alternatives to the 'man' command

Adam Lanier adam at krusty.madoff.com
Fri Jan 21 21:21:01 UTC 2005


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Duncan Lithgow wrote:
| sorry if i seem lazy - but isn't there an easier way to navigate the
| online manuals in my linux system?
|
| I'm new to it all and man seems like a pain to use for me.
|
| Duncan
|

Try 'info' instead of man.  Try 'info info' to get started.

Under Gnome you can also try 'yelp'.

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Adam Lanier
Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC
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