18 Jul
2001
18 Jul
'01
4:53 p.m.
Sometime Today, nikhiljosh@runbox.com assembled some asciibets to say:
I am also a newbie to Linux and agree that man pages do provide quite a good help. But I feel they are terse and at times you don't have a clue what they mean .
The man pages were never meant for beginners. They are meant for people who already know the commands and only want a quick reference. They can also be called from within vi (Ctrl+K).
For beginners, there are the info pages that are much more descriptive, almost like a tutorial.
Philip
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