Documentation Flashcards
What is the command to update index documentation cache in /usr/share/man?
mandb
What is the alternative command to man?
info
Where are info pages located?
/usr/share/info
What is a location where third party documents could be stored?
/usr/share/doc
Within info utility how do you go between nodes?
n - next node
p - previous node
l - last (recent) node
? - legend
How would you search for files on the system by name?
locate
How would you update the database for locate?
updatedb
*run once a day by cron
How do you get the full absolute path of a program?
which
How do you find the description of a command?
man -f
whatis
How do you search manual page descriptions containing a command?
man -k
apropos
How do you locate the binary, source an man page files for a command?
whereis
What is the rpm command to see the documentation of an rpm?
rpm -qd
*lists documentation and man page files
