Man pages

[Ralf Corsepius]

On Fri, 2005-12-30 at 14:53 +0000, Joao Paulo Pires wrote:
> Man pages - Each time I try get some help from man pages I get
> disappointed. Wich is the proper way to learn some more from console?
> If I call --help I just get confused. Am I dummy? I think the first
> way to learn should be the man pages.
Nope. man-pages are reference manuals, not user manuals nor "howtos"

>  I can imagine this is a basic need for a newbie. TIA, Joao. 
Get yourself a book on "sh" or "introduction to Unix" or similar. 

Ralf