Learning the Command Line

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Author: Kevin Brown
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Subject: Learning the Command Line
man bash talks about bash (which is just another command). Most of the commands
are in /bin and /usr/bin. Special root/system only commands are held in /sbin
and /usr/sbin.

> Does 'man bash' list all of the commands? If not, how do you get a list of all
> the commands?


>>/_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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