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Commandline 101: Basic Directory Commands

Feb 26, 2009  By Shawn Powers
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FAIL (the browser should render some flash content, not this).

Basic directory commands,and what to do when you are not sure which command to use.

Download in .ogv format

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Another ogg

waparmley's picture
Submitted by waparmley on Thu, 02/26/2009 - 15:49.

Another downloadable ogg, yea!

Always looking to learn more about the cl.

Unless I'm mistaken

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Submitted by Shawn Powers on Thu, 02/26/2009 - 13:55.

I think "apropos" and "man -k" are the same thing -- so we're on the same track. :)

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Yeah, and trying to remember

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Submitted by waparmley on Thu, 02/26/2009 - 17:57.

Yeah, and trying to remember how to spell "apropos" can be kinda tough.

Oh, wait, hit the Tab key. ;-)

Still, I like man -k better, too.

too many commands

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Submitted by Roland (not verified) on Thu, 02/26/2009 - 13:47.

There are too many commands for any human to keep track of.
That's why my favorite command is 'apropos'. Check it out.