Suse LINUX Professional 9.3 Update 00662644461625 User Manual
Product codes
00662644461625
5
Help
and
Documentation
2
System calls (functions provided by the kernel)
3
Library calls (functions within program libraries)
4
Special files (usually found in /dev)
5
File formats and conventions (
/etc/fstab
)
6
Games
7
Miscellaneous (including macro packages and conventions),
e.g., man(7), groff(7)
e.g., man(7), groff(7)
8
System administration commands (usually only for root)
9
Kernel routines (nonstandard)
Generally, man pages are delivered with the associated command. They can be
browsed in the help center or directly in a shell. To display a man page in a shell,
use the
browsed in the help center or directly in a shell. To display a man page in a shell,
use the
man
command. For example, to display the man page for
ls
enter
man
ls
. Each man page consists of several parts labeled NAME, SYNOPSIS, DE-
SCRIPTION, SEE ALSO, LICENSING, and AUTHOR. There may be additional
sections available depending on the type of command. With
sections available depending on the type of command. With
Q
, exit the man
page viewer.
Another possibility to display a man page is to use Konqueror. Start Konqueror
and type, for example,
and type, for example,
man:/ls
. If there are different categories for a command,
Konqueror displays them as links.
5.3
Info Pages
Info pages are another important source of information on your system. Usually
they are more verbose than man pages. You can browse an info page with an info
viewer and display the different sections, called “nodes.” Use the command
they are more verbose than man pages. You can browse an info page with an info
viewer and display the different sections, called “nodes.” Use the command
info
for this task. For example, to view the info page of info itself, type
info info
in
the shell.
For more convenience, use the Help Center or Konqueror. Start Konqueror
and type
and type
info:/
to view the top level. To display the info page for
grep
, type
info:/grep
.
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