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The man linux command

Posted on August 28, 2021August 29, 2021 by mohamad wael

The man command, is used to display a man page . It takes the name of the manual page to display, which is usually the same as the name of a command, or a function, or a special device… By … Read More

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The apropos linux command

Posted on August 28, 2021August 29, 2021 by mohamad wael

By default, the apropos command, searches the mandb database, keys and values, in a case insensitive way, using regular expressions.

bind -> "- 2 2 1557252946 0 A - - gz bind a name to a socket"
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# The 
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The whatis linux command

Posted on August 28, 2021August 28, 2021 by mohamad wael

whatis is used to search in a case insensitive way, the mandb database, for the name of a command, a library function, or a system call… in order to display its description.

whatis only searches the database keys, and … Read More

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What is a man page, and what are the Unix, Linux, and FreeBSD manual sections?

Posted on August 27, 2021August 27, 2021 by mohamad wael

Historically, when unix was brought into life, and in order to explain its capabilities and features, a user manual was created.

This manual was divided into sections, each of which explained a specific topic, such as user commands, function … Read More

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