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03-06-2013, 08:36 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Feb 2013
Posts: 22
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creepy feeling in linux...
Maybe it's just me, but I just didn't feel comfortable today when I had to man touch
[drumroll] |
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03-06-2013, 08:58 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Jul 2012
Location: Grenoble, Fr.
Distribution: Sun Solaris, RHEL, Ubuntu, Debian 6.0
Posts: 1,615
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Which linux distro you're on? And what happened when you did:
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03-06-2013, 09:04 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Dec 2011
Location: UK
Distribution: Debian Sid + various in VMs.
Posts: 1,807
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Have you had to man finger yet, or man mount?  |
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03-06-2013, 09:08 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Feb 2013
Posts: 22
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 273
Have you had to man finger yet, or man mount? |
lol... so, is this a natural progression in linux?
1) whereis man
2) which man
3) man touch
4) man finger
5) man mount |
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03-06-2013, 09:13 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Dec 2011
Location: UK
Distribution: Debian Sid + various in VMs.
Posts: 1,807
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Indeed, that is the general progression in Linux -- always towards a love of man.
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03-06-2013, 09:44 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Nov 2010
Location: Colorado
Distribution: OpenSUSE, CentOS
Posts: 1,651
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Quote:
Originally Posted by stringchopper
lol... so, is this a natural progression in linux?
1) whereis man
2) which man
3) man touch
4) man finger
5) man mount
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You missed one between 2 and 3, "man date" |
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03-06-2013, 11:37 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Feb 2013
Posts: 22
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Quote:
Originally Posted by suicidaleggroll
You missed one between 2 and 3, "man date"
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Good insert!
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03-06-2013, 12:11 PM
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LQ Addict
Registered: Jul 2002
Location: East Centra Illinois, USA
Distribution: Debian Squeeze
Posts: 5,570
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And, between 4 and 5, man woman.
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03-06-2013, 01:57 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Feb 2013
Posts: 22
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bigrigdriver
And, between 4 and 5, man woman.
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Dare I say we might need a hard link for that. |
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03-06-2013, 02:54 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Dec 2011
Location: UK
Distribution: Debian Sid + various in VMs.
Posts: 1,807
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I'm not aware of the command What does it do? |
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03-06-2013, 02:56 PM
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Registered: Jun 2012
Location: USA
Distribution: Debian
Posts: 384
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If you type "woman" in a terminal I think the computer will return random complaints and behave erratically for no particular reason.
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03-06-2013, 03:06 PM
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Member
Registered: Nov 2005
Location: infinity; Milwaukee, WI, US, Earth
Distribution: any *nix that work well on my cheapest, mostly KDE or Xfce but open (─‿‿─)
Posts: 80
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W w | l:dl
Last edited by jamison20000e; 03-06-2013 at 03:13 PM.
Reason: cant :( still L:)L
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03-06-2013, 03:06 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Nov 2003
Location: Canada
Distribution: distro hopper
Posts: 3,660
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Quote:
Originally Posted by suicidaleggroll
You missed one between 2 and 3, "man date"
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And way after all of those: "man bash" |
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03-06-2013, 03:07 PM
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Member
Registered: Dec 2012
Location: Washington DC area
Distribution: Fedora, CentOS, Slackware
Posts: 644
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Quote:
Originally Posted by stringchopper
Dare I say we might need a hard link for that.
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Code:
$ man woman
No manual entry for woman
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03-06-2013, 03:14 PM
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#15
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Member
Registered: Nov 2005
Location: infinity; Milwaukee, WI, US, Earth
Distribution: any *nix that work well on my cheapest, mostly KDE or Xfce but open (─‿‿─)
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have to install(\teach and learn)
Last edited by jamison20000e; 03-06-2013 at 03:16 PM.
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