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finding_help [2023/08/08 00:44] – [The Definitive Guide to RTFMing] hc9finding_help [2023/08/08 00:48] – [The Definitive Guide to RTFMing] hc9
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 The easiest and most comprehensive way of getting help is reading the manpage. You've probably heard RTFM (Read The Fscking Manual) somewhere throughout your computer use, well, this is that Manual. Manpages are the standard form of documentation for every UNIX. Learn to use them. Learn to love them. The easiest and most comprehensive way of getting help is reading the manpage. You've probably heard RTFM (Read The Fscking Manual) somewhere throughout your computer use, well, this is that Manual. Manpages are the standard form of documentation for every UNIX. Learn to use them. Learn to love them.
  
-Where can you find them? It's pretty simple. Think of a command. (ls, rm, chmod, kill, grep) or a program (vi, mutt, snarf, [[majordomo_on_sdf|majordomo]]) So go ahead, type+Where can you find them? It's pretty simple. Think of a command. (ls, rm, chmod, kill, grep) or a program (vi, mutt, snarf, majordomo) So go ahead, type
 <code> <code>
 % man command % man command
finding_help.txt · Last modified: 2024/02/25 22:16 by hc9