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Linux@lemmy.ml • 7 months ago

Understanding Man Pages in Linux [Beginner's Guide]

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The man pages, short for reference manual pages, are your keys to Linux. Understanding the man pages could be challenging. This guide will help you.

Covers meaning of chapters and sections, whatis, whereis, and man -k.

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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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