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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-06-17 10:51:52 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-06-17 10:51:52 +0000 |
commit | 4ad94864781f48b1a4b77f9cfb934622bf756ba1 (patch) | |
tree | 3900955c1886e6d2570fea7125ee1f01bafe876d /upstream/debian-unstable/man1/intro.1 | |
parent | Adding upstream version 4.22.0. (diff) | |
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Adding upstream version 4.23.0.upstream/4.23.0
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/upstream/debian-unstable/man1/intro.1 b/upstream/debian-unstable/man1/intro.1 index 06905e1d..5e5eb9c4 100644 --- a/upstream/debian-unstable/man1/intro.1 +++ b/upstream/debian-unstable/man1/intro.1 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ .\" .\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft .\" -.TH intro 1 2023-05-03 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01" +.TH intro 1 2024-05-02 "Linux man-pages 6.8" .SH NAME intro \- introduction to user commands .SH DESCRIPTION @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ web browsers, file and image viewers and editors, and so on. Linux is a flavor of UNIX, and as a first approximation all user commands under UNIX work precisely the same under Linux (and FreeBSD and lots of other UNIX-like systems). -.PP +.P Under Linux, there are GUIs (graphical user interfaces), where you can point and click and drag, and hopefully get work done without first reading lots of documentation. @@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ See also .BR dash (1), .BR ksh (1), .BR zsh (1). -.PP +.P A session might go like: -.PP +.P .in +4n .EX .RB "knuth login: " aeb @@ -98,9 +98,9 @@ maja 0501\-1136285 $ .EE .in -.PP +.P Here typing Control-D ended the session. -.PP +.P The .B $ here was the command prompt\[em]it is the shell's way of indicating @@ -110,13 +110,13 @@ in lots of ways, and one might include stuff like username, machine name, current directory, time, and so on. An assignment PS1="What next, master? " would change the prompt as indicated. -.PP +.P We see that there are commands .I date (that gives date and time), and .I cal (that gives a calendar). -.PP +.P The command .I ls lists the contents of the current directory\[em]it tells you what @@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ Owner and permissions can be changed by the commands .I chown and .IR chmod . -.PP +.P The command .I cat will show the contents of a file. @@ -142,26 +142,26 @@ parameters are concatenated and sent to "standard output" .BR stdout (3)), here the terminal screen.) -.PP +.P The command .I cp (from "copy") will copy a file. -.PP +.P The command .I mv (from "move"), on the other hand, only renames it. -.PP +.P The command .I diff lists the differences between two files. Here there was no output because there were no differences. -.PP +.P The command .I rm (from "remove") deletes the file, and be careful! it is gone. No wastepaper basket or anything. Deleted means lost. -.PP +.P The command .I grep (from "g/re/p") finds occurrences of a string in one or more files. @@ -185,15 +185,15 @@ to .I tel when the current directory is .IR /home/aeb . -.PP +.P The command .I pwd prints the current directory. -.PP +.P The command .I cd changes the current directory. -.PP +.P Try alternatively .I cd and @@ -205,11 +205,11 @@ usage: "cd", "cd .", "cd ..", "cd /", and "cd \[ti]". The command .I mkdir makes a new directory. -.PP +.P The command .I rmdir removes a directory if it is empty, and complains otherwise. -.PP +.P The command .I find (with a rather baroque syntax) will find files with given name @@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ sends the text through some usually .IR less . Hit the space bar to get the next page, hit q to quit. -.PP +.P In documentation it is customary to refer to man pages by giving the name and section number, as in .BR man (1). @@ -274,12 +274,12 @@ Man pages are terse, and allow you to find quickly some forgotten detail. For newcomers an introductory text with more examples and explanations is useful. -.PP +.P A lot of GNU/FSF software is provided with info files. Type "info info" for an introduction on the use of the program .IR info . -.PP +.P Special topics are often treated in HOWTOs. Look in .I /usr/share/doc/howto/en |