag@amix.commodore.com Keith Gabryelski ...!cbmvax!amix!ag