[aklug] Re: Geeky Topic of the Week: man pages

From: Tom Simes <simestd@netexpress.com>
Date: Fri Jul 09 2010 - 13:46:35 AKDT

On 07/09/10 13:40, Christopher Howard wrote:
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> So, maybe we need to write some kind of man page search engine, which
> would allow you to "Google" all the man page content on your system? Or
> maybe the man page system itself is flawed?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apropos_%28Unix%29

You !@#!@$ idiot! RTFM! Any idiot can see that the answer is on...

Just poking fun - although I do use apropos from time to time.

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Tom
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Tom Simes                                       simestd@netexpress.com
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