Re: Help with commands

[Jason Hackney <unicycle@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Try the apropos command.

man apropos

should get you a load of info.

-J-

Scott Cleveland wrote:

> Hi all, Question:
>
> How do I ask a linux box what a particular command is when I do now what the
> command is called. In other words. I know what I want to do, however I do
> not know what the command is called.
>
> thanks for your help
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