http://linuxcommand.org/superman_pages.htm  is a nice site has commands 
indexed by function.

Mike

On Sunday 09 February 2003 09:31 pm, you wrote:
> Get Linux in a Nutshell (or Unix in a Nutshell as suggested earlier)
> from O'Reilly for a fairly comprehensive list of commands, options, and
> examples.
>
> man and info are good if you already know which command you want. If
> you're not sure which command you need, try apropos. For example, if you
> want a list of commands that have something to do with rpm, type
>
> apropos rpm
>
> If you want to know what rpm does and what options you can use with it,
> type
>
> man rpm
>
> or
>
> info rpm
>
> (some commands have info pages, most have man pages, and many have both)
>
> Free tip o' the day:
> If you are looking for a specific file, use the locate command.
>
> locate rpm
>
> (This doesn't just find the executable, tho', so you may get a long list
> of stuff to wade through. Use the which command to find executables that
> are in your PATH.) The database that locate searches is only updated
> every 24 hours by default, so if you have just installed something and
> you can't find it, run updatedb as root, then try locate again.
>
>
>
> Practice, practice, practice is the best way to get used to the command
> line.
>
> On Sun, 2003-02-09 at 18:50, Michael Havens wrote:
> > Does 'man bash' list all of the commands? If not, how do you get a list
> > of all the commands?
> >
> > On Sunday 09 February 2003 04:42 pm, Mike Starke wrote:
> > > On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 04:32:34PM -0700, Victor Odhner wrote:
> > > /_Unix In A Nutshell is the "standard" book on *nix commands.
> > > /_But it doesn't really contain a lot that you can't find
> > > /_on the 'man' pages or in 'info'.
> > > /_
> > > I agree. Sit down with a cup of coffee and do something like:
> > >
> > > cd /bin
> > > ls a*
> > > man <whatever peaked your interest>
> > > ls <b-z>
> > > wash
> > > rinse
> > > repeat
> > > cd /sbin
> > > etc,
> > > etc
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