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Old 07-10-2004, 12:38 AM   #1
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How to read manual pages ??[the meaning of different symbols like brackets etc]


[] and {} and ... and the underline __ etc???

are there any documents descrbing this?

thx for ur reply!!
 
Old 07-10-2004, 02:46 AM   #2
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Try "man bash"

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