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Old 08-13-2004, 04:50 PM   #1
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How do i get out of the man command?

How do i get out of a man help screen? I haven't beenable to figure out how to exit from there.
 
Old 08-13-2004, 04:51 PM   #2
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Press 'q'
 
Old 08-13-2004, 04:52 PM   #3
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Like for vi.

Type :q and press enter
 
Old 08-13-2004, 05:39 PM   #4
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I didn't know you that you could just press 'q' to quit.

I've always just pressed CTRL-X, and then CTRL-C, and then exit. STupid me!
 
Old 08-13-2004, 09:12 PM   #5
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When trying to exit out of a program I've never used before, I usually try these:
ESC
x
q
Ctrl+Q
Ctrl+X
CTRL+C
CTRL+Break
F10
F11
F12
 
  


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