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  From: Daniel Moore <ant@softhome.net>
  To  : Martin Sandiford <ms@mcdev.com.au>
  Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 18:36:09 -0500

Re: basic commands

Yeah but you can't "man" something before you know what the something is. Cach
22!

Daniel.

Martin Sandiford wrote:

> >>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew Galdes writes:
>
>     Andrew> can anyone give ma a URL for basic Linux comands. I need
>     Andrew> things like finding the disk space free, copying files etc.
>
> If you already have a running Linux system, you can use the "man"
> command to find out various things.
>
> For example, "man -k copy", which searches for the keyword "copy" in man
> page titles shows me (amongst other things):
>
> cp (1)               - copy files and directories
>
> "man -k usage" shows me:
>
> du (1)               - estimate file space usage
>
> If you really are looking for a web page, most of the file utilities
> under Linux are part of the GNU project - home page is at
> http://www.gnu.org
>
> Software info is available at http://www.gnu.org/software/software.html
> Look for "Fileutils".
>
> Regards,
> Martin
>
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