Problem : When I type: $ man -k sticky I get: sticky: nothing appropriate Surely there is information within the […]
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How do I execute a Linux command whilst using the less command or within the man pages?
Problem : I generally pipe the command ls with less and would like to execute a command while it is […]
How do you switch between Linux manual pages?
Problem : I’m new with Linux and have noticed that there are numbers beside certain commands I look up. For […]
What does “wc –files0-from=F” mean in linux command
Problem : I read the manual of wc command but could not understand the explanation of this parameter. Please help. […]
Update issue with mandb and makewhatis
Problem : When I change a given manpage, apropos and whatis do only reflect these changes when I perform the […]
in VI and man command, how to exactly match a string?
Problem : in VI and man command, how to exactly match a string? I don’t know how to exact match […]
How to list installed man pages and search in many mans?
Problem : I am frustrated that to use man I need to know the exact name of the topic, and […]
Where’s the man page for the `sizeof` C function?
Problem : How come there’s no man page for the sizeof C function? $ man 3 sizeof No manual entry […]
man gcc not working
Problem : I was trying to read about how to make gcc compile C code to plain assembly for a […]
Linux “man” pages appear as gibberish in CentOS
Problem : On my CentOS 6 box, all the man pages and some tools that support –help show gibberish. For […]
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